Pampered pups are prancing around New York City poised to compete in the Westminster Kennel Club's 137th Annual All Breed Dog Show. Last year a perky little Pekingese named Malachy won Best in Show. Sure, the little furball was handsome but ...
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Microsoft Surface Pro engineers recently hinted at plans for a detachable battery or keyboard dock unit, during an ’Ask Me Anything’ session on social media site Reddit. Led by Microsoft general manager and “Surface ...
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Last week's Consumer Electronics Show was a great opportunity to check out the two newest TV technologies, Ultra HD and OLED—sometimes in side-by-side comparisons. During a live webcast in which I was interviewed along with USA ...
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The makers of Charmin believe that we should all stop pretending that we don't read in the bathroom. In fact, in a lengthy new ad running in Rolling Stone magazine, Charmin says "everyone needs bathroom entertainment that goes beyond ...
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Buying a pricey new dishwasher probably won't light up your life, but the Thermador DWHD651JFP, $2,200, gets an A for effort. Its sapphire-blue LEDs beam upon the dishwasher's contents when you open the door, and a set of white lights ...
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If you live up north, you're likely thinking more about snow blowers and generators than string trimmers. But for readers in warmer climes, the yard work never ends so we've just added 15 new string trimmers to our Ratings. One especially ...
Tags: snow blowers, generators, string trimmers, gas trimmer
Apple's App Store had the top score among mobile application storefronts ranked by ABI Research, but Microsoft's Windows Store narrowly beat the field for its degree of innovation. The rankings point to a central issue with application ...
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Volatility in global commodity markets remained a significant factor for the food industry during 2012. On the one hand, adverse weather conditions hit grain harvests causing prices to spike, while on the other, over-supply has meant cocoa ...
Apple today announced a Sept. 12 event in San Francisco to unveil its newest iPhone. Invitations to the media and analysts went out Tuesday for the long-expected event next week, and hinted at the likely name for the iPhone refresh. ...
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Fiskars Cuts+More 5-in-1 Multi-Purpose Scissors When I first saw these Fiskars Cuts+More Multi-Purpose Scissors,I was pretty excited.They look like a pretty serious pair of scissors with their black titanium blade that looks more ...
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At some point every designer comes under pressure to trim costs or compromise. Ruth Slavid looks at how three practitioners resist moves that, however well intentioned, can turn a great design into a mediocre one All lighting designers ...
Tags: lighting design, execution, contractor, Melanie Shaw, Chris Boyce
The competitive real estate market can present challenges to sellers,however per the National Association of Realtors their are a few quick and not so quick fixes to give you that market edge. Image courtesy of Ugly House Photos Blog ...
Tags: upsell your home with Lighting, the Modern Fan Company
With new products, it is easy to be lulled into believing that each updated model will be better than the one before. That's not what we're seeing in our portable GPS navigation tests. Our latest test group features eight models, spanning ...
Tags: GPS navigation, entry-level, full-featured, Garmin Nuvi 3550LM
The majority of IT departments might accept employees are using their tablets and smartphones in the workplace, but less than a quarter have policies to control it. This was the finding of new research published by LANDesk today. Of the ...
Tags: tablets, smartphones, software, personal devices
SkyDrive seemed destined to be another Microsoft also-ran product.Although introduced long before the current wave of cloud-based synchronization and storage services,SkyDrive had a number of frustrating limits,and comprised two separately ...
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