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Afternoon News: Broadband Gridlock, Palm's Black Friday, and Cheap HDTV

• Broadband gridlock caused by increased bandwith demand could force us to return to dialup by 2010. In other "news", the sky is falling and 9/11 was an inside job. [BBC]
• Palm TX for $199 ($100 off) and Tungsten E2 for $149 ($50 off) from now until 11/26. [Crave]
• Insignia 26" 720p Widescreen Flat-Panel LCD HDTV on sale at BestBuy.com for $380, a savings of $170, until tomorrow. It's a solid deal, but you should see how excited Doug Aamoth is about it. [Best Buy via CrunchGear]

7:00 PM on Tue Nov 20 2007
By Benny Goldman
2,115 views, 4 comments

Latest by firesign: slow news day in the uk it would seem. besides, everybody knows wearing a foil hat increases your bandwidth. more »

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Pear Cable Chickens Out of $1,000,000 Challenge, We Search For Answers

When we first criticized the $7,250 Pear Anjou speaker cables, little did we know it would stir up such a hornet's nest of controversy. James Randi, former magician and professional debunker, responded to our post by offering $1 million from his James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF) to anyone who could scientifically prove in double-blind testing that those exotic cables sound any better than run-of-the-mill Monster cables. Next, Pear Cable CEO Adam Blake stepped up, calling Randi's offer a hoax. Later, he announced that audiophile journalist Michael Fremer, senior contributing editor of Stereophile Magazine, was willing to undergo the double-blind testing in an attempt to prove there is difference between Pear Anjou cables and those Monster cables that cost about $7,100 less. Then, things got complicated. We interviewed James Randi, Michael Fremer and Pear CEO Adam Blake, trying to understand why this test may not even take place at all. More »

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6:40 AM on Fri Oct 26 2007
By Charlie White
51,797 views, 109 comments

Latest by N/A: This is a perfect example why Consumer Reports does not accept donations or loaners for products they review. That way, more »

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UPDATED: Journalist Accepts $1 Million Challenge: Do $7250 Cables Sound Better or Not?

Pear Cable, makers of the $7250 audio cables we showed you a couple of weeks ago, has accepted debunker James Randi's (pictured at left) challenge, where the former magician's JREF (James Randi Educational Foundation) promised $1 million if anyone could prove the difference between Pear cables and their Monster Cable equivalent. Today we received an answer to that challenge from Pear Audio CEO Adam Blake (pictured above right, the guy who called Randi's challenge a hoax), saying the double-blind tester will be Michael Fremer, a Stereophile Magazine writer whose work also appears on musicangle.com. More »

6:10 PM on Mon Oct 15 2007
By Charlie White
113,166 views, 137 comments

Latest by N/A: I think its classic that anyone would fall for such insanity. it makes me wonder if people research anything at more »

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James Randi Offers $1 Million If Audiophiles Can Prove $7250 Speaker Cables Are Better

Our rant about those $7,250 Pear Anjou speaker cables found its way to the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF), and Randi offered $1 million to anyone who can prove those cables are any better than ordinary (and also overpriced) Monster Cables. Pointing out the absurd review by audiophile Dave Clark, who called the cables "danceable," Randi called it "hilarious and preposterous." He added that if the cables could do what their makers claimed, "they would be paranormal." More »

11:22 AM on Mon Oct 1 2007
By Charlie White
167,147 views, 89 comments

Latest by N/A: @weatherman: It's not about cables. It's not about science. It's not even about sound. It's about FRAUD, and more »