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How 'warm' is your MacBook operating temperature?

Just as the experience of pain varies from individuals, so is our evaluation of how hot a Mac laptop can become. Apple says they can become "very warm." We can appreciate that warmth in the winter, but it can be a pain for summer computing. Apple refreshed...

Tags: Lap, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Warm, Notebooks, Keyboards, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Peripherals, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-06-03

Christmas Day Card (bin)

Let this warm and elegant greeting carry your thoughts this Christmas. You may customize Christmas Day Card by adding your personal message and receiver's name. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Card, Warm, PY Software

Software downloads 2007-12-09

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Towards low-cost LED lighting

Towards low-cost LED lightingA terrific ideaThis is a great advance and I hope the technology proves practical. Now if Americans will just get their heads on straight and build about 50 nukes and shut down all oil and gas-fired power plants, The USA will no longer be held hostage...

Tags: Engineering, light-emitting diode, LED lighting

Discussion threads 2008-07-20

Pulling money out of thin air. Or, why wind power should be a neighborly concern.

Pulling money out of thin air. Or, why wind power should be a neighborly concern.I guess the video maker is contesting that the polar ice isnt meltingntHe showing that you're dumber than dirtYou don't even realize that the ice displaces more volume than liquid water and the melting makes the...

Tags: wind energy, neighborly concern, ice, thin air

Discussion threads 2008-07-19

Samsung HL61A750

Rear-projection HDTVs, as a category, are on their way out, and DLP-based sets are the only microdisplay choice available, now that all manufacturers of LCD- and LCoS-based rear-projection displays have basically ceased production. Samsung and Mitsubishi are pretty much the only players left in this category--they're the only two...

Tags: menu system, Samsung HL61A750, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Warm 2, color temperature

Product reviews 2008-07-18

In America money is life

In America money is lifeWhat a crock[i]while the U.S. is both rich and powerful, it is “woefully behind when it comes to providing opportunity and choices to all Americans to build a better life.”[/i] OK, let me get this straight. There is someplace else in the world that...

Tags: Warm-Weather, Woody Allen

Discussion threads 2008-07-17

Google to protect user identities, but not employees'

Google to protect user identities, but not employees'viacom may want to reign their lawyers inThere is a high potential for Viacom to piss off its customers. Sooner or later one of these DCMA/Copyright lawsuits will go too far and cause a decline in business for the rights holder that...

Tags: Corporate communications, Viacom Inc., user identity, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-16

Ultimate Ears metro.fi 2 - headphones

Ultimate Ears has been a familiar name to musicians and other audio professionals for a decade, but the company has gained quite a following with its consumer line as well. Earphones in its Metro.fi, Super.fi, and Triple.fi lines range in affordability and scale nicely from discerning listeners to audiophiles. Falling...

Tags: Bass, headphone, Ultimate Ears, Metro.fi 2

Product reviews 2008-07-15

Vizio VP422

Vizio has taken aggressive pricing to a new level of low. The company's VP422, a 42-inch flat-panel plasma HDTV, can be had for the extremely low price of $799. While this set doesn't have the picture quality to qualify as the centerpiece of a home theater, it certainly could be...

Tags: Monitors & displays, TVs, TV & Home Theater, color temperature, Vizio, Vizio VP422

Product reviews 2008-07-15

At ease, Americans, your government is resting easy on global warming

At ease, Americans, your government is resting easy on global warmingMaybeGeorgie was confused and thought he was in China, . . the "from" was probably his nod to them, . . . though aren't they just second place? Oh well, pollution control is within each persons' grasp to impact...

Tags: global warming, government

Discussion threads 2008-07-11

Ultimate Ears super.fi 4 - headphones

Ultimate Ears has been a familiar name to musicians and other audio professionals for a decade, but the company has gained quite a following with its consumer line as well. Earphones in its Metro.fi, Super.fi, and Triple.fi lines range in affordability and scale nicely from discerning listeners to audiophiles. Falling...

Tags: Bass, Super.fi 4, Ultimate Ears, headphone, earpiece

Product reviews 2008-07-09

2009 Mercedes-Benz SLK350

Photo gallery:2009 Mercedes-Benz SLK350Although the 2009 Mercedes-Benz SLK350 looks tiny, the car is filled with much more tech and horsepower than you would expect. Mercedes-Benz updated the little roadster for the 2009 model year, giving it new styling cues, improving the engine, and loading it with its newest raft of...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple iPod, Mercedes-Benz SLK350, Mercedes-Benz

Product reviews 2008-07-08

NVIDIA: Let's spread the blame far and wide

NVIDIA: Let's spread the blame far and widePublically?"Well, since then the company’s stock has taken a serious battering, and the company doesn’t seem to be willing to talk about the problems with its GPUs publically."Publically is not a word. Publicly is.That aside, Nvidea is playing the blame game and not...

Tags: NVidia Corp., GPU, blame, supplier

Discussion threads 2008-07-08

Microsoft Hyper-V and Spin Marketing - Sun's Comments

As I mentioned in the post, Microsoft Hyper-V and Spin Marketing, a number of companies contacted me in the hopes of presenting their view of Microsoft's Hyper-V announcement. This is Sun's response. A Sun representative sent some comments about the Hyper-V launch to me as well....

Tags: Marketing, Sun Microsystems Inc., Migration, Microsoft Corp., Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-07-01

Serene Saver Pro (zip)

Serene Saver Pro is a unique cross between a video desktop moving wallpaper and a screen saver. It brings a bit of serenity to your daily life. Think of Serene Saver as sort of a window into the world. Instead of a static desktop image, actual nature scenes play as...

Tags: SereneScreen.com, Serene Saver Pro, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-07-01

My 15 minutes with Bill Gates, and how the Web was born

Once upon a time, when Bill Gates still flew commercial and I was a budding journalist in need of a haircut, I had a number of opportunities to interview and otherwise interact with Bill Gates. It was often contentious, always intriguing, and more often than not frustrating as well. Part...

Tags: Web, Multimedia, PC, Bill Gates, Bill, Desktops, Hardware, Joshua Greenbaum

Blog posts 2008-06-30

What do the British really believe about global warming?

What do the British really believe about global warming?lolu got ot be kidding meRE: What do the British really believe about global warming?You have got to be kidding! I can not remember when it really snowed properly in the UK, we are seeing greater instances or extreme weather such...

Tags: Now Let, global warming, climate change, British Public

Discussion threads 2008-06-26

Bose Companion 2 Series II (graphite)

Bose makes a few different computer speaker packages, the least expensive of which is the Companion 2 Series II at $100. The package includes two compact speakers measuring 7.5 by 3.2 by 5.8 inches; both are angled slightly upward so the sound is aimed toward your head when you're sitting...

Tags: Arcade Fire, speaker, Bose

Product reviews 2008-06-20

EdgeWay PocketPC Utils (zip)

Shut down or reboot your Windows Mobile Pocket PC XP style, power down your screen saving battery power while allowing applications to continue running. Battery button calculates how much battery time you have left based on current power consumption, for example one can see how much time is left with...

Tags: Battery, Pocket PC, EdgeWay Software, Engineering

Software downloads 2008-06-20

Alabama's Broadband Tide

BROADBAND INITIATIVE – If you really want anywhere access to the Internet, you understand the value and you'll pay for it. A DirecWay dish on an RV at Gulf State Park, on the so-called "Redneck Riviera," at Orange Beach, Alabama. ORANGE BEACH, Ala. – No more...

Tags: Initiative, Broadband, Alabama, DirecWay, RV, Johnson, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, TVs, Telecommunications, Tv & Home Theater, Networking, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-06-18