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3M Ergonomic Mouse can avoid or reduce employment related injuries

Using a mouse all day is an unnatural task – 3M’s ergonomic mouse puts the wrist and hand in a more natural position avoiding claims for workplace injuries.

3M Ergonomic Mouse keeps the hand and wrist in a more natural position

By Stephen Pate – Holding a mouse in your hand and clicking repeatedly can cause hand and wrist pain. Eventually that leads to Repetitive Motion injury and carpal tunnel syndrome.

Lost time to Repetitive Motion injuries out ranks all other work place injuries.

The 3M Ergonomic Mouse virtually eliminates the stress and pain of a regular mouse. It is a recommended solution for people with arthritis in the hands and wrists.

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PC sales headed for 400 million in 2013

Apple’s Post-PC Era claim is more marketing hubris than fact with PC shipments 6 times higher than iPad

Unit sales 2012 - (Chart - Aquilium Group)

By Stephen Pate – At the new iPad announcement, Apple CEO Tim Cook called this the “Post-PC era.”

In terms of real market size, Apple’s claim of the demise of the PC doesn’t hold up. Continue reading

New Intel 520 Series SSDs outperform at marginal cost premium

New Cherryville series drives achieve high performance benchmark at slightly higher price than Intel’s SATA II 320 Series

By Stephen Pate – SSD drives have been getting faster and less expensive. Intel leads the performance race with its new SATA III 520 Series SSD drives.

SSD drives can boot Windows 7 and now Windows 8 in less than 20 seconds. Continue reading