Read more thermostats stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/32708/thermostats.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorFri, 25 May 2012 17:32:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/134950/macbook-air-windows-phone-7-top-2011-gadgets-farhad-manjoo.htmlMatt Cantor<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=856449&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20111211203904' border='0' />Apple may top Slate's gadgets of the year , but don't look for an iPad 2 on its list. No, the best gadget of 2011 was the new-generation MacBook Air, writes Farhad Manjoo. It's small but doesn't "feel compromised in any way," he says, calling it "the best laptop I've ever...The Apple logo sign on the San Francisco Apple store is turned off in memory of Steve Jobs on October 6, 2011 in San Francisco, Calif.http://www.newser.com/story/134950/macbook-air-windows-phone-7-top-2011-gadgets-farhad-manjoo.htmlSun, 11 Dec 2011 12:10:05 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/32500/admit-it-carter-was-100-right.htmlJonas Oransky<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=119930&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401010302' border='0' />“Misunderstood, mocked and maligned” though he was, Jimmy Carter was exactly right about our energy problems and their solutions, Joseph Wheelan writes in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution . Way back in 1979, "Carter outlined a program for achieving energy independence." In 2008, "It turns out that Carter was right after all."In this July 31, 2001 file photo, former President Jimmy Carter is seen in a Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. http://www.newser.com/story/32500/admit-it-carter-was-100-right.htmlTue, 15 Jul 2008 16:41:44 CDT