Here’s something to roar about. A Tucson taco restaurant is about to serve up up a lion meat version. State law allows wild meat to be served in restaurants as long as it’s not from an endangered species. “Curious” customers are already lining up for reservations to chow down the…
Continue reading …By David Sirota As “Buy China” policies now economically supercharge the world’s most populous nation, the White House and congressional Republicans have opposed many of the very “Buy America” proposals that might help us keep up—and that obstruction has come at a steep price. Related Entries January 21, 2011 It’s Repeal That’s Ailing January 20, 2011 Obama’s New Chief of Staff Makes $8.3 Million From Wall Street Gig
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Know what’s awesome? Guns! Especially when they’re capped with a glowing pastel ball. This more “realistic” alternative to the $20 Sony PS3 Move gun attachment is from Blaze and will set you back
Continue reading …By Eugene Robinson This whole health care thing isn’t quite working out the way Republicans planned. My guess is that they’ll soon try to change the subject—but I’m afraid they’re already in too deep. Related Entries January 21, 2011 It’s Repeal That’s Ailing January 20, 2011 Obama’s New Chief of Staff Makes $8.3 Million From Wall Street Gig
Continue reading …The Vatican may have finally had enough of Silvio Berlusconi’s antics. Accusations that the Italian leader paid a 17-year-old girl for sex are “troubling,” Vatican second-in-command Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone told reporters, adding that Italian politicians should show “robust morality.” The Vatican, hurling stones from a glass house, has long held…
Continue reading …The end of the World is looming in Dubai. The project—an artificial archipelago of 300 small islands arranged in the shape of a world map—is sinking back into the sea, according to evidence presented to a property tribunal in the emirate, the Telegraph reports. Only one of the…
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January 21st: French King Louis XVI executed; Vladimir Lenin dies; Alger Hiss convicted of lying to grand jury; President Carter pardons nearly all draft evaders; Concorde’s first flight; Count Basie record “One O’Clock Jump”
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Crowds of people chanted outside the downtown Chicago hotel where Chinese President Hu Jintao was being honored at a dinner held by Mayor Richard Daley. One protester said Hu should leave the United States. (Jan. 21)
Continue reading …The head of the Smithsonian said he’s now sorry he so quickly yanked a video from a museum exhibit featuring gay and lesbian artists because of warnings by Republican Party leaders that it could trigger “budgetary consequences.” It’s “the most painful thing I’ve ever done,” G. Wayne Clough told the…
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HTC is legendary for its tacit support of the Android ROM cooking community. Motorola… not so much, thanks in large part to the company’s policy of locking down the bootloader as a means to prevent unapproved software from running on its Droid handsets. An annoyance recently exasperated by a moderator of Moto’s YouTube channel who recently suggested that customers looking to install custom ROMs should “buy elsewhere.” Ouch. The resulting public relations kerfuffle then prompted Motorola to publish a clarification to its bootloader policy on Facebook: We apologize for the feedback we provided regarding our bootloader policy. The response does not reflect the views of Motorola. We are working closely with our partners to offer a bootloader solution that will enable developers to use our devices as a development platform while still protecting our users’ interests. More detailed information will follow as we get closer to availability. Obviously, we’ll have wait for said details to get official before calling this a shift in strategy. It’s certainly an improvement over Moto’s previous approach of lawyering-up with cease and desist orders . Perhaps Motorola is taking a cue from Microsoft who seems to have recently discovered that it’s better to embrace than to annoy a motivated hacking community — customers who tend to be a company’s most dedicated fans and evangelists. Motorola ready to make sweet love to Android ROM devs and rooters? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 21 Jan 2011 03:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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