Gadgets: Dorm-Room Computers 101

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Fiber To The Dorm Room

Fiber To The Dorm Room 06/02/2004 08:47 AM

Laptops, tech toys drive rise in dorm
room thievery

Laptops, tech toys drive rise in dorm
room thievery 09/13/2004 06:49 AM
USA Today Sep 13 2004 10:48AM GMT

Hotel Room Gadgets Confuse The Best Of
Us

Hotel Room Gadgets Confuse The Best Of
Us 11/18/2003 04:46 AM
While hotels are constantly looking to add funky new technologies to their rooms, it appears that they're facing some backlash from travelers who are pissed off that the technology is impossible to use. If you're using a TV, you basically want to be able to turn it on, change the channels and change the volume via a remote control. You don't want 50 different buttons with tiny, incomprehensible text. Add to that the "special" video check outs and pay-per-view system and people find themselves accidentally ordering movies and checking out in the middle of their stay. Meanwhile, others are having problems understanding hotel alarm clocks, minibars and safes. For a while, hotels were promoting "smart rooms" that would turn on the light and the radio as you opened the door. Unfortunately, when most people enter a room and the lights and radio come on, they get scared because they think someone else is in there. All of these ideas probably sounded nice on paper, but no one seems to think through the real world use case. Gadgets in hotel rooms need to be very simple and straightforward, since people are only going to use them a few times. They don't want a learning curve - they just want things to be intuitive.

A look at some computers and gadgets
that might help students in their
studies in the coming school year. By M

A look at some computers and gadgets
that might help students in their
studies in the coming school year. By M 08/23/2004 10:57 AM
Newsweek Aug 23 2004 3:39PM GMT

Bobst Boy get dorm

Bobst Boy get dorm 04/26/2004 11:16 PM
Bobst Boy gets evicted. Sort of. Steve Stanzak is an NYU sophomore who supplemented his living expenses by living in the Bosbt Library. Stanzak has been blogging about this, and after his weblogging was discovered by NYU administrators, he was given housing for the remainder of the year.

Checking In On The Dorm For Dreamers

Checking In On The Dorm For Dreamers 12/03/2003 11:06 AM
Last year we had a post about the special dorm for entrepreneurs at the University of Maryland. It's a dorm for students who want to start businesses. The dorm is set up to make it easier for students to run their own businesses, with full wireless connectivity, professional looking conference rooms, offices, white boards, and lots of typical office amenities. They also bring in speakers and have sessions on some of the more important aspects of starting and running your own business. Finally, they encourage students to go off and build the business of their dreams. The Boston Globe now has an article looking at how the program is doing, and it sounds like it's doing great. Lots of companies have been started, and the students seem to love the experience they're getting. They especially seem to enjoy the fact that they get to be around other like-minded students who they can share stories with and learn from. It sounds like there are even more companies this year than last year, and quite a few are making money. Whether or not any of these companies turns into a sustainable business is less important than the experience the students are getting. It will be interesting to see if other universities follow suit.

Setting Up the Dorm Remotely

Setting Up the Dorm Remotely 08/18/2004 05:00 AM
The daunting prospect of hauling living supplies from home to the dormitory has many college students turning to online services to make sure they arrive to a fully appointed dorm room. By Rachel Metz.

College Students Download in Dorm Rooms
(AP)

College Students Download in Dorm Rooms
(AP) 04/02/2005 01:30 PM
AP - College junior Kyle Taylor is downloading hundreds of songs by No Doubt, Bruce Springsteen and others onto the Compaq laptop in his cramped dormitory room. With a few more clicks of his mouse, Taylor is watching commercial-free "Seinfeld" episodes on his computer. In just minutes, he then downloads the entire movie "A League of Their Own." The 20-year-old is not breaking any laws. Nor is he at risk of expensive lawsuits by the entertainment industry over copyright violations.

College Students Download in Dorm Rooms

College Students Download in Dorm Rooms 04/02/2005 06:33 PM
Red Nova Apr 2 2005 10:42PM GMT

Students Punished for Dorm Stripper Pole
(AP)

Students Punished for Dorm Stripper Pole
(AP) 09/23/2004 04:06 PM
AP - Three students at Jacksonville University have been punished for installing a stripper pole in an on-campus apartment and taking pictures as clothed female students performed on it at a party.

New file-sharing application: dorm-based
cable TV at MIT

New file-sharing application: dorm-based
cable TV at MIT 10/30/2003 01:42 AM

Students at MIT are experimenting with a file-sharing system using cable television to play music . So far
this mechanism, relying on the system's analogue rather than digital
nature, could work under copyright laws.

College Kids Draining Dorm Electricity
Grids

College Kids Draining Dorm Electricity
Grids 11/17/2003 04:17 AM
College kids are showing up at school with an increasing number of gadgets and electronics - and they all need power. Universities are discovering that they need to upgrade their electrical systems to provide more power and more outlets per room - and even then they're finding it's sometimes not enough. One study found that an average freshman arrived with 18 electrical gadgets. One director of residences claims that dorm rooms these days look like mini electronics stores. Of course, I don't think this sort of thing is limited to dorm rooms. I'm sure plenty of home users are discovering that they're draining more electricity and using up more outlets than ever before.

MITCH ALBOM: Longing for another slice
of dorm pizza

MITCH ALBOM: Longing for another slice
of dorm pizza 04/09/2005 05:16 AM
column in question .. Mitch Albom, .. Column

freep.com/sports/albom/mitch3e_20050403.htm
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the head of the ATF (the Bureau of
Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms) is going
to head upthe RIAA's dorm-busting music
piracy round-up

the head of the ATF (the Bureau of
Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms) is going
to head upthe RIAA's dorm-busting music
piracy round-up 12/11/2003 05:05 AM
lead the recording industry's efforts .. ATF Now Enforces

foxnews.com/story/0,2933,105282,00.html
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Game Room: Welcome to the Game Room
Webl0g!

Game Room: Welcome to the Game Room
Webl0g! 03/31/2005 02:40 PM
Welcome to the Game Room Weblog, the place to read the latest game reviews, tips and analysis.

Gadgets

Gadgets 01/05/2004 08:36 AM
SiliconValley.com Jan 5 2004 6:45AM ET

20 fun little gadgets....

20 fun little gadgets.... 12/08/2003 09:44 PM
Tec hTV's Top 20 Gifts for this Christmas. (via sdw)

In with new gadgets, out with old -- but
where?

In with new gadgets, out with old -- but
where? 12/25/2003 08:06 AM
San Jose Mercury News Dec 25 2003 7:45AM ET

Gadgets...

Gadgets... 12/17/2002 03:47 PM
Btw the apple screen actually oem'd fr sony is available directly. Called the sdm v72w and is $1k list. Other gadgets from a scan of pc world... Sony dru-500a. Pretty uch the universal dvd writer. Now at $250 so prices are dropping fast. Sony vaio pcg-srx99. 2.8lb notebook with built in dvd and ...

Gag gadgets galore

Gag gadgets galore 04/01/2005 02:46 PM
Blog: It's April Fools' Day, and the gadget weenies are having a ball. Among our favorite faux product announcements today: ...

Music from old gadgets

Music from old gadgets 06/19/2004 09:02 AM
Chicago Tribune Jun 19 2004 12:15PM GMT

Solar Gadgets

Solar Gadgets 06/06/2004 12:48 PM

Wired News has a short regurgitation from Reuters about the increasing number of gadget users who are turning to solar power to keep them mobile. It's not perfect, of course -- cloudy days can still easily double the recharge time of batteries -- but as the efficiency of solar cells improve, we may well see increased ubiquity of solar power for all our devices, especially as flexible, wearable panels become available.
Read [Wired]

gadgets of the future

gadgets of the future 02/10/2004 01:27 PM
explore the future [note: flash]

Five Custom Gadgets You Can't Buy

Five Custom Gadgets You Can't Buy 12/26/2004 10:54 AM

Gateway's new gadgets

Gateway's new gadgets 11/12/2003 04:31 PM
Besides that new 20GB MP3 player, Gateway also introduced a few other new gadgets yesterday, including two new digital cameras, a couple of new laptops, a new Tablet PC with a 14.1-inch screen, and some powerline networking gear. Read...

Do You Need A Spare For Your Gadgets?

Do You Need A Spare For Your Gadgets? 03/29/2005 06:58 AM
Stories about how people live via their mobile phones (without backing the data up) and would face serious consequences for losing them are nothing new. While this USA Today piece covers much of the same ground, it includes the story of one guy who actually carries around spare gadgets for the situations in which he loses his gadgets. Having had a laptop hard-drive die three days into a 10-day business trip last year, the idea of toting around a spare laptop whenever I travel sometimes seems appealing (though, I've resisted). Still, will we reach a stage where our gadget bags will need to double in size, just in case our gadgets get lost, stolen or broken? Then again, as the end of the article points out, sometimes letting go of these gadgets can be quite a relief. It's likely that plent y of others would agree.

Dumb Gadgets

Dumb Gadgets 07/01/2004 11:55 PM
G4 Tech TV Jul 2 2004 4:25AM GMT

The most and least loved gadgets

The most and least loved gadgets 12/05/2003 01:53 PM
CNET has put together a reader poll of the least loved and most loved gadgets of all-time. Topping the list of the most loved gadgets: Voodoo's appropriately named Envy M460 laptop (though the conspicuous absence from the top 5 of a single Apple product must be duly noted). And what forlorn gadget tops the list of the least loved, you might wonder? Why Nokia's N-Gage gamephone, of course. Read [Thanks, Ethan]...

We bl0g gadgets!

We bl0g gadgets! 03/13/2003 10:25 AM
A nifty little site featuring the latest in techno-lust. In the world of fine found linkage, I'm much more of a consumer than a producer... but occasionally I come across some tasty little morsel. Let the coveting begin. [via A Beat Experience]

My year in gadgets

My year in gadgets 12/25/2003 08:06 AM
San Jose Mercury News Dec 25 2003 7:45AM ET

The gadgets of our lives

The gadgets of our lives 05/02/2004 04:31 AM
Los Angeles Times May 2 2004 8:57AM GMT

2013: What Gadgets Will Look Like

2013: What Gadgets Will Look Like 03/15/2003 06:03 AM
In 10 years of technolust, Wired magazine editors have found plenty of gear that gets their pulse racing. But they always want more. Here's a wish list for 2013. By Sonia Zjawinski from Wired magazine.

Gadgets galore

Gadgets galore 04/21/2004 07:57 PM
Just a quick linkdump. Feel free to suggest good gadget sites I should visit. Gizmodo - probably one of the best known gadget sites around...

Sex, Ukeleles, Gadgets...and more!

Sex, Ukeleles, Gadgets...and more! 12/25/2003 11:36 AM
Have a merry, sex and gadget filled hyper-commercialized Japanese Christmas. "Well it all started when a Spanish Jesuit missionary named St. Francis Xavier brought Christmas to Japan in 1549...." The Jesuit bid to Christianize Japan was a flop though, and now - while Jews in the West, for example, tend to go out for Chinese food on Christmas Eve, the Japanese had little connection to the Christian version - so they invented their own! Syncretistic Japan pulls in random elements of Western "Christmas" and recombines in pleasing new ways! ( shocking only to Christians ). Santa Claus on the Cross and more!

A proper Christmas in Japan - for singles - involves a hot date and visit to a "Love Hotel" where "you might be directed by scantily-clad female elves to rooms complete with Christmas trees and life-size reindeer watching the proceedings with interest." and "Grop e Free Commutes", for Japanese women tired of having their asses grabbed on the subway by drunk salarymen returning from "Forget the Year" parties. This fine blog chronicles it all: " the Dolphin-and-fish-surrounded Christmas tree", Ukelele Christmas parties - "I wandered into a score of middle aged Japanese ladies wearing Hawaiian shirts and plastic lays, tuning up their ukuleles" and more. And don't forget to buy some cool new gadgets. "...a tiny robot helicopter weighing less than 9 grams... "

AVMA Pet Gadgets

AVMA Pet Gadgets 08/08/2004 05:22 PM

Slate takes a break from telling people to use Firefox and Christopher Bitchens rants (oh man, BURNED YOU GOOD! I gotta get a snack now) to take an entertaining romp through the annual meeting of the American Veterinary Medical Association, chock full of interesting pet gadgetry, including stops by booths selling dog and cat pheromones (and soon, human ones!), poop-grabbing Mutt Mitts, and Soft-E-Collars to replace those awful cardboard cones that convalescing dogs must wear.

And speaking of softies, I think I almost have been convinced to hire on a pug by the girlfriend. Expect the review gadgets to come back a little chewier, manufacturers.

Read - The Pet Entrepreneurs [Slate]

Related
The ISeePet [Gizmodo]

Go MacGyver on your gadgets

Go MacGyver on your gadgets 07/15/2004 08:17 PM
ZDNet Jul 16 2004 0:06AM GMT

Simplicity Not Standard for New Gadgets

Simplicity Not Standard for New Gadgets 01/25/2004 03:05 PM
AP via Los Angeles Times Jan 25 2004 6:09PM GMT

Multimedia gadgets get personal

Multimedia gadgets get personal 01/12/2004 01:49 AM
Boston Globe Jan 12 2004 1:04AM ET

Gadgets galore get shown off

Gadgets galore get shown off 01/05/2005 09:00 AM
The BBC News website takes a look at some of the hottest gadgets at the CES fair.
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