MICHAEL LIEDTKE The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO – Anna Patterson’s last Internet search engine was so impressive that industry leader Google Inc. bought the technology in 2004 to upgrade its own system. She believes her latest invention is even more valuable – only this time it’s not for sale. Patterson instead intends to upstage Google, which [...]

  This new home appliance is aptly named the “Bacon Alarm Clock.” It cooks bacon before it wakes you. What you do is place pieces of frozen bacon into it and 10-minutes before the alarm rings it starts cooking the bacon. Mmmm…waking to the smell of Maple bacon. Canadians rejoice as we now have the alarm clock [...]

Thinking about taking your laptop across the border for your next trip up north or down south? News hitting the wires today indicates that you might want to re-think that plan, unless you feel like being separated from your precious gadgets. Apparently, border agents have given themselves the right to seize any piece of electronics [...]

IBM, Yahoo!, and Google are all putting the power of cloud computing to work. Here’s a short primer on how the new technology works by Aaron Ricadela Researchers seeking smarter ways to tackle the most complicated computing tasks think they’ve found the answer in a cloud—though not the kind that wafts across the sky as [...]

  From Tom Archer’s Blog This is an old (April, 2006) post regarding the Readyboost feature, that is available to Windows Vista users. It answers many of the questions that we’ve had about the feature. So, if any of you are interested hit the jump for more Q&A. Q: What perf do you need on your device? A: [...]

ENGINE/PERFORMANCE Mid-mounted, transverse 3.5-litre DOHC V6 VVT-i 280ps @ 6,400rpm 342Nm @ 4,700rpm 0-60mph sub 5 seconds 225g/km CO2 GEARBOX 6-speed manual BRAKING SYSTEM ABS Vented cross-drilled discs (350mm front, 332mm rear) with AP Racing 4-piston calipers CHASSIS Modular lightweight bonded aluminium structure SUSPENSION SYSTEM Forged aluminium wishbone suspension Bilstein high performance dampers Eibach springs STEERING Hydraulically-assisted power steering WHEELS/TYRES 18” alloys front (225/40 ZR18) 19” alloys rear (255/35 ZR19) In showrooms from Summer 2009. Final production specification may [...]

First, let’s take a look at the company! From their Website: “Acanac is the sister company of Canaca.com Inc one of Canada’s Largest webhosting companies. Acanac takes the same principles brought to you by Canaca, great service at a great value.  Acanac provides cost effective Residential and Business phone service at an affordable price. We also offer High speed DSL and [...]

By now everyone has heard that the 360 has indeed received a price drop for the 20GB model. However, Microsoft has finally come clean and has given a reason for this… The new pricepoint, isn’t a new pricepoint! It’s MS’sway of selling off the remaining 20GB models to make room for the new 60GB sku. Expect [...]

Launched not more than a few weeks ago, Nvidia’s GTX 280 is said to be receiving a price-drop. Why? Well, it looks like AMD’s cheap and powerful HD 4800 has them second guessing their dominance. And there’s no better way to gain a few extra enthusiasts than by dropping the price to match the competition. The card [...]

Sake — usually called “rice wine” here in North America, is a non-carbonated alcoholic beverage with a similar taste to grape wine. Kame no. 0 by Wataribune is dai ginjo sake and, at $500/720ml bottle it is probably the most expensive rice wine that we’ll ever have. If you want to get your lips on this “luxury” [...]