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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lenovo showing off waterproof keyboard]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</guid><description><![CDATA[Water spilled on a keyboard can just be dried out with a fan. This doesn't help the more serious problem of spilling our favorite sugary caffeinated beverages in between the keys which ruins the keyboard for good.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Einstein]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 17th 2006 3:14PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lenovo showing off waterproof keyboard]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</guid><description><![CDATA[pour some coke on there...the keyboard will still "work" if you call keys getting stuck working ;)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[the godfather]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 17th 2006 3:14PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lenovo showing off waterproof keyboard]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</guid><description><![CDATA[Waterproof keyboards are a reasonable start, but of more importance is coke/soft drink proof keyboards, it's 'stickyness' more than anything that ruins a keyboard.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[frankthechicken]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 17th 2006 3:15PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lenovo showing off waterproof keyboard]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</guid><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.grandtec.com/vik.htm">http://www.grandtec.com/vik.htm</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[engadget is really going down hill fast]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 17th 2006 3:27PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lenovo showing off waterproof keyboard]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</guid><description><![CDATA[Josh- not true . .I've just removed the keyboard from the laptop, washed the whole damend thing under the tap, dried it with compressed air, and it works good as new.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fuzz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 17th 2006 3:30PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lenovo showing off waterproof keyboard]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</guid><description><![CDATA[i work in a hospital and we have had waterproof keyboards for a while now, they are actually really good with the coke and coffee spills too because they are very shallow and our cleaning crew can actually use cleaning sprays with them]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alfred]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 17th 2006 3:31PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lenovo showing off waterproof keyboard]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</guid><description><![CDATA[I remember wandering the endless halls at Comdex Fall 94 (that's right almost 12 years ago) and seeing someone demoing a waterproof keyboard in a similar fashion.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Aitchison]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 17th 2006 3:32PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lenovo showing off waterproof keyboard]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</guid><description><![CDATA[So if it's safe to pour water on the keyboard, wouldn't that suggest that if you spilled Coke/Coffee/someting else on it you could just rinse it off with water to clean it off?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[J]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 17th 2006 3:32PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lenovo showing off waterproof keyboard]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</guid><description><![CDATA[I wish someone *cough*Apple*cough* would innovate by making spill proof laptops standard. It wouldn't take much - just a water proof film that stops liquids from touching components and channels it out of the machine through a vent or something... But wait! that would cut off a healthy stream of revenue for laptop makers.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conrad Quilty-Harper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 17th 2006 3:32PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lenovo showing off waterproof keyboard]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</guid><description><![CDATA[If it's waterproof, does that mean spilling champagne on it won't make the computer come to life and impress the girl next door?  (Been trying since the 80's.)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[J.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 17th 2006 3:48PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lenovo showing off waterproof keyboard]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</guid><description><![CDATA[Fat chance J.<br><br>Nowadays you have to spill a 40 of malt liquor on it to impress the girl next door.  But you will rather shoot yourself then have it seronade her with a Rap midi.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gr1zz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 17th 2006 4:18PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lenovo showing off waterproof keyboard]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</guid><description><![CDATA[#8, J:<br><br>No, Water, specifically distilled water, will not conduct electricity. Impurities in liquid is the real issue. As well as, with soda, the corrosive acid and to a lesser extent the annoying stickiness that can occur.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[anon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 17th 2006 4:19PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lenovo showing off waterproof keyboard]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</guid><description><![CDATA[Lenovo water proof keyboard, thats great. Its really nice to have a keyboard like that.<br><br><a href="http://cheap-computers-review.blogspot.com/2006/05/lenovo-3000-j-series-j100-desktop.html">http://cheap-computers-review.blogspot.com/2006/05/lenovo-3000-j-series-j100-desktop.html</a><br> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[pava]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 17th 2006 4:31PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lenovo showing off waterproof keyboard]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</guid><description><![CDATA[Nice new technology. It will help many people. However, I am just waiting for a virtual keyboard in which I will not need to give pain to my hands and instead will be able to type virtually with laser ray or something. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Razib Ahmed]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 17th 2006 5:13PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lenovo showing off waterproof keyboard]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</guid><description><![CDATA[FINALLY! now i can check out the hun WHILE i'm drinking a rum and coke and not have to worry about an accident.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[patrick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 17th 2006 5:28PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lenovo showing off waterproof keyboard]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</guid><description><![CDATA[hmm... my IBM Model M keyboard seems to work just fine. Having taken repeted dosings of water, beer, pepsi, pizza sauce, AND my constant pounding typing, it's gotta be the keyboard for me!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 17th 2006 9:02PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lenovo showing off waterproof keyboard]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</guid><description><![CDATA[Mine's waterproof too: Microsoft Comfort Curve 2000.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ivo Marjanovic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 17th 2006 9:57PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lenovo showing off waterproof keyboard]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</guid><description><![CDATA[Has anyone tried putting a keyboard in the dishwasher? I did it with a few dirty circuit boards about a decade ago, and they came out just fine.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tomas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 17th 2006 11:09PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lenovo showing off waterproof keyboard]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</guid><description><![CDATA[Am I the only one who started trying to think of some kind of porn-related joke after reading this?<br><br>"Protects against more than just water *wink wink*"]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Aaron]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 17th 2006 11:37PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lenovo showing off waterproof keyboard]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</guid><description><![CDATA[I'm with Aaron, is it "bodily fluid proof"?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[charlie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 18th 2006 1:14AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lenovo showing off waterproof keyboard]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</guid><description><![CDATA[Um...this has been around for forever. I remember seeing some such device on NewEgg about a year ago for like $15. Is this really news?<br><br>Now if they could make my Logitech G15 waterproof, I might be interested...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Juaquin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 18th 2006 2:50AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lenovo showing off waterproof keyboard]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</guid><description><![CDATA[Now this would be good to be included by default in laptops. Regarding a desktop PC, beside waterproofing I know some of us would need "violenceproofed" keyboard and mouse. You know, for those situations where you are so frustrated with a game that you start hitting the keyboard with the mouse. No, it didn't happen to me.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Claudiu Spulber]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 18th 2006 3:41AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lenovo showing off waterproof keyboard]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</guid><description><![CDATA[Gosh...wouldn't it be nice if Lenove put this somewhere where it'd be useful, like their Thinkpads?<br><br>Oh wait...they already have it in their thinkpads. Pour a glass of water on your thinkpad and watch the water flow out the ducts on the side. Innovation my ass.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[sims]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 18th 2006 4:30AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lenovo showing off waterproof keyboard]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</guid><description><![CDATA[Perfect for when I LOL all over myself while drinking pop.<br><br>And I love the extra bonus of being able to use it as a cup.  Pour some water in with some Koolaid crystals, and type up a few emails.  BAM]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[James]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 18th 2006 6:32AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lenovo showing off waterproof keyboard]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</guid><description><![CDATA[why is this news?<br><a href="http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=waterproof+keyboard">http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=waterproof+keyboard</a><br>and there are a couple non-rollup kb's there]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[chris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 18th 2006 9:30AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lenovo showing off waterproof keyboard]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</guid><description><![CDATA[yeah i could really use this.  about every two months I dump a cup of coffee over on my keyboard.  still works though.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[J]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 18th 2006 12:07PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lenovo showing off waterproof keyboard]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</guid><description><![CDATA[sims is talking about the new ThinkPad T60/T60p, which have the spill resistant keyboard and drain holes in the case. I wouldn't try the water test on any other ThinkPad models... :-)<br><br><a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=thinkpad+t60+OR+t60p+spill+drain&num=100">http://www.google.com/search?q=thinkpad+t60+OR+t60p+spill+drain&num=100</a><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Geary]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 18th 2006 3:43PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lenovo showing off waterproof keyboard]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</guid><description><![CDATA[Wouldn't you know it, the search I cited says I'm wrong about the spill-resistant keyboard being limited to the T60. According to this CNET review, the T43 has it too:<br><br><a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/Lenovo_ThinkPad_T43/4505-3121_7-31312127-2.html">http://reviews.cnet.com/Lenovo_ThinkPad_T43/4505-3121_7-31312127-2.html</a><br><br>But I don't see it mentioned for the T43 (only the T60) in the famous tabook.pdf:<br><br><a href="ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pcinstitute/psref/tabook.pdf">ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pcinstitute/psref/tabook.pdf</a><br><br>Who wants to give their T43 the water test and let us all know what happens?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Geary]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 18th 2006 4:31PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lenovo showing off waterproof keyboard]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/lenovo-showing-off-waterproof-keyboard/</guid><description><![CDATA[Give me a kbd that I can put in the dishwasher. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Glenn Beer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 18th 2006 11:34PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
