Worried about how Hurricane Irene will affect you? Google to the rescue. The Google Crisis Response team has produced a map that tracks Irene’s path and provides other valuable info. Search for your address at crisislanding.appspot.com and see how close your home is to the thick of things….
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As Anna Hazare’s fast spilled over to the 12th day, doctors today raised concerns over his health saying they are more worried as the Gandhian’s blood pressure has dipped while heart beat has increased. More…
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VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass. – President Obama will cut short his Martha’s Vineyard vacation because of Hurricane Irene and return Friday night, and he urged Americans along the Eastern Seaboard to take precautions against the potentially “historic hurricane” making its way toward the coast this weekend. Mr. Obama, his wife and two daughters were to leave Martha’s Vineyard, just off Cape Cod, on Saturday but decided that “it would be more prudent” to return to the White House with his family Friday to monitor events, said his spokesman, Josh Earnest. Island authorities on Fridaty had begun their own preparations for the storm, including canceling some ferries to the mainland. Immediately…
Continue reading …A sea lion bit a pair of swimmers in Venice Beach last night, in what lifeguards say may be the first case of such an event occurring in the area. KTLA reports that a woman was bit on the leg around 6:30pm; her husband came to her aid, only…
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Hi, guys! Welcome to IRL, a brand new feature where we talk about the gadgets, apps and toys we’re using in real life. One of the reasons we started this column is that we don’t necessarily stop evaluating products once we slap on a numbered rating and publish some 3,000 words worth of impressions. This is a dilemma all gadget reviewers wrestle with, really. It’s one thing to test a product for a week and report back on benchmark results and battery life, but it’s another thing entirely to live with it. Sometimes, there are things we didn’t get to test. And if you play with something long enough, the Honeymoon always comes to an end. No exceptions. We still see reviews as a snapshot in time — our job, after all, is to size up the products folks might be thinking of buying today, and it’s not fair to stay mum while we wait for companies to tweak products they had no business shipping half-baked in the first place. But we don’t think the conversation should end with the review. You guys already get to sound off on the things you own in the ” How would you change? ” column. Consider this our turn. Continue reading IRL: The stuff Engadget editors are using… in real life IRL: The stuff Engadget editors are using… in real life originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …The new Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall may be a milestone “in the turbulent history of race and democracy in America,” but let’s not kid ourselves: “King weeps from his grave,” writes Cornel West in a New York Times op-ed . Despite our reverence for King, we…
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Pearl Jam- Evacuation (New York 2003) Earthquake Makes East Coats FREAK OUT!!! Crysis 2 OST – 32 “Time Square Evacuation” abcriverina says: ‘Historic’ Irene forces NYC evacuations – ABC Riverina NSW – Australian Broadcasting Corporation http://t.co/etU2Zjn
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Continue reading …First, East Coasters endure chuckles from California over Tuesday’s earthquake. Now former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin is handing out hurricane advice? Though the Daily Caller points out that many would classify the reaction to Hurricane Katrina as a “colossal failure,” Nagin, who was mayor when Katrina hit, still had…
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Earlier this year, we heard a slew of whispers promising a late winter launch for Microsoft’s Windows 8 tablets — there was even mention of a tab-specific OS. While it’s become clear that Redmond intends for its new operating system to run on multiple devices , insight into its tablet plans are still somewhat shrouded in mystery. From the looks of these gesture patents, however, it’s clear MS has been eyeing a dual-screen tablet future (hello Courier ). The recently published patents, not yet granted to the company, touch upon methods for off-screen input (read: bezel-based), but mainly focus on these multi-screen input options: dual tap, pinch and expand, hold and page-flip, hold and tap, and finally, bookmark hold. As you can glimpse from the image above, the patents handle simultaneous touch screen input, allowing a user the ability to swap images between screens, or even freeze a page on one side while continuing to browse on the other. By the looks of things, Sony might have some fierce competition in the multi-screen tablet market. Head to the source below to get a fuller look at these touch-based solutions. Microsoft gesture patents reveal possible dual-screen tablet focus originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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