The top US military officer warned North Korea on Wednesday that the US commitment to helping South Korea defend itself is “unquestioned,” even as he pressed China to use its influence to push the communist North to change. (Dec. 8)
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Jewish group calls on journalism schools, professional organizations to no longer recognize former White House correspondent after she ‘clearly, unequivocally revealed herself as a vulgar anti-Semite’ in remarks to Arab American group
Continue reading …Rachel Maddow: ‘I’m Not Here to Cheerlead for Anybody’. She’s a Drum Major Instead.
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News organization or theater of the absurd? You decide. During an interview with her MSNBC colleague Ed Schultz on his radio show Nov. 30, broadcast from MSNBC studios in New York, Rachel Maddow said this about liberals in media — read more
Continue reading …Futuristic water bottle uses technology, science to let you know you’re thirsty
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The future is a scary place , yes — but one thing we don’t need to fear is being unaware that we’re thirsty. Research and development firm Cambridge Consultants will be showing off its intriguing “i-dration” concept fitness water bottle at CES in a few weeks, combining a series of sensors on the bottle itself that communicate with an app you’ve got installed on your smartphone. The bottle will measure ambient temperature, how much fluid you’ve pounded, and how often you’ve consumed it; the phone, meanwhile, will use its accelerometer to measure how hard you’re working out and combine that with heart rate data from a chest strap. After crunching some numbers, the app determines whether you’re low on H2O — and if you are, it’ll make a blue light on the bottle pulse. If it seems like a roundabout way to stay hydrated… well, that’s because it is, but Cambridge’s angle is that this is a demonstrator for cool new ways that sensors can be tightly packed and integrated with smartphones to create “hardware apps.” Speaking of, we could use a tall, cool glass of water. Follow the break for the full press release. Continue reading Futuristic water bottle uses technology, science to let you know you’re thirsty Futuristic water bottle uses technology, science to let you know you’re thirsty originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 08 Dec 2010 08:06:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Locking iPad case makes your tablet far less portable, attractive, and enticing to thieves
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Sick and tired of hauling your iPad into a dodgy work environment, scared to even leave it in your desk drawer for half a minute while you scurry across the office for a cup of scorched coffee? Never mind finding a new career — just fill out the paperwork necessary to pack a concealed weapon and head over to Mac Locks . You see, the aforesaid site is now carrying what it calls the world’s first locking iPad case — a plastic shell that can be closed via lock and tethered to pretty much anything via a coated steel cable. Once it’s secured, the only way to remove the tablet is the right way, or the fast way , with the breaking-and-entering method rendering the device worthless. The case itself can be had for $39.95, whereas the case / cable bundle is going for $64.95. But hey, it’s hard to put a price on peace of mind, ya know? Continue reading Locking iPad case makes your tablet far less portable, attractive, and enticing to thieves Locking iPad case makes your tablet far less portable, attractive, and enticing to thieves originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 08 Dec 2010 07:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Inventec ships 60,000 Chrome OS netbooks to Google, says let the testing begin!
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Chrome OS , or “Chrome without any OS getting in its way” as we like to call it around these parts, finally got its first bit of dedicated hardware yesterday in the Cr-48 testing device . This not-for-sale, unbranded laptop will be distributed to developers and curious onlookers via the Chrome OS Pilot Program, which we already warned you will have a limited number of machines available. Now we can be a little more precise about that limitation with official word from Inventec placing current shipments to Google at a total of around 60,000. That’s not to say that it’ll be the final tally of Cr-48s, if anything this just means there’s decently rich availability for the starting cohort of recipients, but we know you like numbers so thought we might as well share that one with you. Inventec ships 60,000 Chrome OS netbooks to Google, says let the testing begin! originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 08 Dec 2010 06:52:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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According to leaked document, IDF chief of staff told diplomatic sources Shiite Lebanese group was involved in attempted attack on Israeli convoy. UN coordinator fears UNIFIL won’t be able to contain clash on border
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President joins PM Netanyahu in condemning ruling against selling or renting apartments to Arabs. MK El Sana calls rabbis ‘scum of the earth’
Continue reading …Samsung Gloria to be a 10-inch Windows 7 tablet with slide-out keyboard?
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Like a netbook, only not. The latest thing to drop into our “crazy rumor” inbox is the Windows 7 tablet conceptualized above. Blogeee have it on the authority of two separate sources that Samsung is planning a 10-inch slate device dubbed Gloria, which would run Windows 7 and have a slide-out keyboard. What you see above is only a mockup of how this Gloria might appear — if she ever does appear at all — including a supposed Samsung software overlay to make Windows 7 that little bit more touch-friendly. We’ve yet to find any other corroboration for this beyond Blogeee ‘s sources, so treat it as the unconfirmed bit of salacious info that it is, but if you must feel hopeful about the future, March and April are the months mentioned for a potential release. Samsung Gloria to be a 10-inch Windows 7 tablet with slide-out keyboard? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 08 Dec 2010 06:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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