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I don't know anything about the monitors, but Computer Geeks has a few touch screen LCDs on sale. 8.4" TFT LCD Touch Screen Monitor (I'm not sure if the pictures and the text match since the text calls it a headrest monitor) My Webpage 15" Planar System Touch Multi-Media LCD Monitor (refurbished)

I put this under hot deals because there is currently a sale on these planes, but I think they are a hot deal even at the normal price ($29.99 [1]). The Aero Ace is a very small electric radio controlled biplane (wing span of about 10 inches - I haven't measured). It's got 2 motors which...

I'm surprised I haven't seen anything here (I tried searching) about this since it's showing up in a lot of other places. Sony has an extremely intrusive DRM scheme on new CDs. They are installing an "interesting" piece of software (and hiding it) on your computer if you want to play the CDs...

Hauppauge has finally released a way to use the secondary A/V inputs on some of the WinTV-PVR cards. I'm not sure when it first came out, but I just noticed it (thanks to www.htpcnews.com). Many of the WinTV-PVR cards have a white header which has composite, s-video, and audio connections...

Don't know anything about this, but it doesn't look too bad. A bit expensive for my budget. Add a processor and hard drive, and you should be all set. Intel Entertainment PC at www.newegg.com

Running into problems where 10 of your favorite shows are all on at the same time? Record 10 different streams at one time: Snapstream Hydra PVR Some of the inputs can be used to stream to networked PCs instead of recording. Got this from the news on www.htpcnews.com.

An article about spyware coming in through the licensing process used by DRM (in things like MediaPlayer): Spyware in DRM licensing "download"

Silverstone has some new cases (geared toward HTPCs). Silverstone lineup

This comes from the web, so who knows if it's true or not. Or, if it's being blown way out of proportion. But, it's interesting just the same. Snow Monsters: Stop the Monster It reminds me of the rumored conflict between Thomas Dolby and Dolby Labs.

I'm debugging a combination of a script and ASP page in HomeSeer and would like to ask HomeSeer users to do me a favor. I'm calling a function in the script from the asp page. I need to find out which versions of HomeSeer will get a return value in the asp page (if any). I've got a script...

This writeup discusses a sensor that can be used as part of another device to monitor the status of an AC power outlet. It uses a photocell to detect light and return a variable resistance. If this is plugged into an outlet, it can be used to monitor power outages (if the rest of the system is...

Saturday afternoon, 2 weeks before Christmas. This turns out to not be a very good time to do the update if you run into problems. I decided it was about time to update my primary PC to SP2. The machine had passed sweeps for adware and viruses. So I went ahead and did the update. Then, of...

I need a new CPU fan for a Socket 478 Pentium 4 (2.8 MHz). Does anybody have any recommendations? It doesn't have to be fancy or particularly quite (although quiet doesn't hur).

Tired of problems with x10? Not sure if z-wave is the right way to go, yet? Others still too expensive? Close to Home - Automation

When I click View New Posts, the key displayed at the bottom of the posts looks funny using Mozilla Firebird (see attached image). It looks ok with IE and Netscape 7. When I go directly to a forum (not View New Posts), it looks ok under Firebird.

BestBuy has the Creative Labs Sound Blaster MP3+ on sale for $30 with a $10 rebate -> final cost $20. It looks like you can get two rebates (buy two devices) per household. Creative Labs MP3+ at www.bestbuy.com This is a box that connects to your USB (1.1) port and has audio inputs and...