When it comes to business, Americans have long been used to being on top—but oh, how the mighty have fallen in some arenas. 24/7 Wall Street breaks down the top 10 industries in which “Made in the USA” doesn’t dominate as it once did: Autos —High labor costs and…
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A Lithuanian company known for everything from cola to computers wants to open a tropical resort. But it’s restrictions on how employees should look has some people upset. (Feb. 3)
Continue reading …It’s a Record-Breaking Winter Alright … For Lowest Ice Extent in the Arctic
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Image: Current Green Yes, yes, it’s snowy as hell in the US. It’s pretty damn cold, too. And I’m not even seeing the worst of it here on the East Coast. The Midwest is getting the brunt of it. Though there’s been thankfully little ‘See! See! Snow-means-no-climate-change” yapping in the media thus far (that I’ve been subjected to at least), we still should turn our attention to the fact that there are indeed records being broken. Yes, at the moment that blizzards sweep our nation, it turns out a record of another kind has been broken: Thi… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Aava Mobile reportedly set to reveal Medfield-based Android / MeeGo phone at MWC
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Eager for a way to forget about Moorestown ? We wouldn’t be shocked if Intel was in the same camp, and if this here rumor pans out, it could be Medfield acting as the amnesia at Mobile World Congress. If you’ll recall, Intel briefly showed off a Medfield-based phone late last month, and now we’re hearing that Aava Mobile — the same company responsible for a WoW-crunching Moorestown demonstration at Computex — is poised to release a real stunner in Barcelona. Slashgear has it on good authority that Aava’s second-generation Core design will be officially rolled out in a matter of days, complete with Intel Inside, an 8.9mm-thick chassis, Android and MeeGo. You read correctly — both mobile operating systems will be supported. It’s said that Aava doesn’t actually plan on hawking these to consumers; instead, they’ll be shuttled off to developers in order to promote its integrated ACPU and modem platform. Hard to say if the shell we’ll (hopefully) see at MWC will remain final, but you can bet we’ll be digging for more once the show floor opens. Aava Mobile reportedly set to reveal Medfield-based Android / MeeGo phone at MWC originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Feb 2011 15:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …News that the postal service has to cut back even further has Meghan Daum feeling a little glum about her beloved snail mail. “This love affair began decades ago, back when the ‘snail’ qualifier wasn’t necessary,” she writes in the Los Angeles Times . She’d sort the mail as a kid…
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Police have arrested a 29-year-old Las Vegas man in a brazen armed robbery of $1.5 million in casino chips from the posh Bellagio resort on the Las Vegas Strip. (Feb. 3)
Continue reading …Rick Santorum will probably run for president in 2012, and George Will sounds pretty happy about it. With his focus on social issues—he’s “passionately right-to-life and dedicated to trying to reform today’s abortion culture”—Santorum might be the perfect candidate to energize social conservatives (who are “feeling neglected”) and…
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What is it with tablets and ship date shenanigans ? After getting some tips from Kno pre-orderers (who should’ve started receiving this monstrosity last year ) that their shipments had been delayed, we pinged Kno and got some ultra-vague confirmation of that fact: Things at Kno are going well. However, as you noted below, there has been a shipment delay. As soon as Kno has new information, we will share that with customers and can certainly give you a heads up if that is helpful. There’s no mention of any of this on Kno’s website, and typically with this sort of a delay there’s at least some sort of reasoning — “the boxes we got are the wrong size,” or “our Lego testing robot broke down,” or something smooth like that. Of course, we’re sure there’s some sort of explanation forthcoming. This is no cause to believe Kno is in serious danger of not shipping its tablet, or that it’s trying to pull a fast one, but Kno has unfortunately happened upon a disturbing trend in the tablet space that we’d love to be well rid of by now. [Thanks, Chris] Kno shipments delayed, no word on why or for how long originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Feb 2011 14:38:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Images Credit Malena Georgieva Malena Georgieva manages to survive in 200 square feet, smaller than most hotel rooms. And while it is unlikely that she can serve a dinner for twelve as Graham wants to in the LifeEdited program, it is cozy and according to Fred Bernstein in the New York Times , it comes complete with a bed, a desk, a dining table and a couple of swivel chairs. It was done on the cheap too,… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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