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Ikea ends sale of incandescent light bulbs

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John Moe
Jan 5, 2011
The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 mandated that all US retailers stop selling incandescent light bulbs by 2012. If you're like most...
Posted In: government, Ikea, Law, manufacturing
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Tablet boom, tablet consolidation at CES

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John Moe
Jan 5, 2011
The big Consumer Electronics Show officially kicks off tomorrow (though unofficially it's more like today) and around 100 new tablet computers are...
Posted In: business, gadgets, Hp, iPad, manufacturing, Microsoft, samsung, tablets
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Kindle coming to Android and Windows tablets

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John Moe
Jan 4, 2011
Eventually, Amazon will make a Kindle that operates inside a different Kindle. It'll be like Russian Nesting Kindles. Joining the array of Kindle...
Posted In: Amazon, android, business, gadgets, iPad, Kindle, manufacturing, tablets, Web Culture
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Kinect for PC

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John Moe
Jan 4, 2011
Asus has licensed Kinect technology from Microsoft and will debut a version of Kinect to run on PCs. It's called WAVI Xtion (catchy name, guys!)...
Posted In: business, Entertainment, gadgets, kinect, manufacturing, Microsoft, Web Culture
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Netflix button to appear on remote controls

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John Moe
Jan 4, 2011
And as long as we're fixated on watching TV this morning, it's about to get even easier to get on Netflix. Starting this spring, remote controls...
Posted In: Entertainment, gadgets, manufacturing, netflix, tv, Web Culture
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Microsoft to announce set top box

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John Moe
Jan 4, 2011
This is kind of a weird one. Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer is giving the first big speech of CES and will apparently announce a set top box with...
Posted In: apple, Entertainment, gadgets, itunes, kin, manufacturing, Microsoft, tv, windows phone 7, xbox
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3D TVs bomb, smart TVs are the next big thing. Or the next bomb.

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John Moe
Jan 4, 2011
So at last year's CES, 3D TV was the hot item. Tons of new sets got rolled out, the revolution was upon us. But the revolution didn't happen. The...
Posted In: 3-d, apps, business, Google, manufacturing, social media
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Another day, another set of iPad 2 rumors from DigiTimes

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John Moe
Dec 28, 2010
DigiTimes is saying that ...
Posted In: apple, gadgets, iPad, manufacturing
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Apple gears up to sell a ton of iPhones. Verizon in the mix?

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John Moe
Dec 27, 2010
Apple expects to sell 21 million iPhones in the first quarter of next year. Before they were estimating 19 million. This increased forecast comes...
Posted In: apple, business, gadgets, iPhone, manufacturing, Verizon
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US rare earth mine to reopen

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John Moe
Dec 27, 2010
A huge pit in the Mojave Desert holds the largest collection of rare earth minerals outside of China. It was shut down years ago due to...
Posted In: a stitch in time is worth two in the bush, China, manufacturing, minerals, world

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