Police fired tear gas on protesters in Tunis on Monday. It is the latest clash in days of tension since the departure of the country’s deposed president. (Jan. 17)
Continue reading …Volvo’s platooning SARTRE cars drive themselves, dabble in existentialism (video)
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Tailgating on the highway is a pretty dangerous thing and, in some cases, can be a ticketable offense. In the future, though, it could be a way to ease traffic congestion and to boost fuel mileage on highways. In this guise it’s called platooning, something that we saw GM’s crazy futuristic EN-V doing when we took it for a spin out in Vegas. Volvo is getting in on the game too, participating in the European Safe Road Trains for the Environment Project, or SARTRE. It’s a research program looking into a standard way to have “trains” of autonomous cars that can follow each other on the highway. A professional leads the way and other cars communicate with each other, enabling the drivers in those following cars to simply kick back and read the paper if they like. This is a project that could be seen on the road in as few as 10 years, but we’re thinking by then people might need to find something else to read. Gallery: Volvo platooning Continue reading Volvo’s platooning SARTRE cars drive themselves, dabble in existentialism (video) Volvo’s platooning SARTRE cars drive themselves, dabble in existentialism (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 17 Jan 2011 08:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Aiming for a more civil tone, a pair of senators from opposite parties will buck tradition and sit together at the State of the Union. Oklahoma Republican Tom Coburn and New York Democrat Chuck Schumer’s decision follows a push for civility in politics after the Tucson shootings. Schumer said he…
Continue reading …“If music be the food of love, compute on.” Yes, Google, has a new target in its sights—poetry. Google programmers are working on computers that can understand and translate poetry, NPR reports . “It’s what we call AI complete,” said a research scientist at Google. “Which means it’s as difficult…
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Towns in Australia’s Victoria state were bracing for high water Monday, while those in Queensland continued to clean up after their devastating flooding. (17 January 2010)
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We’re still catching up on sleep after leaving CES , but ASUS is tireless, winding up for another product release, something new it calls the Eee PC Sirocco. We have nothing to go by at this point other than the teaser image above, which promises this new product is going to be “making waves” when it is released. This metaphorical euphemism could mean anything from a revolutionary new architecture that will sweep across the industry to another netbook with some funny textures on it. If forced to bet we’d put more money on the latter than the former but, as we mentioned, we simply aren’t in Vegas any more and so won’t be engaging in such shenanigans. Asus teases Eee PC Sirocco, promises to make more waves than a VW coupe originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 17 Jan 2011 07:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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‘The Social Network’ producer Scott Rudin, Colin Firth, Natalie Portman, Paul Giamatti, Annette Bening all reveal how it feels to beat the competition and win a Golden Globe. While Robert De Niro explains why he’s already broken his award. (Jan. 17)
Continue reading …Nokia shuts down Ovi Music Unlimited service in most markets, cites lack of traction
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Whether you knew it as Comes With Music or Ovi Music Unlimited , the sad fact is that pretty soon you won’t know it all — Nokia’s subscription music service is being shut down almost universally, with the exception of a few select markets like China , Brazil and South Africa. Reuters reports that the use of DRM to lock down content to less-than-cutting-edge devices was a major stumbling block in the rollout of what was originally supposed to be a major iTunes competitor. Those who are already signed up will continue to have access to their music libraries indefinitely, but won’t be able to access new tracks once their current subscription expires. From then on, you’ll only have the DRM-free Ovi Music store to keep you warm during those long Finnish nights. Nokia shuts down Ovi Music Unlimited service in most markets, cites lack of traction originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 17 Jan 2011 07:06:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …This Week’s Best-Selling iPhone Game Was Developed By An Eighth Grader (AAPL)
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An eighth-grader named Robert Nay knocked Angry Birds out of the top spot on iTunes this week with an app called Bubble Ball. According to The New York Observer , Nay built his first web site in the third grade. ABC News estimates that, if only Nay had charged a dollar for every download of Bubble Ball, he’d be $2,000,000 in the black. Join the conversation about this story » Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Business Insider Discovery Date : 17/01/2011 12:00 Number of articles : 8
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Secession of southern Sudan a step closer after week-long poll is deemed ‘well-organised’ by international observers Southern Sudan referendum staff start to count ballots at a polling station in El Fasher. Photograph: Albert Gonzalez Farran/EPA…
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