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From iPods to Thermostats: Nest CEO and Founder Tony Fadell Speaks! (Video)

in News on November 29, 2011 at 11:02 am PT

What does the iconic music player have in common with the device you use to regulate the heat in your home? A lot more than you think.
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Samsung: Glasses-Free 3D TV Unlikely in Next 5-10 Years

in News on October 14, 2010 at 7:55 am PT

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest flat-screen television maker by shipments, said glasses-free three-dimensional TV sets won’t be a common household item in the next five to 10 years because technical hurdles still exist before such TVs can be mass-produced at an affordable price.

Why Ma Bell Got the Ill Communication

in News on May 13, 2010 at 4:00 am PT

Nearly one in four U.S. households has abandoned traditional landline telephones in favor of their wireless brethren. That’s the word from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which says in a new study that 25 percent of the households it polled for its Wireless Substitution survey are wireless-only, while just 15 percent are landline-only.