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I use a scouring sponge to wash the dishes and frankly it’s disgusting. After use, it sits on the countertop looking innocent as its damp innards fester with multiplying bacteria until the next time I use it and it contaminates every dish, spoon and cup it touches.
So my poor, soon-to-be-poisoned dinner guests have reason for [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/09/c-shaped-sponge-hugs-faucets-drips-dry/

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Presumably feeling a little left out after being turned down from the global love-in that is the International Space Station, China’s decided to go it alone. The ever-expanding nation will be ready to launch the first module of it’s very own space station, the Tiangong (Heavenly Palace), by the end of this month. The initial launch will be unmanned, delivering an 8.5-ton module ready for docking practise and other interactions with three more spacecraft that are planned to join it later this year. Pegged for completion by 2020 and with a complete weight of over 60 tons, the Tiangong will look positively petite compared to the hulking 419-ton ISS, but is also said to be significantly cheaper. Meanwhile, we still await China’s take on the Robonaut.

China readies its own space station module for launch originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 27 Sep 2011 08:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/27/china-readies-its-own-space-station-module-for-launch/

QUANTA COMPUTER RESEARCH IN MOTION ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS SAIC SATYAM COMPUTER SERVICES

A while back, we told you about AVG’s new LiveKive service, a new cloud synchronization and backup tool which appears to have been named after a vat in which mash is made during the brewing process. But enough about AVG’s odd choice of monikers — LiveKive has launched and is now ready to accept your files into the AVG cloud.

LiveKive takes aim at services like Dropbox and SugarSync, though at the moment it’s lagging behind in terms of features. As it stands, LiveKive is only compatible with Windows and OS X. There are no mobile clients yet, though with AVG’s strong presence on Android we wouldn’t be surprised to see an app arrive in the near future.

The company is offering a heck of a deal right now, however. If you sign up for a paid account during the launch phase, you can score unlimited storage for $80 for a whole year. You can’t even score 50GB per year at that price from Dropbox, so if cost and space are more important to you than cross-platform availability, LiveKive might be worth checking out.

If you’re not interested in ponying up any cash at the moment, you can still get a 5GB account free of charge. Just head on over, and create a LiveKive account.

AVG launches LiveKive cloud sync and backup tool originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 07 Apr 2011 10:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Source: http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/04/07/avg-launches-livekive-cloud-sync-and-backup-tool/

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There’s no better way to handle a boring, repetitive task than to let a robot do it for you.
Except, of course, if it’s a Lego robot. How much cooler can you get than that? (Answer: Not much.)
That’s exactly what Pheromone Labs did when they were tasked with manually testing the iPad 2’s camera app 10,000-15,000 [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/09/lego-robot-stress-testing/

ACCENTURE ACER ADOBE SYSTEMS ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING ALLIANCE DATA SYSTEMS

It seems unpossible but Smozzy is an app that promises to let you surf the web on your Android phone without a data plan. Wait…what? Yeah. Smozzy uses a combination of SMS and MMS to pull off the trick. More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/Wg8Lq1VfRIQ/smozzy-for-android-surf-the-web-without-a-data-plan

PALM OSI SYSTEMS ORACLE OPENWAVE SYSTEMS ON SEMICONDUCTOR

We reported on the fastest electric motorcycle, but now Czech company Akumoto has teamed up with national Electric Company CEZ  to claim the world record for the longest distance travelled by an electric scooter in 24 hours.  Covering 1136.3 kms (  706.1 miles ) , the scooter only used 40.8 kWH of Electricity which costs [...]

Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2011/09/26/electric-scooter-new-world-record/

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