Houstonist Tech Buzz - 102807

Local tech news in a compact, digital format.

Keyboard Reviews
Dwight Silverman over at The Chronicle has reviewed a couple of keyboards. One from Microsoft and another from Logitech. Check out his article for the lowdown on this new hardware.

Raawwr! Leopard Unleashed
The latest OS from Mac, Leopard 10.5 is on the loose. JKOnTheRun, Dwight Silverman and Dr. Mac have all recently run articles on this revolutionary new operating system from Apple.

Metro Announces Maps for iPod
From Mike McGuff and abc13.com comes this story about Metro releasing rail and bus maps for the iPod. Click over to abc13.com for easy instructions on how to download and install these maps.

Going Under The CyberKnife®
The U.S. Government has purchased a CyberKnife® Robotic Radiosurgery Systems for the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston, Texas. The CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System is the world's only robotic radiosurgery system that treats tumors anywhere in the body. The system will be focused on the treatment of extracranial tumors, including lung and prostate. There are currently over 70 CyberKnife® units in operation in the U.S. and 39 worldwide and while the VA uses CyberKnife® to remotely cut up vets, M.D. Anderson is busy working on a study to compare treatment outcomes in early-stage operable lung cancer human surgery vs the CyberKnife® system.

HPD Gets A Little More High Tech
HPD will soon be getting a new crime data system which will share data between multiple public and private databases. This new technology will cost HPD around two million dollars with almost a million of that going towards software development. The new program should be in place and functional by January 2008.

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