In a state where personal marijuana use is virtually legal , Californians decided not to go all the way and decriminalize recreational marijuana consumption. Defying the national trend, however, Golden Staters just said no to Republican rule. Jerry Brown will reprise his role as governor, defeating former eBay CEO Meg Whitman. Whitman spent more than $140 million of her own money on her campaign, which, when compared with Brown’s $35 million effort, diminished her claims of fiscal responsibility and business savvy. Still, in these difficult times, we Californians thank Ms. Whitman for her money. Our economy really needed it. Another former CEO, Carly Fiorina, gave Sen. Barbara Boxer a tough fight, but it was one seat in Congress the Democrats managed to hold onto. Californians continue to demonstrate a fondness for redistricting, voting in large numbers to limit elected officials’ involvement in the process. Voters, however, made it easier for their legislators to pass a budget, a gridlocked fiasco that had been a national embarrassment. Also worth noting, Californians shot down a polluter-backed proposition that would have delayed implementation of the state’s forward thinking clean air rules.
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What do you know, someone’s been busy working in Microsoft’s labs while we’ve been waiting for the company’s Kinect motion control peripheral to launch itself into our living rooms. The highly sophisticated webcam has undergone some algorithmic optimizations and now Alex Kipman, lead software developer for what used to be known as Natal, tells us that its processing overhead for the Xbox 360 console will be no greater than a “single-digit” percentage. That contrasts very nicely with the last number Alex gave us, which indicated there’d be a 10 to 15 percent penalty for using Microsoft’s new motion controller, and should mean your petting sessions with Kinectimals will be running smooth as butter when Kinect hits stores tomorrow . Great news, eh? Kinect will use only a ‘single-digit’ percentage of Xbox 360 CPU power originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Nov 2010 04:48:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Ubuntu may be the Linux distribution of choice for many these days, but it’s hardly the only game in town, and one of the other big players has now gotten an update that might just sway some folks back to its team. That comes in the form of the Red Hat sponsored Fedora 14, which is aimed specifically at “developers, system administrators and open source enthusiasts.” If that includes you, you can expect to get a slew of mostly behind-the-scenes updates, including a new software framework for Spice desktop virtualization, a range of new debugging features, an updated tech preview of the GNOME shell environment that will be part of the upcoming GNOME 3.0 release and, of particular note, some software from the MeeGo community that promises an “enhanced experience on netbooks and small devices.” As with previous Fedora releases, it’s also available in a number of different “spins” to suit your tastes and needs and it’s, of course, completely free. Head on past the break for the complete press release, and hit up the link below to download the OS. Continue reading Fedora 14 now available for download, complete with MeeGo trimmings Fedora 14 now available for download, complete with MeeGo trimmings originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Nov 2010 04:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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