Whether called the Pre 2 or Pre Plus 2, there’s no denying that the first webOS 2.0 device is coming at us in a fast and furious fashion. Verizon docs already revealed it was on that carrier’s November roadmap , and now HP’s Facebook page for students has narrowed pre-order availability down to a specific date: November 8th. That’s next Monday, folks! No more info is available at this time, such as whether that will include the promised unlocked GSM Pre 2s or whether they would be forthcoming at a later date. Either way, we’re excited to see this 1GHz vessel sail in and bring us all that improved webOS goodness. [Thanks, Michael] Palm Pre 2 pre-orders will start November 8th, says HP originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 02 Nov 2010 15:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Image Credit: Virgin Three years ago I called Virgin’s LEED certified spaceport a contradiction in terms , noting that Tourists and passengers will drive into the middle of the desert, where Richard Branson and others will literally burn rubber, mixed with nitrous oxide, to fire people into space for seven minutes at $ 200,000 a pop. And guess what? It is designed to be LEED Platinum. To be “both sustainable and sensitive to its surroundings.” What an oxymoronic gesture. Next thing you know we will have LEED certified coal fir… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …"Pay As You Plant" Insurance Helps African Farmers Recover from Climate-Induced Crop Loss
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Image: Flickr via meaduva Micro-insurance might be the latest in a string of technology applications that have brought exciting developments to perhaps one of the most surprising regions, rural Africa. Kilimo Salama, or “safe farming” in Swahili, is a micro-insurance system that allows farmers to be compensated for low crop yield due to poor weathe… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: TreeHugger It’s likely that the outdoors enthusiast is the person on your holiday gift list that cares the most about getting eco-friendly presents — after all, you’re helping protect his or her favorite playground: Mother Earth. From must-have gear for weekend adventures to durable campsite cookware and engrossing books for rainy days, these gifts will get your nature-fiend in the right place: outdoors Produced by Mairi Beautyman Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo credit: sahlgoode / Creative Commons When it comes to protecting animals , it seems that a simple rule could be “more is better.” The more species saved, and habitat preserved—this implies—the healthier the resulting ecosystem. New research, however, suggests that the reality might not be so simple; in fact,
Continue reading …TweakTown tests the best thumb drives, invites USB 3.0 models to the party
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Most USB thumb drives are cheap enough that it rarely seems worth comparison shopping but, as usual with computer hardware, if you want the best you’d best look at some benchmarks. Following in the footsteps of Kristofer Brozio , TweakTown gathered together 16 of the fastest and most common models to test and some of the big brands, like Lexar, finished near the bottom in terms of performance. If you want a fast USB 2.0 drive, the Silicon Power LuxMini 920, a 64GB model, is the one to get — if you can find it. Meanwhile the rather more readily available Patriot Memory models clocked in at a close second. However, taking all the honors is the OCZ Enyo , but given that’s more of an external SSD we question its inclusion. For proper thumb drives, it’s the USB 3.0 Super Talent SuperCrypt taking the cake for performance — as it should for a $120, 16GB model. TweakTown tests the best thumb drives, invites USB 3.0 models to the party originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 02 Nov 2010 15:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Photo: The U.S. Army , Flickr, Creative Commons BP announced today that it now expects the cost of the Gulf spill to be $7.7 billion more than it initially anticipated, bringing the total expense close to $40 billion. Back in July, when the Macondo well was still spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico, BP set aside $32 billion to cover the cost of the cleanup. But due to a number of factors, that number has substantially ballooned:… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Hennepin Collection We have written often about the extraordinary waste of food in the world; In America, as much as half of it is lost between the field and the fridge. Health writer Tara Parker-Pope of the New York Times picks up on the subject with a discussion of Jonathan Bloom’s new book “American Wasteland: How America Throws Away Nearly Half of Its Food” … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …The Makers of Record-Breaking Electric Motorcycles Will Become Suppliers of EV Technologies
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A MissionEVT Motor and Controller. Photo: MissionEVT A Bigger Market Than Super-Motorcycles, For Sure Mission Motors, the makers of the record-breaking Mission One electric motorcycle , are expanding their operations by launching MissionEVT, a division that will design and supply high performance EV powertrains, including energy storage systems, drive systems and software intelligence, to the OEM market…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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In a radio interview with a station in his hometown of Chicago, President Barack Obama encouraged people to get out and vote and warned that Republicans want to undo health care and financial reforms. (Nov. 2)
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