A fire at a North Carolina marina damaged more than two-dozen boats and injured three people. Fire officials say the fire broke out early Friday burning about 100 feet of a pier. Firefighters worked for about five hours to control the blaze. (Jan. 7)
Continue reading …Exclusive interview: Google’s Matias Duarte talks Honeycomb, tablets, and the future of Android
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We’re not going to lie — we’re pretty excited to bring this to you guys. Here at CES 2011 we had a chance to sit down with Matias Duarte , the man behind webOS (as well as the Sidekick and Helio UIs), who’s now heading up Google’s user experience for Android. Matias is currently driving the interface and design for Android 3.0 (AKA Honeycomb ), and it’s clear that he’s bringing his big, bold ideas to the Android platform. This is the first video interview Matias has done since leaving Palm, and we pressed the man on his involvement in Gingerbread and Honeycomb, what had to be torn down in Android, how desktop OSs can inform mobile devices, and much, much more. Don’t just take our word for it — follow along after the break and watch the full interview! Continue reading Exclusive interview: Google’s Matias Duarte talks Honeycomb, tablets, and the future of Android Exclusive interview: Google’s Matias Duarte talks Honeycomb, tablets, and the future of Android originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 Jan 2011 15:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …In what can only be described as a fairly stunning display of hypocrisy , Freshman Rep. Richard Nugent (R-FL) says he will pay $9,000 to keep his health insurance through his “employer”, not through the FEHBP plan for members of Congress because he might have an accident and need treatment he couldn’t otherwise afford. NUGENT: I will tell you this, what I will pay for insurance to get through my employer, not through the House, will be almost — will costs me $9,000 more a year. But I wan to remain with that, because I think it’s the right thing to do. Because I think that when you have Americans that are struggling, why should I get a cost saving because I just got elected to the United States House of Representatives? How nice for Rep. Nugent. He has options, like keeping that insurance through his ‘employer’. Only, isn’t his employer the House of Representatives now? I paid a visit to his website to see who employed him before he was elected. It seems he was the Sheriff of Hernando County. In fact, in all of the literature I’ve been able to find about him, I cannot find any evidence that he has ever been employed by a business. He was in the military, and then in law enforcement. It’s possible he worked for the Sheriff’s department long enough to have earned the right to keep his health insurance with them until he is Medicare-eligible, in fact, since his bio indicates he began his public safety career in 1972. If so, then what we have here is a guy who is a career public servant with a public pension and a right to health insurance without fear of being dropped for pre-existing conditions, with a nice fat paycheck from the US government to help pay the premiums. And he would never, ever go without health insurance, right? Here’s another freshman Republican Representative who may be even more of a hypocrite than Nugent — Rep. Michael Grimm , (R-NY). He’s upset because he couldn’t get on the Congressional plan fast enough and is quoted in a print article as saying this: “What am I, not supposed to have health care?” Grimm told the New York Daily News (the article hasn’t appeared online, only in print). ” It’s practicality. I’m not going to become a burden for the state because I don’t have health care and, God forbid I get into an accident and I can’t afford the operation…That can happen to anyone. ” God forbid. Which is why Rep. Grimm thinks it’s a great idea to repeal that access for everyone else. Got it.
Continue reading …Minority Leader Pelosi: “Democrats Lost Election Because of… Bush” (Video)
January 7, 2011 No CommentThat’s the ticket… Keep thinking that, Minority Leader Pelosi. Pelosi blames Bush for her party’s historic loss. Via Real Clear Politics and Yid With Lid: “We still would have lost the election because we had 9.5% unemployment. Let’s take it … Continue reading → Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Gateway Pundit Discovery Date : 07/01/2011 19:58 Number of articles : 8
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You may remember Viliv from last year’s CES, but it’s back again this year with a smattering new of tablets. The X70 Slate is powered by Intel’s upcoming 1.5 GHz Oak Trail processor, and has a 7-inch 1024 x 600-resolution capacitive multitouch display. That new silicon is supposed to simultaneously speed up Windows 7 performance (both Starter and Home Premium are available), and improve battery life (they claim 6.5 hours, which is better than the Galaxy Tab). A custom split keyboard was added by Viliv, which eases thumb typing so you don’t have to awkwardly reach across the screen to hunt and peck for keys. It’s got a 3 megapixel shooter around back as well as a 1.3 megapixel shooter up front in addition to an optical trackpad. This thing should be hitting retailers like Best Buy and Amazon in April for an unspecified price, but you can check out our hands-on photos while you patiently wait to find out — and we’ve got video on the way. Gallery: Viliv X70 Windows 7 Slate hands-on Viliv X70 Windows 7 slate with Oak Trail hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 Jan 2011 14:55:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Inmates in UK Prison Repair Bikes and Donate Them To African Schoolchildren
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Photo: nSeika , CC Life-Changing Wheels Inmates at Gloucester prison in the UK are spending some of their free time (and you have a lot of that in prison) repairing donated bikes which are then shipped by Jole Rider to a partner organisation in Gambia , Africa. Once there, the bike… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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We’ve recently had the chance to get closer than ever with the Model S , taking off the covers from a rolling prototype and gazing longingly at the fingerprints on its giant, Tegra-powered 17-inch central display inside. Now Tesla is showing what else is inside — inside the sheet metal, though. Tesla and its VP of Vehicle Engineering, Peter Rawlinson, have taken the time to release three videos showing the construction and development of the car, giving us a tantalizing view of the frame. Looking at the above picture the amount of cross-bracing on the front structure is impressive, resulting in what should be a very twist-averse chassis that loves being slung through the twisties. What remains to be seen, however, is how well it will hustle the weight of its battery pack around. We’re just going to wait for a test drive to find out. Continue reading Tesla shows us what the Model S looks like on the inside (video) Tesla shows us what the Model S looks like on the inside (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 Jan 2011 14:50:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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WiFi Direct, for those not paying attention in class, is a communications protocol for allowing devices with wireless radios to talk to one another and share files without the need for an intermediary WiFi access point between them. Basically, it’s like blasting out an ad hoc wireless network, one that permits simultaneous file transfers to up to eight other WiFi Direct-capable machines. LG kindly gave us a peek at its implementation in the Optimus Black , and while things are still pretty rough and (not) ready, we got a decent idea of how they’ll operate. Jump past the break to see for yourself. Gallery: LG Optimus Black shows off its WiFi Direct skills Continue reading LG Optimus Black shows off its WiFi Direct skills on video (hands-on) LG Optimus Black shows off its WiFi Direct skills on video (hands-on) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 Jan 2011 14:43:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Microsoft offered a brief glimpse of its revised Surface earlier this week at the Ballmer keynote, but now we’ve had a chance to check the Samsung SUR40 for Microsoft Surface (as its officially termed) for ourselves. The “2.0 experience” firmware is early and a bit buggy right now (especially with finger input), but there’s plenty of time fix that up before its launch later this year. The hardware itself is much thinner, with a 4-inch profile that can now be placed vertically against the wall (although we suggest using the stylish legs when possible). The 40-inch 1920 x 1080 gorilla glass display was crisp as all out, but since we could get close and scrutinize, you’ll definitely notice the pixels. The first demo we got to see is also probably the most impressive, wherein a paper with “I can see” written on it is scanned and read very clearly (a dev monitor was hooked up to show what Surface could “see”). Meanwhile, we couldn’t help but touch every point to watch the ripple effect emanate from our fingers. Apps are arranged in a row that you can sift through or rotate 180 degrees for someone facing opposite. We kept accidentally opening apps when we tried to scroll through, which is annoying but again, we were reminded it’s early firmware. Some of the apps we have seen before with the original Surface — some changes are required to make compatible, but we’re told it’s a fairly smooth transition process. Some highlights from what we saw: Bing , which for now only does image search (maps and local to come). The screen right now is a bit too sensitive and would detect sleeves as much as it would our fingers (you can see typos galore in the gallery). Images are scattered about a new results widget, and you can move around a bit from there or pull out individual ones to rotate and scan. A Red Bull with a printed code on the bottom that launches on-screen prompts for videos that you can smoothly rotate and scale on the fly, and a RBC Royal Bank that’ll make you feel really guilty about that cup of coffee from this morning. Oldies like Social Stream, Garibaldi Panorama, and Galactic Alliance. Another plus for the SUR40? It’s cheaper than its predecessor — but at $7,600, it’s still not ready for consumer market. We’ve got a ton of pics below and video after the break! Gallery: Samsung SUR40 for Microsoft Surface hands-on Continue reading Samsung SUR40 for Microsoft Surface hands-on with video! (update) Samsung SUR40 for Microsoft Surface hands-on with video! (update) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 Jan 2011 14:40:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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We love us some home automation but sometimes we get the feeling that we’re the only ones. Perhaps it isn’t that no one wants home automation as much as it’s that no one can get home automation; and if that’s the case, Verizon’s new Home Control might bring us all together. The idea is that Verizon would sell and support a small Z-Wave enabled home automation controller (manufactured by ActionTec at least initially) that would be controllable and programmable via Verizon’s website, mobile phones and FiOS TV set-top boxes. The demo was right on par with what we expect a good HA controller to do, but at this point there is only a trial in New Jersey, which means the rest of us will have to wait to see how it fairs in the Garden State before we’ll get a chance to try it for ourselves. The only issue we did have with the demo was that while you can control your home form your FiOS DVR, you can’t control you FiOS DVR from the other devices. This means that wake-up scenes like ones that would turn your every TV in your house to CNN at 7am in the morning, are out. Obviously this could and hopefully will change if this progress as Verizon hopes it will. Gallery: Verizon home automation for the masses Hands-on with Verizon’s Home Control originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 Jan 2011 14:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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