Archive for December, 2009

Visteon To Add Wi-Fi, Redefine In-Car Infotainment System At CES

Ford and General Motors have both made clear that they recognize just how important Wi-Fi has become to the general public. So important, in fact, that some folks expect to find Internet connectivity within the new vehicle that they buy. It's fairl...

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Toyota Plans Solar Charging Solution For Electric Cars, The Environment Smiles

Electric vehicles sound fantastic in theory, but there's still the issue of charging the vehicles. Energy, even the kind not found in traditional fuel pumps, requires fossil fuels or a green alternative to make, and burning loads of coal in place o...

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Toyota Plans Solar Charging Solution For Electric Cars, The Environment Smiles

Electric vehicles sound fantastic in theory, but there's still the issue of charging the vehicles. Energy, even the kind not found in traditional fuel pumps, requires fossil fuels or a green alternative to make, and burning loads of coal in place o...

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Dell’s New Inspiron Mini Gets Next-Gen Atom Tech

With more battery life and "stutter-free" HD video playback, Dell seems to be making a bid to make its Inspiron Mini 10 the go-top device for Internet TV watchers.The redesigned and amped-up netbook, with Intel's next-gen Atom technology will becom...

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It’s OK. I Love My Old Gear, Too [Old Gadgets]

You'd think a guy who writes about tech all day would have the latest and greatest gear. Confession time: I don't. In fact, most of it's pretty old and I sort of like it that way. The winter months are the hardest time to not want new stuff. We're inun...

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Nexus One Google Phone Could Arrive on T-Mobile January 5th [Googe]

According to Reuters, Google will have two versions of the Nexus One—one unlocked and one on a service contract with T-Mobile. The phone could be available directly from Google as early as January 5th. "In the long term Google will become a sell...

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Zune HD Twitter App Won’t Let You F#&$ing Swear [ZuneHd]

In the most random and unfortunate act of censorship we've seen since the iTunes Ninjawords debacle, the Zune HD Twitter app automatically whitewashes any bad words that show up in your timeline. We've reached out to Zune to see if there's a way to ad...

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LaCie 2Big: The First USB 3.0 RAID Drive [Storage]

You can't buy them until early 2010, but LaCie's next generation 2Big drives will be the first USB 3.0 devices to support dual-SATA-disk RAID 0/1 configurations, promising real time HD video editing and burst speeds up to 275MB/s. [BW]

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FSJ’s Anti-AT&T Manifesto Makes Me Raise My Fist in Solidarity [At&t]

Fake Steve Jobs' new "chat" with AT&T's Randall Stephenson from a few days ago has him hitting brilliant new heights. He really nails why AT&T's network failures are so infuriating. This is essential reading, if you missed it. While I'm ranting, let m...

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TV Armor Review: Better Than a Broken TV, I Guess [Review]

TV Armor is a clear, acrylic shield for your LCD or plasma set. You know, for if your little Hellspawn thinks that pounding a GI Joe against the television is funny. The Price $150 as tested, for a 40-42" screen. The Verdict If you had a very nice TV a...

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