First Look: Tom Bihn Ristretto bag for iPad
June 26, 2010 – 1:06 pm | No Comment

I blame Steve Sande for my newest iPad-related purchase. Well, there’s a lot of things to blame Steve for, but it was his reviews of the Tom Bihn Western Flyer and Checkpoint Flyer that had me checking out the company he bought the bags from last year. Tom Bihn is based in Seattle and has the distinction of being among those rare companies that still makes its products in the U.S. using mostly U.S.-produced materials. Only a few components are sourced from overseas, but those parts are fully disclosed. Tom Bihn was also had gear designed specifically iPad right off the bat, announcing its offerings — The Ristretto and the Cache for iPad — just hours after the original iPad announcement. The US$110 Ristretto, which also comes in a larger size designed to hold a MacBook, is a vertical messenger bag with a padded area that is large enough to hold a netbook or an iPad. After having my iPad and accessories bounce around a larger bag for a few weeks, I caved and placed…

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September 3, 2010 – 1:12 pm | No Comment
Ultraviolet water-filtering pitcher puts Brita on notice Water-filtering pitchers such as Brita Pitchers have become all the rage over the past few years, as they're a relatively inexpensive way to filter the crap out of your tap water. But is there an even better way to filter your water? Maybe!
Avatar 3D Blu-ray Launch To Be Exclusive To Panasonic TV Buyers
September 2, 2010 – 4:49 pm | No Comment
Avatar 3D Blu-ray Launch To Be Exclusive To Panasonic TV Buyers Big Avatar fan? Bought a 3D-capable TV just so you could watch it again in all its glory? Well, you might want to sit down. Panasonic and 20th Century Fox have arrived at a deal whereby the upcoming 3D Blu-ray version of the film will only be sold to people buying new Panasonic displays. It’d be for a limited time, of course, but no dates were mentioned. A spokesman for Panasonic said they were also trying to “do the right thing” and let people who had recently ...
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September 2, 2010 – 4:49 pm | No Comment
Avatar 3D Blu-ray Launch To Be Exclusive To Panasonic TV Buyers Big Avatar fan? Bought a 3D-capable TV just so you could watch it again in all its glory? Well, you might want to sit down. Panasonic and 20th Century Fox have arrived at a deal whereby the upcoming 3D Blu-ray version of the film will only be sold to people buying new Panasonic displays. It’d be for a limited time, of course, but no dates were mentioned. A spokesman for Panasonic said they were also trying to “do the right thing” and let people who had recently ...
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September 2, 2010 – 1:03 pm | No Comment
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September 2, 2010 – 12:31 am | No Comment
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LG Rolling Out New Smart TVs At IFA
August 31, 2010 – 10:13 pm | No Comment
LG Rolling Out New Smart TVs At IFA There is a war being waged by TV makers. A war against set-top boxes. See, TV makers like LG and Sony don’t want you going off and buying a Roku , or iTV , or what have you. So over the last couple years, they keep adding features to their TVs — apps, internet, weather, that kind of thing. LG’s latest, which it will be showing at IFA this next week, doesn’t look terribly different from the stuff we’ve seen from others, but the new control scheme ...
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August 31, 2010 – 2:51 pm | No Comment
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August 30, 2010 – 6:31 pm | No Comment
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Video: iPad-based Point Of Sale Cash Register System
August 30, 2010 – 6:10 am | No Comment
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August 29, 2010 – 1:04 pm | No Comment
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