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March 10 2010

12:00
12:00

Help! Who Are These AOL Partiers?

AOL Reunion

In mid-February, an ex-AOLer named Jason Munson threw a big party for for his former colleagues at Jackson’s in the Reston Town Center in Reston, Virginia.

The "Aol. Reunion" was one in a series of parties Jason's put together since February 2009.

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10:51

Service - news aktuell intensiviert Kooperation mit Radio Relations und ... - Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung)


Service - news aktuell intensiviert Kooperation mit Radio Relations und ...
Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung)
Und Internetradio wird mobil - im Auto, über iPhone oder über andere Handys. Für news aktuell hat die Ausweitung des Netzwerks von ots. ...

10:38

Over 50 ARM-based tablets launching this year

While the verdict is still out with regard to consumer appetites for a 3rd portable computing device, PC makers are betting the farm on consumer interest in tablets that fill the gap between small-screened smartphones and bulky (by comparison) netbooks/laptops. We've already seen an uptick in tablet devices on display at the big CES and CeBIT trade shows, now tablet and MID device vendors look ready to blow out Computex when it kicks off on June 1st in Taipei. According to Roy Chen, ARM's ODM manager for worldwide mobile computing, more than 50 ARM-based tablet PCs will launch in 2010 starting in Q2 with "a lot more" landing in the third quarter -- a date that just happens to line-up with the most optimistic Chrome OS launch schedule. ARM's seeing so much interest that it had to rent additional floor space to show off the devices. Chen said that many of the tablets are slated for China although all of the world's top 10 carriers have signed up as well. ARM was showing off two Android based tablets at the press event, including the 7-inch Compal device (pictured above) we gave a whirl at CES. Let's just hope that tablet makers have plans for some compelling content and service hook-ups with a focus on the user experience -- 50 near-identical slabs of touchscreen computing won't generate much enthusiasm around here.

Over 50 ARM-based tablets launching this year originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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10:18

Steampunk sequencer generates audio from Lego blocks

In 2007, steampunk musician Yoshi Akai wrote his master's thesis on how to turn color into sound, and he's been dreaming up unorthodox ways of producing music ever since. Case in point: the Lego Sequencer MR II, a contraption that uses three-dimensional Lego structures to emulate a three-channel, eight-step sequencer, where each differently colored plastic brick produces a different sound and complex combinations (including tremolo and overdrive) are possible when the blocks are stacked. Akai tells us it works using resistors embedded in each and every block, with parallel networks of resistors formed as the bricks pile up, equalling lower resistance and thus a higher frequency sound generated by the contraption. While the result certainly won't back a techno track -- Akai says he's "building sound more than playing sound" -- it looks like a good step up from the lethargic phaser noise produced by his Wireless Catcher, a lot of fun to play with, and much less expensive than hiring a team of hot models. Video after the break.

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Steampunk sequencer generates audio from Lego blocks originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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09:49

Apple gegen HTC: Patentklage ist ein Warnschuss - AreaMobile


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Apple gegen HTC: Patentklage ist ein Warnschuss
AreaMobile
Vielfach seien die Entwicklungspläne für neue iPhone-Killer gestoppt worden. HTC HD2 vs. Apple iPhone 3GS: Smartphone-König gegen Kulthandy (17 Bilder)

09:24

Martin Jetpack priced at $86,000, mere mortals will soon be able to buy one too

Tired of the limited legroom, bad food, and worse movies you have to put up with during a flight? Well, it's time to bust out your company credit card and get yourself a Martin Jetpack, which has just become the first commercially available jetpack. Driven by a pair of washing machine-sized fans strapped to your back, this personal transporter will give you a pretty cool 30 minutes of flight time and comes with a bunch of redundancy systems to ensure any mistakes don't turn fatal. The rotors are built out of a carbon / Kevlar composite and are powered by a two-liter V4 two-stroke engine capable of delivering 200hp (or 150kW). Good old gasoline is the fuel of choice here and private individuals are expected to be offered the chance to fulfill every geek and geekette's dream later this year. Just make sure you have $86,000 lying around to fund it.

Martin Jetpack priced at $86,000, mere mortals will soon be able to buy one too originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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08:26

MIT gurus use polyethylene to suck heat away from your next CPU

Man, MIT is making all of these other places of higher learning look silly. For what seems like the fortieth time this month, scientists at the university have revealed yet another breakthrough that might just change the way we compute in the future. Polyethylene, which is about as common a polymer as they come, could very well become a vital part of the way your next processor is cooled, as MIT boffins have figured out how to cause said polymer to "conduct heat very efficiently in just one direction, unlike metals, which conduct equally well in all directions." If you're still struggling to figure out why this matters, have a listen at this: "this may make the new material especially useful for applications where it is important to draw heat away from an object, such as a computer processor chip." In fact, even Intel is taking notice of the development, though no one's saying outright when exactly this stuff will leave the lab and hit Dell's supply chain. There's no time like the present, guys.

[Thanks, Kevin]

MIT gurus use polyethylene to suck heat away from your next CPU originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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08:05

Jon Stewart's 'offer' for Donovan - Philadelphia Inquirer


Jon Stewart's 'offer' for Donovan
Philadelphia Inquirer
Eskin chose not to get personal against Missanelli, but Eskin's boss, Marc Rayfield, manager of the local CBS Radio cluster, talked enough trash for both. ...

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08:03

Baseball Notes: Former Dodger Willie Davis dies - Philadelphia Inquirer


Baseball Notes: Former Dodger Willie Davis dies
Philadelphia Inquirer
Mets madness. Shortstop Jose Reyes has an overactive thyroid and is expected to remain in New York while the results of additional blood tests are used to ...

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07:56

Reyes has overactive thyroid; return in limbo

PORT ST. LUCIE — The Mets will brace for at least two more days — perhaps longer — without Jose Reyes, after test results yesterday confirmed he has an overactive thyroid. Reyes will remain in New York to await the results of blood tests to decide his treatment, according to a statement released...
07:47
In the Dentist's Chair (With Cruel Contraption) -- B&W (4 of 4) #draw365
While I was in Jeff Eitzman's chair having a back molar reconstructed, I was drawing a portrait of him at the same time.

Because of that, I kept moving my head. And Jeff had to keep nudging it back into place.

So I came up with this invention... a strap that goes over the patient's head, with a massive handle to give the dentist leverage to manhandle the head into the exact position the dentist requires the head to be in.

Neat, huh?

Jeff laughed at the idea. But said it was unnecessary.

Well heck... just cos HE'S kind and compassionate to his patients doesn't mean OTHER DENTISTS aren't brutes, right?

Let's make MONEY out of this cruel device!

These four pics started out as black and white drawings in my PaperBlanks Moleskine-substitute notebook. I drew them while Jeff was working in my mouth. The colour-work came later, in PhotoShop CS3.
07:46

Mets' Cy of relief

PORT ST. LUCIE — In the movie, this is how the final scene of the comeback is scripted: The wounded hero takes the mound after a long and arduous road back from arm surgery. He stares down his first hitter. He leaps ahead of the count 0-2, throws a ball, then...
07:37

K-Rod ducks out of Goose controversy

PORT ST. LUCIE — Goose who? Francisco Rodriguez is just fine with Goose Gossage’s assessment of him. Gossage referred to K-Rod as a “clown” in a recent interview, citing Rodriguez’s penchant for theatrics on the mound, but Rodriguez shrugged off Gossage’s comment yesterday — “I have no idea who...
07:36
In the Dentist's Chair (With Cruel Contraption) -- Colour (3 of 4) #draw365
While I was in Jeff Eitzman's chair having a back molar reconstructed, I was drawing a portrait of him at the same time.

Because of that, I kept moving my head. And Jeff had to keep nudging it back into place.

So I came up with this invention... a strap that goes over the patient's head, with a massive handle to give the dentist leverage to manhandle the head into the exact position the dentist requires the head to be in.

Neat, huh?

Jeff laughed at the idea. But said it was unnecessary.

Well heck... just cos HE'S kind and compassionate to his patients doesn't mean OTHER DENTISTS aren't brutes, right?

Let's make MONEY out of this cruel device!

These four pics started out as black and white drawings in my PaperBlanks Moleskine-substitute notebook. I drew them while Jeff was working in my mouth. The colour-work came later, in PhotoShop CS3.
07:27
Jeff Eitzman -- Uber Dentist -- B&W (2 of 4)
Thanks to @MarkStraw for recommending Jeff Eitzman to me.

Jeff's a brilliant dentist. He takes a lot of time to get to understand his patients' mouths. And then he takes the right, considered, skillfully executed action.

In November, a relatively new filling applied by 'Dentist X' in Fourways fell out. I sought opinions from friends. One bud recommended 'Dentist Y' near Cresta/Northcliff. The filling lasted exactly three days. Another bud -- the aforementioned Twitter-bud, @JackStraw -- gave me Jeff's number.

A good sign is that Jeff was booked up till February. But his mom, who runs the reception at the practice, popped me onto a cancellation list.

When I finally got a booking in mid-December, Jeff spent two hours with me, investigating WHY this problem filling kept falling out. He devised a treatment plan. Lined my cavity with a hardening substance, put a temp filling over that, and told me to come back in two months once the hardening agent had cured.

When I got back to his chair in mid-February, just before my bithday, he got to work on the real business of giving me a lasting filling. He completely reconstructed my tooth, using about four separate layers of material, including strategically-placed metal screws that he embedded in some of the substrate.

This filling is incapable of falling out. Furthermore, he constructed it in such a way that it does NOT trap food in the crevice. Previous dentists who botched this tooth also botched the crevice.

The tooth is still sensitive. But every day it's settling down more. The reason it's sensitive is cos the cavity was so deep that the drilling went very close to the nerve. Jeff's treatment philosophy begins with 'First do no harm', followed by, 'If we can save the nerve, we'll do that', followed by, 'The natural tooth material is the best material for your mouth'.

The dude is a sculptor. I recommend him fiercely.

These four pics started out as black and white drawings in my PaperBlanks Moleskine-substitute notebook. I drew them while Jeff was working in my mouth. The colour-work came later, in PhotoShop CS3.
07:20
Jeff Eitzman -- Uber Dentist -- Colour (1 of 4)
Thanks to @MarkStraw for recommending Jeff Eitzman to me.

Jeff's a brilliant dentist. He takes a lot of time to get to understand his patients' mouths. And then he takes the right, considered, skillfully executed action.

In November, a relatively new filling applied by 'Dentist X' in Fourways fell out. I sought opinions from friends. One bud recommended 'Dentist Y' near Cresta/Northcliff. The filling lasted exactly three days. Another bud -- the aforementioned Twitter-bud, @JackStraw -- gave me Jeff's number.

A good sign is that Jeff was booked up till February. But his mom, who runs the reception at the practice, popped me onto a cancellation list.

When I finally got a booking in mid-December, Jeff spent two hours with me, investigating WHY this problem filling kept falling out. He devised a treatment plan. Lined my cavity with a hardening substance, put a temp filling over that, and told me to come back in two months once the hardening agent had cured.

When I got back to his chair in mid-February, just before my bithday, he got to work on the real business of giving me a lasting filling. He completely reconstructed my tooth, using about four separate layers of material, including strategically-placed metal screws that he embedded in some of the substrate.

This filling is incapable of falling out. Furthermore, he constructed it in such a way that it does NOT trap food in the crevice. Previous dentists who botched this tooth also botched the crevice.

The tooth is still sensitive. But every day it's settling down more. The reason it's sensitive is cos the cavity was so deep that the drilling went very close to the nerve. Jeff's treatment philosophy begins with 'First do no harm', followed by, 'If we can save the nerve, we'll do that', followed by, 'The natural tooth material is the best material for your mouth'.

The dude is a sculptor. I recommend him fiercely.

These four pics started out as black and white drawings in my PaperBlanks Moleskine-substitute notebook. I drew them while Jeff was working in my mouth. The colour-work came later, in PhotoShop CS3.
07:19
Bluetooth Access Point brings text messaging, voice messaging, email to the friendly skies
Whether you covet your Irish friends' ability to make in-flight cellphone calls or value your aerial naps too much to care either way, you must admit that the promise of in-flight SMS, MMS, voice messaging, and text email is tantalizing. To this end, the kids at Asiq have announced a little something called the Bluetooth Access Point. This device uses the aircraft's satellite link to send data to your respective carrier, eliminates the need for a picocell, and boasts up to 3Mb/s speeds. Now let's see how quickly this bad boy gets approved for use! (Or not.) PR after the break.

Continue reading Bluetooth Access Point brings text messaging, voice messaging, email to the friendly skies

Bluetooth Access Point brings text messaging, voice messaging, email to the friendly skies originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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07:10

Astros notes: Offense aggressive against Mets' ace - Houston Chronicle


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Astros notes: Offense aggressive against Mets' ace
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Arias will be backed off baseball activities, receive treatments the rest of the week and see a physician this weekend. Brett Myers continued to challenge ...
Santana, Though Rusty, Passes Test New York Times
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07:03

GSN’s “Baggage” Greenlit; 40 Episodes Taping

This is about as official of a confirmation as you need. Casting websites like RealityWanted are hunting people for GSN’s new dating game show Baggage. Last post I saw said they were looking for at least 200 people, and each gets $500. The latest one, on RealityWanted, is saying the show is taping 40 episodes and I’ve heard rumors about this one for a while, so this is just about as firm of a go as you can ask for before putting out a press release.

Baggage appears to be a pseudo-dating game where contestants are called upon by different levels of “baggage” they have, like living at home, having lots of cats, etc. I made fun of the show before because a ton of casting calls said contestants won’t go on a date and they don’t need to be single. They just have to appear single. I bet one of those $500 appearance fees that they harp on the singles factor despite this. RealityWanted says it’s not a dating show but a show about dating. Sorry, you know as well as I do that it’s a dating show and this just an easy way to get out of hunting down 200+ singles that the GSN audience can care about. And looking over the format, this looks unbelievably similar to the MTV dating show Singled Out. Anyone remember that one? It’s a very guilty pleasure of mine from the 90s. It’s got Jenny McCarthy in it, and anything with her is automatically awesome and if you dare say no I will come and hurt you. Very funny show. Take a look.

No official network confirmation yet but this is just about as official as you can get. Think this’ll go any better than their massive failures that have plagued them for just around two years? If they can keep it light, fun, and funny than I think it can. If they either decide to tense it up or make it really corny and cheesy, I’m not so sure.

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