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- (Photos: Terrafugia's flying car flies)
- (Photos: Terrafugia's flying car flies)Terrafugia?I'm geeky enough to appreciate the latin, but that name sucks. It's too geeky even for a geek.This is pretty cool, but there is no way I'd subject it to road driving with the morons I dodge on a daily basis. Can you imagine the...
- Tags: Terrafugia, car, car fly, photograph
- Discussion threads 2009-03-19
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- FAA hit with network glitch; Flight plans go manual
- Another glitch with a linux network? Its hard to believe people still use it for anything critical like the FAA and flight tracking. Its a toy OS and should not be used when the lives of people are dependent upon it.Cisco supplies the network backboneIt will be interesting to see...
- Tags: Operating systems, Sun Solaris, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, network, FAA, operating system, Flight Plan, network glitch, Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- 2010 Audi A5 Cabriolet
- Photo gallery:2010 Audi A5 CabrioletThe Audi A5 is a stunningly beautiful coupe with excellent power and performance. Unfortunately, the 2010 Audi A5 Cabriolet is not that car. In an effort to please drop-top lovers, Audi cut the roof off of the A5 Coupe, an element that accounted for the majority...
- Tags: Audi AG, A5 Cabriolet
- Product reviews 2009-11-16
- Ubuntu 9.10 = easiest, cheapest upgrade ever
- Worst OS ever! You should read what Dana Blankhorn had to say about your beloved linux! I'll give you a hint, its not good. I can't believe they would release a distro with known harddrive bugs. I'm going to laugh at you when you lose all your data due...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, UNIX, Ubuntu, Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-10-29
- Carry on blues and the blame game
- 7mgte is right(sorry, I can't reply to a posting, just the story)It's not like the airline saves any money on fuel if you carry it on, vs. check it. It still has to lug the weight around.Just Wait for the Other Shoe Charge to DropJust wait until the airlines "solve"...
- Tags: ATM, Financial services, game
- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
- 2010 Nissan 370Z Roadster
- Photo gallery:2010 Nissan 370Z RoadsterWhen we reviewed the new Nissan 370Z Coupe last year, we applauded the company for doing a sports car model update right. Rather than bloating out the car, Nissan reduced size and weight, at the same time putting in a bigger engine. But the roadster version...
- Tags: Digital music, cabin tech, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Nissan 370Z, car, sports car, Nissan 370Z Roadster
- Product reviews 2009-10-14
- Garmin Nuvifone G60 (AT&T)
- Photo gallery:Garmin Nuvifone G60If you've been following the story of the Garmin Nuvifone at all, you know it hasn't been the smoothest of rides. After being announced in January 2008, the launch of Garmin's first smartphone was delayed time and time again, and we had all but given up on...
- Tags: Handhelds, GPS, Smart phones, Cellular phones, AT&T Corp., display, Garmin Ltd., Garmin nuvifone, Garmin Nuvifone G60, Nuvifone G60, smart phone
- Product reviews 2009-10-09
- MSI X340 might be the best laptop you've never heard of
- Glossy LCD? No thanksA Lenovo X300 from the Lenovo Outlet for about $1100 seems to be the best deal to me. For an extra $400 beyond the MSI you get a fast SSD, higher resolution non-glossy display though the viewing angle and contrast is rather disappointing, a second processing core,...
- Tags: Notebooks, MSI web site, MSI, laptop computer, MSI X340
- Discussion threads 2009-09-24
- 'Mericans say: "Gimme a plug-in"
- Pay more, yes...Pay more than the gas price we would save over the life of the car, no. That's the issue now, you do not save more in the long run. Once we get to the point where we would merely break even, then I would seriously consider a plug-in.Electric...
- Tags: Plug-in car, car, plug-in, electric car, battery, commute, No.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-11
- Font Pilot 2.4.3 (Mac)
- Choosing the right font for a project is essential when it comes to its presentation. We've all seen those cheesy used car commercials using a messy font like "Sand". Don't let that happen to you! Take control of your font collection. In the old days, before Font Pilot, you'd be...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Font, Font Pilot
- Software downloads 2009-08-31
- Deconstructing United Airlines: Where Customers are Transactions
- Nothing new!I've had similar experiences with United.We tried to go from Baltimore to Florida...http://jeffstravellog.blogspot.com/2008/12/27-december-2008-miami-florida-nope.htmlThen we tried again the next day...http://jeffstravellog.blogspot.com/2009/01/28-december-2008-islamorada-florida-for.htmlNever had issues like this with any other airlines.A Contrary ViewWow, United really pulled your chain, as indicated by your investment in your extensive post. You cite some sad cases of...
- Tags: United Airlines, Customers Ltd., United Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-20
- LG LHB953
- Photo gallery:LG LHB953When Blu-ray HTIBs first hit the market, they really didn't make sense as a product type. They were slow, and the value just wasn't there, as it was easy to put together superior systems from separate components. One year later, everything has changed; there are several excellent HTIBs...
- Tags: subwoofer, speaker, LG LHB953, LG Electronics Inc., center channel
- Product reviews 2009-08-14
- Fed's RFIDiocy pwnd at DefCon
- NSA spooks gather for a colleague's retirement party at a bar. What they don't know is that an RFID scanner is picking them out - and a wireless Bluetooth webcam is taking their picture. Could that really happen? It already did. The Feds...
- Tags: Federal Reserve Board, RFID, Wireless And Mobility, Security, Biometrics, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2009-08-10
- Carsplosion 1.0 (Mobile)
- Personalities and car models combine to produce the most annoying drivers on our roads. Rather then solve this problem through bouts of road rage, virtually explode these punks with Carsplosion. With driver archetypes including "Pretentious Yuppie" and "Obnoxious Gas Guzzler", you are bound to find a reason to press the...
- Tags: Car, Mobile, Driver, Innovator Studios
- Software downloads 2009-07-27
- Are we re-training America?
- Are we re-training America?An unfair comparisonI agree that trains are great, and cost/fuel efficent in many circumstances. I just feel led to point out that it is not merely an issue of retraining America. There are demographic/geographic considerations that mean we may not be able to just copy...
- Tags: population center
- Discussion threads 2009-07-20
- Panasonic DVD LS83 - DVD player
- As gadget categories go, the portable DVD player is a rather commoditized lot, with plenty of no-name brands available for $100 or less. To rise above the sea of mediocrity, a player needs some distinguishing characteristics: say, a large screen, improved digital file support (something beyond plain old DVD and...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, Media players, Digital media, Digital music, Panasonic, Panasonic DVD-LS83, LS83, DVD, DVD player
- Product reviews 2009-07-16
- Pole Position Remix 1.0.3 (Mobile)
- Take to the road with three different intuitive control setups for drivers of all types. Tilt the iPhone to maneuver your car through challenging high speed race tracks in Tilt Steering Mode. Take control of the on-screen steering wheel and spin it to fly through harrowing hairpin turns. Or touch...
- Tags: Car, Mobile, Points
- Software downloads 2009-06-30
- Jobs recovering from liver transplant; re-ignites debate over privacy rights
- Jobs recovering from liver transplant; re-ignites debate over privacy rightsSteve alone DOES make Apple the company it isWhat would Apple be like without Steve Jobs? We don't have to guess. We already know because Apple was without Steve Jobs for many years. If Jobs hadn't returned Apple would have disappeared...
- Tags: Leadership, job, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., liver transplant, transplant
- Discussion threads 2009-06-20
- Should broadband connectivity be a right?
- Should broadband connectivity be a right?Not at all.Yes, it is going to be a necessity but it will never be a right. In my opinion, this goes along with the whole "Is health care a right" ordeal. Neither of these are rights. They are both almost absolutely necessary but no...
- Tags: Broadband Internet, Network technology, INTERNET, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, broadband, broadband connectivity
- Discussion threads 2009-05-31
- Mandatory vehicle efficiency in US?
- Mandatory vehicle efficiency in US?long time comingthis cap on minimum mileage should have been done a long time ago.With typical administrations saying that the money the US spends on foreign fuel from hostile nations puts more American lives at risk. Its just common sense to create a minimum cap on...
- Tags: Blogging, Now Let, vehicle efficiency, blog, Mandatory vehicle efficiency, gallon
- Discussion threads 2009-05-19
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