17 Nov 09 Fusion-io ioXtreme PCI Express SSD reviewed: wicked fast, bloody expensive

Okay, so maybe you didn't need a full-on review to tell you that Fusion-io's ioXtreme PCI Express SSD was staggeringly pricey, but at $11 per gigabyte ($895 for 80GB), you may want to turn a blind eye right now if you're short on disposable income. If you've managed to continue on, then you owe it to your collective senses to give the read link a look. The gurus over at HotHardware were able to get one of these lightning fast devices in for review, and while we were always assured that performance would be mind blowing, it's another thing entirely to see those promises proven in the lab. Critics found the card to be the "fastest overall SSD solution on the market today," with consistent 700MB/sec reads and 300MB/sec writes. Of course, they were still anxious to get their hands on a supposedly forthcoming update to make this thing bootable, and the omission of a RAID BIOS definitely put a small damper on things; still, it's hard to let annoyance such as those overshadow the monster performance numbers, but we'd recommend giving the full skinny a good lookin' at before committing your child's college education fund to a pile of NAND.

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15 Dec 09 Albany launches energy 'test farm'

The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany, N.Y. officially launched its so-called ''Alternative Energy Test Farm.''



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05 Feb 10 Google Apps now can remote-wipe files from iPhones and Windows Mobile devices

Google is adding some basic mobile device management capabilities to Google Apps that will let IT managers remotely wipe data from lost iPhones. The remote wipe and other management features are available to users of Google Apps Premier and Education Edition and will work for iPhones, Nokia E series devices, and Windows Mobile smartphones.

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24 Feb 10 Berkeley puts flying litho on the runway

At the SPIE Advanced Lithography event here, the University of California at Berkeley provided an update on a technology called plasmonic nano-lithography--based on a flying lens.



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