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Sonys SRF-18 portable radio speaker setup features technology that would have been unremarkable two decades ago.

The tiny speaker system has an AM/FM radio, sound recording, and an auxiliary input for whatever peripheral device youve got (be it smartphone or 8-track player). The tuner looks straight out of the 70s, complete with yellow sliding bar and thumb-driven dial.

Sonys Jambox lookalike can sustain continuous play for several days on two AA batteries. If you plan on using it at your desk and dont want to burn through batteries, however, theres an AC adapter available for purchase (sold separately, of course).

At the very least, the SRF-18 comes with a decent paint job.

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Well they say necessity is the mother of invention, and that was the case for Gordon Stewart the creator of the gScreen. He wanted to be able to have desktop replacement with dual monitors on the go for video editing, and the gScreen was born.

The SpaceBook, at 10-pounds, weighs about 3-pounds more than the average 17-inch laptop (7-pounds), but gives users an extra full size 17-inch screen for mobile productivity. Specs include Windows 7 Pro, Intel i7 quad-core CPU with 8GB DDR1333 RAM, webcam, 500G HDD, NVIDIA discreet graphics, HDMI and Super DVD ODD.

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The latest happenings from around the web – August 29th, 2011  Motherboard  - ASUS P8B WS @- MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) Motherboard @ CPU & APU  - Energy-Efficient Processors from Intel Reviewed: Core i5-2500T, Core i5-2390T, Core i3-2100T and Pentium G620T @- AMD Phenom II X4 955 @ Video/Monitor  - Monitor Aspect Ratios – Beyond 16:9, iPad to the rescue? @- AMD Llano Graphics Battle: Gallium3D vs. Catal Read more…

Server sales in the second quarter of 2011 grew 17.9 per cent in revenue terms to $13.2bn, reckons IDC.

This is the sixth quarter of growth and unit sales also grew 8.5 per cent to 2.1 million boxes.

The IDC abacus-botherers classify servers as either volume, midrange enterprise or high-end enterprise. Volume and midrange grew by 16.6 and 16.7 per cent respectively, while high-end boxes saw sales grow 22.6 per cent.

Blade sales grew 26.9 per cent year on year in cash terms. Linux-based systems grew 47.5 per cent, thanks to Fujitsu’s K-computer HPC system. Windows-based machines also grew: 12.4 per cent year on year.

IBM and HP are almost tied for top spot with 30.5 per cent and 29.8 per cent market shares respectively.

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