News tagged with home appliance


Stores, brands tap into power of frugal bloggers (AP)

Stores, brands tap into power of frugal bloggers

Technology / Internet

created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- When Melissa Garcia was frustrated by Old Navy's scanty coupon offerings, she didn't just complain to the store. She vented on a message board tied to her blog consumerqueen.com, which is read by ...


A new refrigerator could save you cool cash

Technology / Energy

created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Is your refrigerator eating you out of house and home? Chances are, if it's more than 10 years old, it's gulping enough energy to put a serious hurt on your wallet.





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Energy efficiency standards for appliances should include upstream costs

Technology / Energy

created May 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The U.S. Department of Energy should consider gradually changing its system of setting appliance energy-efficiency standards to a full-fuel-cycle measurement, which takes into account both the energy used to operate an appliance, ...


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General Electric Plans Net-Zero Energy Home by 2015

Technology / Energy

created Jul 16, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (16) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using solar panels, wind turbines, appliance monitoring, and on-site energy storage, General Electric has a plan to enable homeowners to cut their annual energy consumption (from the electric ...


Taiwan's AU Optronics, China firm to set up joint venture

Technology / Business

created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Taiwan's AU Optronics Corp said Monday it would set up a flat panel display joint venture with China's Sichuan Changhong Electric Co as it tries to tap the huge Chinese market.


A Refrigerator Converts to a Freezer - and Vice Versa

A Refrigerator Converts to a Freezer - and Vice Versa

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created Dec 07, 2004 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Siemens is making the separation of refrigeration and freezing functions a thing of the past: In the coolVario series appliances, the refrigerator-freezer combination can be turned into one big refrigerator ...


Hammer Storage Pounds Out 'Disruptive' 1TB Appliance

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 23, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 0

The new device resembles a microwave oven, offers remote access and provides the functionality of a network storage device at a price that may boggle some minds.


Novel Forensic Technique To Be Applied To Decade-Old Murder Probe

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created Jan 15, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A pioneering forensic scientist at Northamptonshire Police and the University of Leicester is being called on by US force officers to tackle a decade-old murder case.


Are you ready for digital TV?

Technology / Telecom

created Jan 20, 2009 | popularity 1.3 / 5 (4) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- If everything goes as planned, on Feb. 17 the long-awaited switch from analog to digital broadcasting will take place and millions of analog television sets across the nation will go black. Temple University ...


Home heating efficiencies offer 'hat trick' of savings: study

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Improving the energy efficiency of Maryland homes heated by natural gas would generate a "hat trick" of economic and environmental benefits over the next 10 years, including more than 80,000 new jobs, savings of hundreds ...


IBM Announces New Products and Initiatives to Enable Next-Generation Linux

Technology / Software

created Aug 05, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 0

At the opening of the LinuxWorld tradeshow today, IBM introduced a series of new products, services and initiatives that further expand IBM's commitment to Linux and open source by enabling the next generation of Linux.


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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Robot

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created Jan 20, 2006 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (24) | comments 0

Will robots one day rule the world? For decades this notion has both fascinated and terrified humans, our hungry imagination fed by Hollywood blockbusters and sci-fi novels. Now a new generation of robots promises ...



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