Stories about: Echelon

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The criminals knew what they were doing when they hit the Western Beaver County School District.

Prostitution and drugs frighten some people away from San Francisco's gritty Tenderloin district, but the area could soon enlighten the city with a money-saving idea.

Apple iPhone, Android G1, AT&T Fuze, HTC Touch Diamond, and three flavors of BlackBerry compete for one pocket. Which should you choose?

With two 320GB disk platters, this 3.5in Caviar SE16 desktop drive is the most densely packed in Western Digital's arsenal. It's aimed at users who want plenty of performance.

The Galaxy 9600GT OverClocked (OC) is one of the latest graphics cards to use NVIDIA's ninth generation GeForce GPU (graphics processing unit). Aimed primarily at casual gamers, this factory overclocked edition falls into the upper echelon of mainstream graphics cards, offering plenty of processing power at a price that most people can afford. Diehard 3-D enthusiasts may not get the results they want from high-end games like Crysis, but Galaxy's decision to include easy-to-use overclocking software will give gamers more flexibility. Subsequently the card remains an excellent value choice.

The DCR-SR85 is yet another addition to Sony's exhaustive HDD handycam range. Its main features include a 60GB hard drive, a 25x optical zoom and a memory stick slot for additional hybrid recording. Falling into the upper echelon of standard-definition camcorders, it will provide a satisfactory performance for those who aren't ready to make the leap to HD. However, if you have an extra $200 to play around with, we'd recommend opting for the DCR-SR220; another SD model with superior specifications.

Until very recently, Final Cut Express has always felt like a superfluous addition to Apple's video editing family. With Final Cut Pro taking care of the upper echelon of the market and iMovie catering to everyone else, there seemed to be little reason for the 'bridging' upgrade's existence. Simply put, if you wanted semi-professional results at a reasonable price, iMovie could get the job done with flying colours.

While Apple is tight-lipped about the introduction of new Mac systems with Intel's latest Penryn processors, analysts said the company's Unix-based Xserve servers could be the first to include the power-efficient Penryn chips.

Customer satisfaction levels at Dell have fallen again, according to a customer satisfaction survey.