November 1, 2010
FLYbus Hybrid Flywheel Design To Give 20% Fuel Savings To City Buses [FLYbus Concept Reuses Kinetic Energy From Braking via Flywheel]
In most hybrids and electrics, the kinetic energy is converted back into electricity, and driven back to the battery. However, this system is often very heavy and very expensive
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FLYbus Hybrid Flywheel Design To Give 20% Fuel Savings To City Buses [FLYbus Concept Reuses Kinetic Energy From Braking via Flywheel]
Guantanamo Canadian to serve 8 more years in prison
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) – A U.S. war crimes tribunal on Sunday sentenced a young Canadian to 40 years in prison, but he may serve only a few more years under a deal that included his admission he was an al Qaeda conspirator who murdered a U.S
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Guantanamo Canadian to serve 8 more years in prison
October 31, 2010
Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombie Mode Characters Revealed & They’re Freaking Awesome [Leaked Footage Reveals Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombie Mode…
Okay, I don’t consider the following information to be of the spoiling nature, but I know there are some gamers out there who will. So, consider yourself warned: if you’re one who doesn’t like to find out little, awesome surprises before a game is released, there are spoilers ahead. Do you hear me?
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Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombie Mode Characters Revealed & They’re Freaking Awesome [Leaked Footage Reveals Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombie Mode…
Sol Cinema: World’s Smallest Solar-Powered Cinema [Solar-Powered Mini Mobile Theater Seats 8 Viewers]
Watching movies on the silverscreen probably has a big carbon footprint, considering the amount of energy needed to power up the projector, air conditioning, and sound system.
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Sol Cinema: World’s Smallest Solar-Powered Cinema [Solar-Powered Mini Mobile Theater Seats 8 Viewers]
Rumor Mill Says Mike Haggar Coming To Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 [Photo From Capcom Halloween Party Reveals That Final Fight’s Mike Haggar Could Be Coming To…
Final Fight fans have been given a rumor to rejoice over today, and its all thanks to a goofy picture from Capcom’s Halloween Party that was posted on their website, and then later removed. Luckily for us, though, the internet never forgets, and now we have a picture of a monkey-human hybrid working on what appears to be a character model for Mike Haggar (I’m seriously trying to resist Harry Potter jokes while writing this.
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IO Interactive Suffers Second Round Of Job Cuts This Year [IO Interactive, Developers Of Hitman, Kane & Lynch, Layoff Around 30 Employees In…
IO Interactive, the company responsible for the amazing Hitman series and the not-so-cool Kane & Lynch series, has announced that they have just concluded their second round of layoffs this year. The first round occurred back in March, when the company laid of 35 of their employees, and this time another 30 people got handed the pink slip. Continue reading: IO Interactive Suffers Second Round Of Job Cuts This Year [IO Interactive, Developers Of Hitman, Kane & Lynch, Layoff Around 30 Employees In Second Round Of Layoffs] View Comments | View latest news in Computer/Console Gaming | TFTS Home .
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Hannspree 25" 1080p Widescreen LCD HDTV from $170 + free shipping
For its “M” Club members only, mwave.com offers the Hannspree 25″ 1080p Widescreen LCD HD Television, model no. ST259MUB, for $169.99 with free shipping. (“M” Club membership is free; click here to…
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Hannspree 25" 1080p Widescreen LCD HDTV from $170 + free shipping
Top 10 Geeky Halloween Costumes It’s Too Late to Get [Preparing for Trick or Treating? Here’s What You Could Have Worn for Halloween Today]
Depending on where you are in the world, it’s probably too late to come up with a decent Halloween costume for yourself or your kids (and hopefully you haven’t disappointed your children and got them some interesting costumes by now) but here are a few geeky, tech-related costume ideas you could have considered yourself.
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Top 10 Geeky Halloween Costumes It’s Too Late to Get [Preparing for Trick or Treating? Here’s What You Could Have Worn for Halloween Today]
Black Friday Deal Filter from Fat Wallet is a very cool Web App for finding and managing Deals
The days before the actual Black Friday the number of deals gets overwhelming. The challenge is to find the best deals for what you look for and at which stores they are going to be available. The..
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Black Friday Deal Filter from Fat Wallet is a very cool Web App for finding and managing Deals
Omar Hamoui, AdMob CEO, Quits Google For Good [AdMobs CEO Decides to Call It Quits, We’ll Never Know Whether He Was Fired or Simply Left]
Omar Hamoui is the guy behind AdMob, the mobile advertising company that sparkled both Google’s and Apple’s interest and that was purchased by Google in a cool $750 million deal .
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Omar Hamoui, AdMob CEO, Quits Google For Good [AdMobs CEO Decides to Call It Quits, We’ll Never Know Whether He Was Fired or Simply Left]
Pre-order T-Mobile Samung Galaxy Tab Android Tablet on Amazon for $699.99 [Amazon Opens Up T-Mobile Galaxy Tab Pre-order Process; Offers Unsubsidized…
Today’s the last day of October which some like to refer to as Halloween. But besides trick or treating, you might be interested in a different activity for today which is pre-ordering your first Samsung Android tablet, the Galaxy Tab ( T-Mobile version) from Amazon
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Pre-order T-Mobile Samung Galaxy Tab Android Tablet on Amazon for $699.99 [Amazon Opens Up T-Mobile Galaxy Tab Pre-order Process; Offers Unsubsidized…
Refurbished Sony Alpha 10.2MP DSLR Camera w/ lens for $280 + free shipping
Sony Style offers the factory-refurbished Sony Alpha DSLR-A330L 10.2-Megapixel Digital SLR Camera together with the Sony 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 Zoom Lens, for $419.99. Add it to your cart and the price..
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Refurbished Sony Alpha 10.2MP DSLR Camera w/ lens for $280 + free shipping
Unlocked GSM Palm Pre 2 Coming Straight from HP, Somewhere Over the Rainbow [Palm Pre 2 Could Head to Verizon First but GSM Version Will be Available…
Bloom Laptop: Recyclable Laptop That Dismantles in 2 Minutes [Stanford University Students Have Designed A Modular Laptop That Dismantles Easily For…
Portable computers have easily overtaken desktops in terms of sales and market share because of their portability, utility and price. Laptops are usually more eco-friendly, as they require less energy to run.
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Bloom Laptop: Recyclable Laptop That Dismantles in 2 Minutes [Stanford University Students Have Designed A Modular Laptop That Dismantles Easily For…
Today’s early Black Friday and Holiday Sales Round-Up features hot Holiday Toys and Electronics
Today is Halloween, but the Holiday shopping season has already started. Today several big sales events have launched in what we like to call the Black Friday Sales season. On Friday the first Black..
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Today’s early Black Friday and Holiday Sales Round-Up features hot Holiday Toys and Electronics
Motorola Droid 2 Global & T-Mobile Comet Priced, Not All Release Dates Confirmed Yet [Motorola Droid 2 Global Black & White to Cost $199.99 on…
Two of the upcoming Android handsets you should be keeping an eye out for are the Motorola Droid 2 Global, hitting Verizon Wireless stores in the near future, and the T-Mobile Comet, also known as the Huawei Ideos, heading to T-Mobile obviously. Continue reading: Motorola Droid 2 Global & T-Mobile Comet Priced, Not All Release Dates Confirmed Yet [Motorola Droid 2 Global Black & White to Cost $199.99 on Contract; T-Mobile Comet to Retail for $149.99, Contract Also Required] View Comments | View latest news in Mobile/Cell Phones | TFTS Home . Related Reading on TFTS – In Order of Freshness: Motorola Droid 2 Global Specs & Features Confirmed; 1.2GHz Processor Spotted [Motorola Accidentally Confirms Droid 2 Global Android 2.2 Froyo Smartphone; Slightly Different Than Original Droid 2] by Chris Smith T-Mobile G2 Pricing Details & Release Dates Revealed; Best Buy Pre-order Starts Today [Best Buy to Start T-Mobile G2 Pre-Sales on September 10; G2 to Cost $199 on Contract & Ship on October 6] by Chris Smith Best Buy Motorola Droid 2 Pricing Details Revealed; Release Date Still Unconfirmed [Best Buy Sells the Verizon Motorola Droid for $199 on Contract; $599 Off Contract] by Chris Smith Sprint HTC EVO 4G Prices & Release Dates Unveiled Already?
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Happy Halloween from your pals at MAKE!
Images from the Masked Marvelous event in Queen, NY. Halloween… aka “the maker’s holiday.” We hope you’ve had another fun time planning costumes, props, food and party favors this year, and that you’re having a fun weekend unleashing your creations on family, friends, and hapless neighborhood children
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VLC for iPhone & iPad to be Removed from the App Store? [VLC Says Apple Is Apparently Infringing its Copyright; Expects iOS Apps to be Removed]
We weren’t expecting VLC for iPad and iPhone to be approved in the first place , and these apps have probably been granted access to the App Store following Apple ’s recent change of terms and conditions that made it easier for lots of apps to get accepted.
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Volvo Experimenting With Fuel Cell Technology To Extend Range Of Electric Cars [Volvo C30 DRIVe To Possibly Include Fuel Cell Technology That Produces…
Electric vehicles are all the rage these days. But they do come with one caveat: you had better not run out of power in the middle of the highway.
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Volvo Experimenting With Fuel Cell Technology To Extend Range Of Electric Cars [Volvo C30 DRIVe To Possibly Include Fuel Cell Technology That Produces…