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Photos: Solar festival as green as it gets

Alternative energy and culture were on display last weekend at an off-the-grid learning center in Northern California.Madison Avenue advertisers and Silicon Valley venture capitalists may be pushing all things green into the mainstream these days, yet the countercultural roots of the sustainable-living movement are alive and thriving. More than 10,000...

Tags: photograph, SolFest, Solar Living Institute, dome, alternative energy, photovoltaics, hydrogen, dump, Santa Cruz, wall, greenhouse, tent, automated teller machine, homeowner, Northern California, nonprofit, technique, festival, pump, showcase, pyramid, California, Sharp Corp.

Image galleries 2007-08-23

Music Retailer Captivates Consumers With Continuous Access to World's Largest CD Collection

A landmark to music lovers throughout Europe, the Saturn Music Dome occupies three expansive floors of a building that was once ranked as Europe's tallest skyscraper. The Dome advertises itself as housing the largest CD and DVD collection in the world. The 3,500-square-metre superstore offers shoppers a selection of more...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Access, CD, Dome

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I Love Radio 1.0.2 (Mobile)

I LOVE RADIO is a new interactive THE DOME RADIO that streams live and backstage music from THE DOME and publishes an international blog presenting Star news, paparazzi photos. I LOVE RADIO streams all smash hits from the current charts and brand new upcoming hits from pop, rock, and urban...

Tags: Mobile, Radio, Music, Liquid Air Lab, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-11-05

Onkyo SKS-HT870

Onkyo is known for having speaker expertise, even though it's not primarily a speaker company. That's because of Onkyo's success selling home-theater-in-a-box systems HTIBs, which combine a speaker system and an AV receiver in a single box, taking some of the confusion out of putting together your own system. The...

Tags: center channel, speaker, Onkyo

Product reviews 2009-10-30

Onkyo HT-S7200

Photo gallery:Onkyo HT-S7200"True" home theater fans may look down on home-theater-in-a-box systems, but sometimes that elitist attitude is unwarranted. The Onkyo HT-S7200 may technically be an HTIB, but that's just because it comes in a giant box; the system is composed of two separate components, the SKS-HT870 7.1 speaker package...

Tags: speaker, Onkyo HT-S7200, Onkyo, HTIB

Product reviews 2009-10-27

iHome iP1

We don't associate the iHome brand with "premium" audio and cutting-edge design, but the folks there are giving it their best shot with the 100-watt iP1, which has a new look for the company known for its budget iPod audio systems.The first thing you notice about the iP1 is that...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, iHome iP1

Product reviews 2009-09-15

PTZ Controller 2.4 (Windows)

PTZ Controller is an application to control Pan Tilt Zoom High Speed Dome. It is a virtual keyboard for PTZ camera with functions of traditional PTZ keyboard hardware. It can control the PTZ camera through RS232 port directly, or through RS485/USB port with a converter. Meanwhile, it's also a good...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Serial Port, Camera, Serial Port Tool, PTZ Controller, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals

Software downloads 2009-09-03

Basic Bookkeeping 7.0.2 (Windows)

Basic Bookkeeping is an accounting program for business owners, not accountants. Unlike double entry systems, Basic Bookkeeping's single entry method is intuitive. You simply enter your income and expenses. There are no credits, debits or other accounting jargon to worry about. If you have used "Dome" books (e.g., "Simplified Monthly...

Tags: Accounting, Accountant, Income, Microsoft Windows, Owl Software, Entry Method, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Personal Finance, Finance

Software downloads 2009-08-25

M-Audio Studiophile AV 30

The M-Audio brand name may mean more to musicians and music producers than gamers and iTunes junkies, but all you really need to know is that the company makes one of the best-sounding PC and multimedia speakers you can buy. Unfortunately, those speakers are called the Studiophile AV 40, they...

Tags: speaker, Studiophile AV 30, AV 40

Product reviews 2009-08-13

Dead-Finger Tech: Canon Powershot SD550

There is one thing I can never leave the house without: a pocket-sized digital camera. I always have this fear that if I don't bring my camera, I'll miss something big. Of course, I don't actually use my camera every time I go out, but I like the feeling of...

Tags: Canon PowerShot, Sony Corp., Camera, Canon Inc., Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-07-29

Dead-Finger Tech: The Weber Smokey Mountain

The Weber Smokey Mountain, also known as "The Bullet" will be the best $250-$350 you will ever spend and will reward you with years of enjoyment and smoky meaty treats, unlike many of the Dead-Finger gadgets you'll see picked by ZDNet's bloggers this summer. (Photo: Jason...

Tags: Bowl, Jason Perlow, Blogger, WSM, Bottom Bowl, Blogging, Handhelds, Internet, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-07-21

General Electric appliances strive for 'net-zero energy homes'

General Electric appliances strive for 'net-zero energy homes'average home-owners are screwedMost cannot drop $30K on solar panels. The rich people buy panels, drop consumption from the power grid. Electric company compensates buy raising rates to the remaining (non-rich) customers. So the rich get richer and the poor learn to read...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Solar Heating, Earthships, net-zero energy home, energy home, General Electric Co., winter

Discussion threads 2009-07-15

Simple Business Accounting 4.0.3 (Windows)

Designed for business owners, not accountants, OWL Simple Business Accounting SBA makes bookkeeping quick, easy and affordable. Unlike double entry systems, SBA's single entry method is intuitive. The customer designed interface reduces input time and errors. If you have used Dome books, you'll be right at home with SBA. Comprehensive...

Tags: Accounting, Microsoft Windows, Error, Owl Software, Semantic Web, Internet

Software downloads 2009-06-22

Vizio VSB210WS Sound Bar

Vizio bills itself as "America's HDTV Company," but the company has begun dipping its toe into the home audio side of the electronics pool with the VSB210WS. Billed as a "High Definition Sound Bar," the $349 package is comprised of a sleek-looking single speaker paired with a full-size 2.4GHz wireless...

Tags: Engineering, System Setup, cloth grille, VSB210WS, light-emitting diode, sound bar, speaker, Vizio

Product reviews 2009-03-26

Mirage Nanosat 5.1

It's safe to say that the Mirage Nanosat 5.1 Home Theater sounds unlike any box-type satellite/subwoofer combination system on the market. While conventional box speakers project sound forward, the Nanosat speakers are designed to produce a ratio of 30 percent direct and 70 percent reflected sound. The direct sound heads...

Tags: Nanosat, speaker, Nanosat speaker, satellite, deflector

Product reviews 2009-03-25

Schneekugel 1.0.2 (Mobile)

Using a physics engine usually used for game development Schneekugel turns your iPhone into the ultimate snow globe.Schneekugel uses iPhone's accelerometer to behave just like a real snow dome. Shake your phone to produce a heavy snow storm or simply watch the snow fall down slowly. Take the bright sight...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Apple iTunes, Harlekins, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-03-23

Where there's hope there's fire

Now that the federal government no longer officially doubts global warming, the proponents of action to curtail climate change have takent to the streets. In Washington D.C. today several thousand fired-up protestors marched on the coal-burning plant that helps keep the Congress warm or cool in season. The...

Tags: Global Warming, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-03-02

Mirage MX 5.1

Just when we thought satellite/subwoofer systems couldn't get any smaller, along comes the ultracompact Mirage MX 5.1 retailing for $1,200. (Mirage calls it a "Home Theater System," but it's really just a surround speaker package that requires a separate AV receiver/amplifier.) Just how small is it? Each MX satellite speaker...

Tags: speaker, Mirage MX 5.1, deflector, satellite

Product reviews 2009-02-20

Energy Take Classic

Judging from our past encounters with speaker manufacturer Energy, it's no secret that we think the company makes terrific small speakers. We recently raved about the amazingly tiny RC-Micro 5.1 System ($1,000) and mentioned how it actually reminded us of the original Energy Take 5 satellite/subwoofer system we reviewed in...

Tags: Network technology, sub, speaker, satellite, Take Classic, Take 5

Product reviews 2009-02-20

StyleSkin 7.1 (Windows)

Styleskin is dedicated template driven interface design software which enables anyone to easily design their own graphics. Simply layout your template using the provided shapes, choose your colors and style and render the image. You could be designing a web site, a program interface, Autorun Maestro menu application, promotional graphics,...

Tags: 3D, Microsoft Windows, Pollen Software, StyleSkin 7.1, Styleskin

Software downloads 2009-02-13