Today's gas grills are loaded with eye-catching features designed to get you to open your wallet. But the warming racks and searing burners can make it seem like you're getting more cooking space than you actually do. Manufacturers tally ...
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The creator of popular open-source database MySQL, Michael "Monty" Widenius, wants to see the now-Oracle-owned product disappear from the earth within the next five years" - displaced by his own alternative, MariaDB. Speaking to Computing ...
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The vintage elements of these handheld lights are constructed of a wooden handles, vintage metal caged detailing and exposed light bulbs. Like the classic workman's lights of the past this elemental design is showing up all over the place. ...
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Memorial Day marks the beginning of the summer season, and also happens to be one of the biggest days for furniture sales. Furniture retailers often offer heavy discounts the last ten days of May making this a good time to look for deals. ...
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BehrPro, the Professional Products and Services Group of Behr Process Corporation, a supplier of architectural paint and exterior wood care products, announced the start of the BehrPro Experience Tour, its third annual mobile tour across ...
John Deere lawn tractors and riders have figured prominently in Consumer Reports' mower tests, and this year's Deere lineup—including at least one newly tested winner—shows that the company is responding well to increased ...
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Replacing the damaged bathtub is a cumbersome process and comes along with that bathroom destruction mess, in addition to the cost of getting a new one, that you have to incur. Refinishing serves as a much better option to replacing the old ...
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One of the best things about vinyl flooring is that, if you have just an ounce of confidence, you could lay the floor yourself. As my old boss used to say, “All you need are the right tools and a sense of humor.” A sense of ...
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Many tech companies have called for Congress to ease restrictions on high-skill immigration because they can't find qualified tech workers to fill open positions. Yet, many veteran IT tech workers say they can't find jobs. More than a ...
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Lightfair in Philadelphia this week bills itself as the world's largest commercial and architectural lighting trade show. But for the Consumer Reports staffers who test and report on energy-saving lightbulbs, Lightfair is our geeky go-to ...
Consumer Reports recently went to a Paramus, New Jersey, Home Depot to buy a chain saw for an upcoming test, using secret shoppers just as we do with everything from cars and refrigerators to detergent and toilet paper to avoid skewing our ...
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GE has added two new assembly lines to its plant in Appliance Park and for the first time will manufacture front-loading washing machines and their matching dryers in the U.S. The folks in Louisville, Kentucky are happy because the move ...
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Increased competition, steady cost reductions and improved technology performance are putting the LED lighting industry on a path to securing an 80 percent market share for lighting by 2020. In a briefing this morning hosted by Credit ...
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Here's a small thing you can do today to help save the earth—change a lightbulb. If every household in the nation replaced just one lightbulb with a bulb that meets Energy Star standards, enough energy would be saved to light 3 ...
As the global market for LED products continues to expand, a race has developed among manufacturers to come out with cheaper versions of LED light bulbs to capture a bigger chunk of the consumer market. In early March, Cree introduced a ...
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