Acer’s been doing the dual-boot , Android / Windows thing on some of its netbooks for a little while now, but it looks to be branching out into a bit of new territory with its new Aspire One E100 model. It’s more or less the same as the D255 , but Acer is pitching this one directly at the education market, and it’s added some things like a special rubber coating and the potential for school branding — not to mention a slew of pre-installed education software — to make it a bit more attractive to schools and students alike. Otherwise, you can expect the usual 10.1-inch display, an unspecified Atom processor, 1GB of RAM, a 250GB hard drive, and a promised eight hours of battery life. Acer debuts education-minded Aspire One E100 with Android and Windows originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Just days after his Chicago Bears lost to the Green Bay Packers, President Barack Obama visited Wisconsin and congratulated the Packers on the win. He said that within an hour of being on the ground, he’d received three Packers jerseys as gifts. (Jan. 26)
Continue reading …His mugshot might have the look of a crazy man, but Jared Lee Loughner apparently knew full well what was in store for him after the Tucson shooting spree he stands charged in. In the weeks before the attack, Loughner used his computer to look up the subjects of lethal…
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WebMD explains why taking too many vitamins can be unhealthy and even dangerous and how to be sure you’re getting the right amount of vitamins and minerals.
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Another storm bore down on the East Coast on Wednesday, bringing groans and the potential for as much as a foot of new snow to areas already buried by a winter that is on track to be the worst in years. (Jan. 26)
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Image: Rachel Cernansky Funeral services were held yesterday for three park rangers and five soldiers who were killed by a rocket-propelled grenade while trying to secure a safe public passage in the Congolese side of Virunga National Park, where the world’s only remaining mountain gorillas call home. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Hack brings USB tethering to HTC Windows Phone 7 devices, Dell Venue Pro
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Cutting through the back and forth surrounding Windows Phone 7 tethering are two new hacks, with one being markedly easier than the other to implement. After discovering the option in Samsung’s Focus and Omnia 7 late last year, engineering minds over at xda-developers have now uncovered a method to allow USB internet tethering on HTC’s smattering of Windows Phone 7 handsets. Unfortunately, you’ll need to unlock your device before any of this will work, but the case is definitely different for Dell’s Venue Pro . For that one, you’ll simply need to modify the .INF file — no unlock required. Hit the links below for the devilish details, and try not to set up a P2P farm using your phone’s 3G connection. We hear carriers are none too fond of that foolhardiness. [Thanks, Lake] Hack brings USB tethering to HTC Windows Phone 7 devices, Dell Venue Pro originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:05:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …A federal judge has dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit against Blackwater because the plaintiff could no longer afford to pay for the proceedings, the Washington Post reports. The case, which blamed Blackwater for the deaths of four contractors in 2004, has dragged on for six years. Katy Helvenston, mother of…
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Car manufacturer Mercedes Benz unveils a chocolate-themed version of its Smart car in Tokyo, just a couple of weeks before St. Valentine’s Day. (Jan. 26)
Continue reading …Fox News’ Megyn Kelly claimed last week that her network doesn’t use Nazi references. Since that’s just flat out wrong, the ball was in Jon Stewart’s court to call her out. Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) had made a speech on the House floor last week comparing a Republican plan to repeal health care reform to Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels. In an interview with Kelly, Democratic strategist Richard Socarides pointed out that Cohen wasn’t the only one to invoke Nazis. “If we want to get into who is heating this and overheating this, I mean every night on the very network we’re on right now, the leading commentators on this network use this kind of language,” he explained. “That’s not true, Richard,” Kelly shot back. “I don’t know if you sit and watch our programming every night, but I watch it every day, and you’re wrong.” “Megyn, I watch it every day, too,” Stewart noted. “12 long years. I think he might be right.” Comedy Central’s staff quickly produced clip after clip to prove that Kelly was the one who was wrong. “If you look back at what happened in Germany you cannot escape the similarities between what Hitler and his cut throats did back then and the hate-filled blogs, what they’re doing now,” Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly said in Feb. 2008. “There is an Obama supporter, he’s got this book and this video out that are propaganda pieces,” Fox News’ Glenn Beck said in March 2010. “And I’m telling you, they would make Joseph Goebbels proud.” “The far left in this country, the zealots — I mean these are zealots — are Nazis,” O’Reilly said in another clip. In all, Stewart found about ten clips of with Nazi references. One example was even on Kelly’s show. “Well, true believers always make me a little nervous,” Bernie Goldberg told Kelly in a segment about anti-war protesters Code Pink. “I am not calling these people Nazis. I want to make that clear, but they are not behaving like liberals. They are behaving like brown-shirted thugs.” “Aha!” shouted Stewart. “I’m not saying they’re Nazis. I’m saying they are behaving like the soldiers Hitler used. Aha! Well, Ms. Kelly, don’t you look ridiculous now?”
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