via Gizmodo by Yasir Hossain - The TechBlock on 4/3/12
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
What It'll Take For Tablets to Replace PCs [Tablets]
Google Is Responsible for Misleading Ads, Australian Court Rules
via PCWorld Latest Technology News on 4/3/12
Google is responsible for misleading and deceptive ads that use the name of a company to direct traffic to a competitor's site, an Australian court ruled on... 
Baby born without any blood
via Unexplained Mysteries on 4/3/12
Olivia Norton stunned doctors by surviving after being born with almost no haemoglobin at all. Baby Olivia was white as a sheet when she arrived with ...IWI Firearm Photos
via The Firearm Blog by Steve (The Firearm Blog) on 4/2/12
IWI sent me a batch of their latest marketing promotion photos. I would not resist sharing them with you.
X95 Assault Rifle / Carbine / SMG
GALIL SNIPER SA 7.62X51mm
Jericho pistol
NEGEV LMG 5.56mm
TAVOR GTAR 21 Assault Rifle 5.56mm with Grenade Launcher
Glock G17 G19, G21, G22 & G23 Gen4 Flat Dark Earth
via The Firearm Blog by Steve (The Firearm Blog) on 4/2/12
Glock Gen4 pistols are finally available in Flat Dark Earth. Lipseys is now distributing Glock Gen4 G17, G19, G21, G22 and G23 models with a Flat Dark Earth frame.
I am holding out for for OD Green.
iPhone users love Wi-Fi
via TodaysiPhone.com by Jake Rosati on 4/2/12
According to a new study out of ComScore, iPhone customers in the US and UK rely more heavily on Wi-Fi than their Android counterparts. More specifically, 71% of US iPhone owners utilize both cellular and Wi-Fi networks, whereas only 32% of Android users reported using both connections. In the UK, those numbers jump to 87% for iPhone users and 57%...
Video: Flying Car (or Driving Autogyro) Completes First Flight Tests
via Popular Science - New Technology, Science News, The Future Now by Dan Nosowitz on 4/2/12
Pal-V Flying Car Pal-V
So this video was uploaded on April 1st (*danger! danger!*) but we've known of the Pal-V for a few years and we'll assume for the moment that the Dutch company was not aware of the risk in uploading a video of a flying car on April Fool's Day. The Pal-V, which stands for Personal Air and Land Vehicle, is actually more of a driving autogyro than a flying car, but it can drive like a car, and it can also fly, so we are definitively on board.
An autogyro is an old idea--it uses an unpowered rotor on the top of the vehicle, but it's not like a helicopter, which generates lift by blasting air downwards with it. Instead, power is provided by a smaller propellor at the rear, and the top rotor is used for pitch and yaw, more like a glider. (That also means if your power goes out, you can glide slowly to the ground.) The Pal-V, a small, one-person autogyro that also drives sort of like a three-wheeled motorcycle, leaning into turns, has been around for a few years, but it just completed and post the video of its first flight. The video:
[via Jalopnik]
How To Take Better Pictures: Tips From a Skateboard Photographer [Video]
via Gizmodo by Michael Hession on 4/2/12
Scientific Proof That Junk Food Makes You Miserable [Food]
Dwight A. Hunt, Sr. A+, MCP
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Convert Your Tote Bag into a Gear Bag with the Slim Bag-in-Bag
http://the-gadgeteer.com/2012/04/02/convert-your-tote-bag-into-a-gear-bag-with-the-slim-bag-in-bag/
Dwight A. Hunt, Sr. A+, MCP
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Blog: http://audio-book-addict.posterous.com
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