JQ On Technology

Airblade vs. Hand Towel

nobody@vox.com(JQ) — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 06:32:22 -0700

Testing a new product is one thing. Seeing it in action out in the real world is something else, a fact I was reminded of yesterday in the Time Warner Center perched on the corner of Central Park. Between meetings I happened into one of New York...

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Canucks Best Yanks

nobody@vox.com(JQ) — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:52:17 -0700

Finally, something that Canadians can crow about to their oh-so-smug neighbors below the 49th parallel: Internet access. According to a recent study commissioned by the Communications Workers of America, the median download speed for U.S. "bro...

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Still More Reasons Not to Buy an iPhone

nobody@vox.com(JQ) — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 07:40:25 -0700

13. It uses a non-standard headphone jack, so you can't use better headphones or earbuds without buying an expensive adapter. 14. It doesn't have voice dialing or voice recognition. 15. It doesn't support wireless Bluetooth stereo, so you can't ...

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More Reasons Not to Buy an iPhone

nobody@vox.com(JQ) — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:02:32 -0700

To add to our Top 10 Reasons Not to Line Up for iPhone, here are a couple more: 11. It will not play Flash files, the de facto standard for animations on the Web. (So much for that full Internet experience Apple keeps claiming it has.) 12. The ...

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The Trouble With WiMax

nobody@vox.com(JQ) — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 08:24:51 -0700

I like WiMax, I think WiMax is an excellent solution for broadband Internet access. I've got nothing against WiMax. But I think WiMax has a major, perhaps fatal, problem. WiMax, as the name suggests, is an extension of the popular wireless Wi-F...

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Guidelines for Google

nobody@vox.com(JQ) — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 09:38:22 -0700

There has been much ado over the past few days about a new Google maps feature. It's called "Street View" and rather than using virtual images of landmarks along the road, it uses actual photographs to give people online a 360-degree view of the...

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Why Does Microsoft Scratch the Surface ? (Because It Can)

nobody@vox.com(JQ) — Wed, 30 May 2007 07:15:08 -0700

Microsoft is getting into the kiosk business. Of course, because it's Microsoft, the company's kiosk introduction--called Surface--is wrapped in a welter of hype and hyperbole: Will it have the kind of impact that, say, the PC, cell phone, or W...

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Monkey Business

nobody@vox.com(JQ) — Tue, 29 May 2007 14:33:43 -0700

It's been nearly 150 years since Charles Darwin published "On the Origin of Species" (okay, 148 years, since it was published on November 24, 1859, for you sticklers). While the work iitself is well known, the research and thought process that ...

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Avoiding a Ticket

nobody@vox.com(JQ) — Wed, 23 May 2007 09:16:45 -0700

The summer driving season is about to start with a vengeance--the vengeance being the price of gas. But getting a ticket can be even more costly, and I don't mean just a speeding ticket. Many states and municipalities across the country now have...

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Renew, Reuse, Recycle

nobody@vox.com(JQ) — Mon, 21 May 2007 09:26:59 -0700

Go green, go green, go green! Yes, you're going to hear it from us media types until we're green in the face. (Think Princess Di, multiplied by a factor of Al Gore.) So in this green installment, another new recycling option. Staples, which alre...

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