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CARS did not take cheaper cars off the market. The traded clunkers were in service and weren't on the market to begin with. Sans CARS a good portion would still be in service. Article: Besides, the US has over 170 million cars on the road. CARS took just under 700K and junked them so the...

No, it's like unsecured WiFi. BTW Sprint offers one as well. While it costs $100 + a monthly, people have been able to get either the upfront or the monthly waived in some cases. Sprint also has the reverse device: Up to 5 WiFi devices can use MiFi which goes online using cellular data. But...

Even mainstream sites like cnet are dissing AT&T.

Palm Pre on Sprint. Corporate pool plan so I no longer see the bill but I was on the Simply Everything 450 minute plan (unlimited data & messaging) for $69.99 a month. webOS is good now and has a huge potential: It offers true multitasking on a Linux kernel. webOS Synergy integrates at a...

Now that I'm in our corporate pool, my Sprint line costs about $30 a month for unlimited everything - voice, data, messaging. But that's not a fair comparison as it's a pool of probably at least 800 lines. I'm not a heavy voice user so my prior plan was 450 minutes + unlimited data/messaging...

My college had a PDP-11 but I never really used it. I was on the VAX 780 (IIRC) before they shifted compiler work for most languages to PCs (mid 80s). My first professional job was on IBM Series/1 minis running a Unix variant called CPIX. That company was transitioning to MicroVAX machines...

I can't say if any water would have gotten to the platters. For the circuit board area, give it a shallow bath in 90% alcohol (70% is common in the US but you need 90%). The alc does not leave a residue and will help wash away any potentially conductive particles left by the water.

AT&T would be wise to stop blocking the port. There's a decent chance net neutrality will be passed. http://www.openinternet.gov/ But then I've never claimed AT&T to be wise.

Not that it helps but my wife's laptop shipped with Vista HP and a trial of Norton Internet Security. NIS uninstalled just fine. The bigger issue, though, is your customer needs a briefing on defense in depth. Routers should be considered mandatory for anyone who doesn't do dial-up (dial-up...

Other reasons to run a firewall: It's possible that your wireless could be hacked (if you run wireless), granting someone access to your home machines. Another possibility is a friend bringing their laptop over & connecting to your network and their laptop (unknowingly) being infected. Still...

Site-to-site VPN would be best. That way you're not open to their sniffing your traffic, which they could do even if you were using VLANs. Also use a firewall at each end & have it set to only allow the VPN traffic through. (LAN) - (VPN) - (Firewall) -- (Partner's network) -- (Firewall) --...

That's like our new dishwasher. It keeps looking at the water and doesn't stop washing until the water is clear.

My original Zenith Z151 PC clone (8088, 704K RAM in multiple banks of 8K socketed chips) would go from power switch to A: prompt in about 4 seconds. This was late 1984. That's a BIOS load & load of MS-DOS 2.11 from floppy. I'm still waiting for something that will do better. It seems the...

The Whirlpool machines are good, but like DD I bought a higher end unit (though not that expensive .. a bit over $1000 when we got it). Ours is the top-load equivalent of a front loader (no spindle to speak of), very energy efficient, uses HE detergent, etc. It's also the Sears Kenmore...

In a database environment where you have 90+ percent reads and under 10% writes I think SSDs would be fine. That would include your ERPs, accounting systems, probably a lot of file servers, certainly web & app servers, and so on. But for truly dynamic data stores like, say, an Exchange server...

I'd say try Vista before you cave in and spend on Win7. They aren't that different and Vista has the large memory support you're after.

Well, it's already almost intolerably slow. Not sure what it is. I think it's just tired. Or the corporate McAfee is slowing it down. Or something. But it's just an absolute slug compared to everything else in the house even though it does have a 7200 RPM disk.

Current Vista machines: 1. Wife's new laptop: Upgrade right away (Vista HP to Win7 HP) since it is new enough to qualify for the free upgrade. 2. Work laptop: Probably December or January when things typically quiet down at the office (year-end change freeze period). I also need to confirm my...

Fry's today was carrying AA eneloops. I picked up 2 4-packs at $14.99 ea. That's a couple bucks more than Amazon but I don't have to wait for shipping.

I bought Lights of America brand CFL bulbs a few years ago from either Menards or Sam's Club. They were absolute crap & didn't last as long as a regular bulb let alone anything close to what a CFL should do. I won't ever buy them again, which is too bad as they are offering bulbs I would...

Ditto with push email to my old Treo (Palm OS) and my current Pre. Outlook as a client might be doing frequent polling v. a true push. I don't know. For the most part it doesn't matter, though. During the work day I'm pretty tethered to my laptop so mobile email is of little use until after...

The vending machine at our downtown office lights the snacks via LED. Not too innovative in and of itself, but the lights are motion activated and don't come on until you're about 6 feet from the machine.

CFLs in a bathroom are most likely going to suffer from lots of short duty cycles. Also, for full baths, does the higher humidity impact their life?

We used to buy servers (and desktop/laptops) with a 3 year warranty. After the warranty expires we would replace the machine. It's a simple way to ensure your equipment is always covered and a 3 year warranty isn't that expensive. We now do a 3 year warranty on non-servers but keep them for 4...

Maybe the "unlimited" small print defines unlimited as only so long as the warranty is in effect. Not sure. In my experience, enterprise HDs have a limited service life before they are replaced regardless of whether or not they are running error-free. We replace or upgrade servers/storage...

The sharp edge is just a 90 or so degrees. It doesn't seem 'sharp' to me; it feels more like just a little rough. But it hardly matters as I rarely run fingers over it during real-world usage. As to the slider, I can slide it open one-handed, including when it's on the Touchstone (greatest...

Yes. The whole device is oriented around HTML, CSS, and Javascript on top of Linux. I thought I saw something about an EU Pre announcement sometime this month; that would indicate a GSM version. To be honest, it's still a 1.x device. 1.1 to be specific, with 1.2 coming soon. As such, while...

Nothing I can afford, but how about 500MBps sustained read, 320MBps sustained write, and no speed degradation over time?

No BES or Exchange integration? Not that I know it would work with that but seems more likely. I have a similar dislike for BBs. That's just one reason I've stayed in the Palm fold. I really like my Pre and it's integration with Gmail, Exchange, and Facebook contacts. No Push-to-Talk walkie...

Battery charging now .. Interesting that the battery charger has a port on it for the DC cable so that you can run the camera off DC/wall power instead of battery. However, you can't run the camera and charge a battery at the same time. Silly limitation considering the camera at most draws...

IMO you're looking at the wrong area. I'd be focusing on network transfer errors more than the local PC. A straight network file copy does not significantly stress CPU or memory. It doesn't stress the storage subsystem all that much either unless you're running at full Gb speeds and getting...

That usage agreement applies to MSDN and, I think, to Action Pack. But not to Family Pack. FP is for the multi-PC household and not for would-be developers or small OEMs. FWIW that usage agreement is also part of the MS Home Use Program, which I've been using to buy MS Office Enterprise for...

There's also the Action Pack and Win7 Family Pack. The FamPack isn't out yet but lets you upgrade 3 machines to 7 Home Premium for not more than $150.

+1 to Stereodude. HPaq, for example, has 15.6" and up. Toshiba has some as well. Not sure about any other brands.

10 Best Used Cars for Less than $5K. And article comments.

None of these are 4WD/AWD but here are a few to consider that would be in your price range. Small wagons: Pontiac Vibe/Toyota Matrix (same car), Hyundai Elantra GT (01 or newer). I don't recall if Honda or Nissan had any small wagons at the time. The Vibe/Matrix duo are Toyota powertrains so...

Check the Buying Tips section. I'd also draft lists of your requirements/needs, desirable/wants, and things you not want/need to help narrow things down. For instance, on which lists do these belong: - High MPG - Low miles on the odometer - Available warranty - IIHS or NHTSA safety rating -...

Nope.

Maybe look for something that backs up like Windows Home Server. It uses VSS to back up only the changed blocks.

We scratched HD capability & settled on the Panasonic SDR-H80K. 60GB HD, SDHC slot for expansion, 70x Optical zoom & image stabilization. Ordered it, a 16GB Class 6 SDHC card, and a spare battery for a hair over $400 from Amazon. I read the reviews and understand the limitations. But again...

Speaking of Sling, via them Dish Network now allows pretty decent remote access to their DVRs via the 'net as long as the DVR is not using dial-up. I can't stream from the DVR but can add/change/delete DVR events and it has icons for each show & network, unlike the DVR's native interface...

The 16GB Verbatim is readily available in the US from places like OfficeMax and Newegg.

Google Apps status dashboard. Might be handy for when the apps go down.

And Corsair has a Voyager GT that is in theory "designed for speed".

Do you want fast reads, writes, or both? Most drives can read decently fast but are a good bit slower at writing.

I think it's more like there's no valid reason to buy a good SSD at the moment. I'm out of the market until prices come down for sure. Do we call this the "Anand Effect"?

Thanks for the link from me as well. It helped me decide that if I buy an SSD of the current generation, it would be the 160GB Intel G2. Since it's a want & not a need, though, I'm not sure when/if I'll actually take the plunge.

This would be for hotel room usage. Even without spinning the optical drive I'm guessing it'd be a close call to watch an entire movie on battery power. And while I'm being a bit OCD about trimming weight for the trip with the luggage restrictions & added cost nowadays, taking along 3 or 4...

Spot-checked a few scenes from Wanted on BD and didn't have any problems, although the WinDVD full-screen keyboard controls don't seem to work work crap. It also warned that some discs, including Wanted, don't work with mouse gestures for menu selections. You have to arrow around menus and hit...

$829 at Best Buy but we bought at TigerDirect/CompUSA who price-matched. The sales dude at CompUSA was friendlier & more knowledgable. BestBuy had the best price; better than anything I found online. We haven't tried any BD playback yet. Maybe we can try it this afternoon while my wife is...