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Real Review: White Rodgers 1F95EZ-0671 Thermostat

Gary Clark, Product Specialist at Improvement Direct. takes a look at the Blue Easy Reader thermostat from White-Rodgers. www.improvementdirect ...

HVAC: Honeywell Prestige Thermostat

I did a basic review of the Honeywell Prestige Thermostat. The music during the Christmas decorations was composed and played by Champagne ...

Real Review: White Rodgers 1F80ST-0471 Thermostat

Gary Clark, Product Specialist at Improvement Direct, talks about the 80 Series Blue single-stage programmable thermostat from White-Rodgers. www ...

Week in review: Hacker jailbreaks iPad, Twitter buys maker of Tweetie

Hacker jailbreaks the iPad less than a day after release — A lot of people complained about the iPad’s closed-off software. But no one did anything about it — until last weekend, apparently. A well-known hacker of the iPhone, who previously defeated Apple’s restrictions on developers, claimed in a video to have hacked the iPad.

What to expect from Apple’s iPhone 4.0 OS event — Before Apple’s iPhone event on Thursday, we looked at possible announcements. It turned out that the big news was what many expected, namely support for running multiple applications at the same time .

ChatRoulette faces a stiff challenge in becoming a legitimate busines s — Video chat site ChatRoulette has been mocked by everyone from Jon Stewart on the Daily Show on down for the hordes of anonymous masturbators who sometimes lurk on the site. We examine some of the issues facing the site if it wants to make money.

Yahoo buying Foursquare for $100 million? Let’s check in — A report surfaced this week that Yahoo is considering buying Foursquare for $100 million. The story seems pretty preposterous, considering Foursquare is the hottest name in location-based services and currently has four top VCs all looking to invest in the company. One likely explanation: Foursquare has hired amateurish investment bankers who think a leak could drive up the bidding.

Review: Why iPhone OS 4 will make the iPad a knockout hit — VentureBeat’s Dean Takahshi argues that that the iPad is indeed poised to be the hit device that establishes the tablet computing category.

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