Continuing her journey around Australia, Oprah Winfrey goes sailing with Russell Crowe and reveals how she got stuck at the top of Sydney Harbour Bridge after her helicopter ran out of fuel. (Dec. 13)
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Amazon has left us with no choice: making sales conclusions based on a single additional letter. The company, notoriously vague on Kindle sales, has announced that “in just the first 73 days of this holiday quarter, we’ve already sold millions of our all-new Kindles.” In other words, at least two million , and more for Kindle overall if you consider DX (still on sale) and the recent lightning deal blowout of the Kindle 2. Amazon’s Department of Creative Statistics also noted that this elusive sales figure is greater than all its Kindle sales in 2009. How many is that, you ask? No idea — we know “millions” were sold between 2007 and 2009 , but parsing it out further would only unravel a mystery Encyclopedia Brown has been spending pages and pages to solve — and still has a ways to go. New Kindle sells ‘millions,’ bests all 2009 Kindle sales originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 13 Dec 2010 12:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Masked French gendarmes detained a 17-year-old who took a class full of preschoolers hostage, releasing all the children safely after hours of tense negotiations that drew nationwide attention. (Dec. 13)
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Photo by evilthomthai via Flickr Creative Commons Fish living in waters off California’s coasts are changing the timing of their reproductive cycles, new studies show. Eighteen of the area’s most common species are spawning 15 to 62 days earlier than what was common in the 1950s, while eight other species are spawning between 15 and 38 days later. While experts aren’t sure why the trends are occurring, they’re eyeballing changes in water temperature as a culprit. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Judge throws out Paul Allen’s massive patent suit, Allen plans to continue
December 13, 2010 No Comment
Remember the massive patent lawsuit leveled at Apple, Google, AOL, Facebook, ebay, Netflix, and a number of other companies by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen? Well, it’s now hit something of a snag — a federal judge dismissed the case on Friday, stating that Allen’s suit “failed to identify the infringing products or devices with any specificity,” and that the court and defendants were basically “left to guess what devices infringe on the four patents.” For his part, Allen apparently plans to persevere with the patent fight, and said through a spokesman that the dismissal was merely a “procedural issue,” and that “the case is staying on track” — Allen now has until December 28th to file an amended complaint. Judge throws out Paul Allen’s massive patent suit, Allen plans to continue originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 13 Dec 2010 12:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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MetroPCS follows Cricket’s lead, launches Huawei’s Ascend budget Android phone
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Huawei’s really starting to make a splash in the American smartphone market, breaking into the Big Four with the launch of the T-Mobile Comet not long ago — but it’s the budget regionals where these guys might have a chance to dominate. MetroPCS has taken a cue from archrival Cricket in launching Huawei’s Ascend today, offering a 3.5-inch HVGA display, 3.2 megapixel camera, and microSD memory expansion to 16GB atop Android 2.1 . The $179 they’re asking seems a bit steep for the specs until you remember that MetroPCS offers its hardware contract-free — and it’ll save you a dime or two over the carrier’s name-brand Android offering, the Optimus M from LG. It’s available today; follow the break for the full press release. Continue reading MetroPCS follows Cricket’s lead, launches Huawei’s Ascend budget Android phone MetroPCS follows Cricket’s lead, launches Huawei’s Ascend budget Android phone originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 13 Dec 2010 12:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Coverage of Factory Farming & Animal Welfare Has Decreased US Meat Demand
December 13, 2010 No Comment
photo: 王 博齊 / Creative Commons This is really pretty encouraging: A new study from Kansas State University shows how increased media coverage of animal welfare issues in recent years has led to a decreased demand for meat in the United States. Increased awareness of how livestock are routinely treated through factory … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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British police search house of man who died in one of the blasts he is believed to have triggered. ‘He came to the attention of our committee for preaching extremist ideas,’ secretary of Islamic Center in south England says
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Green Gizmos on London’s “Green” Strata Tower Stephen Del Percio discusses a recent article in the Sydney Morning Herald , where British energy and building expert Roderic Bunn of Building Services Research and Information Association criticizes the Gizmo Green approach to green building:
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