Greek authorities have declared a state of emergency on the eastern Aegean Sea island of Chios, where floods killed one man and caused extensive damage. (Oct.19)
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A herd of about 25 wild pigs has been plowing up the fairways of a California golf course. Locals say the pigs are also tearing up parks and other private property. (Oct. 19)
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The blast in Tikrit, located some 80 miles (130 kilometers) north of Baghdad, leveled the home of Lt. Col. Qais Rashid. Rashid’s baby nephew, Shahad Mohammed, was killed, along with both of his parents. Three other family…
Continue reading …NY Times Editor Jill Abramson Links 2010 GOP Giving to Nixon, Watergate Era of Illegality
October 19, 2010 No Comment
On the front of the New York Times Sunday Week in Review, Managing Editor Jill Abramson tried to link anonymous pro-Republican donors of the 2010 election cycle to
Continue reading …Western Digital ships 3TB Caviar Green 3.5-inch hard drive for $239, 2.5TB for $189
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You know that 3TB hard drive that Western Digital slapped into its range of My Book external units earlier this month ? Looks like it’s finally ready to free itself from those shackles. WD has today announced that it’s shipping the component 3TB Caviar Green drive (WD30EZRSDTL) by its lonesome, perfect for those looking to beef up their NAS drives or just add a capacious archive drive to their SSD-equipped desktop rig. The 3TB monster is hitting just under two years after the 2TB Caviar Green went official , with this guy boasting 750 GB-per-platter areal density and Advanced Format technology. The outfit’s also shipping a 2.5TB version (WD25EZRSDTL) for those who aren’t quite able to swallow the full three, and both of ‘em are bundled with an Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI)-compliant Host Bus Adapter (HBA), which will enable the operating system to use a known driver with correct support for large capacity drives. Both units should be available to purchase from respected retailers as we speak, with the 3TB demanding $239 and the 2.5TB unit going for $189. Remember when the world’s first 1TB drive in this form factor debuted for $400 ? Yeah… not too shabby! Update : Storage Review has their thoughts up on the drive, and they seem pretty darn positive. Continue reading Western Digital ships 3TB Caviar Green 3.5-inch hard drive for $239, 2.5TB for $189 Western Digital ships 3TB Caviar Green 3.5-inch hard drive for $239, 2.5TB for $189 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 08:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Cart-opia: Repurposed Trailers Fuel Portland Foodie (and Livability) Movements
October 19, 2010 No Comment
Photo credit A.K. Streeter via flickr and Creative Commons. They are known as ‘pods’ or ‘clusters’ – groups of small repurposed trailers and carts with wheels that have infiltrated every major neighborhood in Portland, Oregon. Mexican carts serving soft-shell tacos and bulging burritos were part of the trend’s re-ignition. But Portland has taken its food cart pods beyond the norm – there are now more than 200 carts in the city, and they are an institution, and a great part of the local economy. They continue to introducing city dwellers to such fanciful n… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Samsung Galaxy Tab costs €730 from Vodafone.de, €300 if bought with a two-year data plan
October 19, 2010 No Comment
You can kind of tell we’re growing ever closer to the Galaxy Tab’s promised November 1 retail launch as prices for this slate just keep coming out of the woodwork, looking ever more solid with each passing day. Vodafone Germany is the latest to reveal the wallet damage Samsung’s 7-inch Android tablet will demand, with a €730 ($1,017) levy for the 16GB version sans contract, or a €300 ($418) cost for those willing to commit to a two-year data plan at €35 a month. We’d advise against taking those direct currency conversions to heart, but the Tab’s pricing here is €30 more than the 32GB iPad WiFi + 3G, making us scratch our heads as to how Samsung believes it’ll manage to convince anyone to buy its smaller, less capacious alternative. Samsung Galaxy Tab costs €730 from Vodafone.de, €300 if bought with a two-year data plan originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 07:40:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Police have fired tear gas on French high school students who were hurling stones and set a car on fire during nationwide strikes and protests against raising the retirement age. (Oct. 19)
Continue reading …BlackBerry PlayBook 64GB variant confirmed, strapped to a 5,300mAh battery (video)
October 19, 2010 No Comment
You already know most of the spec sheet delicacies that RIM has in store for its PlayBook, but here are a couple more details to complete the picture. The PlayBook will indeed match the iPad in having 16GB, 32GB and 64GB variants available, and will also come equipped with a pretty huge 5,300mAh battery. That’d be a generously proportioned cell for a full-sized laptop, we imagine it’ll turn the PlayBook into quite the endurance champ. Beside those tidbits, there’s another video appearance by the tablet that we weren’t allowed to touch just after the break. You know you wanna see it. Continue reading BlackBerry PlayBook 64GB variant confirmed, strapped to a 5,300mAh battery (video) BlackBerry PlayBook 64GB variant confirmed, strapped to a 5,300mAh battery (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 06:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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