A toilet company that took a chance on a spray-and-wipe system is flush with success. Some 30 million once-squeamish consumers have scooped up a toilet that delivers a crotch-washing spray for cleanliness. The Washlet by the Toto company is a kind of bidet-toilet combo now found in some 70% of…
Continue reading …New Orleans’ population has far from rebounded from Hurricane Katrina and it’s now a much smaller city that it was a decade ago, according to newly released data from the 2010 census. The city’s population now stands at 343,829, down 29% from 2000. The black population has shrunk at…
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Now that the Android Market website has finally launched (and stabilized ) we’re beginning to see reports of rooted devices running custom ROMs not being recognized by the website. We’re having the very same issue ourselves, where a pristine Desire Z running a factory installed copy of Android 2.2 Froyo is listed on the “My Device” page while an old HTC Hero hacked to run Froyo courtesy of FroydVillain ROM does not, even though it’s logged in and syncing using the same Google login ID and the Android Market has been recently used from the device (as Google recommends on the “Trouble Downloading” help page). So what about you oh reader, oh rooter… what are you experiencing? View Poll [Thanks, Florian] Does Google’s new Android Market website ignore custom ROMs? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 04 Feb 2011 05:57:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …It’s too late to help Tiger Woods cover his tracks, but the creators of a text message auto-delete service say other celebrities trying to keep their lives private are among its half-million users. TigerText—no connection to the golfer—sends texts that disappear from both a user and sender’s phone…
Continue reading …The BBC has apologized for remarks made by the hosts of a car show following a deluge of complaints from outraged Mexicans. When reviewing the Mexican-made Mastretta sports car, Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond said that cars reflect national characteristics, and “Mexican cars are just going to be lazy, feckless,…
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At least three people were killed Thursday when the pickup truck they were in went off of a snow-covered interstate bridge and plunged 80 feet into the icy Spring River below. Miami, Okla. police say 8 people were in the truck. (Feb. 4)
Continue reading …Police threatened an ABC News journalist covering the crisis in Egypt with decapitation in one of a mounting series of attacks on reporters. Two vehicles carrying producer Brian Hartman and three other ABC employees were carjacked to an isolated neighborhood where an angry mob surrounded them and a police officer…
Continue reading …A bus hijacking in North Carolina last night ended without injury when cops pounded on an armed man threatening to blow up the vehicle. The hijacker boarded the Richmond–Raleigh service along a North Carolina highway and ordered the driver to relinquish the vehicle, AP reports. The gunman allowed everybody but…
Continue reading …PSP-playing boy falls onto train tracks, saved by a real life hero (video)
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Not the best news for Sony execs to be waking up to this morning, as the company’s PSP has played a starring role in an unfortunate, though thankfully innocuous, incident. A 10-year old Milanese boy was recently so absorbed by his portable’s make.believe world that he forgot the real one around him had boundaries with bright lines painted around them. A moment later the young gamer found himself next to the train tracks a few feet below the platform designed for human occupation, though he wasn’t there long as an off-duty policeman by the name of Alessandro Micalizzi quickly leapt down and lifted him to safety. See it on video below and feel free to draw your own conclusions about your gaming habits. Continue reading PSP-playing boy falls onto train tracks, saved by a real life hero (video) PSP-playing boy falls onto train tracks, saved by a real life hero (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 04 Feb 2011 02:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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