In Turkey, a bus and truck collide, the moment of impact caught on a surveillance camera inside the bus. The collision injured 18 passengers on the bus. (Feb. 8)
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If you’re into high-end audio gear and especially custom solutions, you’ve probably heard of a company called Westone. In operation since 1959, the firm has decades of experience crafting in-ear headphones and audio gear, and it doesn’t look like they’re stopping any time soon. We had a chance to get our ears molded back at CES so we could check out the company’s top-of-the-line model, the ES5, and now we’ve had some proper time to put them through the paces and see whether they live up to the hype — head past the break for the nitty gritty. Gallery: Westone ES5 custom in-ear monitors Continue reading Westone ES5 custom in-ear monitors review Westone ES5 custom in-ear monitors review originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 08 Feb 2011 13:53:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Verizon (like most operators) has thus far been coy about its plans for rolling out voice calling services on its LTE network , in part because voice isn’t a core service of LTE — everything is simply treated as data, which means carriers have needed to mull their options and decide how (and when) to add voice into the mix. We’d gotten the vague impression from Verizon’s LTE launch event late last year that 4G voice wasn’t in the company’s 2011 plans, but it turns out that’s not true: they’ve now come out to say that the LG Revolution — announced at CES last month — will be Verizon’s first VoLTE device when it launches mid-year. Naturally, it’ll fall back to CDMA voice when you’re out of LTE range, but the move will represent the carrier’s first baby step into the 4G voice realm; it’ll offer higher sound quality than you’re used to with traditional cellular and landline calls (akin to HD Voice , we imagine) which will be one of its selling points when it launches. Every indication is that this will be a glacially slow transition — it’ll take years for handsets to support the standard on a wide scale and LTE footprints to expand nationally, never mind inter-carrier call compatibility — but it’s a big move nonetheless. Look for more news on this at MWC next week. [Thanks, Ravi] Verizon’s LG Revolution to support voice over LTE mid-year originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 08 Feb 2011 13:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …The story of the 23-year-old who found her birth parents after being kidnapped as a baby may not have such a happy ending. Carlina White, who was raised as Nejdra Nance, has distanced herself from her biological family, her mother said this morning on Today . When they were first reunited,…
Continue reading …Detroit Mayor Dave Bing has long leaned on the city’s police and firefighters to live inside the city limits—at least 53% commute in from the suburbs—and now he’s doing something to entice them. He’s introduced a new pilot program, dubbed “Project 14,” that will sell them renovated homes…
Continue reading …Dell expands business lineup with new Latitudes, OptiPlex desktops, and Precision workstations
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Lest we forget, Dell is a major enterprise player, and today’s truckload of new hardware announcements should further solidify that notion in your brain matter. There are 24 new “business computing solutions” in all, but to paint a broader picture… lots of laptops and desktops. On the mobile front, the Latitude E5000 series (E5420 and E5520 for the budget-conscious professional, start at $859) and “business rugged” E6000 series (E6220, E6320, E6420, and E6520 ATG) boast the Intel’s 2nd generation Core ships, backlit keyboard, and “Latitude commonality” across 26 models. Mobility not a concern? New OptiPlex desktops (990, 790, and 390; starts at $650) have the Intel vPro processor and small footprints. The Precision T1600 workstation, which has 2nd-generation Intel Core / Xeon processors and AMD / NVIDIA graphics, starts at $840. Interests piqued? We know we’re glossing over a lot of the more business-y details, so if you’re inclined to find out more, press release after the break. Gallery: Dell Latitude, Precision and Optiplex lineup for 2011 Continue reading Dell expands business lineup with new Latitudes, OptiPlex desktops, and Precision workstations Dell expands business lineup with new Latitudes, OptiPlex desktops, and Precision workstations originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 08 Feb 2011 13:05:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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We’ve got very little information here, but Dell’s just announced that it’s planning to bring a 10-inch Windows 7 tablet to market later this year. According to the press release, it will be aimed at commercial and enterprise markets. Sound familiar ? Yep, it sounds like a HP Slate in the making, but let’s hope this one is faster and sticks to its shipping schedule . We’ve got no other details for now, but we’re hoping to dig up more at the “Dell Means Business” event , which should be starting any moment now. Stay tuned… Update : Well, that was a letdown — Dell didn’t share any additional details at the event, but CNET did snap the shot above of a plastic mockup that was shown off. Wondering how much of a mockup it is? We are told by our guys on the ground that it is like a “fake IKEA TV.” Hit the break for the full press release. Continue reading Dell promises a 10-inch Windows 7 tablet later this year Dell promises a 10-inch Windows 7 tablet later this year originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 08 Feb 2011 13:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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A newborn baby is found in a bathroom at an events center in Greenville, SC after the circus. The baby boy was found in a toilet and is in critical condition. (Feb. 8)
Continue reading …Christina Aguilera is far from the first person to have bungled the national anthem. PopEater lists a few other high-profile, and hilarious, examples: Jesse McCartney : At a 2009 NASCAR race, he managed to skip an entire verse within seconds of starting the anthem.
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The MIT economist behind much of the concepts involved in ObamaCare is making a comic book to try to get Americans to like his idea. The Boston Herald reported Tuesday (h/t Jules Crittenden): Jonathan Gruber, a nationally recognized health economist who devised the economic underpinnings of Obamacare (Gruber hates the term), said his three comic-loving kids encouraged him to use the hip format of the graphic novel — basically an expensive comic published in book form — to tell the story of the complicated plan to 300 million Americans. “I’m going to use the facts to tell the story,” Gruber, 45, told the Pulse yesterday. “I’m the narrator guiding the reader through the law. It’ll have lots of pictures and text.” Hill and Wang, a division of publishing powerhouse Farrar, Straus and Giroux, plans to release Gruber’s book, tentatively titled “Health Care Reform: What It Is, Why It’s Necessary, How it Works” this fall. Sadly, if it works to propagandize the masses and change the public's view of this disaster, the joke will be on us. Stay tuned. The accompanying image was created by the Boston Herald.
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