LG’s PR machine is kicking into gear – soon after a leaked image of the Optimus 3D surfaced, the company confirmed it would be heading to Barcelona for a Mobile World Congress launch. Today, LG has uploaded a new teaser video to one of its YouTube accounts, giving us a small glimpse of the new Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Next Web Discovery Date : 02/02/2011 09:58 Number of articles : 4
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Bill and Melinda Gates talk about their struggle to eliminate the paralysing disease.
Continue reading …The latest census figures on the housing market make grim reading for homeowners. Some 18.4 million homes are vacant—11% of the nation’s housing supply—and home ownership rates are dropping rapidly, CNBC reports. Prices are down year-over-year in all 28 major metropolitan areas tracked by the Wall Street…
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Egyptian protesters continued camping out in Cairo’s Tahrir Square Wednesday morning, hours after President Hosni Mubarak announced he would not run for a new term in September, but rejected their demands that he step down immediately. (Feb. 2)
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(AP) WASHINGTON (AP) – The Afghanistan war can be won without Pakistan’s army moving against militants in North Waziristan, the No. 2 American general for the war effort said Tuesday, publicly signaling that the U.S. is resigned to the idea that Islamabad won’t take on that terrorist safe haven. Lt. Gen. David Rodriguez’ stopped short of calling for more U.S. strikes in the border region, which has been under assault from a well-known but unacknowledged U.S. bombing campaign carried out largely by CIA drones. But he agreed that there would have to be “some plan . “to decrease the impact of the safe haven,” including greater efforts by…
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Residents of New York’s “Little Egypt” kept a close eye on Cairo’s massive anti-government demonstrations Tuesday. Many say they want Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to step down immediately, but others say he should serve out his term. (Feb.1)
Continue reading …The Senate is expected to hold a showdown vote today on repeal of the health care law. The chamber’s Republicans—buoyed by a federal judge’s ruling that the health care overhaul is unconstitutional — tacked a repeal amendment onto a massive Federal Aviation Administration budget reauthorization bill being debated in the…
Continue reading …Daimler says fuel cell vehicles will cost the same as diesel hybrids by 2015
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It may currently you cost you $849 a month to lease a Mercedes-Benz B-Class F-Cell (one of the few hyrodgen -fueled vehicles currently available to consumers), but Daimler says that cost will come down considerably in the next few years. Speaking with Automotive News , Daimler’s Herbert Kohler said that by 2015 he expects a “fuel cell car will not cost more than a four-cylinder diesel hybrid that meets the Euro 6 emissions standard,” which would seemingly place it in a race with Toyota and its promise of a $50,000 hydrogen-powered sedan . What’s more, Kohler also said that he expects fuel cell vehicles to actually be cheaper than comparable electric vehicles within the next few years, and he said that Daimler is hoping to bring a “four-digit-number” of fuel cell vehicles to market by 2013 or 2014. Daimler says fuel cell vehicles will cost the same as diesel hybrids by 2015 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Feb 2011 03:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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A colossal storm pounds the nation’s heartland with paralyzing ice and whiteout snow that shut down much of Oklahoma City and Tulsa. (Feb. 1)
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President Hosni Mubarak defied a quarter-million protesters demanding he step down immediately, announcing Tuesday he would serve out the last months of his term and “die on Egyptian soil.” (Feb. 1)
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