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Australia to Ban All Plasmas

And it looks like it just might happen, which would spell bad news for the gadget gurus down under. ABC Australia claims that If a revised Australian energy rating guide gets passed, then all current plasma televisions would be banned from sale by 2011. That's right, all plasmas and even many power-hungry LCDs would be taken off store shelves due to their high energy consumption. But listen to this, it gets worse. More »

2:00 PM on Wed Oct 10 2007
By blongo3
40,698 views, 70 comments

ipod

iPods Banned by Schools in an Attempt to Stop Exam Cheating

Teachers, eh? First they came to praise the iPod, then they came to bury it. A spate of incidents involving iPods in class and exam rooms has led to a ban on digital media players in some schools. A high school in Idaho has been one of the first establishments to ban MP3 players after teachers overheard some of the kids talking about downloading formulae and other crib material onto the players. "It doesn't take long to get out of the loop with teenagers," said Aaron Maybon, principal of Mountain View High School. "They come up with new and creative ways to cheat pretty fast." More »

8:45 AM on Fri Apr 27 2007
By Addy Dugdale
4,201 views, 33 comments

Latest by chss: I agree with the commentors that banning iPods will not solve anything. I saw many of my classmates in college also use calculators. I tell me son that if he EVER takes out his iPod during his second grade class more »

cellphones

Driving While Texting May Be Illegal in Oregon, Washington

Lawmakers in Oregon and Washington are getting set to push a bill that will make texting (sending SMS messages) while driving illegal. It's an extension of laws against talking on cellphones in the car, but this activity is possibly more deadly because your eyes are off the road. More »

11:00 PM on Wed Mar 14 2007
By Jason Chen
11,093 views, 46 comments

gadgets

Wrist PDA Gives You the Magic Touch

I've never been a big fan of wearable tech and the mere thought of strapping a PDA this big onto my wrist ain't helping, but fortunately this PDA comes with a twist. It creates a body area network (BAN) that lets you communicate with other peripherals by touching them. So for example, you could print documents from your PDA by touching a compatible printer or transfer files from your PDA by touching a computer. The concept is still in development, but seems promising (as long as they don't make you look like an android in the process). More »

11:00 AM on Mon Nov 20 2006
By Louis Ramirez
1,155 views, 8 comments

Latest by infmom: So what else is new? People have been communicating with their peripherals by touching them from the beginning of time. You have to get pretty old before your batteries run out... more »

apple showtime

Apple Showtime: One More Post

Two things, I promised we'd revisit yesterday's best guesses at what Steve Jobs would announce today. We were right!
Kinda. The lowdown, after the jump. More »

10:57 PM on Tue Sep 12 2006
By Brian Lam
102 views, 9 comments

laptops

Korean Air Bans Dell and Apple Laptops

Joining Qantas, Korean Air is banning both Apple and Dell laptops on all its flights. The ban affects all Dells, but only iBooks and Powerbooks, not MacBooks and MacBook Pros. The good news is, if passengers take out the battery and place them into checked luggage, Korean Air says everything's hunky dory. More »

9:00 AM on Wed Sep 6 2006
By Jason Chen
447 views, 6 comments

cellphones

Cambodia Bans 3G Phones, Blames Porn

What do you do when you're the Prime Minister of an entire country and your wife looks at porn? Make the entire country pay for it! Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's wife and friends "unexpectedly" received pornography on their 3G mobile phones. Sen got word of this and contacted the Minister of Telecommunication to halt the use of 3G mobile phones entirely. More »

1:22 PM on Fri May 26 2006
By Travis Hudson
897 views, 4 comments

cellphones

Samsung Bans SCH-B570 From Internal Use

Even though Samsung made the 8GB phone, they're not allowing them inside their premises. Reason: data theft. More »

4:30 PM on Thu May 25 2006
By Jason Chen
237 views, 6 comments

portable media

UK Reconsiders iTrip Ban

Well slap me around and call me Jenkins. It seems the great United Kingdom is reconsidering the ban that is placed upon the iTrip. For those unfamiliar, the iTrip is a low power FM transmitting iPod accessory made by Griffin. Get the full scoop after the jump. More »

2:55 PM on Wed May 24 2006
By Travis Hudson
136 views, 4 comments

laptops

More Profs Ban Laptops in Class

Intern Travis here. As an avid classroom laptop user at my humble university I am intrigued by the latest news of professors banning laptops in the classroom. Some professors supporting the ban include June Entman at the University of Memphis and Charles Mooney at the University of Pennsylvania—Mooney has had a ban on laptops going on two years. More »

4:48 PM on Wed May 3 2006
By Travis Hudson
729 views, 19 comments