Category: Gadget Links

Reading Time: < 1 minute Unequal speeds on Internet source of growing frustration, Associated Press story on seattletimes.nwsource.com: “The information superhighway isn’t truly equal in both directions. Cable and phone companies typically sell asymmetrical Internet services to households, reserving the bulk of the lanes for downloading movies and other files and leaving the shoulders at…

Reading Time: < 1 minute ‘Gross Clinic’ to stay in city on Philly.com: “Capping as wild a fund-raising ride as this city has ever seen, Mayor Street gleefully announced yesterday that Thomas Eakins’ The Gross Clinic had been purchased by local institutions and would remain in Philadelphia…. The object of all the attention is a…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Casino decision a bitter pill for Lemieux on Post-Gazette.com: “In the months since hockey legend and Penguins owner Mario Lemieux put his team up for sale and worked to cement a slots licensing deal that would keep the team in a new arena in Pittsburgh, he has watched deal after…

Reading Time: 2 minutes I was on the road Monday, so this is my first opportunity to get some links up from the past few days. Legendary Animator Joseph Barbera Dead at 95 on LAist.com: Like nearly every other kid in the New York area during the 1970s and early 80s, I watched syndicated reruns…

Reading Time: < 1 minute These Services Make Backing Up Your Files Safe and Inexpensive on ptech.wsj.com: This is a solid review of the Mozy and Carbonite on-line backup services, which cost less than $50 per year each. CBS Records Is Revived For TV-Music Venture on WSJ.com: “The new venture will sell its music to…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Why You Can’t See the Game in HDTV on WSJ.com: “A warning to fans who plan to buy a TV before Christmas: Watching sports in HD is no slam dunk. Many nationally televised sports events are now available in HD, but most games are still beamed by regional cable sports…

Reading Time: < 1 minute BlackBerry Orphans on WSJ.com: “As hand-held email devices proliferate, they are having an unexpected impact on family dynamics: Parents and their children are swapping roles. Like a bunch of teenagers, some parents are routinely lying to their kids, sneaking around the house to covertly check their emails and disobeying house…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Ribcap Knit Helmet on CoolTools: “D3o Labs has come up with a new foam that is soft in general use, but gets rigid when impacted. This material was used in Olympic slalom ski suits to take the sting out of the on-coming gates and to offer crash protection. A Swiss…

Reading Time: 2 minutes World AIDS Day marked with warnings, services, art actions on USAtoday.com: I’m in favor of having a World AIDS Day, I just wish it didn’t fall on my birthday, every year. Running Vista on a Mac, Mossberg’s Mailbox on WSJ.com: I didn’t care as much about Walter Mossberg’s answer to the…