Starring on ‘The Hills’ didn’t just introduce Lauren Conrad to showbiz, she learned about fashion too. She has a clothing line, just released two books and will return to reality TV in a series that focuses on her professional life. (Oct. 13)
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Who needs safety drivers ? Not Germany’s Freie University, that’s for sure, which has just demonstrated a self-driving taxi to rival Google’s efforts without a soul at the wheel. This laser, radar and sensor-equipped VW Passat, dubbed “Made in Germany,” has a companion iPad app from Appirion to do all the hard work, too — you just start the program, punch in coordinates and wait for the car to extract itself from a nearby parking lot and pick you up from school. Ladies and gents, the future is now. Watch it right after the break. [Thanks, Tim] Continue reading Self-driving taxi picks you up at the press of a button (video) Self-driving taxi picks you up at the press of a button (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Oct 2010 19:40:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Photo: Steven Depolo , Flickr Effective immediately, the chemical Bisphenol A is officially considered toxic in Canada. BPA, as you’re likely aware, is a chemical commonly found in plastics, food cans, water bottles, and paper receipts. BPA mimics the hormone estrogen and has been linked to a number of severe health woes, including breast cancer and early puberty in women . Canada has long been more proactive in taking on the use of BPA in manufacturing than the US — a proposal was made in 2008
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By Agence France Presse (AFP) Thursday, October 14, 2010 – Powered by –> Christophe Schmidt Agence France Presse PRISTINA: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pressed Kosovo leaders on Wednesday to start talks with Serbia as soon as possible despite a political crisis in Pristina over the president’s resignation. “We think the dialogue should start as soon as it is ready because even though there will be elections here and then in the following years elections in Serbia, we believe that it is in Kosovo’s interest for this dialogue to begin and to conclude…
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At a Chilean bakery in New Jersey, all talk and TV stations are focused on the rescue of the 33 miners. Patrons say the global goodwill is inspirational. (Oct. 13)
Continue reading …IDC: Apple’s now third largest PC vendor in US with 10.6 percent market share
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Apple might be billing its next big event as ” Back to the Mac ,” but don’t let that fool you into thinking its computer platform has been waning. Quite to the contrary, according to IDC, which reports the Cupertino team has grabbed third spot in the US PC sales charts with a 10.6 percent market share, bumping the incumbent Acer into fourth. Two million Mac shipments during the period represented an increase of 24.1 percent relative to last year, while the overall PC market turned in a somewhat morose 3.8 percent growth. Gartner’s also unleashed its numbers unto the world today, giving Acer the lead for third by the slimmest of margins, but both stat teams agree that the Taiwanese vendor has suffered a bad year along with Dell, which has also experienced some shrinkage. Toshiba’s the only major Windows machine seller to see its fortunes improve with double-digit growth, while HP seems to be hanging on to the top spot nice and steadily. Hit the source links for worldwide numbers. IDC: Apple’s now third largest PC vendor in US with 10.6 percent market share originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Oct 2010 18:28:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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The miners who spent 69 agonizing days deep under the Chilean earth were hoisted one by one to freedom Wednesday, their rescue moving with remarkable speed while their countrymen erupted in cheers and the world watched transfixed. (Oct. 13)
Continue reading …ADATA’s S007 military spec USB flash drive is designed for the battlefield
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It doesn’t boast the eSATA / USB 3.0 capabilities of the N909, but ADATA ‘s new S007 is easily the tougher of the two. Designed to be fully compliant with US MIL-SPEC standards, this new USB key is available in capacities up to 32GB and should provide careless handlers with “unrivaled digital data protection from both impacts and electric shocks.” Both of ‘em (it’s available in green and red) are wrapped in a rubber coating, and transfer at USB 2.0 speeds (upwards of 30MB/sec on the read side and 8MB/sec on the write side), but sadly, there’s no mention of a price or release date. Continue reading ADATA’s S007 military spec USB flash drive is designed for the battlefield ADATA’s S007 military spec USB flash drive is designed for the battlefield originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Oct 2010 18:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Photo: Mark E. Seitelman New York City has just become the biggest city in the nation to launch an effort to clear congestion and reduce pollution by offering city employees access to a car-sharing program. The pilot program, helmed by ZipCar, only involves 25 cars and 300 employees, but it’s a promising start. This alone will save the city $500,000 a year — and that’s just the pilot program. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo via Peter Bosshard / International Rivers Dams are among the most monumental examples of mankind’s engineering savvy, though they’re also perhaps the most environmentally impactful , too — but none of that could keep this brave herd of Ibex goats from scaling the sheer face of one such dam in Italy. While it may be a testa… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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