Archive for the ‘Hardware’ Category
Wednesday, December 19th, 2007
Anybody who has ever spent a fortune trying to keep their HP printer supplied with ink will be interested in this. Apparently a Boston man filed a lawsuit against HP and Staples saying that HP has paid staples $100 million to make certain not to stock inexpensive third party ...
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Monday, December 17th, 2007
A company called "Holosonics" has come up with a form of advertising that's probably going to go down as the single most obnoxious idea that anybody has ever come up with. Their technology allows them to beam a focused sound channel directly into the heads of passers-by.
This means that ...
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Saturday, November 10th, 2007
I saw a story on USA Today about so-called "suitcase nukes" that was basically calling into question the whole idea that small, portable nuclear devices might exist.
But government experts and intelligence officials say such a threat gets vastly more attention than it deserves. These officials said a true suitcase nuke ...
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Saturday, November 10th, 2007
It's looking like there are some at least. One of the first indicators of trouble is the chief of the agency charged with handling the transition has resigned "to pursue new opportunities".
Quick recap: on Feb 18, 2009 analog tv signals will be turned off. At that point, ...
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Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
I read recently that cell phone jamming is on the rise and I'm not surprised. People have gotten totally beyond rude with the way they use cellphones. They're very often completely inconsiderate of the people around them that really DON'T want to hear half of their phone conversation ...
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