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Most dial-up users don’t want to upgrade their connections

July 4, 2008

Filed under: NetworkingSo here’s a bit of brilliant statistics work for you: The Pew Net & American Life research project has determined after endless polling and number crunching that 62 percent of American dial-up users have no interest in upgrading their connections to something a bit more peppy. In fact, only 14 percent of them would upgrad…

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How would you change Roku’s Netflix Player?

July 4, 2008

Filed under: Home Entertainment
Now that you’ve had a little by a month to cram down popcorn while enjoying your shiny matte new Roku Netflix Player, we’re interested to find just how pleased (or displeased) you are with the $99 purchase. Has it lived up to your expectations? Is the quality sufficient for you? How does it look on your HDTV? Is wire…

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iPhone 3G lines start at the Apple Cube… one week early

July 4, 2008

Filed under: Misc. GadgetsSo we heard some really over-eager folks have decided to get a jump on the iPhone 3G line — a really, really big jump. Obviously, we had to head down and see whether it was true… and it is. Right now, about ten citizens have started a line outside of Apple’s flagship store on 5th Avenue in New York. Word is that the fam…

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New solar sail aims to not repeat recent history

July 4, 2008

Filed under: Misc. GadgetsAttempts to launch a solar sail into space haven’t precisely been met with success in the past, but NASA now looks set to try to notch one up in the win column, with the agency reportedly on track for a launch of its own as soon as July 29th. As the name suggests, its new NanoSail-D is smaller than previous sails, with it …

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Non-planar devices promise downloadable hardware, interactive soda cans

July 4, 2008

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Scientists have been up to some wacky (and amazing) stuff in the world of flexible computers and organic user interfaces. Putting standard our standard concept of computers aside, researches are the Human Media Laboratory at Queen’s University in Canada are developing what are called “non-planar” devices: computers that c…

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Group Sense’s Palm OS line-up give way to lone, Linux-based phone

July 4, 2008

Filed under: Cellphones
Well, it looks like Group Sense’s once mighty line-up of Palm OS-based handsets has finally been shown the door with the whole lot now replaced by a restricted, Linux-based device. From the looks of it though, it doesn’t seem like the new handset is about to work any wonders for the company, with the “real smart” Xplore WF10…

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Sharp to launch Worlds brightest Solar-Powered LED Street Light with Seismic Motion Sensor

July 4, 2008

Sharp will introduce two models of solar-powered LED street lights that combine Sharp’s proprietary solar (photovoltaic) modules and high-intensity, long-life white LEDs for the Japanese market on August 21, 2008. The Sharp LN-LW3A1 Solar-Powered LED Street Light delivers brightness at the industry’s highest level rivaling the light o…

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