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Microsoft signs agreement to contribute to Joomla open-source project

Microsoft has signed the contributor agreement for Joomla, one of the biggest PHP-based open-source applications. Josh Holmes, a UX Architect Evangelist with Microsoft, has more about the arrangement on his blog: “Obviously it means that Microsoft employees can contribute to Joomla!. That’s

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HydroFILL Squeezes Electricity Out of Your Tap Water

HydroFILL Squeezes Electricity Out of Your Tap Water

Fuel cell outfitter Horizon is now offering a personal hydrogen power plant for use with its MiniPAK and HydroSTIK products. Although it isn't cheap, the system will (cleanly!) charge all of your small devices using the same water you drink. The HydroFILL allows users to generate their own hydrog

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This Tiny Core i7 Motherboard Could Almost Fit In Your Pocket

This Tiny Core i7 Motherboard Could Almost Fit In Your Pocket

5 inches by 3.7 inches—that's the diminutive footprint of the fully loaded conga-BM57 Core i7 motherboard. Despite its small stature, the conga-BM57 features an impressive spec list, including a 2.66 GHz Core i7, 8GB of RAM, integrated intel graphics, 5 PCI Express lanes, 8 USB 2.0 ports, 3

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Geek read: What happens when you upload a Facebook photo?

Geek read: What happens when you upload a Facebook photo?

Ever wonder what happens when you upload a mobile photo from your iPhone or BlackBerry to Facebook? The storage wonks at Facebook are about to tell you. In a fascinating geeked out read, Facebook’s Peter Vajgel walks us through the storage system behind the social networking site’s photo applic

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Scientists ID Gene That Allows the Growth of a New Head

Scientists ID Gene That Allows the Growth of a New Head

British scientists have identified the "smed-prop" genes that allow Planarian flatworms to regenerate any part of their body, including heads and brains, after an injury. Next step: regrowing human heads. The genes are contained in stem cells that all of the worms, even adults, have. And by f

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Eye-Fi Pro X2 Goes All Wireless N

Eye-Fi Pro X2 Goes All Wireless N

The Eye-Fi is an SD card that adds Wi-Fi uploads to any camera. Their latest flagship, the Pro X2, is pretty similar to old Eye-Fis, but it's faster and even a bit smarter, too. The 8GB SD card has equally fast read/write speeds to older models (class 6, for the savvy comparison shopper), but

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Kingston SSDNow V 30GB Flash Drive for $80

Lost in the CES maelstrom, we missed the Kingston SSDNow V 30GB, a solid state hard drive designed to run your operating system, faster faster, kill kill, pussycat. The best thing is the price: Only $80 after rebates.

• Sequential Speed**: up to 180MB/sec. read, 50MB/sec. write
• Performance: enhances productivity; makes users more efficient
• Innovative: 2.5″ form factor; uses NAND Flash memory components
• Silent: runs silent and cool with no moving parts
• Reliable: less likely to fail than a standard hard drive
• Shock Resistant: no moving parts; handles rougher conditions than a hard drive
• Supports S.M.A.R.T.: Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology
• Guaranteed: three-year Kingston warranty, 24/7 tech support
• Capacity1: 30GB
temperatures: -40° C to 85° C
• Operating temperatures: 0° C to 70° C
• Vibration operating: 20G Peak, 10-2000Hz, (20min/Axis)x3 Axis
• Vibration non-operating: 20G Peak, 10-2000Hz, (12 Cycle/Axis) x 3 Axis, x 20min.
• Power specs: Read: 1.4W (TYP), 2.5W (MAX)
• Write: 1.7W (TYP), 4.2W (MAX)
• Idle, Standby, Sleep: 55mw (TYP)
• Life expectancy: 500,000 hours MTBF

** Test system: Intel® DG945ID Desktop Motherboard; Intel® Quad Core Q9550; 4GB DDR2 800MHz system memory; on-board SATA 3Gbps with ACHI enabled in BIOS; OS: Windows® 7 Professional x64 or Windows XP Pro x86 SP3 (Intel® IMSM installed in both operating systems).
** Based on internal testing. Performance may vary based on system settings.

It’s coming in February for $110 without the promotional rebates. [Kingston]

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