From Drudge: Kagan’s first vote is against an execution — over safety of lethal injection drug… Yeah, we wouldn’t want to execute somebody with drugs that aren’t safe. This is what you get when you put liberal law professors on the Supreme Court.
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Ooh, Sprint’s just going to love this. T-Mobile just announced the launch details for its latest HSDPA+ handset, with a November 3rd touchdown date (possibly to go along with new data plans ?) and a $200 pricetag (after $50 mail-in rebate). But just to spice things up a little bit, T-Mobile also swapped names on the phone: what was previously known as the myTouch — a back-to-basics follow-up to the original myTouch 3G and myTouch 3G Slide — is now the myTouch 4G. In fact, it looks like T-Mobile has had this name for a little while , but was just waiting for the right moment to spring it on us. Wait, you didn’t know HSPA+ was 4G ? Ah, welcome to Sprint / Verizon / AT&T’s branding nightmare . T-Mobile myTouch redubbed ‘myTouch 4G,’ landing on November 3rd originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 Oct 2010 18:58:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Vuzix Wrap 920AR dev bundle available ‘nowish’ with clear AR glasses 18 months away
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When we got our hands on the Vuzix Wrap 920AR at CES we saw a promising piece of gear without too many practical applications. And where do things stand, nearly a year later? Available now (aside from a “30 to 45 day delay” on all orders) the headset is strictly developers only. According to Pocket-lint , the company is only eighteen months away from clear AR glasses with heads-up displays — and, believe us, we’d love to see that — but in the meantime, your hard earned $2,000 will get you the glasses, a Vuzix VR Manager license, and access to the Vuzix SDK. So, who’s going to be the first to pitch us a system for Augmented Reality comment moderation? We’d love to some new and novel ways to “downrank” a few of our favorite commenters, if you get our drift. Vuzix Wrap 920AR dev bundle available ‘nowish’ with clear AR glasses 18 months away originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 Oct 2010 18:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Matthews: How Long Before We See Tea Partiers Start Showing Up in Uniform, 1930′s Style?
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By Ruth Marcus Excuse me, Mary Fallin, did I just hear you say, “Woman up”? Related Entries October 26, 2010 Annoyer in Chief October 26, 2010 George Soros Makes the Case for Legal Weed
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On Wednesday, two days after an earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the shores of Indonesia’s Mentawai Islands, local officials reported problems with an alert system that should have warned islanders of the incoming tidal wave. Meanwhile, the death toll has reached at least 282, according to the BBC, and elsewhere in Indonesia, a rumbling volcano is creating another kind of trouble.
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Kmart may have been the first department store to get into the cheap Android tablet business , but it looks like Walgreens isn’t about to stay out of this race to the bottom — it’s now offering the Maylong M-150 Android tablet for a mere $100. As you can see above, it’s pretty much the tablet of your dreams. Not only does it run Android, but it boasts a familiar iPad design and interface, plus Internet Explorer for a web browser (icon), and access to the always useful “App Market.” As for specs, it looks like you’ll get a 7-inch resistive touchscreen with an 800 x 480 resolution, a 400MHz VIA VM8505+ processor, built-in WiFi, an unspecified amount of built-in flash memory, and a microSD card slot or expansion. Head on past the break for a video, and hit up the source link below if you’re ready to place your order. Continue reading Walgreens now selling $100 Maylong M-150 Android tablet Walgreens now selling $100 Maylong M-150 Android tablet originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 Oct 2010 17:51:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Moving from regular SIMs to micro SIMs for the iPad and iPhone 4 was a fairly user-hostile move on Apple’s part, seeing how it made moving between an iPhone and virtually any other GSM device quite a bit more difficult; the official explanation (for the iPhone 4, anyway) was that there simply wasn’t room for a regular SIM, but that seems unlikely considering that you’re only saving 10mm of length, 3mm of width, and 0mm of thickness. A more plausible scenario is that Apple viewed micro SIMs as a way to get ahead of the industry curve a bit and make it unpleasant for users to try to share an iPhone line with other devices, a concept that gets at the core of Apple’s mantra of owning the entire ecosystem from end to end. But could they be trying to take that concept another step further? GigaOM is reporting a rumor today that Apple is working tightly with security firm Gemalto — you know, the SIM guys — to integrate software-reconfigurable SIMs right into European iPhones that would be activated on the carrier of your choice using an App Store download. Why European models? Multiple carriers offer the iPhone in a number of European countries, so distribution is a bit more complicated there than it is in the US, though it’s a reasonable leap to suggest that the same integrated SIMs would be use on new North American iPhones as well. From Apple’s perspective, it’s a win-win: trying to use your iPhone line with another device would be akin to pulling teeth, and more importantly, Apple wouldn’t need to worry about bundling carrier-specific SIMs with devices. In fact, the move would make Apple’s (and the consumer’s) interactions with the carrier entirely virtual, all the way from manufacture to activation. Seems like the plan would require an extraordinary amount of buy-in from carriers who’ve become increasingly suspicious of Apple’s goals lately — but then again, they managed to get carriers to suddenly and rapidly deploy micro SIMs en masse, and if anyone could pull this off, it’d be Steve’s boys and girls. Apple, Gemalto working on integrated SIM for next iPhone? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 Oct 2010 17:28:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Alcoholic energy drinks are facing further scrutiny after Central Washington freshmen were hospitalized after consuming the beverage Four Loko. (Oct. 27)
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In campaigns around the country, Democratic candidates and committees are advertising on behalf of more extreme independent opponents in the hopes of dividing the Republican vote, Politico reports. Some of the ads cleverly represent themselves as critiques, while using iconography and text designed to appeal to the Republicans to whom they are consciously sent. For instance, one mailer places the following text over a scenic vista and waving American flag: “We need to act boldly to turn our economy around … but if Gregory Gilman gets to Congress, his first act would be to drastically reduce the size of government.” Politico via Political Wire : Behind-the-scenes collaboration between local Democratic officials and tea party activists in a handful of isolated races has already been reported — just last week, in suburban Pennsylvania’s open 7th District, Democratic nominee Bryan Lentz finally admitted his campaign’s role in helping a tea party candidate get on the November ballot after months of avoiding the question. But the divide-and-conquer strategy has become more widespread — and coordinated — through television ads, robocalls and mailers in recent weeks as races have tightened and it’s become more apparent that just a few percentage points could end up swinging the outcome in many races. Read more Related Entries October 26, 2010 The Shifting Balance of Power October 26, 2010 Hedges Discusses, Debates ‘Death of the Liberal Class’
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