Ken C. Pohlmann

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The Connected Home
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Jun 17, 2004

Source of boxed information: all Parks Associates except "Speed Demons," Yankee Group Oddly enough, when I was growing up two of my favorite cartoon shows held diametrically opposite views of technology in our lives. The Flintstones promoted the simple life.

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The Connected House: iPod Comes Home
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Jun 17, 2005
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The Curious Case of "TV Man"
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Apr 03, 2023
Here are the facts, which are not in dispute. Furthermore, I am not making this up. In a suburb of Richmond, Virginia, a man wearing a television on his head was leaving televisions on front porches.

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The Dark Side of the Disc
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Dec 05, 2005

When the Compact Disc was introduced 22 years ago, it rocked everyone's world. Like any seismic change, it fostered its share of controversy and anger and even some name-calling. As a devout young digerati, I waited patiently for all the conspiracy theories to die away. I'm still waiting.

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The Dark Side of the Tune
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Jul 03, 2006

Did you hear that just now...? No, you didn't. You were talking on your cellphone, probably while listening to your iPod. This morning I saw a guy talking on his cellphone, listening to his iPod, and eating a cheeseburger - all at once. I just prayed that he wasn't going to get behind the wheel. But I digress.

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The Dimming Future of AMOLED
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Dec 18, 2012

It is the job of engineers to push the envelope and design the products of the future, not the products of today. When the first Compact Disc players were on the drawing board, 780-nm lasers were extremely expensive, but engineers anticipated that low-cost versions would soon become available. They bet right: cheap laser modules were perfected just before the CD format’s launch.

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The Dirt Nap
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Aug 12, 2014
You probably read about it in the news. Some filmmakers were making a documentary on the history of Atari, and they became intrigued by an urban legend of lost video games. To solve the mystery, they brought in heavy equipment and dug into a concrete-covered grave.
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The DVD Variety Show
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Sep 09, 2002
Photos by Tony Cordoza

Jump ahead: Features Checklist In the Lab

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The End of Another Era?
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Mar 20, 2023
The year is 1964. Under a starry night sky, you are cruising down Route 66 in a new Mustang, listening to St Louis Cardinal baseball on KMOX-AM, the immortal Bob Gibson on the mound, throwing against the Cubs.

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The End of the iPod
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  May 23, 2022
One minute you are the Shiny Object that everyone is clamoring for. Then the next minute you are Yesterday's News, thrown onto the trash heap of history, in favor of the next Shiny Object. Alas, the iPod.

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