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A 3G phone you can drop, freeze, and use in a downpour

A 3G phone you can drop, freeze, and use in a downpourMotorola 3G ReviewThe Tundra 3G review left me with a feeling of negativity by the reviewer toward people who do not attend meetings in a New York board room. No one wears a hard hat TO work, they wear...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, phone, Motorola Inc., downpour, 3G, Motorola Phone

Discussion threads 2009-02-20

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Are we acting like silly fuels?

There is a steady flow of news these days about the drawbacks of our energy "system." The bad news seems to flow like...greenhouse gas, or even coal ash during a downpour. America's natural gas reserves are increasing as more and more deposits are found. The catch: fracking...

Tags: Coal Ash, Telecom & Utilities, Wiki, Online Communications, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-06

A 3G phone you can drop, freeze, and use in a downpour

When Motorola told me I would be able to put their new Tundra mobile phone through "extreme" tests, I couldn't resist. Who doesn't want to intentionally drop a cell phone? As it turns out, the Tundra lives up to the hype. Officially the VA76r,...

Tags: Phone, Cell Phone, Motorola Inc., TUNDRA NOTES, BOTTOM LINE, 3G, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-02-19

Made Products Camera Armor Seattle Sling

Waterproofing camera bags is generally difficult--there are simply too many zippers, seams, flaps, and other potential points of entry--so most manufacturers opt to just put a bag over them. The Camera Armor Seattle Sling from Made Products switches that up, encasing your gear in a thick, strong waterproof bag that...

Tags: Seattle Sling, sling, camera, strap

Product reviews 2008-12-01

It must be a rough day in Cupertino

They just keep coming, one negative headline after another after another. At least that's how it must feel today over at Apple. In the last 24 hours or so, there have been at least four separate events that have put the company in a negative light. The widespread problems with...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., TechMeme, Apple Mac OS X, Internet, 3G, Service Management, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Water watcher: Tech uses weather to meter irrigation more wisely

Jeepers, it’s hot today in New Jersey. We’re having one of those gorgeous northeast Indian summer experiences. My neighbor even broke down and watered the lawn (I could hear the grass next door going into shock, it’s been so long since they’ve used a sprinkler over there.) ...

Tags: Green Technology, HydroPoint Data Systems, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2007-09-26

SlingShot 300 AW Camera Bag

There was a time when camera bags were all ugly, boxy contraptions. They managed to keep your gear safe, but their designs left a bit to be desired. Luckily for us, that's no longer the case. If you want them, you can get those old, boxy designs, but you can...

Tags: Monitors & displays, compartment, main compartment, Slingshot, Velcro, flap, camera

Product reviews 2007-07-06

Nortel has a burn the boats strategy says CTO

The clap and rumble of thunder is followed within seconds by the sound of a torrential, tropical downpour. Im sitting in the Tonga Room, in the bowels of the swank Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, with John Roese, CTO of Nortel, the $11bn Canadian telecoms equipment giant.The thunder and lighting...

Tags: Business strategy, Enterprise IT, Top interviews

Blog posts 2007-02-13

4GL Errors and Consequences

4GL Errors and ConsequencesFurther requirements1. Remove the cross platform requirements for the DBMS provider from the language. Cross platform capability should exist in the DBMS itself. From the user and programmer point of view the whole database should appear as a single logical database regardless of how it may be...

Tags: Databases, Operating systems, Event-driven, relation variable, database, DBMS

Discussion threads 2006-09-28