What are we to make of the recent outburst of aggression between the two Koreas? And while we’re on the subject of puzzling moments in international diplomacy, what exactly is America’s goal in Afghanistan? Related Entries November 24, 2010 More News, Less Turkey November 19, 2010 ‘Left, Right & Center’: Bad-Touched by TSA
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Kansas City police say a couple thwarted a man’s attempt to steal their car with their 6-month-old baby inside. Police say the mother ran to the car and smashed the window. The father jumped through the window and kicked the man in the head. (Nov. 26)
Continue reading …Hasselblad H4D-40 Stainless Steel medium format camera: limited to 100 units, priced at €13,990
November 27, 2010 No Comment
Wondering just how large a premium that Ferrari badge was adding to Hasselblad’s Ferrari-branded H4D ? Oh, around €7,500 (if not more). Hot on the heels of the aforesaid announcement, Hasselblad has just revealed yet another variant of the famed H4D-40, with the Stainless Steel edition offering a classy, classic motif and another limited run item for collectors to snatch up. Only 100 of these will be produced, with each one selling for €13,990 ($18,497) sans lens or €14,990 ($19,809) with the HC 2.8/80 mm. If this guy’s more “within reach” than the Italian-inspired alternative, hit up your local dealer as soon as humanly possible… or just before your 100 closest friends, anyway. Continue reading Hasselblad H4D-40 Stainless Steel medium format camera: limited to 100 units, priced at €13,990 Hasselblad H4D-40 Stainless Steel medium format camera: limited to 100 units, priced at €13,990 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 26 Nov 2010 20:42:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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It’s been a while since the four Pirate Bay founders lost their case in a Stockholm district court — April 2009, to be more precise. The verdict was of course appealed, but alas, it was not to be. A Swedish appeals court has upheld the original ruling but changed the sentencing. Three of the quartet have had their jail time reduced: Fredrik Neij gets ten months, Peter Sunde eight months, and Carl Lundstrom four (Gottfrid Svartholm was too ill at the time of the hearing; his “criminal liability” will be determined later, according to BBC News ). The fine, however, has been upped from the original 30 million kronor to 46 million (US $6.4m). That’s seriously going to cut into their Black Friday shopping plans , but hey, we know a great way to pick up the Adobe suite. Well, maybe not. Pirate Bay founders lose appeal: jail time reduced, fines raised originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 26 Nov 2010 19:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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After a day of overindulgence in food and drink, many Americans observe the nutty consumerist tradition known as Black Friday around the country. Here’s a montage of some of the most frightening mass stampedes in recent history. Related Entries November 11, 2010 The High Cost of Low Prices August 17, 2010 Eat Pray Buy
Continue reading …Top Ten Signs the Taliban Leader You’re Negotiating With is an Imposter
November 26, 2010 No Comment
Click here to view this media I’m always glad to see our court jesters like Letterman and Stewart and Colbert do their best to make sure something that the public should be paying attention to doesn’t fly under the radar. David Letterman did just that with this Top Ten segment and so you didn’t have to be a reader of The Nation or watch Rachel Maddow’s show to know the U.S. screwed the pooch on this one. How we ended up negotiating with some fake Taliban leader is beyond me but as Scahill pointed out, it doesn’t bode well for any of our supposed intelligence on the ground in Afghanistan.
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SEOUL (Reuters) – China said on Friday it was determined to prevent an escalation of this week’s violence on the Korean peninsula but warned against military acts near its coast as U.S. and South Korean forces prepared for exercises in the Yellow Sea. South Korean soldiers walk along a barbed wire fence to their checkpoint near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas in Paju, about 52 km (32 miles) north of Seoul, November 26, 2010. (REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon) North Korea, stepping up its rhetoric just days after it shelled a South Korean island, said the four-day naval drills starting on Sunday risked pushing the region towards war. The U.S. military said the exercises, planned…
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President Hamid Karzai's chief of staff has said British authorities brought a fake Taliban commander into…
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Following a consumer uproar, Apple Inc. quietly took down a controversial—and conservative—app on Friday called the Manhattan Declaration, which includes a feature that informs users that they’re wrong if they support same-sex relationships.
Continue reading …Netfllix executive reveals the method behind its multiple PS3 UI madness
November 26, 2010 No Comment
Netflix doesn’t make a move without testing things out first, which is evidenced by the many variations seen in its recently unveiled Watch Instantly interface for the PlayStation 3 , pricing and even website redesigns . Chief Product Officer Neil Harris opened up about the company’s methodology in an answer on Quora, revealing it is currently delivering three different UIs for the PS3 and that testing often indicates simplicity trumps completeness. The idea is to find out more about people’s tastes and how quickly they discover information as elements are moved around, though as proud as they are, we’d still prefer some choice in the matter instead of rolling the dice every time we load the service. Netfllix executive reveals the method behind its multiple PS3 UI madness originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 26 Nov 2010 18:50:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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