Top Ten Off Switches Special: TM 331 Short Version
Tech's Message17 Nov 2024

Top Ten Off Switches Special: TM 331 Short Version

This week is a special episode in which we revisit Ian's 2007 CNET feature, Top Ten Off Switches. Do the selections stand up to modern scrutiny? And how have off switches evolved in a world of Wi-Fi, virtual assistants and touchscreens?

SOURCES:

Top ten off switches (live)

https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/top-ten-off-switches/

Top ten off switches (archived, with pictures)

https://web.archive.org/web/20071114120435/http://crave.cnet.co.uk/0,39029477,49293357-1,00.htm

The Slashdot post about the feature

https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/07/11/12/1429244/the-top-ten-off-switches

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