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Dell facing massive E6400 and E6500 overheating and underclocking problem? {Engadget}
Dec 1st 2009 3:42PM Seen about 800 E6400s go out in the last few months, no problems yet.
Poll: What's the best night to watch TV? {Engadget HD}
Nov 22nd 2009 2:01PM @Will I don't even know. Occasionally I'll notice something I want to add to the DVR list, but I really don't know what's on when. I just look to see what's been recorded and start from there.
Poll: What's the best night to watch TV? {Engadget HD}
Nov 22nd 2009 2:41AM What's the best day to watch TV? Whenever I have time. Haven't DVRs rendered this question irrelevant?
Live from Google's Chrome OS project announcement {Engadget}
Nov 19th 2009 2:01PM Hmm. So you need a screwdriver to use this on a netbook? Why? To replace the hard drive with an SSD? Why can't I just copy the OS onto an SD card or memory key and boot from that?
What I'm most interested in is how easy it's going to be for corporate entities to edit. If you can change what you see on startup, and restrict sites/apps visited, this becomes very powerful. Also for schools (something I'm involved in). If I can get a $200 netbook for every student, restrict them to only access school websites or sites linked to from the central school server, and get Google Apps on a school related domain for them, this is incredibly powerful. But I need to be able to restrict where the students (and possibly teachers) take their device. But in that context this could be a real game changer. A real game changer.
Live from Google's Chrome OS project announcement {Engadget}
Nov 19th 2009 1:32PM @melkior Gears FTW.
Live from Google's Chrome OS project announcement {Engadget}
Nov 19th 2009 1:31PM Also, This should scare Intel and AMD. If you hand off a lot of the computing work to servers instead of the hardware in your hand, their business model is in trouble quickly. Sure, Intel make server chips, but it'll cause a decline that really will require them to explore other avenues. Assuming, of course, that this takes off. But it's Google. It has more of a chance of doing so than anyone else trying something like this.
Live from Google's Chrome OS project announcement {Engadget}
Nov 19th 2009 1:28PM You know, my initial thought here was "but enterprise will never go for it," but actually, they may love this. If everything is in the cloud, nothing is stored locally, and if Google allow them to restrict where users can visit on a corporate machine, you can virtualize everything and keep it at a centrally stored location. The security benefits would be enormous. As long as Google can sandbox everything to prevent any sort of cross-application infection, this really could be a new day for computing. Color me intrigued.
Engadget HD Podcast 164 - 11.17.2009 {Engadget HD}
Nov 18th 2009 6:50PM I haven't calibrated my TV because... I don't actually own an HDTV. But I will. Around Christmas or shortly thereafter. Don't you want to ensure I'll have the optimum viewing experience for my new TV?
Actually, I have a podcast related question, but the main Engadget podcast. It might be worth addressing on your show, though. Last week, Josh, Nilay and Paul were talking about Dell's new Zino HD - HTPC in a box, and it does sort of look that way if you add a tuner. But wow, the specs are pretty lame. What are the bare minimum specs for an HTPC? Is an Athlon 1.6Ghz (the base configuration) really going to cut it? Or what if you built yourself with an Atom processor & Ion? What's the least you can spend? Thanks.
Palm Pixi one step closer to free, now $25 on Amazon {Engadget Mobile}
Nov 18th 2009 1:57PM What's more interesting to me is the price it's reduced from. Wal Mart has the list price before discounts of the Pixi as $549.99. Amazon has it as $299.99. That's getting pretty close to the "reasonable when bought unlocked," price. Hopefully we'll get a GSM version at $250 or $200 if it's getting that low. I'd be up for that.
How-to: recycle your old gadgets {Engadget}
Oct 27th 2009 3:29PM Note that while Best Buy will recycle your laptop for a fee, they require that you remove the hard drive first.
