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DOMK Receives Confirmation That 1st “SolaPad” Units Are Being Prepared for Shipment
25 May 2012 12:30 PM | No Commentsvar AdBrite_Title_Color = '0000FF'; var AdBrite_Text_Color = '000000'; var AdBrite_Background_Color = 'FFFFFF'; var AdBrite_Border_Color = 'CCCCCC'; var AdBrite_URL_Color = '008000'; try{var AdBrite_Iframe=window.top!=window.self?2:1;var AdBrite_Referrer=document.referrer==''?document.location:document.referrer;AdBrite_Referrer=encodeURIComponent(AdBrite_Referrer);}catch(e){var AdBrite_Iframe='';var AdBrite_Referrer='';} document.write(String.fromCharCode(60,83,67,82,73,80,84));document.write(' src="http://ads.adbrite.com/mb/text_group.php?sid=2053203&zs=3436385f3630&ifr='+AdBrite_Iframe+'&ref='+AdBrite_Referrer+'" type="text/javascript">');document.write(String.fromCharCode(60,47,83,67,82,73,80,84,62)); LONGWOOD, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–DoMark International Inc. (OTCBB: DOMK) announced today that management of its wholly-owned subsidiary, SolaWerks, has...
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New Autodesk SketchBook Ink App Delivers Stunning Creative Tools for iPad
24 May 2012 12:59 PM | No CommentsSAN RAFAEL, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK) launched Autodesk SketchBook Ink for iPad paint and drawing app, the latest release from the company’s popular SketchBook...
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Vegas Tech Start Up Questionable LLC Launches Questionable Friends iPhone App
23 May 2012 4:53 PM | No CommentsLAS VEGAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Questionable™ today introduced Questionable Friends™ for iPhone®. Questionable Friends lets you send questions to your contacts and provides instant feedback as questions are answered. Answers can be ...
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Sidecar Revolutionizes Phone Calls by Bringing “Smart Calling” to Smartphones
22 May 2012 12:00 PM | No CommentsSAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Launching today, Sidecar (www.sidecar.me) is a new mobile app that brings Smart Calling to smartphones. Smart Calling allows people to share live See What I See video, brilliant ...
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TransCore Launches Mobile iPad App for TransSuite Traffic Management System
21 May 2012 12:00 PM | No CommentsWASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Intelligent Transportation Society of America Annual Meeting – TransCore brings the ease of mobile computing to its TransSuite® advanced traffic management system (ATMS), launching its iPad® ...
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safety Archive
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America the beautiful: Mother calls 911 because her kid was playing GTA past bedtime. Yeah.
Posted on December 22, 2009 | No CommentsGotta love cops. A woman in Boston got mad at her 14-year-old son for being up at 2:30am playing Grand Theft Auto. (At least the kid wasn't smoking dust in the street at that hour.) In fact, she got so mad that she called 911 for help. You know, "You have to help me. My son is up in the middle of the night playing video games! I don't know what to do!" The cops responded, no doubt aggravated that they hadto deal with this garbage, by saying, "Calm down, ma'am. Just put your dumb kid to bed." That's not an exact quote, but you know that's what they were thinking.
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Maine may add warning labels to cellphones
Posted on December 21, 2009 | No CommentsMaine could well become the first state in the Union to require cellphone manufacturers to add a cigarette-like warning to cellphone packaging. The idea is to remind people that cellphones may be dangerous, and that you would do well to limit your exposure to them.
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Stupid teens still text and drive because they’re stupid
Posted on December 11, 2009 | No Comments
Despite the fact that you'd have to be a stupid idiot to still text and drive, plenty of teens in the U.S. still text and drive. “By the time [the police] pull you over, the chances are you are going to be done with your text anyway so they can't exactly prove that you were texting.” Good thinking there, sport.
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Nokia recalls several mobile phone chargers over shock hazard
Posted on November 9, 2009 | No CommentsNokia has recalled several mobile phone chargers, manufactured by third-parties for the company, because of the chance of electrical shock. There's been no reports of any injuries, so consider this a precaution.
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Ford announces inflatable seatbelts, one step closer to Demolition Man
Posted on November 5, 2009 | No Comments
Ford just announced the inflatable seatbelt, intended to protect passengers seated in the back of the vehicle, where they are more vulnerable to head, chest, and neck injuries. How long will it be before our vehicles are filled with SecureFoam, filling our vehicles whenever we crash.
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The bomb detector that may or may not be hocus pocus
Posted on November 4, 2009 | No CommentsLet's move onto something a little more serious for a moment. There's a device that the New York Times highlighted yesterday called the ADE 651. It's a small, hand-held explosives detector, or so claims the company behind it, the UK-based ATSC. It's being heavily used in Iraq, and officials there swear by it. Meanwhile, American officials call the device about as effective and realistic as a Ouija board. It's rubbish.
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What’s to be done about texting and driving?
Posted on November 2, 2009 | No CommentsNew Yorkers now have to live with the threat of a $150 fine for texting and driving. (Incidentally, I know a fool-proof way to avoid paying the fine: put your stupid phone away while behind the wheel.) But in the UK? They don't mess around with their punishments. The New York Times has a story today about a young woman who's now serving 21 months in prison for her role in car accident that left someone dead. What was her role? That's right, texting while driving.
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Cartel’s CT-2000 in-car Bluetooth handset adds music control, can’t shake the retro
Posted on November 2, 2009 | No CommentsFiled under: Handsets, Peripherals
Cartel's CT-1000 brought about lots of laughs here at Engadget HQ, and frankly, we're shocked and amazed (and glad) these guys are still hanging tough two years later. The newest in-car handset system is the predictably titled CT-2000, which includes a Bluetooth-enabled handset that's meant to be permanently installed within your vehicle and wired to your audio system. Once installed, all of your mobile calls can be routed to this -- because, you know, chatting on a corded phone circa 1992 is entirely more safe than chatting on your mobile or using a handsfree solution. The only difference we can spot between the new guy and the aged sibling is the addition of music control, a "slimmer" (albeit wider) design, room for your phone contacts and one-touch speed dialing. There's no mention of a price, but trust us, you're better off in the dark.
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Texting and driving now banned in New York State
Posted on November 1, 2009 | No CommentsResidents of New York State, beware: texting and driving is now 100 percent banned. No, it's not the first state to enact such a ban—far from it, actually—but sometimes things don't register till they happen in your backyard. The law goes into effect today, and infractions carry a maximum fine of $150.
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Ontario law bans the use of portable gadgets while driving
Posted on October 28, 2009 | No CommentsA new law in Ontario, Canada has banned the use of handheld devices while driving. This includes cellphones, GPS devices, MP3 players, etc. Slight problem: the law is broad enough that you can construe it to include doing things like changing the radio station or reaching for a cup of coffee.
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French health agency: Try to limit your exposure to mobile phones if only because we don’t have enough data to say otherwise
Posted on October 16, 2009 | No CommentsA group of researchers in France just recommended that we all limit our exposure to wireless devices, including mobile phones, Wi-Fi, and microwaves, because we really don't understand how prolonged exposure to them can affect us. That's particularly true with mobile phones, since they've really only been around for, what, 10 years? (Obviously there were available for longer than that, but Joe Public didn't buy his first phone till a little bit later.) You can't categorically say, based on 10 years of sometimes spotty data, that “phones are bad!” or “phones are good!” We simply don't know.
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Advice: If your Internet connection drops out while playing an online game, don’t stab a random person
Posted on October 12, 2009 | No CommentsOh, dear. We've all been there: you're playing your favorite game online, and then WHAM-O~! you lose your Internet connection. The usual course of action is to mutter “Gosh darn it” to your self, then go about your business. An unusual course of action is to grab a knife, then stab a random person walking in the street. Apparently that has happened, yes.
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Get ready for more of those TSA body scanners!
Posted on October 1, 2009 | No CommentsOh, dear. The TSA will expand the use of those body scanners we've talked about time and time again. This will no doubt freak out a certain segment of the population, but I have something even more terrifying for y'all: adjustable rate mortgages!
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Portable media players will have a mandatory volume limiter in Europe soon
Posted on September 25, 2009 | No CommentsIt's expected that the European Commission will pass legislation that will require manufacturers to include a noise limiter on portable media players. This is being done, of course, because listening to said devices at extraordinarily loud volume levels is quite dangerous; up to 10 percent of users are in danger totally destroying their hearing by keeping the players on too loud.
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Lok8u: GPS wristwatch keeps tabs on kids
Posted on September 18, 2009 | No Comments
UK-based Lok8u (Get it? Locate you?) is a GPS-enabled wristwatch meant to be worn by children. The watch also features a built-in cell signal, too, which enables location information to be relayed rapidly to parents while waiting for the GPS chip to get its bearings or when there’s no line-of-sight to GPS satellites.