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Alpine IVA-W205

Note: We will be producing a separate, complete review for the Blackbird PMD-B200. With the launch of the IVA-W205, Alpine becomes the second aftermarket manufacturer to combine mobile- and in-dash navigation. Unlike the Eclipse AVN2210p, which uses a similar combination of in-dash dock connected to a portable TomTom GPS device,...

Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, Blackbird PMD-B200, Alpine IVA-W205, Alpine, disc

Product reviews 2007-10-02

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Alpine PND-K3 - GPS receiver

We've reviewed a couple of in-car GPS devices from Alpine Electronics, including the Alpine Blackbird and the Alpine Blackbird II, and we haven't come away particularly impressed. While offering a decent feature set, the performance was subpar and definitely not worth the eye-popping price tag. The company's latest model, the...

Tags: Keyboards, GPS, GPS receiver, start screen, Alpine, Alpine PND-K3, Alpine Blackbird

Product reviews 2008-10-30

2009 Dodge Durango Hybrid

Photo gallery: 2009 Dodge Durango HybridIt takes a long time to lose a bad reputation. The 2009 Dodge Durango Hybrid looks like the kind of big SUV that says you don't give a damn about the environment and are OK with importing the majority of our oil. But looks can...

Tags: Dodge Durango, Dodge Durango Hybrid, SUV

Product reviews 2008-10-24

Arctic Class of '08: less ice, but not the least

Above phjoto taken last week by NASA satellite. The Arctic ice cap is relatively small this year, but it ranks as only second smallest. The Ice Class of '07 still reigns. That's the latest word from the National Snow and Ice Data Center which...

Tags: Greenland, Glacier, Satellite, Network Technology, Networking, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-09-17

Lawns getting greener

The Environmental Protection Agency is moving up the restrictions on emissions fron many small engines. This will include outboard motors lawnmowers. Those new, small conbustion engines will have to get cleaner over the next few years. Perhaps they can couple that move with a little...

Tags: Lawn, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-09-09

What's up, what's down on our warming planet?

Glaciers are down, the ocean is up. Here are some details: Europe is losing its Alpine snowmass. Glaciers in Europe have lost 25% of their snowmass since 1980. It's more than agony for skiers. Huge sections of rock and rubble are leaving...

Tags: Meter, Glacier, Business Ethics, Government, Leadership, Management, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-09-06

ZFactura (zip)

ZFactura is a invoicing software for self-employed workers and small companies. You will have access to the following files: items products and services, Vendors, Vendor invoices, Customers, Quotations, Customer invoices, Corrective invoices, and recurring billing. You can create your own quotes and then invoice them afterwards with a simple click....

Tags: Invoice, ZFactura, Taxes, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance

Software downloads 2008-07-25

Blaupunkt Brisbane SD48

With the Brisbane SD48 digital media receiver, Blaupunkt--a name synonymous with car stereos of old--is proving that it can make products for the digital age. It may look like a regular single-DIN head unit, but like the Alpine iDA-X001, the Brisbane SD48 is a "mechless" device designed to support digital...

Tags: Digital media, Digital music, Brisbane SD48

Product reviews 2008-05-07

Sony CDX GT620IP - radio / CD / MP3 player

Standing on the shoulders of the entry-level Sony CDX-GT420IP, the CDX-GT620IP delivers as-standard iPod connectivity with some stylish and useful faceplate controls, including a dedicated browser interface for digital media libraries. With the ability to play a range of digital-audio discs, an aux-input jack, and some advanced audio tweaking capabilities,...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, MP3 player, MP3, CD, radio, CDX-GT620IP, Apple iPod, Sony Corp., Sony CDX-GT420IP, digital audio

Product reviews 2008-05-02

One constant in the Earth's climate: change

A scientific conference in Europe has brought out some recent research findings on the polar regions. Much is being learned for the first time about Antarctic's prehistoric climate. One thing's certain: there's been a lot of change. Over the eons. The ice sheets on...

Tags: Climate, Antarctic, Productivity, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-04-25

Alpine CDE-9874

The Alpine CDE-9874 is a simple single-DIN in-dash car stereo that goes head-to-head with the entry-level Sony CDX-GT420U we reviewed last week. With a clean, easy-to-use interface and built-in capability to play MP3, WMA, and AAC-encoded discs, a front-mounted auxiliary input jack, and expandability options including iPod and Bluetooth...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Alpine CDE-9874, Alpine, disc, dial

Product reviews 2008-04-17

Your turn: Readers choose their 10 favorite Windows programs

Your turn: Readers choose their 10 favorite Windows programsThanks for the clarificationI would certainly expect better service from anyone expecting to actually have customers. I can only guess that they get so few calls that they help desk is out of practice. :-)SkypeNot sure about your customer service...

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, IrfanView, favorite Windows program, Windows Program, Skype Technologies S.A., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-03-21

Solutions Consultant Heightens Productivity and Improves Server Performance by 20%

Alpine ultimately needed a server solution that would integrate with its existing technology, increase its business flexibility, and reduce network management costs. This solution would form a solid foundation for its business workloads without adding to the workload of running the business. Alpine saw that Windows Server 2008 would answer...

Tags: Network Management, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Networking, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Case studies 2008-03-06

Attack journalism: an iPhone example

Here's a comment from cnet contributor ripragged in response to a Macalope blog entry responding to an article about DRM - but entirely applicable in a different context: the essentially unanimous rejection of the iPhone by the paid IT analyst community: I'm trying...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Attack, Gruber, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Digital Music, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-01-07

Happy New Year - and a few tech resolutions

Happy New Year - and a few tech resolutionsResolutions?I thought resolutions were supposed to be challenging...At least they shouldn't all be fun ones. lolBe careful Adrian. The RIAA is now suing people who rip their legally purchased CDs.Why MP3? AAC is open, standard, smaller files, & sounds betterWhy...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Consumer electronics, DVD, RIAA, USB 1, MP3, AAC, CD

Discussion threads 2008-01-01

Alpine CDA-9885

The trickle of HD Radio-capable aftermarket car stereos is starting to turn into a stream. Following the launch of JVC's KD-HDR1and Sony's CDX-GT520,Alpine brings us the CDA-9885, a single-DIN sized in-dash CD player with the ability to act as an HD Radio tuner. Like the Sony HD stereos we've seen...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Alpine CDA-9885, HD radio, radio, Alpine

Product reviews 2007-11-30

Italy 3 Screensaver (zip)

Italy's located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia. Enjoy Italy 3 Screensaver with super large high resolution photos. This version is the first release...

Tags: Italy, Wallpaper Screensavers

Software downloads 2007-11-29

11 Steps to iPhone screencaps from WITHIN the iPhone, not of it

Erica Sudan of the Unofficial Apple Weblog has posted a freely downloadable utility that when installed on your iPhone, will let you take screen captures not just of your iPhone screen but directly from it. And then the iClarified Web site has posted...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Construction, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-11-28

Alpine PMD-B200 Blackbird II

About a month ago, we reviewed the Alpine IVA-W205, an innovative aftermarket in-dash unit that works as a multimedia player and a navigation system. The latter function is provided by docking the Alpine PMD-B200 aka Alpine BlackBird II portable navigation system into the IVA-W205, but the cool thing is that...

Tags: GPS, Keyboards, display, Alpine, Alpine PMD-B200

Product reviews 2007-10-31

2008 Scion xD

Scion's marketing people like to refer to the new 2008 Scion xD as a "Little Deviant," portraying it as car for those who refuse to follow the crowd. The xD's exterior styling does break the mold of the rounder Scion xA that it replaces. Its large, facemask-like front end gives...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple iPod, Scion, dial, jog dial

Product reviews 2007-10-26