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Canada adds another city to LED City list

Canada adds another city to LED City listIt is laudible, but what's the cost?I tend not to believe their web page (no information, you have to call). Just doing some searching on the web, LED lights appear to be more more than 20X more expensive than traditional. With...

Tags: Engineering, light-emitting diode, LED City

Discussion threads 2008-09-06

Northern lights: Count Anchorage among one of the latest LED cities

Northern lights: Count Anchorage among one of the latest LED citieswait one minute!they are spending 2.2 million to save 360,000 a year. Just some quick math here... 2.2 / 360,000 ~ 6 years! How long do the lights last?Very longLEDs last [i]much[/i] longer than traditional fluorescence or incandescent...

Tags: Engineering, light-emitting diode, Count Anchorage, LED City, Northern Lights

Discussion threads 2008-08-06

Additional Resources

CRM Association-Netherlands Rocks Het Huis!

I'm in love with Amsterdam....no wait, I love it but I'm not in love....no, hold on, I like it a lot, but I'm not in love, nor do I love it. The Theory.... Interestingly enough (to me at least and who else am I really writing this for...

Tags: Car, Amsterdam, Conference, CRM, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-11-16

2010 Lexus RX 450h

Photo gallery:2010 Lexus RX 450hRemember that Seinfeld episode where George Costanza said, "I would drape myself in velvet if it were socially acceptable?" Well, sitting in the 2010 Lexus RX 450h is like being draped in velvet, and, with the economical hybrid drivetrain, it is socially responsible. Lexus vehicles show...

Tags: Lexus

Product reviews 2009-11-03

2010 Infiniti QX56

Photo gallery:2010 Infiniti QX56Compared with sporting and agile cars such as the Infiniti G37 and FX50, the 2010 Infiniti QX56 is an odd throwback, a journey into yesteryear before the first hybrids strode the earth. Built on a truck frame, it rides like a railway car. The engine, big enough...

Tags: Infiniti QX56

Product reviews 2009-10-30

Motorola H17

Motorola continues its trend of making tiny Bluetooth headsets with the Motorola H17. As a successor to the H15 and the H12, Motorola touts the H17 as one if its smallest headsets yet. The reason it can be so small is because it has a flip-switch boom mic that can...

Tags: charger jack, headset, H17, Motorola Inc., phone, microphone, ear hook

Product reviews 2009-10-01

Nokia BH-905

While we love the idea of cord-free portable music, stereo Bluetooth headsets are often maligned with poor quality audio. Or at least, that's how it was in the past. Nowadays you can find stereo Bluetooth headsets with excellent sound quality, rivaling that of dedicated wired headsets. One such example is...

Tags: Smart phones, control label, Nokia BH-905, Nokia Corp., earpad

Product reviews 2009-09-29

Jabra Halo

Most cell phones these days come with stereo Bluetooth because even the more basic handsets have some kind of built-in music player. We're happy to see this development, as it allows us to listen to music cord-free. Still, stereo Bluetooth headsets generally suffer an image problem of being too dorky-looking....

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Engineering, Halo, ear pad, Jabra

Product reviews 2009-09-24

LG unveils ultraslim 'seamless' SL80, SL90 LCD HDTVs

LG pulled out all the stops yesterday evening for its 2009 Main Line Show in New York City, and among the products on display were the company's two new models of ultrathin LCD HDTVs. The...

Tags: LG Electronics Inc., HDTV, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-07-31

Scientists create 'transparent aluminum,' call it a new state of matter

Oxford scientists claim to have created a transparent form of aluminum by bombarding the metal with the world’s most powerful soft X-ray laser. The substance is nearly transparent to extreme ultraviolet radiation and is the latest addition to a growing list of exotic states of matter. Crossing...

Tags: Laser, University Of Oxford, Aluminum, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-07-30

Wise and Blue WB130

Even though we tend to cover Bluetooth headsets from more established brands like Jabra and Plantronics, we also take the time to cover lesser known models if they're interesting enough. Wise and Blue, a South Korean company, for example, is a maker of Bluetooth headsets that plans to widen its...

Tags: LED Indicator, Blue WB130, WB120, headset

Product reviews 2009-07-29

Virgin Galactic unveils Eve; Snares Abu Dhabi investment

Sir Richard Branson unveiled his latest aircraft, or rather spacecraft. In a few years, for $200,000, thrill seekers will be able to ride into sub-orbit space. Separately, Virgin Galactic landed a $280 million investment from Abu Dhabi's Aabar Investments. In this raw video, you get a look at...

Tags: Virgin Group, Investment, Virgin Galactic, Aabar Investments, Business Structures, Aerospace & Defense, Network Technology, Finance, Manufacturing, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-28

3,000 queue for the iPhone 3GS in Singapore (Updated)

I don't know about you, but there were only about 20 people waiting in line at the iPhone 3GS launch at the Apple Store in Atlantic City on June 19, 2009. Contrast that with this video of the iPhone 3GS launch in Singapore posted on the Apple...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Video, Singapore, Corporate Communications, Smart Phones, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-07-12

Network Security Essentials Administrator Training

View Available Dates and LocationsThis instructor-led course provides you with the background, knowledge, and hands-on experience to begin designing, implementing, and troubleshooting SonicWALL security appliances running SonicOS Enhanced firmware. This technical training covers configuration and deployment of the SonicOS Enhanced firmware. You will become...

Tags: Administrator, Network, SonicWall, Training, Network Security, Networking, Security

Training 2009-07-01

VMware vSphere: Fast Track [V4]

View Available Dates and LocationsThis intensive, extended-hours training course focuses on installing, configuring, managing, and troubleshooting VMware® vSphere™ and integrates advanced command line and scripting. It combines the complete content of the VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V4], VMware vSphere: Manage Availability [V4], and VMware vSphere:...

Tags: VMware Inc., Virtualization, Hardware

Training 2009-07-01

Are Tweets and Facebook updates telling burglars when to strike?

A few weeks back, while in Vegas for a long weekend, I posted a random Facebook status update from my phone about landing safely and being ready to play some blackjack. Later, when my wife found out that I had done that, she kind of scolded me: "Why don't you...

Tags: Facebook, Social Media, Twitter, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-06-11

Philadelphia Police Claim 'Social Sites Led to Riots'

Russian Hooligans meet up to fight The darker side of flash mobs emerged again this weekend. While most people enjoy the happy confluence of dancers and singers for surprise performances in public places, such as the T Mobile Liverpool Street Station event, the darker side...

Tags: Teen, Philadelphia, Twitter, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-06-01

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

2009 Audi A6 3.0T

Photo gallery:Audi A6 3.0TAfter a decade of increasing displacement to compete in the great horsepower race, automakers are turning their attention to fuel economy. But they don't want to lose the power buyers have come to expect. The 2009 Audi A6 3.0T gets a smaller engine than any other model...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, transmission performance, Audi AG, Audi A6, Audi A6 3.0T

Product reviews 2009-05-15

Activists push city endorsements of open source

Activists push city endorsements of open sourcegreat for vancouver i hope that the rest of the country will follow ... neither fighting it nor joining it, yetbut rather, observing.A large-scale implementation should be interesting, see how it matures and what issues they face.Hopefully they have a good project manager that...

Tags: Operational accounting, Personal finance, DC Current, income, open source, goodbye, city endorsement, activist, OH WAIT, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-05-15