The suicide bombers who killed 35 in Monday’s Moscow airport attack are thought to be from a “Black Widow” squad that trained in Pakistan. The female bomber was seen in the arrivals crowd before detonating the bomb, and her black clothes and veil indicate she was a “Black Widow” bomber…
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Actors celebrate their Oscar nominations; Michael Jackson’s doctor pleads not guilty in star’s death; ‘Jersey Shore’ headed to Italy for fourth season. (Jan. 26)
Continue reading …With Keith Olbermann’s departure, MSNBC needs a new high-profile host—and its top choice is none other than … Alec Baldwin. Sure, he currently has a gig on 30 Rock , but that just makes him an even better fit: “He’s already part of the NBC family, has a huge fan…
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Wondering where your HP Slate has been all these weeks since you ordered it? Well, at least one of those precious Windows 7 tablets has taken a little detour from its supposedly enterprise-centric destiny to make a cameo appearance… as a dashboard infotainment system. HP, in its inimitable wisdom, has decided to grace the opening of its Vancouver store last month with a customized GMC Yukon Denali truck, which is where we find the company’s Slate casually showing off its Acrobat Reader and other big boy OS advantages. We wouldn’t really say embedding the Slate into your dash is the worst idea in the world, though the rest of the characterful customizations to this Denali just might be. [Thanks, lmwong] Continue reading Visualized: the HP Slate’s new job Visualized: the HP Slate’s new job originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 26 Jan 2011 08:56:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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MANILA, Philippines – Philippine police were searching Wednesday for two men they suspect remotely detonated a bus bomb that killed 5 passengers and were trying to determine whether the explosive pointed to the involvement of al-Qaida-linked militants. Metropolitan Manila police chief Nicanor Bartolome said investigators had recovered parts of an 81 mm mortar round and a Nokia cell phone used in Tuesday’s bombing that wounded 13 other people in Makati city, the capital’s financial district. The bombing could deal a blow to President Benigno Aquino III’s effort to project an image of stability after coming to power seven months ago and attract foreign investors to fund an ambitious package of…
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland – Police in Northern Ireland say that nearly 50 families have been evacuated from homes in north Belfast following a dissident republican threat. Chief Superintendent Mark Hamilton said Wednesday that police had received several calls overnight warning of a bomb, including one call suggesting that the bomb had become unstable. Police say army experts were checking out a possible improvised device near a police station. The republican dissidents are opposed to the Irish Republican Army’s backing for Northern Ireland’s peace process, and have kept up a campaign of violence….
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All photos: Fjällräven’s FaceBook page Fjällräven, the Swedish outdoor gear and clothing company, has been celebrating its 50 year birthday of late, with a few prizes picked up for a new eco products. Most recently they scored a Sustainability Award from the Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG), for their Eco-Trail jacket which is due to go on sale for the upcoming Summer season of 2011. The EcoTrail features a fabric they are calling Eco-Shell, whic… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Samsung takes aim at Apple’s notebook crown, projects 60 percent increase in laptop sales in 2011
January 26, 2011 No Comment
Samsung has sought to take market share from all manner of iProducts over the years , and it seems the company is now shooting to steal Apple’s MacBook thunder in 2011. Sammy sold ten million laptops in 2010 — only 150,000 less than Jobs & Co. through the first nine months of the year — and purportedly plans to move between sixteen and seventeen million portable machines in 2011. That is a massive increase in sales, but if the Korean company’s 9 Series is an indication of what’s to come, we can’t say it’s a completely unrealistic goal. Whether they move more product than Apple is still to be determined, but given its record Q4 earnings , there’s no indication that the Cupertino crowd will be slowing down any time soon. Game on, fellas. Samsung takes aim at Apple’s notebook crown, projects 60 percent increase in laptop sales in 2011 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 26 Jan 2011 08:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Police used water cannon and tear gas to break up a demonstration in Egypt’s capital overnight. Three protesters and a policeman were killed in protests across the country, but heavy police presence kept Cairo streets clear Wednesday. (Jan. 26)
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