Turn Your Laptop Into an Earthquake Sensor Posted: 3 months ago by AutumnLotus
If Monday’s earthquake in China has sparked an interest in seismology, and you happen to own a Mac laptop, you can transform your computer into your own personal seismic station. A free program from SeisMac takes advantage of the acceleration sensor inside you computer to register when it gets the shakes.
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The One Laptop Per Child laptop will essentially be hacker proof. Posted: 2 years ago by jaxomlotus
This $100 contraption, which has redefined how modern laptops should be built, has also mastered an important area for laptop users: security.
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The cheapest laptop around. Posted: 2 years ago by Milkshake
This is simple enough to be cheap ($200 - $400) yet good enough to run Windows XP. Bargain!!
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Conmen Taking Advantage of China Earthquake Posted: 3 months ago by 2longdogs
People across China have opened their wallets to give earthquake aid -- and fraudsters have swung into action to capitalise on the burst of generosity.
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Thief steals broken laptop from computer store. Posted: 6 months ago by willster09
Two men walk into computer store in Tacoma, Washington and steal a laptop sitting on a counter,he grabs it and stuffs it down his trousers...apparently it was there to be fixed.
Not sure if this is a Dupe- I searched and didn't find it. Reminded me of a thread on the forum recently.
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$100 laptop now $175, but still on track Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
A British project to create an affordable $100 laptop computer is behind schedule, and the end product will probably wind up costing around $175.
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Massive 7.8 Earthquake Hits China Posted: 3 months ago by 2manyusernames
A massive earthquake struck central China on Monday, killing up to 5,000 people in a single county and trapping nearly 900 students under the rubble of their school
80 percent of the buildings had collapsed in Beichuan county in Sichuan province
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Teacher had child porn on school laptop Posted: 6 months ago by muppet
Neil’s admitted use of child pornography turned up during an unrelated investigation by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents. Federal prosecutors say Neil’s credit card and home e-mail had been used to buy access to child porn websites. Pornography was found on a laptop issued to him by the Boise School District.
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Portrait of an Earthquake Wedding Posted: 3 months ago by JoshSF49
On May 12, when the catastrophic earthquake hit China, a photographer was preparing to shoot a wedding. Instead, he captured some magnificent photos of this tragedy.
It is an article, but the pictures are incredible.
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Scientists Want Your MacBook for Earthquake Detection Posted: 5 months ago by PulsisX
Seismologists made use of the sensors built into many new laptops that sense when the computer is being dropped, and turned them into earthquake monitors.
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Desperate race to save China's earthquake victims as 18,000 lie trapped under rubble in just one city Posted: 3 months ago by AutumnLotus
Rescuers were today battling stormy weather to reach survivors of the Chinese earthquake as the death toll of 12,000 was predicted to soar and nearly 19,000 people were feared buried in one area alone. IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING FOR SOME. Update on this post.
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American tourist joins pandas in 'surreal' earthquake ordeal Posted: 3 months ago by topofall
An American tourist who survived China's deadly earthquake says he is not only lucky to be alive -- he had a "surreal" experience of sharing the moment with giant pandas.
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Borderline Illegal: Your Laptop Is Not Your Own Posted: 6 months ago by cb__
"U.S. customs sees your laptop as no different than your suitcase, only instead of pawing through your socks and boxers, it gets to rifle through your e-mail, documents, photographs, and Web surfing histories."
Follow-up to this posting.
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Earthquake Traps 6 Miners In Central Utah Posted: 1 year ago by Bornbad
4.0 Earthquake Hit Monday Morning.
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6.9 Earthquake Shakes Japan Posted: 2 months ago by chinook
The island of Honshu was rocked by a 6.9 magnitude earthquake this morning.
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Strong earthquake rocks Iceland Posted: 3 months ago by topofall
A strong earthquake measuring 6.1 has hit southern Iceland, 50km (30 miles) from the capital, Reykjavik.
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Stolen laptop leads victim to alleged thieves Posted: 3 months ago by maxriter
A tech-savvy White Plains woman whose apartment was burglarized solved the crime herself after she was able to log on to her stolen laptop, photograph one of the suspects with it and get photos of another, police said.
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£99 Laptop (~US$193) - The Elonex One Posted: 6 months ago by Pocksucket
Elonex have announced the launch of an extremely cheap laptop that comes in at about half the price of the Asus Eee.
Aimed primarily at children, this would also make an ideal ultra portable for many an adult.
For comparative purposes, a copy of Vista Ultimate costs £115 (US$224).
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MORE BREAKING NEWS: Earthquake and Tsunami hit Indonesia again! Posted: 11 months ago by Moe
A massive earthquake struck Indonesia on Wednesday, triggering a tsunami in the town of Padang. A wave of up to nine feet was reported to have hit Padang about 20 minutes after the quake.
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Laptop and Phone... All in one Posted: 10 months ago by graphixcon
amazing stuff... wish it relives the weight of travelling with a laptop and a phone indiviually... will it provide the features required by both the gadgets in one?
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The world's thinnest laptop: MacBook Air Posted: 7 months ago by tvirus
It's only got one USB port and no line-in audio... but's it's thin!
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