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    GPS component manufacturer Rakon announced a big drop in earnings this week. Can it recover though, even if the recession ends?

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    If you are in the market for a blogging platform, content management system or a complete web platform, you can do far, far worse than choose WordPress.

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    Blade servers were once the saviours of the datacentre. Expandability was king. But do blade servers still make sense today? We find out if they're still worth it.

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    Sun Microsystem's Sun Fire X4275 is an excellent all-rounder, although we'd love it if the noise could be cut down a little more.

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