Stan Harrison: Faulty but dedicated timer switch just keeps on tickin’
Stan HarrisonSomething was suspiciously wrong.The bathroom fan timer switch was making that funny buzzing noise again. It had been buzzing on and off for several weeks.Then finally, it happened. The switch suddenly ran amok.It wouldn’t turn off. I frantically…
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Newtown Township planners, residents raise traffic concerns with proposed McDonald’s
NEWTOWN – McDonald’s wants to plant the Golden Arches at the site of Office Place East, a mostly vacant one-story office building located just to the east of Wells Fargo Bank (Wachovia) in the parking lot of the Village at Newtown East.
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iPad 2 hopes and dreams
The iPad is remarkably great for business mobile computing. That doesn’t mean there’s not a long wishlist of features for the anticipated iPad 2 unveiling next week.
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Adventures in Self-Surveillance: Fitbit, Tracking My Movement and Sleep
In these privacy-challenged days, there’s lots of ways for you to be tracked. Rather than worrying your pretty little, much-observed head about that, why not take advantage of it?
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Newtown Township planners, residents raise traffic concerns with proposed McDonald’s
NEWTOWN – McDonald’s wants to plant the Golden Arches at the site of Office Place East, a mostly vacant one-story office building located just to the east of Wells Fargo Bank (Wachovia) in the parking lot of the Village at Newtown East.
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Mike Elgan: How to build a time machine
The real-time Internet is crowding out the future and the past. Here’s what to do about it.
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Microsoft and HP launch a series of datacenter appliances
Turnkey, scalable datacenter appliances offer building blocks for quick implementation and fast business reaction times.
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Are the Motorola Atrix 4G and Lapdock Worth the 0 Price Tag?
COMMENTARY | Motorola and its Atrix 4G, released Feb. 22, hitting AT&T stores, is breaking ground with the smartphone release, and the concept has something no other smartphone does, a dock that turns the phone into a laptop, called the Lapdock.
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At Least Eight Private Spaceship Builders Make NASA’s Shortlist
NASA is proceeding with plans to award roughly 0 million to commercial spaceflight companies bidding to carry humans to orbit.
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Samsung Notebook Series 9 rivals Apple’s Macbook Air
Pips it by 1mm
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Mind-Controlled Car Does Exactly What You Think
Control your car with your thoughts! Just keep your eyes–and mind–on the road.
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Analysis: The Closing U.S. Gap Between Xbox 360 And Wii
[As part of our monthly U.S. NPD retail video game sales analysis, Gamasutra analyst Matt Matthews examines how the gap has been closing between Xbox 360 and Wii at U.S. retail, predicting the "Xbox 360 will best the Wii in both units and revenue in 2011."] For Sony and Microsoft, there are at least some obvious paths to take in the course of 2011 in order to maintain solid hardware sales. For …
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Dwayne McDuffie, Comic-Book Writer, Dies at 49
Mr. McDuffie diversified the pantheon of superheroes by creating popular black characters in print and on television.
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Chinese official dismisses ‘Jasmine’ protest calls
BEIJING, Feb 24 — China faces no risk of succumbing to the kind of unrest that has rocked authoritarian governments across the Middle East, a senior Chinese official said, dismissing “Jasmine Revolution” calls as preposterous. The comments from Zhao Qizheng, a former head of the Chinese government’s information office, were Beijing’s most senior …
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Xoom Set for Thursday Launch at Verizon, Adobe Clarifies Flash Support
Adobe says Flash 10.2 will be available as an over-the-air download after Motorola’s Xoom tablet goes on sale.
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When in doubt, reboot? Not Unix boxes
InfoWorld: “I want to take a closer look at the reboot issue. It’s a hot spot for all server admins, but to Unix geeks, it’s a deeper issue — probably because Windows admins use reboots as one of their first troubleshooting steps, while it’s one of the last for the Unix team.”
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Parents re-examine drop-side cribs
More than 10 million drop-side cribs were recalled in recent years, culminating with the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s announcement in December that after decades of use, the sale of drop-side cribs was being banned.
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Gaga doesn’t want glamour
Lady Gaga doesn’t want a glamorous life. The Born This Way hitmaker insists she will always live in the New York neighbourhood where she grew up as she was left thoroughly unimpressed after a brief stint on the Hollywood party scene.
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Is China playing PH card?
The question facing the Philippines is what concessions it will give China in exchange for Beijing’s decision to postpone the execution of three Filipinos convicted of drug trafficking.
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Review: Shape-Shifting Travel Bag Divides Into 3 Pieces [VIDEO & PICS]
Today’s travelers need maximum flexibility, and that’s the promise of the Balanzza Truco, a 3-piece modular carry-on bag that stacks t…
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EPC set to add 21 jobs
By Kristin Baron ff–EPC (Elkhart) logo.jpg Officials from Elkhart Products Corporation (EPC) in Geneva have announced an expansion project that will create new jobs. The expansion will include the construction of a building addition as well as the installation of new machinery and equipment, fixtures and hardware. Geneva Town Council in its meeting Thursday evening heard from Adams …
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Story County says jail inmate committed suicide
NEVADA, Iowa (AP) – The Story County Sheriff’s Office says a 63-year-old county jail inmate has committed suicide. The release says Mark Dubendorf was found a little before 8:20 Friday morning. It says Dubendorf had fastened a sheet around his neck and tied it to the closure hardware of his cell.
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Latest Research Shows 14% Drop in Digital Signage Prices
WireSpring’s “2010 Digital Signage Pricing Report” Examines What Customers Expect to Pay for Hardware, Software and Services. (PRWeb February 17, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/02/prweb5081464.htm
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Ask Ars: How should my organization approach the IPv6 transition, and what is Ars doing?
Whenever Ars runs an article about the increasing global scarcity of IPv4 addresses or an IPv6- related topic, we inevitably hear from some readers that they would like to see Ars available over IPv6. We thought we’d explain why we haven’t made that move yet. Why should you care? First though, we want to help your organization or business decide if it should be pursuing the goal of making your …
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