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World Backup Day: what are you doing to make sure you're covered?
<!--body--> When you rolled out of bed this morning, did your thoughts turn to preserving your data in the case of hardware failure? If so, you either work with databases or you remembered that today, March 31, is World Backup Day. In fact, it's the first World Backup Day. The...
Read more »March 31, 2011, 11:37 am| Read full article | More articles from arstechnica.com
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Updated Windows Phone schedule: good news for most, AT&T still awful
<!--body--> First posted a week ago, Microsoft has updated its Windows Phone 7 update pages for the US and the rest of the world. The good news is that most networks are now rolling out the copy-and-paste update codenamed "NoDo," giving users of the platform the much talked-about feature, as...
Read more »March 31, 2011, 6:29 am| Read full article | More articles from arstechnica.com
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One month later, Honeycomb has just 50 native apps
<!--body--> Motorola’s Xoom tablet is the first promising alternative to Apple’s iPad, but the sickly condition of Android’s tablet app ecosystem may end up stalling the platform’s progress. One month after its launch, the Xoom currently has about 50 native apps available for Android 3.0 Honeycomb, Google’s version of Android...
Read more »March 31, 2011, 5:27 am| Read full article | More articles from arstechnica.com
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Feature: High-performance computing on gamer PCs, Part 1: Hardware
<!--body--> It is hard to imagine performing research without the help of scientific computing. The days of scientists working only at a lab bench or poring over equations are rapidly fading. Today, experiments can be planned based on output from computer simulations, and experimental results are confirmed using computational methods. For example,...
Read more »March 30, 2011, 9:30 pm| Read full article | More articles from arstechnica.com
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iPad wireless HD mirroring hack makes for better presentations
<!--body--> Teachers and corporate presenters alike begged Apple for video mirroring capabilities for the iPad, and the company delivered the feature in the iPad 2. Apple's solution still leaves users tied to a cord, however, so two employees at networking service provider Straight Up Technologies developed a simple hack to...
Read more »March 30, 2011, 12:31 pm| Read full article | More articles from arstechnica.com
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Roku Makes Its Way Into Retail Stores
The Roku XD player is finally making its way to brick and mortar retailers, with the Internet-connected settop box now on sale at Best Buy, RadioShack, Fry’s Electronics and BJ’s Wholesale Club.Until now, the only way the Roku player has been available is via online retailers or Roku.com. That hasn’t...
Read more »March 30, 2011, 8:27 am| Read full article | More articles from mashable.com
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Etc: The Star Wars Blu-ray box sets will be released on September 16, 2011.
<!--body--> The Star Wars Blu-ray box sets will be released on September 16, 2011. Read More: Blu-ray.com Read the comments on this post
March 30, 2011, 6:36 am| Read full article | More articles from arstechnica.com
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Rumor: voice-controlled, cloud streaming LTE iPhone this fall
<!--body--> Several rumors popped up this week suggesting that Apple might push the release of both the next iPhone hardware and the next major iOS update from its usual summer release to the fall. In the wake of those rumors, which claim the announcement will coincide with a new cloud-based...
Read more »March 29, 2011, 12:28 pm| Read full article | More articles from arstechnica.com
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How Amazon could loosen Google's iron grip on Android
<!--body--> The Amazon Appstore for Android launched last week. Although the online retail giant's new software storefront still has some rough edges, it could eventually have significant ramifications for the entire Android ecosystem. If Amazon's Appstore proves to be a viable alternative to Google's own Android Market, it could weaken...
Read more »March 29, 2011, 11:25 am| Read full article | More articles from arstechnica.com

