Electronics

What's Your Car Telling You?

Bridget Nielsen | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Trust, Bridget Nielsen, Synchronicity, Cars, Law of Attraction, Subconscious Mind, Spirituality, Electronics, Self-Help, Mindfulness, Healthy Living News

We have profound influence and spread our energy (positive or negative) into everything we're around. We create our environment.

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Spring Cleaning: When In Doubt, I Toss It Out

Ann Brenoff | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Fifty News, Electronics You Can't Live Without, Hoarding, Electronics, Boomers and Electronics, Baby Boomers, Spring Cleaning, Neat Freaks, Clutter, Fifty News

I have gladly sacrificed the three seconds of joy I know I would get 20 years hence when I stumble upon my daughter's first grade report card in a box in the garage. Instead, I toss all that stuff in the garbage two days after it comes home or as soon as no one is watching me.

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The iPhone and Consumer Guilt

Annie Leonard | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Consumerism, Apple, The Story of Stuff, Foxconn, Annie Leonard, Iphone, China, Fair Trade, Electronics, Green News

Next time someone says they feel guilty for owning an iPhone, ask if they were the one who decided to maintain a 73% profit margin while underpaying workers on 18-hour-shifts. To roll out new models at breakneck speed? To use conflict minerals and toxic chemicals?

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Even With Daisey's Lies Peeled Away, Apple's Rotten Core Exposed

Michelle Chen | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Steve Jobs, Fair Trade, Computers, Manufacturing, Mike Daisey, Npr, Labor, Apple, Apple Ipad, Labor Rights, Foxconn, Consumers, Technology, This American Life, Electronics, Sweatshops, China, Apple Products, Technology News

If one fundamental truth has emerged from the scandal surrounding Daisey's dramatic fudging, it's that the lived reality of many Chinese workers is undoubtedly bleak -- no embellishment needed.

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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Damien Hirst's Spot Paintings

Daniel Maidman | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Transistors, Information Theory, Art Criticism, Information Systems, Authenticity, Damien Hirst Spot Paintings, Damien Hirst, Jerry Saltz, Electronics, Arts News

Art critics, in one sense, play a role in the art world not unlike the role played by transistors in the electronic world. Transistors amplify signals. Critics are kind of like this, as viewed from the perspective of broke-ass artists.

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Buying the New iPad3: A Moral Dilemma

Brenda Peterson | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Iphone, Politics, Business, China, Technology, Apple, Electronics, Ipad, Technology News

This week, the iPad3 debuts in stores. Already Apple has announced it has sold out of the new whiz-bang iPad3 in pre-sales. Will this huge demand further stress overworked factories?

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Hammacher Schlemmer -- a Gadget Guys Paradise

Robert Whent | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Hammacher Schlemmer, America's Oldest Catalog, Gadgets, Hammachler Schlemmer Electronics, Hammacher Schlemmer Way, Hammacher Schlemmer Gadgets, Electronics, Technology News

You know when you type in a URL into your web browser and it comes up with a high-resolution image of R2-D2 that this is going to be a fun place to shop -- www.hammacher.com does just that. Geeks everywhere rejoice.

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I'm Stuck in a Bad Relationship, Part 1

Matt Petersen | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: V-Day, Democratic Republic of Congo, Environment, Eve Ensler, Matt Petersen, City of Joy, Congo, Global Green USA, Solar Power, Global Green, Conflict Minerals, Violence Against Women, Electronics, Women, Green News

What can we do to help the reduce the conflict and end this unfathomable violence against women and girls -- and increasingly boys -- in the Eastern Congo? As consumers, we can make a difference by demanding cell phones and electronic goods that are conflict mineral-free.

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NEC Plans To Cut 10,000 Jobs

Reuters | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Smartphones, Nec Corp, Unemployment, Nec Job Cuts, Job Cuts, Electronics, Reuters, Business News

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Beyond the Gadgets: CES Provides a Jumpstart for 2012 Top 10 Technology Trends

Heidi Sinclair | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Consumer Electronics Show 2012, Ces, Consumer Electronics Show, Technology, Electronics, New Technology, Gadgets, Mobile, Video, Technology News

The annual Consumer Electronics Show always provides a preview of the great new gadgets, consumer devices and entertainment systems. However, this year, the larger trends behind the shiny new objects were also the talk of the show floor.

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Where Gadgets Go To Die: E-Waste Recycler Opens New Plant In Las Vegas

HuffingtonPost.com | Peter S. Goodman | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Recycling, Cell Phone, Corporate Responsibility, E-Waste, Computers, Ces 2012, Cybersecurity, Toxic Waste, Security, Electronics, Technology News

LAS VEGAS -- Inside the mad hum of the convention center, an overwhelming array of gadgetry confronts attendees at the Consumer Electronics Show, a sh...

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WATCH: Ultrathin 'Atomic Wire' Could Spark New Computer Era

| John Matson | Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: Moore's Law, Video, Atom Wire, Nanotechnology, Nanowire, Electronics, Particle Physics, One Atom Wide, Silicon, Science News

By John Matson, Scientific American (Click here for original article.) There may be a bit more room at the bottom, after all. In 1959 physi...

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On Your Mark, Get Set, Shop!

Third Age | Posted 11.24.2011

Read More: Black Friday Deals, Thanksgiving Sales, Electronics, Black Friday, Thanksgiving, Best Things to Buy on Black Friday, Ipad Deals, Fifty News

Some consumers dream of Black Friday all year long, relishing the predawn moment when they can run the door-buster gauntlet. But what products are li...

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Retail Sales Up For Fifth Straight Month Heading Into Holiday Shopping Season

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 01.15.2012

Read More: Autos, Holiday Shopping, Video, Clothing Stores, Retail Sales, Shopping, Building Supplies, Commerce Department, Department Stores, Economic Activity, Consumer Spending, Electronics, Business News

WASHINGTON — Americans spent more on autos, electronics and building supplies in October. The fifth straight monthly gain in retail sales sugges...

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Best Buy Profits Fall On Weak TV, Video Game Demand

Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Stock Market, Cameras, Tv, Consumer Spending, Demand, Best Buy, Low Quarterly Profit, Video, Wall Street, Profits, Great Recession, Double-Dip Recession, Video Games, Electronics, Business News

Best Buy Co Inc reported on Tuesday a lower quarterly profit on weak demand for televisions and video game products. The world's largest consum...

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Artist Displays Hard Drive Filled With $5 Million In Pirated Files

Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Crime, Illegal Downloads, Manuel Palou, Technology Crime, Art 404, Art Exhibitions, Music Piracy, Illegal, Art, Piracy, Low Budget Gallery, 5 Million Dollars 1 Terabytetechnology, Free Downloads, Illegal Downloading, Adobe, Electronics, Arts News

Artist Manuel Palou's new piece, '5 Million Dollars 1 Terabyte straddles the line betweenart and piracy. The work is described on the gallery's w...

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The Last Refrigerator

Rob Densen | Posted 10.30.2011

Read More: Microsoft, Lung Cancer, Apple, Cancer Research, Innovation, Cancer, Technology, Electronics, Impact News

My wife has Stage IV lung cancer. Given the arc of the disease and the quality of refrigerator design and construction, it is highly probable that this will be her last refrigerator.

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Government's New Electronics Stewardship Strategy Not Strong Enough, Experts Say

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Recycling, Hazardous Waste, Basel Convention, Lisa Jackson, Pollution, E-Waste, Electronics, Epa, Green News

On Wednesday, the U.S. government launched a new initiative to push for the responsible and sustainable management of electronic products -- from gree...

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Street Artist Creates Device To Paint Graffiti On Passing Trains

Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Art, Video, Graffiti Art, Street Art, Graffiti, Trains, Inventions, Berlin Street Art, Dtagno, Technology, UK Arts, Electronics, Berlin, Arts News

Berlin-based street artist Dtagno has created a way to paint trains as they pass. His Morphogenetic Field Device Little Boy is a vertical pole with 22...

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WATCH: Gadgets Destroyed...In Slow-Motion

Engadget | Terrence O'Brien | Posted 08.31.2011

Read More: Engadget, Consumer Electronics, Gadgets, Electronics, Slow Motion, Slow Motion Video, Technology News

Let's be honest, we've all had those moments where we've wanted to hit our phone with a hammer or throw our laptop against the wall. Generally though,...

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Ramping Up Efforts To Halt Hazardous E-Waste: New Regulations Push For Safe Disposal

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 08.31.2011

Read More: Pollution, E-Waste, Health, Legislation, Electronics, Best Buy, Green News

Residents of North and South Carolina can no longer toss their old laptops, flat-screen TVs or a host of other unwanted gadgets out with the trash sta...

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The Simple Economics of Piracy (Or, Would You Pay $136 for Tron Legacy?)

Joe Karaganis | Posted 08.29.2011

Read More: Mpaa, Protect IP, Intellectual Property, Pirates, Joe Biden, Pirated Movies, Intellectual Property Rights, Disney, Electronics, Sony, Politics News

Digital media technologies have become much much cheaper without any corresponding increase in access to affordable media goods. So why doesn't Sony or Disney lower prices in the developing world and expand its markets?

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Getty Gets Google Goggles

Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: Iphone, Google, Art, Google Goggles, Android, Getty Museum, Smartphones, Technology, Painting, Electronics, Image Recognition Technology, Arts News

The Getty Museum understands that life in the modern world means utilizing smartphone technology. Today, Getty announced that museum visitors will hav...

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The Faithful Shopper: Great Gadgets

Faith Hope Consolo | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Sony Style, Willoughby's, Stereo Exchange, Gps, Appliances, Mike Kay, Camcorder, Blu-Ray, Ninth Avenue, Cameras, Broadway, Adorama Camera, Duane Street, Capital Audio Electronics, Video, Consumer Electronics, Apple, Lyric HiFi & Video, Summer, Tribeca, 42nd Street Photo, Televisions, The Spy Store, Willoughbys, Ipad, Steve Jobs, Fifth Avenue, Surveillance, Ipod, Beach, J&R Music and Computer World, Home Theater, Leica, Computers, Park Avenue Audio, Audio, B&H, Madison Avenue, Play Station, Park Row, The Shops at Columbus Circle, Samsung Experience, Sony, Spy Tec, K&M Camera, Camera, Beaches, The Spy Shop, Bang & Olufsen, Led, Software, Plasma, Park Avenue South, Electronics, Genius Bar, Air Conditioners, James Bond, Playstation, Hasselblads, Plazma, Marantz, Bose, New York News

Remember when a day at the beach meant getting away from it all, including the phone? I don't either. While I'm all for disconnecting, that definitely doesn't mean leaving any of my beloved electronics behind.

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Put Down Your iPhone -- Urgent Message

Chloe Spencer | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Iphone, Ipod, Technology, Electronics, Family, Ipad, Eyes and Ears, Technology News

Notice your kid shutting you out with earphones on the way to school or ignoring you while texting constantly? Don't worry, tons of families all over the world, especially in the U.S, are experiencing these behaviors too.

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