Pixel Qi conjuring up black magic technology for 40-hour laptops (4)
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Sure, you can go out and get yourself a laptop right now that'll go 12.5-hours strong, but what if your portable computer could nearly outlast your Aigo A215? While L's mythical quad core lappie came close in theory, Mary Lou Jepsen's (the former CTO at OLPC) startup is hoping to eventually create a machine that can last between 20 and 40-hours between charges. Pixel Qi is being pretty closelipped right now (and understandably so) about ...
Update: Two dead from gunfire in a California Toys ‘R’ Us, as Black Friday continues! (2)
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A woman is restrained at a Toys ‘R’ Us store in Palm Desert, Calif., where two men were killed Friday in a gun fight. Associated Press - November 28, 2008: Authorities say two people have been killed inside a Toys “R” Us store in Southern California. Riverside County sheriff’s Sgt. Dennis Gutierrez says Palm Desert police got a [...]
2,700-year-old marijuana stash found (3)
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Toronto Sun - Saturday, November 29, 2008 OTTAWA – Researchers say they have located the world’s oldest stash of marijuana, in a tomb in a remote part of China. The cache of cannabis is about 2,700 years old and was clearly “cultivated for psychoactive purposes,” rather than as fibre for clothing or as food, says a [...]
Joost gets back on our radar with iPhone app (Harrison Hoffman/The Web Services Report) (4)
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Harrison Hoffman / The Web Services Report: Joost gets back on our radar with iPhone app — Men in Black playing on Joost's new iPhone app. — If ever there was a Web service that experienced a rapid fall from grace, it was online video start-up Joost. What started out as a much anticipated new service ultimately fell short …
The week in hardware: Intel, the EU, Black Friday, and Dell (1)
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Intel VP says netbooks are "fine for an hour" (6)
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Intel's never made a secret of the fact that it developed the now-ubiquitous Atom chipset primarily for mobile devices and low-powered netbooks for at emerging markets, so it's not totally surprising to hear Intel sales VP Stu Pann say the company doesn't see netbooks as potentially cannibalizing sales of its existing processors -- but we are a bit intrigued by his seeming dismissal of netbooks as everyday machines. According to Stu, a netbook with a ...
Retail Sites Crash as Shopping Season Opens (Business Technology) (1)
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Business Technology: Retail Sites Crash as Shopping Season Opens — Several retail Web sites experienced technical problems Friday, the latest reminder of one of the Internet's oldest rules: If you encourage people to visit your Web site, make sure the site can handle the extra traffic.
LINUX ON THE IPHONE (Planetbeing/Linux on the iPhone) (14)
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Planetbeing / Linux on the iPhone: LINUX ON THE IPHONE — Linux on the iPhone! — I'm pleased to announce that the Linux 2.6 kernel has been ported to Apple's iPhone platform, with support for the first and second generation iPhones as well as the first generation iPod touch. This is a rough first draft of the port …
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bookmarc said:
hmm...!
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Nate said:
Not exactly practical, but it is available. That seems to be the purpose of porting Linux or BSD onto new platforms nowadays.
Intel rejects EU deadline, claims abuse of process (1)
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Intel and the EU have gone a few rounds this year in the fight over the company's filing of a response to the EU's statement of objections. Now there's a new twist: not only does the chip giant insist it can't respond without access ot AMD documents, it's asked an EU court to throw the earlier investigation out altogether.Read More...
Hulu for the Holidays (1)
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Every weekday through December 26, we're introducing a new TV show, movie or site feature to Hulu, giving you a place to hang out during the holiday season. Today, we kick off Hulu for the Holidays with Thanksgiving 2008, more than two dozen videos with recipes and tips from your favorite Food Network personalities, including Tyler Florence, Bobby Flay, the Neelys and Paula Deen -- everything you need to know to prepare a scrumptious holiday ...
Now Blockbuster Wants To Sell You A Proprietary Box So It Can Sell You Streamed Movies (5)
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Stop us if you've heard this before: a company wants to sell people a box so they can pay to download movies. Sound familiar? That's because plenty of companies have tried it before -- all with little success. Consumers haven't shown much interest in buying service-specific hardware so they can buy movie downloads from a single provider for a number of reasons: poor selection of movies, the cost of downloads, the cost of the hardware, ...
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Wheego Whips Up A $19K Electric Vehicle (19)
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Want an EV but can't afford a Tesla, can't wait for a Mitsubishi and aren't sharp enough to build your own? The Wheego Whip may be just the ticket.
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I would dig one of these. Can someone start importing them into SA, thanks.
First Hand Accounts Of Terrorist Attacks In India On Twitter, Flickr (Michael Arrington/TechCrunch) (7)
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch: First Hand Accounts Of Terrorist Attacks In India On Twitter, Flickr — Forget CNN, which so far has few details of the ongoing attacks in Mumbai, India that have left at least 80 dead (Update: they're starting to catch up now). People are giving first hand reports of what they're seeing directly on Twitter.
Drugs Reveal Another Possible Cause of Aging (11)
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A drug that targets one aspect of aging appears to also help repair DNA and regulate genes that go haywire as they age. This suggests a new mechanism for aging that could help scientists develop new treatments for diseases of aging such as cancer and Alzheimer's Disease.
Opera Mini Brings the Mobile Browser War to Android (5)
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The latest version of Opera's web browser for mobile phones works with Google's Android operating system, bringing the first alternative browser to the open-source OS for smartphones.
No Court Order Needed to Spy on Americans Overseas, Appeals Court Rules (12)
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The government does not need a judge's approval to wiretap Americans overseas, an appeals court ruled, rejecting the appeal of an American convicted of helping plan the 1998 East Africa embassy bombings. The ruling comes as rights groups challenge the government's warrantless wiretapping program and newly granted powers to set up electronic dragnets inside the United States.
Triple silken pumpkin pie takes the prize (9)
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What is the first thing that most people associate with Thanksgiving? Well, probably turkey, but pumpkin pie comes in a close second. As I am not a fan of the traditional pumpkin pie, I set out on a quest to find a delicious alternative this year. My search led me to a robust cookbook sitting on my kitchen shelves. Sheri Yard's Desserts by the Yard is an amazing compilation of a pastry chef's career spanning ...
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bbebop said:
how about quadruple silken spp?
Google admits to using undocumented API in Google Mobile app (13)
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