People with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may be at increased risk for developing shingles, a new study shows.
Continue reading …People with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may be at increased risk for developing shingles, a new study shows.
Continue reading …HTC Thunderbolt delayed until March 4th, says a Best Buy store with a Twitter account
February 24, 2011 No Comment
Wondering why the Thunderbolt isn’t in stores yet? Hard to say — apart from the reeling HTC and Verizon employees might be doing in light of the Apple / Intel news — but a Best Buy in California spilled the bad news on Twitter last night that it’s now expecting Big Red’s first LTE phone on March 4th. As Android Police points out, the store appears to have confused the day March 4th falls on (it’s a Friday, not a Thursday), but we’re figuring it’s far more likely the date is right, not the day of the week. And if Best Buy has a launch exclusive on this thing, that means it could be another week or two beyond that before the phone shows up in Verizon retail locations and elsewhere. Bummer, eh? HTC Thunderbolt delayed until March 4th, says a Best Buy store with a Twitter account originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 24 Feb 2011 15:23:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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President Barack Obama is being accused of acting too slowly and taking too much time to decide what to do with the situations in Libya, Egypt and elsewhere. (Feb. 24)
Continue reading …The Obama administration’s decision not to defend the Defense of Marriage Act may seem politically risky—after all, “a majority of Americans have never polled in favor of same sex marriage,” writes Linda Hirshman for Salon . But, in fact, Obama has put Republicans in a bind: The GOP-led Congress may…
Continue reading …Help Michael Pollan Write the Food Rules Expanded Edition – Submit Your Rules Via Slow Food
February 24, 2011 No Comment
Now Michael Pollan’s Food Rules wasn’t my favorite book of his, but it was a best-seller and a new edition is being written–and Pollan is in general a fine writer. To help craft it Pollan is partnering with Slow Food USA for a user-generated portion and taking submissions. So, tell Slow Food your food rule (by February 27th). Here’s how Pollan describes it: La… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Five years ago, fired HarperCollins boss Judith Regan claimed an executive at Harper’s parent, News Corp, had pushed her to lie to federal investigators—but until now, that executive’s identity remained hidden. Now court affidavits show that it was Roger Ailes, the head of Fox News, the New York Times…
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A new bus-stop billboard put up by anti-choice activists near a NYC Planned Parenthood hits an all new low in taste: enlarge Credit: BestWeekEver It takes a lot to do this, but I’m speechless . Found on 6th Ave. and Watts Street, merely 3 blocks away from a Soho Planned Parenthood Clinic, the ad portrays an adorable African-American toddler with the text “The Most Dangerous Place For An African-American Child Is In The Womb.” Their website, which I visited for the purposes of this post, claims that our generation is being wiped out due to abortions. Um, newsflash? Our Earth isn’t even going to have the resources to feed our population by the year 2050 , and that’s assuming the aliens from Independence Day don’t get here first. If these people really cared about stopping abortions and lowering our population crisis, they should stop worrying about women’s bodies and start a campaign encouraging castration. There is so much wrong with the thinking behind this ad campaign that even trying to formulate a tempered response is giving me a migraine. I really wish that these anti-choice people gave even the littlest bit of energy to caring about the conditions in which most African Americans live and trying to fix that than they do to such horrifically racist and ugly ads.
Continue reading …Engadget’s next reader meetup is tomorrow, February 25th in San Francisco!
February 24, 2011 No CommentThat’s right human beings — it’s happening again! The Engadget crew is getting together their best party outfits and shipping out west for another installment of our fabulous reader meetups. Our last event in NYC drew loads of people and was an all around blast, and the San Francisco installment is sure to be just as explosive (or maybe more? c’mon… show us what you’ve got). This time around we’re partnering with Sprint , as well as Sony PlayStation , Motorola , HP , Roku , Samsung , VUDU , RIM , Sling , Sonos , HTC , Corning , Sphero , OnLive , Plantronics , Snapstick, and more to bring you a night of gadget geeking , giveaways , delicious foodstuffs , and some awesome music (provided by none other than our podcast producer, Trent Wolbe). Also, a whole mess of the Engadget editors will be on hand to entertain and inform, so if you have any pressing questions — jot them down! The all ages shindig will take place tomorrow, February 25 at City View at The Metreon , which is located conveniently in downtown SF. If you’re a nerd in the city, you most likely already know what we’re talking about. The doors will open at 6:30PM , and capacity is limited to 1200 people — so if you want to get inside, get there early! Continue reading Engadget’s next reader meetup is tomorrow, February 25th in San Francisco! Engadget’s next reader meetup is tomorrow, February 25th in San Francisco! originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 24 Feb 2011 15:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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