The Boston Bruins blanked Tampa Bay 1-0 Friday night to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals and a date with the Vancouver Canucks. (May 27)
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The Boston Bruins blanked Tampa Bay 1-0 Friday night to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals and a date with the Vancouver Canucks. (May 27)
Continue reading …Telecommunications device for the deaf gets hitched to a rotary phone, hacked to run Zork
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In today’s episode of ” But will it run Zork ?” a chap named Ulysses got the vintage game to run on a TDD (telecommunications device for the deaf) — a project he built to show off at the Bay Area Maker Faire last weekend. In a move we truly respect, he hunted down a rotary phone lifted straight out of the era when Zork was conceived (that would be the late ’70s / early ’80s). Then, he modified a modem so that the acoustically coupled TDD could be interfaced — transmitting at a slow 45.5 baud to make it easy for even ponderous readers to keep up, one line at a time on the TDD’s narrow display. Once this was sorted, things weren’t exactly smooth sailing when Ulysses started fitting the compressed Zork story file into the system. At first, he tried using an Arduino Pro and an Arduino Mega, but found that neither had enough memory to accommodate the compressed Zork story file. Ultimately, he took a different tack and settled on an embeddable FitPC . We’d love nothing more than to see this thing in action, but in lieu of a video we highly suggest carving out a few minutes and perusing Ulysses’ photo blog at the source link. Telecommunications device for the deaf gets hitched to a rotary phone, hacked to run Zork originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 27 May 2011 10:59:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Egypt is poised to reopen its border with Gaza to most Palestinians for the first time since 2007. Women and children will be allowed to cross freely, as will men aged over 40. Men aged between 18 and 40 will still require a permit. Egypt and Israel have blockaded the Gaza Strip since the militant Hamas…
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HP wants to make sure you don’t get burned, literally. For the third May in a row, it’s issuing another expansion of its voluntary battery recall on laptops produced from July 2007 to May 2008 — frankly, we’re considering a holiday to mark the occasion. May 2009 saw a recall of 70,000 batteries followed by an expansion to cover 15,000 in China , totaling 85,000 affected laptops. It didn’t end there though, as further expansion was put in place during May 2010 to cover even more models, and this time around, a sizeable number of lappies have been added to the ever-growing list. About five percent of the models from the aforementioned time frame could have problematic batteries, and HP will be providing replacements for those at risk of getting a little too hot under the collar. If your machine was also part of the previous recalls, HP’s saying those should be verified as well, even if you’ve done so in the past already. The full grid of affected laptops can be perused after the break — Memorial Day weekend will be full of grilling, but we wouldn’t want that to include your skin, okay? Continue reading HP expands laptop battery recall, doesn’t want you to feel the burn HP expands laptop battery recall, doesn’t want you to feel the burn originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 28 May 2011 00:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …The news got even worse for Moammar Gadhafi today: Longtime ally Russia looks to be cutting ties, reports the Guardian . “He should leave,” Dmitry Medvedev said at today’s G8 summit in France. “I proposed our mediation services to my partners. Everyone thinks that would be useful.” Russia strongly opposed NATO’s…
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Continue reading …Blackbeard’s flagship is again reaching the surface, bit by bit. Archeologists today raised one of the anchors from the remains of the renowned pirate’s Queen Anne’s Revenge, which sank off the coast of North Carolina in 1718, reports AP . More lies below, including what’s left of the hull, a half-dozen…
Continue reading …We know you’ve got questions, and if you’re brave enough to ask the world for answers, here’s the outlet to do so. This week’s Ask Engadget inquiry is coming to us from Greg, who needs 5.1 surround sound in the worst, most inexpensive way. If you’re looking to send in an inquiry of your own, drop us a line at ask [at] engadget [dawt] com . “I’m looking for a budget 5.1 surround sound system to set myself up with a rudimentary home theatre. I’ve got a Panasonic Viera TH-42PZ85U TV, and while the picture’s fine, the internal speakers are a bit lacking. I know that almost any sound system, no matter how cheap, will probably be an improvement, so I’m focusing more on saving money than getting mind-blowing audio. Value is the name of the game. Can you give me any good leads? Thanks!” Five years ago, $100 wouldn’t get you much in the surround sound world, but today? Today, it’s all you need. Toss your assistance in comments below! Ask Engadget: best sub-$100 5.1 surround sound system? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 27 May 2011 22:55:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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