Hard times for hardware-makers
India's IT hardware industry, like many other sectors, has faced turbulent times during the last year. The PC market, which had been showing growth rates of more than 15-20% over the past five years, took an unlikely turn in 2008.

Nude Art...in a Hardware Store?
A local artist is using some exposed mannequins to send a message about what he says is the current commercialization of society today. The thing that's unusual about the display is that it's inside a hardware store.

SanDisk's new USB drive secures data with 2x hardware encryption
The widespread proliferation of sensitive data via USB thumb drives demands a need for data encryption, and SanDisk is stepping up to bat.

Intermedia - Pan Manager customer profile
Recently, I had a chance to exchange messages with Brent Rich, Intermedia's Director of Technical Operations. His organization has deployed a managed virtualized environment based upon Egenera's Pan Manager and a Dell hardware platform. Since I posted on the announcement of the Dell/Egenera relationship (see Egenera: New pals for PAN...

Florida not fazed by Sam's hardware
Bradford winning the Heisman no big motivation, they say.

Hardware & Tech Nuggets
Phenom 2 reviews here. Boards MSI's DKA790GX Platinum motherboard - Tech Report Cases Antec...

West Concord 5 and 10 packed with retro pleasures
From toys to toilet seats, pillows to puzzles, hardware to kitchen essentials, the crowded aisles of the West Concord 5 & 10 have everything anyone could possibly need, and a few things you may discover you just can't live without. The store, located in the heart of West Concord's quaint downtown, is a throwback to another era, but one that ...

Unified UI previews the future of Samsung hardware
If Samsung devices are your preferred flavor, get very familiar with the interface pictured above. Eased in amongst product announcements during today's CES keynote is the news that all their devices -- camcorders, HDTVs, digital cameras, PMPs and all --will be sharing this style going forward. Seeming to follow the example set by Sony's XMB , and hopefully adding momentum to a trend others ...

Home Depot drops bid to open store in Sunland-Tujunga
The company's plan to move into an empty Kmart had faced stiff opposition from residents. A Home Depot official said difficulties at City Hall and the economic downturn prompted the decision. Hardware giant Home Depot said Wednesday that it has given up on an expensive and hard-fought campaign to open a store in Sunland-Tujunga, dropping its lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles and ending ...

DEACOM ERP Software To Integrate Building Component, Lumber And Hardware Business
Deacom, Inc. today announced Allensville Planing Mill, Inc. will implement the DEACOM Integrated Accounting and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Software System to manage its truss and wall panel manufacturing business and lumber and hardware stores.

OWC debuts quad interface RAID rack-based storage
OWC has announced its latest Mercury Rack Pro Quad-Interface four-bay Rack Mount Hardware RAID at Macworld Expo (booth S-2218). Designed for audio/video production and data/network operation centers, the quad interface RAID storage server supports up to four 2TB 3.5-inch SATA I/II hard disk drives providing a maximum of 8TB total storage and works with FireWire 800/400, USB2, and eSATA. Simple ...

ZiiLABS Announces Zii Platform Partners Based on New ZMS-05 Media-Rich Applications Processor and Middleware
ZiiLABS' (a wholly owned subsidiary of Creative Technology Ltd.), a leader in media-rich application processors, hardware platforms and advanced middleware today announced the first OEM platforms based on the its new ZMS-05 Media-Rich System-On-Chip (SoC).

Hardware Roundup: AMD Phenom II X4 Edition
As we reported earlier , AMD has officially announced its first round of 45nm desktop processors. The Phenom II X4 920 runs at 2.8GHz and the Phenom II X4 940 is clocked at 3.0GHz. This promises to be just the first in the lineup of Deneb core processors AMD is slated to release in 2009. The Phenom II X4 will be part of the Dragon enthusiast platform consisting of a 790GX chipset motherboard ...

Hardware Roundup: Thursday Edition
There's nothing like the combination of CES and new product news to generate a little excitement. When the news involves the announcement of a new series of CPUs, such as the highly-anticipated 45nm Deneb core processors from AMD , the excitement level ratchets up even higher. Life goes on in the world of reviews though. Our roundup includes more news out of CES along with a host of other ...

RFID Reader helps companies implement secure technology.
With selectable frequencies and RFID coding, 13.56 MHz HF (Low Frequency) RFID reader module (GAO 713003) lets users replace magnetic stripe reader modules and convert existing applications/hardware to RFID technology. Read/write distance is 20-50 mm with ISO cards, and ABS housing measures 90 x 22.5 x 24 mm. Requiring 5 Vdc, 55 mA of power, reader utilizes MSR ABA Track 2 communications ...

Apple awards raises to key executives
COO Tim Cook, CFO Peter Oppenheimer, and Mac hardware chief Bob Mansfield will have a little more spending money in 2009.

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FISHING REPORT
? LAKE MEAD -- Despite Friday's trout plants, fishing was slow at Hemenway Fishing Point, Boulder Harbor and Crawdad Cove. Two stripers weighing close to 20 pounds each reportedly were caught on trolled hardware earlier in the week. One angler said he caught small stripers in Boulder Harbor after switching from hardware to cut bait. There is talk that striper fishing is better in the morning ...

Home Depot ends USOC sponsorship, jobs program
DENVER - Hardware store Home Depot will end its multimillion-dollar sponsorship deal with the US Olympic Committee and discontinue a program that offered jobs and benefits to American athletes.