Archive for March 2009

World’s First Successful ViKY Robot-assisted Surgery

This month Fox Chase Cancer Center performed the world’s first successful minimally invasive distal pancreatectomy using the ViKY® system’s revolutionary robotic, compact laparoscope holder. The technology, developed in France and tested on thousands of patients in Europe, made its debut in a cancer setting in the United States at Fox Chase.

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8 Hours a Day Spent on Screens, Study Finds

The average American adult spends eight hours a day in front of screens, and computer use has replaced radio as the second most common media activity.

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OCZ’s Apex 120GB Solid State Drive, Competition For Intel

What makes the OCZ Apes Series different from OCZ’s previous SSD offerings, however, is the Apex series’ use of what OCZ calls an “internal RAID 0 configuration” Instead of relying on a single drive controller, the OCZ Apex series is equipped with two controllers and the dual storage arrays are linked internally in a pseudo-RAID 0 setup.

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15 Free Downloads To Pep Up Your Old PC

Got an aging Windows laptop or desktop computer, but money’s too tight to buy a new one? Here are some programs that will give it a quick system tuneup

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12 Excellent Tools for Picking a Domain Name

There are plenty of tools out there that can help you ease the burden of checking available domains and suggesting similar names that are related to your searches. In this article, you’ll read about 12 neat web tools that will lend you a hand in finding and choosing domain names.

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Happy 15th Birthday Linux!

Hey Linux kernel! You’re 15! You know what that means
—look band on fond times, recompile, and gather all of your copyright-reform-loving, terminal-typing friends and have a rager!


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8 Tech Tricks To Get Out Of A Fix

Before calling in the experts, try some of these tips to fix your tech problem.

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