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Entries for September, 2010

Could Anti-Texting Laws Make Roads More Dangerous?

An anonymous reader writes “A new study has found that various state laws that ban texting while driving might actually make the roads more dangerous. If that seems counterintuitive, it’s the laws of unintended consequences at work. The theory is that the laws don’t do much to stop people from texting while driving — but [...]

Teambox is an Open Source, Social Network-Influenced Online Project Management App [Video]

LG Electronics, to introduce touchscreenㆍ120 inch super big display

SEOUL, Korea (AVING) — LG Electronics(www.lge.co.kr) introduced touchscreenㆍ120 inch super big display at the ‘Digital Signage and Kiosk industrial Exhibition’ held at the same time with ’2010 Lighting Fair 2010′ held in COEX, Samsung Dong from September 27 to 29. LG Electronics exhibited Touch Screen monitor, Slim Bezel monitor, 120 inch PDP multi vision, etc, [...]

Increase Meeting Effectiveness by Scheduling for Brevity [Meetings]

Las Vegas Hotel Vdara an Accidental Death Ray

evanism writes “A hotel in Las Vegas that is accidentally designed to be a massive parabolic dish that focuses the suns rays into a death ray! Burns hair, plastic and causes pain.” It apparently lasts for several minutes during afternoons of bright sunlight, but if you need to perform science on it, you better hurry [...]

Las Vegas Hotel Vdara an Accidental Death Ray

evanism writes “A hotel in Las Vegas that is accidentally designed to be a massive parabolic dish that focuses the suns rays into a death ray! Burns hair, plastic and causes pain.” It apparently lasts for several minutes during afternoons of bright sunlight, but if you need to perform science on it, you better hurry [...]

Gmail Lets You Unthread Your Email for a More Traditional Conversation View [Email]

Android Software Piracy Rampant

bednarz writes “Pirating Android apps is a longstanding problem. But it seems to be getting worse, even as Google begins to respond much more aggressively. The dilemma: protecting developers’ investments, and revenue stream, while keeping an open platform. Some have argued that piracy is rampant in those countries where the online Android Market is not [...]

Android Software Piracy Rampant

bednarz writes “Pirating Android apps is a longstanding problem. But it seems to be getting worse, even as Google begins to respond much more aggressively. The dilemma: protecting developers’ investments, and revenue stream, while keeping an open platform. Some have argued that piracy is rampant in those countries where the online Android Market is not [...]

Android Task Killers Explained: What They Do and Why You Shouldn’t Use Them [Android]