Energy costs bring retooled computers

The struggle against the high cost of energy isn't confined to the fuel pump. A relentless war on energy waste is also raging in computer rooms across corporate America, and the fallout is reshaping the US computer industry.

Bob Doherty is on the front lines.

Computer taken from auto-body shop

A burglar stole a computer and electronic equipment worth an estimated $3,800 from Abra Auto Body, 44 Seventh St. N.E., according to Rochester police. The theft occured between 10 p.m. Wednesday and 3 a.m. Thursday.

The burglar reportedly gained access to the building through a broken window in an overhead door.

Device links computer, HDTV

Could Perry County be the next Silicon Valley?

That might be a stretch, but the North American distributor of a new product from a Korean electronics firm says cheap real estate and good transportation in the midstate led him to pick 403 Huckleberry Road in New Bloomfield as the location for his company.