setup

Photos: Ripping up the robot guitar

News Carey says the headstock assembly is the doer" of the setup. While Tuesday's teardown was scheduled to open up Sony's OLED TV, travel difficulties prevented the set from making it to San Jose. Instead, David Carey, a self-professed "teardown geek...

Tags: self, networks, embedded, board

17 April 2008, 9:17

Photos: Deflating a MacBook Air

News However, this small setup produces quite a bit of sound. For the sake of full disclosure: our Apple MacBook Air is in working condition before we crack it open. Caption text by Mark Kaelin. Credit: CNET Networks/Mark Kaelin

Tags: ram, board, hard drive, air

6 March 2008, 9:35

Dell to sell through PC World and Currys

News It has also signed a deal with UK retailer HMV to sell its PCs, which includes using its gamer-centric XPS models in a LAN gaming setup. Dell announced on Thursday that its desktops and laptops will be available through DSG International, one of...

Tags: dell, europe, products, desktops

14 December 2007, 14:48

Photos: How to survive a Humvee rollover

News Inside the HEAT setup, Spc Among the dangers faced by the coalition ground troops in Iraq, some of the most pernicious are roadside bombs that target moving vehicles. The stand-off weapons, also known as improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, have...

Tags: training, story, department, army

12 November 2007, 10:11

Photos: Fighting crime with 'nonlethal' tech

News This pistol-like setup from Jaycor is a more traditional-looking nonlethal option for law enforcement agencies. Cdr. Charles 'Sid' Heal heads the technology exploration program in the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department.

Tags: law, station, wave, ground

31 October 2007, 9:51

Photos: The practical robots

News The ConnectR will automatically find the available wireless networks in range, when it's first turned on during setup, and allow its owner to choose which one to use. The Looj, whose photos were accidentally leaked earlier by the Federal...

28 September 2007, 10:18

Photos: Low-cost tech aids basic needs

News The setup costs a city between $4,000 (£2,000) and The world of consumer electronics thrives on the latest, greatest and fastest gadgets. New inventions tend to target a wealthy minority but most of the world operates at a far slower pace than that...

27 September 2007, 10:37

Europe PS3s less backwards-compatible

News In a statement, the company added that some additional titles would be made compatible through regular firmware updates -- a similar setup as in the US, where initially some previous Sony format games experienced problems, but many were fixed...

26 February 2007, 9:24

Pick up the tab with a text message

News The company's setup lets customers pay a bill using a text message. Forgot your credit card? Don't have cash on you? No worries -- just use your mobile phone to pay the bill. That's what some people in the US can now do if they sign up for an...

30 November 2006, 9:40

Photos: A look at the Zune software

News The initial setup screen for the software offers a cheery alternative to the grey box that accompanies many Windows program install screens. The Zune software is free from Microsoft's Zune Web site. The main page for the Zune Marketplace, the...

16 November 2006, 10:41

Photos: A peek inside the automated home

News The setup was centred around the Z-Wave open wireless standard, which was developed by Zensys for home appliance networking and automation. A chic loft apartment in New York City's Flatiron District was outfitted on Tuesday with a whole slew of new...

20 October 2006, 9:52

Wireless USB set to cut the cable

News This isn't the most elegant setup, however. The PC and consumer electronics industries have been talking up Certified Wireless USB (Universal Serial Bus) links as a replacement for those tried-and-true USB cables connecting the PC to everything...

18 October 2006, 9:52

Google rivals face YouTube crisis

News Competitors who rely on the same setup as YouTube," said Heberger, "where it's all user-generated content, they might be in trouble facing a Google-YouTube team. With its planned $1.65bn acquisition of the video-sharing Web site YouTube, Google may...

11 October 2006, 10:03

Photos: New York gets a mini Googleplex

News What game room would be complete without a videogame setup and electronic guitar setup? Following a year of speculation, Google has finally opened its new office in the Big Apple at 111 Eighth Avenue, in the heart of the Chelsea neighbourhood in...

3 October 2006, 10:08

Home networking to ride broadband boom

News But more importantly, better network configuration tools and easy-to-navigate user interfaces will assuage consumers' concerns about setup difficulties or application glitches. American households that are wired with entertainment networks are...

7 July 2006, 9:15