Plays about climate change are all the rage in London right now. What with The Heretic at the Royal Court and Greenland at The National playing simultaneously, it appears theater land is suddenly making a conscious effort to get involved in the climate conversation. Nicholas Hytner, director of The National, Britain’s largest theatre complex, commissioned Greenland with the express wish that theatre step up and tackle the biggest issue of our time, not only practically behind the scenes, but also dramatically on the stage. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …IDC says 100.9M smartphones sold in fourth quarter, PCs outsold for first time
February 8, 2011 No Comment
In case you had any lingering doubt that the smartphone is the new personal computer, just take a glance at IDC’s new global smartphone sales numbers for the fourth quarter of 2010 where we learn that some 100.9 million units were pushed in the three-month period — up a whopping 87.9 percent year over year. That figure compares to 92.1 million PCs sold during the same quarter , which, though a record for the PC industry, was left in the dust of the smartphone’s stratospheric rise. This marks the very first quarter in history that smartphones have outsold traditional computers — and considering the trajectories that both industries are in, we’d be surprised if they ever flip-flopped again. If anything, IDC and other analysis firms might need to readjust the nomenclature in their reports in a few years if (or when) convergence platforms like the Atrix 4G with its Laptop Dock start to gain traction. Of course, to Bill Gates and others, this technological cross-pollination comes as no surprise — and really, who can argue with a handheld that’s packing PC power? IDC says 100.9M smartphones sold in fourth quarter, PCs outsold for first time originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 08 Feb 2011 12:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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The FDA has approved an injectable drug called Makena to reduce the risk of preterm delivery before 37 weeks in pregnant women with a history of at least one premature birth.
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The MIT economist behind much of the concepts involved in ObamaCare is making a comic book to try to get Americans to like his idea. The Boston Herald reported Tuesday (h/t Jules Crittenden): Jonathan Gruber, a nationally recognized health economist who devised the economic underpinnings of Obamacare (Gruber hates the term), said his three comic-loving kids encouraged him to use the hip format of the graphic novel — basically an expensive comic published in book form — to tell the story of the complicated plan to 300 million Americans. “I’m going to use the facts to tell the story,” Gruber, 45, told the Pulse yesterday. “I’m the narrator guiding the reader through the law. It’ll have lots of pictures and text.” Hill and Wang, a division of publishing powerhouse Farrar, Straus and Giroux, plans to release Gruber’s book, tentatively titled “Health Care Reform: What It Is, Why It’s Necessary, How it Works” this fall. Sadly, if it works to propagandize the masses and change the public's view of this disaster, the joke will be on us. Stay tuned. The accompanying image was created by the Boston Herald.
Continue reading …Fahrenheit 9/11 cemented Michael Moore’s reputation as a high-profile documentary filmmaker—but he claims he didn’t get enough money for the 2004 movie, and now he’s suing Harvey and Bob Weinstein over it. In the suit, Moore seeks at least $2.7 million and accuses the Weinsteins of using “financial…
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Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, has been meeting the foreign minister for the United Arab Emirates and announced a roadmap for changes. Mubarak set up three different committees to tackle the changes, but for the protesters in Tahrir Square [Liberation Square] it is not enough. The protesters want the president and the government to go now, they want free elections, and a whole new beginning. Al Jazeera’s Alan Fisher reports.
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Channing Tatum and Jamie Bell talk about their new movie ‘The Eagle,’ about a young Roman soldier who seeks to uncover the truth about the disappearance of his father’s legion. (Feb. 8)
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When last we saw a Tachyon XC helmet cam it was clinging futilely onto the side of another, stuck together so that the footage coming from the two could be combined to create 3D — something GoPro is now trying to do much more expensively . We weren’t particularly convinced at the time, largely in part because the resolution of each of those XC cameras was only VGA. Now there’s an HD model we’ve been given to try, and while we’ve happily ditched the Siamese action to go solo this time, some issues remain here that keep us from giving the new, $179.99 Tachyon XC HD our universal recommendation. Gallery: Tachyon XC HD Continue reading Tachyon XC HD helmet camera review Tachyon XC HD helmet camera review originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 08 Feb 2011 12:05:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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