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Samsung SyncMaster P2770HD has built-in TV tuner, sex appeal {Engadget}
Nov 11th 2009 10:38AM I don't understand this "sex appeal" thing. Is the HDMI port in the shape of a vagina, or does the remote double as a dildo? I detest the use of the phrase "sex appeal" to describe non-erotica electronica.
Verizon asks 'if the iDoesn't, what does?' {Engadget}
Oct 17th 2009 5:59PM Fackin' non-crippled/locked GPS.
How would you change Snow Leopard? {Engadget}
Oct 3rd 2009 6:25AM I have been a PC user for more than 20 years. I bought a Mac Mini in 2005 to use Garageband to produce two CD's. I replaced that Mac Mini a few months ago with a new MacBook Pro 13". I really like it. I have thought that perhaps I could have just spent the money on a PC rig, like a Thinkpad X200 and used my existing software to get the job done, but nothing can get the basic music editing done like GarageBand. I bought Logic Express and Final Cut Express, but both seem to have such a steep learning curve that I am waiting until I actually have time to dig deeper into them before using them. I got the Snow Leopard update, but haven't installed it yet...my audio interface box doesn't yet have drivers for it. Once it does, on it goes.
How would you change the netbook as we know it? {Engadget}
Sep 12th 2009 6:33AM I want an ultraportable the same form factor as the old HP 200lx or Psion Series 5 with XP or Linux that can run for two weeks on two AA batteries.
VAIO TT disappears from Sony's US site (update: gone for good) {Engadget}
Aug 20th 2009 7:37AM I really loved Sony's T series...never was able to afford one, though. The TZ looked sweet in the extreme, but I didn't feel like taking out a mortgage to buy one. Today I use an Asus HE1000 netbook for most of my portable tasks, and it works just fine.
Canon PowerShot G11 leaks out, looks promising {Engadget}
Aug 19th 2009 8:54AM I am glad that Canon dropped the megapixel count...14.7 megapixels on a small sensor was just too much. What the G12 needs is an actual dSLR sensor. I just bought a Rebel XSi because I was tired of low-light noise in my point and shoot Canon. I also REALLY like the wide-angle option...I do storm photography.
Texting makes kids dumb -- science fact! {Engadget}
Aug 13th 2009 9:01AM When engaged in one task, the brain diminished attention on others. No matter how good people think they are at multitasking, research has shown that we are not.
http://arstechnica.com/old/content/2007/03/study-says-leave-the-multitasking-to-your-computer.ars
Students who text in class are going to miss information they need to develop skills, and therefore develop them more slowly, if at all. Kids who are likely to text during class would find some other distraction if texting were not available, so I would have to posit that it's not the texting that makes them stupid, but a predilection for self-distraction that sabotages their education and can ultimately lead to the perception that they lack intelligence.
That goofy-looking kid in the photo would seem to look like the poster boy for stupidity, but who knows what the real story is? Appearances can be deceiving.
Texting makes kids dumb -- science fact! {Engadget}
Aug 13th 2009 8:56AM My honors students need calculators to multiply or divide by 10, how pathetic is that???
Apple tells UPS to stop overachieving, puts brakes on early iPhone 3G S deliveries {Engadget}
Jun 17th 2009 10:29AM Wow, some people here have serious anger issues and possible borderline personality disorder. It's just a friggin' phone, nothing to get so emotional over!
Teen invents pen-sized pico projector while your kid's busy beating up honor roll students {Engadget}
Jun 3rd 2009 5:47AM Unreal. I have never heard such bitterness over what? A kid inventing something?
