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humor

Indian Firefox Bus Probably Doesn't Have Wi-Fi

In what appears to be the endless spread of Firefox, a new addition to the unofficial Firefox catalog has been spotted—in India. On the back of a bus. We're guessing the bus doesn't have on board Wi-Fi to make use of its web browser of choice, but we admire the support. Also, if that text in yellow above the artwork doesn't read "Safari and IE blow", well, then we'll eat our cats...I'm seriously mixing up my modern proverbs this weekend. Dammit. [Neatorama]

6:30 PM on Sun Apr 13 2008
By Haroon Malik
4,556 views, 28 comments

Latest by sameoldoctor: @globones: what? more »

speed

Scientists Build Optical Databus Capable of Tbps Transfers

IBM's new prototype 48-way optical databus takes up just 3 mm of width on a PCB, and is capable of a truly ridiculous data rate of around 8 Tbps. That's roughly 5,000 high-definition video streams per second, even if better has been done on fiber. Even better, this "green optical link" is a hundred times more power efficient than conventional electronic connections, so the environment benefits too. More »

11:35 AM on Fri Feb 29 2008
By Kit Eaton
6,445 views, 18 comments

school sled

Ice Hovercraft School Bus Is Coolest, Worst News for Students Ever

This ice hovercraft school bus has to be the coolest and worst news ever to descend upon children all over the world. I mean, I would have loved to go to school in one of these spiffy snowspeeders powered by dual fan engines. More »

6:34 AM on Sat Feb 23 2008
By Jesus Diaz
18,379 views, 26 comments

roundup

Afternoon News: HP and Compaq Laptops May Brick, Comcast and DirecTV Have a Catfight, I Weep For My Home Town and More

• A security researcher published code that is capable of bricking corrupting Windows boot sectors on most HP and Compaq laptops. That doesn't sound too good. [Slashdot]
• Microsoft continues to rename everything in sight, this time folding IPTV, HD DVD, and Media Center into one group called Connected TV. [News.com]
• Comcast settled a lawsuit with DirecTV about the latter's hissy fit over an ad campaign last spring. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed, but from the sound of it, Comcast came out on top. However, when anything involves these two companies, does anyone really come out on top? [Ars Technica]
• THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS LOSE!!!...At a chance to show their last game to Time Warner Cable customers after TWC would not agree to binding arbitration with the NFL. Gotcha! [Consumerist]
• Finally, stepping out of the gadget world for a second, here's something that happened in my home city of Detroit. A bus driver transporting special needs students was arrested for soliciting an undercover cop for prostitution at 7 in the morning! It's funny because it's tragic! [Detroit News]

3:59 PM on Fri Dec 21 2007
By Benny Goldman
1,171 views, 6 comments

Latest by Wwhat: Yeah pretty sad for cops to try to entrap people in the holiday season by pretending to be prostitutes, at 7 in the morning, GET A LIFE cops, geez. A guy driving around retarded people deserve some relaxation rather than being more »

gadgets

Bus to the Future

The Capoco systems driverless bus truly is the bus of the future. Designed to put hundreds of thousands of bus drivers out of work, it has giant windowed sides as well as enough seating for most of a high school basketball team. More »

6:20 PM on Tue Jan 23 2007
By Jason Chen
769 views, 12 comments

gadgets

Dual-Mode Vehicle Takes to Road and Rail

Is it a bus or a train? This dual-mode mini train is both. The JR Hokkaido Railway Company in Japan has been testing a bus that can switch between steel wheels and street-ready rubber tires, tooling around on the train track as a solo vehicle and avoiding accidents with satellite assistance, and then driving on city streets just like any other bus. More »

1:17 PM on Fri Dec 15 2006
By Charlie White
356 views, 13 comments