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Operating system
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Memory
1 GB of RAM

Hard-disk space
250 MB of available hard-disk space

Web broswer Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or later
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Microsoft adCenter account
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Memory4less.com Offers Solid state Drives

Solid state isn’t the only thing looming on the horizon in the enterprise storage drive space. Drive makers say small-factor (2.5-inch) SAS is poised to encroach on 3.5-inch Fibre Channel’s turf in storage arrays.
Seagate is eyeing enterprise storage arrays with drives such as the Savvio 10k.3 that it launched this week. At 300GB, the self-encrypting drive offers more than twice the capacity of Seagate’s previous SAS drives. It also supports the SAS 2 interface. SAS 2 includes 6 Gbit/s speed and other enterprise features likely to show up in storage systems by next year.
“300-gig drives will be more attractive to storage vendors, and they’re starting to find the small form factor drives more compelling,” said Henry Fabian, executive director of marketing for Seagate’s enterprise business. “You’ll start to see the small form factor ship in the second half of the year in storage arrays because of higher capacity and lower power requirements.”

Joel Hagberg, VP of business development for Seagate rival Fujitsu Computer Products of America, also sees small form factor SAS coming on strong in enterprise storage. “The storage vendors all recognize there is a shift coming as we get to 300 gigs or 600 gigs in the next couple of years in the 2.5-inch package,” he said. “We’re cutting power in half and the green initiative in storage is increasing.”
As for Fibre Channel, the drive makers agree you won’t see hard drives going above the current 4-Gbit/s bandwidth level.
“Four-gig is the end of the road for Fibre Channel on the device level,” Hagberg said. “All the external storage vendors are looking to migrate to SAS.”
By the way, Hagberg says Fujitsu isn’t buying into the solid state hype for enterprise storage yet. He considers solid state to be a few years away from taking off in storage arrays.
“There’s a lot of industry buzz on solid state, and I have to chuckle,” he said. “I meet with engineers of all storage vendors and talk about the hype versus reality on solid state drives. Every notebook vendor released solid state in the last year. Are any of those vendors happy with those products? The answer is no. The specs of solid state performance look tremendous on paper, but a lot less is delivered in operation.”

DellPartsSearch.com offers a wide range of world-class Accessories of Dell

The first Dell laptop made its debut in 1991 and by 1993, it became one of the top five computer companies in the world. By 1995, those$8.50 shares were worth $100. The progress of the business was rapid and in1997, Dell had shipped its ten millionth system.Reasons to shop from DellPartsSearch.com that they offers a wide range of world-class Accessories of Dell including Keyboards, CD-RW/DVD Drives, Laptop Batteries, Laptop Hard Drives, Notebook Auto/Air Adapters, AC Adapters, and more.

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Microsoft WorldWide Telescope

Experience WWT

Want to see the same images that scientists at NASA use for their research or perform your own research with those images? Or do you want to see the Earth from the same perspective that astronauts see as they descend to Earth? How about taking a 5 minute break and viewing a panorama of a different city? Install WWT and start your explorations.

Google may end up as winner if Microsoft buys Yahoo!

One of the biggest players behind Microsoft's drive to buy Yahoo has never been at the bargaining table - Google.

That company's dominance in search advertising prompted Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to go shopping and seek a tie-up with Yahoo so he could bolster his efforts against what has turned out to be one of Microsoft's toughest competitors.

If the deal happens, Google could face a stronger challenge in the $41 billion online advertising market. But a protracted antitrust review by U.S. and European officials, or difficult corporate integration, could actually help the Mountain View search giant.

And if the deal does not occur? Google still wins. Most analysts believe the Mountain View juggernaut will continue gaining market share.

More than half of Web advertising revenue comes from online queries. In March, Google garnered 59.8 percent of the U.S. search market, while Yahoo had 21.3 percent and Microsoft, 9.4 percent, according to ComScore.

Microsoft, which has sputtered online, decided that hooking up with Yahoo of Sunnyvale in a $44.6 billion deal is the best way to gain traction against its rival.

But don't expect quick results.

"The Yahoo structure, as far as I'm concerned, does not work as effectively as Google's does," said George Kepnick, co-founder of DottedOnline, a search marketing firm. "It's the same thing with Microsoft. So merging two platforms that don't work too well on their own isn't going to create a Google killer."

In other aspects, though, the companies if they combined could pose new problems for Google.

Ballmer has noted that Yahoo and Microsoft have duplicate services. It's expensive to run services like e-mail, instant messaging and search. A joint effort would free up more resources for a fight with Google.

"You have more engineers," said Karsten Weide, an analyst with market research firm IDC. "That makes the combined entity more competitive than each one currently is."

While a retooled competitor may not ever be able to catch Google in search ads, it could be in a strong position to dominate in emerging advertising areas, such as video. Google, which acquired online video sensation YouTube, hasn't been able to exploit its popularity for advertising revenue.

"Brand advertisers shun it because they don't think it's safe," Weide said. "Very significant amounts of money will be moved out of broadcast television onto the Internet, hundreds of millions of dollars, over the next few years. Right now, nobody is in a position A combined Yahoo and Microsoft could also become leaders in behavioral targeting advertising - technology that enables advertisers to offer up ads more relevant to Internet users based on their online actions, such as Web sites visited. Last year, Yahoo acquired digital marketing company BlueLithium, which specializes in this software.

Both Yahoo and Microsoft have leading mobile technology. Google's Android project, a new operating system for cell phones, is only at the prototype stage. Yahoo's Go software, on the other hand, already runs on hundreds of mobile devices. And Microsoft last year acquired TellMe, whose voice-recognition technology enables people to get directions through their phones by speaking the address.

"If you look at all the assets Yahoo and Microsoft have for future markets, they are very strong," Weide said.

Google, though, could gain an advantage if its chief competitors get tied up with regulatory red tape.

"In the fast-paced Internet industry, that kind of delay is an anathema," said David Garrity of Dinosaur Research. "It would leave the two organizations as sitting ducks. And it would be excellent for Google."

Even a swift completion of the deal wouldn't guarantee success.

"The real question is, how well does Microsoft execute the integration and whether, in the process, Microsoft manhandles the Yahoo enterprise such that by the time the process is finished all the vital elements have decided to depart?" he said.

10 funny flirting facts

So you’ve mastered the eye-contact game and can beckon a cute prospect with a few coy glances… but do you really know all there is to know about the fine art of come-hither? Just to make sure you’re up to speed, we culled some very surprising info that you can use to your advantage. Read on for some juicy tidbits that may up your cute quotient in no time.

1. Flirting is good for you. Studies show that people who flirt have higher white blood-cell counts, which boost their immunity and keep them healthy.

2. Think it ends at a little eye batting? Hardly—all told, scientists say there are 52 “flirting signals” used by humans. Of these, the hair flip is the most common.

3. In some places, flirting is illegal. In Little Rock, AR, an antiquated law is still on the books warning that engaging in playful banter may result in a 30-day jail term. In New York City, another outdated law mandates that men may be fined $25 for gazing lasciviously at a female; a second conviction stipulates the offender wear a pair of blinders whenever he goes out for a walk.

4. Why wait for Happy Hour? Lots of people get their flirt on during their morning commute. A full 62 percent of drivers have flirted with someone in a different vehicle while on the go, and 31 percent of those flirtations, it turns out, resulted in a date.

5. Flirting need not occur face to face. According to Pew Research, 40 percent of people who look for love online say they can easily flirt with someone via email or IM.

6. In the Victorian era, fans were the ultimate playful prop that could communicate all sorts of messages. A fan placed near the heart meant, You have won my love. A half-opened fan pressed to the lips suggested, You may kiss me. Hiding the eyes behind an open fan meant, I love you, while opening and closing the fan several times warned, You are cruel. Given how much a fan could come in handy, it’s a shame they ever invented air conditioning.

7. These days, cell phones do the flirting. In one survey, half of all mobile phone users have texted suggestive messages to keep things interesting while away from their amour.

8. Watch out, you can overdo it. According to the Social Issues Research Centre, the most common mistake people make when flirting is maintaining too much eye contact.

9. Sometimes, flirty gestures aren’t what they seem. Research has shown that men tend to routinely mistake friendly behavior for flirting.

10. Flirting is universal. A woman living in New York City and one in rural Cambodia may not have much in common, but when it comes to attracting a little attention, they both employ the very same move: smiling, arching their eyebrows, then averting their gaze and giggling. Animals flirt, too: Birds, reptiles, and even fish have their own way of strutting their stuff. Moral of the story: If the simple sea bass can act cute to enhance a romantic agenda, you can, too—so give it a go!


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Article courtesy of Happen magazine, www.happenmag.com.
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Bear's Blog: Season Two...

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International Consumer Electronics Show 2008 (CES) in LV

This is the good way to the business, its really good for the end-user consumer and the business consumer alike to attend the show at the same time.Attendees and media flood into the Central Hall at the 2008 International CES excited to see the latest and greatest in consumer electronics technology.Attendees and media gather around the Panasonic exhibit booth to see the world's largest advanced HD 150" plasma display.http://www.cesweb.org/press/images/rd_photos_floor.asp?option=show_floor

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SanDisk Vaulter Disk - TFOT

CompactFlash card lets you quickly capture, view, upload and transfer large image files. It is ideal for demanding photo shoots under severe weather conditions heat, cold, wind, rain, snow, etc. and is built to perform in the most extreme environments and temperatures. It has a minimum data transfer rate of 20MB per second.Specification for Extreme III Compact Flash Cards Capacity Manufacturer PartNumber Price 4GB SanDisk Corp. SDCFX3-4096-901 $30.94 2GB SanDisk Corp. SDCFX3-2048 $45.52 1GB SanDisk Corp. SDCFX3-1024 $122.84 Check Prices at: http://www.memory4less.com/search?q=SanDisk%20Flash%20Drive&cat=flash-memory-cards

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