Protesters demanding that Haiti’s outgoing President René Préval leave office immediately set up burning barricades yesterday and threw stones at police and UN peacekeepers. The police, backed by United Nations peacekeepers who were standing by,…
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A BBC Interactive Operations Engineer has British hearts all aflutter tonight with a tweet announcing that the iPlayer app for the iPad is ready to roll out this Thursday, February 10th. It’s specific to the tablet for now, so no iPhone, and will only debut in the UK, so no BBC America for you just yet, though this is the first step toward making that cozy dream a reality. Taking the BBC TV catchup service into international waters will be done on the basis of a paid subscription model, which should dissuade all the TV License payers in the UK from revolting, but do bear in mind that this upcoming tablet app will only allow content streaming over WiFi. You’ll be able to browse the iPlayer over 3G, we’re told, but will need to hook up to some roomier wireless pipes to sip the sweet nectar of BBC Entertainment on your iPad (in app form, browser-based options are a whole other matter). Stay tuned for the fully detailed announcement in a couple of days. BBC iPlayer app landing on UK iPads this Thursday, US in June originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Feb 2011 20:48:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …If that whole end-of-the-world thing doesn’t work out next year, maybe the jig is up in 2036: Scientists are now saying that’s the year an asteroid previously thought harmless (after having been deemed catastrophic before that) might just plow into the Earth. A few Russian scientists are warning that Apophis,…
Continue reading …From Barefoot and Progressive, more words of wisdom from wunderkind Sen. Ron Paul (R-WI). Rand Paul then decided to play some Tea Party History. You know Tea Party History, right? How the Founding Fathers ended slavery, Sputnik brought down the Soviet Union, Reagan never raised taxes, so on and so on. Rand Paul’s been known to play this before with
Continue reading …It might be something like War & Peace or The Call of the Wild , except with more dancing and belated abstinence, but a new literary Wasillan has gone rogue. Amazon has a pre-order page for a Bristol Palin memoir, set to be released in September by HarperCollins. Gawker ‘s Jim…
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Higher vitamin D levels and exposure to sunlight appear to be independently protective against multiple sclerosis, a progressive autoimmune disease that affects around 400,000 Americans.
Continue reading …Timothy Garton Ash ( If this is young Arabs’ 1989, Europe must be ready with a bold response , 3 February) says: “What we need are people on the spot who speak the language, know the history, have been there repeatedly over a number of years, and can evaluate the main players and social forces.” Well, how about the 80 million Egyptians? What we don’t need are western security services telling the Egyptians what they need. A really “bold response” to events in the Arab world would be for Europe to throw off its own self-perpetuating elites. Andy Croft Middlesbrough Egypt Middle East European Union Foreign policy guardian.co.uk
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People who smoke pot are more likely to develop a psychotic illness such as schizophrenia earlier than those who do not use marijuana, according to a new analysis.
Continue reading …Amtrak plans to dig two new tunnels for commuter trains between New York and New Jersey, Reuters reports. The project, called the Gateway Tunnel and projected to cost $13.5 billion, has a loose finish date of 2020. “The two new trans-Hudson tunnels will provide long-sought, peak-period operational capacity and…
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There’s not a lot of firm details just yet, but the CEO of Gogo’s parent company, Aircell, has just confirmed that GoGo is planning to take a few steps beyond it’s basic in-flight WiFi business this year. That will apparently start with a library of in-flight movies that customers will have access to “later this year,” and could eventually expand to other in-flight content including “live gaming.” No word on any content partners involved in any of those plans, but CEO Michael Small says that he believes content has the potential to be a” significant” revenue source for the company. Incidentally, this news coincided with GoGo’s announcement of a $35 million boost from its latest round of funding and, as mocoNews reports, the company has apparently already hired “a number of executives from internet companies” to help it with its new content offerings. Gogo plans to expand into in-flight movies, possibly gaming originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Feb 2011 19:45:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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