Not looking to go all out with a DLNA-ready NAS or dedicated media player to get some streaming started on your home network? Then you might be able to get by with something like Planex’s new MZK-SNG02US device, which packs a single USB port and an SD card slot, and basically acts as DLNA-enabled bridge between your storage media and your router. Unfortunately, it looks like this one is only available in Japan at the moment, and its
Continue reading …Lawsuit Pressures Coal Plant to Stop Killing Millions of Fish in Lake Erie
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Image: Bay Shore Power Plant Remember the story of Ohio’s Bay Shore coal-fired power plant, the one that (perfectly legally) kills at least 46 million fish a year? Well that’s still happening, but not without some legal challenges. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Speakers? Oh yeah. Wires? Heck no. Aluratek has launched three new wireless audio products collectively called Bump — though somehow a wired model got lumped in there too. A bit of a step from the company’s previous digi frame and e-reader offerings, the four tune-pumping solutions start with the $49.99 AMS01F, a wee boombox that plays music from SD, line-in, or FM and does six hours on a charge. The $79.99 AUWS01F ditches the media player functionality, relying on a signal sent from a 2.4GHz USB dongle that you stick in your nearest PC or Mac (within 60 feet) that has some tunes on it. Next is the $99.99 AWS01F, basically the AMS01F boombox with the addition of a separate wireless speaker. Finally, if you’re not ready to cut the cord, there’s the $19.99 APS01F, a single little tweeter with a 3.5mm cable sprouting from below. They’re all available now, so you know what to do. Continue reading Aluratek’s new wireless speakers go Bump in the night Aluratek’s new wireless speakers go Bump in the night originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 10:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Image: Stenyian The latest round of diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks has revealed that climate negotiators in the US State Dept. were the target of a sophisticated hacker attack last year. The attacks were timed to coincide with the run-up to the climate talks in Copenhagen, at a point when China and the US were in the midst of negotiations — and they occurred around the same time that hackers stole scientists’ emails from a research database, precipitating the event that would later be dubbed
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Images credit Vincent Wittenberg and Guy Königstein Deposits are a wonderful tool; I have previously suggested that It’s Time for Deposits. On Everything. Dutch designers Vincent Wittenberg and Guy Königstein have carried the principle a step further, to street furniture. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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We’ve been hoodwinked by trademark filing and domain registrations before (cough, BlackPad and SurfBook ) so we wouldn’t say this is anywhere near definite, but we just caught wind of a Sony Ericsson EU trademark registration for “Xperia Play,” and SE PR firm Jung Relations has registered a variety of Xperia Play domain names, including XperiaPlay.com, .net, and .org. Yes, that certainly sounds like a promising name for the PlayStation Phone (although not quite as promising as, you know, “PlayStation Phone,”) but honestly we wouldn’t bet on anything at this point. We’ve got a feeling we’ll either find out either at CES or at MWC in February — hold on tight. Update: Turns out SE also registered Xperia Arc, Xperia Duo, and Xperia Neo, so now our interest is definitely piqued. And our hopes are totally shatter-able. Sony Ericsson PlayStation Phone to be called ‘Xperia Play’? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 10:10:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Image credit: Laura Norén (the full image is available on The Society Pages ) Some time ago, I asked whether peeing in public was green . With issues ranging from nasty smells to social disapproval, it’s clear that the appropriateness of peeing in public is a far from cut-and-dry matter. We have already seen plenty of examples of product design aimed at alleviating some of the problems with public urination—from
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s parliament approved Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and his new government on Tuesday, nine months after an inconclusive election left politics in limbo and delayed investments to rebuild the country after years of war. Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Baghdad June 29, 2010. (REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen/Files) Lawmakers voted into office Maliki and a new slate of ministers, elevating Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani to deputy prime minister for energy and leaving in place Kurdish veteran Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari. Highlighting the ethnic and sectarian divides that pervade the war-ravaged country, parliament had to…
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image: Jose Mesa / Creative Commons As 2010 comes to a close, the time for giving thanks for all those small green steps that we’ve collectively taken over the past twelve months now past by a couple weeks, ever media outlet is trying to make a bullet-pointed list of the year’s high- and low-lights for easy consumption. Doing that in environmental business politics… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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