Archive for November 19th, 2009

California outlaws large, power-hungry TVs

Thursday, November 19th, 2009
California outlaws large, power-hungry TVs

In a move that could spell the end of the plasma TV industry as we know it, the state of California agreed today to enact strict regulations on the amount of power televisions can consume, effectively outlawing most large plasma TVs as of January 1, 2011, with many more televisions set to be banned beginning January 1, 2013.

We’re Running Out of IP Addresses

Thursday, November 19th, 2009
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Just what we needed, another technology limitation about to put the squeeze on everyone. And we don't mean the Unix date bug.
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The article is from 2006, but they expect this to come to a head next year! I heard a news report on this the other day so it is getting close.