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Conan O'Brien talks to the co-creator of USB on The Tonight Show {Engadget}
Oct 12th 2009 3:35PM Only Conan could make this funny for general audiences. Best late night host. Period.
Virtual Autopsy Table brings multitouch to the morgue {Engadget}
Oct 7th 2009 1:35PM The morgue has always had multi-touch if you catch my drift. Giggity.
California Couple Slapped with $8K Trans-Pacific Phone Bill {Switched.com}
Aug 28th 2009 7:08PM Your analysis is incorrect here. The EU price cap legislation applies to wholesale rates that carriers within the EU charge customers of other carriers in the EU. The US carriers all already have an agreement so that while traveling around the US and technically roaming, you never see that and are never charged. With respect to the EU legislation, we are already ahead of them since we don't have roaming caps, we simply arent charged extra at all. Until very recently the European situation was like a T-Mobile customer roaming into an AT&T zone and then getting charged $15 per meg.
The outrageous fees US based customers incur in other countries is a result of the foreign carrier sticking it to them. US carriers like Verizon are simply passing that rape on to you when you get your bill.
TASER X3 video hands-on: watch out, baddies {Engadget}
Jul 31st 2009 2:54PM Maybe we can go back in time and erase the Taser from existence and then you can tell the countless families of all the new people that died as a result of not having it.
TASER X3 video hands-on: watch out, baddies {Engadget}
Jul 31st 2009 2:51PM @Wwhat
How does it feel to be manipulated by dishonest article language and your own personal bias? The real number, as indicated by the same report they quoted, is 50, not 330+ so you might want to consider a critical thinking class at your local community college.
TASER X3 video hands-on: watch out, baddies {Engadget}
Jul 31st 2009 2:17PM Wow people, are you really that simple? There isn't enough information to draw any conclusion from that statement. Maybe we should outlaw working because a huge number of people die after going to work that day. This article conveniently leaves out the real meat of what Amnesty International would like to downplay. The same AI report indicates of those 300+ deaths between 2001 and 2008, the Taser possibly contributed to 50 of them. That number is infinitesimal when factored against how many times it was used in those 7-8 years. Far lower than the simple hands-on subduing of a suspect or even the more "organic" eco-friendly solution of oleoresin capsicum (pepper spray). Yeah amazing I know.
TASER X3 video hands-on: watch out, baddies {Engadget}
Jul 31st 2009 1:20PM @Mr.Stick
Taser probes penetrate kevlar with no problem, not to mention electricity arcs through kevlar with no problem. You still lose.
TASER X3 video hands-on: watch out, baddies {Engadget}
Jul 31st 2009 1:17PM "Amnesty International reports that 351 people have died after being shocked by police TASERs"
That's like saying x+y=351. Solve for x and y. I also like how the statement also conveniently leaves out the more important fact from the same report:
Between 2001 and August 2008, 334 Americans died after Taser shocks. The stun gun was deemed to have contributed to only 50 of those deaths.
I've said it over and over again but maybe one or two people will read it and take something away from it each time: Even if the Taser was completely at fault for each of those 50 deaths, the Tasing to death ratio is ridiculously small. Much smaller than ANY other option including just physically subduing someone or even an "organic" solution like oleoresin capsicum (pepper spray). I know, crazy right? If you really care about less people getting hurt/killed, you should be encouraging the Taser replace other less effective and injury prone methods, not the inverse.
Toshiba's inaugural 3.5-inch external HDD is exactly what you think it is {Engadget}
Jul 29th 2009 5:09PM Seriously. 5400rpm and 640GB for triple digits? Is this supposed to be a joke?
Engadget's recession antidote: win an OCZ Summit Series 60GB SSD! {Engadget}
Jul 24th 2009 5:09PM F yeah!
