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Tech’No: iPhone 4 Fails Consumer Reports Testing

Contributed by Rick DeVan on July 12, 2010 at 5:25 pm ET

Resource: Lab tests: Why Consumer Reports can’t recommend the iPhone 4

Our findings call into question the recent claim by Apple that the iPhone 4’s signal-strength issues were largely an optical illusion caused by faulty software that “mistakenly displays 2 more bars than it should for a given signal strength.”

If you want an iPhone that works well without a masking-tape fix, we continue to recommend an older model, the 3G S.

One step forward…

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Future: In the Year 2020…

Contributed by Rick DeVan on July 11, 2010 at 7:00 am ET

Resource: The Internet in 2020 — Predictions We Can Count On

I generally don’t like predictions, although I think it is important to look at trends. As usual with anything to do with the Internet, some of the numbers are so big that they are incomprehensible (and therefore useless) to the common user.

Just a few comments. We use way too much electricity, probably without even thinking about it. I chart the gas mileage of my vehicle and make sure it is tuned-up and the tires are properly inflated. I turn off lights when not in use. I don’t let the water run unnecessarily. I rarely think of the amount of electricity used in preparing, uploading, and reading this blog. I create websites that are as fast as possible with a minimal amount of coding, but that is mainly for usability, not conservation. Green electricity or not, it is still a resource.

My other comment is, please, can we stop using the word “hackers”? Call them what they really are: “terrorists”. The experts say the risk of a cyber attack on the electric grid is real. Very real. (Resource: NERC – High-Impact, Low-Frequency
Event Risk to the North American Bulk Power System.

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