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Web/Tech

Should You Buy A Solid State Drive?

If you want to improve the performance of your modern (SATA II) laptop, consider replacing the mechanical hard drive with a solid state drive (SSD). Unlike a regular hard disk drive (HDD), an SSD is very rugged and has no moving parts. Other benefits: reduced power usage, reduced noise and reduced heat generation. And Buy.com […]

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Economics

Want To Increase Online News Readership?

Here’s a suggestion: provide links to primary source data. The inspiration for this mini-rant? Two stories on Navy and Marine motorcycle fatalities. The first ran in the NYT (and Seattle Times) on Sunday; the second ran on CNN.com yesterday. In the last 12 months, 50 of the 58 sailors and marines killed on motorcycles were […]