Taiwan tested a batch of missiles Tuesday, hoping to reassure a population wary of Chinese intentions. But a high failure rate at the widely publicized event may have given it the opposite effect. (Jan. 18)
Continue reading …Acer building Sandy Bridge tablets for Android, will use them to ‘phase out’ netbooks
January 18, 2011 No Comment
You’d be forgiven for expecting that the dual-core Tegra 2 that swept all before it at CES would be the king of tablet processors for a good while, but Acer is already plotting ways to overthrow it. Admittedly, Acer is kind of cheating by jumping into x86 land and snatching some unspecified Intel Sandy Bridge silicon, but are you really going to complain about getting multi-core grunt under the hood of your well-lubricated Android machine? An official from the company has promised two to three new tablets, sized at either 7 or 10 inches diagonally, for the first half of this year — a tasty morsel of information, which he garnishes with the forecast that netbooks will eventually be phased out in favor of such touchy-feely slate devices. If you can fit a full second-gen Core CPU inside a tablet, why the heck not? Acer building Sandy Bridge tablets for Android, will use them to ‘phase out’ netbooks originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 18 Jan 2011 06:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Smallpox was once one of the deadliest diseases ever known, but now only the US and Russia stand between it and utter annihilation. The two countries have the last known stocks of the virus, which was eradicated by vaccination more than 30 years ago, and they’re resisting efforts to set…
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Fast-Rapping Pale Kid of the Day: Lisping slam poet George Watsky raps faster than any pale kid should. Of course, what he lacks in coherence he more than makes up for with lyrics like: “[I]f my baby’s gay I’ll say you go gay baby, work that crib!” [ thanks george! ] Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Daily What Discovery Date : 18/01/2011 11:13 Number of articles : 8
Continue reading …Moneual DSPC puts a monitor on your computer case, welcomes your widgets
January 18, 2011 No Comment
CES is a big place, way bigger than your first apartment, so hopefully you’ll forgive us for missing the Moneual Lab DSPC on the show floor. That stands for Dual Screen PC, a case sporting a decidedly tall display that could make for a useful desktop extension despite subscribing to no aspect ratios heretofore known by man. Unfortunately no specs were provided for resolution or size, but we could see throwing your image editor’s toolbox over there, maybe a chat window, or just loading it up with widgets as in this picture. However, with an anticipated cost of $1,500, we’re thinking you could instead buy a properly large second monitor — and a new desk to put it on. Moneual DSPC puts a monitor on your computer case, welcomes your widgets originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 18 Jan 2011 06:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Scorch the mascot certainly wasn’t complaining, but some Boston Blazers fans weren’t too happy about a raunchy half-time show involving the lacrosse team’s mascot. The team has apologized for the show, in which scantily-clad female dancers competed to give the mascot the best lap dance, the BBC reports.
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Photo: Guardian–the new look The news story in the UK of the undercover cop who was posing as an environmentalist for seven years just keeps on going. This one has legs, as they say. Mark “Stone”, really Kennedy, was the perfect environmentalist who was found out and has now turned against the police, dishing dirt which they say is dangerous to other agents still undercover. Environmentalists say that prior court decisions are now prej… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Sandra Piller’s third album, ‘Days Like These’ (Shady Hill Records), is released today, and Sandra met with press, industry and fans in a special performance at The Mint in Hollywood. Making the week even more eventful, Sandra was just named Female Country Music Artist of the Year by New Music Weekly magazine. Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : send2press Discovery Date : 18/01/2011 10:59 Number of articles : 7
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A keeper at the Knoxville Zoo has been killed after an elephant she was working with pushed her into a stall. The zoo says an independent investigation will be launched, but it appears the elephant was not attacking the keeper. (Jan. 18)
Continue reading …The obnoxious Piers Morgan familiar to reality show fans was nowhere to be seen as Piers Morgan Tonight made its debut in Larry King’s old time slot on CNN, say critics. Morgan was fawning and deferential during his highly publicized interview with Oprah Winfrey. Oprah did surrender some details about…
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