Look, we’ve all been there — you cruise home to hang with mom and pops, and one of the two asks if they can see those vacation images you took of the grandkids last month. “They’re on my hard drive at home,” you reply. Weeping commences, and your mum in particular scolds you for not “getting with the program” and “investing in a NAS drive.” It’s about time you listened, don’tcha think? Buffalo does, as it has just revealed a trio of new LinkStation drives (Pro, Pro Duo, Pro Quad) in the V-series ranging from 1TB to 8TB in size. The whole family looks mighty stylish for a Buffalo, and they’re all eager and willing to stream to DLNA-certified devices (hello, PS3 and Xbox 360!). The company claims that all three members — which sport a 1.6GHz CPU — can hit transfer speeds up to 76MB/sec, and a gratis WebAccess app enables you to pull up those images for gramps with your iPhone or iPad. The whole lot is available now starting at $189.99 (topping out at a whopping $1,039.99), and given that we both know you’ve know been schooled… well, let’s just say a new level of expectations have been set. Don’t blow it. Continue reading Buffalo gets snazzy with LinkStation V-Series NAS drives Buffalo gets snazzy with LinkStation V-Series NAS drives originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Oct 2010 14:05:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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A dog owner in Michigan is pained after his suffering pet is put down at a vet, only to be found alive the next day. The resurrection is not what Matt Olivarez was looking for. (Oct. 13)
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By Guy Adams 5:30 AM Thursday Oct 14, 2010 Share Email Print There were few words that Florencio Avalos could find to express the joy he felt when he finally reached the surface of the San Jose mine shortly after midnight local time. Just a smile as wide as the Atacama Desert as he stepped out of the Phoenix escape capsule and fell into the arms of the wife and two children he had last hugged almost 70 days ago. It was a magnificent sight to see, this remarkably healthy man breathing fresh air he must have thought he would never breathe again, and greeting the men who had brought him to the surface in one piece. When the red, white and blue cage broke through the top of the escape shaft, the…
Continue reading …Mushkin gets cozy with SandForce again, launches 6Gb/s EP Series SSDs for Enterprises
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285MB/s read speeds from the Callisto series ? Phsaw. We need at least twice that to get us out of bed in the morning, and Mushkin has our wake up call. Its announcing the EP Series of SSD drives, based on SandForce SF-2000-series processors, pledging 6Gb/s burst speeds. That sounds mighty impressive, but if you capitalize that B it turns into a somewhat less stunning figure of 768MB/s. Sequential read and write speeds are 500MB/s, while each can sustain a rate of 60,000 operations per second. That’s a lot of I/O, and it’s coming to gilded racks sometime in the first quarter of 2011. Continue reading Mushkin gets cozy with SandForce again, launches 6Gb/s EP Series SSDs for Enterprises Mushkin gets cozy with SandForce again, launches 6Gb/s EP Series SSDs for Enterprises originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Oct 2010 13:15:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Image Credit Wang Wenlan: The Kingdom of Bicycles Two years ago I wrote For Bicylists, There is Safety in Numbers noting the work of Chris Rissel, who said “It appears that motorists adjust their behaviour in the presence of increasing numbers of people bicycling because they expect or experience more people cycling.” Last year we asked Is there “safety in numbers”? and quoted
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Photo via Noel Feans New research from Oregon State University shows that trends in evapotranspiration is having incredibly significant impacts on everything from our planet’s vegetation growth to carbon absorption to natural cooling systems. But what in the world is “evapotranspiration” and why does it have such a huge effect on the earth’s systems?… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Inside this Brooklyn New York dance studio is an artist’s collective called House of Yes. It’s creators teach a different form of dance here, one in which the performance takes place above the stage not on it. (Oct. 13)
Continue reading …T-Mobile won’t confirm the G2 OTA update, says it’s working to deliver WiFi calling and tethering ‘in the future’
October 13, 2010 No CommentWe’re still not sure what’s up with the few reports of G2s receiving OTA updates that add WiFi calling and native hotspot support, but T-Mobile isn’t fessing up to them just yet. In a statement issued to Phone Scoop , T-Mobile said that these features “are not currently supported” on the handset, although T-Mobile thankfully added that it “knows these features are important to consumers and we’re working to deliver them to G2 users in the future.” It’s hard to tell if that means an update is just minutes away from widespread distribution, or if we’ve still got weeks or months to wait for these features. Familiar story ? T-Mobile won’t confirm the G2 OTA update, says it’s working to deliver WiFi calling and tethering ‘in the future’ originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Oct 2010 12:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Watch CA Governor Candidates’ War of Words Over Anti-Climate Law (Video)
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Image via Politico The final debate between the candidates for governor in California took place last night, and things seemed to get pretty heated. The topics tackled ranged from tax cuts to legalizing marijuana to Prop 23, the oil-funded effort to kill California’s clean energy law . And the discussion on the latter was among the most spirited of the night. Meg Whitman denies opposing Prop 23 — she had just kept silent on the issue… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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A man staggers onto subway tracks in Atlanta, sending two passengers off the platform after him. They had to lift the semi-conscious man to safety, avoiding electrified rails and coming trains. (Oct. 13)
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