A woman accused of abusing teenagers at Oprah Winfrey’s school for girls in South Africa is acquitted of the charges, and Winfrey says she is “profoundly disappointed” by the trial’s outcome. (Oct. 12)
Continue reading …Long Before Banksy, Guerilla Artist John Fekner Tagged Environmental Woes (Slideshow)
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Image credit: John Fekner /Flickr In the 1970s, single words and short phrases began appearing on dilapidated buildings, highway overpasses, abandoned vehicles, and piles of refuse across New York City. Looking back today, the strong messages and style have a lot in common with street artist Banksy , who appeared on the scene a decade later. The man behind the initially anonymous work was John Fekner , an artist who—for the last s… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Insignia intros second portable HD Radio: NS-HD02 with ‘live pause’ and bookmarks
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Believe it or not, HD Radio ‘s still kickin’. It’ll never be the runaway hit that MP3 was, but considering what satellite radio has been through over the past couple of years… well, maybe things aren’t so gloomy after all. Best Buy’s house label has just introduced a followup to last year’s NS-HD01 portable HD Radio — a unit we were able to toy with for a tick — with the predictably named NS-HD02 boasting a far nicer display and a trio of newfangled features. Best Buy’s trumpeting Artist Experience (on-screen program related images, including targeted ads), Live Pause (enables users to pause playback for up to 15 minutes) and Bookmark (self explanatory), but it ought to be focusing on the 2.5- x 3-inch capacitive touchpanel that looks to be leaps and bounds better than the LCD we kvetched about last year. It’ll also boast a 3.5mm headphone jack and ship with a pair of sure-to-be-lackluster earbuds, and it’ll land in Best Buy stores on October 24th for $69 (a $20 premium over the HD01). Gallery: Insignia NS-HD02 portable HD Radio Insignia intros second portable HD Radio: NS-HD02 with ‘live pause’ and bookmarks originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 12 Oct 2010 10:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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The victims of the 2002 nightclub bombings in Indonesia were remembered Tuesday in Bali and also in Australia. (Oct. 12)
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The AP’s Alicia Quarles talks to director Clint Eastwood about his latest drama, “Hereafter.” (Oct. 12)
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Image credit: Renewable Girls From Oily Cassandra’s sexy dancing peak oil expose to the controversy over podium girls in professional cycling , we are not short of examples of sex being used to sell green living in one way or another. But a new calendar aimed at taking renewable energy to a new audience is more blatant about it than most. I’m not sure I like it. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Looks like Amazon isn’t sleeping on this whole Windows Phone 7 launch shebang. The online retailer has unveiled its pricing for a pair of HTC handsets so far, with the 4.3-inch HTC HD7 costing €599 ($835) in Germany and the 3.8-inch 7 Trophy setting UK buyers back
Continue reading …Best Buy teams up with ECOtality to install EV charging stations at 12 stores
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Best Buy has already started selling some electric scooters and motorcycles in its stores, and it’s now about to expand even further into the EV business. The retailer has just announced a partnership with ECOtality, which will be providing Best Buy with some of its Blink EV charging stations that will be installed at twelve stores in Tucson, Phoenix, Los Angeles, San Diego and Seattle by March of next year. That’s being done as part of the government-funded EV Project that ECOtality is overseeing, and Best Buy says that it may install chargers at additional stores if the initial test phase proves to be successful. Full press release is after the break. Continue reading Best Buy teams up with ECOtality to install EV charging stations at 12 stores Best Buy teams up with ECOtality to install EV charging stations at 12 stores originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 12 Oct 2010 08:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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All Images by James Bowden via: www.dolectures.com Since The Do Lectures wound up its fourth year of blowing minds in a Welsh Field last month we’ve been hearing extraordinary tales of sun-rise canoe trips, wild disco dancing in a mobile library and Tim Berners-Lee turning up as the surprise guest. Now
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Truly epic casemods grace the humble pages of Engadget from time to time, but here’s a spoonful of liquid awesome you might actually be able to try. Using an off-the-shelf fan controller, servo motor and Arduino board, plus some water-cut styrene parts he farmed out to an online shop, user SXRguyinMA outfitted his NZXT Tempest Evo case with a rad robotic cooling system. When the Arduino detects the temperature changing, it automatically actuates the servo to raise or lower the louvers accordingly, and the rig features a pair of supercapacitors that can store enough power to close the vents even if power is lost. There’s also the all-important little red button to instantly make jaws drop. Video after the break, full worklog at our more coverage link. Continue reading DIY casemod features fins, automatically vents your rig DIY casemod features fins, automatically vents your rig originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 12 Oct 2010 07:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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