Dan Hawkins was fired as football coach at the University of Colorado Tuesday, three days after the team blew a 28-point lead at Kansas. The Buffaloes have three games left on their schedule. (Nov. 9)
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Navy helicopters shuttled in supplies Tuesday to 4500 passengers and crew members expected to remain stranded on a disabled cruise ship off the coast of Mexico at least through Wednesday night. (Nov. 9)
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Screen Grabs chronicles the uses (and misuses) of real-world gadgets in today’s movies and TV. Send in your sightings (with screen grab!) to screengrabs at engadget dt com . Well, it looks like The Vampire Diaries isn’t the only show that’s hopped on the Windows Phone 7 bandwagon — what appears to be an LG Optimus 7 turned up in the latest episode of Hawaii Five-0 , where it was used in yet another awkward attempt to introduce the phrase “Bing it” to a dumbfounded audience. What would Jack Lord think? Head on past the break to check out the ad clip in question. [Thanks, Nathan] Continue reading Screen Grabs: Bing it, Danno Screen Grabs: Bing it, Danno originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:16:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …YouTube Remote app released, controls Leanback from the palm of your hand
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We weren’t completely in love with Google TV’s YouTube Leanback experience when we gave the platform a run through , but that could change now that the YouTube Remote app has been released to the Android Market. Users pair the devices simply by signing into YouTube Leanback on the TV or PC and the app on the phone with the same account, then select a video on the phone and send it to the bigger screen with a press of a button. At least, that’s how it should work. TechCrunch got a hands on with the new app and a new Topics sorting system for the site during a demo and found some potential, however trying it on one of our devices elicited a slew of crashes before we eventually got everything synced up and working. QR code’s after the break so you can have a go of your own. Continue reading YouTube Remote app released, controls Leanback from the palm of your hand YouTube Remote app released, controls Leanback from the palm of your hand originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 09 Nov 2010 16:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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A conservative Muslim government minister admits he shook hands with first lady Michelle Obama in welcoming her to Indonesia but says it wasn’t his choice. (Nov. 9)
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The journey of a family hit by the ailing economy is chronicled on ‘Downsized,’ which airs Saturdays on the WEtv network. (Nov. 9)
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Billions and Billions of Thanks for Your Life’s Work! Today would have been the 76th birthday of Carl Sagan, a great popularizer of science, as well as an astronomer, astrophysicist, author, and cosmologist. If you are… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …The Economics of Happiness as a Response to Environmental Crisis (video)
November 9, 2010 No Comment
Image credit: The Economics of Happiness From the confessions of an economic hitman to David Korten urging that we rid ourselves of the Wall Street mafia , the green movement is no stranger to the idea that we may need to rethink conventional economic wisdom if we are going to get out of the crisis we face. But a new movie from the International Society for Ecology and Culture puts … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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