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GrandTec Ultimate Wireless

The GrandTec Ultimate Wireless presents itself as a solution to a vexing problem: how to get media files on your PC up on your television screen. Most solutions, from running long cables to using a media extender to putting a PC right next to your TV, are either physically awkward...

Tags: Media Center PCs, Wi-Fi, video, GrandTec Ultimate Wireless, wireless, base unit, VGA, TV, PC, receiver

Product reviews 2006-08-02

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Wireless soil sensors to help farmers

A research team at Iowa State University ISU is developing wireless soil sensors to improve farming while minimizing environmental impacts. ISU says that 'the prototype sensors are designed to collect and send data about soil moisture -- and eventually soil temperature and nutrient content -- while working completely underground.' According...

Tags: Iowa State University, Sensor, Wireless, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-10-11

My three cents: Verizon's text fee could cripple SMS services

Verizon Wireless dropped a bomb today on companies that send content over SMS text messaging systems. Techmeme Effective Nov. 1, companies that send messages and other notifications to Verizon Wireless customers via SMS text message - that's everyone from Google to Twitter to startups like alerts.com - could be forced...

Tags: Fee, Verizon Communications Inc., Text Messaging, Messaging, SMS, Verizon Wireless, Twitter, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-10

Netbook returns blamed on Linux 'teething problems'

Higher return rates for Linux-based netbooks don't necessarily reflect badly on the open-source operating system, according to Ubuntu backer Canonical. The return rate on Linux-powered netbooks may be higher than that for Windows netbooks, but this isn't necessarily a bad thing for Linux, according to Canonical. ...

Tags: Ubuntu, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Software, Matthew Broersma ZDNet.co.uk, netbook, Windows XP, MSI Wind, Asus Eeee

News items 2008-10-10

Look who’s buying Vista Home Basic hint: it’s not home users

Look who’s buying Vista Home Basic hint: it’s not home usersMakes senseMakes sense. Your average small biz probably doesn't want very much. They just want something that works. If it runs the databases and the tax software, it's good enough. For a small business, a single PC is usually...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Vista Basic, Microsoft Windows Vista, Vista Home Basic hint, Vista Home Basic, Vista Home

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

Laptops with mobile WiMax now available

Laptops with mobile WiMax now availableWimax,wireless,mobile,This Wimax thing is getting interesting,Devices are rolling out,Networks are being built,And consumers don't know how much this will benefit the way they play.WOW World of wimax.RE: Laptops with mobile WiMax now availableWOW,World of wimax,IT just keeps getting better. Keep up the good work manufacturing...

Tags: Notebooks, mobile-WiMax, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

Laptops with mobile WiMax now available

The first laptops with built-in mobile WiMax wireless broadband are now available in the U.S. Sprint, Intel and the computer companies announced the new WiMax configurations at an event in Baltimore just a few days after Sprint launched its Xohm service there. All of these laptops use...

Tags: Mobile, Sprint Xohm, Laptop Computer, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, 3G, Chipsets, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-10-09

How much would an $800 Apple laptop hurt Microsoft?

How much would an $800 Apple laptop hurt Microsoft?RE: How much would an $800 Apple laptop hurt Microsoft?apple make an 800 dollar laptop.... dont think so...maybe an 800 dollar netbook... that seems more in line with apple raping its customers...Maybe, maybe not.I know, it's a weak answer, but it really...

Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Notebooks, Apple Laptop, Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

Apple set to release $800 notebook

Apple set to release $800 notebookNot the first time sub $1000Apple had a $999 notebook at one time. Actually, I think the iBook had that price tag at one time. My only hopes is that this $800 Notebook doesn't come with the specs of a Asus Eee 701.RE:...

Tags: Notebooks, MacMini, Apple-set, notebook, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

Scientists make ultrathin superconducting films

U.S. researchers have developed ultrathin films that when sandwiched together form a superconductor, an advance that could lead to a new class of fast, power-saving electronics. CHICAGO--U.S. researchers have developed ultrathin films that when sandwiched together form a superconductor, an advance that could lead to a new class of...

Tags: Degree, Electronics, Reuters, superconductor, film

News items 2008-10-09

Intel X-25M solid-state drive (80GB)

Intel's X-25M solid-state hard drive represents a major leap forward for the solid-state drive category. While we've heard about the benefits of solid-state hard drives for years--faster access and boot times, improved battery life--Intel's drive raises expectations for the category as a whole. You will most definitely have to...

Tags: Intel Corp., Intel X-25M, SSD, hard drive

Product reviews 2008-10-08

Can the Motorola Q11 compete in today's market without a 3G radio?

The original Motorola Q was really the Windows Mobile device that started the trend of BlackBerry QWERTY competitors a couple of years ago, but had serious battery life issues. Since then Motorola has continued to improve the device so that today's Motorola Q9 devices are actually quite powerful, functional, and...

Tags: Radio, Motorola Inc., 3G, Advertising & Promotion, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-10-08

Rich people can hang $4,000 IntelliTunes digital jukebox on their walls

This one may be just for the Lehman Brothers and AIG execs of the world, because I'm not sure anyone else can afford Game Cabinets' new $3,995 Intellitunes digital jukebox in this economy. What do you get for all that money? The wall-mountable unit sports two separate...

Tags: Jukebox, Wall, Intellitunes, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-10-08

WiMax - the technology, devices and momentum - finally arrives.

Finally! WiMax is officially here. I know this because executives pulled out the big scissors - in this case, hedge clippers - to the cut the symbolic copper wire instead of a ribbon to signify the end of the wired Internet. Whenever there's a ribbon cutting, you know its official....

Tags: Sprint Communications, Laptop Computer, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-08

HP Compaq CQ50-215NR

Note: This review is part of our Holiday 2008 Retail Laptop Roundup, covering specific new configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.With a glossy lid and relatively trim profile, the Compaq Presario CQ50-215nr looks more expensive than its $549 price tag. Unfortunately, looks aren't everything: the...

Tags: Desktops, Compaq Presario, Compaq Presario CQ50-215nr, Compaq Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co.

Product reviews 2008-10-08

Do we we have a way to defeat global warming?

Is the recession the ultimate way to fight global warming? That's the suggestrion from one market commentator. Less spending=less greenhouse gas, he says. The outlook from international finance organizations is decidely gloomy. It follows that if spending's down, industrial output from China and elsewhere will...

Tags: Capitalist, Stock, Global Warming, Fossil Fuel, Oil-rich Russia, Investment, Finance, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-10-08

Forget about the name - The real question is how many flavors will Windows 7 come in?

Forget about the name - The real question is how many flavors will Windows 7 come in?They'll all be bitter.Don't get me wrong. I'm what passes for a happy Microsoft user, but all the "flavors" have and shall continue to leave a bitter taste and confused consumers. Another plus for...

Tags: Home entertainment, 64-bit, Operating systems, Games, SKU, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft NEEDS, real question, home theater

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

RIM's Storm: Why it matters

Research in Motion launched its Storm touch handheld and it is critical to the company's long-term plans. RIM, along with Vodafone and Verizon Wireless, launched the Storm on Wednesday (Techmeme, statement, Crave review, gallery). The phone, a rival to the iPhone 3G, signals a product barrage for...

Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Keyboards, 3G, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Peripherals, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Components, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-08

C'mon, Vista really isn't that bad

C'mon, Vista really isn't that badRE: C'mon, Vista really isn't that badI agree, it eases the transition from the digital to the physical world for computer users and seems especially geared towards newer computer users and explaining steps and giving more information about the system itself and any software installed....

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, C'MON, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

C'mon, Vista really isn't that bad

Picture the scene. A small country pub in Canterbury, a warm, autumn evening, surrounded by friends drinking and smoking in the beer garden; relaxing after a difficult, hard day at work. The birds are singing, the breeze is light and feathering our very souls. This is heaven....

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows Meeting Space, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-10-08