Oops: AP Says GDP Report Was Causing Stock Market Rise in AM, Quietly Cites It As Reason for Decline After Close
January 29, 2011 No CommentIt seems that Associated Press Business Writer David K. Randall made a bad call yesterday. But he only has himself to blame for engaging in what he should have known was wishful thinking. Shortly after the government's report on economic growth during the fourth quarter of 2010 came in with an annualized 3.2% reading, Randall put out this this short report : Stocks edge up after stronger GDP report
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Sure, you followed along with our Tokyo liveblog and breathless posts announcing Sony’s Next Generation Portable (codename: NGP , get it?) successor to the PSP. But nothing’s quite like viewing a video posted 48-hours after the event to get a true feel for the historic occasion… historic to nerds like us anyway. The power is now in your hands — use it wisely to watch a thrilling three-part trilogy after the break. More videos at the source link below. Continue reading Sony’s official NGP announcement video hits the web Sony’s official NGP announcement video hits the web originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 29 Jan 2011 09:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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The popular Arab singer and actress describes growing up as a musical prodigy and her decades of international success.
Continue reading …Must have been a really uncontrollable case of the giggles, but just after “laughing too hard” landed Charlie Sheen in the hospital with a hernia, the Two and a Half Men star has now landed in rehab, reports People . Sheen “has voluntarily entered an undisclosed rehabilitation center today,” says a…
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Photo: Alabama Chanin Alabama Chanin offers a sexy and sustainable alternative to your standard nylon negligee and polyester panties for Valentine’s Day : a DIY organic cotton corset and bloomer set , entirely made in the USA. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Layar’s been the go-to platform for augmented reality on Android since 2009, bringing you the useful, the creepy , and the just plain weird — and now it’s unleashing the beast on iOS. The Netherlands-based company just launched Layar Player, a free tool that allows anyone — with a little developer know-how — to create their very own AR iPhone app. Accompanying the announcement are three brand new Layar Player-enabled apps: the Bing-sponsored Snowboard Hero, which incorporates a special AR mode for collecting points; a contractor locator called Layer Trade; and VerbeterdeBuurt, an app that acts as an AR community bulletin board. The company’s press release touts the “democratization of augmented reality,” and while we can get behind their AR-for-alll message, we’ve already seen Layar used in ways that give us the willies . Don’t get us wrong, we’re still excited about the endless AR possibilities, but we’re hoping, at least for now, that iPhone app developers can keep the AR monsters at bay. Continue reading Layar Player lets AR loose on iPhone apps Layar Player lets AR loose on iPhone apps originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 29 Jan 2011 08:52:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …The United States is demanding the release of an American diplomat charged yesterday in the murders of two Pakistanis he says were trying to rob him, reports the AP. “The United States Embassy in Pakistan calls for the immediate release,” according to a statement that cited Raymond Davis’ immunity, and…
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Image: Angell Wyller Aarseth Kitchens these days are filled with more and more gadgets, designed to save time, to make things easier, from chopping to frying to cleaning. It’s a trend that Norwegian design studio Angell Wyller Aarseth is fighting against with their debut project, the Handle Me cookware collection, presented this week at the Meet My Project design exposition in Paris. Ditching buttons, lights and stainless steel, Christoffer Angell, Øyvind Wyller and Simen Aarseth have produced a line of kitchen tools that ev… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Author and journalist Eliza Griswold examines the complex relationship between Muslims and Christians along the tenth parallel, the line of latitude 1100 kilometres north of the equator where more than half of the world’s Muslims and over 60 per cent of the world’s Christians live.
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