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Don’t pay more … or anything sometimes

Filed Under: Circuits and Wires Tagged With: audio, cable, cat 5, cat 5e, cat 6, ethernet, hdmi, home audio, home theater, wifi, wire

How much energy is used by cable TV boxes?

By E - The Environmental Magazine

Feb. 1 1 Comment

Set-top boxes in the U.S. consume 27 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity each year, equivalent to the annual output of six coal-fired power plants. Part of the reason is that they typically operate at nearly full power even during the two-thirds of the time when they are not in use. (Thinkstock)

Short answer: A lot

Filed Under: Electronics Tagged With: cable, cable box, earthtalk, electricity, energy, energy conservation

Megaupload.com shutdown by the federal government

By Brittney McNamara

Jan. 19 1 Comment

No SOPA needed

Filed Under: Computers, National News Tagged With: federal government, feds, Megaupload, SOPA

Thinner, more sensitive glass to hit the touch screen market

By Brittney McNamara

Jan. 11 Leave a Comment

The makers of Gorilla Glass debut a new product.

Filed Under: Electronics Tagged With: Glass, Gorilla Glass, touch screen

Two earth-size planets discovered

By Erin Farnsworth

Dec. 21, 2011 5 Comments

A fun week to be a space geek!

Filed Under: Hard Science Tagged With: astronomy, harvard smithsonian center, kepler, kepler-20e, kepler-20f, planet, space

On the verge: The top 5 technologies you haven’t heard of yet

By Blast Magazine Newsroom

Dec. 16, 2011 1 Comment

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The future is coming soon

Filed Under: Sci/Tech News, The Issue

Thai floods resulting in massive hard drive shortages

By John M. Guilfoil

Dec. 7, 2011 Leave a Comment

The hard drive shortage could have huge implications for the industry

SSD’s not affected

Filed Under: Computers Tagged With: flooding, floods, hard drive, rain, seagate, SSD, thai, thailand, western digital

Apple’s iPad prices can definitely be beat

By Erin Farnsworth

Nov. 16, 2011 Leave a Comment

Will Nook and Kindle competition drive down prices?

Filed Under: Apple News Tagged With: amazon, apple, barnes and noble, ipad, Kindle Fire, Nook Tablet

Apple Replacing 1G iPod Nanos due to overheating

By Erin Farnsworth

Nov. 14, 2011 Leave a Comment

Blast from the past

Filed Under: Apple News Tagged With: apple, ipod, ipod nano, recall

Apple’s iOS 5.0.1 upgrade does little in terms of an upgrade

By Erin Farnsworth

Nov. 11, 2011 Leave a Comment

Beware

Filed Under: Apple News Tagged With: apple, iOS, iOS 5.0.1, ipad, iphone, ipod, upgrade

Blackberry Torch 9810 review

By Anthony Geehan

Nov. 8, 2011 4 Comments

Available Wednesday

Filed Under: Mobile Phone News Tagged With: blackberry, blackberry torch, blackberry torch 9810, cell phone, Mobile Phone, rim

Asteroid 2005 YU55 will pass between moon and earth Tuesday

By Erin Farnsworth

Nov. 7, 2011 1 Comment

Size of an aircraft carrier

Filed Under: Hard Science Tagged With: 2005 yu55, asteroid, moon, space

Which light bulbs are the greenest?

By E - The Environmental Magazine

Oct. 23, 2011 1 Comment

As the future gets dimmer for traditional incandescent light bulbs, and compact fluorescents (CFLs) fall out of favor due to their toxic mercury component, light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, are beginning to come on strong. LEDs, which are clusters of small bulbs that come in many shapes and sizes, last five times longer than CFLs and 40 times longer than incandescents and use much less energy. (Media credit/Geoffrey Landis)

LED? CFL? ESL??

Filed Under: Circuits and Wires, Earth and Environment Tagged With: cfl, compact flourescents, electricity, incandescent, led, light, light bulb, light emitting diode, vu1

Milwaukee compact ratchet has 35 ft-lbs of torque

By John M. Guilfoil

Oct. 19, 2011 Leave a Comment

Commence the grunting

Filed Under: Gadget features Tagged With: drill, milwaukee, ratchet, tool, tools

How LEDs are changing your life

By Blast Magazine Newsroom

Oct. 18, 2011 9 Comments

Compact florescent bulbs already dying out

Filed Under: Circuits and Wires, Electronics Tagged With: compact florescent bulb, electricity, led, light bulb, lighting

Edit Huddle: A small tech tool with huge potential

By Fatima Shahzad

Oct. 16, 2011 Leave a Comment

A quick fix for those pesky grammar problems

Filed Under: Computers, Science and Technology Tagged With: edit huddle, editing, grammar, style

Full list of iOS 5 new features

By Blast Magazine Newsroom

Oct. 14, 2011 Leave a Comment

More than 200

Filed Under: Apple News Tagged With: apple, iOS, iOS 5, ipad, iphone, iphone 4, iphone 4s, ipod, operating system

Steve Jobs cause of death released

By Brittney McNamara

Oct. 11, 2011 Leave a Comment

Respiratory arrest caused by cancer

Filed Under: Apple News Tagged With: apple, Cause of Death, steve jobs

Five reasons to buy an iPhone 4S

By John M. Guilfoil

Oct. 11, 2011 2 Comments

Ready to fork over the dough?

Filed Under: Apple News Tagged With: iphone, iphone 4, iphone 4s, iphone 5, upgrade

A simple, straightforward, cheap guide to buying cables and wires

How much energy is used by cable TV boxes?

Megaupload.com shutdown by the federal government

Thinner, more sensitive glass to hit the touch screen market

Two earth-size planets discovered

On the verge: The top 5 technologies you haven’t heard of yet

Thai floods resulting in massive hard drive shortages

Apple’s iPad prices can definitely be beat

Apple Replacing 1G iPod Nanos due to overheating

Apple’s iOS 5.0.1 upgrade does little in terms of an upgrade

Blackberry Torch 9810 review

Asteroid 2005 YU55 will pass between moon and earth Tuesday

Which light bulbs are the greenest?

Milwaukee compact ratchet has 35 ft-lbs of torque

How LEDs are changing your life

Edit Huddle: A small tech tool with huge potential

Full list of iOS 5 new features

Steve Jobs cause of death released

Five reasons to buy an iPhone 4S

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