Elton John and husband David Furnish have become parents to a 7-pound, 15-ounce baby boy born on Christmas Day. Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John was born in California via an unidentified surrogate. (Dec. 28)
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0 Get Quote Symbol Lookup Bankers’ pay should be more transparent to investors to prevent lenders from hiding policies that encourage irresponsible risk taking, global regulators said in draft proposals. International rules on the disclosure of pay “will allow market participants to assess the quality of a bank’s compensation practices and the incentives towards risk taking they support,” Fernando Vargas, chairman of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s task force on remuneration, said in a statement published on the group’s website Monday. The proposals will “support effective market discipline,” said the committee, which is seeking views on its…
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Seems like all these CES vendors have wised up to the fact that announcing their new products amidst a maelstrom of new product announcements tends to be slightly counterproductive. So, naturally, they’re spending their December carefully teasing out little pre-release details. It’s ASUS’ turn today, who clearly isn’t content just telling us about its Eee Pad / Slate / Tablet / Chopping Board and has decided to dish out some candid hardware shots. What we see above is a USB 3.0 port embedded within a very slinky keyboard panel, which itself seems attached to a touchscreen display (with Android buttons !) up top. It’s looking more like a tablet PC (presumably with a pivoting screen) than a tablet , which is corroborated by other images at the source link. Two devices are included in this teaser picture set, with the other looking like it has a slider keyboard (see it after the break) — none of it is definitive just yet, but it makes for a good guessing game to fill the time until the big show kicks off in Vegas next week. Continue reading ASUS teases Eee Pad and Eee Slate ahead of CES launch ASUS teases Eee Pad and Eee Slate ahead of CES launch originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 28 Dec 2010 04:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …LG Xnote P210 claims ‘world’s thinnest bezel’ title, our undying appreciation
December 28, 2010 No Comment
If there’s one thing we appreciate more than pixel density , it’s slim bezels . LG, a traditional enemy of unsightly frames , is today staking its claim for having the world’s thinnest bezel on a laptop with the new Xnote P210. This 12.5-inch machine is said to fit within the footprint of an 11.6-incher, but before you start throwing insults like “netbook” around the place, do take note it has a dual-core Core i5-470UM processor inside — capable of running between 1.33GHz and 1.86GHz — 4GB of RAM, and a 320GB HDD. The LED-backlit display’s resolution isn’t specified beyond a note saying it’s “HD,” while Windows 7 Home Premium is the predictable OS of choice. Look for the P210 to hit Korea in February for around 1.3 million won (about $1,135), but don’t hold your breath on it coming Stateside for anything other than a flying trade show visit. Continue reading LG Xnote P210 claims ‘world’s thinnest bezel’ title, our undying appreciation LG Xnote P210 claims ‘world’s thinnest bezel’ title, our undying appreciation originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 28 Dec 2010 03:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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A late touchdown lifted New Orleans over Atlanta 17-14 Monday, giving the Saints a playoff spot and preventing the Falcons from clinching the NFC South. (Dec. 28)
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Drenching rains pounded communities across northeastern Australia on Tuesday, flooding major highways and prompting hundreds of evacuations. (Dec. 28)
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Nairobi, Kenya – The African Union has named Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga to lead a delegation to mediate the ongoing political crisis in Ivory Coast. With two men – incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara – claiming victory in the Ivory Coast’s November runoff presidential elections, the crisis has become bitter and violent, claiming over 200 lives, and sending some 14,000 Ivorians fleeing into neighboring countries. The elections were tightly contested and international observers and…
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Continue reading the main story Related stories Indian poverty fuels Maoist insurgency Dr Binayak Sen: Tribal doctor Jailed rights activist wins award Civil rights groups and academics in India and the US have called on India’s government to free a leading public health specialist and human rights activist, Dr Binayak Sen. He was sentenced to life in prison last Friday for helping Maoist rebels. Dr Sen was found guilty of carrying messages and setting up bank accounts for the…
Continue reading …Sprint adheres to its roadmap, turns on WiMAX in San Francisco Bay Area
December 28, 2010 No Comment
Technically speaking, it’s not actually the 28th of December in the Bay Area yet, but Sprint’s already out in front with its announcement that WiMAX connectivity has been activated in and around the city of San Francisco. We were promised this development exactly three weeks ago, back when Los Angeles and Washington DC were first familiarizing themselves with the glorious new speed, and today the Bay Area, which also includes San Jose, Palo Alto and Oakland, adds to a total of 71 metropolitan markets that have been lit up with Sprint’s finest wireless offering. Guess Verizon had better start fast and keep running if it wants to keep up, eh? Continue reading Sprint adheres to its roadmap, turns on WiMAX in San Francisco Bay Area Sprint adheres to its roadmap, turns on WiMAX in San Francisco Bay Area originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 28 Dec 2010 02:40:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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‘Meet the Israeli author’, a first-of-its-kind project in North American Jewish high schools, exposes students to Israeli culture and helps develops Hebrew-language writing skills
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