Now there’s a man who can give a speech,…and with a claim we endorse mightily. Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : ♆ The Macho Response ♆ Discovery Date : 12/02/2011 17:10 Number of articles : 5
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Opera’s been working its Norwegian charms on the iPhone since last Spring, and it’s been flirting with tablets since CES, but up until now the browsers yet to put the moves on the iPad. Considering how much it gets around , we’re surprised it didn’t happen sooner, but Opera announced yesterday that it would show off a new version of Opera Mini on a number of platforms at MWC this year, including Android, iPhone, J2ME, BlackBerry, Symbian, and yes — the iPad. There’s no word on what the iPad version will bring — or when, for that matter — but we’re guessing it will probably sport the same smooth zoom and multiple-page grid we saw previewed on Opera for tablets . For more on the world’s most promiscuous browser, check out the full PR after the jump. Continue reading iPad gets the Opera Mini treatment, we wonder what took so long iPad gets the Opera Mini treatment, we wonder what took so long originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 12 Feb 2011 10:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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The top of the pop charts has become a low, low, place indeed. Just last summer, the singer Cee-Lo took popular culture one rung lower into the sewer with the release of his song titled “F— You.” After a few weeks, it was mainstreamed into “Forget You,” but why bother? While both versions sold well, the vulgar one clearly had its intended effect. The pop star Pink now has her own version with her new single titled “F—in' Perfect.” How creative. That’s reaching for the stars. Once again, there are two versions, with the words “less than” replacing the profanity. Again, why bother pretending to be concerned about standards? The original song contains seven F-bombs. She asks “don't you ever ever feel / Like you're less than f—in' perfect,” and then insists “you're f—in' perfect to me!” It's topped the charts at iTunes – deliberately putting profanity smack dab into children's iPods from coast to coast. (You can thank LaFace Records and its Japanese parent company Sony Music, the second-largest global provider of recorded music.) Like Cee-Lo's “F— You,” the F-bomb is utterly unnecessary. It's only there for naughty “buzz.” The video for “Perfect”
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In a special compilation programme, Sir David Frost looks back at the highlights of the past few months, including an exclusive interview with Julian Assange and Raila Odinga, the Kenyan prime minister.
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On this episode of Counting the Cost we look at Egypt’s options post uprising and ask if it should look north to Turkey’s successful model of politics, economics and democracy for inspiration.
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Cairo appeared calm on Saturday after President Hosni Mubarak resigned and handed power to the military. Some protestors are still lingering in Tahrir Sqaure, divided about whether to stay or go as the country faces an uncertain future. (Feb. 12)
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Elizabeth Taylor, the 78-year-old acting icon, has been hospitalized for treatment of congestive heart failure. Her spokeswoman says Taylor was admitted within the past couple of days. (Feb. 11)
Continue reading …Johnny Chung Lee makes DIY telepresence bot out of an iRobot Create and a netbook
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Most of us don’t have $15,000 to drop on an Anybot , even though having one around would be nice in the event we don’t feel like leaving the house to get some coffee . To help those of us with more humble means, our old friend Johnny Chung Lee (of Wiimote hacking and Kinect dev team fame) has utilized his prodigious DIY talents to create a video chat robot for the relatively paltry sum of $500. Using an iRobot Create ($250), a netbook with Skype ($250), a cable to connect the two, and some control software he wrote himself, Mr. Lee built a digital surrogate on the cheap. Johnny isn’t the first person to so leverage iRobot’s hacking platform , but he added a stand on top of the robot to get the PC closer to human height, attached a fish-eye lens to the webcam for better remote viewing, and even did some re-wiring to allow the netbook to charge via the Create’s base station. The code and how-to instructions are up on his blog, so hit the source link if you’re feeling up to making one yourself. Seems like Johnny Lee’s putting that Google 20 percent time to good use thus far — keep ‘em coming. Check the video of this latest creation after the break. Continue reading Johnny Chung Lee makes DIY telepresence bot out of an iRobot Create and a netbook Johnny Chung Lee makes DIY telepresence bot out of an iRobot Create and a netbook originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 11 Feb 2011 23:40:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Now that you’ve had ample time to get through a few novellas, we’re keenly interested in finding out how you’d change Barnes & Noble’s Nook Color if given the opportunity. For an e-reader, it’s deliciously hackable , giving you a way to blow off steam after a hard day’s night… of soaking up information, that is. We found it to be amongst the top of its class when we reviewed it back in November, but this space is all about you. Would you overhaul the user interface? Ship it with a fancier build of Android? Boost the battery life? Go on and get opinionated in comments below — we promise we won’t judge. How would you change Barnes & Noble’s Nook Color? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 11 Feb 2011 22:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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