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You may think Hard Drives are all the same, and that there is no reason to upgrade unless you need more space, however that is NOT the case. Drives are getting faster and faster all the time, with more and more cache.
Take for example this mac mini with the standard 5400 RPM Hitachi Laptop Drive, it was replaced with a 7200 RPM Western Digital Black Drive. The drive benchmarks over 3 times higher, and the system has a dramatic performance boost.

Well, it’s that time of year again. Pioneer is hosting their 2009 Road Show in Long Beach CA!

They have graciously invited me to attend for the second year in a row as the exclusive coverage for AVIC411.com

The Road Show is June 13th, so stay tuned!

Well, since I wasn’t accepted to go via the Student Scholarship program, I dove into my savings, and credit card, to finance the $1300 ticket. I’ll see you guys (and Robert) there!

WWDC has never sold out before, but presumably the influx of iPhone developers has brought registration to new levels. Good thing I already got a ticket!

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Well, it was almost a month coming…tonight I got a “sorry your on a waiting list” email from Apple regarding my application for WWDC08.

Virgin Galactic is on track to start launching commercial space flights in 2009, and they just announced their new spaceship designs…can’t wait!

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As of June 14th 2007, I am CompTIA Network+ Certified! This is an add-on to my A+ Certification which was on 8/2/05.

Disney Grad Nite was AMAZING!
Congratulations Class of 2007!

I have a 30 minute video here:

jasonhilton.us/gradniteweb.wmv (95mb)

Note: The following is a school project only, and by no means a actual product or advertisement.
This is a chart organizer for an airplane cockpit that was made and “pretend marketed” for a school business project.

Video (7.5MB)

XM Radio announced the launch of the XM-4 broadcast satellite today, planned for October 26.
Designed for a 15-year lifespan, the XM-4 satellite will have 18 kilowatts of total power at the beginning of life on orbit.

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