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crunchgear.com - 12/12/2008

G.E. announces CFL bulb in new incandescent shape

— crunchgear.com — Image credit: Vox_efx from flickr G.E. today announced “a new covered GE Energy Smart® compact fluorescent light... (CFL) bulb featuring the GE Spiral® CFL inside the glass bulb.” That’s right: it’s a CFL coil hidden ... (more) G.E. announces CFL bulb in new incandescent shape

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CrunchGear — Image credit: Vox_efx from flickr G.E. today announced “a new covered GE Energy Smart® compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulb featuring the GE Spiral® CFL inside the glass bulb.” That’s right: it’s a CFL coil hidden discretely inside of a normal incandescent shaped bulb.  According to Kathy Sterio, general manager of consumer marketing, GE Consumer & Industrial: Some people just want an incandescent bulb profile so they can easily use it with clip-on lampshades or smaller table lamps. Other people may see it as more aesthetically pleasing than GE ...