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20
Feb
Mama always told us that there’d be trade-offs in life, but we aren’t so sure we’re kosher with this one. As the story goes, a team of Wolverines from the University of Michigan figured out a solution to an age-old problem: effectively lowering power consumption by a significant amount in electronic devices. Anyone with a smartphone yearns for better battery life, and while Stevie J may argue that no one reads for ten hours straight, we’d still rather have the option than not. The development revolves around “near-threshold computing” (NTC), which allows electronic wares to operate at lower voltages than normal, in turn lowering energy consumption. Researchers estimate that power energy requirements could be lowered by “10 to 100 times or more,” but unfortunately, that low-voltage operation would lead to “performance loss, performance variation, and memory and logic failures.” We appreciate the hard work, folks, but could you hit us back when the side effects are somewhat less daunting?
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UMich gurus greatly reduce gadget energy consumption (at the expense of awesomeness) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 20 Feb 2010 10:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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2009
2
Dec
We’re not entirely certain, but there seems to be at least a decent chance that this is a case of the name coming before the actual product. In any event, the so-called Kindle Kradle is nothing if not ugly unique, and promises to finally get rid of that pesky need to actually hold the Kindle while you use it. As the folks at Wired’s Gadget Lab discovered during their hands-on time with the unit, however, the Kradle proved to be somewhat less useful than laying the Kindle flat on a table, and its one seeming advantage (being used as a dock) doesn’t exactly live up to its potential since it’s apparently a chore to thread the cable through the stand. You can get it in your choice of brown or graphite colors though, and in sizes that’ll accommodate the Kindle DX or a variety of Sony Readers as well.
Kindle Kradle aims to be to ‘holding things’ what the Kindle is to paper originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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2009
2
Dec
We’re not entirely certain, but there seems to be at least a decent chance that this is a case of the name coming before the actual product. In any event, the so-called Kindle Kradle is nothing if not ugly unique, and promises to finally get rid of that pesky need to actually hold the Kindle while you use it. As the folks at Wired’s Gadget Lab discovered during their hands-on time with the unit, however, the Kradle proved to be somewhat less useful than laying the Kindle flat on a table, and its one seeming advantage (being used as a dock) doesn’t exactly live up to its potential since it’s apparently a chore to thread the cable through the stand. You can get it in your choice of brown or graphite colors though, and in sizes that’ll accommodate the Kindle DX or a variety of Sony Readers as well.
Kindle Kradle aims to be to ‘holding things’ what the Kindle is to paper originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Kindle Kradle aims to be to ‘holding things’ what the Kindle is to paper
2009
2
Dec
We’re not entirely certain, but there seems to be at least a decent chance that this is a case of the name coming before the actual product. In any event, the so-called Kindle Kradle is nothing if not ugly unique, and promises to finally get rid of that pesky need to actually hold the Kindle while you use it. As the folks at Wired’s Gadget Lab discovered during their hands-on time with the unit, however, the Kradle proved to be somewhat less useful than laying the Kindle flat on a table, and its one seeming advantage (being used as a dock) doesn’t exactly live up to its potential since it’s apparently a chore to thread the cable through the stand. You can get it in your choice of brown or graphite colors though, and in sizes that’ll accommodate the Kindle DX or a variety of Sony Readers as well.
Kindle Kradle aims to be to ‘holding things’ what the Kindle is to paper originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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2009
2
Dec
Back in the day (or way back, as it were), we recall quite vividly the impression made upon us by Klipsch’s ProMedia v.2-400. It wasn’t the cheapest four-piece speaker set for the PC, but compared to the competition at the time, it certainly offered up a sound rivaled only by much higher-end options — options that were generally tailored for home theater applications. Fast forward to today, and Klipsch is still carrying on the ProMedia line nearly a decade later. The latest set to waltz into our labs are these: the ProMedia 2.1 Wireless. Essentially, these are the exact same ProMedia 2.1 speakers that were released eons ago (in the midst of the Y2K chaos, if you’re looking for specifics), but with a wireless twist. Klipsch has integrated 2.4GHz wireless technology into the subwoofer, and it tossed in a USB dongle in order to beam out audio from whatever PC or Mac that you connect it to. Pretty simple, right? Hop on past the break for our two pennies on how this package performed.
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Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 Wireless speakers impressions originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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2009
15
Oct
Currently, Wi-Fi devices have to connect to a home network of some sort before you can get them to communicate with one another. This makes Wi-Fi somewhat less efficient and easy to use than Bluetooth for certain purposes, and means that things like Wi-Fi …
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Wi-Fi Direct Puts Wi-Fi Everywhere
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2009
15
Oct
Currently, Wi-Fi devices have to connect to a home network of some sort before you can get them to communicate with one another. This makes Wi-Fi somewhat less efficient and easy to use than Bluetooth for certain purposes, and means that things like Wi-Fi …
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