Historic changes in Russia: Beer, long classified as “foodstuff,” is about to get upgraded to alcohol, “dragging Russian alcohol regulation into the 21st century,” quips the Telegraph . Beer consumption has tripled in Russia in the last 15 years thanks to the fact that it’s been cheap and only lightly regulated….
Continue reading …On second thought, maybe it wasn’t a great idea for Billy Ray Cyrus to blab on about how Hannah Montana ruined his family . The country musician tells People his comments in a recent GQ interview were “explosive, and unintentionally so,” and says that right now the most important thing to…
Continue reading …John Thune’s announcement that he’ll sit out the 2012 presidential race leaves the field bereft of a current sitting lawmaker—something that hasn’t happened since 1904. Typically some senator or other has his eyes on the prize, but right now the GOP’s frothing with so much anti-establishment hostility that anyone…
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Click here to view this media The Nation’s Chris Hayes filling in for Rachel Maddow takes a look at the negotiating tactics being used by the GOP where they’re more than willing to hold the country hostage to get their agenda passed no matter how damaging it is to our country and the Democrats never ending willingness to meet the crazy half way.
Continue reading …Motorola Atrix 4G Laptop Dock demo units have multitouch trackpads — but yours doesn’t
February 23, 2011 No Comment
We were crestfallen to discover that our review unit of the Laptop Dock for Moto’s Atrix 4G didn’t have multitouch capability, making scrolling a rather old-fashioned affair — and considering that a desktop build of Firefox figures prominently into Webtop’s capabilities, scrolling is something you’ll be doing quite a bit of. Well, this is where it gets weird: a number of people on xda-developers are discussing the fact that in-store demo units of the Laptop Dock seem to mysteriously have multitouch added in, and at least one poster notes that a Motorola rep that visited his local store a while back had multitouch working as well. That means one of three things: either these units are physically different hardware, they’re running a prerelease firmware upgrade, or they’ve got a feature that was pulled at the last minute, possibly because it didn’t work very well. Unfortunately, the latter seems plausible because Motorola has indicated to us that the Laptop Dock’s hardware doesn’t support multitouch and it’s not something we can expect to be added in down the road — but we can hope. [Thanks, Caleb] Motorola Atrix 4G Laptop Dock demo units have multitouch trackpads — but yours doesn’t originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 23 Feb 2011 11:55:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Sarah Palin lobbied for fellow Mama Grizzly Christine O’Donnell to go on Dancing With the Stars last year, and now it looks like it just might happen. The former Tea Party candidate told her Facebook fans Monday that she was invited onto the reality show, the New York Daily News…
Continue reading …More sad news from the Gulf: Four baby dolphins have washed up on the shores of Mississippi since Monday—adding to a growing tally. The Sun Herald reports that 18 stillborn or infant dolphins, some not even three feet long, have been collected this year. They’re washing ashore at 10…
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An employment and labor law attorney says teachers in Wisconsin will have little choice left but to end their demonstrations, return to the classroom and hope the next election ends in their favor. (Feb. 23)
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Hey look at that! The rumors were true. Apple will be holding a media event on March 2nd… and Engadget will be there live covering the whole thing. As you can tell by the image above (sent with the invite), this is going to be all about tablets — iPads, to be exact. Apple’s holding an iPad 2 event on March 2nd… we’ll be there live! originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 23 Feb 2011 11:10:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Photo by Gregory Moine ARC’s Coral Reef Studies states that over one third of coral reef fish are at risk of local extinction due to climate change impacts on the reefs. How do they know? They’ve come up with a predictive method using an “extinction risk index” that can help reveal species at risk and assist reef managers in protecting and managing local reefs. There are high hopes that the new predictor can help stave off possible species loss. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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