We don’t have any hard details yet, but Computerworld reports that Nokia’s planning a busy 2011, with four to five updates to the Symbian UI on tap, as well as dual-core phones. The information comes courtesy of Nokia senior manager Gunther Kottzieper, who gave a presentation at the 2010 Internation Mobile Internet Conference in Beijing earlier today — a slide labeled “Nokia Symbian 2011 focus areas” indicated that a Q1 Symbian update will include over 50 features, including a more intuitive browser, while second- and third-quarter updates will add “a new look and feel for the user interface, a more flexible home screen, an updatable HTML5 browser and an easier software update experience.” A hardware-related slide tipped upcoming 1GHz phones with more graphics memory in the second or third quarter, as well as dual-core phones and something called a “true zoom camera” in late 2011 or early 2012. (We’re guessing that means an optical zoom, which would be just wild on a mobile phone.) Ignore this morning’s E7 delay and all of that sounds like evidence of renewed focus at Nokia under new management — and it also sounds like Nokia taking over Symbian development might have lit some serious fires. We’re dying to look at these slides ourselves — we’ll keep digging and let you know. Nokia to revamp Symbian UI, ship dual-core phones in 2011 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 14 Dec 2010 09:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Image: Nike A couple of weeks ago Nike unveiled a for-general-consumption version of their Environmental Apparel Design Tool. It is a replica of the calculator they use in-house when putting together their Considered Design collection, and is said to leverage “Nike’s collected data from more than a decade of evaluation of materials, and the examination of waste footprints in hundreds of apparel products across all sport categories.” “This tool is about making it simple for designers to make the most sustainable choices right at the start of the product creation process.” said Hannah Jones, Vice President of Nike Sustainable Bu… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Daughter of French far-right leader condemned for comparing Muslims praying on streets outside overcrowded mosques to Nazi occupation
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Photos: Bike Glow The other day we mentioned Fibre Flare , a long line LED bike light system. Here’s another light to consider, if you want to stand a better chance of being seen at night. The Bike Glow is a three metre (10 ft) long length of flexible tube that you wrap around your bike frame anyway you wish (tape and ties included). Connect the tube to a battery pack run by 2 AA’s — and presto — electroluminescent technology outlines the shape of your bike, making it that bit more visible in the gloom…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Oh dear. Like the N8 before it, Nokia just confirmed to us that the Symbian-powered E7 slider will be delayed. The official word has it launching in early 2011, not December 2010 . We’ve been told that Nokia’s holding up production due to a “minor durability issue” discovered in the E7 hardware. We can’t blame Nokia for wanting to ensure the best possible user experience — it’s just a shame that it will require the holiday shopping season to sort it out. Nokia delays E7 slider into ‘early 2011′ originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 14 Dec 2010 07:20:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi won a confidence motion in the Senate as expected on Tuesday, ahead of a lower house vote that could force him to resign or leave him clinging on to a wafer-thin majority. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi sits at the Senate in Rome December 13, 2010. (REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi) The centre-right government’s secure majority in the upper house meant there was little doubt about the vote on a confidence motion it had called itself to underline its legitimacy. The government won by 162 votes to 135. Shares in media company Mediaset, controlled by Berlusconi’s family, recovered ground and turned positive…
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If you’ve ever wondered what a map drawn entirely of Facebook relationships would look like, wonder no more. A Facebook intern by the name of Paul Butler has put together the above image by feeding in location data for pairs of friends, with the white lights representing cities, towns, and hamlets, and the blue streaks between them identifying relationships linking them. It’s fun to see large swathes of Australia and South America devoid of Facebook activity, but check out the bit on the map where Russia and China are supposed to be — is Facebook the most capitalist social network ever or what? Hit the source link for the full-scale image, it gets prettier the closer you get to it. [Thanks, Ian] Visualized: Facebook’s global reach originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 14 Dec 2010 06:55:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Pure’s Evoke Flow, Oasis Flow and Seista Flow internet radios finally on sale in America
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Um, misfire? That’s exactly what has happened with Pure’s lineup of internet radios, which were supposed to ship to the US of A way back in July. Turns out, the crew hit a few snags along the way, but it looks as if the Evoke Flow, Oasis Flow and Seista Flow will still be making it in time for the holidays. The company just announced that the aforesaid trio really, truly is on sale now in America, with all three shipping to eager radio zealots right now. Better still (and possibly to make up for lost time), the outfit is offering a 15 percent discount and free shipping for all orders placed before next Monday. Candidly speaking, we’d expect to see a cadre of successors in just a few weeks as CES kicks off, but if you’ve got an empty box that needs filled and wrapped… Continue reading Pure’s Evoke Flow, Oasis Flow and Seista Flow internet radios finally on sale in America Pure’s Evoke Flow, Oasis Flow and Seista Flow internet radios finally on sale in America originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 14 Dec 2010 06:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Two Hebron women arrested on suspicion of planning to sell thousands of ecstasy pills in central Israeli cities
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