Yes, it’s possible to achieve the elusive serenity of “inbox zero” with a new iPhone app called Mailbox. Mailbox does something nothing else has done before: allow emails to be “delayed” for future delivery when you have time to deal with it. And… Read more »
A little over a year ago, after rising frustration with DirecTV’s cost and service, we decided to ditch the dish and buy a Roku for all our television needs. The Roku, like AppleTV and a few other services, connects a television with online… Read more »
The New York Times fired back at Tesla’s Elon Musk after the outspoken CEO posted a tweetclaiming a Times article critical of Tesla’s flagship electric sedan was “fake.” The New York Times piece, entitled “Stalled out on Tesla’s Electric Highway,” detailed writer John Broder’s trip from… Read more »
Research in Motion changed its corporate name Wednesday to that of its only product, Blackberry, and announced two new smartphones running a completely new operating system that finally puts the Blackberry on par with competing devices. While Blackberry was beloved as an email… Read more »
UTC Power unit designed to maximize efficiency of electricity and heat usage Danbury’s Western Connecticut State University (WestConn) stands to reap significant energy cost savings and enhanced electricity and heating efficiencies thanks to a project currently under way to install a fuel cell power unit for… Read more »
Microsoft is betting big on Windows 8’s new interface that is designed more for touch screens and tablets than keyboards and mice. The biggest and most noticeable change happens after the machine boots, where a colorful start screen replaces the traditional desktop interface… Read more »
Danbury’s Western Connecticut State University is in the process of notifying students, their families, and other constituents that their personal information may have been exposed to unauthorized access by a computer system vulnerability that has since been corrected. WestConn has found no evidence that… Read more »
The University of Connecticut has announced that it is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Professors Leslie M. Shor (Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering) and Daniel J. Gage (Molecular & Cell Biology) will pursue an… Read more »
Are you ready for Hurricane Sandy? Here’s a comprehensive article on how to be prepared from CTWatchdog. And now, you can be part of the solution. The Mercurial and the Independent Media Network, a group of over 70 Connecticut independent online publishers, is utilizing SeeClickFix,… Read more »
Every five years or so Windows has come out with an updated piece of software, nothing out of the ordinary for a computer company, but this year’s update is not just an improvement over the last model. Instead of only making everything look faster… Read more »
More is better. People can dispute that fact all they want, but nobody likes sacrificing more for less. We want cars with more cup holders, computers with more memory and washing machines with more capacity. Televisions are no exception; we want more pixels, more… Read more »
You can’t go wrong with the latest and greatest iPhone, but you can also do quite well and save a few bucks with last year’s model that does just about everything the iPhone 5 has to offer. That’s not to say that the… Read more »
The advent of smart phones and tablets along with inexpensive and powerful microprocessors makes the high flying Parrot AR Drone 2.0 remarkably easy to control and enjoyable for geeks of all ages. The AR Drone 2.0 is a small, semi-autonomous remote control quadrocopter…. Read more »
Danbury, Connecticut-based FuelCell Energy Inc. has announced a $3.8 million contract award from the U.S. Navy to develop and test a Hybrid Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC)-Battery power system for large displacement undersea vehicle propulsion. The objective of the project is to develop a… Read more »
CityCenter Danbury, Integrity Printing and Graphics, and The Green Marketing Company will propagate their pro-environmental stance by painting the downtown district green with GreenFest this coming weekend. GreenFest will take place on Friday, July 20 and Saturday July 21 from 12pm to 10:30pm and… Read more »
Electric vehicle enthusiasts dedicated a charging station at the Deep River Public Library Saturday to the memory of two local pioneers who built their own electric cars decades before the major automakers. Jack Gretta of Deep River and Bob Rice of Killingworth were early… Read more »
If there is an app for creativity and hard work, the students involved in The Student Innovation Expo 2012 in Hartford, Connecticut must have downloaded it! Students from 35 schools statewide will compete in the categories of: Business Plan, ePortfolio, eCommerce, Film, App Design,… Read more »
by Lon Seidman The secret to Apple’s success (and its nearly $600 share price) is that they always leave their customers wanting more. They’ve mastered the art of incrementally upgrading their most popular products, but leaving out just one little feature that becomes a must-have… Read more »
by Lon Seidman Overachieving college students may soon be able to generate revenue from their notebooks when Israeli startup Sleeve launches later this year. by Lon Seidman Overachieving college students may soon be able to generate revenue from their notebooks when Israeli startup… Read more »
by Lon Seidman FORD is set to release two plug-in vehicles this year, responding to competing vehicles from General Motors, Nissan, and Toyota. The automaker is ramping up production of its all electric Focus, delivering the first vehicle to Google last week. The electric Focus… Read more »
by Joshua L. Durkin ONE NEW INNOVATION in the direction of a better democracy puts people in direct contact with the White House through a petition program called “We the People”. Since its September 22, 2011 launch, the petition program has gone largely unnoticed, which… Read more »
CONGRESSMAN COURTNEY (CT-2) urges Congress to throw out SOPA, Wikipedia, Google and other prominent websites protest the proposed legislation with blackouts and statements, FOX News says those who oppose SOPA and PIPA didn’t read the bill. CHECK OUT a few different angles on these two… Read more »