Greenpeace’s latest edition (12th) of their Guide to Greener Electronics still has Nokia at the top with Samsung and Sony Ericsson rounding out the top 3. Holding extremely poor scores, Nintendo, Lenovo, Fujitsu and Microsoft are at the bottom of the 17 company list. While this isn’t meant to be an all out examination of [...]

Right after we blogged about the INSTEON I/O Linc Doorbell and Phone Ring Alert Kit, we found out that Smarthome is offering a free shipping weekend special for the 4th of July holiday. Orders over $100 get free shipping.
Use the promo code: ESHIPF when you checkout.

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Here’s another cool add-on for your INSTEON home automation system - the I/O Linc Doorbell and Phone Ring Alert Kit. Use this kit to generate a visual alert when the phone or doorbell rings.
This is great for when you’re in a noisy environment - listening to music, working in the backyard/garage, partying. Also great [...]

How would you like to use less printer ink, thus saving money and helping the environment, and even making your print job go a tad faster? Try out the aptly named Ecofont. Ecofont is essentially a sans serif Verdana font but with lots of white holes in the lettering that you don’t really notice at [...]

Only 99% of American teenage boys (12-17) play video games? What happened to the other 1% is what I’d like to know! As for girls, 94% of them play vid games. If you’d like the whole boring report, Pew Research has it on their site.

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The Online Degrees Hub blog has an article listing 25 of what they consider the 25 most important TED talks. Sure, we’re not all going to agree on these, but there’s no question there will be overlap and you may discover something cool or interesting or something revolutionary that will change your life.
Take a look [...]

We blogged back in March that Google had finally finished up their work on turning GrandCentral into Google Voice. Now they’re taking the next logical step which is to open it up to more than old GrandCentral members. If you had requested an invitation, keep your eyes peeled to your e-mail - you may receive [...]

The IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year, and one of the things that they are sponsoring is a contest called Engineering Your World where they’re inviting folks to submit videos showing off the use of engineering/technology in enhancing life in fun and/or interesting ways.
The grand prize winner [...]

HDMI has a new specification, version 1.4, which will allow for 2 new things: bi-directional audio via an audio return channel and data transfer via the Ethernet spec. So that can mean even fewer cables. Of course, it can mean even more consumer confusion.
On the bright side, having an Ethernet channel built into the cable [...]

For those of you have GrandCentral (now Google Voice) accounts, you already know what a great service it is. Since Google bought them, they’ve revamped the service and added lots of new features. However, having to change your number is a bit of a showstopper, particularly for folks who have lots of contacts and trying [...]