White House domestic policy adviser Melody Barnes told The Associated Press that President Obama wants more spending on Internet broadband because business leaders and emergency responders have told him more funds are needed. (Feb. 10)
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As Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak began speaking on television Thursday night, the words thousands expected did not come. Mubarak was not stepping down. His message sent waves of anger and confusion from Cairo to New York. (Feb. 10)
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Ray Allen broke the NBA record for career 3-pointers Thursday night, sinking two in the first quarter against the Los Angeles Lakers as the man he passed, Reggie Miller, sat courtside working the TV broadcast. (Feb. 10)
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New York University arts professor Wafaa Bilal, who recently implanted a camera in the back of his head, underwent surgery on Friday after his body rejected one of the titanium posts anchoring the device to his skull. (Feb. 10)
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Suunto Core Wrist-Top Computer Watch with Altimeter, Barometer, Compass, and Depth Measurement (Light Green) . Image and caption credit: Amazon . Fashion watches will soon disappear from department stores, extirpated by the same thing that’s wiping out phone books and yellow pages: digital devices. When a fellow wants to know what time it is there’s usually cell phone in his pocket (which, marvelously, someone else is responsible for keeping set). That phone handles time-zone change automatically – something few fas… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …The Engadget Interview: Jon Rubinstein and Steven McArthur talk webOS on PCs, ‘Music Synergy,’ competition, and more
February 11, 2011 No CommentWe had a chance to sit down with HP’s Jon Rubinstein and SVP of applications and services Steven McArthur just after the company’s device-filled event yesterday , and the conversation was rather revealing. Besides being extremely upfront about some tough issues (timing, legacy support), both execs were more than willing to tackle questions about HP’s current deficiencies in the consumer electronics space. We’ve put together a rough transcript of the chat below, and it touches on a lot of issues currently facing HP and its user base — namely, developer support, future versions of webOS, where the company is headed with devices, and what the overarching strategy will be in the coming weeks and months. We highly suggest you take a look… after the break. Continue reading The Engadget Interview: Jon Rubinstein and Steven McArthur talk webOS on PCs, ‘Music Synergy,’ competition, and more The Engadget Interview: Jon Rubinstein and Steven McArthur talk webOS on PCs, ‘Music Synergy,’ competition, and more originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 10 Feb 2011 23:23:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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President Hosni Mubarak refused to step down or leave Egypt and instead handed most of his powers to his vice president. Protesters warned the country could explode in violence and pleaded for the military to take action to push him out. (Feb. 10)
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Verizon may have had its best sales day ever with the launch of the CDMA iPhone 4 , but you wouldn’t be able to tell if you parked outside a retail store this morning. Reuters reports that the usual hordes didn’t show up for the Verizon iPhone launch — San Francisco and New York flagship Apple Store locations boasted as few as forty individuals in line — and that by afternoon today, the initial shipment of devices were still in stock. Of course, the device had already been on sale for several days — and face it, it’s just a CDMA iPhone 4 — but it’s not often we get to see spectacles like the one on video above, shot at the Mall of America store. Verizon iPhone hits the streets, fails to gather crowds (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 10 Feb 2011 23:06:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Al Jazeera’s Andrew Simmons has tested the mood among the crowd in Tahrir Square. Protesters say president Mubarak is not listening to the growing anger.
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