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Archive for March, 2008

HP printers can’t stop, won’t stop

Tuesday
Mar 4,2008

HP is poised and ready to send a barrage of printers to our office, and to that we say, “Bring it on!” This won’t be the first time we’ve been deluged with printers from HP, and we’re eager to get back in the ring. Need proof? Just …

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  • Dell gets rugged to pump up sales

    Tuesday
    Mar 4,2008

    The Latitude XFR D630 from Dell is not sexy.

    But that’s not the point. The PC maker’s first ruggedized notebook isn’t having a New York coming-out party with runway models a la the colorful Inspiron and XPS laptops from last summer. But the company does hope that …

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  • Cleaning 400 years of dust from books

    Tuesday
    Mar 4,2008

    DUBLIN, Ireland–There isn’t quite an inch of dust on top of Institutione Catholica, a two-volume theological set of books dating back a few centuries. But it looks close.

    The entire top of the volumes are coated in a thick, brown mass. Some of the dust has formed into balls …

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  • Tuesday
    Mar 4,2008

    The Morgan LifeCar emits nothing but vapor

    (Credit: CNET Networks)

    Hydrogen fuel-cell projects are usually only the realm of global automakers such as GM, Ford, and Honda, with enormous R&D budgets and a few thousand spare engineers. Boutique British carmaker Morgan is bucking the trend, however, with the unveiling …

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  • Tuesday
    Mar 4,2008

    BMW's Efficient Dynamics concept study sports special aerodynamic wheels

    (Credit: CNET Networks)

    From a distance it looks just like a regular soccermom-mobile. But the car that BMW put center stage this morning at the Geneva auto show represents the German automaker’s vision for fuel-efficient technologies over the …

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  • Tuesday
    Mar 4,2008

    Not made in the USA

    (Credit: CNET Networks)

    There could not have been a better metaphor. The Pininfarina-designed retractable hardtop version of the Focus Focus on display here on the first morning of the Geneva auto show was unveiled in its full glory before the world’s press, but the …

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  • Safest of the safe: Volvo XC60

    Tuesday
    Mar 4,2008

    The XC60 is the smallest crossover from Volvo

    (Credit: CNET Networks)

    Volvo is making bold claims about its new XC60 crossover. The mini-Ute was touted as “the safest Volvo ever” as it was driven out to make its world debut here today at the 2008 Geneva auto show. Volvo justifies …

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  • Hemp speakers–make your own joke

    Tuesday
    Mar 4,2008
    (Credit: Omega Speaker Systems)

    With everything else going green, it should be no surprise that even loudspeakers can be made of some sort of sustainable material. We just didn’t think that material would be hemp.

    Omega Speaker Systems claims that its “HempCone” drivers offer “improved acoustic properties” superior to …

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  • Cutting the cord for all-you-can-eat wireless plans

    Tuesday
    Mar 4,2008

    Wireless operators hope all-you-can-eat pricing will prove appetizing to consumers still using their landlines.

    The new pricing model could also help them in the protracted battle for customers with the cable industry.

    Two weeks ago, Verizon Wireless was the first major U.S. wireless operator to announce a $99.99 unlimited voice plan. …

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  • Meridian’s $16,000 CD player

    Tuesday
    Mar 4,2008
    (Credit: Meridian Audio)

    Some Cravers out there had a few choice words for a $17,000 Blu-ray player we featured last week, so we can’t wait to hear the opinions on this one.

    Meridian Audio, also known for its Ferrari label products, now has a CD player that’s …

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    1. Ars Investigates: Does Google Mobile use Private APIs? - Tonight, our peeps pointed us to this Daring Fireball post that suggests that Google Mobile got an application by Apple that uses private iPhone APIs. Said peeps asked me whether Google is getting a better deal than most devs, or whether Google just pulled something over on Apple. The answer is, to say the least, complicated.
    2. BlackBerry Storm Is Not Quite a Perfect Storm - It's hard to overstate how important the BlackBerry Storm is to RIM and Verizon. It's RIM's bold effort to fend off the iPhone and Verizon's best hope for a star handset that draws people in, or at least keeps them from bailing.
    3. BlackBerry's Storm: Awkward and Disappointing - Research in Motion's BlackBerry Storm looks handsome enough, but it will disappoint prospective buyers hoping for a credible touch-based iPhone alternative.
    4. Engadget reviews the BlackBerry Storm! - The Storm, a widescreen, touchscreen device boasts many of the same features as the iPhone, but adds innovations like a clickable display, and comes packed with RIM's legendary email and messaging services. Mainlined into the biggest and best network in the States, the Storm is an almost deafening blast to the competition at first glance.
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    6. Interview with Bachar Sarah - AppCraver recently heard from Bachar Sarah the developer of the MyMate app. He answered our questions about developing apps for the iPhone and iPod touch.
    7. Interview: Ocarina is Music to the Ears of Smule’s Founders - Smule’s Ocarina iPhone app is an electronic version of the physical instrument. Blow into the microphone, touch any combination of four “holes” and tilt the phone to alter vibrato. If you have any talent (I don’t) you’ll be playing music in no time.
    8. SuperPig saves the world - SuperPig combines a classic video arcade game feel with the fun console controls of the iPhone and iPod touch to offer players a pleasurable gaming experience.
    9. Unlocking the iPhone 3G With Proxy SIMs - In the interests of all those readers who need to unlock their iPhone 3G’s for use on different carriers andtested an iPhone 3G unlock that really seems to work. While the iPhone Dev Team plunder the secrets of the mysterious baseband in search of the ever elusive software unlock, some of us regular users just can’t wait.
    10. Verizon Wireless bets on Storm for holiday season - Verizon Wireless is betting on the new BlackBerry Storm for the all-important holiday season, hoping the highly anticipated smartphone can compete against the iPhone offered by rival wireless provider AT&T Inc.