PBS has just announced its own app for iPhone and iPod touch, and from the looks of it, it’s a doozy (if you’re super into PBS, that is). That’s right, the free PBS app will allow you to watch full-length PBS productions on your device — including its popular news programs like FRONTLINE and the PBS Newshour. You won’t be able to watch everything that PBS offers just yet, but the app also has a built-in calendar which should be super useful if you happen to structure your entire life around PBS programming like we know some of our avid readers do. PBS developed the app with help from Bottle Rocket Apps, and adds this to its other apps currently available, the Antiques Roadshow game app and the PBS for iPad app. This one’s available right this second in iTunes and it’s free. Full press release is after the break. [Thanks, Jake] Continue reading PBS launches free iOS app for watching full-length video PBS launches free iOS app for watching full-length video originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Photo: Leverage Academy According to a report from a wind turbine manufacturer, China has now installed more wind power capacity than the United States. Wind installation surged there last year, far outpacing the US, and now China has an estimated base of 40,000 MW of wind power installed. The US, which was the previous leader, ended the year with just shy of that. Not to further exacerbate the … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Amy Chua—and her method of parenting—is creating quite a stir. The Wall Street Journal published an except from the Yale law professor’s new memoir, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother , over the weekend, and the 3,494 comments (and counting) include reactions like: “I am in disbelief after…
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TUCSON, Ariz. — Four days after being shot in the head, U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was making small movements on her own, tugging at her hospital gown and touching her wounds, one of her doctors said Wednesday. Giffords remained in critical condition at Tucson’s University Medical Center after she was struck once in the head Saturday. Authorities accuse Jared Loughner, 22, of opening fire on a crowd at an event she was holding. Nineteen people were shot and six died. The three-term Democrat was expected to live and has been making progress. Giffords is more alert after nurses eased her sedation. She can breathe on her own, respond to voice commands and even make small spontaneous motions….
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Back in 2008, Lenovo’s ThinkPad X200 was getting folks all hot and bothered, and it seems some people never cooled down. If you’re one of the few looking to reignite the flames sparked when your first laid eyes on the laptop, take a look at this impressively rendered knockoff. Despite the absence of a Lenovo logo and slightly off dimensions, it really does look like the X200, — that is, until you look under the hood. The original sports a 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo processor, while the knockoff’s got a 1.66GHz Intel Atom N450; the real deal has SSDs up to 64GB, while the fake doesn’t even have the option; and finally, the impostor lacks 4GB RAM upgradability. According to M.I.C. Gadget, the ThinkPad clone rings in at 1900 Chinese yuan (about $286), and can be purchased online, though we couldn’t tell you where. Anyway, you weren’t seriously considering it … were you? Lenovo ThinkPad X200 clone takes us back, way back originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Don’t look now, but the Westboro Baptist Church is displaying one tiny, itty-bitty modicum of decency! The church has announced that, in a saintly show of restraint, it will abandon plans to picket the funeral of 9-year-old Christina Taylor Green, who was killed in Saturday’s Tuscon massacre. Of course, they’re…
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We already showed you a quick tour of two of the three Automotive X-Prize winners . Wondering where the third was? Hanging out in the booth of its creator, Li-Ion motors, looking green and decidedly outclassed by the second car that company is showing off. It’s the Inzio, a proper supercar of the electric variety, the base model hitting 60 from a standstill in four seconds and topping out at 130 — perhaps not Ferrari-busting but surely more than enough to get your license taken away. If that’s not enough there will be multiple models with different power levels and carbon fiber construction, with the higher-end dropping that 0 – 60 time to 3.4 seconds and boosting the top speed to 200. We spent some time chatting with Li-Ion Motors Project Manager Paul Daigrepont about the design of the car, most interesting being the transmission. It’s a custom-made four-speed unit that, interestingly, has no clutch. It’s directly driven by the motor, shifting via paddles with the ECU dropping the torque on the motor momentarily to unload the gears, allowing an upshift to happen. At a stop the motor simply stops spinning and, if you want reverse, the car engages first gear and runs backwards! The company is accepting orders, starting at $139,000, a price that makes the leaf feel like even more of a bargain. Gallery: Li-Ion Motors Inzio electric supercar Li-Ion Motors Inzio electric supercar stops by Detroit originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:16:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Protests erupted in various places in the Haitian capital on Wednesday as its inhabitants were marking the anniversary of the worst natural disaster in the nation’s history. (Jan. 12)
Continue reading …What holds sex toys, manuscripts, and Harvey Milk’s pink sunglasses? America’s first gay museum, opening today in San Francisco. The GLBT History Museum is only the second of its kind in the world; the other is in Germany, reports the Chronicle . The city should have had such a museum “long…
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‘The Game,’ which lasted for three seasons on the CW from 2006-2009, has been revived by BET. The cast, which includes Tia Mowry and Wendy Raquel Robinson, talk about its new home, how they learned about the show’s cancellation and more. (Jan. 12)
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