LaCie slams 3TB drives into d2 USB 3.0 and LaCie 2big USB 3.0, ups performance numbers
October 29, 2010 No Comment
Do you have The Need? For Speed ? Yeah, so do we, and it just so happens that LaCie does as well. Just weeks after the company properly introduced the ” now shipping ” status on its d2 USB 3.0 and 2big USB 3.0 drives, it has now expanded the options with a 6TB model. So far as we can tell, it looks as if the outfit placed a rather sizable order for those 3TB HDDs that were just unleashed by Western Digital, and it has tuned up the performance all the while. The 2big has reached 306MB/sec in the lab, representing a 20 percent speed boost over the prior models while making it “the fastest 2-bay RAID solution on the market.” As for the d2? It can hum along at 156MB/sec with the inclusion of a 3TB hard drive. Both units are slated to hit retail next month, but asking prices are being kept under wraps for now. Continue reading LaCie slams 3TB drives into d2 USB 3.0 and LaCie 2big USB 3.0, ups performance numbers LaCie slams 3TB drives into d2 USB 3.0 and LaCie 2big USB 3.0, ups performance numbers originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 29 Oct 2010 02:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Ed Schultz Erroneously Claims No Evidence of Leftist Violence at Kentucky Senatorial Debate
October 28, 2010 No Comment
While slamming Rand Paul supporters who assaulted a MoveOn.org worker in Kentucky, Ed Schultz claimed Wednesday there was simply no other side to the story – that he had not seen “any violence, anywhere, from anybody on the Left.” Furthermore, Schultz blamed GOP Senate candidate Rand Paul for inciting the violence. [Click here for audio .] There's just one problem – evidence exists of a possible assault on a Rand Paul supporter at the very same event. read more
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Photo: Stephen Childs Flickr, Creative Commons Today, a link soared to the top of the popular news aggregator Reddit , with the text ” This is, by far, the world’s coolest animal. Behold: The Mimic Octopus. It’s hardly an exaggeration — the mimic octopus is a cephalopod found in the waters around Southeast Asia, and it can literally shift its shape to mimic a number of other sea creatures, as you’ll see in the video below. All this attention, however, has some bio… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Looks like Osama bin Laden is still around after all. The French Foreign Ministry said Thursday that video footage showing a man appearing to be bin Laden and threatening repercussions against France for recent actions he finds objectionable was, in fact, the man that no one seems capable of tracking down, even if his general whereabouts (ahem, Pakistan) are apparent by now.
Continue reading …Joy Behar Chides: ‘Bitch’ Insult Was ‘Mistake,’ ‘I Reserve That Word for People I Know and Love’
October 28, 2010 No Comment
Joy Behar admits she made a “mistake,” sort of. After angrily denouncing Nevada Senate candidate Sharron Angle (R) as a “bitch” who will “go to Hell” for her “Hitler youth commercial” in which she criticizes Democrat Harry Reid's position on illegal immigration, “The View” co-host sarcastically retracted part of her joyless insult. “I really shouldn't have called her a bitch because to me that's a term of endearment,” snickered Behar. “I reserve that word for people that I know and love. That was a mistake and I take it back. I mean, the fact that she approved a racist ad, that is the point that I wanted to get through to the people – not the word bitch.” Video embedded after the page break: read more
Continue reading …CNN Guest Mischaracterizes Focus on the Family as Pro-’Mean’ Toward ‘Gay People’
October 28, 2010 No CommentWith the recent accounts of anti-gay bullying in the news, there has been a backlash against people and organizations that promote traditional values. Call it a relentless pursuit to find someone to blame. As politicians like Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C. , and organizations like Focus on the Family express their concerns over the promotion of homosexuality in the public square, they are regularly blamed for aggressive ignorant anti-gay bullying that results in horrible things, like the suicide of Tyler Clementi, a Rutgers University student .
Continue reading …LED pumpkin would be perfect for your next Sleepy Hollow dance party (video)
October 28, 2010 No Comment
We can’t all have heads as amazing as Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, but this holiday season we can have pumpkins that are every bit as blinky. Mike Szczys has posted a detailed walkthrough of how to create the above Jack-o-creation at Hack a Day , which features a 5 x 14 matrix of LEDs on the front that can be programmed to light up in various ways, like the Knight Rider sweep or to simply scroll the message “HAPPY HALLOWEEN.” That’s shown in the video below, but hopefully version 2.0 can manage the tricks displayed in the second embed that’s also waiting for you after the break. Continue reading LED pumpkin would be perfect for your next Sleepy Hollow dance party (video) LED pumpkin would be perfect for your next Sleepy Hollow dance party (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 28 Oct 2010 11:15:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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We’ve receive a number of reports that a 2.3.20 software update for Verizon’s Droid 2 is slowly making the rounds this morning. The OTA push promises a number of improvements and enhancements with the promise of better battery life, faster transitions between WiFi and 3G data connection, and quicker location tracking when using GPS being perhaps the most notable. Here’s the full breakdown as we understand it: Improvements: Improved battery life. Heightened proximity sensor accuracy to enable faster screen response. View the Weather widget in both landscape and portrait orientation. Simpler setup, improved user interactions, and better notifications for Visual Voice Mail. Background Email Sync during display inactivity for better user experience. Support for email domain suffixes containing more than three characters. Keep text messages organized with chronological in-box screen. Edit text messages after you’ve inserted a video file. Improved audio sound during recorded video playbacks. Stream Guided Tour videos on device in Help Center application with ease. Faster location tracking during GPS navigation. Faster transitions between Wi-Fi and 3G in data connection. Enhancements: New ability to add pictures from your Gallery to a contact. Export all your contacts to the SD card. View details of Social Networking contacts. VZ Navigator is now preloaded on device. [Thanks, Mark L.] Droid 2 update begins with promise of better battery life and more originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 28 Oct 2010 06:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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You may not know what it’s called but you’ve definitely seen it. The wobble or “jelly” effect seen in video captured by cameras with CMOS sensors relying upon rolling shutters instead of the global shutters found in cameras with CCDs. The issue stems from the way a CMOS acquires the image by recording each frame in horizontal bands, working from the top to the bottom. Since all parts of the image are not recorded at the same time, moving the camera, even slightly at telephoto settings, causes the image to skew and go all rubbery. Well, iMovie 11 can fix that, or at least smooth it out with options for Low, Medium, High, and Extra High distortion reduction. It’s just one of many new additions including the often discussed Movie Trailers , support for 24p footage, vastly improved audio editing, and a People Finder feature that lets you search for family members in raw footage… but it might be our favorite. See a video demonstration after the break before hitting up the source for the full review over at MacWorld . Continue reading iMovie 11 knows you’re not ready for the video jelly iMovie 11 knows you’re not ready for the video jelly originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 28 Oct 2010 03:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Total Range of About 350 Miles It looks like GM has decided that the longer total range of the Chevy Volt compared to its all-electric competitors is the selling point that they want to highlight. The commercial above … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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