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A Look at California's New TV Energy Regs

As our colleagues at Green Inc. noted on Wednesday, California has adopted stringent energy consumption guidelines for televisions. But despite a lot of hand-wringing from the industry, when it comes to the availability of various models and ...

From ERIC A. TAUB, International Herald Tribune,  20 Nov 2009

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A Product (You Think) You'll Never Need

For middle-aged healthy adults, it’s disheartening the first time you realize you need reading glasses. Because once you do, you can no longer hide under the illusion that you’re young. Imagine, then, what it must be like when reading glasses no longer ...

From ERIC A. TAUB, The New York Times,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Skype,  Microsoft Corporation

Philips Moves Into High-Tech Skin Care

Do women want to discuss their skin problems with online strangers? Philips, the Dutch lighting, health care and electronics company, is betting they do. Social networking about skin care is a key element in the company’s new consumer product, ...

From ERIC A. TAUB, The New York Times,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Skype,  Microsoft Corporation

TomTom Adds Text-to-Speech to iPhone

A recent New York Times article on GPS Apps for the iPhone apparently got the attention of TomTom, the Netherlands-based navigation company. According to a company spokesman, the article was forwarded to the Amsterdam-based team of engineers to draw ...

From ERIC A. TAUB, International Herald Tribune,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: New York Times Company,  Microsoft Corporation,  Harvard Medical School,  Merck & Company, Inc.

Despite Sales Slip, Nintendo Predicts Strong Season

Although October sales of Nintendo’s Wii console dropped 36 percent compared with the same period last year, company executives expect robust sales in the holiday season. “We’ll have a very strong November and December,” Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo of ...

From ERIC A. TAUB, The New York Times,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Nintendo,  Reggie Fils-Aime,  Sony,  Activision, Inc.

OLED TV Waits in the Wings

Anyone who’s seen an OLED TV display will be forgiven for thinking that they’ve wasted their money on an LCD or plasma set. A picture created using OLED technology is simply extraordinary, with deep, rich blacks and an extremely sharp image. The ...

From ERIC A. TAUB, The New York Times,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Sony

More Tech for Older People

Last Thursday’s print and online article on tech solutions for older adults struck a chord with many readers, a number of whom wrote that the suggestions proved helpful in their quest to get their parents connected to the Internet. But as typically ...

From ERIC A. TAUB, The New York Times,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: AARP,  Microsoft Corporation

Helping Grandpa Get His Tech On

A few days before my 100-year-old mother’s death this summer, she said she had only one regret: not being able to see her family in California again. PawPawMail's service features simple graphics, large type and real names. For those who don't use ...

From ERIC A. TAUB, The New York Times,  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Twitter Inc,  Pew Research Center,  Microsoft Corporation,  Skype,  Hewlett-Packard

Will Sound Be Cinema's Killer App?

To keep audiences coming to movie theaters, the cinema experience needs to be sufficiently different from what one can experience at home. The problem is that virtually every distinguishing technology that the theatrical business has created is ...

From ERIC A. TAUB, International Herald Tribune,  27 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Pink Floyd,  Tara (actor),  NPR,  Microsoft Corporation,  AT&T Inc.

Stops and Starts of GPS Apps

When car manufacturers routinely charge more than $1,000 for in-dash navigation, it’s always been a smart move for the directionally challenged to buy a portable, aftermarket GPS device from manufacturers like Garmin and TomTom. Unlike ...

From ERIC A. TAUB, The New York Times,  14 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Garmin Ltd.,  New York Times Company,  NPR,  AT&T Inc.,  Tom Murray

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