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Are there health or environmental concerns with LED lights?

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April 15   3 Comments  

LED bulbs appear poised to displace compact fluorescents (CFLs) as the king-of-the-hill of green bulbs, but a study published in late 2010 in the journal Environmental Science and Technology found that LEDs contain lead, arsenic and a dozen other potentially dangerous substances. (Thinkstock)

The dark side of lighting

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The television set-top box will die in 2012

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March 22   2 Comments  

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Free yourself, and your WiFi network

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

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Feb. 9   Leave a Comment  

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Don’t pay more … or anything sometimes

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How much energy is used by cable TV boxes?

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Feb. 1   Leave a 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

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Thinner, more sensitive glass to hit the touch screen market

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Jan. 11   Leave a Comment  

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The makers of Gorilla Glass debut a new product.

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Which light bulbs are the greenest?

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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??

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How LEDs are changing your life

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Oct. 18, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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Compact florescent bulbs already dying out

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Amazon: Kindles are just straight destroying paper books

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May 23, 2011   2 Comments  

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How bout those rain forests?

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Goodbye, old friend — an ode to typewriters

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May 6, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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Last factory closes

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New Nook announced

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May 6, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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Quite different

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iPad 2 unveiled, comes to America March 11

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March 3, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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iPad 2 gets face time, updated operating system, now in a much thinner package.

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Kingston launches 32GB microSDHC cards

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Oct. 7, 2010   Leave a Comment  

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Tested on latest generation of smartphones

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Study shows big differences in cell phone usage among American, European and Japanese users

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Oct. 7, 2010   1 Comment  

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The Japanese do much cooler stuff with their phones

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Report: Blackberry tablet coming soon

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Sept. 22, 2010   Leave a Comment  

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Blackberry users flocking away

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Harris poll shows people would pay extra for local radio on their cell

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Sept. 19, 2010   Leave a Comment  

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Weather, music given as reasons

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Will new OS save Blackberry?

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Aug. 10, 2010   2 Comments  

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OS 6 on the horizon, but users moving away

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Pivot Power Flexible Power Outlet: The best power strip ever?

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June 29, 2010   1 Comment  

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It’s almost guaranteed to cut down on frustration and swearing!

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Technological emergency preparedness tips and tools

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June 22, 2010   Leave a Comment  

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Plan ahead

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Get to know iPhone 4

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June 8, 2010   1 Comment  

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Yeah, it’s awesome, but is it THAT awesome?

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Local teens are robotics standouts

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May 3, 2010   Leave a Comment  

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Green Egg Robotics: A formidable team

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