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How loud is too loud? Check out this infographic to take a look at some of the loudest sounds on earth–KISS concerts included–and their effect on your hearing.

The above infographic, courtesy of SonicElectronix, outlines what dB levels lead to hearing loss, what some of the loudest sounds on earth are, and the signs of hearing loss. Want to read more about dB levels and see examples of things at the loud and soft end of the scale? Check out this chart of sound pressure levels courtesy of Wikipedia.

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Acer already announced UK pricing for the Windows 7 and Android Honeycomb versions of its Iconia Tab, and now it’s ready to take both stateside. Days after Best Buy started taking pre-orders for the Android 3.0-powered Iconia Tab A500, the Windows-based W500 has shown up on B&H's site for $549. Like its cousin, the W500 has a 10.1-inch (1280 x 800) display, HDMI-out and dual cameras, though it steps up to 2GB of RAM, 32GB of storage, AMD Radeon HD 6250 graphics, and a 1GHz Ontario (C-50) AMD Fusion APU. It also comes with a keyboard dock, putting it in the same price range as ASUS’s Android-based Eee Transformer, which costs less but doesn’t include its similar-looking keyboard. Acer rates the W500’s three-cell battery at up to six hours — a far cry from the iPad’s promised 10-hours and, perhaps, a good reason to wait for slates featuring that lower-power Fusion APU AMD's been shopping around to tablet makers. B&H says it'll ship starting April 15th, but head on over to its website if you're psyched enough to place an order now. Or you can keep saving your pennies for Acer's other Iconia.

Acer’s Windows-powered Iconia W500 up for pre-order for $549, ships April 15th originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 11 Apr 2011 08:28:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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When things go utterly wrong loading a page, Chrome lets you know with a somewhat iconic “Aw, Snap!” response. If you’re tired of waiting for a page, you can speed things along by typing about:crash into your address bar and forcing the “Snap” page yourself. More »

Rejoice, Photoshop junkies of the world, because Adobe is jumping into the tablet world for real. And while this is not Photoshop for iPad (yet), my most precious body appendage is tingling with pleasant turgidity anyway. More »

It’s never too soon to talk to your kids about drinking. A family eating at a Detroit-area Applebee’s over the weekend noticed that their 15-month-old son Dominic was behaving oddly. That’s because the restaurant had accidentally served him tequila. More »

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Windows 7 is Microsoft’s fastest selling operating system to date. It is now one and a half years old, yet it reached several key milestones quickly. Last August, its marketshare surpassed that of its older brother Windows Vista, and this past December its marketshare was sitting at 25%, while its…

With over 300,000 devices activated per day, Android‘s clearly firing on all cylinders from a consumer standpoint, but much like the famed Cheez-It wheel, some would argue that the OS isn’t quite mature enough for unabashed enterprise use. Being a corporation itself, El Goog’s obviously been toiling around the clock to change that, and it’s taking three major strides today. An updated version of its Google Apps Device Policy enables employees to secure a lost or stolen Android 2.2+ device by locating it on a map, ringing the device, and resetting the device PIN or password remotely via the new My Devices website. Furthermore, Apps admins now have an option in the control panel to “Encrypt Data on Device,” which will now include requiring encrypted storage on Android 3.0 tablets. Finally, Google Apps Lookup is acting as a type of internal blackbook, allowing users to easily sift through colleagues and contact them through one form or another. So… hired?

Google preps Android for its corporate interview, adds new encryption and security measures originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 09 Apr 2011 02:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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As if we needed any more signs of where Research in Motion was heading in terms of its 2011 device line, we’ve just caught wind of yet another touchscreen-equipped Berry. The BlackBerry “Orlando” is purported to be a variation of the Curve with touch capabilities, already being described as a mini Bold Touch. This yet again begs the question of why exactly RIM has so many different devices planned, especially when the spec differences are so minor. We wish the company would deviate from this approach it has relied on for years, but it seems to be more focused on its tablet strategy than it is on pushing the envelope with phones. Additionally, it could just mean that BB6 might be sticking around for a while and that RIM wants its users to get acclimated, or perhaps that it might take a little longer than we think for QNX to trickle down from the PlayBook.

BlackBerry Orlando leaks out: say hello to the touchscreen Curve originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 08 Apr 2011 21:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you frequent the American-Canadian border (or perhaps the American-Mexican border), you may want to make sure you’re not carrying anything remotely suspicious on your digital devices – your laptop, your cell phone, your camera, your tablet, and so on. Or at the very least, you may want to consider…

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We understand that it’s hard to take two steps rather than one, but a solid list of specifications isn’t going to make the BlackBerry Bold Touch (Dakota) look any less last-decade. For whatever reason, RIM’s design department seems to be stuck in an era where last-generation is the new next-generation, while it’s internals team has seemingly managed to escape. For those who couldn’t disagree more regarding the exterior, you’ll likely be elated to know that the impending handset will boast a blisteringly fast 1.2GHz Snapdragon processor, 8GB of internal storage, 768MB of RAM, a microSD expansion slot, 5 megapixel camera and a 35-key backlit keyboard. You’ll also get a microscopic 2.8-inch LCD with a woeful 640 x 480 resolution, Bluetooth 2.1, a 3.5mm headphone jack, A-GPS, dual-band 802.11b/g/n WiFi and a 720p movie mode. So, one down, one to go — time for a reread, is it RIM?

Update: Seems as if the faucet’s still flowing, with a full specs list popping up for the BlackBerry Torch 9860 (Monza) as well!

[Thanks, bighap]

Full specs leak for BlackBerry Bold Touch, 1.2GHz Snapdragon can’t overcome ugly originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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