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Sony to sell golf ball-sized speakers
TOKYO (AP) — The new speakers from Sony are as tiny as golf balls but deliver the big, robust sound of a top-notch home-theater sound system….

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Next-Gen Projector Tech

Projector Tech Moves to Next Generation The next frontier? Short throw projector models that display huge images and tiny pico projectors small enough to fit inside a cell phone. Projector Tech Moves to Next

Boulder’s 1021 Disc Player Offers 32-bit/192-kHz Capability
The high-performance 1021 CD player from Boulder Amplifiers gives your CDs and other audio files premium playback, at $24,000.

Music and the Environment
Digital music. Is it better for the environment to buy CDs or to download music to an i-Pod or MP3 player?

Circular Saws
Carpenters and building contractors have used circular saws for years because of their versatility and portability. A circular saw can rip and crosscut hardwoods, softwoods and other building materials with ease. This same versatile tool has numerous uses in the workshop. Learn the features that you should look for when choosing one of these useful handheld power woodworking tools.

Fuel Cell Prototype for GPS Handhelds Unveiled
MTI MicroFuel Cells Inc. today introduced an embedded micro fuel cell prototype design for handheld GPS devices at the 10th Annual International Small Fuel Cells Conference in Atlanta.

LG’s Pause & Play TVs Highest Rated by Digital Television Group
LG Electronics (LG), a major player in the global flat panel display market, announced that its Pause & Play TVs with built-in digital video recorders (DVR), received Freeview Playback certification from the UK’s Digital Television Group. “This is the first time a device other than a set-top box has won Freeview Playback certification. Our DVR is built-in to the TV, allowing people to pause and record TV serials without having to connect a clumsy external unit to their televisions,” said Mr..

Harman Kardon The Bridge II

Harman Kardon has yet another iPod docking station for us, this time round it is The Bridge II that takes the honors. Compatible with both the iPod as well as iPhone, this special peripheral enables expanded iPod capabilities, including audio/video playback via a home entertainment system, on-screen iPod menu display, remote control operation, and charging.

The Bridge II connects to the Harman Kardon DMC 1000 digital media center, the new AVR 354 7.1-channel audio/video receiver and the HK 3490 stereo receiver, or to other Harman Kardon The Bridge-ready receivers. It enables control of your iPod for music, and image and video playback (with the AVR 354), with iPod menu information visible on the user’s TV and on the DMC 1000’s, or receiver’s, front panel.

Summer will be when The Bridge II is unveiled, with a $129 recommended retail price.

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GAO: Digital TV Switchover Mostly On Track
But report finds “technical issues” still slowing pace of transition.

Plan de Corones: Gimmick or epic?
Frayed nerves that were already threadbare after two torturous weeks at the 91st Giro d’Italia spilled over Monday in the 12.9km mountaintop time trial up gravel roads to Plan de Corones. While it made for great TV and proved popular with the tens of thousands of fans who trekked up the summit, it proved to be another source of irritation in an already exasperated, race-weary peloton. “This race is just insane!” said Slipstream’s David Millar as he climbed into a cable car to take …

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0.3mm OLED TV by Sir Howard Stringer
OLED TVs now will come in 0.3mm thickness!!! Please get me one!!! [via techeblog - allthingsd - engadget] Here’s a video from CES: Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode 3mm, ces, Consumer, Cool, Design, engadget, Gadgets, OLED, oled tv, oled tvs, ols, sir howard stringer, TV