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• n  a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
• n  durable goods for home or office use

• Stamm444 asks: Which modern appliance did you miss the most? The TV? Fridge? sasagirl asks: When you first came back to 2000, what was the first thing you really ran for?.
• Whirlpool last week introduced nationally what it plugs as the first major new home appliance since the clothes dryer hit the market 30 years ago.
• On sale soon: wireless networking devices like Intel's AnyPoint that will help link home PCs and Web appliances.

• contraption
• contrivance
• convenience
• gadget
• gizmo
• gismo
• widget

News & Articles

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• National Appliance Service Selected For "Best Of Marin"
  SAN RAFAEL, Calif., June 12, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Announcing a special recognition appearing in the March,2013 issue of Pacific Sun published by Luxembourg West Inc. National Appliance Service was selected for the following honor: "Best Of Marin"(Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130612/DC30841)A spokesperson from National Appliance Service commented on the recognition ...
  June 12, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! News
• sTec Solid-State Storage Appliance to Be Showcased at SIFMA Tech 2013 Conference in New York City
  SANTA ANA, Calif. -- sTec, Inc. (NASDAQ: STEC), a leading global provider of solid-state storage solutions, today announced it will showcase the recently introduced sTec(R) s3000 solid-state storage appliance ...
  June 12, 2013 - GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance
• Research and Markets: China Household Non-Electrical Appliance Manufacturing Industry, 2013-2017 Forecasts
  Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "China Household Non-Electrical Appliance Manufacturing I
  June 12, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• Jeffrey Immelt in Wall Street Journal
  I would say the appliance process [selling the appliance unit] is still very early on : so much still has to be decided in that area, and whether LG, Haier or Electrolux or others participate, that still remains to be seen,Mr. Immelt said...
• Jim Balsillie in International Herald Tribune
  I think they did a great favor because they drove attention to the converged appliance space,RIM Co-Chief Executive Jim Balsillie said. "IPhone is launching in one carrier in one country. We're in about 100 countries and have 300 carriers....
• John Yarmuth in Louisville Courier-Journal
  By combining GE's dedication to innovation with federal investment from the Recovery Act, more than 800 new jobs have been created for Louisville workers and a new era of American manufacturing is under way at Appliance Park,he said.