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Continue reading …NASA is reporting that a rocket that blasted off carrying an Earth-observation satellite failed to reach orbit. (March 4)
Continue reading …NASA is reporting that a rocket that blasted off carrying an Earth-observation satellite failed to reach orbit. (March 4)
Continue reading …NASA is reporting that a rocket that blasted off carrying an Earth-observation satellite failed to reach orbit. (March 4)
Continue reading …NASA is reporting that a rocket that blasted off carrying an Earth-observation satellite failed to reach orbit. (March 4)
Continue reading …NASA is reporting that a rocket that blasted off carrying an Earth-observation satellite failed to reach orbit. (March 4)
Continue reading …NASA is reporting that a rocket that blasted off carrying an Earth-observation satellite failed to reach orbit. (March 4)
Continue reading …Columbia Omni-Heat Circuit Breaker Softshell electric / heated jacket review
March 4, 2011 No CommentBack when old man winter was first starting to bear down here in the States for the 2010 – 2011 Winter Season, we dropped by to check out a few toasty newcomers from the folks at Columbia. Pleased as we were after trying a few things out at the demo booth, we reckoned the outfit’s line of Omni-Heat electric gear would be best evaluated in the wild. You know — places like Whitefish, Montana and the northern interior of Alaska , all during the winter. We were fortunate enough to snag one of Columbia’s Omni-Heat Circuit Breaker Softshell electric / heated ski jackets prior to departing for our bone-chilling escapades, and after a couple of months of use, we’re happy to report that this thing really is all it’s cracked up to be. Those situated in places like Yellowknife and International Falls have been dreaming of a non-bulky, quasi-stylish heated coat for years now, and those dreams may very well be converted into reality when this particular one starts shipping this fall. Read on to see if an outdoors outfitter really nailed the technological integration, and how your life in the winter months may be forever changed because of it. Continue reading Columbia Omni-Heat Circuit Breaker Softshell electric / heated jacket review Columbia Omni-Heat Circuit Breaker Softshell electric / heated jacket review originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 04 Mar 2011 11:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Columbia Omni-Heat Circuit Breaker Softshell electric / heated jacket review
March 4, 2011 No CommentBack when old man winter was first starting to bear down here in the States for the 2010 – 2011 Winter Season, we dropped by to check out a few toasty newcomers from the folks at Columbia. Pleased as we were after trying a few things out at the demo booth, we reckoned the outfit’s line of Omni-Heat electric gear would be best evaluated in the wild. You know — places like Whitefish, Montana and the northern interior of Alaska , all during the winter. We were fortunate enough to snag one of Columbia’s Omni-Heat Circuit Breaker Softshell electric / heated ski jackets prior to departing for our bone-chilling escapades, and after a couple of months of use, we’re happy to report that this thing really is all it’s cracked up to be. Those situated in places like Yellowknife and International Falls have been dreaming of a non-bulky, quasi-stylish heated coat for years now, and those dreams may very well be converted into reality when this particular one starts shipping this fall. Read on to see if an outdoors outfitter really nailed the technological integration, and how your life in the winter months may be forever changed because of it. Continue reading Columbia Omni-Heat Circuit Breaker Softshell electric / heated jacket review Columbia Omni-Heat Circuit Breaker Softshell electric / heated jacket review originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 04 Mar 2011 11:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Been wondering how that new 6Gbps SATA interface and Marvell controller have been treating Intel’s latest SSDs ? The answer, it turns out, is really rather nicely. Faced off with OCZ’s awesomely quick Vertex 3 drive, the 250GB SSD 510 from Intel more than holds its own, occasionally flashing ahead and taking the lead. Opting for Marvell’s processing chip has improved Intel’s sequential performance, but has actually led to it taking a ding on random read speeds — the latter being arguably more important on a day-to-day basis. Still, this $584 drive is one of the finest the consumer world has yet had to feast upon and should encourage high expectations from Intel’s 25nm G3 storage units, which are still to come. As to having the extra Serial ATA bandwidth, we’ll leave it to Anand from AnandTech to summarize: “these next-generation SSDs not only use 6Gbps SATA, they really need it.” Intel’s SSD 510 reviewed, measures up well against Vertex 3 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 04 Mar 2011 11:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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