By Andrew Bacevich, TomDispatch In defense circles, “cutting” the Pentagon budget has once again become a topic of conversation. Americans should not confuse that talk with reality. Related Entries January 25, 2011 Life Sentence for Embassy Bomber January 16, 2011 With Friends Like These, Who Needs Democracy?
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Maternal deaths resulting from in vitro fertilization (IVF) are relatively rare, but they do occur, British doctors warn in an editorial in the journal BMJ.
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CrackBerry looks to have just gotten the inside scoop on everything RIM has planned for the CDMA side of the wireless divide in 2011 — and as usual, it seems they’ll be supporting it just as well as they do the GSM guys. Going chronologically, first up will be a CDMA PlayBook in the second quarter of the year; so far, Sprint’s WiMAX version (sans CDMA support) is the only carrier-partnered version of the tablet announced. Next comes Montana — a CDMA version of the Dakota — which may come to market as the Bold Touch; as the name implies, you can expect the classic portrait QWERTY Bold form factor with the addition of a touchscreen. Look for that one in the third quarter alongside the Monaco (pictured above), which looks like a much sleeker Storm successor featuring a 1.2GHz Qualcomm core, a 3.7-inch WVGA display, and a 5 megapixel camera with HD video capture. Next, we’ll get a CDMA flavor of the Apollo dubbed Sedona, a next-gen Curve with NFC support; that’ll happen sometime around fall. Finally, looking into early 2012 we’ll get a device codenamed Malibu that looks to be a full-screen Curve Touch with slightly lower specs than the Monaco. On the technology side, most of these new devices will be adopting a handful of technologies not seen on BlackBerrys before, including digital compasses, NFC, HD video recording and “management,” and better HTML5 media support; they’ll also be getting OpenGL support, mobile hotspot capability, 24-bit color, a better web browser, and an overhauled virtual keyboard by way of BlackBerry OS 6.1, which should be present in everything that gets launched here. Caught up? Given the lack of dual-core processors here — the kind of CPUs Lazaridis says he needs to drop QNX on phones — we’d say “no,” but they might be getting within earshot. Follow the break for a shot of the full roadmap. Continue reading BlackBerry Monaco Touch, Bold Touch, Sedona, and more leaked for CDMA BlackBerry Monaco Touch, Bold Touch, Sedona, and more leaked for CDMA originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 27 Jan 2011 19:05:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …By FAIR With increasing vehemence since the midterm elections, pundits and journalists have recommended Barack Obama move to the right—and now are citing recent polling to suggest that the president has benefited from following their advice. Related Entries January 25, 2011 Life Sentence for Embassy Bomber January 16, 2011 With Friends Like These, Who Needs Democracy?
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Former ’91210′ star Luke Perry is talking about his Hallmark Movie Channel film premiering Saturday and working with the director, former cast mate Jason Priestly. (Jan. 27)
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By Mr. Fish Related Entries January 26, 2011 America’s Freshmen Are Really Stressed Out January 24, 2011 Japan Killing 410,000 Chickens Over Bird Flu Fears
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The baby grand piano that turned up on a Miami sandbar was burned to tatters by New Year’s revelers, then brought to its new home by a teen hoping the idea might get him into a prestigious art school. (Jan. 27)
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After a rough few years General Motors is hiring again, producing vehicles and basking in a better reputation for quality. The AP’s Robert Ray reports. (Jan. 27)
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Photo: BeloMonte.org After decades of demonstrations and protests against the building of an enormous hydroelectric dam at Belo Monte in the lush Brazilian rainforest, the government has finally given approval to begin construction. The first stages of development of the controversial project calls for the clearing of nearly 600 acres of forest, to be followed by the flooding of 121,600 more acres once the dam is finished. This important approval not only marks the early stages of its immense environmental impact, but a social one as well. For the nearly 50,000 mostly indigeno… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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