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Why Consumer Reports Likes Different Cars Than We Do

February 28th, 2011 link to (permalink)

13 years ago
Of the top 10 cars in Consumer Reports annual cars issue (online and shipping to subscribers now, on newsstands March 8), we agree on one: the Hyundai Elantra, which also made our pcmag.com Gearlog Digital Drive Top 10 Cars list.

Gigabyte Aivia M8600 Wireless Macro Gaming Mouse

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The new Gigabyte Aivia M8600 Wireless Macro gaming mouse is the world’s first wireless gaming mouse to guarantee 100-hour nonstop gaming experience.

Xoom costs $33 more to make than iPad, priced $70 higher

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Cost breakdowns of the Motorola Xoom have suggested that its price is disproportionately higher than what it costs to make. UBM TechInsights estimated on Monday that the Android 3.0 leader costs $278 in raw parts versus $235 for a similarly equipped 3G, 32GB iPad.

Child Of Eden Almost Had A Vibro-Belt Accessory

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You might remember quite a few years back when the Sega “Trance Vibrator” for Rez made a stir by essentially being… a vibrator. Yeah.

Lenovo 65W AC Adapter Provides Extra USB Ports

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The Lenovo 65W is not an ordinary AC adapter because it comes equipped with a USB hub for your peripherals. The device offers four USB ports. Three USB ports offer standard USB data transfer and charging capability, while a fourth dedicated power port charges devices, such as cell phones or PMPs.

Active Media Products Outs Predator V3 SSDs

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Active Media Products is bringing you their newest line of SSDs called the Predator V3. Available in both 64GB and 128GB sizes, these 2.5-inch SSDs are equipped with MLC NAND Flash memory chips, a SATA 6.0 Gbps interface, a Marvell 88SS9174 (codename Van Gogh) controller, a 128MB of cache memory,...

Matrox Extio F2208 KVM Extender

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Matrox Graphics Inc. today introduced the new Matrox Extio F2208 KVM extender. It is a unique device that allows you to use a computer remotely from up to 1 kilometer (3280 feet) away.

Random House to use agency pricing in shift to iBooks

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Random House on Monday said it would switch e-book business models in what's likely a sign of a deal for Apple's iBookstore. The publisher planned to switch to an agency model, where it will set the price and a given bookstore takes a flat percentage of the sale.

Breakdown Reveals Xoom Cost To Build: $278

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Motorola’s Xoom, the first Android 3.0 tablet to get into consumer hands (if you don’t count hacked Nook Colors), has a total build cost of about $278, according to UBM TechInsights and iSuppli, as reported by the WSJ. That’s $33 more than the iPad’s cost-to-build estimate.

Intel Announces New Solid-State Drives

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Today, Intel announced a new line of solid-state drives: the Intel SSD 510 Series. The new drives operate over 6Gbps SATA to take advantage of Intel’s new higher speed SATA bus interface (like the new MBPs).

Tobii Technology Unveils Eye Tracking Laptop, A World First

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A new technology that we’ve been hearing about for a few year finally is getting unveiled today at CeBIT in Germany. Tobii Technology has partnered up with Lenovo to create a laptop with integrated eye tracking control.

Steam Getting Big Picture Mode, Controller Support For TVs

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I’m not exactly sure whether we’re witnessing the historic first prong of Valve’s attack on the living room or some misguided attempt to capitalize on a trend, but there’s one thing I do know, one way or the other, Valve will turn it into solid gold and leave people...

Apple’s developer preview NDA is a load of Lion poop

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Remember the anti-drug ad where the drug-using kid tries to use peer pressure to get the straight-laced kid to try some? "Everybody's doing it," he chides the square.

Sprint stops gauging CEO performance on Clearwire customers

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Sprint has changed the terms that determine CEO Dan Hesse's bonus for 2011, bringing an 18 percent gain in the executive's "short-term incentive" target.

Verizon gives Xoom 4G upgrade instructions

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Section: Communications, Mobile, Computers Last week we had a leaked image that indicated how Xoom users would be able to upgrade to 4G. Today we have the official instructions of what to do to upgrade the device.

TazTag Will Introduce Android-powered TazPad Tablet At CeBIT 2011

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A company called TazTag will introduce its new Android-powered tablet at CeBIT 2011. Dubbed as the TazPad, this tablet has a 7-inch color screen with multitouch capacity, HDMI output, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC and ZigBee (as do all TazTag products).

Ninjabread Men Ninja Shaped Cookie Cutters

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Imagine if our naughty folkloric buddy would’ve had his bad-ass twin brother ninja around to teach that sly fox a lesson. Hiya! Rewrite a new twist on the gingerbread man’s fateful tale with Ninjabread Men Cookie Cutters.

DirecTV app for iPad debuts

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We said it was coming, and DirecTV for iPad has now hit the app store. The free app is a nice addition to the DirectTV service.

Honeywell Prestige Thermostat Includes Walk-Around Remote

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The energy-saving Honeywell Prestige proves there are thermostats and then there are thermostats. This one controls temperature and humidity, monitors the outside temperature, and can be operated by the high-resolution widescreen color wall mount thermostat or by a remote unit.

Blackberry Analytics SDK 0.9 Beta Release

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Research In Motion just dropped a Beta version of an Analytics package for Blackberry Developers. This new SDK is going to add a number of features, behind-the-scenes. Developers can now analyze how users are actually using their apps statistically.

TI-Nspire CX calculator packs color, 3D, Wi-Fi

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A web conference hosted by Texas Instruments and attended by TechPoweredMath revealed the company is revamping its TI-Nspire line of scientific calculators. The flagship CX model will sport a 16-bit, 320x240 backlit display that can show 64,000 colors.

PS3 banned in Europe after LG gets temp injunction vs. Sony

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Sony encountered a major setback on Monday after LG landed a preliminary injunction banning the PlayStation 3 from sales in Europe. A civil court in The Hague ruled that any PS3s imported into the continent have to be confiscated by government officials for at least the next 10 days.

Site claims iPhone 5 connector, says 4-inch iPhone fake

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A Taiwanese site is claiming to have a photo of a prototype 30-pin dock connector meant for the iPhone 5. The part is labeled "821-1300-02 HF/c1," and includes the internal ribbon cable used to bridge an iPhone's connector port with the rest of the hardware.

Maker Shed’s Follow, Tweet, & (Maybe) Win an iPad Contest

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The Maker Shed is giving away an iPad loaded with Make: The Complete Collection (PDF). It’s super-easy to enter, and no purchase is necessary. Read all the details about how to enter on the Maker Shed’s contest page.

Math Monday: Quilted Geometric Spheres

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By George Hart for the Museum of Mathematics Anabeth Dollind made this assortment of quilted balls, based on tilings of the sphere. These first two are spherical versions of Platonic solids: the dodecahedron and icosahedron, with twelve pentagons and twenty triangles, respectively.

Will There Be a White iPad 2?

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Fancy yourself a riddle? Great, answer this one for us: If Apple's apparently having trouble releasing a white iPhone 4, which it doesn't seem in any rush to do, why then should we expect a white version of the iPad 2? Because we've seen pictures, of course. Actually, it's more than just photos.

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