India’s First Environmental Tribunal Opens – ‘Anyone & Everyone’ Can Bring Cases Before Court
October 19, 2010 No Comment
photo: Prakhar Amba / Creative Commons Back in May it was announced that India was establishing a National Environmental Tribunal to focus on prosecution of green crimes. While it’s not quite establishing ecocide as a crime internationally,… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Samsung had signaled Big Red’s intention to replace its old, non-3G Network Extender as early as CES in January this year — something Sprint did a couple months back — but only now are they getting official with the updated model. The aptly-named 3G Network Extender is a warmed-over version of the original, boosting simultaneous connection capability from four to six (Sammy’s specs at CES had it listed for eight, interestingly) and offering EV-DO coverage in the event that your home, office, or other location of interest isn’t blanketed with Verizon spectrum. The company claims it’ll work for up to 40 feet surrounding the device, which seems reasonable considering your average home is rife with RF-hating barriers. There are no monthly fees for the device, but you’ll be shelling out $249.99 upfront; it’s available now. Follow the break for Verizon’s press release. Continue reading Verizon rolls out 3G Network Extender for $250 Verizon rolls out 3G Network Extender for $250 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …The Range of the 2011 Brammo Enertia Electric Motorcycle Has Been DOUBLED!
October 19, 2010 No Comment
Photo: Brammo Electric Commuting Has Never Been This Fun The Enertia electric motorcycle by Brammo is getting a substantial upgrade for 2011. The company is announcing today a new model called the Brammo Enertia+, and while it will cost $1000 more (from $7,995 to $8,995) than the non-plus version, it will have double the range, going from 40 miles to 80 miles. The most impressive thing about it is that they accomplished this without increasing the bike’s weight. Who said battery technology isn’t progressing? Check out the video be… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …No wonder Democrats run the other way when Obama shows up (from Rasmussen ): On a list of six prominent Democratic and Republican politicians, voters rank President Obama as the one who carries the most weight – positively and negatively – when it comes to an endorsement. According to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey, 29% of Likely Voters say an endorsement from the president is the one most likely to make them vote for a candidate. But even more (45%) say Obama is the politician who makes them least likely to vote for a candidate he endorses. You can tell the state of the race just by looking to see where Obama is campaigning. He’s recently made stops in Delaware, Boston, and Cleveland, and is coming to Los Angeles on Friday. These are places where a Democrat president should have to go this late in a campaign. Those areas should be securely Democrat, but this year every race is a challenge and there’s no such thing as a safe Dem seat.
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Citing “personal reasons,” the Symbian Foundation has just announced that executive director Lee Williams has left the company — yes, “left,” as in he’s not going to stick around for a while to manage a transition. Williams has been steeped in Symbian for some time, having previously led Nokia’s S60 business — but the dude’s been floating around the upper ranks of the entire mobile industry for ages, doing time with Motorola (through its Symbol acquisition) and Palm / PalmSource by way of Be. He’s been replaced by the organization’s reigning CFO, Tim Holbrow, and it appears that the appointment is permanent; what this means for Symbian’s roadmap (if anything) is unclear, but we’d love to hear the backstory on what led to this power shift. More on the situation as we get it. Symbian boss steps down effective immediately originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …George Stephanopoulos Preps for Dem Disaster, Wants Tea Partiers to ‘Cooperate’ With Obama
October 19, 2010 No CommentGood Morning America's George Stephanopoulos on Tuesday conceded that big Republican gains are on the way for November 2 and pushed guest John McCain on how the newly elected Tea Party candidates will “cooperate” with Barack Obama. The ABC co-host allowed, “…[Republicans] are going to pick up Senate seats. Likely could take control of the House. Definitely going to pick up seats. What happens the day after?” Putting the responsibility for bipartisanship on conservatives, Stephanopoulos cited an ABC News poll and pushed, “… A majority of Americans, believe that President Obama is more interested in cooperation. Tea Party advocates more interested in division. How do you prove them wrong? ” read more
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Sport this season’s hottest trends while supporting breast cancer research and prevention with these pretty and pink products. (Oct. 19)
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With the season two finale set to air Oct. 21 on MTV, the cast of ‘Jersey Shore’ hopes there’s more reality TV in their future, but if not, they’re ready with lots of back-up plans. (Oct. 19)
Continue reading …T-Mobile director scares the FCC with a chilling tale: ‘The IM App that Killed Our Network’
October 19, 2010 No Comment
It’s almost Halloween, kiddies. Do you have your spooky stories ready for telling around the campfire? If you need a little help, take inspiration from this doozy told by Grant Castle, a Director at T-Mobile USA. It was submitted to the FCC way back in January and as a sort of written protest against “risky and unnecessary” net neutrality rules. He tells the tale of an undisclosed IM app that caused the network of an undisclosed city to go offline due to its too-frequent polling to check for updates. T-Mo engineers had to reach out to that app’s developer and get him to change its code, saving the company’s towers from the program’s thousands of users. There’s no telling which of the company’s many outages were caused by the app that wouldn’t die ( shriek ), but we’d sure hate to think that any members of the FCC are losing sleep over this saga of corporate woe. T-Mobile director scares the FCC with a chilling tale: ‘The IM App that Killed Our Network’ originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 12:25:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Not "Illegal Aliens" or Even "Undocumented Workers". Now They’re "New Americans"
October 19, 2010 No CommentA new euphemism for illegal aliens was created during the Maryland governor’s debate: Did I hear Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, D, right during his second debate with former Republican Gov. Robert Ehrlich? Did O’Malley call illegal immigrants “new Americans”? Good thing I recorded that debate on a DVD. I replayed it Saturday night, and O’Malley’s exact quote was this, part of his response to a question about illegal immigration. “There is this nativism rising up and this desire to blame new Americans for the problems in our economy.” Yeah, he said it. And Ehrlich was quick to pounce on the gaffe. “If somebody breaks in my house, is that a new member of my family that night?” The level to which both parties go to pander to the Hispanic vote is really disgusting.
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