Though speed and battery life aren't its forte, the Gateway LT3103u is competitively priced and bundles a large screen and full size keyboard.

Featuring depth of 16.6 in., 1U RCK-103BR fits in sub-racks and short rack cabinets. Drive bays include 1 slim CD-ROM, two 3.5 in. SATA HDD, and one 2.5 in. space for SSD and HDD. I/O expansion can be configured through 3 PCI slots found on optional PICMG backplane. Chassis also features three 4 cm ball bearing fans to ensure optimal heat dissipation, USB and PS/2 ports on front panel, RS-232 on front and rear panel, and 250/300 W ATX power supply. This story is related to the following:Computer Hardware and PeripheralsSearch for suppliers of: Compact Peripheral Component Interconnect (CPCI) Chassis | Computer Chassis

Designed for computer data bus applications in satellite communications, 40-position, 1.27 mm pitch, Micro Bus Floating (MBF) connector has mated height of 8 mm. Floating metal spring on housing provides cushioning effect, ensuring contact accuracy between connector and PCB frame. Suited for stacking 2-12 PCB frames, connectors can also be used with high-end computer and medical equipment. Conector is guaranteed for up to 1,000 mating cycles. This story is related to the following:Electronic Components and DevicesComputer Hardware and PeripheralsSearch for suppliers of: Miniature Connectors | Bus Connectors | Computer & Electronic Equipment Connectors | Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Connectors

Powered by 1.1 GHz Intel® Atom(TM) processors (Silverthrone XL), CSB200-888 has one wireless antenna jack at rear panel and PCI-E slot for wireless module expansions. Front panel includes 1 CF socket slot with ejector, 4 USB, and 1 COM port, while rear panel has 2 USB ports, 1 COM, RJ-45, DVI-D connector, DC-in jack, and power button with LED. Housed in 190 x 132 x 30 mm, desktop/wall mountable steel and black chassis, system includes DDR2 SO-DIMM socket and 60 W power adaptor. This story is related to the following:Computer Hardware and PeripheralsSearch for suppliers of: Industrial Computers | Portable Computers

angry tapir writes "The San Diego Supercomputer Center has built a high-performance computer with solid-state drives, which the center says could help solve science problems faster than systems with traditional hard drives. The flash drives will provide faster data throughput, which should help the supercomputer analyze data an 'order of magnitude faster' than hard drive-based supercomputers, according to Allan Snavely, associate director at SDSC. SDSC intends to use the HPC system — called Dash — to develop new cures for diseases and to understand the development of Earth."Read more of this story at Slashdot.

The Digital Foundry blog has an article about measuring an important but often nebulous aspect of console gameplay: input lag. Using a video camera and a custom input monitor made by console modder Ben Heck, and after calibrating for display lag, they tested a variety of games to an accuracy of one video frame in order to determine the latency between pressing a button and seeing its effect on the screen. Quoting: "If a proven methodology can be put into place, games reviewers can better inform their readers, but more importantly developers can benefit in helping to eliminate unwanted lag from their code. ... It's fair to say that players today have become conditioned to what the truly hardcore PC gamers would consider to be almost unacceptably high levels of latency to the point where cloud gaming services such as OnLive and Gaikai rely heavily upon it. The average videogame runs at 30fps, and appears to have an average lag in the region of 133ms. On top of that is additional delay fr

innocent_white_lamb writes "The Canadian Private Copying Collective is pushing for the implementation of an iPod fee in Canada to compensate them for 'losses' when people copy music to their digital music players. They have collected a fee from every CDR sold in Canada since 1997 and now want to extend that to digital music players. From the article: 'Some have argued that once they buy a CD they shouldn't have to pay again and again to listen to those songs — which they already purchased — on a personal compilation CD or on their MP3 player. But for people like Milman and Basskin, it's about recognizing the value of those works. "There has to be some sort of way to compensate the artist for the hours and the sweat and the blood and the tears and the extreme, extreme expense that goes into making music," Milman said.'"Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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The Brother MFC-990CW is a speedy, fully capable all-in-one device that earns our recommendation for an individual or a family that will make use of its touch screen and telephone/answering machine. Mechanical issues notwithstanding, this is the highest-scoring Brother printer we've tested to date.

gScreen, a little known American company, has announced that it will ship a laptop with dual 15.4-inch widescreens, called the Spacebook.