Source: www.eweek.com Motorola’s new Atrix 4G and Droid Bionic speed will raise the bar in smartphone performance later this year. Will consumers jump for the speed bump? Tablets may have defined the geeky gestalt of the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show, but the show will also be undoubtedly viewed as the coming-out party for smartphones and Motorola Atrix 4G with Dual Core processor is a post from: Daily World Buzz
Continue reading …Police are on the hunt for a second man who may have been involved in the assassination attempt on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords at a Tucson, Ariz., grocery store yesterday that left six people dead and 13 critically injured. Giffords is in critical condition and not fully conscious, but doctors remain optimistic about her recovery. The Tucson Shooting: Another suspect hunts by the police is a post from: Daily World Buzz
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Photo: kckellner It seems like an oxymoron that childhood obesity could occur in food deserts, but in much of the country that’s exactly what’s happened. Food deserts , often located in impoverished urban environments, are areas where residents have little access to fresh fruits and vegetables because there are no grocery stores or farmers’ markets nearby. Such areas are often plagued with quickie marts where families feed… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Within Minutes of Shooting, CNN Finds Local Liberal to Blame State’s ‘Rabid Right’ and Gun ‘Fetish’
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Within minutes of reporting the horrific shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and other innocents in Tucson, as the early reports wrongly cited Giffords as dead, CNN found a local liberal cartoonist/columnist to suggest the violence was “inevitable” because local conservatives had been “stoking the fires of heater anger and rage.” When CNN anchor Martin Savidge pointed out there was no information yet on the shooter, the cartoonist acknowledged “That is correct,” and then added blame to the state's “fetish” for guns and repeated his attack on the “rabid right.” The CNN anchor buttered him up by saying “We do appreciate your insights” even as he repeated there was no evidence. The liberal cartoonist was David Fitzsimmons of the Arizona Daily Star: MARTIN SAVIDGE: I want to turn to David Fitzsimmons who is with the “Arizona Daily Star,” a political cartoonist. He is on the scene at Safeway. David, are you there? DAVID FITZSIMMONS, “ARIZONA DAILY STAR” (via telephone): I'm pretty shaken, frankly. This is a very surreal dream-like experience.
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Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) says, “an attack on one who serves, is an attack on all who serve,” following the shooting of Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. 13 people were wounded and six were killed in the shooting. (Jan. 9)
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Photo: Hello Turkey Toe / Creative Commons . It doesn’t seem to matter what you’re buying in Turkey — a bottle of juice you’re going to drink immediately, a tiny pen, or a half-kilo of cherries that’s already in a plastic bag — it’s a heck of a task to keep from getting the item handed to you in a plastic bag. I long ago learned to say “A plastic bag is not necessary; I can put it in my purse” in Turkish, but most of the time I might as well be speaking Chinese for the uncomprehending lo… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image: UN GHS Pictograms The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced this week that 3.1 million chemical substance notifications were received by the legal deadline applicable for any chemical placed on the European market. The massive information collection effort marks the first time regulators have required every company making a profit from chemistry, or even in the pre-profit research phases, to practice … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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On this day in history: President Richard Nixon born; Howard Hughes calls biography of him a fake; Phantom of the Opera becomes longest-running Broadway show. (Jan. 9)
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So, here’s the dilemma — do you buy a lovely Bluetooth remote to control your PS3, or spring for a Bluetooth-to-IR adapter in order to better integrate your console into your overall home theater? How’s about neither? Snakebyte’s Premium Bluetooth Remote has just been unleashed here at CES, offering both Bluetooth and Infrared support, enabling it to dictate your PS3 as well as five other IR components. You’ll also get a backlit display, ingrained motion sensor, a built-in Li-ion battery and support for updatable firmware. We dropped by the company’s booth here in Vegas, but the only model on-hand was a non-functional mockup — too bad, but the real-deal is expected to ship this April for $49.99. Continue reading Snakebyte PlayStation 3 remote touts IR and Bluetooth, $50 price tag Snakebyte PlayStation 3 remote touts IR and Bluetooth, $50 price tag originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 09 Jan 2011 09:21:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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