Month: January 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 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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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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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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Entertainment Film

Steve Jobs Film Coming in April

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As reported on Mashable. by Brian Anthony Hernandez jOBS, the independent film about former Apple CEO Steve Jobs, will arrive in theaters in April, the movie’s distributors announced Thursday. The film — not to be confused with the one Sony Pictures is creating based on Walter Isaacson’s biography of the late tech luminary — will star Ashton Kutcher as Jobs and is still slated to premiere this month on the closing night of the Sundance Film Festival. Along with…

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Article Culture

Understand the Hidden Costs of Your Resolutions Before Starting In on Them

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As reported on LifeHacker. by  Alan Henry Some of the most common New Year’s resolutions people make are to decrease their debt (or get out entirely) and to lose weight or get healthy. Before you embark on either of those, make sure that the other isn’t getting in the way and you’re not spending money losing weight. You can have both, you just have to be careful. Over at US News Money, Geoff Williams explains that many…

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6 Common Tech Myths That Cost You Money

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As reported on LifeHacker. by Thorin Klosowski   6 Common Tech Myths That Cost You Money Ever scoff at someone for buying refurbished? Or found yourself dropping $40 on an HDMI cable? We all hear (and spread) tech myths to mostly harmless ends, but in some cases those myths end up costing you a lot of money. Here are a few of the worst offenders. Technology myths spread through a number of channels. Perhaps it’s as…

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How Denial Negatively Affects Your Choices (and What You Can Do About It)

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As reported on LifeHacker. by Roger S. Gil Denial may be the biggest way we lie to ourselves. While it can help, we often do more harm than good when we refuse to accept the truth and enable maladaptive behaviors and relationships. Here’s how denial works, how it affects your choices, and what you can do to fix the problem. What Is Denial?   Full size Denial is a psychological defense mechanism that helps a person…

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Confessions of a Hotel Insider

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As reported on LifeHacker. by Jacob Tomsky I’ve worked in hotels for more than a decade. I’ve checked you in, checked you out, oriented you to the property, served you a beverage, separated your white panties from the white bed sheets, parked your car, tasted your room service (before and, sadly, after), cleaned your toilet, denied you a late checkout, given you a wake-up call, eaten M&M’s out of your minibar, laughed at your jokes, and…

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