Did MSNBC suspend Keith Olbermann because he refused to apologize for his campaign finance activities on camera? That's what Politico's Mike Allen is reporting Sunday (h/t Mediaite ): read more
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Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On , a column about consumer technology. The title of Apple’s recent Back to the Mac event turned out to have multiple meanings. The first was heralding a shift of Apple’s event focus to the product that was once synonymous with the company. But it also had a more literal connotation, that traits associated both with iPad software and hardware would now be finding their way back to the Apple’s computers. But the impact of this round trip could have different implications for hardware and software. Apple’s new MacBook Air was cited as taking on traits associated with the iPad such as thinness, flash storage, longer battery life, and instant on. The new MacBook Air also dispenses with an optical drive, but so did the previous MacBook Air, and indeed so do nearly all netbooks and quite a few other “thin and light” notebook PCs. Most would agree that the new hardware choices produce desirable traits in an ultramobile notebook. Continue reading Switched On: The iPadification of Mac OS Switched On: The iPadification of Mac OS originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 07 Nov 2010 12:50:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Dishearteningly unsurprising. This somewhat awkward phrase is, to my mind, the best description of the emotional and moral impact of Wikileak’s release of 400,000 classified US military documents. In the wake of the GOP “landslide” in the US midterm elections, most commentators have moved on from this all-too-troubling and familiar story. But their doing so only reinforces the basic problems that the release of the documents has revealed – an almost brazen disregard for reality and willingness to ignore the lessons of history for political expediency and economic and strategic gain. And Barack Obama’s post-election “move to the centre” and unwillingness to face the core systemic issues that…
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Highlights of this day in history: Bolshevik Revolution takes place; America’s 2000 presidential vote faces limbo; Nixon loses Calif. governor’s race; Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses; Evangelist Billy Graham and singer Joni Mitchell born. (Nov. 7)
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WHAT is the world doing about the Burma question? Mainly, it has stopped asking it. Claims are often made for the country…
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It takes a pretty radical hack to truly grab us, but we’re fairly confident that Matt Richardson is now one of our most favorite dudes ever. He has put together a comprehensive video detailing the setup required to build your own Arduino-powered remote shutter trigger , and while it’s certainly one of the more complicated setups out there, properly executing it can land you self-taken photos like the one above. You’ll need a laptop, a solid DSLR, an Arduino , a DIYer toolkit (you know, tiny screwdrivers and the like) and a good bit of spare time. If you’ve already checked all five from your list, head on past the break and mash play — your weekend project awaits. [Thanks, Matt ] Continue reading DIYer builds handsfree, Arduino-powered remote camera trigger (video) DIYer builds handsfree, Arduino-powered remote camera trigger (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 07 Nov 2010 08:06:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Photo: Parsons The New School From Barneys New York’s culinary-themed windows at their Madison Avenue flagship to our recent article on Jai’s fruit- and vegetable-dyed fashion , the link between food and fashion has been getting more media attention. In New York City tomorrow, at Union Square’s Greenmarket from 9-11am, students from Pa… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. Due to the First and Second World Wars, a strong and powerful myth has developed in regards to how these wars provided employment for millions of Americans and increased America’s economic standing around the world. It is unfortunate that such a legend has developed, specially among elite politicians and writers, like David S. Broder. In a recent Washington Post editorial: “The war recovery?”, Broder argued a “high and persistent unemployment, lagging investment, massive public and private debt, and a highly inefficient tax system would “doom” President Barack Obama and his reelection bid in 2012.”(1) Broder then writes it is war and…
Continue reading …Dana Milbank: ‘Would We Be Better Off Under a President Hillary Clinton?’
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After a stinging defeat at the polls Tuesday, liberal media members are rethinking the horse they backed in 2008, what with the economy struggling, unemployment near 10 percent, and the Democrats suffering their worst loss in a midterm election since before most of these so-called journalists were born. It was therefore not at all surprising to see Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank waxing nostalgic in his Sunday piece
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Leogane bore the brunt of Hurricane Tomas rainfall Continue reading the main story Related stories Hurricane flood hits west Haiti In pictures: Hurricane impact on Haiti Eyewitness: Tense evacuations The death toll from the current cholera epidemic in Haiti has exceeded 500, the country’s health ministry has said. Fifty-nine people had died up until and including Thursday, and 617 others had been infected, bringing the total affected to 7,359, the ministry added. The news came as the local authorities and relief agencies attempted to get clean drinking water…
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