By Mr. Fish Related Entries December 5, 2010 WikiLeaks: Not for Government Eyes November 30, 2010 WikiLeaks and the End of U.S. ‘Diplomacy’
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Sure, Google might have just dropped Android 2.3 Gingerbread on the Nexus S just today, but that’s old news — Andy Rubin just took the stage at D: Dive Into Mobile and announced that Honeycomb is due “next year” with support for tablets. Andy demoed the new version of the OS on a Motorola prototype tablet , and it was very different, and highly customized — although there were still grids of icons, the apps were more “desktop” in flavor, and the traditional Android buttons weren’t present. We’re waiting for more details, we’ll let you know what’s up. Developing… Android Honeycomb coming ‘next year,’ adds tablet support originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 06 Dec 2010 22:50:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama on Monday unveiled a compromise deal to extend all Bush-era tax cuts for two years, giving ground to emboldened Republicans who won big in last month’s congressional elections. After meeting Democratic leaders, Obama announced what he called a “framework” agreement with Republicans that would renew…
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Denver’s Broncos fired coach Josh McDaniels on Monday after the team dropped to 3-and-9 with a loss on Sunday to Kansas City. McDaniels held the job for less than two seasons. (Dec. 06)
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Because your game board of an iPad can’t always be used for heated, futuristic Scrabble matches or perennially peeved pigeons , Discovery Bay Games has devised a divertissement of its own that, in its words (no pun intended), requires no reading. Actually, Yoomi for has a really cool trick in that it uses the Duo, a chip collector that rests on top of the display. Here’s how it works: one person picks (the selection hidden from the group by the Duo) between two cards with no criteria whatsoever (e.g. Loch Ness Monster or Big Foot). The rest of the group puts a token into the slot corresponding to their guess. Once the correct answer is revealed, the Duo “magically” (how coy) knows which answer was right and drops the tokens into the connected bin, leaving those who guessed wrong to pick up the pieces and try again. First player to rid themselves of all tokens wins! Interested in actually letting your family drop things on the iPad screen this holiday season? App is free, Duo is $40 from Toys R Us — and if you’re still need more, video is after the break. Continue reading Yoomi and Duo join forces for an ‘Apples to Apples’ esque experience… on your Apple iPad Yoomi and Duo join forces for an ‘Apples to Apples’ esque experience… on your Apple iPad originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 06 Dec 2010 21:23:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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enlarge Dan Bartlett reminds all of us that the GOP doesn’t care about Americans, doesn’t care about the destructive effects of their disastrous policies and that it’s all gamesmanship for the soulless conservatives : (I)n Washington, where anything beyond last week’s news cycle is considered ancient history, the jury-rigged nature of the Bush plan—and the fiscal sleight-of-hand involved—have been all but forgotten. “We knew that, politically, once you get it into law, it becomes almost impossible to remove it,” says Dan Bartlett, Bush’s former communications director. “That’s not a bad legacy. The fact that we were able to lay the trap does feel pretty good, to tell you the truth.” (h/t Andrew) Case closed.
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More Americans than ever are receiving treatment for depression, but the number getting psychotherapy with or without drugs continues to decline, a national survey finds.
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President Barack Obama has announced a bipartisan agreement on year-end legislation to extend expiring tax cuts and renew jobless benefits as part of a sweeping attempt to strengthen the economic recovery. (Dec. 6)
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Hard to say why this here fad is just now catching on — after all, select studios warmed to the idea of putting their content onto portable flash storage years ago. That said, we’ve seen both Flix on Stix and this here contraption surface within the same month, but honestly, we’re having a hard time believing that it’s a niche waiting to explode. Mo-DV has just announced a new Universal Player for microSD cards, enabling Symbian, Android, Windows Mobile and your everyday Windows PC to play back DRM’d movies stored on a microscopic slab of memory. As for Android users, they’ll need version 2.1 or newer, and while few details are given, the company has confessed that more platform support is coming (good luck, Windows Phone 7 ). No one’s talking pricing or release information just yet, but potentially more frightening is this: has anyone ever considered just how inconvenient it is to keep a handful of microSD cards around, let alone swap them in and out of your smartphone? Continue reading Mo-DV bringing major motion pictures to microSD cards Mo-DV bringing major motion pictures to microSD cards originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 06 Dec 2010 19:58:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Elizabeth Edwards is seriously ill and doctors say further treatment for her cancer would be unproductive. (Dec. 6)
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