Author Nick Hornby not feeling the fever pitch over e-books
Source: Engadget,
added 1 hour 39 minutes ago
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Handhelds
This won't come as a massive surprise to most, but author Nick Hornby isn't so into e-books. After walking into a British Borders book store to find the 399 ($790) Iliad for sale next to some 4 paperbacks, he p...
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Meet The Man Who Faked Heart Attacks To Escape Dinner Bills And Cab Fares [Bad Consumer]
Source: Consumerist,
added 1 hour 40 minutes ago
Police arrested Robert Farnham for "habitual criminality" and "fraud on a restaurant" after his doctor reported him for faking heart attacks to avoid paying bills. The Wisconsin resident, who has...
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KDE 4.1 Beta 2 – Two Steps Forward, One Step Back?
Source: Slashdot,
added 2 hours 39 minutes ago
jammag writes "Linux pundit Bruce Byfield takes a look at the latest KDE beta and finds it wanting: 'Very likely, KDE users will have to wait for another release or two beyond 4.1 before the new version of KDE matches the features of earlier ones, es...
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U.S. Travelers Lose 12,000 Laptops Every Week [Public Service Announcement]
Source: Gizmodo,
added 2 hours 40 minutes ago
All you travelers coming home tomorrow from your wild and crazy Independence Day weekend vacations, don't be one of 12,000 people who lose their laptops at airports every week. That's right, that...
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Bold Colombia Rescue Built on Rebels’ Disarray
Source: The New York Times,
added 2 hours 40 minutes ago
The Colombian military duped FARC guerrillas in a raid that freed 15 hostages, an action that some analysts suggested might help push the rebels to negotiate for peace.
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Obama Strives to Retain Some Flexibility on His Iraq Policy
Source: The New York Times,
added 2 hours 40 minutes ago
Senator Barack Obama said Thursday that he might “refine” his plans for a phased withdrawal from Iraq, but later added that he was committed to withdrawing troops within 16 months of taking office.
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Google trying to take privacy seriously - ZDNet
Source: Google,
added 3 hours 39 minutes ago
ComputerworldGoogle trying to take privacy seriouslyZDNet- 1 hour agoThis week was a very interesting week as far as Google and privacy goes. First, a burglary (the same on that affected CNET earlier last month) was confirmed to have affected all G...
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OS X-installing EFiX device gets a price, release date
Source: Engadget,
added 3 hours 39 minutes ago
Filed under: Desktops, LaptopsThe folks at EFiX don't exactly have the best record of sticking to promised release dates, but the company's CEO and lead engineer, Wilhelm von Vnukov, now tells us that the V2 edition of the OSX-installing device for d...
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ASUS intros DVB-T My Cinema-PE6300 PCIe TV tuner
Source: Engadget HD,
added 3 hours 39 minutes ago
Filed under: Tuners, OTA
You're going to have to sit this one out, Americans -- unless you own a vacation cottage in Europe, that is. ASUS' latest PCIe TV tuner is aimed squarely at those in DVB-T territories, as the My Cinema-PE6300 hybrid card tune...
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Batpod Makes Its Way to the British Formula One Grand Prix [Batman]
Source: Gizmodo,
added 3 hours 39 minutes ago
One of the coolest things about the Batpod from the upcoming Dark Knight movie is the fact that it actually works. Previously seen being straddled by Meredith Viera on The Today Show, the decked out...
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Don't Maintain A Negative Balance With Sprint Or They Will Disconnect Your Service [Sprint]
Source: Consumerist,
added 4 hours 39 minutes ago
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Twist Chair Will Corkscrew Giant Holes into Your Lawn [Furniture]
Source: Gizmodo,
added 4 hours 39 minutes ago
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Can CO2 Worries and Rising Oil Costs Make Airships Popular Again? [Zeppelin]
Source: Gizmodo,
added 4 hours 39 minutes ago
With soaring fuel costs and greenhouse gas concerns, zeppelins might get their second chance to be a relevant mode of transportation. According to the New York Times, several countries are now...
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Interview: Collecting Every Nintendo Game & Watch Ever [Nintendo]
Source: Gizmodo,
added 4 hours 39 minutes ago
Before there was the Game Boy, there was Game & Watch. DS Fanboy has a sitdown with two dudes who scoured the world to collect every Game & Watch handheld ever produced: 60 in all, each one a unique...
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As Web Traffic Grows, Crashes Take Bigger Toll - New York Times
Source: Google,
added 6 hours 39 minutes ago
dBTechnoAs Web Traffic Grows, Crashes Take Bigger TollNew York Times- 1 hour agoBy BRAD STONE SAN FRANCISCO - Alex Payne, a 24-year-old Internet engineer here, has devised a way to answer a commonly asked question of the digital age: Is my favorite ...
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Next Vista Media Center leaked -- no DirecTV HD till 2010?
Source: Engadget,
added 6 hours 39 minutes ago
Filed under: HDTV, Media PCs
Engadget HD has gotten the latest on the highly anticipated update for Vista Media Center and it doesn't look good. The first release candidate made it into testers hands recently and they weren't happy to see that the mo...
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No DirecTV HD for Vista Media Center until 2010?
Source: Engadget HD,
added 6 hours 39 minutes ago
Filed under: Media PCs
It has been three months since we received leaked confirmation that the yet to be officially announced DirecTV HD tuner for Vista Media Center (VMC) was part of an upcoming update code named Fiji (expected in October). The fact...
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ST-2 Indoor Shooting Simulator Is Duck Hunt on Steroids [Shooting Simulator]
Source: Gizmodo,
added 6 hours 39 minutes ago
For the ultimate game of Duck Hunt, Marksman Training Systems is offering the ST-2 shooting simulator—the first on the market for shotgun and rifle shooting. Co-developed by the British Association...
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Sony Gets Serious With Another Next-Gen Display Tech: FED, Like CRT But Really Thin [Sony]
Source: Gizmodo,
added 6 hours 39 minutes ago
Sony is probably OLED's most vocal prophet as the TV of the future. But according to Nikkei, they're hedging their bets and getting more serious with another next-gen display tech: field emission...
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Duct tape server II gets proudly introduced
Source: Engadget,
added 7 hours 39 minutes ago
Filed under: Desktops
Don't deny it -- you totally blew the original Duct Tape Server off as some one-off project created after a hard night of truth or dare, but the DTS team is out to prove that this here is no fad. Just this week the DTS II (that'...
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In Japan, a 900 Gigabyte Upload Cap, Downloads Uncapped
Source: Slashdot,
added 7 hours 39 minutes ago
Raindeer writes "While the Broadband Bandits of the US are contemplating bandwidth caps between 5 gigabyte and 40 gigabyte per month, the largest telco in Japan has gone ahead and laid down some heavy caps for Japan's broadband addicts. From now on, ...
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TWC brings a dozen HD channels to Kansas City, has SDV to thank
Source: Engadget HD,
added 7 hours 39 minutes ago
Filed under: Cable, New contentRemember how we told you that switched digital video was enabling more and more cable carriers to add more HD channels? Case, meet point. Just days after Time Warner Cable implemented SDV in Kansas City...
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15 Easy Ways To Save Money At The Supermarket [Groceries]
Source: Consumerist,
added 7 hours 39 minutes ago
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Not Even Mini Babybel Cheese Can Escape The Grocery Shrink Ray [Le Petit Fromage]
Source: Consumerist,
added 7 hours 39 minutes ago
Violating every conceivable standard of decency, the Grocery Shrink Ray has unleashed a heartless attack on baby cheeses. Mini Babybels, those adorably pudgy wax-encrusted cheese cylinders, were once...
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Water Balloon Slingshot Brings the Wet into Hot American Summers [DIY]
Source: Gizmodo,
added 7 hours 39 minutes ago
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