updated 1:46 a.m. ET March 28, 2009 Levittown – Mike Connolly scored on a power play at 13:39 of overtime to give Minnesota Duluth a 5-4 comeback victory over Princeton on Friday night in…
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Publicized in TV documentaries, editorials in the state-run media and museum exhibitions, what Beijing calls “Serfs Liberation Day” likens the end of the Dalai Lama’s rule in Tibet 50 years ago to Abraham Lincoln’s emancipation of the slaves. At a ceremony in front of Tibet’s famed Potala Palace in front of a crowd of more than 13,000 and broadcast live on national television, the national flag was raised and speeches extolled the changes brought by the Communist Party to the region and denounced the…
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Not that we haven’t seen completely off-the-wall viral marketing ads before (including one from LG, in fact), but this one just takes the proverbial cake. In a perfectly staged LGenius presentation, we’re informed about a few astounding up and coming TV advancements. The first one intelligently replaces all swear words with baby laughter or eerie silence, while the “Happy Time” feature automatically detects when a program is too sad for one’s health and adds random images of cute puppies and kittens. Finally, the “Family Time” feature turns any sensual scene into one with cartoon characters, making even the steamiest bedroom romance seem perfectly acceptable for innocent eyes. Seriously, this one has to be seen to be believed — mash that play button and have a gander.
[Thanks, Kellen]
Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home Entertainment
Video: LG’s LGenius presentation lays out totally fake, remarkable TV advancements originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Uh oh Apple — it looks like even your attorneys are dirty, thieving jailbreakers. Tipster a|e
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BEIJING (AP) — A court in China upheld convictions against two brothers given hefty sentences including the death penalty for involvement in the country’s deadly tainted milk scandal as two others appealed Thursday. Six children died and nearly 300,000 were sickened after baby formula was contaminated with the industrial chemical melamine, which is high in nitrogen, in an effort to fool quality tests for protein content. When ingested, melamine can cause kidney stones and kidney failure. Four middlemen were found guilty…
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By APRIL LISANTEphoto credit By APRIL LISANTE Philadelphia Daily News For the Daily News EVERY YEAR, Americans spend millions on Easter candy, from chocolate rabbits to marshmallow eggs. This year alone, we’ll consume 90 million chocolate bunnies and munch on 16 billion jelly beans, according to industry statistics. But hard times will impact even the Easter Bunny, as the National Retail Federation reports that people will spend less on candy this year than last – an average of $16.55 vs. $18.12 a person. When the time comes to fill a basket with sugary treats, how will you choose the best among the colorfully wrapped candies crowding local supermarket and drug store shelves? To help you…
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If you can set aside the emotional ire evoked by its unfortunate DoReMi subtitle, French site Le Journal du Geek has procured a Samsung U5 pocket audio player and posted a plethora of pics of it dans la nature. No impressions here, but it does appear to come with a handful of colored face plates. They certainly won’t cover the player the ones we saw in the official photos, but if you need a change of scenery, we guess every little bit helps. Still no word on pricing, availability, or that certain je ne sais quoi that’ll help the player rise above the fates of its U3 and U4 predecessors.
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Samsung U5 DoReMi, out of pocket and in the wild originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 26 Mar 2009 03:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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It’s a meme that never gets old, wouldn’t you agree? As the world gathers ’round again to chuckle at an all-too-faithful GPS user in the UK, we’re looking this time at a man who literally drove his BMW to the brink of disaster while following his sat nav down a skinny, steep lane on the way to imminent death Todmorden. As the story goes, his navigation system apparently told him to drive directly into a fence just before the road fell off of a cliff, and considering that the 43 year old bloke uses the GPS for his job, you’d think he would have the whole “follow the leader” thing down pat. At any rate, the poor fellow did manage to survive, though he won’t soon shake the “driving without due care and attention” charge. Nor the embarrassment.
[Via Switched, thanks Alan]
Filed under: GPS
Another UK driver nearly dies from following GPS instructions originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 26 Mar 2009 02:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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LOS ANGELES — First, our auto industry. Now, our national pastime.
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Barely 300 feet separate Fullerton, Calif., Union High School from a McDonald’s restaurant. Researchers say that that’s boosting the odds that its students will be super-sized. Teens who attend classes within one-tenth of a mile of a fast-food outlet are more likely to be obese than peers whose campuses are farther from the lure of quarter-pound burgers, fries, and shakes. Those are the findings of a recent study put…
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