Image credit: Lori Greig , used under Creative Commons license. When Treehugger descended on Atlanta recently, I found myself sitting opposite a vegetarian colleague at dinner. Without realizing it, as I ordered my lamb shank, I began explaining to the above mentioned herbivorous colleague how rarely I eat meat, despite the fact he never said a word. Could it be that I had a guilty conscience?… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Sprint allegedly talking to LightSquared over 4G infrastructure deal, Clearwire should be sweating
February 24, 2011 No Comment
Bloomberg is citing “three people familiar with the talks” (it’s not often that we get a specific number!) as saying that LightSquared is in active negotiations with Sprint to use its network infrastructure as it builds out its L-band LTE network. As you might recall, LightSquared is the would-be 4G wholesaler that is in the process of repurposing some satellite spectrum for terrestrial LTE use — a concept the FCC has approved , but concerns over GPS interference could end up delaying or derailing the strategy altogether if they aren’t solved to everyone’s satisfaction. Of course, building out any sort of national terrestrial wireless network is a multi-billion dollar, multi-year type of venture, and presumably a tie-up with Sprint to use some of its hardware would help move matters along. What this means for Sprint’s existing dealings with Clearwire is unclear; the two operate a WiMAX network together, after all, but the carrier has made it clear in the past that LTE could definitely be an option in the future. Sprint allegedly talking to LightSquared over 4G infrastructure deal, Clearwire should be sweating originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:53:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Muhammad al-Senussi, who would be Libya’s crown prince if the country still had a monarchy, has spoken out about the ongoing violence in the country from London. Libya was a monarchy until Muammar Gaddafi took power in a military coup in 1969 and the exiled King Idris has long since died. In an interview with Al Jazeera’s Barnaby Phillips, al-Senussi asked the international community to help remove Gaddafi from power and stop the ongoing “massacre”.
Continue reading …If you’re worried about the dangers of BPA , you shouldn’t be, according to Maine’s governor. The worst thing that could result from exposure to the chemical is that some women could grow “little beards,” Paul LePage said last week. LePage made the comment to support his argument that Maine needn’t…
Continue reading …We’ve got breaking news . Apparently some terrorist arrests have been made in Texas. Our Jeanne. Meserve working this story for us. Jeanne, what have you found out? JEANNE MESERVE, CNN HOMELAND SECURITY CORRESPONDENT: Kyra, a single …
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MacBook Pro: Refresh Rumor Roundup (2/23/2011) Macbook Pro 13″ 2011 Light Peak Thunderbolt Apple Macbook Pro Thunderbolt aka Light Peak? (2/23/2011 Day 54) Intel Demos Light Peak , Has Cable Manufacturers Drooling – Technabob If you’ve been browsing tech blogs anytime during the past week, then you’ve heard the rumors that Apple will soon unveil upgrades to their MacBook Pro lineup, with one of the upgrades being Light Peak , an fiber optic interface that’s … Rumour: Intel to talk up Light Peak and Apple later today … Later today Intel is expected to make an announcement about its Light Peak technology, according to the Wall Street Journal. Intel's Light Peak Arrives on the MacBook Pro in a Thunderbolt … Apple has just unveiled their latest range of MacBook Pros, all of which look as smart as ever with (at last) an upgrade to Intel’s Core processor family and integrated graphics, plus a new high definition webcam. Intel's Light Peak Technology: Next Big Thing, or Next Big Miss … Intel may show off their Light Peak technology tomorrow. It may come to Apple’s MacBook Pro. Excited? What is Light Peak ? An explanation of what Apple calls Thunderbolt … In case you’ve not yet seen us write about it, Apple is in the midst of a slew of rumors right now. The latest of these is about the refresh that’s… stevenh2 says: Intel's Light Peak Arrives as “Thunderbolt”: You've probably heard of Light Peak , Intel's new high-speed d… http://tinyurl.com/4vwhz7n
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Board Members acknowledge discrmination and Seth Stambaugh’s bravery Lee Coleman, Troy Moody parent Basic Rights Oregon’s Jeana Frazzini addresses Beaverton School District Jennifer Coolidge g00gletrends : deadliest catch star found dead space shuttle launch jennifer coolidge charo beaverton school district baron dav… http://bit.ly/3whvRl. Updated : 24 February 2011, 3:11 pm | View Tweet … Beaverton School District | Zainam News Beaverton School District . Per the columnist release, and through the agreement, “the parties accede that action is not in the best interests of either party; the District will accomplish a acquittal to Mr. Stambaugh of $75000 to … Beaverton School District « Zain654321′s Blog Beaverton School District . By zain654321. Per the columnist release, and through the agreement, “the parties accede that action is not in the best interests of either party; the District will accomplish a acquittal to Mr. Stambaugh of … Beaverton School District – munawar munir's blog Per the columnist release, and through the agreement, “the parties accede that action is not in the best interests of either party; the District will accomplish a acquittal to Mr. Stambaugh of $75000 to boldness all claims; the District … munawarmunir05 – Beaverton School District Beaverton School District . [info] munawarmunir05: February 24th, 7:35. Per the columnist release, and through the agreement, “the parties accede that action is not in the best interests of either party; the District will accomplish a … WHATRULOOKING4 says: – deadliest catch star found dead – space shuttle launch – jennifer coolidge – charo – beaverton school district…
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Image credit Amândio Neto It’s not exactly Gary Chang’s domestic transformer four minutes of wow , but this Portuguese apartment has a giant moving closet that separates the living area from the sleeping, and much like the winner in the LifeEdited competition , it moves according to the need… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Toyota issued yet another massive recall today, calling in 2.17 million US vehicles to deal with—you guessed it—accelerator problems. The company intends to fix “various flaws” that could cause floor mats to interfere with the cars’ accelerator pedals, the Wall Street Journal reports. The recall will affect…
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We just got our new 15-inch MacBook Pro review unit, and although it looks almost exactly the same as the previous MBP, it has that fancy new ThunderBolt icon on the side, which ought to make I/O nerd hearts flutter the world over. Unfortunately, there aren’t any ThunderBolt peripherals on the market yet, so we can’t really test the new connection yet, but we can report that backwards compatibility with Mini DisplayPort performs as advertised and that all of our display adapters worked without issue — the first time we can ever remember Apple switching a standard and not requiring all new dongles. As for performance, we were given the $2,199 configuration with a 2.2GHz quad-core Sandy Bridge Core i7, discrete AMD Radeon HD 6750M graphics, 4GB of RAM and a 750GB HD, which clocked a preliminary GeekBench score of 9647. We’ll have tons more testing in our full review, including detailed comparisons of the discrete chip with Intel’s new integrated HD Graphics 3000. Apple did give us a quick demo on the new system with a prototype Promise RAID unit and a stock Cinema Display connected over ThunderBolt — remember, ThunderBolt just uses a Mini DisplayPort connector, so displays can be daisy-chained right in. Apple’s demo was a variation of the same thing Intel’s been doing for a while — they played four uncompressed HD video streams off the RAID simultaneously, which pegged the ThunderBolt throughput meter at 600-700MBps. We also watched a 5GB file transfer in just a few seconds — all very impressive, but we’re definitely anxious to try some of this stuff ourselves once ThunderBolt devices start shipping sometime in the spring. Apple also told us that ThunderBolt is running on copper and not optical cables (like the Light Peak protoypes) so that it can support bus-powered devices — there’s 10 watts of power available on the bus, up slightly from FireWire’s 8 watts. Up to six devices can be daisy-chained from one port, and since ThunderBolt is based on PCI Express, it can even support FireWire and USB adapters. That’s great news for the future of the interface, but the MacBook Pro still has two USB 2.0 and one FireWire 800 port, so it’s not of critical importance right this second. We’ll have much, much more in our full review — check back in a few days! Gallery: MacBook Pro (early 2011) unboxing and hands-on MacBook Pro (early 2011) with ThunderBolt hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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