President Obama will talk about the importance of cutting the deficit in his State of the Union address tonight, but he’s unlikely to endorse any specific steps for doing so, administration sources tell the Washington Post . In particular, Obama has explicitly assured Democratic lawmakers and advocates for the elderly that…
Continue reading …Russian security officials were warned a week ago of an impending attack at a Moscow airport—and they even had information on the exact location of the bombing, the Daily Telegraph reports. “A tip-off with a warning that something was being prepared appeared one week before the explosion. Even the…
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While scientists often talk about the dire consequences of a 4 degree rise in Global temperatures , so far temperatures have only risen by 0.75 degrees celsius since the end of the 19th Century. It can be hard for most of us to picture why this matters so much. After all, most of us see temperature swings much bigger than this one way or the other on a daily basis. The Guardian continues its most excellent compilation of a crowd-sourced Ultimate Climate Change FAQ by addressing the ques… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …It might finally be time to pay for a handful of Wall Streeters, as the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission prepares to name names for possible prosecution, insiders tell the Huffington Post . The panel, which will release three separate reports on Thursday, is turning several cases over to state and federal…
Continue reading …As, one assumes, part of her preparation for becoming royalty, Kate Middleton has quit her day job, the Evening Standard reports. The future Mrs. Prince William “handed over her work” at her parents’ online party supply store before Christmas, “and is now preparing for her future life,” royal aides say….
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Photo: Adhesif Clothing Company Working with vintage silk scarves, reclaimed jersey, and other vintage fabrics, Vancouver-based Adhesif Clothing draws on the youthful days of summer with their floral pattern-packed spring 2011 collection–don’t miss their Alice in Wonderland-inspired spring 2010 collection . From relaxed-fitting floral shorts to a multi-patterned collared dress, designer Melissa Ferreira says, this season is “all about dainty details like bows, fri… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image credit Yi-Cong Lu Designboom is at imm cologne , where German designer Yi-Cong Lu asks a simple question: Why must work and behaviour be adapted to our living spaces, rather than the other way around? He has designed this simple object that can be used in a number of ways, shown here as a desk or as a room divider and closet rack;… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image credit: Growing Wisdom Whether it’s discussing how worm compost suppresses plant disease , or getting a sneak peak at industrial-scale composting , I’ve talked a lot about both methods and usage of compost here on TreeHugger. But when I posted on a video about making compost extraction… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti: second-generation Fermi for the $250 mainstream
January 25, 2011 No Comment
Ah, NVIDIA, how far you’ve come. This time last year we were all wondering if your first Fermi GPUs would operate successfully without a nuclear reactor in our backyards, yet today you’re introducing a successor to one of the best value-for-money GPUs the PC gaming world has seen in ages. Yes, the GTX 560 Ti has mighty big shoes to fill, but it’s off to a good start with 384 CUDA cores running at 1645MHz, 1GB of GDDR5 RAM running at an effective rate of 4GHz, and an 822MHz graphics clock — each one a clear and pronounced upgrade over its GTX 460 predecessor. You’ll have to check out the reviews below for a detailed breakdown of what those numbers will mean on a game-by-game basis, but there’s another way in which this new card is proving its impact already. ATI AMD has (conveniently) chosen to cut the prices of its Radeon HD 6870 and HD 6950 cards today, while also outing an HD 6950 with just 1GB of onboard memory to serve as a direct competitor to NVIDIA’s latest. Competition, ladies and gentlemen, it’s an awesome thing. Read – HardOCP Read – PC Perspective Read – techPowerUp! Read – AnandTech Read – Bit-tech Read – TechSpot Read – TweakTown Read – Hot Hardware NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti: second-generation Fermi for the $250 mainstream originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 25 Jan 2011 09:25:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Image credit: Richmond Grows Last week I wrote about a community-run seed library and suggested that public libraries could get in on the act—offering regional and heirloom varieties of seeds for sharing alongside more traditional lending materials like books and CDs. It turns out this wasn’t such a crazy idea. In fact, one public library in California is already doing just that…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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