How big is the Notion Ink Adam ‘s screen? Well, it depends on what time you looked at the company’s site today. If you were one of the unlucky folks who saw the image titled “preordernow.jpg,” the screen’s a tiny bit smaller and the bezel a tad larger than it is for all the fortunate peeps pre-ordering from the “preordernow1.jpg” pic that’s currently gracing the site. Now’s your chance, guys — go grab yourself the truly magical and revolutionary tablet whose specs change with the wave of a Photoshop airbrush. [Thanks, Andrew] Continue reading Notion Ink Adam gets caught Photoshopping its bezel away Notion Ink Adam gets caught Photoshopping its bezel away originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 09 Dec 2010 05:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Chairman of Holocaust survivors’ association condemns letter signed by rabbis, which prohibits rental, sale of property to non-Jews. ‘I remember Nazis throwing Jews out of apartments to create ghettos,’ he says
Continue reading …Samsung undecided about Gingerbread on Galaxy S, Google says hardware needs ‘similar’ to Froyo
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If the Nexus S is basically a Galaxy S in Gingerbread disguise, you’d think Samsung would be bursting at the seams to offer a software upgrade for all the phones it’s already sold from that family. Okay, you really wouldn’t, but you’d hope that would be the case, right? Well, Pocket-lint prodded Samsung on just that point and managed to finagle the following response from a local UK contact presumably speaking on behalf of the mothership: “In case a new version of Android operating system is publicly announced and released, Samsung will review the possibility of implementation of such new version to the existing Samsung products with Android operating system (“Update”). Such a review will be based on various factors including, without limitation, the overall effect of such Update to Samsung products, the system requirements, the structural limitations, and the level of cooperation from the component suppliers and the software licensors”. Right, so the Gingerbread launch and that whole new handset that’s coming in a week’s time , not public enough? And what’s “the overall effect” of a Gingerbread update beyond a group of very happy users? Samsung seems to be matching its country-mate LG in taking an evaluative approach to Gingerbread, though Google’s own Android lead developer is pretty definitive about the software, saying that “Gingerbread hardware needs are similar to Froyo.” So if your handset can run version F, it should have no trouble handling version G… no trouble other than its own maker. Continue reading Samsung undecided about Gingerbread on Galaxy S, Google says hardware needs ‘similar’ to Froyo Samsung undecided about Gingerbread on Galaxy S, Google says hardware needs ‘similar’ to Froyo originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 09 Dec 2010 04:51:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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SEOUL (AFP) – North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il and a top Chinese envoy Thursday touted “consensus” between the communist allies regarding the region's worst crisis in years, official media reported. China's most senior foreign policymaker Dai Bingguo visited Pyongyang as pressure intensifies on Beijing to rein in its unruly ally, after North Korea's deadly shelling of a South Korean island inflamed tensions on the peninsula. “The two sides reached consensus on bilateral relations and the situation on the Korean peninsula after candid and in-depth talks,” said a brief report from China's Xinhua news agency, datelined Pyongyang. North Korea's…
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By Stanley Kutler In our post-factual world, history has become another battlefield, with far-flung hostilities over cultural and political differences as well as the imperial adventures abroad. Related Entries December 9, 2010 Olbermann Comments the Special Out of Obama December 8, 2010 Obama Speaks Ill of His Allies
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Maybe he heard that the president called liberals like him “sanctimonious,” but Keith Olbermann is pretty worked up. Watch to the end if you want to see the claws come out. Related Entries December 9, 2010 Olbermann Comments the Special Out of Obama December 8, 2010 Obama Speaks Ill of His Allies
Continue reading …Intellectual Ventures begins tech patent offensive, files three lawsuits against nine companies
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We’ve always wondered why former Microsoft CTO Nathan Mhyrvold was stockpiling patents at his new company Intellectual Ventures , and it looks like we’re starting to find out why: in addition to licensing the entire portfolio to HTC and Samsung , IV’s just filed its first three patent lawsuits against nine tech companies. Details are sparse, but the first suit is against Symantec, McAfeee, Trend Micro, and Check Point Software, the second names Elpida Memory and Hynix, and the third is against Altera, Lattice Semiconductor, and Microsemi. We’d assume the patents in question are all super-technical in nature, but it’s really not the specifics we’re interested in — it’s more the fact that IV is starting to flex some muscle in the tech world, and that means a lot of money could change hands real fast. We’ll see what happens. Intellectual Ventures begins tech patent offensive, files three lawsuits against nine companies originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 09 Dec 2010 03:59:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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SEOUL/TOKYO – China and its ally North Korea reached a consensus on the Korean peninsula crisis after ‘candid’ talks in Pyongyang between Beijing’s top diplomat and North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, Chinese state media reported. State Councilor Dai Bingguo met the isolated North’s ailing leader in the capital Pyongyang for talks and “the two sides reached consensus on bilateral relations and the situation on the Korean Peninsula after candid and in-depth talks,” Xinhua news agency said….
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A 21-year-old Maryland man who federal authorities say was obsessed with jihad was arrested when he allegedly tried to detonate what he thought was a bomb at a military recruitment center. (Dec. 8)
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Majority of Israelis distrust elected leadership; 82% call government fight against fraud ineffective
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