Members of Congress sharply questioned Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke Wednesday over whether the Fed’s policies are raising the risk of rising inflation in the months ahead. (Feb. 8)
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Image: Daylife via TreeHugger According to Corporate Accountability International, the House of Representatives spends at least $860,000 on bottled water a year. That’s almost $2,000 for each representative. But some are calling for change. “Congress is spending almost a million dollars annually on bottled water for itself that often carries misleading claims of purity, when water of equal or better quality is available through the public drinking water system installed here in the House,” said Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC). “Let’s start cutting close to home and shifting our priorities from an enti… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Today’s students need a little more Jules Verne in their curriculum, writes Good education editor Liz Dwyer. He was born 183 years ago this week, but his fiction “seems more applicable than ever to the 21st-century lives of students,” she argues. He’s probably an after-thought in the age of “pre-packaged…
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The HP Pre 3 is here! We just got our hands on one and snapped a whole bunch of pictures — see the gallery below. Stay tuned for our first impressions soon. We’re also still working on our shots of the Veer and the TouchPad, but sharp eyes can find both devices in the gallery below — there might even be some iPhone and Nexus S comparison shots, but we don’t want to give too much away. Update: We just had a chance to play around with the Pre 3 at some length… and we have to say it feels good. The body of the device is sleek and solid, and the weight feels substantial in your hand. The screen is a relatively spacious 3.6-inches, and webOS looks absolutely stunning on it. The extra resolution is a big help on readability and clarity. The slider mechanism feels fairly solid, though there’s a little give just at the end of it’s movement that made us slightly concerned. Compared to previous devices, however, it seems far tighter. We’re still messing around with the phone and will report back on what we find, but in terms of hardware quality, HP has taken a big step up here. As for the keyboard, it feels really fantastic. We realize this is very much a matter of personal preference, but we had zero problems typing quickly and accurately on the Pre 3 right from the get go. Update 2: Hardware hands-on video after the break! Gallery: HP Pre 3 first hands-on! Continue reading HP Pre 3 first hands-on! (updated with video) HP Pre 3 first hands-on! (updated with video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:25:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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A class-action lawsuit accuses the NFL, the Dallas Cowboys and team owner Jerry Jones of deceiving hundreds of fans who bought Super Bowl tickets and had no seats, or who felt the seats were inadequate. (Feb. 9)
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A class-action lawsuit accuses the NFL, the Dallas Cowboys and team owner Jerry Jones of deceiving hundreds of fans who bought Super Bowl tickets and had no seats, or who felt the seats were inadequate. (Feb. 9)
Continue reading …Nearly 740 kids—an average of about two a day—were killed in the Afghanistan war last year, says a watchdog group. About two-thirds of those deaths were blamed on insurgents—or “armed opposition groups” in the language of the report—with 17% blamed on US and NATO forces. The…
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If you like ‘em cute, small, and (presumably) cheap, HP’s announcement today of the Veer should make you pretty happy — on the surface, it looks like a downsized Pre , but really, you can think of it as a proper Pixi / Pixi Plus successor. Let’s take a look at what sets these two bad boys apart from one another. Continue reading Palm Pixi Plus vs. HP Veer: what’s changed? Palm Pixi Plus vs. HP Veer: what’s changed? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:09:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Spec sheets are one thing, but we know what you really want to see — two tablets going mano-a-mano in the ring. Here they are, your Apple iPad and HP TouchPad slates, sized up side-by-side each with their own sizable black bezel and 9.7-inch screen — and incredibly similar in both size and weight. See how they literally stack up in the gallery below! Gallery: iPad vs. TouchPad… Fight! iPad vs. TouchPad… Fight! originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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