| Product Review: Venzero LINQ
The LINQ is the eighth multimedia player addition to the line up of Venzero, an innovative worldwide provider of mobile consumer electronics and multimedia lifestyle.
The company obtained a reputation for its daring features and clever designs, which they have been producing since 2005. Through the years, Venzero has developed know-how and expertise in a broad range of multimedia players. Their first player was a low-budget mp3 player with limited options, while current innovations such as digital television and a WIFI receiver should dumbfound Venzero's competition.
WHAT'S IN THE BOX
Venzero LINQ
Manual
USB cable
Stereo earphones
Venzero Multipass for MusicMarker service
Software CD
FEATURES
FM Radio
Built-in microphone
WiFi Receiver for the streaming of online radios and digital music from WMP 11
Five equalizer presets
DESIGN
The exterior of this slim player is made almost entirely of plastic -- including the "chrome" trim, which makes the black-sheened LINQ nearly weightless.
More than a million lose power as storm blows through California ...
Yosemite National Park rangers and sheriff's deputies combed the Sierra foothills and mountain snow camps Friday afternoon searching for a Clovis man and his two children, said Clovis police spokeswoman Janet Stoll-Lee. John Hopper, 64, a volunteer chaplain with the Clovis police, left town Thursday morning with his 15-year-old twins, Matt and Sarah, to "go play in the snow," Stoll-Lee said. The family didn't give any indication of where they were heading, and law enforcers heard they were missing only when Hopper's ex-wife reported they hadn't returned late Thursday, she said. Travelers' flight plans were put on hold when airlines delayed or canceled flights in Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay Area. The state Legislature in Sacramento closed offices and sent employees home early.
Should airport security be allowed to search and seize our digital ...
Let's say, for the sake of argument, that you're not a terrorist. There's no plan to blow up a ballpark on your laptop, no Al-Qaeda cell phone numbers in your Fave Five. You might walk through life convinced that you're immune to a frightening invasion of privacy — after all , you've got nothing to hide. Well, think again, because if part of that journey involves re-entering the U.S., you might learn what a serious invasion of privacy feels like. Did you know that U.S. Customs and Border Protection can force passengers to give up full access to electronic files, even seizing them for indefinite periods? "This is an issue that affects anyone who crosses the border," explains Marcia Hofmann, an attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a group that filed a lawsuit to seek clarification on such seizures.
Griffon reports Q1 loss
The parent of Deerfield Township-based Clopay Corp., on Wednesday reported a loss for the fiscal first quarter on decline in sales attributed to the weakening housing market and winding down communications contracts. For the three months ended Dec. 31, Griffon Corp. reported a net loss of $1.36 million, or 5 cents a share, compared with a profit of $8.5 million, or 27 cents a share, in the same period last year. Revenues fell to $341.4 million from $434 million a year ago. Griffon, under pressure from investors to improve performance, said sales and operating income declined in its garage door, installation services and electronic information and communications units. .
Outside View: The EU is united on Kosovo
When the talks between Serbs and Kosovars broke down in December 2007, the EU began preparing a police-and-justice mission to take up the United Nations' duties in Kosovo as soon as the new government in Pristina declared independence.
True, once Kosovo declared independence, a number of European countries -- Spain, Cyprus and Romania -- were quick to say they would not recognize the new country. But it was always going to be the case that some countries, mainly for domestic reasons, would be reluctant to recognize Kosovo. Spain faces an election in early March. Cyprus cannot -- for existential reasons -- accept Kosovo's secession. True, the United States pushed the EU all the way.
But what matters is whether the EU 27 could agree on a joint statement -- which they did -- and whether the naysayers would block the EU from deploying the EU mission, a de facto recognition of Kosovo's new status.
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