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Back in December Microsoft caused a bit of a ruckus in the Windows Home Server community by announcing that the next version of Windows Home Server, codenamed “Vail,” will not include the Drive Extender technology that enabled users to easily add on storage to their systems: when users connected storage, the existing drives used by the system simply got bigger, and users didn't have to muss and fuss with a myriad of drive… Read More

No more lugging around backpacks crammed full of dry textbooks. This fall a high school in Vail, Arizona will go wireless. The school will dispense with traditional textbooks, and students will carry laptops instead. Lessons will be taught using electronic and on-line articles. Experts say Vail Unified School District's choice to become an "e-school" is atypical. Switching to an all-wireless classroom is often prevented by cost,… Read More