Resolve to Stop Worrying About the Environment, It’s One of the Best Things You Can Do For It
December 29, 2010 No Comment
photo: Bhernandez / Creative Commons Since the end of 2010 is rapidly approaching and if you’re like many people you’re thinking about resolutions to undertake in the new year, I offer up one which will really help you make your life much greener: Stop Worrying. Specifically, stop worrying about the fate of the planet. Don’t stop caring, but stop worrying. Beyond any single thing you can do, buy, don’t do, or don’t buy, resolving to stop worrying so much, instead remaining happy and opt… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …This post is cross-posted from YouTube Trends and was originally written by Kevin Allocca. Major flooding in Queensland, Australia recently has now led to large evacuations and over a billion dollars in likely damages. We’ve collected some of the footage posted in the last few days of the flooding from residents in cities like Dalby, Bundaberg, and Chinchilla. You can view them here: (Use the arrows to navigate between videos or watch them all here )
Continue reading …European standardization bodies formalize micro-USB cellphone charger standard
December 29, 2010 No Comment
It’s been more than a year since Nokia, Apple, RIM, Motorola and just about every other major cellphone manufacturer agreed on a micro-USB cellphone charger standard for Europe, but the two key European standards bodies have just now finally followed up on their end of the bargain. CEN-CENELEC and ETSI have today published harmonized standards for a universal cellphone charger based on micro-USB, which has now put the ball back in the manufacturers’ court to actually produce phones that rely on the newly standardized chargers. According to the European Commission, the first of those are expect to arrive sometime “in the first months of 2011,” and it expects the chargers to be ” predominant” within two years. Head on past the break for the official announcement. [Thanks, Pavel] Continue reading European standardization bodies formalize micro-USB cellphone charger standard European standardization bodies formalize micro-USB cellphone charger standard originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 29 Dec 2010 13:28:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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An 8-month-old German shepherd gets his body stuck in a hole in a wall in California. Rescuing Rebel required the gentle nudging of two officers. (Dec. 29)
Continue reading …Huawei’s HIC tablet for Vodafone has all the beauty of an industrial-grade nav unit
December 29, 2010 No Comment
Considering the cheap plastics and giant white logos, our first thought when we saw this unflattering shot in the FCC’s filing system was that we were looking at some sort of connected navigation unit for delivery trucks — but alas, as far as we can tell, the so-called HIC is a “tablet” from Huawei that doubles as a phone for Vodafone. Besides a triband 3G radio, this hot mess gets you a 7-inch WVGA display, a front-facing camera for video calls, and an integrated kickstand around back for setting it on a countertop. The style of the power adapter leads us to believe that the HIC might be intended for permanent use in your home, which would explain why it bears so little resemblance with something we’d want to carry around — but still, couldn’t they have made it a little prettier? No word on when (or to which of Vodafone’s markets) it’ll be coming. Huawei’s HIC tablet for Vodafone has all the beauty of an industrial-grade nav unit originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 29 Dec 2010 13:05:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Emily Blunt plays a princess in the new comedy ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ based on the classic children’s novel. (Dec. 29)
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Denmark’s intelligence service says men planned to shoot as many people as possible in newsroom of paper that published cartoons of Muslim prophet
Continue reading …From Greg Mitchell who’s been blogging on the WikiLeaks release at The Nation for the last month, CNN’s Jessica Yellin responds to Glenn Greenwald — inadequately : Jessica Yellin responds to Glenn Greenwald critique (see below) at CNN blog — but completely ignores his main point about her questions betraying a double standard on (or lack of awareness about) journalists routinely publishing top secret information thanks to leaks vs. WikiLeaks making such evidence available. Watch the video again — claiming she was just asking provocative questions doesn’t cut it. Here’s John’s post from yesterday on the interview in case you missed it — It’s a sad day when journalists collaborate with the government, again!
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Why Bother Chewing? Pepsi Out to ‘Snackify’ Beverages and ‘Drinkify’ Snacks
December 29, 2010 No Comment
Image: Popsop.com Pepsi is rolling out a new product next month: Tropolis , a drinkable snack. It’s marketing its Tropolis “smooth blend of real squeezable fruit” to moms and kids, apparently to replace the role of actual fruit. Why is this not the greatest idea ever?… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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