Photo by smeadli via Flickr Creative Commons Tech and gadget news is always interesting, and every week has its next-big-thing announcements. But there were a few stories and trends that really stood out from the crowd during 2010. Yes, that includes the iPad — but also a ton of other neat stuff. Check out some of the most popular news stories on TreeHugger from the past year. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Two top Pakistani police officials were today arrested in a courtroom on the orders of an anti-terrorism judge conducting the trial of suspects accused of being involved in the 2007 assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto. Judge Rana Nisar Ahmed, who is…
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We’re horrible at getting gifts and cards to their recipients on time, usually showing up in mailboxes at least a day late. Samsung , it seems, is in a similar boat with its Epic 4G . According to Phone Arena , Android 2.2.1 (you know, Froyo) will begin rolling out to the handset on December 26. For real this time. Like, really real . Given all that history we’re a little bit skeptical about this happening on that date, but don’t let that stop you from setting some milk and cookies next to your charging stand on the 26th. Worst case: morning cookies for you on the 27th! Samsung Epic 4G getting post-Christmas Froyo treat? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 22 Dec 2010 08:23:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Earthquake Hits Cumbria and Surrounding Countries – A small earthquake has hit Cumbria and its surrounding countries. Just after 2300 on Tuesday, people heard and felt the earth moving for over a minute. The quake had a 3.6 magnitude and it was felt in locations across Cumbria and in Lancashire, south-west Scotland, parts of Yorkshire, Earthquake Hits Cumbria and Surrounding Countries is a post from: Daily World Buzz
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MOSCOW (AFP) – Russia has blamed “unfriendly” behaviour by Britain for sparking the tit-for-tat expulsion of a diplomat from each side in the latest espionage row between the two countries. “The British side took an unfriendly step by declaring one of the diplomats of our London embassy persona-non-grata, without any foundation,” the Russian foreign…
Continue reading …AirFlick allows streaming of arbitrary media, DVDs, even screencasting to the Apple TV (video)
December 22, 2010 No Comment
If you’ve run out of things to do with your Apple TV and have been using it as a hockey puck now that the lakes are getting solid, you’d better go dig it out of the snowbank. Following up on her iOS AirPlay hacks , Erica Sadun has released an alpha version of a tool called AirFlick which enables the playback of any ‘ol media files on an Apple TV. That’s demonstrated in a video below. Things aren’t perfect yet but already others are having a field day with the tool, the folks at TUAW figuring out how to not only stream whole DVDs to an Apple TV but their entire desktop image too by simply providing a VLC screen:// URL into the player. The quality looks a little iffy and, as you can see in the video below, it’s not entirely error-free. But, if you have the smallest little bit of patience, it’s sure worth a shot, eh? Continue reading AirFlick allows streaming of arbitrary media, DVDs, even screencasting to the Apple TV (video) AirFlick allows streaming of arbitrary media, DVDs, even screencasting to the Apple TV (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 22 Dec 2010 07:52:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Sony’s Music Unlimited subscription service ready to stream tunes to PS3s and Bravia TVs in the UK
December 22, 2010 No Comment
The UK and Ireland are today the first to get a taste of Sony’s big play for the online music market, the appropriately titled Music Unlimited . This new subscription service (
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Washington: The US has slapped fresh sanctions against Iran, targeting the country’s elite Revolutionary Guard force and energy and shipping sectors over its controversial nuclear and missile programmes. Sanctions were placed on the financial networks of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which is seen as a key driver of Iran’s suspected nuclear weapons programme; and the country’s national maritime carrier — the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL). “Both the IRGC and IRISL are major institutional participants in Iran’s illicit conduct and in its attempts to evade sanctions. We will therefore continue to target and expose their networks,” Stuart Levey, Under Secretary…
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ROME (Reuters) – Thousands of students gathered in Rome to protest a new university law on Wednesday as police blocked off large parts of the city centre to prevent a repeat of the violent clashes seen at a similar march a week ago. Last week’s demonstration saw cars torched, shop windows smashed and dozens injured in street battles between protestors and riot police after the initially peaceful march descended into some of the worst violence seen…
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Berlin – Britain trained a controversial paramilitary in Bangladesh, which has been repeatedly accused of large-scale human rights abuses, leaked United States diplomatic cables show. The cables, published by WikiLeaks, also show that Western governments were aware of the human rights abuses. ‘The British have been training RAB (Rapid Action Battalion) for 18 months in areas such as investigative interviewing techniques and rules of engagement,’ wrote James F Moriarty, the US ambassador to Dhaka, in a confidential cable from May 2009. The London-based Guardian newspaper noted that the RAB, established six years ago, has been accused by groups like Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International…
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