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05 Oct 2010 11:03

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Biz: Sun Chips ditches their eco-friendly (but noisy) chip bags

  • Why this bag was awesome It was completely, utterly biodegradable, which meant that if you threw it in compost, in six weeks, it was freaking gone. Yay, environment! WHHOOOOOO.

    Why this bag kind of sucked Basically, it was really, really, loud. Loud enough that people complained about how loud it was on Facebook and YouTube. With good reason – its decibel count was easily 20 above a normal chip bag.

    How Sun Chips reacted After months of using these bags to much complaining from snackers who prefer quiet to compost, they’ve chosen to ditch the bags until they find something quieter. And not a moment too soon, right?

    The lesson to take from this People love to save the environment until it inconveniences them. Then they start complaining really loudly. Save the world! But not in my back yard. source

02 Feb 2010 08:37

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Tech: Apple’s A4 chip: Perhaps the iPad’s most surprising aspect

The secret sauce in Apple’s iPad is a new chip. Critics claim the main novelty isn’t the chip’s speed, but the fact that Apple designed it themselves. source

17 Aug 2009 11:09

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Tech: The future of silicon chips: DNA. We’re scared.

Now that research has proven that chips made out of silicon can be made smaller and faster, how long until the chips get a mind of their own? source

13 May 2009 08:38

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Tech, World: The European Union gives Intel a good reason to cry

  • $1.45 billion record fine for breaking antitrust laws source