EDA News - 2007.11.21
Semiconductors Equipment Market Grows to $11.13 Billion in Q3 2007 SEMI reported that worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings ... effective testing and monitoring of FTTH networks. The OFL 250 OTDR combines an optical power meter ... battery life. AXIOMTEK Introduces PANEL1175-831 17-inch TFT Industrial Panel Computer AXIOMTEK [more...]
Date: 2007-11-21 16:23:23
Blog: EDA Blog - electronic d...
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Time for a new toy
So it has been a year since my last new handset on my T-Mobile contract after a number of text messages from "agents" wanting to help me upgrade, ... on the T9 system has yet to be fixed so rather than a you get c. Battery life is good. So far ... them to talk the store staff through the data errors on my account. So after a weekend of "testing [more...]
Date: 2008-03-03 08:44:30
Blog: Digital Evangelist...
New Macbook Pro Review (Verdict: Penryn + LEDs = Efficiency) [Apple]
The new Macbook Pro is not much of a bump up from its predecessors, but it is a step in the right direction ... battery life over older models with CCFL screens and 65nm CPU technology. That makes this the most ... with more of a flick, iPhoto and Preview correctly rotated our photo to the next layout. For testing [more...]
Date: 2008-02-29 00:00:38
Blog: Gizmodo, the Gadget Gui...
Parts, Plans and Petitions
It's been a while between posts, life's been busy and I've been waiting for parts, but here's where I'm up to now ... station, fuses, an LED headlight kit and an Amp Meter, most of it came on Thursday and I bought some today. I built the first battery charger kit today, it testing my soldering skills, but it seems [more...]
Date: 2007-11-03 15:52:11
Blog: DIY Electric Car Blogs...
Apple Says MacBook and MacBook Pro Battery Life Has Improved Slightly [Apple]
datachartmacbooks.png UPDATE: We've been trying to understand the new Apple Macbook Pro battery life ratings compared to the old models ... . It has to do with their testing methodology. Instead of reporting the battery life as the longest of three tests ... to be, as we saw in the Air, the battery life you or I will get on these machines will likely be [more...]
Date: 2008-02-27 03:47:00
Blog: archive.dailypicture.ne...
Why Apple’s battery life has gone down: Testing methods
Why Apple’s battery life has gone down: Testing methods Posted by: ... and I’m glad Apple has to cojones to change its testing method. When we see battery life, we usually ... prodding. Apple, however, is now testing wireless productivity — which cuts lots of battery life — [more...]
Date: 2008-02-27 21:15:40
Blog: best tech news...
Living The Mobile Lifestyle
Hi! My name is Josh Bancroft, and I’m a blogger and mobile gadget addict geek ... toys to play with, I was easily convinced. :-) I’ve been computer geek all my life (since age ... Lifestyle”, and I want to share a little bit about how it can change your life, too [more...]
Date: 2008-02-25 23:43:50
Blog: Blogs@Intel · Intel Cor...
M815 / 801 Watch Phone Review
Hello again! I have just received my new M815 Watch Phone a few days ago and have finally gotten down to posting my short review of this nifty gadget ... Accessories: Charger Bluetooth Earphone USB cable English user manualSo how big is it in real life? Well [more...]
Date: 2008-02-26 03:48:49
Blog: DOCFILES...
Consumers' touchy relationship with cell phones
Editor's note: Tell us what you look for in a cell phone--vote in any or all of the four polls below, and elaborate in the TalkBack section at the end of this story. Choosing a cell phone has become a lot like buying a car. #pollShell { width: 180px; border: 2px solid #666; padding: 5px; float: left; margin: 5px; } #pollShell h3 { [more...]
Date: 2008-03-03 12:08:31
Blog: Extra Technology News...
MacBook and MacBook Pro Battery Life Has Improved Slightly
Macbook battery life comparisons We've been trying to understand the new Apple Macbook Pro battery life ratings compared to the old models ... , the battery life you or I will get on these machines will likely be even less. (The battery claims ... with Wi-Fi off, which obviously inflated previous battery life estimates beyond reason.) Source- http [more...]
Date: 2008-02-27 05:01:43
Blog: Cool new gadgets and gi...
Samsung SGH-U300 Review
Major features 2G: GSM 900/1800/1900MHz network compatibility 2.2" 262,144 colour TFT LCD @ 240 x 320 pixels Slimline 9 ... in the mid-range of the market. Let's see how the Samsung U300 performed in real-life testing. New [more...]
Date: 2008-03-05 06:41:12
Blog: Mobile Phone...
Apple Says MacBook and MacBook Pro Battery Life Has Improved Slightly [Apple]
datachartmacbooks.png UPDATE: We've been trying to understand the new Apple Macbook Pro battery life ratings compared to the old models ... . It has to do with their testing methodology. Instead of reporting the battery life as the longest ... to be, as we saw in the Air, the battery life you or I will get on these machines will likely be even [more...]
Date: 2008-02-27 01:01:23
Blog: Gizmodo, the Gadget Gui...
All A Twitter
So, one of the things that Paull Young brought up in his talk to my class this past Tuesday, a topic that kept coming up when we went out for dinner afterwards, was Twitter. This wasn't the first I heard of it, my friend and colleague Paul Levinson, who got me started here on Blogger, and over on MySpace, [more...]
Date: 2008-03-01 05:28:25
Blog: Lance Strate's Blog Tim...
Alone in Aldama
Aldama is one of those places that makes me wonder why I ever left Tijuana and followed Nick into the “real” Mexico. Watching the high empty altiplano unfold from the passenger seat of the truck, it feels like voyaging into a dreary netherworld. First the stunted yucca and paddles of beavertail cacti die out, then even the desert grass [more...]
Date: 2008-02-24 16:33:41
Blog: The Mexican Year...
2/24 Mobility Site Week in Review
Editor’s Note: This Mobility Site Week in Review is a list of the reviews, videos, ... Delivers Winning Hand for Global Travelers with Samsung Ace Smartphone T-Mobile Testing Unlimited [more...]
Date: 2008-02-24 05:04:18
Blog: Mobility Site - Windows...
Are N95 NAM Owners Waiting for Godot?
Ok, ok… I’ll weigh in on this one. Plenty is being said around the Nokia blogosphere today with regards to the new firmware update that the N73 received today. Ricky (Symbian-Guru), Mark (The Nokia Blog) and Jeremiah (Nokia Users) each posted about it and seem pretty upset. Do I blame them? No, but I do have a slightly different point of view [more...]
Date: 2008-03-06 00:13:29
Blog: Symbian in Motion...
BenQ Announce A53 JoyBook Notebook PC With Integrated Numpad
BenQ have announced a new model in their range of JoyBook notebook PCs in the form of the JoyBook A53 which, ... an integrated full-size alphanumeric keyboard, high gloss LCD screen ad, of course, it’s also endured ... /MS-Pro Audio: Built-in 1.5W speakers x2, Built-in Microphone x1 Soundsystem: x2 channels / Sound [more...]
Date: 2008-03-06 18:31:13
Blog: Thoughts from the Side...
Breathing No Longer
My friend Nina isn't just a fellow blogger, but a friend and co-worker ... ! Now, how to catch everyone up on what has been happening in my life in the most concise way possible ... can completely take over your life? This is sort of what happened to me. Professional Learning [more...]
Date: 2008-02-24 18:09:00
Blog: An Inside Look...
Zune 2 80 GB Review
In January 2008, at the CES Keynote, Microsoft Announced that the Zune will for the first time be available outside the United States and will start selling in Canada in the spring of 2008. Indications are that the Zune Marketplace, their music store, [more...]
Date: 2008-02-27 00:10:15
Blog: Sysguy Consulting’s Blo...
Review: Plantronics Voyager 520 Bluetooth Headset
Packed full of noise and wind reduction technology and solid battery life, Plantronics' new Voyager 520 Bluetooth headset puts in a impressive performance during our testing. Click through to read Michelle's full review of this solidly performing Bluetooth headset. Read [more...]
Date: 2008-03-07 17:24:47
Blog: Mobile Phone News and R...
Smart Energy Solutions Launches New Product for Heavy Duty Trucks, Buses and RVs Targeted at Medium and Heavy Duty Fleet, Beverage, Courier, Construction, Bus and RV Markets
POMPTON PLAINS, N.J., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Smart Energy Solutions, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: SMGY) ... . The product also provides a warning when batteries are reaching the end of their life cycle so that battery ... , developer and manufacturer of the innovative Battery Brain(TM) electronic controller for vehicle [more...]
Date: 2008-02-27 13:22:09
Blog: Automotive industry mar...
MotoROKR T505 – have we reached perfection?
Author: Jack Cook Vender: Motorola Price: $139.99 MSRP ( a little searching on the net will yield great prices) Rating: 5 out of 5 I have this thing with accessories that make your device better than the way it comes from the box. In particular, I have been looking at several Bluetooth car kits over the past few months and have found most to [more...]
Date: 2008-03-01 04:39:05
Blog: Aximsite ...
Generator FAQ
———————————————————————- Article originally found at: the Survival and Prepardness Archive http://sparc.areyouprepared.org/archive/ Reproduced here for education and discussion. ———————————————————————- This is version 1.0 of the Generator FAQ. Disclaimer This document provides an overview of the use of generators for standby power [more...]
Date: 2008-02-27 01:37:42
Blog: backpack fever ...
Rolling thunder, A CYCLING TALE, part sept
Hope you had a great weekend. Following is Part 7 of “rolling thunder.” In case it hasn’t crossed your mind, this story was written by someone for their therapy and for your enjoyment, but not likely for their enrichment and certainly not for yours [more...]
Date: 2008-02-25 20:16:16
Blog: Bicycle.net | Attitude...
Leading Brands Lead
No, I am not talking about these Leading Brands, although how can one resist the pitch? ... to replace once the battery runs its life? At the tune of hundreds of dollars. And that (b) bold statements [more...]
Date: 2008-03-02 15:00:22
Blog: Conversation Agent...
O2 Xda Orbit 2 Review
Last month I was contacted my Steve Cater who works at vccp as part of O2’s Marketing Team ... so I said yes to testing this new O2 Phone (didn’t know the name of it then). Last week a package ... with testing it. Technical Specifications: General Name: O2 Xda Orbit 2 HTC Code name: HTC Polaris [more...]
Date: 2008-02-26 23:29:27
Blog: Darren Straight’s Blog...
The Whole Horse Catalog: The Complete Guide to Buying, Stabling and Stable Management, Equine Health, Tack, Rider Apparel, Equestrian Activities and Organizations…and … Else a Horse Owner and Rider Will Ever Need
VHS Tape: Company: List Price: Amazon Price: Used Price:$21 ... , 200, 400, 800 and 1250 (High Sensitivity Mode - 3200) Li-ion Battery Life (3.7 V, 1,000 mAh) - 270 [more...]
Date: 2008-02-27 00:04:11
Blog: Online Shopping at Toy...
Ask Engadget: What's the best console for a new gamer?
Ask Engadget: What's the best console for a new gamer? Posted Feb 22nd 2008 5:07PM by Paul Miller Filed under: Ask Engadget, Features, GamingMost of us are so firmly entrenched in supporting our next-gen console of choice that it's hard to remember why we chose it in the first place. Or is it? [more...]
Date: 2008-02-22 22:07:00
Blog: Engadget...
Video: Optimus Maximus install, setup, Configurator, and use!
Video: Optimus Maximus install, setup, Configurator, and use! Posted Feb 22nd 2008 2:58PM by Ryan Block Filed under: Displays, Features, Peripherals Ah, finally, video of the production Optimus Maximus keyboard in real world use with our machine running the Configurator software [more...]
Date: 2008-02-22 19:58:00
Blog: Engadget...
Hands on Clevo's OEM-ready 15- and 17-inch gaming rigs
Filed under: Features, Gaming, Laptops You may not know who Clevo is but rest assured your brand-named laptop vendors like Alienware, Voodoo, Hypersonic, and Sager surely do. The Taiwanese OEM just unleashed its new 17-inch pixel M570TU (pictured) and 15-inch M860TU rigs offering WUXGA (1,920 x 1,200) resolutions right here at CeBIT [more...]
Date: 2008-03-05 20:13:00
Blog: Engadget...
MSI GX600-08 World's First premiere notebook with Turbo Battery Technology
MSI GX600-08 is the premiere notebook in the world with MSI's exclusive Turbo Battery Technology ... the PC port and other USB interfaces as such to achieve the goal of saving energy while not effecting ... not being that are not currently running. The electricity will be fairly distributed the PC port [more...]
Date: 2008-03-06 08:25:03
Blog: Fareastgizmos.com...
Apple Says MacBook and MacBook Pro Battery Life Has Improved Slightly [Apple]
Apple Says MacBook and MacBook Pro Battery Life Has Improved Slightly Apple By Jesus Diaz | February 26, 2008 datachartmacbooks.png ... . It has to do with their testing methodology. Instead of reporting the battery life as the longest of three ... UPDATE: We've been trying to understand the new Apple Macbook Pro battery life ratings compared [more...]
Date: 2008-02-27 01:01:23
Blog: Gadgets Palace...
New MacBook Pro takes a dive on battery life?
New MacBook Pro takes a dive on battery life? Tue, Feb 26th, 2008 posted by admin 05: ... models have taken a nosedive on battery life, despite the inclusion of allegedly power-saving Intel ... longer. Apple says it’s changed the way it reports battery life. They used to report numbers [more...]
Date: 2008-02-27 03:53:00
Blog: Home
Live from Cupertino: Apple on the iPhone SDK
Today Apple promises to reveal details on its promised software developers' kit for the iPhone. Our lead analyst for cell phones, Sascha Segan, will be in the audience and blogging the press conference as it happens, live, with pictures even [more...]
Date: 2008-03-06 14:15:47
Blog: Gearlog - Gadget Guide ...
Going Mobile to St. Louis - Part 2 - What Happened to My Kindle?
Prior to leaving for St. Louis, ... was in her purse everywhere we went: MEG testing center, hotels, hospital room, and traveling back home [more...]
Date: 2008-02-29 16:07:02
Blog: GottaBeMobile - Tablet ...
Garmin Nuvi 780 Full Review - MSN Direct 2
Just announced at CES 2008, the Garmin Nuvi 780 is the new widescreen navigator from Garmin that has the MSN Direct version ... life great if you are an intensive user of the GPS. For instance, the Nuvi 780 has advanced routing ... are starting to follow, and that's a good thing for consumers. The MSN receiver has a small battery [more...]
Date: 2008-02-25 03:08:00
Blog: GPS Lodge - GPS reviews...
Review: HP Pavilion tx2000 Entertainment PC
A year ago HP delivered the Pavilion tx1000 Entertainment PC, a hybrid between a notebook and a Tablet PC. It was a great machine, and we here at HardwareGeeks.com awarded it our Editors Choice Award for the month of April 2007 and also our Top choice Award for the year of 2007. The tx1000 was and still is a fantastic piece of machinery [more...]
Date: 2008-02-27 04:09:17
Blog: Welcome to HardwareGeek...
Review: PCLinuxOS 2007, GNOME and MiniMe
What version of Linux has been at the top of the Distrowatch rankings for months now that I've never tried until today? PCLinuxOS. Everybody I know who has runs PCLinuxOS has good things to say about it. Scott Ruecker of LXer and the Los Angeles Daily News' own City Hall reporter Rick Orlov are among those who have used and liked it [more...]
Date: 2008-02-22 23:34:16
Blog: CLICK...
Apple Says MacBook and MacBook Pro Battery Life Has Improved Slightly [Apple]
Apple Says MacBook and MacBook Pro Battery Life Has Improved Slightly Apple Posted by: in Technology News, Media & PC, Gaming ... in these models are higher. It has to do with their testing methodology. Instead of reporting the battery life ... Apple is now testing using a more challenging battery benchmark, while improving the efficiency [more...]
Date: 2008-02-27 04:51:17
Blog: tech gadget news blog...
this morning I was worried that one of the largest mobile phone forums would be in for the long legal-haul with the US's largest mobile TV provider. As you'll probably recall, Howard Forums' (HoFo) owner, Howard Chui, was warned by MobiTV's legal team to take down a post on HoFo that details how to get MobiTV's live TV streams for free. Mr [more...]
Date: 2008-03-07 20:16:44
Blog: IntoMobile - Mobile Pho...
Happy Birthday Captain Marvel
Happy Birthday Captain Marvel Dr Pournelle I send this for your amusement --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h2qJtsHado Respectfully h lynn keith Wow! Is McCain going to be hoist on McCain Feingold? Delicious irony. And hardly astonishing [more...]
Date: 2008-02-26 09:41:21
Blog: CHAOS MANOR IN PERSPECT...
Francis Hamit mentions in today's mail:
Francis Hamit mentions in today's mail: "If anyone wants an insight into what this work is like I have a novella on Amazon Shorts called 'Sunday in the Park with George'." I found it to be a hell of a story. It deserves a much more dynamic shorthand description than "security guard procedural" and, anyway, like many good stories, [more...]
Date: 2008-03-02 08:50:08
Blog: CHAOS MANOR IN PERSPECT...
Happy Birthday Superman
Date: 2008-02-25 18:50:06
Blog: CHAOS MANOR IN PERSPECT...
2030: A good day. The steroids...
2030: A good day. The steroids, or something, have just about wiped out the hip and neck pains I had from degenerate arthritis. I sleep better, I walk better. The doctors tell me that if the Zap Treatments work, it will still take time; apparently I have some dead tissue in my head (at least given the hard x-rays there better be!) [more...]
Date: 2008-02-25 18:50:07
Blog: CHAOS MANOR IN PERSPECT...
Business Week paints pessimistic portrait of current U.S. mobile TV market
An article in Business Week analyzes the current state of mobile television in the United States and it's not pretty ... the Motorola handset I'm testing from Verizon has an internal [more...]
Date: 2008-03-04 10:02:23
Blog: Reiter's Mobile TV Repo...
Apple iPhone Haptics App Adds Vibration
A new Apple iPhone haptics app allows you to get the small vibrations on your iPhone when it’s touched ... it may be a fun feature to have, it does use up your battery life faster. “We’re far from convinced that this is going to improve speed or accuracy for most folks — not to mention battery drain [more...]
Date: 2008-02-27 23:07:13
Blog: -Cell phone reviews, ne...
UMPC reviews
Click on a title to read the full review and view accompanying photos. 10 reasons not to buy the Asus Eee PC 2G Surf The entry-level Asus Eee PC is the 2G Surf, a $299 mini notebook that many assume differs from its more expensive siblings in little more than storage capacity. A quick look at the official specs chart appears to confirm that.. [more...]
Date: 2008-02-25 09:36:18
Blog: pocketables...
MacBook and MacBook Pro 17
I just spoke with Apple and found out why the new test numbers are lower when in fact, the actual absolute battery life in these models are higher. It has to do with their testing methodology. Instead of reporting the battery life as the longest of three tests (one test being DVD [more...]
Date: 2008-02-26 23:49:19
Blog: ruGadget.com...
Apple Says MacBook and MacBook Pro Battery Life Has Improved Slightly [Apple]
Apple Says MacBook and MacBook Pro Battery Life Has Improved Slightly Apple UPDATE: We've been trying to understand the new Apple Macbook Pro battery life ratings compared to the old models. It's been hard to quantify generational differences because Apple is now testing [more...]
Date: 2008-02-27 03:49:20
Blog: ruGadget.com...
Genetic Diversity Allows Pathogens to Go Where Other Pathogens Have Gone Before
Genetic Diversity Allows Pathogens to Go Where Other Pathogens Have Gone Before Genetic Diversity Allows Pathogens to Go Where Other Pathogens Have Gone Before The ability of some pathogens to "superinfect" animals that were already infected is the driving force behind greater genetic diversity in those pathogens, [more...]
Date: 2008-02-25 15:44:13
Blog: Science News - Sushi T...
