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A massive deployment of mobile computers in battlefield zones has helped the U.S. military build millions of electronic health records that medical professionals say is making a difference in patient care.

Built to military standards, Guardian Tablet comes in magnesium alloy housing, is designed for in-field use, and will withstand 4 ft drop. It is powered by Via Eden or Core 2 duo processors and incorporates daylight-viewable 10.4 in. display as well as resistive touchscreen. Communications are enabled via 802.11 WLAN and Bluetooth, while compact flash and hard drive deliver data storage. PCMCIA Type-II slot, various I/O ports, and GPS module are also available.This story is related to the following:Computer hardware and PeripheralsSearch for suppliers of: wireless computers | Military Ruggedized computers | Portable Computers

Offering range of computing functions in waterproof and sealed package designed to withstand 5 ft drop onto concrete, Guardian Military PDA features 3.7 in. transflective screen with resistive touch screen available in VGA and QVGA models. windows mobile v6.0/Windows CE v5.0-based system meets Military specifications for shock, vibration, and EMI while offering range of I/O and communications capabilities. Battery allows 8 hr of usage before recharging is required.This story is related to the following:Computer hardware and PeripheralsSearch for suppliers of: wireless computers | Military Ruggedized computers | Portable computers | Hand-Held Computers

Fully-rugged Guardian 100 functions as laptop, or, by rotating display up to 180°, transforms into tablet PC slate. It features sunlight-readable 10.4 or 12.1 in. wide screen display, magnesium alloy case sealed to IP54, and shock-mounted removable 120 or 160 GB serial HDD. Energy-efficient Intel® Core(TM) Duo processor allows quiet, fan-less operation. Additional features include gigabit Ethernet, integrated GPS, wireless PAN/WAN, SD Card reader, and waterproof reversible camera.This story is related to the following:Computer hardware and PeripheralsSearch for suppliers of: Military Ruggedized computers | Ruggedized computers | Notebook computers | mobile Government Computers

A. B. VerHausen writes 'If you've given up on SETI, now you can let your idle computer help with other kinds of scientific research. Red Hat employee Bryan Che started a project called Nightlife. He wants people to 'donate idle capacity from their own computers to an open, general-purpose Fedora-run grid for processing socially beneficial work and scientific research that requires access to large amounts of computing power.'' Che hopes to have more than a million Fedora nodes running as part of this project. of this story at Slashdot.

Vigile writes 'While the VIA Isaiah architecture had been previously discussed, the new x86 processor is officially being released as the VIA Nano. The Nano marks VIA's first 64-bit, superscalar, speculative out-of-order CPU design and is being built on Fujitsu's 65nm process technology. While direct performance comparisons are still missing, the products being released could bring Intel's Atom platform to its knees: clock speeds as high as 1.8 GHz or as low as 1.0 GHz with a maximum power draw of only 5 watts! VIA's recently announced mini-note OpenBook platform is a likely candidate for the Nano the processors but they will likely find their way into mainstream desktop and notebook computers as well.' Reader MojoKid contributes a link to HotHardware's story on the chip now known as the Nano , as well as a January interview with VIA's Centaur design center president, Glenn Henry, who 'went into fairly deep detail on what VIA had in store with Isaiah.' of this story at Slashdo