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Verve IV

Benicia, California-based Now Hear This NHT has a long history of building affordable high-performance speakers. In recent years, the company successfully moved upmarket with a remarkably innovative series of products, including the Xd integrated electronics and speaker system, and a high-end surround processor and power amplifier. But with the introduction...

Tags: speaker, Now Hear This, V Large, V Woofer

Product reviews 2007-04-11

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East Anglia: the D.C. reaction

Fraud? We will know the truth in thirty years.Will there still be ice on Greenland? Humans living in Tuvalu? Time will tell, not computer models. Or political lobbying.--Harry Fullerhttp://www.climatechangefraud.com/http://www.climatechangefraud.com/Don't be retarded HarryEveryone wants to know the details of the hacking but it's not in the jurisdication...

Tags: SECURITY, disinformation, Tuvalu, hacking

Discussion threads 2009-12-02

Customers have spoken: AT&T = FAIL!

Just be prepared to pay full price for the phone ntntRE: Customers have spoken: AT&T = FAIL!I see this article as a sensational exaggeration. Consumer reports notes that the 4 point spread between the other carriers is essentially statistically insignificant. I am currently an AT&T wireless customer with an iPhone...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, AT&T Corp., phone, Verizon Communications Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-12-02

Don't do anything until we know all the facts

CRU director stands down pending investigation"Britain's University of East Anglia says the director of its prestigious Climatic Research Unit is stepping down pending an investigation into allegations that he overstated the case for man-made climate change."http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j_dt9Bjj5yVV7k1PAyDnVHKvKtgAD9CAM0VG0Following the revelations in The Times yesterday:"SCIENTISTS at the University of East Anglia UEA have...

Tags: global warming

Discussion threads 2009-12-01

"Black Screen of Death" problems seem to be little more than scattered cases

As is typical with most Windows "issues".[i]It seems we can all stop panicking now. In fact, there was little to panic about in the first place.[/i]They're completely blown out of proportion.RE: Black Screen of Death" problems seem to be little more than scatteredThe only reason it was blown out of...

Tags: black screen, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-12-01

Self-censoring upcoverting DVD player filters inappropriate content

Why not?I'd love to watch The Matrix and have the DVD player skip the sex part and adjust some of the filters for other parts of the movie (I'm okay with vulgar and violence).I'm in for a kick-a$$ music without me having to do some skipping. :)ClearPlay is AWESOME!!I've had...

Tags: Consumer electronics, Media players, MIB, ClearPlay, DVD, movie, DVD player

Discussion threads 2009-12-01

MovCaptioner 3.3.2 (Mac)

MovCaptioner keeps repeating a segment of the movie until you are done typing what you hear. Just hit the Return key and it will save your caption and automatically advance to the next few seconds of the movie, allowing you to zip through your captioning tasks in no time flat....

Tags: Standard Template Library, Apple Macintosh, SynchriMedia, MovCaptioner

Software downloads 2009-12-01

Don't bother finding Tuvalu on a map. It may be gone soon.

Tuvalu vanishing under water - again?I'd first heard this prediction about Tuvalu nearly 20 years ago ...and I expect to hear it again in 20 years, unless 'global climate change' morphs back into 'global coolings' from the 1970's.It would be funny, if it weren't so sad.So what?What has Tuvalu given...

Tags: Climategate, Tuvalu

Discussion threads 2009-11-30

Open source is not about Wall Street

only M$ ia about wall street greedand yet it failed to deliver because of its flawed business model.The answer to the Golden Rule"My way or the highway," may work for proprietary, closed code, but with Open Source there is always a FORK in the road.MySQL can easily become OurSQL. Larry...

Tags: Databases, MySQL, open source, Oracle Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-30

Will the Adult Industry Drive Android Adoption?

Oh come on Jason.Porn can be received on the iPhone/iPod Touch to. Try going to www.youporn.comon your browser or mobile web browser.Not as apps.Web sites, sure. But not as apps.The "Vibrator" appSimply adjusts the rate of haptic feedback, so there is little reason for apple to reject it.ACTUAL Adult content...

Tags: Smart phones, Web site development, Web technology, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Web application

Discussion threads 2009-11-29

East Anglia chronology, so far

RE: East Anglia chronology, so far Obfuscate the information,often condemming, in the documents and concentrate on the trivial how they got on line. The denialists are mirroring the tobacco industry?s defense decades agoAttack is always the best defense.Deny the data, the melting glaciers, and concentrate on politics...to stop us...

Tags: payroll solutions, payroll

Discussion threads 2009-11-26

East Anglia: anger and aggro

One must live through it in order to fully understand itOnly in this case some will have to face huge collateral damage. Fortunately those who will suffer the most are living in already hard hit areas so they are quite used to a life of pain and suffering and as...

Tags: E-mail, East Anglia

Discussion threads 2009-11-26

Does virtualization equal cloud computing?

I would say yesThere is no need to buy 'stand alone' servers any longer in functionality when you can put it in a Blade 'name your flavor' chassis.Virtualization with VMware/RHEL or some vendor is the best way to get it off bare-metal...Doing baremetal rebuilds is time consuming and it takes...

Tags: Data centers, Servers, Utility computing, server, cloud computing, virtualization, cluster

Discussion threads 2009-11-25

Garmin Nuvi 1690

Garmin made a pretty big splash last year when it debuted the Nuvi 880, its first-ever Internet-connected portable navigation device PND featuring MSN Direct data service. With MSN Direct scheduled to go offline in the very near future, Garmin had to create something to fill this void, so it partnered...

Tags: Garmin Nuvi, Garmin Ltd., data service, suction-cup, portable navigation device, cradle

Product reviews 2009-11-24

For The First Time in Ages, I Agree With Apple

Spiders and dust on a slippery slopeWorst inside of a computer I've ever seen was a spider infestation. Must have been a million of them. But what I wonder is where does voiding the warranty stop?A generic abuse statement may not be sufficient in the world of EULA's....

Tags: Manufacturing, PRODUCTIVITY, Apple Inc., manufacturer, smoker, First-time, computer

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Apple ads dodge the network coverage issues

Misleading advertising is in Apple's DNAWhy would their carrier be otherwise?RE: Apple ads dodge the network coverage issuesI saw the "What time's the movie" add last night. In the real world, it would not play out the way it is shown. The fine print at the end of...

Tags: Cellular phones, Wireless and Mobility, RSS, HTC Hero, AT&T Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., Apple Inc., advertisement, TELUS Corp., 3G, network

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Numbers of new Core i7 iMacs are turning up DOA

I guess it goes to show that......even the almighty apple is not immune to issues. We have some iMacs (about 100 - 120) in my organization compared to about 2500 Windows Desktops and out of the 90 we ordered a few years ago (17" iMacs) we had one come...

Tags: Desktops, DOA, Core i7 iMac, Core i7, Apple Inc., Apple iMac

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Chatting (Not Chattering) About Salesforce - Part I

(NOTE BEFORE I START: This is one really long post. So rather than post it in all its glory in a single file or post it here over two days, I'm trying something new. I'm posting the first half here. And the second half on PGreenblog.  Let's see how that...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Customer Service, Twitter Inc., Sales Force, Customer, CRM, Integration, Force.com, Service Cloud 2, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, Sales, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-11-23

East Anglia: one hacked U.S. scientist is hacked off

I say then be pro-active...If it is out of context, pro-actively publish EVERYTHING and PROVE they are out of context. If the hacked scientists DO NOT provide context, publish everything they say vindicates them, then we know the truth. If they simply fall behind the mantra of "it's...

Tags: global warming, East Anglia, e-mail

Discussion threads 2009-11-22

Insignia NS-L26Q-10A

Off brand Insignia a decent TV? YES!For sometime now, I have been searching for a small screen LCD TV that had a great picture and decent sound. If a great picture were the only criteria, finding one of these babies would be a simple task; but throw in the...

Tags: Monitors & displays, TVs, TV & Home Theater, INSIGNIA, small screen

Discussion threads 2009-11-21