Tagbert

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The iPad 2 is highly unpopular... as a camera (TUAW.com)

May 14th 2011 2:59AM If the back camera had decent resolution, it would be useful for snap-shotting documents and quick "scans".

Safari Books Online takes Safari to Go to the iPad (TUAW.com)

May 12th 2011 12:01AM This is a complete rewrite. It is worlds faster and more stable the original version. I no longer get the "you can only read the top half of the page" bug on books.

Safari Books Online takes Safari to Go to the iPad (TUAW.com)

May 11th 2011 11:59PM It may not be fast on 3G, but Wifi is plenty fast and the offline mode works well. Just use "favorites" command to add a book to your offline list. Once it is locally buffered you can even read it on a plane.

Ford looks to save weight with bubble-infused plastics (Autoblog)

Apr 5th 2011 10:42PM Thank you for the clarification, cdwrx.

Ford looks to save weight with bubble-infused plastics (Autoblog)

Apr 4th 2011 8:55PM This is a micro version of the structural foam plastic that has been producing very impact resistant plastic products for decades. This seems like a very smart move.

Microsoft hires linguist in 'App Store' dispute with Apple (TUAW.com)

Mar 31st 2011 2:44AM App has been used many times over the last decade or two. The term is not unique or original with Apple. Early on, there were lots of Java Apps. Later, headlines were full of "Killer Apps".
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/mar2002/tc2002031_3760.htm

Report: EU working to ban gas and diesel-powered cars by 2050 (Autoblog)

Mar 29th 2011 2:40AM on both the proposal and on this article.

The actual proposal was to ban such vehicles in large urban areas, not "ban gas and diesel cars from Europe".

The Autoblog post makes it sound like this was a complete ban. Other sites are a little more specific.
http://www.news.com.au/business/breaking-news/eu-proposes-banning-petrol-and-diesel-cars-from-cities-by-2050/story-e6frfkur-1226029900172?from=public_rss

Will Japan's nuclear woes dampen electric vehicle enthusiasm? (Autoblog)

Mar 26th 2011 5:48PM Actually, this is discussed all the time, but you haven't been listening.

Using electricity to power vehicles makes it simpler to transition to renewable source such as wind, solar, tidal, etc as those technologies mature.

In the mean time, even when electricity is coal generated, the CO2 output is less for an electric vehicle than for an ICE due to very large differences in efficiency.