The bodies of two American balloonists and their gondola were discovered in the net of an Italian fishing boat on Monday, two months after the champions disappeared while competing in a race over the Adriatic Sea during a fierce storm. (Dec. 6)
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Authorities in Miami are searching for an assailant who fled in a mail truck after fatally shooting a postal employee. It’s not clear what the motive was, but the victim was shot several times. (Dec. 6)
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The source is DigiTimes so take this rumor for what you will. Nevertheless, the Taiwanese tattle house is citing sources at local component makers claiming that Foxconn has been notified that it must ship Apple’s ” iPad 2 ” within the next 100 days or as early as the end of February. DigiTimes says that Apple’s plan to start mass production in January had to be pushed because of ongoing firmware testing. Note that this doesn’t mean that the second generation iPad will ship to consumers in February since Apple would be stockpiling units ahead of a global launch. The original iPad was announced in January and began US shipments in April before starting its relentless global march in May. iPad 2 begins shipping from Foxconn in February? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 07 Dec 2010 01:15:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Based on what the New York Times describes as President Obama’s “substantial concessions to Republicans,” Democrats in Congress have reason to fret. Not only did Obama agree to extend the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy, but he caved into Republican demands to neuter the estate tax. Apparently a deficit hawk is someone who adds to the deficit—in this case $900 billion over two years. To keep things in perspective, Republicans otherwise refused to extend unemployment benefits at a cost of $56 billion, because, you know, that would add to the deficit. Unemployment benefits will be extended as part of the compromise.
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It appears Republicans need to be read their conservative Miranda rights: anything negative you say about Sarah Palin can and will be used against her by the liberal media. Such was made infinitely clear on Monday's “Hardball” when the host first teased, “Has someone sounded the dog whistle,” and later opened a segment, “Are Republicans putting out the word that it's time to stop Sarah Palin?” (video follows with transcript and commentary): read more
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Genre: Bob Dylan Title: Must Be Santa It’s the season of bad sweaters, lame office Christmas parties, and drunk uncles in Santa caps. This Bob Dylan song will get you in the mood. Christmas In the Heart Artist: Bob Dylan Price: $7.40 (As of 12/07/10 05:03 am details )
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By Steven Borowiec The South Korean government has been criticized sharply for its response to the shelling of Yeonpyeong Island. The future for those residents who have returned to this transformed little place is uncertain. Related Entries December 6, 2010 Global Stature December 6, 2010 Happy as a Hangman
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You may not be able to get Android 2.3 loaded in any official capacity on your Nexus One yet — or any other phone, for that matter — but Google’s 2.3 SDK is now available, which means there’s an emulator attached, too. As with most development emulators, this one’s a stripped-down subset of the apps and settings you’d see on an actual retail device; basically, all that’s left is the bare minimum Google figures its developers are going to need to code apps. Be that as it may, we noticed a few things that stuck out: Overall, the UI changes are extremely subtle, and generally for the better. We prefer the new looks for the status bar, keyboard, and menus over their Froyo equivalents. We couldn’t get a sense of the performance improvements — the emulators is slow as molasses for us and really has zero bearing on how it’ll perform on devices. When you reach the end of a scrolled list, the side of the list that has reached the end glows orange briefly, presumably to make it even more obvious that you’re at the end. Even the browser does this — it’s an interesting effect that we kind of liked. The miserable default camera UI is exactly the same. Expect manufacturers to continue to replace this with wild abandon. The Gmail app isn’t included in the emulator, so fear not when you’re looking at the screen shot of the unthreaded messages — that’s the “standard” email app. The fingertip-sized markers for highlighting text work quite well, including in the browser. They seem to consistently disappear after a few seconds and automatically highlight and / or copy the text in between the markers; we’re not sold on whether we like that behavior. Clearly, the jury’s out until we’ve got a Nexus S firmly planted in our hands — but in the meanwhile, check out a bunch of shots of Gingerbread doing its thing in the gallery below. Gallery: Android 2.3 Gingerbread in pictures Android 2.3 Gingerbread in pictures originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 06 Dec 2010 23:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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GENEVA (AFP) – World powers and Iran are due Tuesday to carry on talks over Tehran's disputed nuclear programme for a second day, after what both sides described as a “constructive” meeting. After a 14-month break, the first day of discussions in the Swiss city of Geneva was “constructive” and “forward moving”, an Iranian official said. “They should resume tomorrow at 9:00 am to fix the framework for future discussions during which we could talk about nuclear disarmament and about cooperation in the civil nuclear domain,” he said. “The (nuclear) right of Iran will not be discussed. If we agree on a framework, we could have several…
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When asked what would happen if he was “taken out,” either physically or technically, WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange said in an online chat that over 100,000 people have encrypted copies of leaked material and “If something happens to us, the key parts will be released automatically.” Assange also maintained that not “a single person has come to harm as a result of our activities,” and that he wished to go home, but can not because his government was working to hand him over to the Americans “merely so that Australian politicians and diplomats can be invited to the best US embassy cocktail parties.”
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