Nashville is buzzing ahead of the 2010 CMA Awards Wednesday night. Find out if Gwyneth Paltrow is nervous to perform, who new artist nominee Luke Bryan thinks will win and more from Martina McBride and Kenny Chesney. (Nov. 10)
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Testifying for nearly six hours in a steady voice, Elizabeth Smart told a rapt audience that she was so terrified of her abductor that on the day police found her, she told them she was someone else. (Nov. 10)
Continue reading …Elecom claims first Bluetooth 3.0 mouse, performance improvements sure to be palpable
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Bluetooth 3.0 is poised to bring some big improvements, like WiFi hand-off for approximately 24Mbps data transfers… but how good is that for a mouse ? We still don’t really know, but that isn’t stopping Elecom from boasting about its new, “first ever” BT 3.0 mouse — and as best as we can tell, it lacks the “+ HS” protocol for utilizing the aforementioned 802.11 speeds. In other words, we don’t think this was a race to beat the competition so much as it was one company finally saying, “hey, why not?” Japan denizens should be able to pick this up next month for
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Continue reading …Sprint ZTE Peel officially announced, adds a little 3G to your iPod touch
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As expected , Sprint’s just announced the ZTE Peel for the iPod touch will arrive on November 14th. The $79 slider case for Apple’s media player features a built-in mobile WiFi hotspot, essentially turning your iPod into a bulky iPhone without a native phone or SMS app. Of course, you’ll still be stuck paying Sprint for a $29/mo data plan, but you’ll be able to connect up to two devices to the Peel’s WiFi as well, so that’s a plus. Another big plus: since the iPod thinks it’s on WiFi, you’ll be able to use FaceTime on the road — something we’ve tried using a MiFi with pretty decent results. Of course, you’ll be saddled with a big fat case around your oh-so-slim iPod, and we can’t imagine why the Peel is limited to WEP when it comes to security, but we’ll definitely applaud Sprint for attitude when it comes to iOS devices on its network — now just kick out a 4G Peel and we’ll be all set. PR after the break. Continue reading Sprint ZTE Peel officially announced, adds a little 3G to your iPod touch Sprint ZTE Peel officially announced, adds a little 3G to your iPod touch originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Nov 2010 10:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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When the inevitable Robot Apocalypse goes down, you can credit SRI International for helping the forces assimilate. The aforesaid entity has apparently been toiling around the clock on a technology it’s calling compliant electroadhesion, and to put things simply, it gives robotic climbers the ability to scale all sorts of walls made of all sorts of materials. Tests have shown wall-gripping robots climb surfaces made of steel, brick, concrete, glass, wood and drywall, which effectively eliminates any hope of you surviving the fallout based on the construction choice of your bunker. Thankfully, it does seems as if this could also be applied to human footwear, giving Earthlings at least a fighting chance of standing toe-to-toe with these guys on the side of the Menara Kuala Lumpur. Head on past the break if you’re looking for a horror film. Or a demonstrative video… same difference. Continue reading SRI’s electroadhesion tech enables new army of wall-climbing robots SRI’s electroadhesion tech enables new army of wall-climbing robots originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Nov 2010 09:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …The Washington Post is getting out ahead of the pack in hating the new Sarah Palin reality show on TLC, “Sarah Palin's Alaska.” It isn't really about whether the show is entertaining. TV critic Hank Stuever tore into the Republican VP nominee with relish from the first sentence at the top of Wednesday's Style section: Who is this woman, this fruit bat in fleece and Gore-Tex, clenching the side of the rock face above a glacier, screaming “Tahhd! Tahhd!” at her husband, piercing the tranquility of the Alaskan paradise? Isn't this the kind of person whom forest rangers usually despise? The one whose loud command to heed the bears actually startles the bears? The hapless camper whom taxpayers have to rescue at great expense after she loses her Verizon signal and gets hopelessly disoriented? read more
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There’s just nothing quite like a promised kept, you know? Back in May, we heard that the financially troubled Clear would be making a comeback this fall, and lo and behold, the first Clear security lanes in quite some time have opened up in Orlando International Airport (MCO). Just as before, customers angels who fork out $179 per year and pass a litany of personality tests (we kid, we kid… sort of ) will be able to breeze right through a dedicated security lane, enabling them to show up just moments prior to takeoff, claim their seat and simultaneously draw the ire of every other nearby passenger. In the next few months, Clear will roll out a family plan that enables the $179er to add members at $50 a pop, and during the introduction period, all members will receive a free month. Best of all, those who used Clear before can have their cards reactivated once it returns to their home airport. The company intends to open lanes in Denver later this month, but expansion plans beyond that remain a mystery. Feel free to get amped by watching the video just past the break. Continue reading Clear security lanes reopen in Orlando, coming soon to Denver Clear security lanes reopen in Orlando, coming soon to Denver originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Nov 2010 09:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Country music singer, Reba McEntire is back with her 34th album, entitled, ‘All The Women I Am.’ Still enjoying her work and vibrant career, she thanks the women that came before her and relishes the role she plays for young performers. (Nov. 10)
Continue reading …Hughes launching Jupiter satellite in 2012, may actually provide broadband internet
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If you’re stuck in an area that’s not served by an existing broadband source, your options for hopping on the world wide web at a rate hastier than 56Kbps are limited . Severely limited. The go-to alternative for the past few years has been HughesNet, a satellite-based “broadband” service that offers users 2Mbps down / 300Kbps up for a staggering $120 per month. It’s definitely a last resort, and many satellite gamers have kvetched that triple-digit ping times have all but destroyed their yearning to catch a round of Counter-Strike before hitting the sack. If all goes well, however, this entire situation could be up-ended by 2012. Hughes just landed the financing it needs to launch a $400 million Jupiter satellite into orbit, theoretically giving it over 100 gigabits per second of capacity and enabling it to seriously expand its customer base. Once launched, consumers could be offered download rates as high as 20Mbps, and while that’s far from impressive, it’s definitely a step-up for those positioned in bandwidth-starved locales . Until then, it looks like you’ll still need to Photoshop your speed tests to convince yourself you’re really on a high-speed connection. Continue reading Hughes launching Jupiter satellite in 2012, may actually provide broadband internet Hughes launching Jupiter satellite in 2012, may actually provide broadband internet originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Nov 2010 08:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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