Remember Reagan and his infamous Star Wars Defense Initiative? 25 years ago, scientists suggested that the U.S. build a network of laser equipped satellites to knock down Soviet missiles out of the sky. While that idea never really took off, the technology is currently being re-purposed to shoot down mosquitoes. → Read More
A fascinating post in Dell Community support forums details the travails of a young man and is XPS m1530. It seems that his laptop is “crackling” and “sparking” when he touches it, suggesting a grounding issue. While we’ve all felt that weird “smoothness because we’re about to be electrocuted” feeling on laptops and even lamps, this sounds… → Read More
The iPhone’s battery life is already acceptable, but who wouldn’t want to squeeze even more talk time out of it? (Josh. Nah, he wouldn’t.) Battery specialist Zap’s $80 iZap battery, originally designed for the iPod, works swimmingly with the iPhone, dontcha know. → Read More
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