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NEWS ABOUT: Technology

Technology stories: 6 news summaries

 10 Ways to 
 Replace 
 Overhyped 
 Gizmos 

Tech experts list top overrated, underrated products

Sep 29, 08 12:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - You can replace your most over-hyped devices with the tech world's top 10 wallflowers, compiled by PC World. Start with the iPhone:
  1. Stop stubbing your fingers on Apple's impractical keyboard interface. Sidekick offers the best QWERTY around.
  2. Nintendo Wii is hard to find and offers few good games.
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Google • iPhone • iTunes • Nintendo Wii • Technology • Sidekick • Pandora • OpenOffice

Apple Customer Sues Over iPhone 3G Glitches

Service nowhere close to what's advertised, complaint alleges

Aug 21, 08 1:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - An Alabama woman is suing Apple after purchasing the new iPhone 3G, alleging the gizmo does not nearly live it to its hype—plagued by problems like slow email and text-messaging, excessive dropped calls, and the inability to connect to AT&T’s 3G network. Her complaints are echoed across... More »

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cell phones • Apple • lawsuit • class action • Technology • iPhone 3G • glitches

PRODUCT REVIEWS

A Midsummer Night's Screen: The Best Outdoor Projectors

A drive-in movie buff takes tech for a backyard test run

Aug 19, 08 8:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Though the drive-in movie theater has gone the way of the buffalo, Barry Sonnenfeld writes in Esquire, with the right projector you can recreate the outdoor film experience in your back yard. But take notice: A projector is only as good as the screen it’s projecting on, so make... More »

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Technology • Panasonic • consumer electronics • outdoors • movies • tech review • Epson • Optoma

Engineer Gets 24 Years in China Spy Case

Lawyer calls case 'politically transparent' and vows to appeal

Mar 24, 08 8:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - A judge sentenced Chinese-born engineer Chi Mak to 24 years in prison today for conspiring to send US military data to China, the Los Angeles Times reports. A US assistant attorney argued that Mak, 67, had violated US law even though the data on Navy submarines was not classified. Mak,... More »

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China • espionage • Chi Mak • United States • spying • Technology • US Navy

As Governments Ban Lead, Tech Companies Get Nervous

Without metal, gadgets prone to splintering

Oct 10, 07 11:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mattel's toy recall fiasco has highlighted the dangers of lead poisoning, and the European Union and other governments have passed laws banning the use of lead in fields that still use it, including electronics. But that has the tech industry worried: for decades, lead has been the only stopgap preventing... More »

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cell phones • lead poisoning • Technology

GE Turning Green; Unplugs
 Light Bulb Plants

Biz switching over to energy-efficient fluorescents

Oct 5, 07 6:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bowing to market pressure to switch to more energy-efficient lighting, General Electric is shutting down 7 of 54 plants and warehouses that serve its incandescent light bulb operation, reports the Wall Street Journal. Some 1,400 workers will lose their jobs, but only a third of them will be US... More »

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energy • General Electric • electricity • Light • Technology • Plant

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