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Would the "Into The Wild" hero have survived in 2007?

  On Saturday we went to see "Into The Wild." Directed by Sean Penn, this marvelous flick depicted the two-years-in-the wildnerness trek of Christopher McCandless. A poignant theme of self-discovery. Story ends with Christopher superbly played by Emile Hirsch out of touch in the...

Tags: Phone, Satellite Phone, Satellite, Alaska, Network Technology, Networking, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-10-21

Photos: Gadgets pass road test

Not only was Road Trip 2007 about the tech-related Southwest destinations, it was about the technology used to get there and document those sites.Thousands of miles, tons of techNot only was Road Trip 2007 a search for the best science, technology, nature and architecture destinations in the Southwest, it...

Tags: Printers, Telecom & Utilities, Road Trip 2007, printer, Canon Inc., Iridium, satellite phone, photograph, camera, Wi-Fi, Apple iPod, phone network, Wi-Fi network, phone, Bluetooth, satellite, entertainment, Microsoft Word, Verizon Communications Inc., music, lapto

Image galleries 2007-08-14

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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

2010 Acura RDX

Photo gallery:2010 Acura RDXAs we raced the 2010 Acura RDX along winding mountain roads, feeling out corners carefully so as not to send this small SUV tumbling, we wished the turbocharged engine and all-wheel-drive system were in a completely different car. Throw this running gear into a small coupe, ditch...

Tags: power train, RDX, Acura, turbo, car, Acura RDX

Product reviews 2009-10-23

2010 Lexus RX 350

Photo gallery:2010 Lexus RX 350Few automakers do luxury as well as Lexus these days, and it shows with the interior and ride quality of the 2010 Lexus RX 350. A simple five-seat SUV, the RX 350 damps out the bumps in the road while treating occupants to a well-styled cabin....

Tags: RX 350, Lexus

Product reviews 2009-10-20

2010 Nissan 370Z Roadster

Photo gallery:2010 Nissan 370Z RoadsterWhen we reviewed the new Nissan 370Z Coupe last year, we applauded the company for doing a sports car model update right. Rather than bloating out the car, Nissan reduced size and weight, at the same time putting in a bigger engine. But the roadster version...

Tags: Digital music, cabin tech, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Nissan 370Z, car, sports car, Nissan 370Z Roadster

Product reviews 2009-10-14

2010 Lexus IS 350 C

Photo gallery:2010 Lexus IS 350 CWhen Lexus chopped the top off the IS model, it not only added a convertible to its lineup, but made some much-needed updates to the cabin tech. The 2010 Lexus IS 350 C uses a retractable hard top. We like the extra weather protection provided...

Tags: C/C++, IS 350, Lexus, car

Product reviews 2009-10-13

Pioneer AVIC-Z110BT

At the top of Pioneer's AVIC line of navigation receivers, and indeed its entire line of car audio receivers, sits the AVIC-Z110BT. This grandest of car stereos features just about every bell, whistle, and whizbang that Pioneer has to throw at mobile audio and video. From GPS navigation that can...

Tags: GPS, Digital music, Digital media, receiver, SD card

Product reviews 2009-10-13

2010 BMW 650i Convertible

Every year we look forward to an updated BMW 6-series, and every year BMW tweaks a few things, but neglects the exterior design. We reviewed a 2009 BMW 650i Convertible earlier this year, and found the 2010 model to be much the same car. The new BMW 650i Convertible uses...

Tags: BMW AG, car

Product reviews 2009-10-09

Ubicomp 2009 and the fusion of our digital and physical worlds

Recently, I used my newly downloaded Zipcar app on my iPhone to unlock and honk my booked vehicle from several yards away. It was more novel than useful, but a tall tale example of the countless invisible interactions we're having with sensing, inferring, and data transferring machines every day. It's...

Tags: Ubiquitous Computing, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-10-09

2010 Lincoln MKZ

Photo gallery:2010 Lincoln MKZThe same sort of modern stateliness we saw on the Lincoln MKS last year finds its way into the 2010 MKZ, along with an impressive technology array. Lincoln's new winged-grille design covers the front of this smallest Lincoln, giving it stronger presence than its platform mates, the...

Tags: Lincoln, MKZ, car

Product reviews 2009-10-07

HTC Touch2 (unlocked)

Photo gallery:HTC Touch2On September 1, Microsoft announced that the first batch of smartphones running its updated mobile operating system, Windows Mobile 6.5, would start shipping on October 6. The next day, Taiwanese handset manufacturer HTC wasted no time in announcing one of its first Windows Mobile 6.5 offerings, the HTC...

Tags: Smart phones, Microsoft Windows, Handhelds, Cellular phones, Mobile operating systems, Keyboards, Operating systems, HTC Touch2, High Tech Computer Corp., smart phone

Product reviews 2009-10-06

Can Apple make a Tablet PC "cool"?

Re:Can Apple make a Tablet PC "cool"?My company is deeply involved in the production of visual materials for the scientific, technical and medical post-secondary education marketplace and they are just dying for a tool such as this for use in the classroom. With a solid customer base here, Apple can...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Keyboards, PC, tablet, Apple Inc., keyboard, tablet PC

Discussion threads 2009-10-05

Sylvania LC320SLX

Surprisingly, it won't work with Dish or DirectTV remotesThe Sylvania LC320SLX flat-panel LCD television is a great value for the money EXCEPT for a glaring problem which should be advertised on the box - remotes for the Dish and DirectTV satellite TV systems won't operate it. If I had...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Network technology, Sylvania, TV

Discussion threads 2009-10-04

Lightsoft Weather Center 1.1.3b6 (Mac)

Lightsoft Weather Center LWC is a weather graphing, monitoring and analysis application for Mac OS X. LWC is designed to work with the Davis Vantage and WS-2300 series of hardware weather stations as well as using Internet based weather sources to monitor two other locations. As data is gathered and...

Tags: Web, Apple Macintosh, Server, Weather, Web Page, Lightsoft, Lightsoft Weather Center, E-mail, Channel Management, Storage, Web Servers, Databases, Online Communications, Marketing, Hardware, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2009-10-04

Home Weather Center 1.8.6b2 (Mac)

Home Weather Center HWC is a weather graphing, monitoring and analysis application for Mac OS X. HWC is designed as a virtual weather station utilising Internet based weather sources rather than the more traditional and costly hardware based sensors. As data is gathered and stored in its database HWC...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Weather, Lightsoft, Home Weather Center, Storage, E-mail, Databases, Hardware, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2009-10-04

2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe 3.8 Track w/navigation

Photo gallery:Hyundai Genesis Coupe 3.8 TrackEarlier this year, we looked at a 2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe 3.8 with the track package, and criticized it for not making a navigation option available. Hyundai rectified that problem recently, shipping new Genesis Coupe's with an optional navigation package. As we put more emphasis...

Tags: Hyundai, navigation system, Hyundai Genesis Coupe, car, Genesis Coupe, XM NavTraffic

Product reviews 2009-09-30

Business Icon Set 2009.2 (Windows)

Business Icon Set is a collection of royalty-free stock icons for use in commercial and personal products, including software applications, websites, blogs, and presentations. Icons are divided into such categories as Business, Finances, Transport, Money, Computer and Reports. Icons are carefully created pixel by pixel by the hand of a...

Tags: Bank, Microsoft Windows, Icon, Aha-soft, Financial Services

Software downloads 2009-09-30

Can Linux beat the bloat

I think the whole "bloated" thing is hogwash.There's no such thing.Neither Windows nor Linux are "bloated". Nor is OS/X. You want functionality you have to pay for it. One man's lean and mean is another man's anemic.Functionality simply isn't free.How many lines of code did USB take? How about multi-threading?...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Ubuntu 9.04, Linux, Ubuntu, OS/X, Linus, bloat, kernel, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-09-25

SlingPlayer Mobile (iPhone) 1.1 (Mobile)

Watch and control your home TV and DVR on your iPhone or iPod touch. When connected to a Slingbox SOLO, PRO, or PRO-HD, SlingPlayer Mobile iPhone will play anything you can see on your TV at home on your iPhone or iPod touch. Now you can change channels, control your...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Set-top Box, Set-top, Mobile, Digital Video Recorder, DVR, Digital Video, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Software downloads 2009-09-25