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So I was a little rough on the Skycharger. There are some quality green products here, though, and I think Garmin has one with its new GPS devices that come equipped with a new option called ecoRoute. As the name implies, ecoRoute helps drivers choose more fuel efficient ways to make their trips, and also helps them keep an eye on their driving habits and how much they’ve used. For instance, after entering the city and highway fuel… Read More

Microsoft said long ago that it would stop selling Windows XP at the end of this month. Dell replied by announcing it would continue to offer XP as an option to its customers. Now Dell has announced that it will immediately begin charging an extra $50 to customers who want to downgrade to XP from Vista on its Vostro line. It will also charge for the downgrade on some of its XPS gaming systems. This about-face is going to make some… Read More

Germany's T-Mobile has responded to complaints from competitors Vodaphone and Debitel and offer German customer an option to buy an Apple iPhone without signing a T-Mobile service contract. The price? €999, or almost $1,500 U.S. dollars. T-Mobile is the exclusive seller of the iPhone in Germany, when the phone debuted on November 9, customers were required to sign up for two years of service (costing over €1,100 at the… Read More

It was bound to happen sooner or later, but flash-based solid-state drives for notebook computers may be on the verge of entering the mainstream computing environment, as Hewlett-Packard confirmed it plans to offer solid-state drives as an option in notebook computers it announced earlier this month, and plans to offer the option on future models as well. Speaking at a news conference in Taipei, HP's Dan Forlenza said HP plans to… Read More

If you consider yourself penguin-powered, computer maker Dell wants to hear from you. The Round Rock, Texas direct marketer is consider offering Linux as a factory-installed operating system option on some computers. But as any Linux aficionado will tell you, even pondering Linux can be like opening a can of worms, with different advocates favoring different LInux distributions depending on the work they do and, oftem, their political… Read More

Following media reports that Federal investigators were looking into allegations Apple Computer executives had knowingly falsified documents regarding favorable stock option grants awarded to employees, Apple Computer has filed its Form 10-Q and Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission, restating the company's financial results. As a result of its own internal investigation, Apple will take a charge of $84 million due to… Read More

Sirius will continue to be available as a dealer-installed option on these models and is currently available as a factory- or dealer-installed option on the A4, S4 and A6 models.  A SIRIUS retrofit kit is also available for the 2004 A8. All of these SIRIUS-equipped Audi's will come with three free months of service and no activation fee. "We are very pleased to see our premium service available as a factory-installed option on… Read More