We haven’t always gotten along with Monster or enjoyed the MSRP of its products, but this latest one shows a bit of promise — and a bit of price gouging too. It’s the Monster iMotion, a car adapter for your iPod or iPhone that not only will charge it via the cigarette lighter but lets you get your motion control on, too. A wave of the mitten can be used to change tracks and the universally familiar “talk to the hand” gesture can pause. It doesn’t look quite as comprehensive as EyeSight ‘s tech, but it does have the advantage of being available now — for $120. Hey, check out that gold-plated connector! Monster iMotion adds gesture control to your iPod, cigarette lighter originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 28 Jan 2011 03:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Indonesia’s president, says there have been no incidents of torture since he came to power in 2004. But Al Jazeera has heard evidence from several prisoners who claim they were abused while in police custody. Step Vaessen reports from the Indonesian capita, Jakarta.
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Oh, woe is us. Users of Gmail ‘s web client are reporting a most unwelcome new visitor to their communication service: display ads. The right-most column that Google reserves for ads has heretofore been populated only by easy-to-ignore text links, but as of the past few of days, image-based advertising has also been sneaking out to unsuspecting emailers. The guys over at Search Engine Land have done a bit of digging and received the following statement from Google: “We’re always trying out new ad formats and placements in Gmail, and we recently started experimenting with image ads on messages with heavy image content.” This little trial does seem to be taking place on a very limited basis, which is why there’s been no outrage since it began last Friday. Let’s just hope that the Google Display Network that’s responsible for these pictomercials thinks better of it and leaves our Gmails alone. We’d hate to have to leave the beautiful web for some impersonal mail-serving app. [Thanks, Greg] Google testing display ads in Gmail, our patience originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 28 Jan 2011 02:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Arizona Republicans introduced four bills yesterday aimed at denying US citizenship to the children of illegal immigrants. The lawmakers hope to provoke a Supreme Court review of the 14th Amendment, which guarantees citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof .” Lawmakers…
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This week we acknowledge the thousands who have been marching against tyranny in the 30th year of President Hosni Mubarak’s dictatorial rule. (Honorable mentions after the jump.)
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The main headlines on Al Jazeera English, featuring the latest news and reports from around the world.
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‘Valley of the Wolves — Palestine’, the latest in a wildly popular series of action films, has been labeled anti-Semitic. In it three Turkish special forces operatives shoot their way through Jerusalem and the West Bank to avenge the real-life Israeli attack on the Mavi Marmara ship last May, that left nine Turks dead. Al Jazeera’s Anita MacNaught reports from Istanbul, Turkey.
Continue reading …Motorola will enable Atrix 4G’s 1080p video recording in post-launch software update
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The software on Motorola’s upcoming Atrix 4G has already been subject to some stern (and premature ) scrutiny, but here’s some rather more concrete information about it, courtesy of the company’s own spec page for the device. As it turns out, Moto intends to launch the Atrix with some of its hardware capabilities clipped — specifically its Tegra 2 -derived power to encode 1080p content — but will deliver them to users in an update (hopefully soon) thereafter. LG’s Optimus 2X, which is built around the same dual-core chip from NVIDIA, has been spending its time before launch showing off exactly what those 1080p encoding skills can deliver — both with video recording and through its HDMI connection — so it’ll be a downer for Moto fans to learn that their hallowed new superphone won’t be able to match up at launch. Then again, when we think about how often phone makers fail to tap the full potential of their hardware, maybe we should just be happy that 1080p abilities are coming to the Atrix at all, eh? [Thanks, Mr. techcrunch] Motorola will enable Atrix 4G’s 1080p video recording in post-launch software update originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 28 Jan 2011 02:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Sony says NGP will be ‘affordable,’ won’t cost $599, WiFi-only version also coming
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We had quite the interview with Sony’s Jack Tretton, but we certainly didn’t corner the market on hot new NGP details — Eurogamer and Game Informer quizzed the company’s Andrew House and Shuhei Yoshida, respectively, and came out with some important tidbits about the quad-core gaming handheld , particularly regarding pricing. Though Tretton seemed to suggest we’ll see a price somewhere northward of the Nintendo 3DS’s $250, Yoshida was quoted as saying “It’s not going to be $599,” laughing off the idea that the system would cost as much as the PlayStation 3′s infamous appraisal at launch , and House said that Sony “will shoot for an affordable price that’s appropriate for the handheld gaming space.” While none were willing to cough up a real ballpark estimate, the SCEE president revealed one way that the cost might come down: pushing out a lesser model without cellular connectivity, a strategy we’ve seen before . House said that while all devices come with WiFi, “a separate SKU will have 3G,” making us wonder which of the handheld’s other groundbreaking features might carry a premium. After all, OLED screens don’t come cheap. Find the rest of Eurogamer ‘s excellent interview (including a bit about how Sony will prioritize downloadable content over physical media) at our source link. Sony says NGP will be ‘affordable,’ won’t cost $599, WiFi-only version also coming originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 28 Jan 2011 01:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …By Ruth Marcus The president talks the talk about fiscal responsibility. But the evidence suggests he’s not willing to spend the political capital to translate that talk into action. Related Entries January 27, 2011 Obama Names New White House Spokesman January 27, 2011 Govt’s Loan Mod Program Crippled by Lax Oversight and Deference to Banks
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