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Back to the future with a hand crank
I remember watching my grandfather hand crank one of his company trucks when I was a youngster. Of course electric starters had been invented by then (hey-I'm not that old) but it was the first truck ...
What is your EFQ? (Electronics Frustration Quotient)
I was in an electronics store checkout line yesterday and the lady in front of me had placed a desktop PC on the counter that she was clearly unhappy with. The cashier was also clearly unhappy because...
Consumer Electronics Show the grandaddy of hi tech shows
In the 70's and 80's and 90's, the big convention for the hi tech crowd was COMDEX. It brought together over 150,000 people to see the latest releases in hardware, software and networking. It was a bi...
Batteries recharge off USB port
I learned about the diversity of USB ports when I bought an Archos 605 which uses USB technology to recharge the unit's battery. So it makes sense that a company called USB Cell markets AA batteries t...
Track who stole your electronic gadget
If you have ever lost or had one of your USB electronic gadgets (camera, pda, Ipod etc.) stolen, you realize there isn't a whole lot you can do about it. TechCrunch has coverage of a couple of softwar...
TIVO comes to Canada
TIVO is basically a very sophisticated digital video recorder that records programs from your TV cable or satellite. TIVO announced today that it will soon be legally sold in Canadian electronics stor...