Recent content by jeffunit

plus the fact that MS pays a nice little sum for bug catches doesn't hurt Google bottom line any Sure they do, as long as you consider Zero to be a 'nice little sum'. There is no bug bounty from microsoft. Perhaps you are confusing them with google who does have a bug bounty.

It is curious that the description includes 802.11 A, while barns and noble says b/g/n. I wonder how the software change enables 5ghz wireless.

SilmarunyaNot really, they made quite a few open source products and donate to a huge number of open source projects. Which is of course understandable, as having open standards on top of your own closed source empire makes the life of your devs far easier. Perhaps you could name these 'quite a...

"with front facing camera for video calling" I wonder how video calling works without the functionality of a phone.

17.6 pounds total? If it is 15 inches thick, then it is about 37 cubic feet, which means the density is less than 8 oz per cubic foot. Since there are multiple panels that have to be held to each other, I think this most unlikely. I think it more likely that it weighs 176 pounds.

Cyberrebate was a pyramid scheme. They paid rebates from the revenue of new purchases. Then the people in charge left the country with lots of money. I bought a few overpriced things from them, and slowly got rebates, except for my last purchase. Fortunately for me, my credit card company paid...

The tesla roadster does 0-60 in 3.7 seconds with 288 horsepower. This car has almost twice the power, and yet is slower. Is it made out of concrete bricks? The GM EV-1 did 0-60 in 8 seconds with 137hp.

Mercedes will have a tough time with repeat customers if it requires "detects a specially-encoded car on the driver". Might be had for the drivers health...

I really like the NTSC file system, mentioned in page 2. Perhaps they mean NTFS...

I just read the article at gm's site. They will make motors more reliable, and lighter. The got a $105 million grant to do so. My buddy Alan Coconni, the founder of AC propulsion, was building motors in his garage in the late 80's. They were well over 95% efficient. I know he could lift his...

Gee, motor technology sure needs improving. For several decades, electric motors have been 90-98% efficient. I am sure GM can revolutionize electric motor design, just like the GM Volt gets 200 MPG.

On page 1, you say noise canceling is relatively new. On page 2, you say the technology dates from 1933. Which is it? On page 2 you say 'the stereo rendering and the detailed level of sound. The former gives you the impression of listening to a breadth of notes instead of a limited range of...

"While a resolution of 2,048 x 1,152 would seem extremely high, it does not actually offer significantly more pixels than current 1,920 x 1200 resolution displays; 236k-pixels versus 230k-pixels." Did someone fail math class? Hint: 2048*1152=2,359,296