Nov 22
Nov 22
This is your spot for details on Walmart Black Friday deals for 2012.
The big name retailer will be open for business at 8 p.m. local time on Thanksgiving.
From tablets and toys to video games, Walmart is slashing prices on a wide variety of products for everyone on your list. This year’s deals may be different depending on where you live. Click here to learn more about savings you can find close to you.
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Nov 22
Black Friday 2012 (LIVE UPDATES)
Posted in: Today's ChiliThere are few traditions more emblematic of American consumerism than Black Friday — the ritual start of the holiday season and one of the biggest shopping days of the year.
This time around, retailers seem particularly antsy for crowds to arrive. Stores like Walmart, Kmart, Target, Sears and Toys R Us are opening their doors to Black Friday shoppers on Thanksgiving Day — a move that has been met with resistance from employees who have to work on the holiday.
We’ll be providing live updates here with everything you need to know about Black Friday, from news and updates on the day’s planned protests to information on where to find the best shopping deals.
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Nov 22
UCSB sensor sniffs explosives through microfluidics, might replace Rover at the airport (video)
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We’re sure that most sniffer dogs would rather be playing fetch than hunting for bombs in luggage. If UC Santa Barbara has its way with a new sensor, those canines will have a lot more free time on their hands. The device manages a snout-like sensitivity by concentrating molecules in microfluidic channels whose nanoparticles boost any spectral signatures when they’re hit by a laser spectrometer. Although the main technology fits into a small chip, it can detect vapors from explosives and other materials at a level of one part per billion or better; that’s enough to put those pups out of work. To that end, the university is very much bent on commercializing its efforts and has already licensed the method to SpectraFluidics. We may see the technology first on the battlefield when the research involves funding from DARPA and the US Army, but it’s no big stretch to imagine the sensor checking for drugs and explosives at the airport — without ever needing a kibble break.
Via: Gizmag
Source: UCSB
Nov 22
What would the holidays be without a Charlie Brown special? Every year you can count on the Peanuts gang showing up at Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. But what about corporate America’s newest and most profitable holiday? Like it or not, Black Friday is here to stay, and Jimmy Kimmel has decided that it finally deserves its own Charlie Brown special too. More »
Nov 22
PALO ALTO, Calif. — A California man accused of breaking into Steve Jobs’ house and stealing computers and the Apple Inc. co-founder’s wallet has pleaded no contest to burglarizing homes across the San Francisco Bay area.
Kariem McFarlin accepted a plea deal and was convicted Wednesday in Santa Clara County Superior Court on eight felony counts of residential burglary and one felony count of selling stolen property.
Nov 22
LIMA, Peru — Lonesome George, the late reptile prince of the Galapagos Islands, may be dead, but scientists now say he may not be the last giant tortoise of his species after all.
Researchers say they may be able to resurrect the Pinta Island subspecies by launching a cross-breeding program with 17 other tortoises found to contain genetic material similar to that of Lonesome George, who died June 24 at the Pacific Ocean archipelago off Ecuador’s coast after repeated failed efforts to reproduce.
Nov 22
The Daily Roundup for 11.22.2012
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You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past 24 hours — all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on through the break, and enjoy.
Nov 22
There’s a hackneyed scientific description of what it means to touch things: your ass never actually “touches” a chair when you sit down, so it goes, but instead is repelled because of electrons that come up against each other. But is that really the case? More »
Nov 22
Why I’m Not Pregnant: 9 Brilliant Answers To Another Question You Should Never Ask A Woman
Posted in: Today's ChiliWhat’s worse than your twelfth cousin inquiring asking about your love life in front of everyone at Thanksgiving? Oh, right: your aunt asking in front of your mother, also known as the Woman You Have Never Made A Grandmother, when you’re getting pregnant.
We feel you. As we’ve said before, the key to these awkward conversations (read: complete violations of your privacy) is preparations. Here are some witty responses to have at the ready.
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