A US Air Force sergeant who exposed partners to HIV at swingers’ parties has been sentenced to 8 years in a military prison. David Gutierrez was convicted on charges including aggravated assault and failure to obey orders to use a condom and inform partners of his HIV-positive status, the BBC…
Continue reading …Amazon agrees deal to buy UK movie streaming and rental service Lovefilm
January 20, 2011 No Comment
Amazon has just announced it has agreed terms to buy up all the remaining shares of Lovefilm it didn’t already own. The British outfit operates a subscription-based movie rental and streaming service in its home market along with Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Norway. Customary closing conditions will need to be met before the final stamp of approval is applied, but the acquisition is expected to complete by the end of the first quarter of this year. Amazon’s wading into content distribution, who’d have thunk it? Continue reading Amazon agrees deal to buy UK movie streaming and rental service Lovefilm Amazon agrees deal to buy UK movie streaming and rental service Lovefilm originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 20 Jan 2011 04:13:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Green Tax Shift & Other Environmental Issues Cartoon-Style by Stuart McMillen
January 20, 2011 No Comment
To read the full story go to Recombinant Records/Green Tax Shift Here is someone who gets the message across, in a funny and beautiful way. Australian Stuart McMillen takes topics around environmental sustainability and turns them into catchy cartoons. He spends some of his time drawing and publishes a story every few month. The latest on is about the Green Tax Shift…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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A man shot at a Los Angeles school police officer near a Los Angeles high school Wednesday, kicking off a massive manhunt across 7 square miles in the residential suburbs of the San Fernando Valley. Police say the gunman is still at large. (Jan. 20)
Continue reading …Oops. Burglars were so desperate for drugs when they broke into a Florida home that they snorted a dark power found in a ceramic urn. But they didn’t get even a hint of a buzz because they had inhaled the cremated remains of the former man of the house and…
Continue reading …Sony Ericsson ships 9 million Xperia Android phones, but latest earnings disappoint
January 20, 2011 No Comment
Sony Ericsson has just made its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2010 official and the highlight, at least for milestone lovers like us, is the figure of nine million Android-based Xperia handsets shipped since the family’s launch. Now, the language used here is important, as Sony loves to report shipments to retailers instead of actual sales, but it’s still a pretty grand number of Xperia X10, X10 Mini, X10 Mini Pro, and X8 handsets out and about in our big wide world. Hell, it’s even more impressive when you consider that those phones have spent most of their lives riding the ancient Android 1.6 as their operating system. In terms of actual currency figures, however, SE has fallen short of expectations, reporting a moderate €35 million pre-tax profit for Q4, which the company is turning into a positive by noting that it marks its fourth consecutive quarter of being in the black. If the new crop of Xperia Androids are anything to go by, we can probably expect this habit to continue for a good long while. Sony Ericsson ships 9 million Xperia Android phones, but latest earnings disappoint originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 20 Jan 2011 04:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Oh, there’s no need to act like you’re surprised , fellow Brits. As promised, HTC’s going to dish out its latest budget Froyo Android and WP7 slider to the UK next month. Just a quick recap: the “pearl white” Gratia — which is the international version of the Aria — sports a humble 600MHz processor, along with a 3.2-inch 480 x 320 LCD and a VGA camera. As for the 7 Pro, it packs the bog standard WP7 specs (1GHz Snapdragon, 8GB storage, and 5 megapixel camera with 720p recording), as well as a slide-and-tilt 3.6-inch 800 x 480 display that reveals a landscape QWERTY keyboard underneath — the tilting part still a first for WP7. Sadly, it doesn’t look like any carriers have picked up either handset yet, nor has HTC shed light on their standalone costs, but hey, patience is priceless. Continue reading HTC 7 Pro and Gratia get anglicized, heading to the UK in February HTC 7 Pro and Gratia get anglicized, heading to the UK in February originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 20 Jan 2011 04:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Stay classy, Rush: In what some critics are calling a new low evenfor the radio host, Limbaugh mocked Hu Jintao and the Chinese language while discussing the Chinese leader’s joint press conference with President Obama, the Huffington Post reports. Limbaugh—noting that translation wasn’t provided until after the leader finished…
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DavidGS found a Glenn Beck video from last June. You can read David’s commentary here. Watch these few seconds of a lunatic who is still allowed to spew his irrational ramblings on national TV: http://www.toonthenews.com Aired 6/10/10 “Shoot them in … Continue reading → Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Political Carnival Discovery Date : 20/01/2011 08:31 Number of articles : 6
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You might not know Greg Bell by name but you’ve certainly been affected by his work. The man who directed Logitech’s amusingly creepy Lonely TV viral ads has returned with a series of videos meant to promote Android. The premise is, of course, absurd: middle manager, trapped beneath a fallen vending machine, continues to work because his Android powered smartphone allows him to be productive even without the full use of his hands. In a bit of video magic, the handset with a 32-day battery is the Nexus S running Gingerbread… but only when shot from the front. Otherwise it’s a Nexus One when shot from the back, presumably because this was filmed before the S’ launch. Regardless, the result is a series of clever videos encapsulating an everyman’s transformation into nerd superhero, El Vendor — we dare you to not click all five. Continue reading Android turns average man into El Vendor! (video) Android turns average man into El Vendor! (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 20 Jan 2011 03:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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