BEIJING (AP): British Prime Minister David Cameron arrived in Beijing on Tuesday, leading his country’s largest-ever official delegation to China in the latest European push to win business and spur a sluggish economy at home. Cameron, accompanied by four Cabinet ministers and about 50 business leaders, was due to meet with Premier Wen Jiabao at the Great Hall of the People in the heart of the capital later Tuesday. He meets President Hu Jintao on Wednesday. The two-day visit marks Cameron’s second major foray to court an emerging economy since taking office in May. He went to India in July. The visit would “mark…
Continue reading …Yesterday the Carnival Splendor left Long Beach for a seven day Mexican cruise.
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This is surely going to make some mouths drop wide open. Liberal internet publisher Arianna Huffington on Monday proudly introduced a new section to her website called “HuffPost Divorce”: read more
Continue reading …NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 detailed: 512 CUDA cores, 1.5GB of GDDR5 on ‘world’s fastest DX 11 GPU’
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It might not be November 9 all around the world yet, but NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 580 has already had its spec sheet dished out to the world, courtesy of CyberPower’s seemingly early announcement. The new chip will offer a 772MHz clock speed, 512 processing cores, and a 192.4GBps memory bandwidth, courtesy of 1.5GB of GDDR5 clocked at an effective rate of 4GHz. CyberPower is strapping this beast into its finest rigs, and for additional overkill it’ll let you SLI up to three of them within one hot and steamy case. Now let’s just wait patiently for midnight to roll around and see what the reviewers thought of NVIDIA’s next big thing. Update: CRN has a $499 price for us and a recital of NVIDIA’s internal estimate that the GTX 580 bests the GTX 480 by between 20 and 35 percent. It seems, however, that the embargo for this hot new slice of silicon is set for early tomorrow morning, so check back then for the expert review roundup. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 detailed: 512 CUDA cores, 1.5GB of GDDR5 on ‘world’s fastest DX 11 GPU’ originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 08 Nov 2010 23:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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The parents of a college football player who was shot to death by police went before a local judge and had a meeting with the district attorney coordinating the investigation. They want federal authorities to investigate the matter. (Nov. 8)
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We’re guessing that this newfangled SmartPOP feature works a lot like Lenovo’s Constant Connect (or perhaps LG’s own Air Sync ?), but either way, the feature set is still fairly innovative. On the surface, LG is today introducing its X170 netbook — a 10.1-incher with an Atom N455 (or N550), 1GB of RAM, a 250GB hard drive and integrated Intel GMA 3150 graphics. But it’s the accompanying SmartPOP feature that’s really worth a second glance; purportedly, the system utilizes Bluetooth 3.0 in order to connect to your LG phone (supported models haven’t been made public thus far) and do all sorts of things. Syncing your files and email is just the beginning — once you’re in, you can send an SMS, view contacts / files and dial a phone number from the comfort of your PC. We’re guessing that future uses will be somewhat more impressive than existing ones, but you’ve got to start somewhere, right? Word on the street has this one going for just under $700 in South Korea, and we’re definitely hoping that mobile there is included for that price. LG X170 netbook controls your phone, adds SmartPOP to the lexicon originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 08 Nov 2010 22:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Keith Olbermann on Monday issued a brief written statement to his viewers concerning his recent two-day suspension for violating NBC's policy regarding political contributions. As NewsBusters readers likely suspect, the man with the largest ego on television is playing this episode for all it's worth (h/t Hot Air ): read more
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We’ve already seen Epic Games and Id Software show off their respective game engines for iOS devices, but they’re only now finally giving folks a look at the first actual games that will use them. The first of those to roll out will apparently be Id’s Mutant Bash TV , which looks as impressive as the Rage demo promised (although that’s aided in part by being on rails), and will cost just $0.99 for the standard version or $1.99 for the Retina Display-enhanced version. Seemingly even more impressive than it, however, is Epic Games’ Infinity Blade , the game counterpart to the Unreal Engine 3-based “Epic Citadel” demo that was released back in September . While it may look like yet another God of War clone, it sounds like Epic has something quite a bit different in mind — the game’s creative director (of Shadow Complex fame, incidentally) recently described it as a mix of Karateka , Dragon’s Lair and Punch-Out . Head on past the break to check out the trailer, and hit up the link below for Touch Arcade’s preview of Mutant Bash TV (no video for it just yet, unfortunately). Continue reading Epic Games, Id Software show off jaw-dropping new iPhone games Epic Games, Id Software show off jaw-dropping new iPhone games originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 08 Nov 2010 21:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Elizabeth Smart and her family took the stand on Monday to testify against her accused kidnapper, Brian David Mitchell. Her testimony revealed vivid details of what happened the night she was abducted from her Utah home in 2002. (Nov. 8).
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Just a couple of months after Sony refreshed its longstanding Reader Daily Edition, that very product is now shipping to the masses. ‘Course, you’re probably laser-focused on Hanvon’s new color E Ink device on tap for next March, but if you just can’t wait for that bad boy — and you’re not interested in any of the LCD-based alternatives — the PRS-950SC is now available in stores and through SonyStyle. As a refresher, this guy’s got a 7-inch touchscreen, WiFi and 3G, a spartan web browser and 2GB of integrated storage space. All yours for a buck under $300. Continue reading Sony Reader Daily Edition (PRS-950SC) now shipping for $299 Sony Reader Daily Edition (PRS-950SC) now shipping for $299 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 08 Nov 2010 20:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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