Word: screens
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...those platforms have built-in advantages that YouTube lacks. Through Apple, movies can be watched on the computer screen and on devices like Apple TV and the iPhone. Amazon has a healthy customer base already built in, and Netflix has been aggressive about offering its service through third-party devices. Subscribers can select and watch films through certain DVD players and gaming platforms like Microsoft's Xbox. There's no suggestion that YouTube's selection of movies will be watchable on anything but a computer screen, at least in the immediate future...
Doctors who see patients complaining of headaches should screen them for depression as well, says Dr. Robert Marlow, a family-medicine physician in Scottsdale, Ariz., who recently published a paper on the issue in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. Of course, "just because somebody has migraines doesn't mean they are depressed," Marlow notes. But in either case, you're better off getting diagnosed and treated rather than just suffering through the pain...
...hikes. But Naked Retreats' best feature is serenity. Visitors can wander through dewy tea plantations and bamboo forests, or swim in a reservoir to the buzz of cicadas. Accommodations are basic - the wooden floors creak and there's no air-conditioning - but bungalows come with Western-style kitchens, flat-screen TVs and wireless Internet. See nakedretreats.cn...
...first thing you notice about the Nook is that it looks a lot like the Kindle. That's because its major component - that weird black-on-gray, matte screen - is exactly the same as the one in the Kindle. Amazon and Barnes & Noble get them from the same supplier, E Ink. (See nine of the latest e-readers...
...Nook also has a small color touchscreen for navigation, which brightens up the experience, and it's more responsive than the poky main screen. But it's a mixed blessing. The iPhone has trained us to expect high performance from touchscreens, and this is a decidedly pre-iPhone touchscreen. The interface hasn't been thoroughly play-tested either; there are a few rough edges and dead ends...