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Archive for May, 2011
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May 2011
Get 50% Off One Item at Borders.com This Weekend [Deals]
Borders stores may be in short supply these days, but their online store is still around, and for the next four days you can get 50% off the list price of any one item. You just need a Borders Rewards membership, which is free to sign up for. You can also grab free shipping on any purchase over $25. Exclusions apply, but the site doesn't say—so head over to Borders.com and enter the coupon code BLP2566Y to see what you can get. The coupon expires May 23. [via SlickDeals] More
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May 2011
Gizmag Profiles The Geobulb II By Switch Lighting™
Switch Lighting™ based out of California just released the world’s very first 100 watt equivalent to the standard incandescent bulb.
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May 2011
Lock Down Your Computer Like the NSA [Security]
Want to secure your computer with the same techniques used by the National Security Agency? Turns out the NSA has published guides for securing Windows, Mac, Linux, and Solaris operating systems using methods that “are currently being used throughout the government and by numerous entities as a security baseline for their systems.” More
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May 2011
The Superfast AT&T Network of Your Delirious Fever Dreams [At&t]
At AT&T's Foundry in Plano, Texas, GigaOM’s Stacey Higginbotham got to test AT&T's embryonic LTE network (their actual 4G network). It’s fast. 28.87 Mbps downstream and 10.4 Mbps up. More
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May 2011
In the U.S., Tablets are TV Buddies while eReaders Make Great Bedfellows
The Nielsen Company’s most recent research on mobile connected devices sheds new light on how consumers are using their tablets, eReaders and smartphones – and where they are using them, too. According to Nielsen’s recent survey of nearly 12,000 connected device owners:
- Seventy percent of tablet owners and 68 percent of smartphone owners said they use their devices while watching television, compared to only 35 percent of eReader owners.
- Sixty-one percent of eReader owners use their device in bed, compared to 57 percent of tablet owners and 51 percent of smartphone owners.
But just how much time are tablet, eReader, and smartphone owners spending using their device while watching TV or lying in bed?
When asked how they spent time with their device:
- Tablet owners said 30 percent of their time spent with their device was while watching TV compared to 21 percent lying in bed.
- Smartphone owners say that 20 percent of the time they use their smartphones is while watching TV, compared to 11 percent lying in bed.
- eReader owners indicated only 15 percent of their eReader time was spent watching TV, though they spent a whopping 37 percent of their device usage time in bed.
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In the U.S., Tablets are TV Buddies while eReaders Make Great Bedfellows
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May 2011
The United States of America Consumes 8 Percent Of World’s Olive Oil, Produces Just 0.1 Percent
It’s disappointing that in his speech earlier today, Barack Obama didn’t tackle America’s dangerous dependence on foreign olive oil:
It seems to me that the California Olive Oil Council needs to develop a more robust lobbying/pr effort to raise awareness on this front. I’m eager to offer my services!
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The United States of America Consumes 8 Percent Of World’s Olive Oil, Produces Just 0.1 Percent
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May 2011
What Is BitCoin? [What Is]
Maybe you’ve heard of BitCoin—it wants to shake the entire global economy. And some people think it might! It's online money—an alternative to dollars and euros. Well what's that mean? It’s complicated, but we break it down. More
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May 2011
How To Build a Taser
Do you want to learn how to send a fun 330 volts of electricity into the back of your friend’s neck? Do you not want to have to deal with the awkwardness of ordering a professional taser for home use? Then this guide on how to create a homemade taser is for you.
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How To Build a Taser
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May 2011
Grace One electric bicycle is ready for purchase, our bank accounts are still preparing (video)
Your average electric bicycle has a basket on the front and a lot of shame in the rear. Not the Grace One. When we first saw it almost two years ago, in the fall of 2009, it looked… well it looked like a pretty kickass bike. Since then the design has been thoroughly refined, the frame redesigned, but still the stacked projector headlamps remain in their aluminum housing in front of the bars. They're a hint at the high-tech nature of this bike, which features integrated Li-ion batteries that charge in about an hour and spin a hub-mounted motor in the rear wheel, giving you a top speed of 30MPH and a range of up to 31 miles — all for a mere €4,199 ($6,000). If your finances can manage it the bike is available now, but if they can't you'll have to make do with a celebratory video of the thing in action after the break. Word of advice: get those glow sticks cracked and shaken up before you hit play.
Gallery: Grace One electric bicycle
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