Archive for August, 2009
Xtreamer e-TRAYz NAS boasts up to 4TB storage, artistic license with English language
Loving your Xtreamer media player? The company’s gearing up for a much larger, more versatile NAS complement that supports up to 4TB of storage across two bays, and anyone who’s purchased last year’s model by November 1st will get a chance to pre-order this one for €59 (US $84) when the listing opens on that […]
10 ways to keep your PC in tip-top condition
They have been around for decades, and the American consumer has become completely accustomed to life with a personal computer. So why is it, then, that we keep screwing them up and, in the process, our lives?
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Governors Highway Safety Assoc. backs texting ban
SAVANNAH, Ga. — The national association representing state highway safety officials on Sunday threw its support behind a growing movement to ban text messaging by drivers, reversing its previous stand.
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As Internet turns 40, barriers threaten its growth
New York — Goofy videos weren't on the minds of Len Kleinrock and his team at UCLA when they began tests 40 years ago on what would become the Internet. Neither was social networking, for that matter, nor were most of the other easy-to-use applications that have drawn more than a billion people online.
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Style critics hit latest Ikea design: catalog type
STOCKHOLM — Ikea, the Swedish furniture chain, said Sunday it never expected such a backlash after switching typeface in its latest catalog.
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Two-mic system detects fetal heart rate anomalies, prenatal beat sampling
Patel Institute of Engineering and Technology’s A.K. Mittra and associates have devised a clever and inexpensive early warning detection system for monitoring the fetal heart rate of that bun months-long in the oven. With two microphones — one placed on the pregnant soon-to-be mother’s abdomen and one inside the bedroom — hooked up to a […]
NFL to let Cowboys giant HD scoreboard stay as-is, at least for 2009
The NFL has ruled on the Dallas Cowboys punt blocking super-sized videoboard deciding to leave it where it is, 90 feet above the playing field, at least for this season. That’s no surprise to us, on the last EHD Podcast we figured no one would be able to tell Jerry Jones there’s a problem with […]
Sony R&D explains some background on the PlayStation motion controller
Well, it’s no GameGun, but we hear this “PlayStation motion controller” thing from Sony is going to be “kind of a big deal.” The SCEA R&D team was kind enough to put together some behind the scenes footage detailing a bit of the genesis of the controller and some of its technical prowess, and according […]
Unsolicited laptops sent to state governments never get used, now under investigation
Tempting though it may be, shipments of HP and Compaq (another HP brand) laptops sent to various US state governments have been sent either back to the manufacturer or to local investigators with nary even a game of Spider Solitaire in its account logs. As it turns out, the packages of three to five machines […]
Smartbook AG (the company) follows in Psion’s footsteps, issues cease and desist letter to website using the term ’smartbook’
Looks like smartbooks really are the new netbooks, after all. Aptly exemplifying déjà vu, German company Smartbook AG has issued a cease-and-desist to Netbooknews.de, claiming it owns the trademark and copyright on the term “smartbook” and that its use on the news site is damaging to the company’s reputation and credibility. The letter demands that […]
