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Darrell Issa Update

Former Directed Electronics CEO and Consumer Electronics Association chairman Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) has been in the news of late and he has not forgotten his CE roots. As part of an imbroglio on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, a GOP staffer used a CE product to cause a ruckus recently in the House. From The Hill: A GOP committee staffer captured video of... More

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Dell Culture Clash

Back in my day, the jocks and the techies-A/V squad guys rarely had a topic that both could talk about, but it seems that is no longer true. This Dell laptops story was posted on www.TWICE.com on Oct. 7: Dell Goes To Bat With MLB New York - Dell today will begin offering a variety of new colors and designs for its laptops, including baseball team logos through the Dell... More

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Mitsubishi's Star Power

While TWICE covers Mitsubishi’s audio and video products, the company is involved in other projects that are, or will be, literally out of this world.Mitsubishi has teamed up with IHI to work on a plan developed by the Japanese government to construct a $21 billion orbiting solar-power station capable of generating 1 gigawatt of electricity and beam that power back to Earth. This is... More

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Take Me 2 UR Leader

Typing out a text message while driving is incredibly dangerous, but NASA and other space enthusiasts don’t think sending text messages to an alien planet can possibly bring harm to Earth. I disagree. The potential for disaster is tremendous. The Coalition for Space Exploration, in conjunction with NASA and Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research... More

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Turn Leeeeeeeeft

Bob Dylan’s voice may soon be coming to you from your GPS system. According to a blurb in the N.Y. Daily News , Dylan is in talks with an unnamed GPS maker to utilize his voice for the turn-by-turn instructions. I can only hope Bob speaks more clearly when giving directions than when I saw him in concert some 20 odd years ago. More