• Gadgets

    Keyboard and Skype Phone in One

    By Posted on 1.28.2008 2 Comments

    There's no word on a U.S. date yet, but this October, in Japan, Buffalo is going to release a new keyboard with a built-in Skype phone. The photo grabbed me at first—and not just because the person holding the handset seems to have an alien-like hand, suggesting that this could be extra-galactic technology.

    2.9.2008 at 12:49pm - Comment by dreambrother808

    Who wants a neanderthal corded phone?

  • The Environment

    America's 50 Greenest Cities

    By Posted on 2.14.2008 49 Comments

    In the international alliance to fight climate change, the United States is considered the sullen loner. But in the seven years since we rejected Kyoto, changes have begun. Not at the federal level, however. Its the locals who are making it happen.

    2.9.2008 at 12:37pm - Comment by dreambrother808

    koalaklb, I am a Canadian, living in Vancouver and I don't know of any fellow Canadians who really are concerned about your problem. Americans are people from the US, period. That is how the language has evolved. Anything else is just silly semantics that make Canadians look foolish, grasping, and overly insecure.



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