TMZ.com obtained a 911 call in which a hysterical Paula Abdul is allegedly heard fighting with her boyfriend while the couple was driving near Santa Barbara on Valentine’s Day. (March 3)
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Click here to view this media This was quite the wild exchange on Fox News yesterday morning. Anthony Weiner makes the argument that Clarence Thomas should recuse himself from all court decisions that are related to the new health-care law since his wife made over $700K from groups that oppose it, and Thomas himself has stated that he agrees with those groups, basically indicating that he’s already ruled before the evidence has been presented. Weiner’s argument is that when money is involved it taints that Justice. That’s a very good point — one that Fox talkers would be shouting from the rooftops if the subject were a “liberal” justice. Megyn Kelly, however, argues that since Ginny’s a lobbyist, that’s not grounds for Clarence to have to withdraw from cases. Weiner doesn’t let her off the hook, so she resorts to the BillO Interruption technique to cut him off when he told her that Justice Kagan has recused herself on almost half of her cases on the Supreme Court to teach her how that could work. Kelly wasn’t happy. KELLY: just, just, let, let… WEINER: First, let me respond to your points. KELLY: No, I’m responding to you, sir. You mentioned Justice Kagan and I’m pointing out that she was the Solicitor general. WEINER: No, you made a mistake. You made a mistake KELLY: Let me tell you sir, let me tell you…You know you’re throwing everything at me so I can’t offer any … WEINER: No, I get an opportunity so let me respond to your question. KELLY: What don’t you just do a soliloquy? OK, you just take it away. WEINER: OK, this is the way interviews work. You ask the question and I get to answer. KELLY: Oh, thank you. WEINER: When you put your commentaries at the end they better be factually correct and in this case they aren’t — KELLY: Was she or was she not the Solicitor General of the US? WEINER: That’s not the part I’m taking exception to. KELLY: I covered that. WEINER: No, you said she had to — yeah, I’m not sure what really goes on at Fox that’s actually coverage, but we’ll get to — that’s another conversation. KELLY: OK, OK. It continued on from there. I almost felt bad for her in a way because Megyn had to turn to the “Clarence and Ginny believe in liberty defense. Nah, not at all. Way to go Anthony! [H/t emailer Ron]
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Click here to view this media This was quite the wild exchange on Fox News yesterday morning. Anthony Weiner makes the argument that Clarence Thomas should recuse himself from all court decisions that are related to the new health-care law since his wife made over $700K from groups that oppose it, and Thomas himself has stated that he agrees with those groups, basically indicating that he’s already ruled before the evidence has been presented. Weiner’s argument is that when money is involved it taints that Justice. That’s a very good point — one that Fox talkers would be shouting from the rooftops if the subject were a “liberal” justice. Megyn Kelly, however, argues that since Ginny’s a lobbyist, that’s not grounds for Clarence to have to withdraw from cases. Weiner doesn’t let her off the hook, so she resorts to the BillO Interruption technique to cut him off when he told her that Justice Kagan has recused herself on almost half of her cases on the Supreme Court to teach her how that could work. Kelly wasn’t happy. KELLY: just, just, let, let… WEINER: First, let me respond to your points. KELLY: No, I’m responding to you, sir. You mentioned Justice Kagan and I’m pointing out that she was the Solicitor general. WEINER: No, you made a mistake. You made a mistake KELLY: Let me tell you sir, let me tell you…You know you’re throwing everything at me so I can’t offer any … WEINER: No, I get an opportunity so let me respond to your question. KELLY: What don’t you just do a soliloquy? OK, you just take it away. WEINER: OK, this is the way interviews work. You ask the question and I get to answer. KELLY: Oh, thank you. WEINER: When you put your commentaries at the end they better be factually correct and in this case they aren’t — KELLY: Was she or was she not the Solicitor General of the US? WEINER: That’s not the part I’m taking exception to. KELLY: I covered that. WEINER: No, you said she had to — yeah, I’m not sure what really goes on at Fox that’s actually coverage, but we’ll get to — that’s another conversation. KELLY: OK, OK. It continued on from there. I almost felt bad for her in a way because Megyn had to turn to the “Clarence and Ginny believe in liberty defense. Nah, not at all. Way to go Anthony! [H/t emailer Ron]
Continue reading …Click here to view this media This was quite the wild exchange on Fox News yesterday morning. Anthony Weiner makes the argument that Clarence Thomas should recuse himself from all court decisions that are related to the new health-care law since his wife made over $700K from groups that oppose it, and Thomas himself has stated that he agrees with those groups, basically indicating that he’s already ruled before the evidence has been presented. Weiner’s argument is that when money is involved it taints that Justice. That’s a very good point — one that Fox talkers would be shouting from the rooftops if the subject were a “liberal” justice. Megyn Kelly, however, argues that since Ginny’s a lobbyist, that’s not grounds for Clarence to have to withdraw from cases. Weiner doesn’t let her off the hook, so she resorts to the BillO Interruption technique to cut him off when he told her that Justice Kagan has recused herself on almost half of her cases on the Supreme Court to teach her how that could work. Kelly wasn’t happy. KELLY: just, just, let, let… WEINER: First, let me respond to your points. KELLY: No, I’m responding to you, sir. You mentioned Justice Kagan and I’m pointing out that she was the Solicitor general. WEINER: No, you made a mistake. You made a mistake KELLY: Let me tell you sir, let me tell you…You know you’re throwing everything at me so I can’t offer any … WEINER: No, I get an opportunity so let me respond to your question. KELLY: What don’t you just do a soliloquy? OK, you just take it away. WEINER: OK, this is the way interviews work. You ask the question and I get to answer. KELLY: Oh, thank you. WEINER: When you put your commentaries at the end they better be factually correct and in this case they aren’t — KELLY: Was she or was she not the Solicitor General of the US? WEINER: That’s not the part I’m taking exception to. KELLY: I covered that. WEINER: No, you said she had to — yeah, I’m not sure what really goes on at Fox that’s actually coverage, but we’ll get to — that’s another conversation. KELLY: OK, OK. It continued on from there. I almost felt bad for her in a way because Megyn had to turn to the “Clarence and Ginny believe in liberty defense. Nah, not at all. Way to go Anthony! [H/t emailer Ron]
Continue reading …Click here to view this media This was quite the wild exchange on Fox News yesterday morning. Anthony Weiner makes the argument that Clarence Thomas should recuse himself from all court decisions that are related to the new health-care law since his wife made over $700K from groups that oppose it, and Thomas himself has stated that he agrees with those groups, basically indicating that he’s already ruled before the evidence has been presented. Weiner’s argument is that when money is involved it taints that Justice. That’s a very good point — one that Fox talkers would be shouting from the rooftops if the subject were a “liberal” justice. Megyn Kelly, however, argues that since Ginny’s a lobbyist, that’s not grounds for Clarence to have to withdraw from cases. Weiner doesn’t let her off the hook, so she resorts to the BillO Interruption technique to cut him off when he told her that Justice Kagan has recused herself on almost half of her cases on the Supreme Court to teach her how that could work. Kelly wasn’t happy. KELLY: just, just, let, let… WEINER: First, let me respond to your points. KELLY: No, I’m responding to you, sir. You mentioned Justice Kagan and I’m pointing out that she was the Solicitor general. WEINER: No, you made a mistake. You made a mistake KELLY: Let me tell you sir, let me tell you…You know you’re throwing everything at me so I can’t offer any … WEINER: No, I get an opportunity so let me respond to your question. KELLY: What don’t you just do a soliloquy? OK, you just take it away. WEINER: OK, this is the way interviews work. You ask the question and I get to answer. KELLY: Oh, thank you. WEINER: When you put your commentaries at the end they better be factually correct and in this case they aren’t — KELLY: Was she or was she not the Solicitor General of the US? WEINER: That’s not the part I’m taking exception to. KELLY: I covered that. WEINER: No, you said she had to — yeah, I’m not sure what really goes on at Fox that’s actually coverage, but we’ll get to — that’s another conversation. KELLY: OK, OK. It continued on from there. I almost felt bad for her in a way because Megyn had to turn to the “Clarence and Ginny believe in liberty defense. Nah, not at all. Way to go Anthony! [H/t emailer Ron]
Continue reading …French sensor manufacturer Fogale Nanotech — historically more of an industrial supplier than a consumer-facing one — was demonstrating its non-contact capacitive sensors at CeBIT this week and how they might be used for the most consumer-facing application of them all: smartphone interfaces. Fogale had two stations set up, PCs running Windows Phone 7 emulators with the sensors attached out front (oriented like you might place a trackpad on a desk). Though they didn’t have any actual phone prototypes on hand with the technology integrated, it’s clear that they’re trying to drum up support with a manufacturer partner or two; in the meantime, you can get a sense of what’s going on by waving your hand over the phone-shaped sensors at the stations. We found that as long as you’re within about half inch of the pad, the on-screen cursor flys by in perfect harmony with your finger. Of course, there are plenty of unanswered questions here: deciding on the best user experience for actuating taps is key… but perhaps more importantly, we’re not certain that you need your hand waving slightly above your phone while using it anyway. Don’t get us wrong, it’s super cool — but are you really that worked up over smudges? Follow the break for a quick video of Fogale’s recorded demos plus some time at the live kiosk. Gallery: Fogale Nanotech takes the ‘touch’ out of ‘touchscreen smartphone’ at CeBIT Continue reading Fogale Nanotech takes the ‘touch’ out of ‘touchscreen smartphone’ at CeBIT Fogale Nanotech takes the ‘touch’ out of ‘touchscreen smartphone’ at CeBIT originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Mar 2011 14:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …French sensor manufacturer Fogale Nanotech — historically more of an industrial supplier than a consumer-facing one — was demonstrating its non-contact capacitive sensors at CeBIT this week and how they might be used for the most consumer-facing application of them all: smartphone interfaces. Fogale had two stations set up, PCs running Windows Phone 7 emulators with the sensors attached out front (oriented like you might place a trackpad on a desk). Though they didn’t have any actual phone prototypes on hand with the technology integrated, it’s clear that they’re trying to drum up support with a manufacturer partner or two; in the meantime, you can get a sense of what’s going on by waving your hand over the phone-shaped sensors at the stations. We found that as long as you’re within about half inch of the pad, the on-screen cursor flys by in perfect harmony with your finger. Of course, there are plenty of unanswered questions here: deciding on the best user experience for actuating taps is key… but perhaps more importantly, we’re not certain that you need your hand waving slightly above your phone while using it anyway. Don’t get us wrong, it’s super cool — but are you really that worked up over smudges? Follow the break for a quick video of Fogale’s recorded demos plus some time at the live kiosk. Gallery: Fogale Nanotech takes the ‘touch’ out of ‘touchscreen smartphone’ at CeBIT Continue reading Fogale Nanotech takes the ‘touch’ out of ‘touchscreen smartphone’ at CeBIT Fogale Nanotech takes the ‘touch’ out of ‘touchscreen smartphone’ at CeBIT originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Mar 2011 14:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …French sensor manufacturer Fogale Nanotech — historically more of an industrial supplier than a consumer-facing one — was demonstrating its non-contact capacitive sensors at CeBIT this week and how they might be used for the most consumer-facing application of them all: smartphone interfaces. Fogale had two stations set up, PCs running Windows Phone 7 emulators with the sensors attached out front (oriented like you might place a trackpad on a desk). Though they didn’t have any actual phone prototypes on hand with the technology integrated, it’s clear that they’re trying to drum up support with a manufacturer partner or two; in the meantime, you can get a sense of what’s going on by waving your hand over the phone-shaped sensors at the stations. We found that as long as you’re within about half inch of the pad, the on-screen cursor flys by in perfect harmony with your finger. Of course, there are plenty of unanswered questions here: deciding on the best user experience for actuating taps is key… but perhaps more importantly, we’re not certain that you need your hand waving slightly above your phone while using it anyway. Don’t get us wrong, it’s super cool — but are you really that worked up over smudges? Follow the break for a quick video of Fogale’s recorded demos plus some time at the live kiosk. Gallery: Fogale Nanotech takes the ‘touch’ out of ‘touchscreen smartphone’ at CeBIT Continue reading Fogale Nanotech takes the ‘touch’ out of ‘touchscreen smartphone’ at CeBIT Fogale Nanotech takes the ‘touch’ out of ‘touchscreen smartphone’ at CeBIT originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Mar 2011 14:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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That’s right, kids! The Golden Master version of iOS 4.3 has become available — it’s seeding as we speak. If you do any development on the iPad, iPhone or iPod touch, and you’re ready to get to partake in (or even dev for) all the new AirPlay and Personal Hotspot capabilities (for starters), you know where to go. As for the rest of us, we guess we’ll have to wait until the OS gets its official release on March 11 . By the way, there’s no word of an OS update for Apple TV yet. Sorry, kids. That’s what they call “tough love.” [Thanks, Gregg!] Apple iOS 4.3 GM available now to developers originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Mar 2011 15:13:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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