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The next generation of eco-friendly lightbulbs Dan Saelinger Never mind that twisty compact fluo­rescent. The new energy-efficient way to light your home is with LEDs. An upcoming crop of bulbs draw 12 watts or less, edging out a typical fluorescent, an

When the recession hit high-end audio in 197880, Bongiorno designed cost-effective versions of his original Sumo amplifiers. These included the $750 class-A Model 9 and the $899 Sumo Andromeda. These second-generation Sumo amps present a common appearance

Most of us keep our music on our computers and our computers are increasingly mobile, but there's a disconnect between the ability to store large amounts of music on a laptop and the portability of said laptop: laptop speakers aren't worth playing music o

Since introducing its eneloop rechargeable battery technology in 2005, Sanyo is reported to have shipped over 130 million cells. Now the company has announced some new additions to its eneloop universe series which provide a power boost to a host of mobil

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Amongst the plethora of displays out to tempt our eyeballs at IFA 2010 in Berlin were some nice looking new release plasmas from Panasonic. There was the 42-inch TX-P42GT20 that marks the addition of yet another series to the company’s 3D VIERA line-up,

The “one more thing” at Apple’s September 1 event was an updated Apple TV. Apple has certainly cranked up the ol’ shrink ray for a form factor that is 80 percent smaller than the previous generation. The rumored addition of apps didn’t eventuate

The Mongoliad An artist's concept of a marauding Mongol, the antagonists in the new online open-source serial "The Mongoliad." Subutai The future of reading might also be the future of writing, if author Neal Stephenson's new experiment is any indication.

Denon’s new A/V receiver, the AVR-4311CI, is now available and has been chosen as a finalist in the 2010 CEDIA Manufacturers’ Excellence Awards. The 9.2-channel Network receiver includes a variety of advanced features. It has the Audessey MultEQ 32 R

Jobs Explains 'Ping' Gizmodo Unless you've been living underneath a Zune, you're likely aware that Steve Jobs and his Apple empire held a music-centric event in San Francisco today in which the company's best-selling line of portable musical devices rece

ProjectorPeople.com wants to know—and give an HD video camera to two lucky winners—and we want to show off your rooms here on Electronic House.

Full LED array shines through thin film printed with dots.

Carbon Fiber is unquestionably a wonder substance, being used to construct the world’s fastest and most expensive race cars and bikes, not to mention a host of other items where light weight, strength and stiffness are more important than cost. So when

There’s no doubting John Michel Jarre’s talent as a musician and showman, so it’ll be interesting to see how he goes with his new roles as a soothsayer (he’s predicting the demise of the Internet on the basis it will be rejected by today’s youth

Sun Light These small solar-power units are made of plastic and a 0.02-inch-thin photovoltaic material. Dan Saelinger Solar panels are a common sight on rooftops but rare on vertical walls, which, being more or less parallel to the noonday sun, get less s