Day: January 4, 2013

Culture

Teen Brags On Facebook About Drunk Driving, Gets Arrested

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As reported on TechCrunch. by GREGORY FERENSTEIN Police made an example out of a teenager from Oregon who boasted about driving drunk on Facebook. “Drivin drunk… classic  but whoever’s vehicle i hit i am sorry.  ,” wrote the clueless 18-year-old. According to local news channel KGW, two people tipped the officers via Facebook about the post. After inspecting the most-likely-profusely-sweating/hungover teen’s car, the damage on his vehicle matched that of two other vehicles hit earlier that New Year’s morning. And, with their…

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Google

Google Quietly Removes Censorship Warning Feature For Search Users In China

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As reported on TechCrunch. by NATASHA LOMAS Google has quietly disabled a feature that notified users of its search service in China when a keyword had been censored by the Chinese government’s internet controls, according to censorship monitoring blog GreatFire.org. The blog reports that the change was made sometime between December 5 and December 8 2012, with no official statement from Google to announce or explain its removal. According to GreatFire.org Google has also deleted a help article…

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Environmental

Alta Devices claims world’s lightest, most efficient military solar chargers

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As reported on Engadget. By Terrence O’Brien  Alta Devices has already laid claim to one solar charging-related record, now it’s claiming to add world’s lightest to its list of selling points. The company is still touting its mats as the most efficient (though, there are some valid challenges to that claim), but it’s adding portability and versatility to its resume. It’s smallest military model weighs just four ounces, is roughly the size of a sheet of paper and…

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Story Tech

Steven Sinofsky starts a product development blog, continues telling epic-length tales

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As reported on Engadget. By Jon Fingas Steven Sinofsky has built a reputation for exceptionally thorough posts on technology, and he’s not about to stop just because of small roadblocks like his departure from Microsoft. The former executive plans to complement an upcoming teaching stint at Harvard Business School by writing Learning by Shipping, a blog discussing the finer points of product development in the technology world. Despite what some would presume, the blog won’t lean heavily on retold experiences from the…

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Wind tunnel PC case pushes the air cooling envelope, does its thing for cancer research

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As reported on Engadget. By Alexis Santos  Pushing air cooling to its limits might mean buying a bigger fan to the mortal PC builder, but for Mike at Total Geekdom, it meant constructing a wind tunnel case. Built from a box fan, medium-density fiberboard, lexan and aluminum, the tunnel increases airspeed by about 240 percent and cools its contents with a brisk 9 mph breeze. At full bore, however, the fan churns out air speeds between 26 and…

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