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- What should open source do in a car?
- Engine Management...The owners should be able to tweak the engine management settings.There is no reason I should be forced to stick with the 'safe' mode settings from the factory. Other Ford enthusiasts could tweak their cars and post their engine profiles online and people could adjust their cars engine...
- Tags: car, Ford Motor Co., open source
- Discussion threads 2009-10-30
- Ultrasone Edition 8
- We've reviewed a number of Ultrasone headphones over the years--everything from iPod-inspired iCans to the luxurious HFI-2200s. But the new Edition 8s are, in so many ways, a very different Ultrasone. First, the Edition 8s have, according to Ultrasone, a completely original design that doesn't share any parts with...
- Tags: Ultrasone, headphone
- Product reviews 2009-10-21
- MotorNotes 9.6.1 (Windows)
- When did I last change the oil? Did my fuel economy improve after replacing the fuel filter? How many miles did I drive for my business last year? What were my suspension settings at the last track day? How much did I spend on fuel, tires, and oil last year?"...
- Tags: Vehicle, Hale Solutions, MotorNotes 9.6.1, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2009-10-12
- VholdR ContourHD wearable camcorder
- The ContourHD is a tube-style camcorder designed to be worn as a helmet camera for recording extreme activities. The ContourHD features an attractive design, but a limited feature set. Unlike the competition, it doesn't feature a still photography mode or a viewfinder, optical or digital. But what the Contour...
- Tags: Corporate communications, Engineering, camcorder, Video Resolution, Recording Video, Recharging, ContourHD
- Product reviews 2009-09-28
- Sprint lures two from Verizon; new 'unlimited' plan seals deal
- Gone to Sprint!As a 21 year VZW customer and my wife as a 16 year VZW customer, our bills with data on our phones and 400 minutes for me and unlimited and text for hers, our bills were $270/month combined (mine with a 6% discount on a business plan). ...
- Tags: GPS, Handhelds, Cellular phones, Verizon Communications Inc., VZW, Sprint Communications
- Discussion threads 2009-09-14
- Now I Know Why I Can't Stand the Washington Redskins
- U.S. businesses seem to abuse their customers moreThis may seem unrelated, but reading this post made several parallels pop up in my mind. The RedSkins are suing fans who were obviously previously supporting them financially but ran into hardships. The RIAA sues grandmothers who spent a LIFETIME buying recordings for...
- Tags: Team management, Packer, Washington Redskin, Redskins, team
- Discussion threads 2009-09-04
- Electric car: victim of hit-and-run?
- Why not bring these Back?You mean to tell me that someone doesn't have the Plans for these cars? Can it really be that hard to put these back into production?Sounds like a conspiracy to me! Could it have been the Oil Companies? The Auto Makers? Politicians? I think someone needs...
- Tags: car, electric car
- Discussion threads 2009-08-20
- Xbox 360: Played x5 more than Wii, x5 more likely to fail that PS3
- 360 is sorta like owning an old sports carYou love the thing, but hate that it breaks down all the time. The reason people are so loyal to the 360 is that the software and game library are fantastic. The controllers work great and are durable without any gimmicks. When...
- Tags: Game players, reason people, Sony PlayStation 3, console, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox, failure rate, Microsoft Xbox 360
- Discussion threads 2009-08-18
- 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
- We're still in a recession...Don't buy an Apple (the free iPod isn't worth it)
- I own an Apple. It's a MacBook and it's about a year and a half old. The little 13" bit of polycarbonate has served me well and it's been a reliable companion. I bought it when I had a bit of extra money in a student loan...
- Tags: Car, Apple Macintosh, Apple iPod, Recession, Board, Apple Inc., Corporate Governance, Digital Music, Digital Media, Desktops, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Hardware, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-08-13
- Auto marketing wars: Nissan claims over 300 MPG
- only if this happened a long time agowe wont have depended on foreign oil so much.. but better late than never...How many of those 230/300 MPG miles?How many of those 230/300 MPG miles were spent coasting downhill, driving at 25 MPH on a test track or other unreal world, hypermiling...
- Tags: marketing, MPG, car, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-13
- (Photos: Play that funky music, VW owner)
- Play that funky music, VW owner. MusicmanI love VW. Actually even without that fancy guitar I would surely buy the car.
- Tags: photograph, VW
- Discussion threads 2009-08-12
- Windows 7 Starter edition introduces genuine "Microsoft tax"
- Their copyright, their license, their rulesIf you want it you have to play by their rules. Always has been that way with Windows, and it always will be that way. If you don't like it, you can always play with someone else who is more willing to share."How much you...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Linux, Operating systems, tax, Microsoft Windows, Tiered pricing, Microsoft Windows 7 Starter, Microsoft Windows 7, netbook, Microsoft Corp., operating system
- Discussion threads 2009-08-12
- Sony kills virtualization on Vaio notebooks
- I wonder what recourse a buyer has?Will Sony issue a refund?This is like buying a "sports car" and not being told it won't do more than 55mph til you try it ('cause no one in New York City can drive over 30mph).Yea, I know my logic is way out there,...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, cloud computing, Utility computing, Storage management, Cyberthreats, Sony Vaio, notebook, Sony Corp., VW, virtualization, computer
- Discussion threads 2009-08-11
- 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
- First-ever arrest of domain-name thief involves Clippers' Madsen
- In the first-ever U.S. arrest of a domain-name thief, New Jersey state police have arrested a man suspected of stealing the domain name P2P.com. In an unusual celebrity twist, Donald Gonclave then sold the domain name to L.A. Clippers forward Mark Madsen on eBay for $110,000,...
- Tags: GoDaddy, Domain Name, Albert Angel, Domain Names, Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-08-04
- Garmin Nuvi 760
- Editors' note: The following review is of the Garmin Nuvi 750. The Nuvi 760 is identical to the 750 in nearly every way, except that the 760 adds Bluetooth hands-free calling and an FM Traffic data receiver to its feature set. As a result, the 760 gets extra points in...
- Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, Garmin Nuvi series, Nuvi 760, Garmin Nuvi, Garmin Ltd., Garmin Nuvi 750
- Product reviews 2009-07-30
- Who's to blame for unsecured WiFi connections?
- Who's to blame for unsecured WiFi connections?I've been saying this for a while.[i]When it comes to trade-offs between security and convenience, convenience always wins.[/i]security = 1 / convenienceRE: Who's to blame for unsecured WiFi connections?I can't believe that you're endorsing having the police in any country "wardriving" around to detect...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, Wireless and Mobility, LANs, Wi-Fi, WLAN, router, Wi-Fi connection
- Discussion threads 2009-07-23
- Why Apache is not the bottom of the open source incline
- Why Apache is not the bottom of the open source inclineWith Apache, you can permit anybody to contribute, no questions asked, nothing to sign, and STILL sell proprietary versions to clients. With GPL, you have to make third party contributors sign everything over to you, which they often resent, and...
- Tags: Java development tools, Tony, open source, Eclipse, Apache Software Foundation, EPL, GPL
- Discussion threads 2009-07-16
- Automotive Wolf 4.4998 (Windows)
- Total car care software for any vehicle owner. Easily track repairs, maintenance, fuel usage, and operating costs. Setup your own maintenance reminders or let our built-in advisor configure each vehicle for you. Includes functional gauges to monitor maintenance, a Health Status Meter to measure overall condition, a detailed Cost Analysis...
- Tags: Maintenance, Monitor, Microsoft Windows, LoneWolf Software, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components
- Software downloads 2009-07-14
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