Say bonjour to a whole new McDonald’s chicken sandwich. The fast food giant is ditching its Italian-flavored chicken breast in favor of a French-flavored one in its grilled chicken sandwiches, reports the Christian Science Monitor . Made-in-the-US purists shouldn’t start moaning sacré bleu , however: The move is part of a bid…
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Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Shultz (D., Fla.) “explains” the Democratic “plan” to save Medicare from impending bankruptcy: Step 1) Demagogue the Ryan plan (it “throws seniors to the wolves,” etc.), Step 2) … Smith : But the Trustees also said a couple of Fridays ago that this thing (Medicare) could be insolvent in the next decade. Doesn’t something really dramatic have to… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Corner Discovery Date : 30/05/2011 01:16 Number of articles : 3
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Don’t expect a lawsuit or two to keep a good chaebol down. Not if J.K. Shin has his way. The president of Samsung’s mobile communication division is telling us to expect an ” enhanced ” 4G Galaxy Tab (without providing any detail) sometime later this year, following the launch of the company’s 8.9- and 10.1-inch Tabs next month — the latter priced between $499 and $599 . He also teased a third version of the wildly popular Galaxy S handset series for the first half of 2012. A proclamation arriving on news that the delectabled Galaxy S II has just set a record for the fastest selling smartphone in Korea after unloading one million handsets in the first month of domestic sales. Naturally, Shin also had a bit to say about Samsung’s ongoing legal battle with Apple. “We didn’t copy Apple’s design,” he said bluntly, adding that Apple’s allegations “will not be legally problematic.” Sure Sammy, tell it to the judge . Samsung teases 4G tablet for 2011, Galaxy S III in first half of 2012 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 30 May 2011 01:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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The first dual-core Android tablets only arrived in February, but Nvidia is already showing off an improved quad-core chip it expects in tablets by August. A video demo of the chip, codenamed “Kal-El,” shows impressive performance: enough that some consumers may wait to buy a tablet. Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : GigaOM Discovery Date : 30/05/2011 05:00 Number of articles : 5
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — JR Hildebrand was one turn away from winning the Indianapolis 500 on his very first try. Then, within sight of the checkered flag, the 23-year-old Californian made the ultimate rookie mistake. Hildebrand slammed into the wall on the final turn, and Dan Wheldon drove on past to claim an improbable Indy 500 win Sunday in his first race of the year. Wheldon, the 2005 winner but without a full-time ride this season, appeared headed for his third straight runner-up finish as Hildebrand took the white flag with a comfortable lead and needing only to make it through the last of 200 laps around the 2 1/2-mile speedway. WATCH: The first three turns went smoothly. Then, Hildebrand came up on another rookie, Charlie Kimball, in the fourth turn. Instead of backing off, Hildebrand slid to the outside, got in the rough patch of the track and lost control. He slammed the wall, allowing Wheldon to drive into Victory Lane. “I caught him in the wrong piece of track,” Hildebrand said. “I got up in the marbles and that was it.” Hildebrand’s crumpled machine slid across the finish line in second place while hugging the wall. While Wheldon celebrated, IndyCar officials reviewed the video to see if Wheldon passed the wrecked machine before the caution lights went on. It appeared he did, giving the Brit another Indy 500 title with a part-time team. “I just felt a lot of relief. It’s an incredible feeling,” Wheldon said. “I never gave up.”
Continue reading …Pop Quiz: What’s the best way to describe a 4,700-pound chandelier? If you want to work at Groupon, your answer should be “More brilliant than a studious Christmas tree.” That’s an actual question the booming Internet company asks its prospective employees, reports the New York Times in an in-depth…
Continue reading …Circle of (Digital) Life: ‘The Lion King’ to be Reborn in 3-D in Movie Theaters
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Disney has slowly been re-releasing its classic films in 3-D for its adoring fans to enjoy at home. So what makes The Lion King different? The company is putting a heavy dose of fanfare behind the film’s re-release. That’s right, the classic animated movie will return to theaters 17 years later eye-popping three dimensions. Disney
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It’s not the first time we’re run into CUPP Computing ‘s unique ability to blend the x86 and ARM platforms into one device — at least in prototype form — and just before the start of Computex 2011 here in Taipei we got a chance to experience the company’s latest iteration called PunkThis. The product is meant to replace your computer’s 2.5-inch SATA hard drive with a board featuring a complete ARM -based system along with a mini-PCIe socket — the latter capable of accommodating a physically smaller SATA SSD to handle the missing storage for the x86 host. PunkThis is built around a Texas Instruments DM3730 ARM CPU with 512 MB of RAM and includes a WiFi radio, as well as connectors and cables to interface the board with existing video, audio, and USB facilities on the host computer (no soldering required). The netbook we got to play with was running Android 2.3 ( Gingerbread ) but was lacking WiFi support. It ran perfectly alongside Windows 7 which was powered by the existing Atom processor. Switching OS-es is just a hotkey away, and battery life is supposedly doubled when the main x86 CPU is shut down and the only the daughter board is operational. PunkThis also provides two microSD card slots — one for system storage used by the ARM-based OS (Android in this case), the other for mass storage visible to both environments (shared space). Pricing is supposed to remain below $200 and availability is expected in 8 weeks. That’s pretty hardcore, but with a name like PunkThis would you expect anything less? Feast your eyes on our gallery and peek after the break for our hands-on video. Gallery: CUPP PunkThis hands-on Continue reading CUPP PunkThis hands-on (video) CUPP PunkThis hands-on (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 30 May 2011 00:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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