News tagged with electronic gadgets
Retailers Expect a Grinch-like Christmas, Says UB Retail Expert
Nov 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Unfortunately for retailers, the Grinch will be pushing the shopping cart again this holiday season, says Arun Jain, Samuel P. Capen Professor of Marketing Research in the University at Buffalo School of ...
Sony launches cash-for-televisions scheme in Britain
Aug 19, 2009 |
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Japan's Sony Corp. on Wednesday launched a scheme in Britain to encourage cash-strapped consumers to swap old televisions for new ones in a plan that mirrors worldwide car trade-in initiatives.
'Printed chips' could be boon for consumers
Aug 12, 2009 |
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Until now, creating the microchips that power all of our electronic gadgets has been a laborious, complex and time-consuming process costing billions of dollars. But if a Milpitas, Calif.-based startup succeeds, making them ...
Pediatric carbon monoxide poisoning linked to video games after Hurricane Ike
May 26, 2009 |
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Hours after Hurricane Ike roared ashore in Texas, more than two million homes were without power, which left some scrambling to preserve food and others looking for ways to entertain children, a move that proved to be, in ...
Parents turn to cell phones as high-tech rattles
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
May 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- When Annamarie Saarinen needed to soothe her ailing daughter, she used a rattle - downloaded to her iPhone.
Many devices don't require a converter
Apr 22, 2009 |
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Q. We will be sailing in the Greek Islands on a 32-foot boat in May, and I am wondering how to properly charge our various electronic gadgets -- an e-book reader, camera and phone -- so I don't wreck any of them. What should ...
New project aims to boost performance on every chip
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 07, 2009 |
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), as part of its Architecture Aware Compiler Environment Program, has awarded Rice University $16 million to develop a new set of tools that can improve the performance ...
Gadgets: Trade shows bring new tech innovations
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 19, 2009 |
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Another Consumer Electronics Show and MacWorld trade show have passed and with that brings a host of announcements of new products to hit the shelves at retail outlets.
