Massachusetts Will Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions 25% Below 1990 Levels By 2020
January 4, 2011 No Comment
Boston, MA. Photo: Wikipedia , CC That’s the Plan, Anyway… Ian Bowles, the secretary of the Massachusetts Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA), has announced an ambitious (compared to some) greenhouse gas emission limit for his state. The goal is a 25% reduction compared to 1990 levels, and that has to be achieved by 2020. “Massachusetts has already taken great strides in energy innovation, sparking a clean energy revolution in the Commonwealth and getting us… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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IDF officers blame army of rushing to conclude Jawaher Abu Rahma didnt die of tear gas inhalation, never attended Bilin anti-fence protest. ‘One must base claims on facts rather than assessments,’ one officer says
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Republican candidates were asked to pick their favorite books. Some did. One woman misunderstood the question “what’s your favorite book,” and thought she was being asked, “what’s your favorite bar.” Interesting answer, plus she gets her books confused. Read More… More on George Bush Book Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Huffington Post Discovery Date : 04/01/2011 21:51 Number of articles : 10
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The Navy has permanently removed a senior Navy officer from command of an aircraft carrier over raunchy comedy videos he made and showed to the crew. (Jan. 4)
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Remember last year at CES 2010 when Lenovo made a huge scene with the tablet / netbook U1 Hybrid, which ran Windows when docked and Lenovo’s Skylight Linux in tablet mode? And then Lenovo killed Skylight in favor of Android and put everything on hold? Well, it’s back — and we just got some serious hands-on time with production-ready Chinese versions of what’s now being called the IdeaPad U1 Hybrid with LePad tablet. Things have substantially changed for the better in the past year — in addition to Lenovo’s skinned version of Android 2.2 (called LeOS, sigh), there’s now a newer 1.3GHz Snapdragon in the LePad and an 1.2GHz Intel Core i5-540UM in the U1 base. Switching from Windows to Android just requires disengaging the latch on the base — the flip to Android is basically instantaneous, while getting back to Windows takes a few seconds. The U1 base is much nicer than the unit we played with last year — it’s been restyled and features a chiclet-style keyboard and dimpled trackpad. Best of all, the LePad now features a 10.1 1280 x 800 capacitive multitouch display, instead of the floppy resistive unit we saw last year. Both pieces are pretty thin individually, but docked up it makes for a pretty chunky laptop — but you are getting two machines for the price of one. Now for the bad news — the LePad will run for about $520 when it arrives in China this quarter, but the full U1 kit will run $1300. There’s also no US availability or pricing right now — and Lenovo told us the U1 won’t hit the States until it runs Android 3.0, so we could be waiting months while the company reskins the OS. And we might have to wait even longer for Lenny to retool the LePad to meet that supposed dual-core CPU requirement — but then, it’s already been a year. We’re ready to love the U1 Hybrid — we can wait a little longer, we suppose. Video and PR after the break. Gallery: Lenovo IdeaPad U1 Hybrid / Le Pad Gallery: Lenovo U1 Hybrid with LePad hands-on Continue reading Lenovo LePad tablet and IdeaPad U1 Hybrid return with Android 2.2 in tow Lenovo LePad tablet and IdeaPad U1 Hybrid return with Android 2.2 in tow originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Important nutritional facts aimed at helping consumers know more about what they’re eating will be required on labels of 40 of the most popular cuts of meat and poultry under a new rule from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
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The number of hospitalized children infected by a potentially dangerous bacteria is on the rise, according to a new study.
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Although the tawdry videos that cost U.S. Navy Captain Owen Honors his position on the USS Enterprise as of Tuesday weren’t exactly top secret before, they clearly had enough of a shelf life to generate a fresh scandal—and to spur the Pentagon to tuck Capt. Honors away in an administrative post.
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Encouraging children to make healthy lifestyle changes before they reach adulthood, including regular exercise and not smoking, can help lower the children’s blood cholesterol levels and potentially reverse their risk of developing heart disease as they age.
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OverDrive, a digital media company that specializes in digital content distribution, has recently announced an update to its Media Console for iOS. As well as giving you access to audiobooks from something like 13,000 libraries and educational institutions the world o’er, the new app offers — wait for it — free e-book downloads! Free app, free e-books (as long as you have a library card, of course), and access to the world’s great literature: it doesn’t get much better than that, does it? Hit the source link to try it for yourself. We suggest that you start with Under The Volcano — we always thought you looked drank like a young Malcolm Lowry. OverDrive Media Console app for iOS now features free e-book downloads originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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