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Sirius SPR1 Sportster Satellite Radio Receiver

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Sirius SPR1 Sportster Satellite Radio Receiver

Get in the game and join the future with the plug-and-play Sirius SPR1 Sportster satellite radio receiver. In addition to all of the capabilities Sirius receivers are known for, the Sportster maximizes the listening experience of Sirius’ broad sports lineup. Just like other Sirius-compatible receivers, the SPR1 decodes the incoming Sirius digital-quality radio program information from more than 120 music, news, and sports channels and delivers an audio signal to your radio or other audio output equipment. It’s easily transportable and, with the use of Sportster kits, enables you to listen to satellite radio programs at home, in your car, or during the backyard barbeque.

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Two Minutes with Dave Foley

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by Coury Turczyn

It’s safe to say that Dave Foley has made his mark in the annals of comedy greatness: The Kids in the Hall, News Radio, A Bug’s Life, and (yes) Celebrity Poker Showdown. Why, might you ask, would such a royal comedic personage as Dave Foley want to visit The Screen Savers? Well, he also happens to be a tech geek who watches the show. We managed to snare Dave as he waited in the Green Room and we asked him a few questions.

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Web Conferencing Gets It Together

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By David Greenfield, Network Magazine

When Joan Gargano, CIO at International Catastrophe Insurance Managers (ICAT), needed a Web conferencing solution to train the company’s sales force, she didn’t select WebEx or any of the other leading Web conferencing services. She did what many network architects and CIOs are increasingly starting to do, and that’s opt for a Web conferencing server — and she hasn’t looked back since. As more IT managers turn to Web conferencing to reduce travel expenditures, they’re eschewing the ongoing costs of Web conferencing services in favor of servers that sit on the corporate network.

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Just toss it in the microwave

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By SARA CLEMENCE

NORTH GREENBUSH — Something’s cooking at Ceralink Inc. At least, it appears to be. A turntable rotates inside a humming microwave, a brushed-metal model found in many American homes. But what’s inside the appliance is not for eating, and the person watching it is no chef. Ceralink is working with advanced materials, figuring out ways to process them faster and more efficiently using a technology that, until now, has been mostly confined to the kitchen.

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Apple iSight Video Conferencing Webcam with Autofocus -M8817LL/B

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Apple iSight Video Conferencing Webcam with Autofocus -M8817LL/B

iSight is a state-of-the-art video camera that’s the easiest way to video conference with your colleagues, friends and family over broadband. Featuring an autofocusing autoexposure F/2.8 lens which captures high-quality pictures even in low lighting, iSight also includes a dual-element microphone in its stylish compact aluminum body.

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Canon EOS 20D 8.2MP Digital SLR Camera with EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens

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Canon EOS 20D 8.2MP Digital SLR Camera with EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens

The perfect EOS for advanced-amateurs and professionals alike, the EOS 20D sets new standards in its class. Featuring an all-new 8.2 MP CMOS Sensor, a second generation DIGIC II Image Processor, 5 fps performance for up to 23 consecutive frames and a 0.2 second start-up time, the EOS 20D is designed to capture richly detailed, perfectly exposed images with speed formerly found only in cameras several times the price. Other features include a top shutter speed of 1/8000 sec., flash sync at 1/250, a new high-precision 9-point AF System, a built-in multi-controller for fast focusing point selection and a refined magnesium alloy body, for rugged, go anywhere photography. Compatible with not only Canon’s new EF-S Lenses, but with the entire EOS System of lenses and flashes, the EOS 20D is a professionally featured camera with a consumer price tag.

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Hybrid Cars Get Hot

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By Preston Lerner, LA Times

Scott Shelton is a car guy. make that a Crazed Car Guy. Like me, he’s afflicted with a genetic disorder that causes his testosterone level to spike alarmingly when he’s in the presence of a high-powered vehicle. But the recent birth of his first child has forced him to reluctantly consider trading his Porsche 911 for a more practical sport utility vehicle or, horror of horrors, a minivan. It’s enough, frankly, to make a Car Guy ill.

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How teachers complete with phones, laptops for kids’ attention

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from New York Times News Service

Now that computers are a staple in schools around the country, perhaps the machines should come with a warning label for teachers: “Beware: Students may no longer hear a word you say.” Today 80 percent of public schools have high-speed Internet access in at least one classroom, according to Market Data Retrieval, an education research company. Among colleges, 69 percent have classroom Internet access and 70 percent have wireless networks. Students start tapping away behind laptop lids with no way for teachers to know if they are taking notes or checking Hotmail.

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