Ecouterre asked its readers to wow us with their most dazzling recycled-denim masterpieces, and boy did they come through in droves! We waded through hundreds of submissions to whittle down the selection to 45 of our absolute favorites, from a snazzy vest for a pooch to crisply constructed haute couture . Roll on over to the
Continue reading …20% of World’s Vertebrates Threatened With Extinction – But It’d Be Much Worse Without Conservation Efforts
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photo: Dmitry Krendelev / Creative Commons If that headline seems familiar, it’s because it is: A new study, the most comprehensive of its kind, published in Science confirms that 20% of the world’s vertebrate species are threatened with extinction. Which is undoubtedly bad news. However the research revealed some good news: Without the work already done on conservation, the situation would be much worse…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Former Argentine President Nestor Kirchner died Wednesday after suffering heart attacks, state television reported. The husband of Argentina’s President…
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Of all the Atom-powered, Windows 7 tablets we’ve seen over the last year and a half (and boy have there been a lot!), the 11.6-inch ExoPC has been the one we’ve been waiting on. Sure, its specs are similar to the recently reviewed Tega v2 and CTL 2goPad — it’s also got a capacitive touchscreen, accelerometer, Atom Pinetrail processor and 2GB of RAM — but unlike the others the company has put some serious love into its Windows 7 software layer, which we’ve dubbed the Connect Four UI. ExoPC’s also preloaded the tablet with touch apps, built out its own app store and included a Broadcom Crystal HD accelerator to handle full 1080p video. You can clearly see why we’ve had high hopes for the ExoPC ever since we got to check it out at Computex , but does it live up to the promise and provide the more enhanced and finger-friendly Windows experience we’ve been looking for? And is the software stable and robust enough for the average consumer? We’ve spent the last week with the $599 tablet so read on to find out in our full review. Gallery: ExoPC slate Gallery: ExoPC apps Continue reading ExoPC Slate review ExoPC Slate review originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 Oct 2010 10:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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All images credit Loadingdock5 There are fundamentally two different ways of dealing with energy and buildings: Supply and demand . the supply approach attacks the problem with solar panels, heat pumps and tech; the demand approach is the Passivhaus approach, where you insulate and seal so well that you barely need any heat at all. Most of the Passivhaus designs we have seen have been the single family house in the country, but
Continue reading …Yesterday the California governor and the two governor-wannbes met at a Women’s Conference in Long Beach for a panel discussion moderated by lefty loon and NBC Today Show host Matt Lauer.
Continue reading …BlackBerry Bold 9780 finally official, hitting T-Mobile on November 17th for $130
October 27, 2010 No Comment
After what feels like an eternity of leaks , RIM has finally (finally!) come forward with the first BlackBerry Bold to ship with BlackBerry 6 . The Bold 9780 looks exactly as we expected it to (meaning not too far from the 9700 design tree ), boasting an optical trackpad, QWERTY keyboard, a WebKit-based browser and a five megapixel camera. You’ll also get inbuilt 3G / WiFi, and at least on the T-Mob version, UMA / WiFi calling. Geotagging your images is a breeze courtesy of the integrated GPS module, and RIM’s also tossing in 512MB of Flash memory as well as a microSD slot. We’re told to expect it from “various carriers around the world beginning in November,” with T-Mobile USA confirming that its version will hit on the 17th of next month for $129.99 on a two-year contract. Continue reading BlackBerry Bold 9780 finally official, hitting T-Mobile on November 17th for $130 BlackBerry Bold 9780 finally official, hitting T-Mobile on November 17th for $130 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 Oct 2010 10:25:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Actor Tobin Bell, who plays the villain in ‘Saw 3D,’ talks about his character’s motivations in the latest installment of the horror franchise and the success of the ‘Saw’ movies worldwide. (Oct. 27)
Continue reading …All of the predictions are lining up pretty well (except the LA Times and Newsweak polls which were riddled with polling errors).
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