Photos: Photo Of The Year on Facebook. Our pals at Wend magazine alerted us to the Photo of the Year competition, now in its ninth year. The comp is a fundraiser for MESD Outdoor School Program in Oregon, and POTY (a rather awkward acronym) has raised over $49,000 USD for the Outdoor School’s field-based science, which o… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Culture minister continues hardline approach against artists’ boycott. Khan, Cameri, theater directors committed to performing in Ariel, but ask that funding not be harmed. Yiddish Spiel CEO Shmuel Atzmon: In Uzbekistan I was ostracized, I will make artists agree to perform everywhere
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Katy Perry, Rihanna and Mike Posner were among the glamorous list of stars that walked the red carpet at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles. (Nov. 22)
Continue reading …Kingston unveils HyperX Max 3.0, a SuperSpeed SSD for your pocket, we tear it down (video)
November 22, 2010 No Comment
USB 3.0 and SSDs , they were just made for each other, don’t you think? Kingston certainly seems to agree, as it’s now rolled out its first SuperSpeed portable solid state drive, giving it the catchy title of HyperX Max 3.0. It fits within the dimensions of a conventional 2.5-inch hard drive, but differs in being able to pump 195MB of data per second when reading or 160MBps when writing. Although pricing and availability details aren’t yet available, we can expect 64GB, 128GB and 256GB varieties to crop up some time soonish. Until then, can we interest you in some unboxing and teardown action, courtesy of our brethren over at Engadget Spanish? You’ll find it on video just past the break. Continue reading Kingston unveils HyperX Max 3.0, a SuperSpeed SSD for your pocket, we tear it down (video) Kingston unveils HyperX Max 3.0, a SuperSpeed SSD for your pocket, we tear it down (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 22 Nov 2010 08:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Apple reportedly abandons supposed push for integrated SIMs in theoretical European iPhones
November 22, 2010 No Comment
This one was all rather rumory to begin with, but play along if you don’t mind a pile of unconfirmed reports to start the day. A few weeks back it was said that Apple was working with Gemalto to create a non-removable, software-reconfigurable SIM that would be built right into European iPhones, saving a number of headaches for users and, more importantly, for Apple. This decidedly unconfirmed report was supposedly enough to get European carriers all worked up in a tizzy, angry that, among other things, customers would never need to actually interact with those carriers themselves — all actions, including activation, could be handled right through the App Store . Now, for the final layer of unconfirmed reporting in this delectably speculative layer cake, we have word from The Daily Telegraph that Apple has apparently given up on this plan and will continue to ship hardware to Europe with honest to gosh SIM cards, just like it always has. In other words: carry on, nothing to see here. Apple reportedly abandons supposed push for integrated SIMs in theoretical European iPhones originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 22 Nov 2010 07:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Court says 89-year-old Samuel Kunz, who was indicted for involvement in entire process of killing Jews at Belzec death camp, died before he could be brought to trial
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Rescue workers in China safely rescued 29 miners who’d been trapped in a flooded mine. But in New Zealand there’s still no word on the fate of 29 who’d been caught in a mine blast Friday. (22 November 2010)
Continue reading …Viacom drops the ban hammer on Google TV devices, blocks streaming episodes
November 22, 2010 No Comment
We have high hopes that Google TV will evolve into something magical and wondrous over the next year or so as its namesake adds apps and features to flesh out the platform’s somewhat underwhelming current state. Today, though, it just got a little less attractive thanks to a move by Viacom to block full episodes from streaming on your Logitech Revues and your Sony Internet TVs and the like. We’ve confirmed with our own Revue that attempting to stream episodes from network sites like MTV, Nickelodeon, and Comedy Central show messages like “this content is not available for your device,” which is an unfortunate and frustrating change. Yes, the user agent tweak still works, but wouldn’t it be nice if we could all just get along? Surely Google is still working on its content partnership agreements and hopefully things will improve in the future, but given how friendly the company’s past dealings with Viacom have been we’re not optimistic about this particular front. Viacom drops the ban hammer on Google TV devices, blocks streaming episodes originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 22 Nov 2010 06:56:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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On this date in 1963, President John F. Kennedy is assassinated and Texas Gov. John Connally is seriously wounded during a motorcade in Dallas. Suspect Lee Harvey Oswald is arrested. Lyndon B. Johnson becomes America’s 36th president. (Nov. 22)
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Dogs don’t just roll over and play dead in Hollywood. It takes a good trainer and lots of practice. The AP’s John Mone takes us to a dog tricks school where if you want, you can teach your pup to be a stunt canine. (Nov. 22)
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