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Wikipedia Down From two hours
We are now into Hour Two of the Great Wikipedia Meltdown, and the front page of the site is accessible:
However, none of the graphics load, all the links are dead, and every page I try to visit returns an error message. This is obviously a larger issue than insufficient server capabilities, as I would be getting intermittent access to the site.
As it stands, Wikipedia is momentarily dead, and I have yet to see word of this in the blogosphere.
Wikipedia’s technical blog said the site’s servers shut themselves down to avoid damage from the heat.
Administrators tried to shift traffic to a cluster of servers in Florida, but “it turned out that this failover mechanism was now broken, causing the DNS resolution of Wikimedia sites to stop working globally,” according to the blog.
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HTC decided finally to listen to its users and release an Android version of the HD2. That’s the HTC Supersonic you see in the (exclusive) image above. It has same size (4.3 inch) display as it’s twin but this time it is OLED.
Internals are also similar, the Supersonic has the same 1GHz Snapdragon, plus it has 1 GB ROM like the us version of HD2. It also has a larger battery and a kickstand on the back. The camera is similar to the one used in the Nexus One.
The Supersonic runs Android 2.1 with Sense UI and it is heading for Sprint sometime in March.
Apple iPad will Launch on April 3
Apple finally announced the exact date of iPad availability in the U.S.: It’s Saturday, April 3, for Wi-Fi models, while models with both Wi-Fi and 3G will be available in late April.
As far as other countries go, all models of iPad will be available in Australia . Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK in late April.
If you’re interested in pre-ordering your iPad, you can do it from March 12 onwards; U.S. customers can pre-order both Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi + 3G models from Apple’s online store or reserve a Wi-Fi model to pick up on Saturday, April 3, at an Apple retail store.
Pricing and availability are the same as announced: Wi-Fi models will be available for a suggested retail price of $499 for 16GB, $599 for 32GB, $699 for 64GB. The Wi-Fi + 3G models will be available for a suggested retail price of $629 for 16GB, $729 for 32GB and $829 for 64GB.
Air Car,the Airpod
The AIRPOD-Ultra light urban transporter – seats 3 and you steer it with a joystick. The driver steps in through the windshield and the passengers through the rear window. This tricycle runs 120 miles at 30 or 50 miles/h. and is very manoeuvrable due to its single front wheel and the differentiated speed of the rear wheels. KLM is interested and is testing two. In spring 2010 AirFrance, Lyonnaise des Eaux, port of Nice and VU Log of Antibes will follow. The Airpod will be a candidate to the Paris AutoLib’ borrow-a-car project. The projected price is around € 6,000 to 7000, filling up takes one minute and a half at a cost of 1 euro per 200 km. On the market in 2010.