France’s controversial far-right political party leader passed on his ultra-conservative mantle to his daughter yesterday—just minutes before unleashing another anti-Semitic dig. Jean-Marie Le Pen, who has infuriated the French left and center for over four decades, handed the reins of the National Front to 42-year-old Marine Le Pen after…
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Occupied Jerusalem: Officials with Israel’s Labour Party say leader Ehud Barak is leaving the party to form a new faction in parliament. The…
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The Facebook tale ‘The Social Network’ wins top honors at the Golden Globes with four prizes, including best drama and director. (Jan. 17)
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Apple’s proprietary dock connector may keep would-be peripheral manufacturers at bay , but if you want to build your own iOS companion devices, there’s another way. You might have noticed that the Square credit card reader uses Apple’s 3.5mm headset jack to transmit power and data at once, and gadgeteers at the University of Michigan are busy open-sourcing the same technique for all the DIY contraptions you can dream of. Project HiJack has already figured out how to pull 7.4 milliwatts out of a 22kHz audio tone, and built a series of prototype boards (including working EKG, temperature, humidity and motion sensors) that transmit data to and from an iOS app at up to 8.82 kbaud — using just $2.34 worth of electronic components. See the basic principles at work in the video above, and — as soon as the team updates Google Code — find out how to build your own at the links below. iPhone headset socket hijacked to power DIY peripherals (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 17 Jan 2011 02:56:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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By Mike Luckovich Related Entries January 14, 2011 ‘Left, Right & Center’: After Arizona January 13, 2011 Healer in Chief
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By Bill Boyarsky Republicans have their biggest statehouse majority in more than 80 years, and they’re taking orders from a man who wants to take government and “drown it in the bathtub.” Related Entries January 14, 2011 ‘Left, Right & Center’: After Arizona January 13, 2011 Healer in Chief
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After the Jets beat the Patriots in Foxborough yesterday, there was one consistent theme coming from all the Jets players: Nobody believed we could do this. That’s not exactly true. First of all, New York, plenty of people believed you could do it. That doesn’t mean anyone thought they would or should do it, but if people didn’t think the Jets at least had a shot at beating the Patriots, it wouldn’t… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Business Insider Discovery Date : 17/01/2011 07:04 Number of articles : 6
Continue reading …By E.J. Dionne, Jr. President Obama’s call for “a more civil and honest public discourse” will get its first test much sooner than we expected. Related Entries January 14, 2011 ‘Left, Right & Center’: After Arizona January 13, 2011 Healer in Chief
Continue reading …Fake news by Andy Borowitz By Andy Borowitz “Gasoline and matches don’t start fires,” said Fox host Glenn Beck. “People start fires.” Mr. Beck went on to say that there was no link between “oxygen, hydrogen and water.” Related Entries January 14, 2011 ‘Left, Right & Center’: After Arizona January 13, 2011 Healer in Chief
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