YONKERS, NY — Every once in a while, Consumer Reports opens its test facilities to others in the media for a show and tell, typically just as a major magazine issue approaches: holiday gifts in the fall, sometimes new cars in the spring. This week, with the impending release of its Best Electronics holiday issue (December), Consumer Reports showed off its massive facilities in Yonkers, NY, a half-hour north of New York City. Consumer Reports Labs Slideshow: Click Here What’s a Deadline
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Consumer Reports: Tour Inside the Test Labs Gearlog, NY - 12 hours ago Our electronics-lab tour detoured to see a lightweight battery-powered LawnBott robotic lawn mower (think Roomba for grass) whose blade continued spinning …

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2008 Brazilian GP: Toyota Preview (Video) By Marc • October 30, 2008 • No Comments When car manufacturing colossus Toyota first announced its Formula 1 intentions, existing teams feared that it was only a matter of time before the Japanese marque spent its way to victory and championships. Categories: Videos Tags: Videos Greek Star takes Over at Olympiacos By Marc • October 30, 2008 • No Comments Olympiacos fans will have a home-town hero aboard their car at the latest ro
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Canadian NASCAR Awards Handed Out By Marc • October 27, 2008 • No Comments While Scott Steckly was honoured Saturday night for winning the 2008 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series championship, the big news was that seventh-place finisher J.R. Fitzpatrick is very close to landing a full-time ride in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series for 2009. Held at the Hilton Suites Toronto/Markham Conference Centre, the awards banquet not only saw Steckly […] Categories: Canadian Tire Series Tags: Cra
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InfoPackets | Oct 29, 2008 by Bill Lindner The latest Orwellian request from the Pentagon reportedly involves seeking contractors to provide a “Multi-Robot Pursuit System” that will let packs of robots “search for and detect a non-cooperative human.” Questions arise as to where that type of technology could end up. Last year, iRobot struck a deal with Taser International to mount stun guns on its military robots. How long will it be before we see packs of rogue droids hunting down pesky demonstr
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Ifbyphone today announced a new conference call application for Apple’s iPhone. Available immediately on the iTunes App Store, the Conference Call App enables users to set up ad hoc conference calls from their iPhones or iPod touch devices, or to arrange conference calls in advance. It’s as easy as choosing a group of recipients the contacts in the iPhone address book and tapping on “schedule conference.” This is the second Ifbyphone application available on the iTunes App Store following up o
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MDS Analytical Technologies Announces Availability of New High … SYS-CON Brasil (Assinatura), NJ - 22 hours ago Technicians may also configure the StakMax(R) system with MDS Analytical Technologies' AquaMax(R) 4000 microplate washer. These combinations can be used to …

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Lett wants to bring Lions home The Mississippi Press - gulflive.com, MS - 33 minutes ago The Lions' campus in Scooba is more than 200 miles from Lett's home in Gautier. But the former Gautier High School standout turned East Mississippi …

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Woman makes house a haunt Clarksville Leaf Chronicle, TN - 42 minutes ago … her creativity to work, building macabre clowns with chicken wire skeletons, one with a Roomba vacuum cleaner in its base to make it move unpredictably. …

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NASCAR: Texas October 2007 (Video) By Marc • October 30, 2008 • No Comments Will Jimmie repeat? For the last three seasons, the Atlanta winner has also won the Texas race: Jimmie Johnson (2007), Tony Stewart (2006), Carl Edwards (2005). In 2004, Atlanta and Texas were not back-to-back on the Chase schedule. Categories: Videos Tags: Videos Mindy’s Monday Morning Crew Chief (Video 16) By Marc • October 29, 2008 • No Comments I’ve heard Mindy trash talk. She’s good at it. Wh
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