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Reviews Coming in for Dead Man’s Cell Phone

The reviews are coming in for the Wayside Theatre production of Dead Man’s Cell Phone and so far we’re up 2 to 1. The Culpeper Star Exponen t liked the show and you can tell the reviewer gets Sarah Ruhl and our sense of humor. The Winchester Star (which I won’t link to because it remains stubbornly behind a paywall) also picked up on Ms.

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Want to know more about OLPC in South America? – Just ask

Even if I were to spend my weekends writing articles non-stop – instead of eating tons of asado, talking all things olpc , *and* writing articles – I couldn’t possibly put all my olpcnews South America road trip experiences and thoughts into readable blog posts. Already now, after only two weeks of traveling, my paper notebook is overflowing with notes, diagrams, and drawings that could probably be the basis for two dozen 500 word articles. So while I’ll obviously do my best to cover the most interesting findings of this trip I’ll probably not be able to satisfy the curiosity for all things olpc that our diverse readership is has been demonstrating over the past few years.

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Relieve your stress with this device

Simply plug this device into the USB port of your laptop and when those times occur when the computer is getting too much for you, just squeeze this red ball and watch the screen bend and buckle under the strain. What better way is there to fight against the pressure of work or all of those nasty emails.   These are the specs and features of the USB stress ball: •Squeeze the USB Stress Ball and pulverize the images on your monitor •Squash it, twist it, squeeze it, smash it – release stress! •Increases productivity and reduces office mortality rate •Keeps you from killing your supervisors or committing arson •Powered by USB, with 4 feet of cable Priced at $19.99 Source [Think Geek] Post from: Laptop Pimp Blog – Laptop Reviews for Laptop Whores Relieve your stress with this device get rid of anger , USB , USB Gadgets , usb stress ball Related posts No related posts.

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Microsoft cash cows alive and well, lame ducks still lame

Here is my quick summary of Microsoft’s just-announced quarterly results: Quarter ending June 30th 2010 vs quarter ending June 30th 2009, $millions Segment Revenue Change Profit Change Client (Windows + Live) 4548 +1379 3063 +1134 Server and Tools inc.

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HP offer convertible tablet

We hear a lot about tablets with Apple and brands attacking the market, but the convertible tablet still does not get much press and yet these are great machines that offer the user the benefit of a tablet and the convenience of a tablet. This is the HP Touchsmart TM2 , its a 12.1 inch model and comes with average features, but has a screen that can turn around and fold flat, its handy and very useful device with 4GB to 8GB of RAM to choose from and a choice of sizes in hard drive too. These are the features and specs for the HP TM2: •Intel CULV processors for powerful performance and long battery life •Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium§§§ for a simplified experience •A 12.1″ (diagonal) high-definition§§ LED BrightView panel with integrated touchscreen •An engraved aluminium chassis with full-size, island-style keyboard; an advanced thermal design keeps the tablet cool •High-speed DDR3 system memory (up to 8GB for top performance) •Storage for up to 640GB of music, photos, and video clips§ •Built-in HP ProtectSmart, which detects if the PC is being dropped and locks the hard drive to help protect your data •An integrated fingerprint reader (on the display) •An HDMI 1.3b port for connecting an external monitor or HD TV •Rich sound with Dolby Advanced Audio and Altec Lansing speakers •ENERGY STAR® qualification •Optional ATI Mobility Radeon graphics (includes Gigabit Ethernet) Prices start at $830 but can rise up very fast Source [Eee PC] Post from: Laptop Pimp Blog – Laptop Reviews for Laptop Whores HP offer convertible tablet convertible tablet , hp , HP Laptops , New Laptops Related posts Wireless optical in Vivienne by HP Wednesday Laptop News Roundup Verizon HP mini launched Tuesday Laptop News Roundup The new HP Pavilion DV6Z The Lenovo IdeaPad Convertible Tablet The HP Probook 4310s on sale The HP Pavilion 16” laptop

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MSI starts selling the 11” U230

MSI keep up the pressure on other computer makers with the launch of the new mini laptop, the 11 inch U230 light 087, it is currently available on Amazon with a price tag of around $400. That is not a bad price for an 11 inch laptop with a AMD Athlon processor and graphic card

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Dell close to launching the Streak

This is good news for those who are waiting for the Dell Streak Android powered tablet, as it seems that Dell are getting ready for the launch, which could be as early as next week! However, we all know how release dates can be stretched out a bit, whatever happens the Dell Streak will be hitting the streets very soon! These are some of the facts and features for the Dell Streak 5″: 5 inch, 800 x 480 pixel display, a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, supports 3G & Wi-Fi connections and can make phone calls, which is cool! Source [Liliputing] Post from: Laptop Pimp Blog – Laptop Reviews for Laptop Whores Dell close to launching the Streak Dell Mini 5 , dell streak 5 , july launch , Tablets Related posts HP launching the Mini 5101

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Lithium-ion battery pack Wireless Monitoring System (part 1)

1 Introduction With the wide application of Li-ion battery, the security issue is to attract attention. The lithium-ion detection parameters in real time allow to avoid unsafe use of battery, and can optimize the performance of the battery.

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electric cars may replace the battery

2 million assembly line in the history of the strongest line-up at Beijing Auto Show, Chery to 29 new vehicles and a number of new technologies to display “technology, quality, international green.” Four to Chery, the new energy vehicles will no doubt catch up his future a necessary part of international standards. Hp laptop battery The new energy vehicles, general manager of Chery Tao Yuan interview that the new-energy vehicles in China is on the market,HP 337607-003 Battery, ,HP 398876-001 Battery, HP PB992A Battery, the starting point, Chery Automobile Industry as a new energy independence, the market leader and promote those who are currently studying the industry and new ways to market and accelerate the strategic distribution of new energy vehicles. It is understood that in Beijing this year, Chery Auto Show on the screen during the 4 to the power of new vehicles – M11, S18, S18B, B21.

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Lithium-ion battery pack Wireless Monitoring System (part 2)

2.2 receivers   2.2.1 Design and implementation of the receiver circuit Circuit receiving equipment by the chip wireless transceiver nRF401, SCM AT89C51, MAX232 chip series, host computer, the circuit of Figure 4. Hp laptop battery ANT1 and ANT2 when the LNA input is received, the chip receiving the nRF401 TXEN pin grounded, working in reception mode. When nRF401 valid signal is received, the input signal is low noise amplifier, mixer through processing,HP Pavilion dv9000 Battery(hp dv9000 battery), HP EV087AA Battery, the transformed signal demodulator before being amplified and filtered by the receiver, demodulation, after demodulation output DOUT digital terminal in the microcontroller.

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Analysis of lithium ion battery technology progress

A revolutionary electric car battery technology development The battery management system is one of the key technologies of electric vehicles. In recent years, most companies have in the development of electric vehicles, embarrassed, especially because of lead-acid, nickel cadmium, nickel metal hydride (Ni-MH) and so on. Hp laptop battery Now, after more research and experiments, using a higher energy density lithium-ion F3172A PB995A 338794-001 battery to replace lead and nickel-metal hydride batteries used in automobiles has become a core technology that is light, the large energy storage, power, pollution, and no secondary pollution, long life, self-discharge coefficient is small, wide temperature range of adaptation, is the electric bike, electric motorcycles, cars electric, heavy trucks, such as improving battery electric car

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Icon Solo LED Pen Light for Your Presentation

There are many business men need many sophisticated things, for example laptop, iPhone, and many others that can help them to present their presentation for the clients. To get many customers, the business man should prepare all the ideas perfectly. It is not only the idea but also the performance of presentation

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IBM unveils its most powerful mainframe, the zEnterprise System (with video)

IBM zEnterprise is the most powerful, scalable mainframe server the company delivered, up to 60% faster than System z10, with same power consumption. More than 100,000 virtualized servers can be managed as a single system.

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HP now says Slate tablet will be geared toward enterprise market

The never-ending saga of the HP Slate tablet took another turn today, when HP Personal Systems Group VP Todd Bradley told a tech conference that what was once thought to be an iPad competitor is going to be targeted to the enterprise. It appears that the Windows 7-based tablets that HP has planned (if there are

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SingTel Now Supports MultiSIM For MicroSIM

Finally, SingTel now support MicroSIM cards in their MultiSIM plans, however the price is 2x more expensive the normal SIM cards and from the description on the VAS page under “Others” tab, it was mentioned that then can be only 1 MicroSIM card in any combination of MultiSIM.

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This Saturday: miniJAM! artístico in Montevideo

ceibalJAM – the content and software focused organization which I described in more detail in Tuesday’s article – has organized an event called miniJAM! artístico to take place this Saturday, July 24, between 2PM and 7PM. The detailed program has just been published and I’m very excited to have the opportunity to give a talk introducing the efforts of the European OLPC and Sugar communities as well as share a little about last year’s experiences volunteering with OLE Nepal. Additionally there’ll be an introduction into robotics controlled by XOs (really can’t wait to see that!) as well as a workshop focused on how to make stop-motion animations with Scratch

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7 Things to Stop Doing on Facebook

There’s been a lot of talk about Facebook security this year, and with good merit. Aside from the increased number of attacks on the highly popular social networking site, Facebook also made a number of security changes that angered users. Though some good improvements have come out of the consumer feedback, there are still some things that you can do to boost your own personal security

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2degrees 3G network live – sort of

Our Geekzone forums have been very busy this week with reports of 2degrees making their new 3G network available for public use throughout New Zealand the last week or so. 2degrees is New Zealand’s third mobile operator, with its own mobile network in the main centres and elsewhere using Vodafone New Zealand’s network

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RAP Ceibal – Uruguay’s volunteer network

I had previously mentioned RAP Ceibal ( Red de Apoyo al Plan Ceibal – Support Network for Plan Ceibal ) in the overview of the various organizations and communities working in the context of OLPC in Uruguay. Given the vital role it has played in many ways in the past few years I thought that it’s worth taking a closer look at this community.

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MSI prepping passive 3D laptop using cheaper glasses, TriDef 3D software

While many of the 3D laptops that have been announced to date have used active-shutter technology, there’s also a movement afoot to pump out notebooks using passive 3D instead. Why? The polarized glasses only cost a few bucks, compared to the $150 per pair that active-shutter glasses cost

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