Joe Scarborough has taken a decidedly cynical view of Sarah Palin's public musings about the possibility of a 2012 presidential run.
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Photo: jacco1997/Instructables.com Alchemy Goods –makers of recycled accessories from upcycled materials–is hosting an Inner Tube Reuse Contest with Instructables.com and the submissions have already started to roll in. Among them is an innovative way to use, well, recycled bike inner tubes as shoelaces (via Craftszine ): … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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You know tablets have officially become a mainstream craze when even the reserved, serious types over at the Financial Times start splashing subsidies around to stimulate their ownership. We’ve just heard that a $480 purse of gold coins will be extended to any FT workers who decide to purchase an iPad or another tablet between now and the end of June 2011, reportedly in an effort to help the paper’s staff become “expert and experienced in using them.” We already knew the FT , which happens to have its own iPad and Galaxy Tab apps, saw slate devices as an important piece of the puzzle that is our future, and this move cements that attitude in place. Paper’s dead, long live electronics-filled plastic. FT subsidizes employee iPads, wants them to keep up with the times originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 18 Nov 2010 07:57:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Government sources say Jerusalem, Washington close to agreement on American incentives package aimed at convincing hard-liners to back settlement construction moratorium. ‘Pressure on Bibi increasing daily,’ official says
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The Nobel Peace Prize committee says the award may not be handed out this year because no one from prize winner Liu Xiaobo’s family is likely to attend the ceremony. (Nov. 18)
Continue reading …Orb TV is the $99 video streamer that will do Netflix and Hulu, but not HD
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Your Apple TVs and your Google TVs hold a lot of potential, but their limited access to content freely available to any ‘ol PC and Mac is what you’d call a bit of a problem. The latest product from Orb fixes that by being a simple media streamer, relying on a computer elsewhere on the network to pull that content locally before turning around and pumping it back out to the company’s new Orb TV coaster, which in turn displays it on your actual TV. Since the content is hitting the computer first (the “Orb Caster”) Hulu is available on-tap, but somewhere along the way support for HD video quality goes out the window: this thing maxes out at VGA. Sure, you can already do this with your TVersity’s and the like , but the Orb TV is a lot smaller than your average media extender hardware, has a very handy remote control app for the iPhone (Android coming soon), and kindly will support multiple Orb devices on the same network. Best of all? It’s shipping right now, so make with the clicking and get your Gleek on. Orb TV is the $99 video streamer that will do Netflix and Hulu, but not HD originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 18 Nov 2010 07:06:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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ZURICH (AP) — FIFA has suspended two officials from voting for World Cup hosts in 2018 and 2022 after completing an…
Continue reading …ViewSonic’s trade-in program: send in your laptop for a ViewPad discount
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No thanks. ViewSonic’s trade-in program: send in your laptop for a ViewPad discount originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 18 Nov 2010 06:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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A Swedish prosecutor is seeking a court order to detain Wikileaks founder Julian Assange for questioning in connection with a rape case. A warrant was issued in August, then dropped, before the case was…
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The hajj was winding down in Saudi Arabia Thursday with some of those taking part performing a ritual stoning of the devil in Mina. (Nov. 18)
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