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LED bulb longevity report

Dave Farquhar — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 11:00:05 +0000

Now that I’ve had a couple of LED bulbs burn out, I can actually give an LED bulb longevity report. I’ve been buying LED bulbs since 2010, and now I’ve lost three of them. It’s a little disappointing, but two

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HP’s Stream Minis aren’t a new innovation but bring legitimacy

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 11:00:30 +0000

Last week, HP introduced two new PCs, the HP Stream Mini and HP Pavillion Mini. They’re small, silent in the case of the Stream Mini, and cheap, starting at $180 for a Stream Mini with a 1.4 GHz dual-core CPU,

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Are 80plus power supplies worth it?

Dave Farquhar — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 11:11:20 +0000

Are 80plus power supplies worth it? Extremetech just that question recently. Based on their conclusion, not usually, at least not solely for power savings. But it’s an easy way to get a box built to stricter tolerances with higher-quality electronics. I

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Linus Torvalds likes SSDs, too

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 23:27:47 +0000

Linus Torvalds called hard drives evil, nasty platters of spinning rust in an interview this week, while saying he likes SSDs. I didn’t say it. He said it. Though it’s no secret that I like SSDs too. And let’s face

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Microsoft: No x86 apps for ARM

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:10:20 +0000

So, The Register reports that Windows on ARM will not have compatibility with apps compiled for x86. Intel has been saying this for a while, while Microsoft has been mum. So now we know. There are arguments both for and

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How to decide if a computer upgrade will pay for itself in power savings

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:37:41 +0000

I occasionally read an offhand comment where someone says he or she just bought a new computer, and the new computer is so much more power efficient than the old one, it’s going to pay for itself. I wonder if

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Buying a new TV that won’t kill your electric bill

Dave Farquhar — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 13:42:59 +0000

As television technology improves, they become more energy efficient. Generally speaking, at least. The CRT TV ranging in size from 26-32 inches that was common in living rooms for most of my lifetime used around 130 watts. But some of

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