Andrew Foster Altschul’s “Deus Ex Machina,” set amid a TV show that looks like the love child of “Survivor” and “Lost,” explores reality in several senses of the word. Here’s an excerpt from the novel, which will be published next week.
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Oh, woe is us. Users of Gmail ‘s web client are reporting a most unwelcome new visitor to their communication service: display ads. The right-most column that Google reserves for ads has heretofore been populated only by easy-to-ignore text links, but as of the past few of days, image-based advertising has also been sneaking out to unsuspecting emailers. The guys over at Search Engine Land have done a bit of digging and received the following statement from Google: “We’re always trying out new ad formats and placements in Gmail, and we recently started experimenting with image ads on messages with heavy image content.” This little trial does seem to be taking place on a very limited basis, which is why there’s been no outrage since it began last Friday. Let’s just hope that the Google Display Network that’s responsible for these pictomercials thinks better of it and leaves our Gmails alone. We’d hate to have to leave the beautiful web for some impersonal mail-serving app. [Thanks, Greg] Google testing display ads in Gmail, our patience originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 28 Jan 2011 02:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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This week we acknowledge the thousands who have been marching against tyranny in the 30th year of President Hosni Mubarak’s dictatorial rule. (Honorable mentions after the jump.)
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The main headlines on Al Jazeera English, featuring the latest news and reports from around the world.
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‘Valley of the Wolves — Palestine’, the latest in a wildly popular series of action films, has been labeled anti-Semitic. In it three Turkish special forces operatives shoot their way through Jerusalem and the West Bank to avenge the real-life Israeli attack on the Mavi Marmara ship last May, that left nine Turks dead. Al Jazeera’s Anita MacNaught reports from Istanbul, Turkey.
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Fred Karger’s Californians Against Hate has rebranded themselves as Rights Equal Rights as Karger takes his battle against NOM to New Hampshire. Subscribe to Joe.My.God. Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Joe. My. God. Discovery Date : 28/01/2011 06:08 Number of articles : 3
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The Super Bowl is much more than the big game, it’s a week of parties, entertainment, and fun. If you’re headed to see the Packers and Steelers play here’s a look at some of the things you don’t want to miss in North Texas. (Jan. 27)
Continue reading …As what is expected to be the biggest day of protests yet looms, Egyptian authorities have blocked Internet traffic and deployed an elite special operations counterterrorism force. Users are reporting major disruptions to Internet and text messaging services, and Cairo appears to be completely offline, the Huffington Post reports.
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World leaders and policy makers meeting in Switzerland this week are looking for new ways to address some lingering concerns: Europe’s economic growth after its recent debt crises and the push toward a more energy-efficient global economy. (Jan. 27)
Continue reading …Samsung’s new dual-sided QWERTY remote for Smart TVs revealed by the FCC
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We didn’t spot this one at CES where the phone-like RMC30D and standard remotes were the only options, but it looks like Samsung has an alternative Bluetooth remote planned for its Smart TVs (but not any Google TV products judging by that Yahoo! button on the remote side) that features standard buttons on one side and a full QWERTY keyboard on the other, much like the Boxee Box’s remote . Judging by the ruler in the remarkably unflattering FCC photos, this one appears to be a bit larger and it’s not immediately clear what that display on the QWERTY side is for. Obviously, if there’s any chance users will be logging into their various Twitter or Comcast/Time Warner accounts on the TV they’ll need something better than T9 to do it, but we’ll have to wait to get our hands on this one to know if it’s an improvement. Check the gallery for a few more pictures, we’d expect some kind of announcement on the RMC-QTD1 before Samsung’s 2011 line of TVs hit stores. Gallery: Samsung dual-sided Bluetooth QWERTY Smart TV remote Samsung’s new dual-sided QWERTY remote for Smart TVs revealed by the FCC originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 27 Jan 2011 23:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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