And another Republican is officially in: Former US ambassador to China/Utah governor Jon Huntsman today announced that he is running for president. Huntsman joined the race “with a campaign premised on a somewhat radical idea: being nice,” write Chris Cillizza and Aaron Blake for the Washington Post in advance of…
Continue reading …A stone-faced Tracy Morgan delivered a personal apology Tuesday to audience members in Tennessee who were offended by his anti-gay remarks during a stand-up routine earlier this month. (June 21)
Continue reading …A stone-faced Tracy Morgan delivered a personal apology Tuesday to audience members in Tennessee who were offended by his anti-gay remarks during a stand-up routine earlier this month. (June 21)
Continue reading …In the most significant change to US cigarette packs in 25 years, the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday released nine new warning labels that depict in graphic detail the negative health effects of tobacco use. (June 21)
Continue reading …In the most significant change to US cigarette packs in 25 years, the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday released nine new warning labels that depict in graphic detail the negative health effects of tobacco use. (June 21)
Continue reading …Can’t travel all the way to Hallstatt, Austria? Then why not just build a carbon copy of a whole town in your backyard? Hallstatt, Austria is a picturesque village built around an idyllic lake. Home to 800 people, it’s so pretty that even UNESCO has designated it as a World Heritage Site. It’s also being
Continue reading …It’s always a good idea to take benchmarks with a grain of salt — their synthetic tests don’t always match up with real-world performance. But, we wouldn’t blame you if your wrote them off completely after spying these results from Android Community forum member Simms22. Simms took his Nexus S, blessed it with a little Cyanogen Mod 7 pixie dust, overclocked it to 1.544GHz, and made a few other tweaks for good measure. The results? An absolutely unbelievable score of 10,082 in Smartbench2011. To put that in perspective, the 1.2GHz dual-core Exynos powering the Galaxy S II hit only 3,053 — and remember, the Nexus S is working with a one core handicap. The creator of Smartbech has acknowledged there are bugs to be worked out (did besting the Xoom by 400 percent give it away?) but we’re not quite ready to dismiss the numbers game completely — then what excuse would we have for publishing copious amounts of bar charts? Nexus S hacked and tweaked to slaughter benchmarks, reality be damned originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:16:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …The new cigarette package labels are out, and they’re not pretty. Federal health officials today released the nine warning labels that will cover the top half of all cigarette packages manufactured after September 2012, and they include graphic photographs of damaged teeth and lungs and an autopsied body as well…
Continue reading …Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou faces a critical vote of confidence tonight that will determine both his political future and that of Greece—and in some ways, that’s the easy part. If Papandreou survives the midnight vote (5pm ET) he’ll be able to pass austerity measures that will in turn…
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