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Windspire vertical turbine on sale now, aiming to capture the consumer wind power market {Engadget}
Dec 1st 2008 12:23PM @Absinthe Party
You might want to look at the Energy Ball too at www.homeenergy.se. Unfortunately it is in Swedish, thouhgt they had somewhere in English though. There was a post once here on Engadget, so you might want to do a search....
U.S. cars still polluting tons more than Europe or Japan {Autoblog Green}
Nov 15th 2008 6:14AM @Snowdog, you've never heard of DPF (Diesel Particulate Filter)?
The latest BMW 330d can do EU6 TODAY. EU6 is supposed to be "enforced" in 2014 and they are doing it today, and this is with an engine that produces 245PS, 520NM Torque, 0-100 in 6,1 seconds and is restricted to 250KM/H (155MPH) -> this all with an avg. fuel consumption of 5,7 l/100km. Now this car is really over the top for average Joe, but show me a (US) car that is this efficient with same performance figures.
No wonder the "big three" are asking to be bailed out, after all they have been making junk the last 20-30 years, sitting on their a$$es and just watched the world go by. Well, i hope they will not get bailed out! They need to get their $hit together and start making cars that people want and start to compete with the Japanese and Europeans, like for real, they shouldn't even bother if they in for the long run, cause a half- a$$ed try is just even more ridiculous.
And why the hell does US cars have to have a V8 or minimum a V6? I mean, the speed limit is like what, max 75MPH in some states? And for that you need 200-300-400 HP? Downsizing is the right way to go, just look at VW with their 1,4l TSI's. And it does easily do 75+MPH;-)
Sorry for letting out some steam:-)
Nokia XpressMusic 5800 "Tube" turns up in German poster {Engadget}
Jun 17th 2008 5:12PM Fake!
Graphics Powerhouse: ATI Radeon HD 3870 Mac & PC edition {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Jun 15th 2008 1:15PM Cool, this is really a nice thing! I hope they will do the same with the 4000 and 4000X2-series! Now that would be interesting to have!!:-)
Disney goes all BD-Live on upcoming titles {Engadget HD}
Jun 12th 2008 3:11PM Yup, with the pace of today, once you almost finish collecting all the classics, out comes a new format with unseen footage, specials, even better picture and sound!! Damn!:-)
Previews of Disney's BD-Live features for Sleeping Beauty {Engadget HD}
Jun 12th 2008 3:08PM Yeah, i agree with you man! Just please bring us the best picture and best sound and trailers so that we can decide to watch them if we want. And what's the point with HD if all the extras are SD?? WTF? Now fix this so that the ridiculous prices of BD can finally be justified(?)
Opera 9.5 now available {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Jun 12th 2008 2:36PM I have to say that i absolutely love Opera and have been using it as my main browser for the last 5-6 years. I'm using it on both Mac and Windows and it works really well. 9.5 has some new looks and seems to be even faster than before, which was no slouch either. I especially like how fast Opera is when you go one page back. I mean, back then when i was on Windows and using IE, it used to take forever to go forward, or back, but with Opera it zipps back and forth really quickly!! That is for me very important if i surf the web and jump form page to page, back and forth. Been in love ever since! I use 98% Opera, 1,9% FF and 0,1% Safari (Yuck!)
Oh well, each for their own!!:-)
Samsung's firmware v1.3 takes BD-UP5000 to Profile 1.1 {Engadget HD}
May 30th 2008 6:59PM I wish this one would have been released in Erope, would have bought it instantly. Was in the states in April and was crying when i saw for how cheap you could get it for....:-(
Samsung's Soul gets candybar'd, called Soulb {Engadget Mobile}
May 30th 2008 6:26PM Jees, it's got Nokia 6500 classic written all over it
Nielsen VideoScan High-Def market share for week ending May 4th, 2008 {Engadget HD}
May 11th 2008 6:31AM @Dr Xym
well, "your" format is doing too well tbh. I do have to say, the curves for BD are going in completely wrong direction, i mean, this is what the consumers wanted, right? Why isn't it going the other direction?
I'm seriously planning getting a BD player, probably around christmas or so, but the more it's pointing downards, the more sceptical i become over the format. Sure you can blame it on the economy, blame it on that all movies are not being released on BD, blame it on whatever, but the fact is that the proces are too high! If the price is right it doesn't matter if the economy is not doing so well, or that all movies are not on BD if they cost less. Money talks, bullshit walks!!
Lower the goddamn prices and people will come. And it's true what HD4me is saying, the difference between a DVD and BD is just not too significant to impress the mass market, i do also think this will quickly become a niche product, unfortunately....
