Rosa Parks is arrested in Montgomery, Alabama; Former communist official Sergei Kirov is assassinated in Leningrad; Beatlemania arrives in America; Actor and director Woody Allen is born. (Dec. 1)
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Well, well, look at what’s been added to a tentative agenda when the FCC meets on December 21st: net neutrality . Here’s how the item reads: Open Internet Order: An Order adopting basic rules of the road to preserve the open Internet as a platform for innovation, investment, competition, and free expression. These rules would protect consumers’ and innovators’ right to know basic information about broadband service, right to send and receive lawful Internet traffic, and right to a level playing field, while providing broadband Internet access providers with the flexibility to reasonably manage their networks. Presumably, a draft order is now circulating amongst attendees, the details of which are of the utmost concern for both consumers and wired / wireless providers alike. According to the AP, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski will outline his net neutrality proposal in a speech on Wednesday, with plans to bring the new rules to a full vote before the end of the year and ahead of the newly elected Republicans taking their seats in the House. FCC addressing net neutrality on December 21st originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 01 Dec 2010 03:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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A set of jewels once owned by American socialite Wallis Simpson, the woman who wooed King Edward VIII from the British throne, fetched nearly $12.5 million at auction in London. (Dec. 1)
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Continue reading the main story Inside North Korea Why border hot-spot is war relic US resorts to carrier diplomacy Hard choices for South Korea China’s muted response South Korea is planning to hold more military exercises, after its joint naval manoeuvres with the United States end in the Yellow Sea on Wednesday. Seoul officials said they were in talks with Washington to stage further naval drills, possibly as soon as this month….
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Article by WN.Correspondent Dallas Darling. “What that reveals is the profound hatred for democracy on the part of our political leadership…” -Noam Chomsky commenting on WikiLeaks’ recent revelations regarding United States diplomacy.(1) A story is told of a psychologist who was administering a projective test. (A projective test presents subjects with ambiguous stimuli and then interprets the meaning of such stimuli. The assumption is that the subject’s inner needs, feelings, desires, and perception of the world will be “projected” onto the stimuli.). The man being tested saw every one of the inkblots as either someone engaged in exploiting others, or people committing violent and…
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Adobe’s ubiquitous Flash Player has a new beta version out today that promises to complete the move to hardware acceleration of video played back using the web software. You’ll no doubt be aware that the current, non-beta Flash already does some offloading of video tasks to the GPU, but the new Stage Video API permits the entire workload to be shifted over, resulting in “just over 0 percent” CPU utilization when playing back 1080p clips. Should you doubt the veracity of Adobe’s bold new claims, the company’s set up some demo vids for you to test this out for yourself after downloading the beta — hit the source link to find out more. Windows, Mac and Linux machines are supported right out of the gate, while Microsoft gets an extra bone thrown its way with Internet Explorer 9 hardware acceleration also being implemented in this latest iteration of Flash. Full PR after the break. Continue reading Adobe Flash Player 10.2 beta arrives, expands hardware acceleration Adobe Flash Player 10.2 beta arrives, expands hardware acceleration originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 01 Dec 2010 02:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Turkish Foreign Minister also denies he predicted Israel wouldn’t remain independent for long
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By Robert Scheer Hillary Clinton should cut out the whining about what the Obama administration derides as “stolen cables” and confront the unpleasant truths they reveal about the contradictions of U.S. foreign policy and her own troubling performance. Related Entries November 30, 2010 WikiLeaks and the End of U.S. ‘Diplomacy’ November 30, 2010 Tough Times for Superpowers
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Prayers take place in dozens of Jewish communities over weekend. World Bnei Akiva emissaries in 30 countries across globe plan to insert special prayer, sent by Israel’s chief rabbis, to this week’s prayers
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Just in time for Christmas, unemployment benefits, which average $302.90 a week, are starting to run out for about two million Americans. Unless Congress acts, more will join their ranks. The Washington Post reports on what it’s like to tell your 9-year-old there aren’t going to be presents this year.
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