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VTech IS9181 Wi-Fi Internet radio

Photo gallery:VTech IS9181 Internet radioThey don't get the hype that iPods or AV receivers do, but Wi-Fi radios are some of the more satisfying products a gadgetphile can own, opening up access to thousands of free Internet radio stations. VTech is best known for its cordless phones, but the company...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Wireless LANs, speaker grille, VTech IS9181 Internet radio, radio, Wi-Fi radio, Wi-Fi

Product reviews 2009-08-31

Philips Streamium NP2900

When the Logitech Squeezebox Boom came out last year, it set a new standard for Wi-Fi radios. Yes, it was expensive, but it offered excellent sound quality, a smart design, and tons of features in a tiny package--no competing products even came close. The Philips NP2900 is the first real...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Wireless LANs, Philips Electronics N.V., Philips NP2900, radio, Wi-Fi radio, album art, Wi-Fi

Product reviews 2009-06-02

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2009 Dodge Avenger SXT

Photo gallery:2009 Dodge Avenger SXTDodge's midsize sedan competitor, the 2009 Avenger, has a surprising set of features to recommend it, most notably cabin conveniences you don't expect to find on a model starting in the low 20s. A stone-age transmission is what really keeps it from being an effective Camry...

Tags: Dodge Avenger, Dodge Avenger SXT, car

Product reviews 2009-03-16

Free antenna experiment…any takers?

Free antenna experiment…any takers?This is old...I found an article on this about 3 years ago in either Science Digest or Discover Magazine. I didn't need to try it because my wireless router is only about 20 feet my my living room PC, so I can't offer up any proof...

Tags: Federal government, FCC, taker

Discussion threads 2009-02-24

2008 Toyota Prius

Photo gallery:2008 Toyota PriusThe 2008 Toyota Prius comes near the end of a model cycle for a car that popularized hybrids in the U.S., becoming an icon during a time when the public's passion for SUVs waned due to increasing environmental concerns and skyrocketing gas prices. Although it had hybrid...

Tags: Engineering, Toyota Prius, battery, car, Toyota Motor Corp.

Product reviews 2008-12-15

NASA IG: Scientists were muzzled

NASA IG: Scientists were muzzledI don't think so!If this administration is writting his pay check, than they can control what the researcher is doing and saying.As for global warming, it seems to be limited to glaciers in the mountains and at the poles. The temperature did not changed much in...

Tags: Workforce management, NASA, administration, NASA IG

Discussion threads 2008-06-03

Hip Hop Radio 1 (Windows)

Get direct links to 27 of the Best Hip Hop & Rap Radio Stations, streaming music 24 Hrs a day. And if that's not enough we threw in the Hip Hop slide show by amazon.com 400 + cd covers. Listen to these hot stations online : Hot 95.5, AR USA...

Tags: Radio, Sidebar Gadgets, Thin Clients, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-04-10

MWSF08: 'Something in the air' banner spotted

MWSF08: 'Something in the air' banner spottedMy girlfriend thinks its scented cellphonesAny takers on this bet?RE: MWSF08: 'Something in the air' banner spottedFinally, an anti-gravity machine!The iRadio with AM *AND* FM!!Hold on to your hats ladies and gentlemen, Apple just invented the portable radio player. Is there anything that Apple...

Tags: Cellular phones, MWSF08, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-01-11

Universita La Sapienza's Wi-Art Project Uses RFID Technology to Personalize the Museum Experience

Located in Rome, Universita La Sapienza is one of the world's oldest and most prestigious universities. Universita La Sapienza wanted to create a single archive of all university artifacts, with Radio Frequency Identification RFID cataloguing to ensure advanced access and security methods. The challenge was to offer high added value...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Universita La Sapienza, RFID, Wireless, Security, Biometrics

Case studies 2007-12-01

Wi-Ex's signal boosters designed to give your cell phone more 'bars' while indoors

Wi-Ex's signal boosters designed to give your cell phone more 'bars' while indoorsCarriersI was looking at products similar to this a few years ago, but decided against it for a variety of reasons, including pricing.I will never undersand why carriers don't offer such products, even at a discounted rate. ...

Tags: Federal government, Telecom & Utilities, cell phone, phone, FCC, carrier, Wi-Ex

Discussion threads 2007-07-03

Thoughts on Windows Media Center

Thoughts on Windows Media CenterSo you are saying......HBO doesn't have a business model. Sorry, facts on the ground say you are wrong."premium"These so-called premium channels are rarely worth it, and the few programs that are, you can simply purchase the DVD's of those shows, or rent them. I have...

Tags: Media Center PCs, Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Velocity Micro, Microsoft Windows, Media Center PC, digital-rights management, HBO, OCUR, Microsoft Windows Media Center, Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows Media

Discussion threads 2007-04-18

Cable companies lose round in CableCard battle

Cable companies lose round in CableCard battleBullcan my brand new cable card ready device utilize the download service? i doubt it, so we wont see adoption rates enmasse unitl what 2011 or later?screw them, they are already 7 years late.Card? that's ring a bell?Satellite services who have to deal with...

Tags: Network technology, cable, CableCard

Discussion threads 2006-08-18

iPod phone - Myth or reality?

iPod phone - Myth or reality?"iPhone" : the keys to successFor me, complementing all your arguments, there are actually TWO critical and industry changing points for Apple to succeed ie survive :First, NAME : Apple needs to prevent itself to call this a phone and move to Nokia high end...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Digital media, Digital music, business model, Apple Inc., phone, Microsoft Corp., Apple iPod

Discussion threads 2006-07-31

Power line broadband gets popular with tech firms

Power line broadband gets popular with tech firmsThey will eventually make this work ...And it will further reduce the price of broadband as increased competition forces prices down.BPL will never workThe "interference problems" that this article refers to so glibly, should be read as "violations of physics rules". If you...

Tags: Network technology, Broadband Internet, broadband over power line, powerline, broadband, Power-line broadband, Motorola Inc.

Discussion threads 2005-08-24

DIY kit to power Tokyo WiMax rollout

DIY kit to power Tokyo WiMax rolloutAnd people wonder why Telcos are TERRIFIED.Hmmm, now all I need is a VoIP enbled device and it's good bye to the telco's and their monthly biil for a 30 year old twisted pair. Come USA, let's get on with it.The real story...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Wi-Fi, Cellular phones, telecommunications company, WiMAX, phone, cell phone, computer, PC

Discussion threads 2005-03-15

4G - The Future of Mobile Applications

This document recommends that rather than choose a single radio technology for information retrieval and dissemination, all possible radio networks should be used to the customer's best advantage. This document predicts that future mobile voice, video and data devices will act as service agents in the interest of the customer...

Tags: 4G, Mobile, Network, Radio, Mobile Application, Fizmez, Advertising & Promotion, Networking, Marketing

White papers 2004-04-27

Satellite seeks broadband re-entry

Satellite seeks broadband re-entryKa band problemsWhen satellite TV went from the big dish (C-Band) to the little dish (Ku-Band) we got rain fade. The equation between the refractive index of water and the Ku frequency transmitted from the satellite is what causes it. The higher the frequency, the higher the...

Tags: Network technology, Broadband Internet, latency, Broadband Satellite, DirecWay, satellite, broadband

Discussion threads 2004-03-11

Napster sidesteps credit cards

Napster sidesteps credit cardsStill don't get it, do they?Basically a buck a song?They still don't have a clus in music industry...ZDNN, Isn't This A Better P2P Story?With Cable TV at M.I.T., Who Needs Napster?posted by DudeAsInCool on October 26, 2003 @ 11:57pmTwo students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have...

Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Cable, credit card, music, Keith Winstein, music industry, Napster Inc.

Discussion threads 2003-10-27