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Commerce

Is the Floppy drive instinct

Dell has decided to no longer offer floppy drives with there dimension line. I applaud this move and hope they use the recovered space to good use. [Yahoo]

A great Motherboard Deal

MCI 1394 motherboard... the board with onboard ultra 160 SCSI is under $100 from New Technology Computers their site still lists it for $129 but just mention pricewatch and they adjust the price to $99 + 9 shipping. I'm running one in a Raid configuration for server backups with only a 900mhz processor. The real value is that an ultra

Security Camera Cheap!

I spend a great deal of time on the road. I have always been concerned about her safety and have bought a security camera for her. With a security system wired and the camera now she feels pretty secure. I hooked it up to a old B&W monitor I had stored away that I thought I would never ever need

The Civil War Inside Sony

Sony is stuck between a rock and a hard place they think the Apple Ipod is a great product. But they have released limited MP3 products. I have always thought it odd that the King of Electronic Devices have had such piss poor MP3 Players. The Wired article points out what is really obvious Sony has a Music recording component

AT&T Broadband and Cable TV Quandary

I have a Broadband connection in Hawaii and it is packaged with my Cable TV Service. I have always been pissed that I would have to pay an additional $10.00 per month for my cable modem service if I decided to drop the bundled TV Service and switch to Satellite. Well in a catch 22 it looks like AT&T is

RFID Chips will these devices be embedded in our Home’s Next

Radio Frequency Identification, is this the technology that is eventually going to spy on us in our homes and as we walk around. In some places it is already spying on us when we shop. As merchants try to develop profiles and trends that improve what they stock on their shelves and how merchandise is presented can actually make our

Popular Mechanics 2003 CES Awardee’s

Popular Mechanics does a bang up job every year at the Consumer Electronics Show by releasing there 2003 Editors Choice Awards. Their selections are diverse with some real cool products. Were the heck is my Visa card anyway as I can see that I am going to have to have a couple of these. [Popular Mechanics] Here is my shortlist