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Ed French
Member Since Mar 15th, 2006

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A Couple of My Rules for Startups

Mar 10th 2008 5:23AM on Blog Maverick

I've been lucky enough to meet loads of very successful entrepreneurs. Whilst all were obsessed, often for different underlying reasons, plenty of them had exit strategies!

Toshiba launching SCiB batteries in March: 5 min charge, 10 year lifespan

Dec 11th 2007 7:04AM on Engadget

Not sure this is so great for laptops- to charge my 50Whr laptop battery in 5 mins, ignoring losses, would take a 600W power supply- or probably more realistically a 700W. That'd weigh several times what my (admittedly small) laptop weighs!!

PayPal to offer security key fobs for additional account protection

Jan 15th 2007 2:49PM on Engadget

I'm not so sure this is a great idea. I understand that already phishing sites are using your login details as you type them (more like a man-in-the-middle attack I guess?). So the 30 second lifetime of the code is long enough for them to get in. Worst thing is that users may be more relaxed about checking sites are legit if they rely on this device.

Gmail bug exposes your mail account to spammers

Jan 1st 2007 7:38AM on Engadget

Not sure what the zdnet reference is, but it isn't fixed yet for me!

Transistors nearing the one terahertz barrier

Dec 15th 2006 5:57AM on Engadget

Hi,
I'd like to learn more about this, would you mind contacting me offline please?
+447966347407 or edward.french (at) enterprise-ventures.co.uk
Cheers,
Edward French

Siemens VDO shows off eCorner motor-in-hub concept

Aug 13th 2006 7:24AM on Engadget

Looks gimicky to me: anyone know what the actual losses are in the final stage of the drive train? Matching problems are likely I'd have thought- leading to overspecification of the motor and worse lossess under most operation. The unsprung weight must be higher, and in addition the travel of the suspension looks too small!
No thanks!

Eurotech WWPC for wrist-top computing

Mar 15th 2006 5:10AM on Engadget

What a superb design ;-)
I just feel sorry for anyone whose free arm is not transparent, as those unfortunates might find using the directional control on the top a little awkward, the rest of us should be fine!

Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.

"I just moved into a new apartment and have been reading about all of the new power strips out there, especially the green ones. I was wondering if you had any suggestions about which "green "power strips are out there with decent joules ratings. And when I say green, I mean power strips that have the remotes or switches to turn off all electricity flowing to certain plugs and with at least 2 plugs that are always on. I was looking specifically at sub $50 because I will need two, but if that is not possible I could be convinced otherwise. Thanks!"

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