Who knew that Hollywood and the Pentagon sometimes shoot from the same storyboard, so to speak—one that casts war, and America’s role in same, in the best possible light (not to mention camera angles)? A lot of people, actually, including filmmakers … Related Entries December 21, 2010 Foreign Policy Review Suggests a Losing Effort December 21, 2010 Obama Scores a Victory, Along With Some Vindication
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Sounded to me like Scarborough was the actual target. Perhaps you'll agree. Here's the easily angered Ed Schultz on his radio show yesterday, lashing out at the so-called “No Labels” organization whose most prominent members include fellow MSNBC pundit and former Republican congressman Joe Scarborough ( audio here ) — read more
Continue reading …- Bret Michaels has finally proposed to his long time girlfriend Kristi Gibson on the finale of his reality show, “Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It.” The couple has been together for 16 years but it was an on-off relationship wherein they have two beautiful daughters Raine Elizabeth, 10, and Jorja Bleau, 5. The Bret Michaels Was Ready To Be A Husband is a post from: Daily World Buzz
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We know Windows CE jibes with ARM-based architecture, but full-blown Windows? Looks like everyone and their respective mothers today — to be specific, Bloomberg , AllThingsD , and the Wall Street Journal — are reporting “sources” that claim Microsoft is set to announce Windows compatibility with ARM chips, which currently rule the roost in the mobile and embedded scenes, and more importantly dominate the tablet market . So yeah, we get the need for such a merge, and it’d really put Microsoft in a smart position for lower-power devices, but here’s the catch: the products aren’t expected for some time — two years according to WSJ — as drivers need to be written for the hardware. Then again, this may all be for nothing. Cue another well-connected Microsoft reporter, ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley, who has a decidedly tamer prediction: a new Windows CE / Embedded Contact — you’ll remember we saw it running on a Tegra 2 tablet back at Computex — and maybe ARM support for Windows 8 (or Windows 8 “Lite”). In other words, no one has a clear, 100 percent idea of what to expect in January, so as we say, just stay tuned. [Thanks to everyone who sent this in] Microsoft to announce ARM-based Windows at CES? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 22:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Despite the soul-sucking process, this Congress has been one of the most productive and effective in recent history. Here’s a clip from the Washington Post in January, 2010: …this Democratic Congress is on a path to become one of the most productive since the Great Society 89th Congress in 1965-66, and Obama already has the most legislative success of any modern president — and that includes Ronald Reagan and Lyndon Johnson. The deep dysfunction of our politics may have produced public disdain, but it has also delivered record accomplishment. The productivity began with the stimulus package , which was far more than an injection of $787 billion in government spending to jump-start the ailing economy. More than one-third of it — $288 billion — came in the form of tax cuts, making it one of the largest tax cuts in history, with sizable credits for energy conservation and renewable-energy production as well as home-buying and college tuition. The stimulus also promised $19 billion for the critical policy arena of health-information technology, and more than $1 billion to advance research on the effectiveness of health-care treatments. In 2010, we’ve had Wall Street regulatory reform, repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, the new START treaty appears to have the votes for ratification, food safety bill was passed, student loan reform, extension of tax credits in the stimulus bill benefiting the poor and middle class for two more years, and we may yet still get a 9-11 responders bill passed in some form. These are not small accomplishments. And yet . Health care and Wall Street reform were far from the only shows in town. People will remember the 111th Congress as the best and most consequential of most of our lifetimes. And for those of us that had a front row seat? It was appalling, depressing, spirit-deadening, and completely sub-optimal. Go figure. I think it is best not to watch too closely. Perhaps so. Or, assuming the new tea party House of Representatives doesn’t de-fund everything as they’re wont to do, we might actually begin to see the benefits kick in, and begin to understand how significant it really was.
Continue reading …Paris Hilton Forced To Evacuate Flight to Maui-Paris Hilton and her boyfriend Cy Waits and other passengers were asked to deplane from a flight on Tuesday when a serrated knife was found onboard. According to Hilton, security was called when a big knife has been discovered by a passenger in a seat pocket before the Paris Hilton Forced To Evacuate Flight to Maui is a post from: Daily World Buzz
Continue reading …Kinect paired with Vuzix VR920 shades, creates zany virtual reality video game
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It was only a matter of time before Microsoft’s continually-hacked Kinect became embroiled in a VR simulation of some sort, and while we’re not riding light cycles quite yet, enterprising developer Nao_u has managed to put himself in the shoes (and short skirt) of a Japanese virtual pop icon. Mapping his every move onto the virtual skeleton of Vocaloid’s Miku Hatsune probably won’t impress you much at this stage of the game , but there’s the little matter of what Nao_u did next: he hooked up a pair of Vuzix VR920 LCD glasses to see through the digital diva’s eyes, too. Find the terribly cutesy video after the break, and fast-forward to 4:30 to watch Nao attempt to walk a narrow beam set atop a virtual skyscraper. Kinect paired with Vuzix VR920 shades, creates zany virtual reality video game originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:53:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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(CNN) — In the summer of 2007, two Palestinian groups — Fatah and Hamas — fought street battles in Gaza. Fatah, loyal to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, was losing. And a U.S. diplomatic cable indicates that “desperate, disorganized, and demoralized” Fatah members appealed to Israel to attack their rival. The cable quotes the head of the Israeli Security Agency, Yuval Diskin, as telling U.S. diplomats, “They are approaching a zero-sum situation, and yet they…
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Apparently it’s not good enough for bacteria to cause leprosy and tuberculosis any more, as scientists have been hard at work adapting the microorganisms for use as everything from microbial fuel cells to really, really small gears . Now, researchers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong have developed a way to use a colony of E.Coli for data storage and encryption. The technique involved placing data (in this case, The Declaration of Independence) in the DNA of bacterial cells, and can even harness site specific genetic recombination to encrypt the data. That said, the technology is still in its infancy: retrieving the info is “tedious and expensive,” according to Cambridge University’s Tim Middleton, and there is still the possibility that as organisms mutate, so will the data. Currently the only application of all this is the storage of copyright info in genetically engineered organisms, although further research might yield a bacterial storage medium that could survive the electromagnetic pulses and radiation of nuclear fallout. Scientists developing E.Coli bacteria that stores, encrypts data originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Republican-leaning states will gain at least a half dozen House seats thanks to the 2010 census, which found the nation’s population growing more slowly than in past decades but still shifting to the South and West.
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