Mitsubishi LaserVue L65-A90: First Tech Review of LASER HDTV-HD GURU Exclusive – “Laser illuminated HDTV has arrived, in the form of a 10” deep 65” display. It represents Mitsubishi’s effort to capture the top rung of home theater enthusiasts. For $7000 retail price, the L65-A90’s will treat you to a level of performance that exceeds any display I have tested to date in terms color gamut, brightness and low power consumption. In addition, its black levels were as deep as the darkest display previously reviewed. Complimenting the TV’s black level is its ability to resolve dark detail and not bury it (into black) as some other displays do…”

Video technology creates a few very-public lives – “Kevin Lim was positively draped in technology as he walked into a crowded Amherst tavern on a recent Saturday…”

HDMI versus Component Video –Which is Better? – “As HDMI cable connections become more and more widely used, we are often asked: which is better, HDMI or component video? The answer, as it happens, is not cut-and-dried…”

$1B Per Year Wasted by PS3s and XBoxes – “Chances are you live in one of the 40 per cent of American households that owns at least one video game console. The Wii, XBox 360and Playstation3 all consume vastly different amounts of power but, all together, gaming consoles eat up enough energy to power the city of San Diego. We’ve got nothing against gaming, of course, but we think, maybe, we could do it a bit more efficiently…”

How Small Can Computers Get? Computing In A Molecule – “Over the last 60 years, ever-smaller generations of transistors have driven exponential growth in computing power. Could molecules, each turned into miniscule computer components, trigger even greater growth in computing over the next 60?”

What the “netbook” craze tells us about the future of laptops – “There isn’t much mystery to why a little-marketed computer known as the Eee PC has lately seized the top spot on Amazon’s laptop best-seller list. The machine, a three-pound ugly duckling made by the Taiwanese company Asus, has a 10-inch screen, a nearly full-size keyboard, and offers what almost everyone wants in a portable computer: It’s tiny and, at $390, very cheap…”

Why She Cuts – “One woman’s fight against the compulsion to injure herself, and why medical experts disagree about how to diagnose those who cut, or in extreme cases, embed objects under their skin…”

First 3G Wrist Phone by LG – “There was time when we used to watch flying cars and wrist watch mobiles in the movies, but now its time when we can actually get our hands on one such kind of a gadget…”

China finds “largest dinosaur fossil site” in world – “Scientists in China say they have discovered the world’s largest dinosaur fossil site in the eastern province of Shandong, state media reported on Tuesday…”

Stanford researchers prove you can spend 20% less on gifts for the same result – “Bad news: When your sister, mother or lover said “You really shouldn’t have” when you gave them that expensive gift, they meant it. You should have shopped smarter and saved your money instead…”

Once World’s Smoggiest, Mexico City Cuts Pollution: How do they do it? – “The air in crowded Mexico City killed birds in mid-flight not so long ago. Then ozone levels surpassed the safe zone 97% of the year. Kids once used brown crayons to draw the sky, reports Theresa Bradley (AP), in a city the U.N. named “the world’s most polluted” in 1992…”

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