Tag archive: Denver

Part of Dow Chemical, Dow Solar has begun production of solar shingles at a pilot plant in Midland, Michigan. Called the Powerhouse solar shingles, they are initially being sold in Colorado and will be released in twelve more states through 2012 such as Texas and California. Outfitting the average house with a roof covered in solar shingles and an energy converter box will cost consumers approximately $10,000 to $15,000. However, energy costs… Read More

Denver resident Bill Jordan hadn’t even heard of an iPad last week. He knew that Apple had released a hot new product and that his company wanted him to go pick one up as a gift for a customer, but that is it. One trip to the mall later and Jordan was out roughly $500, the iPad he had just bought, and a finger. On his way out of the Cherry Creek Mall, an unidentified thief ran up behind Jordan and grabbed the bag with the iPad. The strings… Read More

The new official date for the U.S. to switch over to digital television might be June 12, 2009, but the Federal Communications Commission has just granted permission for 158 additional television stations to turn off their analog broadcasts before that date. Most of the stations transitioning early tend to be in smaller markets where the transition doesn't present a clear public safety issue; however, the list does include NBC and ABC… Read More

Last Saturday a Continental Airlines Boeing 737 ran off the runway at Denver International Airport into a ravine. The resulting fire destroyed the right side of the plane, and 58 were injured, although none killed. Mike Wilson was on board, and once he was safely back in the airport, he began using the popular micro-blogging site Twitter to relate his experiences. His first post was: "Holy f—ing s—, I was just in a plane… Read More

A new market research study from MultiMedia Intelligence ranks U.S. cities on the basis of how wide their residents have adopted in-home networking during 2007. Perhaps not surprisingly, San Francisco topped the survey results, with some 28 percent of households having adopted home networking technologies. San Francisco was closely followed by Miami at 27 percent, and Los Angeles at 24 percent. If you're wondering why other… Read More

Although it still hasn't been officially announced, U.S. mobile operator T-Mobile is widely expected to introduce the first mobile phone build on Google's Android platform next month, in the form of the HTC Dream. The potential problem with this scenario is that, while the Dream supports 3G data connectivity, T-Mobile is the number four mobile operator and only has 3G service up in a handful of markets. T-Mobile introduced 3G… Read More

Internet gear giant Cisco has announced a deal to acquire privately-held Internet messaging and “presence” company Jabber for an undisclosed amount. Based in Denver, Jabber develops and provides communication services, including instant messaging technology that's interoperable between different platforms and applications and can, for instance, act as a gateway between normally isolated services like Google Talk,… Read More

At this week's CEDIA Expo in Denver, home automation developer Control4 introduced its new HC-200 home automation control unit. What's surprising about the HC0-200 isn't so much the wealth of home automation possibilities it offers, but it's sub-$500 price tag in a field traditionally dominated by expensive hardware controllers. “We believe the HC-200 sets a new standard of affordability for home… Read More

Next week's CEDIA Expo in Denver will see the introduction of the DVDO Edge video hub and processor, which aims to be the first and last question for bringing together a videophile's plethora of video sources, upscaling them to 1080p, and making them look their best on an HDTV display. The DVDO Edge will handle up to 10 video sources—six via HDMI 1.3 inputs and four analog inputs—and take all the video up to 1080p.… Read More

Google AdWords may be the current king of online advertising, but on Monday, heavyweight rival Yahoo announced its own challenger, a new online advertising platform dubbed Amp. With it, Yahoo will attempt to consolidate different types of Web advertising into one platform that it hopes will draw in advertisers and publishers with ease of use. Yahoo envisions Amp as a sort of stock market for Web advertising, where people where… Read More

If you find that poor signal quality means you have to go outside to use your Sprint mobile phone, the company might have a solution for you—at least if you live in Denver or Indianapolis. The new Sprint Airave, built by Samsung, is basically a femtocell base station which extends the range of Sprint's wireless network into a small area (say, a building) by tapping into a broadband Internet connection as a way to enhance… Read More

NEC Display Solutions is introducing three new lines of flat panel displays at this year's CEDIA Expo in Denver, all of which are geared toward residential use, ranging from casual television viewing through high-definition home theaters. "By introducing three unique lines of flat panel displays, and offering a host of new features and functionality, NEC provides consumers with display options for every room in their… Read More

For the vast majority of the music-listening population, a CD player is a CD player is a CD player: sure, some of them might have better controls than others, and lots of folks like elaborate CD changer systems, but let's face it: most people can't hear the difference between a CD and a 128Kbps MP3 file, so the subleties of D/A conversion, sampling rates, jitter, and detail aren't terribly important. Then there's… Read More

If you've on of those home theater fans who's already jumped on the HDMI 1.3a bandwagon but you find your receivers, displays, or other systems aren't quite keeping up with you, accessory and cable maker Accell Corporation might have a solution for you in the form of its UltraAV 2-1 HDMI 1.3a Category 2 Switch. The premise is simple: two HDMI 1.3 signals enter, one HDMI 1.3a signal leaves—and you control which one… Read More

At the Where 2.0 conference in San Jose, Google announced new enhacements to its Web-based Google Maps which add street-level panoramic view to selected locations, plus Mapplets, which enable developers to create mini-programs which operate within Google Maps. Google's new Street View feature adds 360° street-level panorama photographs to selected locations, enabling users to get a ground-level understanding of an area directly… Read More