Jul 24

Best Case for Your PC Build: 8 New Chassis Tested & Rated

Best Case for Your PC Build: 8 New Chassis Tested & Rated Posted 06/13/2011 at 12:12pm | by Nathan Edwards and Alan Fackler 15 Print

When you’re outfitting a new computer, it can be tempting to just buy the cheapest no-name case you can find, slap your new parts into it, and call it a day. While that might have been a valid choice in ye olde beige days—heck, early Dream Machine builds didn’t even list the case—it’s not one we’d recommend today. Ent

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Jul 24

NASA’s Next Mars Rover to Land at Gale Crater

NASA’s next Mars rover will land at the foot of a layered mountain inside the planet’s Gale crater. The car-sized Mars Science Laboratory, or Curiosity, is scheduled to launch late this year and land in August 2012. The target crater spans 96 miles (154 kilometers) in diameter and holds a mountain rising higher from the crater floor than Mount Rainier rises above Seattle.

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Jul 24

Is There Still Hope Left in the Future of the PC?

AMD, Intel and Microsoft have all presented quarter reports that were well above analyst epectations. Despite the depressed mood in the economy, there are tremendous growth and record profits. Yet, as so often, the devil is in the detail.

Those who dominated the past three decades reveal weaknesses in markets that have made Apple the most profitable IT company. Should we make plans for the funeral of the PC?

The impression is certainly there. Microsoft had record revenue thanks to its Office business, server software and the bo 360. Windows, however, suffered from the third consecutive quarterly revenue decline.

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Jul 24

Brooks Automation buys Nexus Biosystems for $79M

Chelmsford instrumentation company Brooks Automation Inc. has closed on a purchase of Nexus Biosystems Inc. of Poway, Calif., in a cash deal worth $79 million.

According to a release from Brooks (Nasdaq: BRKS), Nexus makes automated compound and sample management solutions for life sciences companies. In addition to the $79 million, the company paid approximately $6.7 million for the value of the unrestricted cash held by Nexus at closing.

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Jul 23

Deal of the day: 10% off all Lenovo ThinkPads and free 4GB RAM upgrade

Today’s deal of the day takes 10% off any ThinkPad (including the Edge models that normally only get 5%) and gives you a free upgrade to 4GB RAM.

You can check out the list of what each model starts at with the discount and don’t forget the 4GB RAM upgrade is an $80 value. Thi

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