A crowd gunning for Black Friday sales at a Target in Buffalo pile up just inside the door, pinning people to the ground. A camera from a local television station caught the unruly scene. (Nov. 30)
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A crowd gunning for Black Friday sales at a Target in Buffalo pile up just inside the door, pinning people to the ground. A camera from a local television station caught the unruly scene. (Nov. 30)
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WASHINGTON—US President Barack Obama faced off with his top Republican foes on Tuesday, groping for elusive compromise on taxes and a landmark arms control deal with Russia in their first post-election summit. The White House meeting, billed by Obama as the start of a new relationship with Republicans since voters routed his Democratic allies in the November 2 ballot, was not expected to yield any major breakthroughs. Amid deep voter anger at the sour US economy, neither side has shown much inclination to compromise on whether and how to tackle massive tax cuts passed in 2001 and 2003 with a built-in expiration…
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What experts say about the Institute of Medicine’s new recommendations for vitamin D and calcium.
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Despite the more recent releases of the Curve 8500 series and the Curve 3G , RIM has never really offered up a true successor to the venerable Curve 8900 — a device some would argue remains the prettiest that Waterloo has ever manufactured. Indeed, with the QVGA display and meager cam on the 3G, there’s a pretty magnificent gap between it and the business-class Bold 9700 / 9780… so we’re pretty excited to see a new model called the Curve 8980 get FCC approval. Oh, and what’s more, the filing’s now got access to a user’s manual and external shots where you can definitely picture this as being a proper optical pad-equipped follow-on to the 8900 of old, complete with a 3.2 megapixel cam with flash and — if we had to guess — a high-res display adopted either from the 9780 or the 8900. No word on a release, but here’s the kicker: as far as we can tell from the filing, it’s EDGE-only just like the device it replaces, which is pretty inexcusable for a device that’d presumably be released in 2011. Add 3G, though, and they’ve got a desperately-needed new model to slot in underneath the Bold. BlackBerry Curve 8980 shows up in FCC, offers some glam shots originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 30 Nov 2010 12:59:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Infinity I-Kitchen sports Linux-based touch screen computer, kitchen sink still not included
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We’ve seen ridiculous fridge concepts from Electrolux before and covered Linux running on all types of gadgets , so it’s only natural that the OS has found its way into an icebox developed by Electrolux’s Brazilian subsidiary in partnership with ProFusion Embedded Systems. Dubbed the Infinity I-Kitchen, it sports a Linux-based 800 x 480 touchscreen computer built around a 400Mhz Freescale i.MX25 SoC — which itself is based on 400MHz ARM926EJ-S core and already used in some automotive systems. The touch UI was developed by the open source organization Enlightenment Foundation Libraries and allows users to control a variety of fridge functions like internal temperature in addition to running apps for notes, calendars, contacts, photos, and recipes. All of the particular open source code modifications developed for the fridge have also been shared back with the community in Tux-approved fashion and will soon be posted to Electrolux’s site too. Unfortunately, there’s no mention however of features like internet connectivity (WiFi or otherwise), USB ports, or SD Card slots being on the appliance. Likewise, details on pricing or availability are also unknown, so your iPhone can hold off on making those the jealousy-fueled fat jokes for now. Infinity I-Kitchen sports Linux-based touch screen computer, kitchen sink still not included originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 30 Nov 2010 12:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Image Credit: Green Building Advisor From LEED towers to single family houses, the problem is the same; Some complain that the buildings don’t save enough energy. Building envelope expert Joe Lstiburek complains that LEED wants buildings to be too ventilated. Why? “Because of activists on the LEED committee that say everything in a building is unhealthy and sick.” Meanwhile, others complain that sealing up buildings a… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Anne Hathaway, Natalie Portman, Hilary Swank and Paul Rudd were among the stars attending the 20th annual Gotham Independent Film Awards in New York. (Nov. 30)
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Photo credit: Wikipedia /Creative Commons Lonesome George is quite a character. He’s a Pinta Island tortoise, and, as Brian noted when he visited a few years ago , he’s the last of this breed. Yep, that means when he’s gone, that’s it — his species will be lost to the world forever. That doesn’t mean that all hope for him or his kind is lost, though…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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