A Russian passenger jet carrying 124 people caught fire as it taxied down a snowy runway in Siberia and then exploded on Saturday, killing three people and injuring 43, officials said. (Jan. 1)
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Dozens call on State to prosecute municipal rabbis who called not to rent, sell apartments to Arabs; say other option is ‘dictatorship that will destroy Israel’
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Testimonies counter claim that former Kfir Brigade commander condoned violence against Palestinians. Attorney: Itai Virob moral officer who emphasized humane, moral behavior
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It’s an important time in any young OS’s life: NES emulation . Windows Phone 7 has just passed this important puberic milestone, thanks to the hard work of Matt Bettcher. Unfortunately, Microsoft doesn’t seem to recognize the significance, and is keeping the emulator out of the Marketplace (as per its no-funny-business terms of service). Matt’s trying to drum up some community support to change Microsoft’s mind on the matter, and in the meantime he’s planning to open source his project. There’s video after the break of the emulator running inside the WP7 emulator. It does the heart good! [Thanks, Sheeds] Continue reading NES emulator lands on Windows Phone 7, barred from the Marketplace NES emulator lands on Windows Phone 7, barred from the Marketplace originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 01 Jan 2011 17:58:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast – A top ally of the man widely recognized as Ivory Coast’s president said incumbent Laurent Gbagbo is using stalling tactics to stay in power and urged the international community on Saturday to intervene with “legitimate force” to remove him. Meanwhile, Gbagbo supporters who were called on to remove Alassane Ouattara from the Golf Hotel on New Year’s morning failed to materialize as United Nations Bangladeshi riot police guarded the hotel’s entryway in full crowd-control attire. Ouattara’s Prime Minister, Guillaume Soro, told The Associated Press on Saturday that Gbagbo would only leave power by force and that the international community will have to intervene to…
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Christians clashed with Egyptian police in the northern city of Alexandria on Saturday, furious over an apparent suicide bombing against worshippers leaving a New Year’s Mass at a church that killed at least 21 people. (Jan. 1)
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Google built the Cr-48 with hacking in mind, so it’s no surprise that we’re seeing other operating systems crop up. Still, it’s fun to watch, and enterprising hackers have got most of the usual suspects up and running: first Ubuntu , and now Mac OS X and Windows. It sounds like a lot of work, and we pledged that 2011 was going to be the year we sat on our asses and didn’t do anything hard, but you’re welcome to give it a shot! Just hit up those source links below for instructions, and follow after the break for video of OS X in action. [Thanks Damian W.] Continue reading Windows and Mac OS X make it onto the Cr-48, look great in matte black Windows and Mac OS X make it onto the Cr-48, look great in matte black originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 01 Jan 2011 16:05:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Former president who was convicted of rape prays at Kiryat Malachi shul; other worshippers keep their distance
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ALBANY — Andrew Mark Cuomo, whose political career began guiding the campaigns of his father, was inaugurated on Saturday as the 56th governor of New York State, promising not so much a new direction as a restoration of the dignity and respect that once characterized the beleaguered government of the state. In a roughly 25-minute speech, he pledged to rein in the state’s finances, place a ceiling on property taxes and take a hard line on reforming the ethics of Albany lawmakers. “People all across the state, when you mention state government, literally are shaking their heads,” Mr. Cuomo said. “Worse than no confidence, what they’re saying is no trust. The…
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Dilma Rousseff has been sworn in as Brazil’s first female president, succeeding her hugely popular predecessor and mentor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Rousseff, 63, who served as Lula’s former cabinet chief, assumed the presidency on Saturday at Brazil’s congress after a short motorcade ride under steady rain in the capital Brasilia, during which she waved to a crowd of an estimated 70,000 supporters. In her first speech to the nation as president, delivered after taking the presidential oath and signing official documents, Rousseff swore to protect the most vulnerable in Brazil and to “govern for all”. She repeatedly paid homage to Lula, saying she had been honoured to serve under “the great…
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