These Adorable Portable Bluetooth Speakers Can Also Charge Your Phone [Audio]

People love the Jambox, a cute, portable Bluetooth speaker that don't cost too much money. It's been so successful, in fact, that it's unsurprising to see similar products crop up. Like these new Braven Bluetooth speakers, which manage to look quite similar to while costing a touch less, throwing in some handy new features in the bargain. More »


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The Day After: Google Stock Down Nearly 4% After Stock Split News

googleCEO Larry Page did a good soft-shoe routine yesterday explaining the company's new stock-split scheme amid results that generally beat expectations, but some investors are not buying it. The stock at the moment is trading nearly four percent down (around $23) at the time of writing. Part of this could be to do with classic investing behaviour: investors were hungrier for the stock before results in anticipation of good news and that drove up the price. Just before the results, the stock had a five-day high of $651 per share. Now they are trading at around $627.

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Google demos Coreboot on Chromebook prototype, hints at Ivy Bridge support (video)

Google demos Coreboot on Chromebook prototype, hints at Ivy Bridge support (video)
Well what do we have here? Our friends over at Netbooknews spotted this Samsung Chromebook prototype at IDF Beijing 2012. Better yet, Google was using the machine to demo Coreboot -- a fast boot open source BIOS replacement for Linux systems -- after recently adding support for Intel's Ivy Bridge platform to the project. Are Coreboot-enabled Ivy Bridge-based Chromebooks on the way? We'll have to wait until Google I/O to find out. In the meantime, there's a video waiting for you after the break -- come on, we know you're secretly big Chromebook fans just like us!

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Sports Betting is Profitable, So Start Betting On Your Favorite Team ...

If you are sports lover, have idea about sports, and often watch matches on television then it would be very easy to guess which team will be chase the game in the next moment. So, if you think you can perfectly assume the match conquest then it would be very profiting if would like to go with sports betting.

Well, certainly speaking the game is both legal and illegal takes place on practically every professional game and many college games, which is well known to everybody. However, besides from the story if you look into it then you can realize it that the correct assumption could get you money without doing anything, which I guess no one would like to miss certain opportunity ever.

For your brief knowledge ? sports betting is the something is just like a fun game, which is even played by many just from fun indeed, however, it is not the real thing that I am taking about, but rather I am saying that ? you can take it seriously to keep your hands on couple of bucks if you want to. So if you are seriously wondering to make some money then try searching over internet to find some genuine betting portals to bet on specific match that you are very much aware of.

Well, among any other betting portals the leading and the genuine portal is worldofsport.co.za that is offering extensive sport betting on horse racing and international sporting events via telephone, internet or mobile phone. Well, the settle of the betting is managed and arranged at the head office of this betting group where trained call centre staffs do take care of customers through the entire process, quickly and easily, from opening an account to accepting bets. To make your every bet hassle free the support team is available 24?7 to answer all your queries.

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Well, for the sport addicts, it is not so difficult to guess the winning team earliest; hence, if you are certainly one, then the percentage of winning over the bet is very optimistic for you.

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food and drink ? Blog Archive ? Chocolate Chip Bread

1 pk Yeast

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of the second mixing, add the chocolate chips.

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Microsoft sets up new subsidiary, would like to meet open source types

Microsoft sets up new subsidiary, would like to meet open source types

It's been a mixed bag when it comes to Microsoft and open source involvement, but Redmond's now getting all enthused, setting up an Open Technologies subsidiary dedicated to making friends in open source circles. While of other parts of the Redmond behemoth will also continue to work on open source projects, this new team of up to 70 internally-recruited staff members will attempt to engage with open source communities "in a more clearly defined manner" across Microsoft's legion of departments. If this possibly means more off-the-rails Kinect hacks in the future, bring it on.

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Only One Of The Benefits Of Gardening Is Growing Vegetables ...

Although this may seem odd, gardening has many physical and mental benefits that you may not be aware of. From healthy eating, to making the outside of your property look more enticing, gardening is both beneficial for your body and also the place where you live. It really does not matter what type of garden that you grow as long as you enjoy doing it.

A vegetable garden is probably the most practical kind of all, as youll soon have delicious and nutritious food you can consume every day. Saving money on your grocery bill every day can happen if you have a vegetable garden; the produce that you eat from your garden will be much more healthy and tasty than anything that the store-bought.

The reason this food will taste better is because you will pick it from the garden and eat it right away, opposed to produce that is shipped to stores from thousands of miles away. Many people know that they should eat more fruits and vegetables, but this is a lot easier to do when theyre growing in your yard. Vegetables that you grow will be very handy, and you will find yourself eating them everyday.

To improve your monthly budget for food, you might want to start a vegetable garden that can produce healthy veggies. Some people dont buy as many greens and other healthy fruits and vegetables because they tend to be expensive. There is no need to worry about this as long as you have your own garden. It is a good thing to have, especially in a recessive economy, so that you can count on that food each and everyday. Personal food supplies are often a lifesaver when situations arise that bring hardship. Regardless of what happens, as long as you have a garden, food will always be on your dining room table. Regardless of what time of year it is, a garden will make you self-sufficient and ready for any problem that comes your way.

If you want to develop self-discipline, one of the best ways to do this is with gardening. Many analogies have been made in regard to gardening that reference self improvement techniques such as waiting for seeds to develop.

You also have to apply several business techniques that relate to hard work, something that directly pertains to making your garden grow. Growing plants begins with seeds and success begins with ideas; the similarities between gardening and business are definitely there. So gardening, in essence, can apply to almost every aspect of life including health and what you do for a living. Thus, what you learn as a gardener will help you understand how to deal with and ultimately become a success in the real world. Many tips have been presented in this article to help you with your gardening, though there is much more to learn. Above all, gardening can bring a couple things that money cannot buy such as peace of mind and the benefits of health. So now that you know what to do, you may as well start a garden today.

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Syria mostly calm after UN truce deadline

BEIRUT (AP) ? A fragile cease-fire brokered by the U.N. took hold in Syria on Thursday with regime forces apparently halting widespread attacks on the opposition, but there were reports of scattered violence and the government defied demands by international envoy Kofi Annan to pull troops back to barracks.

A civilian and a Syrian soldier were reported killed after the 6 a.m. cease-fire deadline, but there was no sign of the normally intense shelling, rocket attacks and sniper fire that have become routine.

If the truce holds, it would be the first time the regime has observed an internationally brokered cease-fire since Bashar Assad's regime launched a brutal crackdown 13 months ago on mass protests calling for his ouster.

However, troops intensified searches at checkpoints, tightening controls ahead of possible large-scale protests Friday called by the opposition and meant to test the regime's commitment to the Annan plan.

There was deep skepticism that the regime would halt its fire for long, given that Assad has broken promises in the past. Also, the regime said Wednesday, on the eve of the truce deadline, that it reserves the right to respond to any aggression, potentially a pretext for breaking the truce.

Annan's plan calls for the deployment of international observers and talks on a political transition once a truce is in place. The initiative has broad international support, including from Assad allies Russia, China and Iran, and is widely seen as the last chance for diplomacy to end the violence. The increasingly militarized uprising has been veering toward an armed insurgency.

Analysts said the apparent halt in government attacks suggests Assad's allies are pressuring him for the first time, after shielding him from international condemnation in the past. Annan has visited Russia, Iran and China to get the broadest possible backing for the plan.

The West and its allies doubt the sincerity of the regime's pledges to comply with the truce plan, which calls on the Syrian government to allow peaceful protests. A prolonged cease-fire could threaten the regime by encouraging large numbers of protesters to flood the streets, as they did at the start of the revolt against the four-decade rule of the Assad clan. The government met those demonstrations with a harsh crackdown, and more than 9,000 people have died since, according to the U.N.

Bassma Kodmani, spokeswoman of the opposition Syrian National Council, said the truce has largely been observed since 6 a.m. Thursday, but that a heavy security presence, including checkpoints and snipers remain.

"There is no evidence of any significant withdrawal," she told reporters in Geneva. "The real test for us today is if people can go and demonstrate peacefully" she added. "This is the real reality check."

The group's leader, Burhan Ghalioun, urged Syrians to demonstrate peacefully on Friday, the day of weekly protests since the uprising began. "Tomorrow, like every Friday, the Syrian people are called to demonstrate even more and put the regime in front of its responsibilities ? put the international community in front of its responsibilities," he said.

Annan is to brief the U.N. Security Council by video conference from Geneva on Thursday afternoon.

Syria's state-run news agency, SANA, said a roadside bomb exploded near a bus carrying soldiers in the northern city of Aleppo, killing one officer.

And the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an activist group, said a man was shot dead in the central town of Safsafiyeh in Hama province. The group gave no further details, but Mousab Hamadee, an area activist, said troops shot and killed the man who was apparently wanted by the authorities and tried to flee a checkpoint where he was stopped.

Troops opened also fire in several areas in the northern province of Idlib, but there were no reports of casualties, said activist Fadi al-Yassin. Al-Yassin said troops were taking strict measures at checkpoints, asking people to leave the car and then searching them thoroughly. He said lines of cars are stretching for hundreds of meters (yards) at checkpoints.

A grassroots opposition group, the Local Coordination Committees, said regime forces carried out arrests in the Damascus suburb of Maadamiyah shortly after reinforcements entered the area. It also reported anti-regime protests at universities in the southern city of Daraa and the eastern city of Deir el-Zour, and a protest march in the northern village of Tamanaa.

On Tuesday, the regime had ignored a deadline for withdrawing troops from population centers, prompting renewed demands by Annan that forces return to their barracks. Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu also demanded Thursday that the Syrian troops withdraw, saying that "keeping the cities under pressure is not meaningful."

However, Assad apparently is unwilling to ease control over opposition areas for fear of widespread anti-government protests.

A major test could come on Friday. Since the outbreak of the protests in March 2011, thousands have taken to the streets every week after Friday noon prayers in the mosques.

The military crackdown over the past year succeeded in preventing protesters from recreating the fervor of Egypt's Tahrir Square, where hundreds of thousands of people camped out in a powerful show of dissent that drove longtime leader Hosni Mubarak from power.

The government denies that it is facing a popular uprising, claiming instead that terrorists are carrying out a foreign conspiracy to destroy Syria. In pledging Wednesday to observe the cease-fire, the government set a major condition, saying troops reserve the right to defend themselves if attacked.

Syrian troops have been on a major offensive since late January when they attacked rebel-held areas around the capital Damascus. During the first week of February, Assad's forces began a major campaign to retake the Baba Amr neighborhood in the city of Homs that fell in the hands of the regime in early March.

Since then, Assad's forces have been retaking major rebel-held areas including the city of Idlib as well as many towns around the country. Troops also now control much of the areas that border Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq making it more difficult for refugees to leave the country. Despite the regime gains, rebels still held some areas, including spots in the province of Homs, Hama, Daraa.

The White House cautioned Wednesday that the Assad regime has reneged on promises to stop the violence in the past.

"What is important to remember is that we judge the Assad's regime by its actions and not by their promises, because their promises have proven so frequently in the past to be empty," White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters in Washington.

Western powers have pinned their hopes on Annan's plan, in part because they are running out of options. The U.N. has ruled out any military intervention of the type that helped bring down Libya's Moammar Gadhafi, and several rounds of sanctions and other attempts to isolate Assad have done little to stop the bloodshed.

Saudi Arabia and Qatar have called for arming the rebels, but even if they follow through there is no guarantee that such efforts could cripple Assad's well-armed regime.

In other developments, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey could seek NATO's help in case the Syrian troops violate its borders again. Syrian forces opened fire across the Turkish border on Monday, killing two people in a Turkish refugee camp.

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Associated Press writers Frank Jordans in Geneva and Selcan Hacaoglu in Ankara, Turkey, contributed reporting.

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This Slimy Policeman Recorded Himself Masturbating On His Car's Dashboard Camera [Video]

What do you do if your name is Mike Eiskant and you're a policeman in Santa Fe, New Mexico? Masturbate in your car, of course! While talking to pictures of big-breasted women and recording everything on your dashboard camera—for ten minutes, as this video shows. More »


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Electric cars to tell power grid: Charge me!

Owners of electric and hybrid cars just want plug in and charge up without thinking, but growing numbers of such vehicles could overload the aging U.S. power grid. A new project looks to stave off trouble by testing how cars and power grids can "talk" to figure out the best charging schedules.

Such tests would show how Honda's 2013 Fit electric vehicles can delay or adjust charging times based on their own battery state and power grid conditions ? all decided within seconds by the vehicles' onboard intelligence. IBM's online cloud computing will help the cars communicate with the U.S. power grid owned by the Pacific Gas and Electric Co., according to an official announcement scheduled for Thursday.

"The novel concept is basically taking the vehicle data ? such as battery's state of charge ? and grid data from PG&E to create an optimal charge schedule for the EV so we aren't taxing the grid or inconveniencing the driver," said Clay Luthy, IBM's global distributed energy resource manager.

Because cars can plug in at different spots, it's very difficult for power companies to predict local loads. And the loads can be considerable: One plug-in car charging at very fast rates can create a grid load equivalent to several houses, Luthy explained. Tomorrow's world will require smart power grids that can handle swarms of plug-in cars reaching almost 3 million vehicles worldwide by 2017, according to a Pike Research report.

Plug and play testing
IBM is working with Honda to ensure that its cloud-based system can talk to the Honda Fit cars for the first phase of upcoming tests. That makes IBM "the brain in the cloud" for this project, Luthy said.

"We're using a small pool of live vehicles driven by real people in a real environment," Luthy, IBM's global distributed energy resource leader, told InnovationNewsDaily. "To support that, we're using simulated data to test out scenarios given larger vehicle counts."

Honda wants to ensure that the owners of its new plug-in cars have a happy experience charging up. Similarly, PG&E wants to make sure its California grid is ready to serve drivers without interrupting electricity service for homes and businesses.

By updating charging patterns for electric vehicles, "we have the ability, if needed, to shift demand to non-peak times to ensure the reliability of the grid," Saul Zambrano, senior director for consumer products for PG&E, said in a statement.

Staying in control
Drivers won't have to worry about the complicated discussions going on between their cars and the power grid. But IBM wants to make sure drivers can override the "smart charging" choices of the system and retain ultimate control over charging their cars.

"There's times when you'll need to top off the vehicle now, and times when you're planning a long trip," Luthy explained. "That's always taken into account so that it's a seamless experience" for the driver.

IBM declined to disclose exact project timelines or costs at this time. But it did point to several related projects that could make the electric car future more pleasant for everyone.

One IBM project, with Denmark's DONG Energy, aims to balance plug-in car charging with the availability of wind power. Another project, with Switzerland's EKZ, revolves around a mobile app that allows drivers to choose how to charge their cars: immediate top-off; late at night, to pay off-peak-hour prices; or a balanced "set it and forget it" charge managed by the system.

"What that all boils down to is intelligence," Luthy said. "That's IBM's vision for its role in electric vehicle spaces. We think intelligence is needed to make EVs scale within the market."

You can follow InnovationNewsDaily senior writer Jeremy Hsu on Twitter @ScienceHsu. Follow InnovationNewsDaily on Twitter @News_Innovation, or on Facebook.

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