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In: Appliance
15 May 2008 General Electric Co. is looking for buyers for its 101-year old appliances division. Perhaps best known for its refrigerators and washers/dryers, GE’s move is widely heralded as analysts believe the low-margin and low-growth market has too much foreign competition.
Analysts expect the appliances division to be worth close to $6.5 billion.
[Read full news from MSNBC]
In: Appliance
20 Mar 2008I welcome all robots that will simplify life’s mundane tasks such as building cars, construction, farming and commuting. But until robots gain a level of intelligence that could wipe out the human race, I will settle for a robotic vacuum… Samsung is no stranger to robot vacuum manufacturing and the latest model Hauzen VC-RE70V is [...]
In: Appliance
4 Sep 2007Well it looks like I made the right choice when I decided to buy Tassimo over other single-serving coffee machine… Starbucks announced that it will bring its 4 popular blends to the Tassimo machine starting December this year. Starbucks coffee to be featured are: House blend, Breakfast blend, Caffe Verona and Africa Kimatu. First 3 [...]
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21 Aug 2007Mini-kegs are great for home use but all that pumping prevents you from enjoying your beer… and they aren’t exactly refrigerator friendly. Hammacher Schlemmer, the purveyor of many somewhat useless gadgets, released the aptly named The Countertop Beer Cooler and Tap. It can not only serve your beer but chill it as well with adjustable [...]
In: Appliance
11 Aug 2007Every party, the host or hostess usually mans the duty of dispensing alcohol: it is valuable time that should be spent socializing with guests. With Virtual Bartender from Digital Beverages, you can be freed from mixing and dispensing drinks to your guests.
The system is simple enough: alcohol and beverages are connected to the control unit, [...]
In: Appliance
13 Jun 2007Now that we had the Atmosphere air purifier for 2 weeks, I can definitely notice an improvement in the air quality. Like almost every home, this place does have centralized filter system but it has limits on what it can do. Especially concerning allergens and odor… Atmosphere is a perfect companion to a centralized system [...]
In: Appliance
30 May 2007We finally went ahead and ordered the Atmosphere air purifier (thanks to 6 months no-interest financing!). Originally I’ve been a huge fan of the Sharper Image Ionic Breeze machines but after doing a little bit of comparison, I’ve decided against it. Mainly, Ionic Breeze doesn’t clean air properly as it reduces up to 43% of [...]
In: Appliance
15 May 2007It’s getting increasingly harder and harder to avoid bottled water with extras in it (such as flavors, vitamins, minerals, ions…) and now your purified tap water is about to get the same treatment – no pun intended. PUR is introducing its line of PUR Flavor Options for both tap mounted system and pitchers allowing you [...]