First the 2018 World Cup and now this. An Intel press event in Moscow was reportedly the site of some new MeeGo device reveals. Mail.ru’s Anton Spiridonov was on hand and managed to spot Intel Atom-based phone the Hi/Lo Vibrant (we haven’t heard of the company, either) and a tablet of some sort, both equipped with the Linux-based OS. Not much else is known save for what appears to be a 5 megapixel camera labeled as such on the back. More pics below. [Thanks, Chris] Gallery: MeeGo-based Intel Atom phone and tablet spotted from Russia with love MeeGo-based Intel Atom phone and tablet spotted from Russia with love originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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How is it that Senator John McCain can look at the same Pentagon study about repealing “don’t ask, don’t tell” that Defense Secretary Robert Gates and other military colleagues did and reach such a strikingly different conclusion about how to proceed? Well, for starters, it would appear that McCain prioritized certain aspects of the report over others, according to The New York Times, while supporters of lifting the ban on GLBT troops serving openly looked at the bigger picture. MSNBC’s coverage of the discussion between McCain and military leaders is posted below the NYT excerpt.
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A 30-year-old Florida man has admitted to robbing six banks in Ohio while disguised as a black man. Conrad Zdierak faces up to 35 years in prison and deportation. (Dec. 2)
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About 1-month-old, a new giant panda cub at Zoo Atlanta is still smaller than a house cat, but he is healthy and growing fast, veterinarians said Thursday after a weekly medical exam. (Dec. 2)
Continue reading …BMW Designworks USA flexes its eco muscle with Siemens Inspiro subway concept
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BMW Group’s Designworks USA — where have we heard about those folks before? Ah, yes, that’s the crew that’s responsible for Thermaltake’s Level 10 PC case , and we’re desperately hoping that this concept has an equal (or greater) level of success in the open market. The subway car you see above is purportedly 97.5 percent recyclable, with an aluminum chassis, vivacious hues and a ridiculously spacious interior. It’s being labeled the Siemens Inspiro, and it’s on track to show up in Warsaw’s Metro Warszawskie just over a year from now. No word on where to sign up for conductor dutie, though. BMW Designworks USA flexes its eco muscle with Siemens Inspiro subway concept originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:23:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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President Barack Obama said Thursday that he is optimistic that a bipartisan deal can be reached on taxes before the Bush-era tax cuts expire at the end of the year. (Dec. 2)
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Photo: mauricholas/ Maureen Leong-Kee , Flickr, CC Pollution has long been known to bear various impacts on animals’ reproductive behavior . But rarely is the effect so pronounced as what scientists have observed happening to bird populations that ingest the poisonous metal compound methylmercury. Researchers have found that when even low levels of the compound enter their diets, male birds choose to attempt to mate with other males, and snub females. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Ahuva Tomer, first woman to command major police station, escorted burned Prison Service bus
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A young female biochemist has caused a ruckus in the scientific community with her claim that one of the basic elements in the formula that has long been considered to define the building blocks of life may be swapped out—and for arsenic, no less. Felisa Wolfe-Simon made the game-changing discovery in the form of a special kind of bacterium that could put her colleagues on the hunt for different kinds of life forms on Earth and, potentially, elsewhere in the universe.
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Firefighting aircraft on way as Bibi pleads for world’s help; Israeli communities to host evacuees
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