by Darren Murph, posted Aug 17th 2008 at 6:31PM Always looking to make lemonade out of lemons, the self-proclaimed BGizzle took the opportunity to inform prospective (and current) blackberry Bold owners of the handset’s fragile nature. To no one’s surprise, the naked Bold didn’t stand up too well to pavement when dropped from about two feet — maybe this is where a real metal bezel would come in handy? (Read the full post about ‘BlackBerry Bold doesn’t handle pavement well’…)
When it’s the time of year to trim up your home’s landscape, it’s also time to whip out your ladder, because you’re about to be reaching for some pretty high branches. But setting up the old ladder and climbing up a tree is not exactly the safest or most convenient way of spending a sunny afternoon. Black & Decker offers this practical Cordless Electric Pole Chainsaw which has an impressive reach of 14 feet. This 18-volt chainsaw can reach some of the highest branches of a moderately sized tree, which is perfect for pruning and landscaping your prized pine. Weighing only 7.6 lbs, the Cordless Electric Pole Chainsaw won’t weigh you down too much when your hoisting it into the greenery. (Read the full post about ‘Cordless Electric Pole Chainsaw’…)
An aircraft is a vehicle which is used to travel through the air. An aircraft is made up of number of different parts and each part has a specific function. For an aircraft to work smoothly, each and every part should work perfectly. Fasteners, engine, bearings, wings are some of the common aircraft parts.
Each part of the aircraft has a specific function. An engine is used to create the thrust which is required to push the aircraft into the Earth’s atmosphere.
PricePirates is a piece of Windows freeware that lets you compare prices in eBay auctions ( you can select what country), Amazon.com and Shopping.com. Each of those product sources show up in different tabs in the software and automatically populated once you switch to a tab. There is also a tab with a Web search (although I don’t know why you would bother with this when there are much better search engines out there).
I found that the results were a bit hit or miss on the Amazon.com and Shopping.com tabs, although eBay results looked fine. For example, a search for ‘ipod touch 8gb‘ did not return the actual iPod listed on Amazon.
(Read the full post about ‘Review: PricePirates price comparison software’…)
by Darren Murph, posted Aug 17th 2008 at 9:20AMJust over a year ago, we passed off a far-out proposal that would turn highways into wind farms. Now, however, the state of Oregon is proving that such feats are actually within reach as it breaks ground on the first so-called “solar highway” demonstration project. The project will be installed at the Interstate 5 and Interstate 205 interchange in Tualatin, where it will cover around 8,000 square feet and produce 112,000 kilowatt hours per year. (Read the full post about ‘Oregon begins building first “solar highway” project’…)
by Joshua Topolsky, posted Aug 17th 2008 at 11:57AM
According to Appleinsider, the newest beta of iphone firmware (2.1, beta 4) has been seeded to developers, but takes one crucial element off the table — push notification. If you’ll recall, the new feature will allow third-party developers to take advantage of Apple’s servers for real-time push of data to and from applications. Apparently, the feature has been cut from the most recent beta for “further development” with no indication of when it will be reinstated. (Read the full post about ‘Apple trims push notification out of newest iPhone firmware beta’…)
by Darren Murph, posted Aug 17th 2008 at 5:46AMAMD’s going through some rough times, no doubt about it, but for fanboys of the CPU maker (wait, do CPU fanboys still exist?) here’s your feel-good story of the year. The always-thorough Tom’s Hardware has pit Intel’s 1.6GHz Atom 230 processor against AMD’s Athlon 64 2000+, and the results just might surprise you. The 1GHz Athlon (with a core voltage of 0.90 volts and a power draw of just 8 watts) managed to best the aforementioned Atom in both energy consumption and processing power tests. The gurus at Tom’s credited the more modern 790G platform and the highly efficient K8 architecture as big players in the Athlon’s strong showing, finally deeming said chip “more economical, faster and quieter” than the Atom. (Read the full post about ‘Athlon 64 2000+ at 8-watts outperforms, draws less energy than Atom’…)
by Darren Murph, posted Aug 17th 2008 at 5:46AMAMD’s going through some rough times, no doubt about it, but for fanboys of the CPU maker (wait, do CPU fanboys still exist?) here’s your feel-good story of the year. The always-thorough Tom’s Hardware has pit Intel’s 1.6GHz Atom 230 processor against AMD’s Athlon 64 2000+, and the results just might surprise you. The 1GHz Athlon (with a core voltage of 0.90 volts and a power draw of just 8 watts) managed to best the aforementioned Atom in both energy consumption and processing power tests. The gurus at Tom’s credited the more modern 790G platform and the highly efficient K8 architecture as big players in the Athlon’s strong showing, finally deeming said chip “more economical, faster and quieter” than the Atom. (Read the full post about ‘Athlon 64 2000+ at 8-watts outperforms, draws less energy than Atom’…)
by Darren Murph, posted Aug 17th 2008 at 1:39AMIndilinx just recently caught eyes with its Barefoot solid state drive controller, which has reportedly shown a read speed of 230MB/sec. Merely days later, it’s already talking about the next best thing. Said firm, along with Mosaid, is preparing for a third-generation of the controller for the SATA 3 interface, which will provide a mind-boggling 600MB/sec. (Read the full post about ‘Indilinx and Mosaid aim to squeeze 600MB/s out of SSDs’…)
by Darren Murph, posted Aug 17th 2008 at 1:39AMIndilinx just recently caught eyes with its Barefoot solid state drive controller, which has reportedly shown a read speed of 230MB/sec. Merely days later, it’s already talking about the next best thing. Said firm, along with Mosaid, is preparing for a third-generation of the controller for the SATA 3 interface, which will provide a mind-boggling 600MB/sec. (Read the full post about ‘Indilinx and Mosaid aim to squeeze 600MB/s out of SSDs’…)
