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Pioneer's 12x BDR-205 Blu-ray burner is so fast it's ahead of its time {Engadget}
Sep 30th 2009 5:15PM but for only $249 you could get a 12X ULTRA-ray burner that burns 500GB UBs
Video: Hanvon / Hanwang's aluminum-clad tablet does Windows 7 multitouch {Engadget}
Sep 29th 2009 9:20AM The atom processor seems to be significantly underpowered to run the multitouch features. This had better be cheap...
Kindle DX called "poor excuse of an academic tool" in Princeton pilot program {Engadget}
Sep 28th 2009 4:03PM I'm just going to comment on the references part. It's possible to do a search in the book and find the exact location of any sentence. It's extremely rare that any sentence will show up more than once. Just quote 5 words and a search will locate the exact place they're used.
I see eReaders as being the future. If you only read one or two books a year than you probably won't be saving the environment, but if you go through several dozens and even more for references than the impact on paper waste would be substantial. Also decreasing the amount of trucks that are going around and delivering said books will remove a lot of fuel waste and emissions. Sure, if all your books are in a library than the impact won't be as severe but in that case you would be saving a lot of your time. e-readers need to get better, faster and more affordable as soon as possible so we can reduce all these factors.
GPU-accelerated 720p Flash video gets demoed on a netbook (smoothly) {Engadget}
Sep 28th 2009 1:45PM I know it's not very popular right now but the latest silverlight has support for acceleration.
GPU-accelerated 720p Flash video gets demoed on a netbook (smoothly) {Engadget}
Sep 28th 2009 1:44PM Yea, even the single core Atom processor is good enough to play 720p content. At least they're finally making an effort to allow the flash player to use the GPU.
iriver Story e-book reader turns up in Berlin, deems itself too cool for IFA {Engadget}
Sep 8th 2009 2:10AM I don't need WiFi, I only need an ebook reader without DRM.
Sony laptops can't use Windows 7's XP mode due to disabled hardware virtualization {Engadget}
Aug 10th 2009 2:41AM oh snap
Firefox 3.5 arrives {Engadget}
Jun 30th 2009 1:04PM There's an extension called "Nightly Tester Tools".
It allows you to run unsupported addons on any version of firefox.
If the extension you want wasn't broken by the update (most aren't) then you can use NTT to run it.
Intel launching cheaper SSDs with up to 320GB capacity in two weeks? {Engadget}
Jun 29th 2009 8:44AM Yea but that drops to 80MB/s after you use it for a while.
Until I see benchmarks I don't trust the marketing numbers.
Ionic cooling system adapted for laptop use, scalded legs cautiously rejoice {Engadget}
May 21st 2009 11:44AM Ion cooled PC concept
http://www.inventgeek.com/Projects/IonCooler2/Overview.aspx
