Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/dells-inspiron-mini-10-finally-up-for-order-starts-at-399/
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Dell's Inspiron Mini 10 finally up for order, starts at $399 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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What makes it nuclear grade, you ask?
3M Performance Plus Duct Tape 8979N is tested by an independent laboratory to insure that it meets the low leachable halogen and sulfur levels required by nuclear regulating agencies.
Honestly, we're not sure just how how much you'll need that extra protection (or what do I know, maybe you do), but as big fans of MacGyver-style hacking, we're not ones to look the other way when we spot some serious duct tape. The 3M Performance Plus duct tape will set you back $14 at Amazon.
That's right, Quick Search Box is only available to install through Google Toolbar for IE, of all things. We don't even particularly like the Google Toolbar to begin with, let alone IE. On the plus side, if QSB requires Google Toolbar, better that I install it on IE—where I never have to see it—than on a browser I might actually be using. But anyway, on to the application we're interested in.
First, the bad news. In actuality, the Windows version of Quick Search Box is much lighter on features than the Mac version. For example, you can't drill down into any search items the same way the beta of QSB for Mac does. In fact, it really can't do all that much at the moment.
Now for the good news. What it can do, it does very well. QSB for Windows is a very simple, no-nonsense search box. It searches the web, and it searches for and launches applications (from what I can tell so far, it just indexes your Start menu). It's extremely fast and responsive, and it didn't use more than 15MB of memory while I was testing it. In fact, QSB for Windows is clearly more stable at the moment than QSB for Mac. Of course, functionally speaking, that's sort of like saying a screwdriver is more stable than a power drill. It's nice, but you'd still really like to be using a power drill.
We're waiting to see some serious improvements before we're ready to give QSB for Windows the same optimistic enthusiasm w! e've sho wn its Mac counterpart. In reality, QSB for Windows is very similar in feel to early versions of Launchy—with the admittedly nice addition of Google search. Still, we've seen that in Google Desktop. So while we're big fans of the QSB effort on Mac, we're so far pretty lukewarm on QSB for Windows.
On a related note, the new beta of the Google Toolbar isn't bad if you're into that sort of thing. It adds the Chrome start page to, which is cool, but if you really like Google that much, you may as well be using Chrome in the first place.
Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/gxNm_4Zgm5k/hidden-preference-tweaks-in-safari-4
The name of the installation is Multiverse, and it was installed by artist Leo Villareal in a 200-foot-long tunnel in the National Gallery of Art in Washingtong DC. The entire thing features 41,000 LEDs that animate and move on their own, using randomness to ensure that no one will see the same configurations twice. Multiverse will be on display throughout 2009. 
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