After spending most of his life in bands, guitar icon Slash reveals how he felt liberated going it alone for his self-titled solo album. (Nov. 26)
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Whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks says American diplomats warned gov’t officials of its six allies in advance of release expected in next few days
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Secondhand smoke kills more than 600000 people worldwide every year, according to a new study. (Nov. 26)
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China enters Korean War; Nazis force half a million Jews into walled ghetto; Nixon’s secretary tries to explain gap on Watergate tapes; ‘Casablanca’ premieres at Hollywood Theater; Tina Turner is born. (Nov. 26)
Continue reading …La Boite Concept LD120 is the hi-fi desk your laptop’s been crying out for (video)
November 26, 2010 No Comment
Why more people aren’t doing this kind of thing , we don’t know. La Boite Concept, a French design studio with a focus on electronic acoustics, has put together the above piece of laptop-loving music furniture, dubbed the LD120. It features a total of seven drivers, including a down-firing subwoofer and a stereo pair at the rear, the latter of which is intended to bounce sound off a wall and neatly into your ear canal. You’ll still only be getting 2.1 audio output at the end of it, but when it emanates from a leather-trimmed desk equipped with its own USB sound card and a cable-tidying channel in one of its legs, we’re kind of willing to overlook that little detail. We only wish we could be as blas
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Four days after Knesset approval of referendum law, Walid Moallem says ‘full return of Golan Heights is not negotiable.’ He adds that all sides will lose if new war breaks out in region
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Days after launching its heaviest bombardment since 1950-53 Korean War, Pyongyang says impending military exercises by South, US pushing region towards war. Meanwhile, sounds of new fire near island cause panic in Seoul
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The poster child for the electric car has just received its official EPA sticker, merely days after Nissan’s Leaf received its own . Granted, the Volt can haul around quite a few more Earthlings (and grocery bags, for that matter) than the compact Leaf, but it still won’t be able to claim the world’s best gas mileage amongst its peers. The Volt has been found to have a 93MPG equivalent when running purely on batteries, while one could expect an average of 37MPG when using petrol alone. According to the EPA, the Volt will only be capable of cruising 35 miles on a full charge (here’s hoping you’ve got a socket at your workplace, right?), but the overall range of 379 miles ain’t too shabby for a car of this size. The good news here is that this sticker will enable General Motors to finally get these automobiles onto showroom floors, but the bad news is pretty obvious: 93 definitely isn’t 230 . Continue reading 2011 Chevy Volt gets stickered: 93MPG on battery, 37MPG on gasoline 2011 Chevy Volt gets stickered: 93MPG on battery, 37MPG on gasoline originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 26 Nov 2010 02:50:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Paju, South Korea: North Korea said on Friday that impending military exercises by the South and the United States are pushing the region towards war, days after it launched its heaviest bombardment since the 1950-53 Korean War. South Korean media said President Lee Myung-bak would appoint a career military man as new defence minister after the current minister resigned in the face of criticsm for being too slow to respond to Tuesday’s bombardment of an island close to a disputed sea border. The government said it was still deciding. “The situation on the Korean Peninsula is inching closer to the brink of war due to the reckless plan of those trigger-happy elements to stage…
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With rain nowhere in sight, religious leaders and beauty queen fly 1,000 feet up in air to pray for coveted rainfall
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