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MacBook Air SSD - Is it worth the money?: Is the $1,300 solid state drive (SSD) for the MacBook Air worth the money? Doesn't seem so. Ars Technica have published a review where they put an SSD-equipped MacBook Air up against one packing a standard hard drive and found marginal performance gains - certainly not...; Tags: Apple MacBook, Battery, Solid State Disk, Battery Life, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-02-06
HTC Shift finally receives FCC approval: HTC announced the Shift ultra portable PC at CTIA in March 2007. Since that time there has been a few videos and reviews of test units that made it into the wild. You may actually be able to find the device in Europe now (I couldn't find it available anywhere...; Tags: FCC, High Tech Computer Corp., Device, Mobile, Battery Life, Federal Government, Advertising & Promotion, Engineering, Government, Marketing, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-01-16
CES: Mobile gadgets at Digital Experience!: I arrived at CES in Vegas and plan to stick around and see if there are any new mobile gadgets that may be worth picking up in 2008. While I do like to wander the show floor and find hidden treasures, it is much more productive to attend press events...; Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, Device, Mobile, Battery Life, Windows XP Version, Advertising & Promotion, Microsoft Windows, Bluetooth, Keyboards, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software, Wireless, Hardware, Peripherals, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-01-07
2nd impressions of the HTC Touch Dual: I posted my first impressions of the HTC Touch Dual back on 1 December and only had a Nokia N95 to take video of the device in action. I have now been using the Touch Dual as my primary device for a couple of weeks and took an updated video...; Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., Device, Battery Life, TouchFLO, Keyboards, 3G, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Corporate Communications, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Peripherals, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Components, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2007-12-19
iPod touch - Nice device, shame Apple crippled it: You might remember from a few weeks back my desire to get my hands on an iPod touch. I was so eager to get my hands on one that I made a five hour round trip to my nearest Apple store to get one only to be turned away because...; Tags: Keyboard, Apple Safari, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Apple iPod Touch, Battery Life, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2007-11-05

Poor iPod touch battery life (updated 2x): I'm always leary of manufactures claims of battery life, my rule of thumb is to cut what the manufacturer says in half. Apple claims that the iPod touch gets "up to" 22 hours of audio playback time and "up to" 5 hours of video playback time when...; Tags: Apple iPod, Battery, Apple iPod Touch, Battery Life, Engineering, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2007-10-25
Linux Laptop battery life: Measurement Tools, Techniques, and Results: Battery life is a valuable metric for improving Linux laptop power management. Battery life measurements require repeatable workloads. While BAPCo MobileMark 2005 is widely used in the industry, it runs only on Windows XP. Intel's Open Source Technology Center has developed a battery life measurement tool-kit for making reliable battery...; Tags: Technique, Battery, Tool, Intel Corp., Battery Life, Battery Life Measurement, Engineering, Linux, Operating Systems, Software; White papers 2006-06-26

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A new career: isotope designer: According to a Michigan State University (MSU) news release, 'Made-to-order isotopes hold promise on science's frontier,' nuclear physicists can now start a new career as isotope designers. These scientists can build specific rare isotopes to solve scientific problems and open doors to new technologies. The lead researcher says this approach...; Tags: Michigan State University, Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, Professional Development, Productivity, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Career, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-05-10
Photos: Top 10 reviews of the week: Here are CNET Reviews' 10 favorite items from the past week, including Apple's 24-inch iMac, a Beltronics radar detector, and the "most sophisticated NAS device" CNET has tested.Here''s our weekly roundup of the new products CNET reviewers liked best. 1. 2008 BMW 135i Coupe Editors'' rating: 8.9...; Tags: built-In, Battery, Photograph, Bottom Line, Navigation System, CNET', Price, Keyboards, Engineering, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Hardware, Peripherals, Storage, CNET News.com; Image galleries 2008-05-10
Blaupunkt New Orleans MP58: The New Orleans MP58 shows that Blaupunkt customers get what they pay for. In contrast with the Brisbane SD48 that we reviewed recently, the New Orleans MP58is a stylish head unit with a well-thought-out interface for letting drivers search their MP3 files with ease. It may not have the...; Tags: Digital music, Digital media, New Orleans MP58, Blaupunkt, disc, display; Product reviews 2008-05-09
Nyko Kama Wireless Nunchuk (Wii): Even though the Nintendo Wii makes use of wireless technology, you still need a wire to attach the nunchuk accessory to the Wii remote for selected games that require it. While many gamers agree the cord length is ample, there are a few situations where you may feel constrained. ...; Tags: Games, Nintendo Wii, Kama Wireless Nunchuk, nunchuk, Nyko, Wii Remote, wireless; Product reviews 2008-05-09
Philips DCP851 portable DVD player w/ iPod dock: While the DCP750 and DCP850 weren't the first portable DVD players to include built-in iPod docks, the Philips brand ensured that they made a bigger splash than earlier models from the likes of iLuv. For 2008, Philips has overhauled the design, opting for a tablet configuration instead of the standard...; Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Consumer electronics, Media players, DVD player, Philips DCP851, Apple iPod, Philips Electronics N.V., DVD; Product reviews 2008-05-09
Mowser purchased by dotMobi; is there a need for a .mobi domain?: A couple of weeks ago, Russell Beattie announced that Mowser was at the end of its life. His post took on a life of its own into a discussion of the mobile web and approaches to the internet on mobile devices. I heard today that Mowser will continue to live...; Tags: Mobile, Domain, Web Browser, Advertising & Promotion, Web Browsers, Marketing, Internet, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-09
A brief summary: A brief summaryCompare with CFOIn many parts of the world, the CFO must be a chartered/certified accountant. In the US, this is now also (essentially) the case, due to SOx, and SOx is there as a result of accounting scandals.IT continues to disregard formal qualifications and licencing. Maybe the CIO...; Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Databases, IBM AIX, SOx, shareholder, AIX 5.3, Schwartz, information technology; Discussion threads 2008-05-09
Math 4 Everyone (zip): A Brand new program that will bring Math to life for everyone. Very simple to use and many choices. Division, subtraction, power, and base. A math program that will help everyone learn math in a simple way. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: Math, Brianwisniewski, Branding, Marketing; Software downloads 2008-05-09
A new must-read for math/science teachers: I stumbled across an extraordinary children's book at our local library (for a town of 600, we somehow manage to have a great library). The book, though published in 1995, is still available new on Amazon. Called Math Curse, it was written by John Scieszca, and answers that fundamental...; Tags: Cereal, Teacher, Math Curse, Fibonacci, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Health care debate is a neverending story: The longer I cover the health care beat, the more I realize it's the one market where no one is happy. This should not surprise. Supply is naturally limited, demand virtually unlimited. There seems no way to balance the two. Julie...; Tags: Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-08
NASA's lunar breathing system: When six astronauts share a 15 cubic meters spacecraft for weeks, how is it possible to avoid to be bothered by your fellows sweating and breathing? I've already written about staying clean in space, but NASA is going further this time. Its scientists are testing a lunar breathing system. The...; Tags: NASA, Carbon Dioxide, CAMRAS, Sorbent, Flows, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Vonage narrows losses; Inks deal with Covad: Vonage is still losing money, but the bottom line is moving in the right direction. The company also signed a deal with Covad to offer DSL service. The VOIP provider on Thursday reported a first quarter net loss of $9 million, or 6 cents a share, compared...; Tags: Covad Communications Group Inc., Vonage Holdings Corp., Company, DSL, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Marketing Research, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Marketing, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Delaying a PC revolution in cell diagnosis: What if we could revolutionize medical testing, a platform as basic as a PC? Then what if every application, and every input, had to be separately inspected and approved by the FDA? That's life. Iknoisys of New Haven says it has just such a...; Tags: FDA, PC, Test, Clearance, Party Solution, Federal Government, Government, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-08