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Comment Portable TVs (Score 1) 1

by SlowSlow on Thursday May 28, 2009 @10:16AM (#28123313) Attached to: Portable Digital TVs for Hurricane Zones

I've been looking around as well. Amazon has a lot of slick looking portable digital LCD TVs that look like they would be great, but they can only use the rechargeable battery that they come with. I would love to have a rechargeable battery, but I also need the option of using AA/AAA batteries in case the power is down for days. Please comment if you find a solution!

Dangerous Apple Power Adapters? 240

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday August 13, 2006 @02:40PM from the well-thats-just-no-good dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Even with all these exploding Dell notebooks and other notebook safety problems, Apple has seemed relatively immune. Every once in a while, some odd thing came along, but it seemed like relatively calm waters. Not anymore — Apple's notebook power adapters appear to be the source of some serious safety concerns. Every iBook and PowerBook user should read this and keep a close eye on their adapter — the adapters suffer from very poor design including wires that seem prone to short out and burn and zero short circuit protection."

No HD-DVD Movies Until April 243

Posted by Zonk on Friday March 17, 2006 @12:58PM from the very-expensive-paperweight dept.

Jed from Pan and Scan writes "It's official: when the first HD-DVD players are released on March 28, there will be no movie titles available in the new high-def format for at least another three weeks, and far fewer than initially announced. Warner, the only studio that was planning on having HD-DVD movies to accompany the format's much ballyhooed debut, will now release just three initial HD-DVD titles -- and not until April 18."

Comment Western Society (Score 1) 754

by SlowSlow on Thursday February 02, 2006 @10:16AM (#14625287) Attached to: Apple Sued Over Potential Hearing Loss

Obviously this is a frivolous case, but what has happened to western society? Why did we let lawyers take over? Is there any way to stop this?

I was somewhat recently in China and this is not the case. One of the first things I noticed is that there are no guard rails for anything. There are six foot drops from sidewalks that have no railings. Parks run directly into big rivers. Although China's government may be a unique case, but I think that the non-western society expects more common sense from their people.

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