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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

Gadget Gal's morning deals: Archos media player, MyVu iPod glasses, Samsung HDTV sale, Sylvania netbook

Gadget Gal's morning deals: Archos media player, MyVu iPod glasses, Samsung HDTV sale, Sylvania netbookcheck the links, pleaseThe find the review and find the deal links are the same url

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Media players, TVs, Archos Media Player, MyVu iPod, Samsung HDTV, Gadget Gal, morning deal, Sylvania, Archos, HDTV, netbook, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., media player

Discussion threads 2009-03-21

Sylvania LC320SS9

Sylvania LC320SS9Very Good TV for the PriceThe TV has all the features for a good price. Picked one up over the weekend for $400 including a 2 year replacement warranty. The remote control is a little weak or the sensor is in a bad place does not pick...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Sylvania

Discussion threads 2009-01-28

Additional Resources

The CFL kerfuffle

The CFL kerfuffleThe NY Times deserves to go bankruptThat kind of shoddy journalism makes me glad they will eventually go out of business. Personally, I have swapped about 80% of the bulbs in my home with CFLs. One 6 pack of GE bulbs worked for about an hour in my...

Tags: Monitors & displays, CFL

Discussion threads 2009-03-29

News to know: Salesforce.com; Office; SOA; Facebook

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Salesforce announces Twitter app; further validates power of cloud Ed Bott: Next Office version to ship in 32-bit and 64-bit versions ...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Apple iPhone, Facebook, Larry Dignan, Information Technology, Microsoft Office, Apple Inc., SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Browsers, Digital Music, Strategy, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Personal Technology, Management

Blog posts 2009-03-23

Gadget Gal's daily deals: Archos media player, MyVu iPod glasses, Samsung HDTV sale, Sylvania netbook

It's the first day of spring, which means it's time for some spring cleaning. It's out with the old, and in with the new, but make sure you're spending wisely. Here are your morning deals for Friday, March 20, straight from the Gadget Gal: ...

Tags: Archos, Sale, Shade, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., HDTV, Netbook, Media Player, Archos 605, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Jennifer Bergen

Blog posts 2009-03-20

Apple products banned from the Gates household

Apple products banned from the Gates householdiPod Nano $ 149.00, iPod Touch $ 229.00, 16GB iPhone $ 299.00 "Mrs. Gates admits that she?s been tempted by the iPhone" - PRICELESS!!!Stealth iPhoneSomeone should come out with a protective skin for the iPhone that would make it look like a Windows Mobile...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Operating systems, Wireless and Mobility, Billg, Apple Inc., Apple Products, Apple iPhone, Microsoft Zune, Gates household

Discussion threads 2009-03-02

Note to green building experts: New consortium for DC power development considerations

Those of you interested in keeping a pulse on developments related to the use of low-voltage direct-current DC power in commercial buildings will want to bookmark this Web site for the EMerge Alliance. Here is the group's mission statement: "The EMerge Alliance was established to promote...

Tags: Alliance, Strategy, Channel Management, Management, Marketing, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-02-10

Netbooks + Ubuntu: On fence about form factor; OS solid

Last week, I bought a Dell Mini 9 preloaded with Ubuntu. The idea: Check out a  netbook and take Ubuntu for a spin. The early reaction: Netbooks can be handy,  but they can also cramp your hands with those dinky keyboards. And aside from some early problems with connecting to...

Tags: Ubuntu, Dell Computer Corp., WEP, Operating System, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Network Security, Security, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-24

Taking Ubuntu Ibex on vacation

Humacao, Puerto Rico. Where Ubuntu Ibex will be put to the test. Well, it's time for little rest and relaxation. As of Saturday, I'm officially on vacation for a week -- the Gantt charts, the Visios, the component models, the time sheets,...

Tags: Ubuntu, Vacation, Linux, E-mail, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-10-23

Is CompUSA.com poised to become the Crazy Eddie of Linux?

CompUSA used to be my favorite brick and mortar place to buy computers. But when they closed half of their stores in 2007, the company switched gears and moved to an Internet-sales model. The CompUSA stores in Northern New Jersey all were shut down, which pretty...

Tags: CompUSA Inc., Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-10-19

Japanese satellite shows US reliance on private sector is hot air

Japanese satellite shows US reliance on private sector is hot airSimple economics...Our politicians are more easily bought.Private Enterprise Does Work but......the problem in the US is that the lobbyists are designing the markets. So instead of achieving a natural balance between the producers and consumers, things are tilted toward...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Leadership, satellite

Discussion threads 2008-02-25

CES: HD Camcorders, and set-top boxes, and cheap Blu-ray, oh my!

Another long day of wandering the floor at CES yielded some solid, albeit not paradigm-shifting, discoveries. And don't worry, no surge protectors today. Canon VIXIA HF10 HD Camcorder With my wife due to give birth to our first child in a couple of months,...

Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, Set-top Box, Set-top, Camcorder, Blu-ray, Canon Inc., HF 10, HF10, Funai, Cable, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Josh Taylor

Blog posts 2008-01-09

Best Black Friday 2007 blockbuster deals

Well it's that time of year again to kick off the 2007 Christmas shopping season and it's the best time to find the best bargains in shopping since retailers are desperately trying to get you in to the stores.  Not everything will be available since some or many of these...

Tags: Best Buy Co. Inc., HDTV, LCD, Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components, George Ou

Blog posts 2007-11-21

Sensor-o-rama Part 1: Considering the Z-Wave Alliance

Sensor-o-rama Part 1: Considering the Z-Wave AllianceTell us what you thinkHeather,I'm David Powell contributing editor and Z-Wave's #1 fan from www.zwaveworld.com. I liked your blog and wanted to extend an invitation to come share your thought on our forum. I've been using Z-Wave since some of the first Sylvania and...

Tags: thermostat, Z-Wave Alliance, Z-Wave

Discussion threads 2007-11-04

Fuel cell offers 14 hours of laptop power

Fuel cell offers 14 hours of laptop power$4 per charge?Let's say that's worth $1 per 3.5 hours of power. You can forget it! There is no way I spend $1 to charge my laptop now!I do like the idea of being able to get a bulk fuel dispenser,...

Tags: Fuel cells, Notebooks, Desktops, IBM PC, fuel cell, laptop computer, battery, PC

Discussion threads 2006-03-09

IBM still hammering out China factory ownership

IBM still hammering out China factory ownershipThe commoditization of PC'sAccording to the following article, this deal is an indication that PC's have, in terms of hardware, become fully commoditized. In other words virtually all of the profitability has been wrung out of the product. It questions whether even...

Tags: Desktops, PC, PC IS, IBM Corp., TV, electronics

Discussion threads 2004-12-09