A suicide bomber and some booby-trapped cars blew up in the oil-rich Iraqi city of Kirkuk Wednesday. Officials said at least 7 were killed and 80 wounded. (Feb. 9)
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We’ve been hearing rumors about a mystical, magical A700 replacement since last year , and now Sony’s gone ahead and made things more official. The teaser image shows a transparent case, but the bigger news here is the transparent mirror, the same as found last year on the A55 and A33 . This allows for advanced, real-time autofocus while capturing stills or HD video. Behind that mirror will be an Exmor CMOS sensor and, while Sony isn’t saying how many pixels it’ll be packing, expectations are that it will fall in the 20 megapixel range. Sony has also announced a new battery grip and a new flash for the camera though details are slim on those as well. All are slated to ship “later this year,” giving you plenty of time to make room in your camera bag — and maybe your budget. Sony announces A700 replacement, the A77, will ship this year originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 Feb 2011 09:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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As the instability in Egypt continues, people in neighbouring Gaza have been buying fuel in panic. Almost everyone in the territory uses cheap fuel smuggled from Egypt. And while the Hamas-led government insists Gaza will not run out of fuel, it has not stopped long queues forming at petrol stations. Al Jazeera’s Nicole Johnston reports from Rafah,
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Images credit: Fur Council of Canada Four years ago we congratulated the Fur Council of Canada for setting a new standard in greenwashing with their Fur is Green campaign. They are in the news again, with an upgraded website and downloadable brochures, all attesting that fur is green. It is a slick campaign; they take all of the green movement’s buzzwords and throw them back in our faces. But is it true?… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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David OReilly is the Chris Ware of animation — his work is modern, haunting and bleak. His new film “The External World” just won an Honorable Mention at Sundance — the only cartoon to do so — and it’s 17 minutes of video game era dread, alienation. Is there redemption? FULL SCREEN. Broadcasting platform : Vimeo Source : THE BEAT Discovery Date : 09/02/2011 14:00 Number of articles : 5
Continue reading …North Korea packed up its toys and went home today, abruptly ending low-level military talks between the two Koreas in Panmunjom, reports the New York Times. Pressed by Seoul military officials to apologize for shelling Yeonpyeong in November and sinking a warship last March, the North “unilaterally walked away from…
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Acer’s already rolled out a few 3D-capable monitors (among other products ), but none quite like it’s new GN245HQ model, which the company notes is the “first 3D monitor in the world” to support NVIDIA’s HDMI 3D solution. That means you’ll be able to view 3D content from a connected set-top box or Blu-ray player in addition to a PC connected via DVI-DL, and do so with the included active shutter glasses that work in conjunction with the monitor’s built-in IR emitter. As for the monitor itself, you’ll get the usual 1920 x 1080 resolution and 120Hz refresh rate, along with a 2ms response time, a pair of built-in 2W speakers, and LED backlighting that uses two lamps instead of four for a promised 68% savings in power consumption. No official word on a US release just yet, but you can look for this one to hit the UK in mid-March for
Continue reading …The USDA backtracked yesterday on that whole “eggs can be bad for you” thing: Turns out eggs are actually lower in cholesterol and higher in vitamin D than previously thought. Specifically, 14% lower in cholesterol and 64% higher in vitamin D, the department announced in a press release . One large…
Continue reading …Joe Biden announced an ambitious $53 billion plan to expand America’s high-speed rail program yesterday, drawing immediate fire from Republicans. “This is like giving Bernie Madoff another chance at handling your investment portfolio,” said House Transportation Committee chairman John Mica, pointing to previous rail failures and labeling Amtrak a “Soviet-style…
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Millions of people in northern Kenya are facing hunger and an uncertain future, as a drought continues to destroy their crops and livestock. And forecasters expect the dry spell to last at least two more months. Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Adow reports.
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