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Thursday, November 5, 2009
Gadgets

The Bomb-Sniffing Gadget That’s (Definitely Not) Saving Iraq

1:51AM John Herrman | The promise of the ADE 651 is seductive: a handheld detector which susses out bombs, guns, drugs and human bodies from up to a kilometre away. And the Iraqi military swears by it! One problem: It doesn’t seem to work. More »
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Saturday, October 17, 2009
Entertainment

America Finally Has A Mobile DTV Standard

6:23AM Chris Jacob | After plenty of half-hearted attempts at mobile video from wireless carriers and Qualcomm, the ATSC has defined a standard that should, at long last, bring live streaming video to our phones. About time we got a DMB equivalent. More »
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Wednesday, July 25, 2007
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Elgato Brings Network-Connected HDTV to Your Mac With HDHomeRun

5:40AM jenneth | Elgato improves on their USB High Def solution for Macs by introducing the HDHomeRun, a network-connected device that can actually service multiple machines at once. There are two ATSC (over the air or unencrypted cable but not standard cable) tuners, which means two people can watch 24 and Heroes at the same time. The whole setup runs you $199, which is kind of steep if you compare it to the $299 TiVo HD. [Elgato] More »
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