Dell Streak Android 2.2 update imminent in UK, other territories on the way
November 13, 2010 No Comment
Looks like Japan’s not the only one that’ll have Froyo on a five-inch tabletphone this year — Dell’s official Facebook account confirms that Android 2.2 will be rolling out to the Dell Streak starting this very month. That date’s just for the UK, mind you, as other European territories (and likely the US) will have to wait an indeterminate amount of time to get their Stage UI on. That said, if you’re a particularly astute diner you may be able to get your sweet spoonful sooner than some, as just last evening Dell reportedly directed a number of Streak owners to the website pictured above. While that “Continue with Update” button reportedly doesn’t work at present and the website has since been pulled, it seems that Dell’s considering the idea of allowing users to directly download Android 2.2 themselves. See what the update might include in our gallery below. Gallery: Dell Streak Android 2.2 update teaser [Thanks, Naz] Dell Streak Android 2.2 update imminent in UK, other territories on the way originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 13 Nov 2010 15:13:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Bill Maher: ‘America’s Like A Dog – You Can’t Actually Explain Issues To It’
November 13, 2010 No CommentHBO's Bill Maher is clearly still reeling from the Democrat disaster in the midterm elections. On Friday's “Real Time,” the host compared America to a dog that “cannot understand actual words,” only “understands fear,” and can't have issues explained to it (video follows with transcript and commentary): read more
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An attorney who represents Myamar democracy leader Aung Ssan Suu Kyi says her release from detention today doesn’t mean the country has turned a corner, yet. (Nov. 13)
Continue reading …Perhaps this is how we need to handle airline safety:
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Verizon’s promised a 38-city LTE launch by the end of the year, and it looks like things are ramping up — we were just sent this ad for the LG VL600 and Pantech UML290 4G USB modems. We’ve seen the VL600 at the FCC and in the wild before — it’s dual mode CMDA / LTE modem that’ll work pretty much anywhere Verizon has coverage, while the UML290 has a note about global capability “coming soon,” so we’d assume there’s a GSM radio tucked in there as well. Both sticks look like they’re pretty huge, which isn’t uncommon for first-gen hardware like this, but we’re hoping that rumored third Novatel stick is LTE-only and a bit slimmer. We’ll see, we’ll see. Verizon’s Pantech and LG LTE modems leak out in ad form originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 13 Nov 2010 14:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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After two whole months of active campaigning, it is only now official. Rahm Emanuel, who returned to Chicago after resigning as White House chief of staff, has formally announced his intent to run as mayor of the Windy City. —JCL The Associated Press: Rahm Emanuel officially announced Saturday what everyone has known since he quit his job as White House chief of staff, hugged President Barack Obama and returned to Chicago: He’s in. To the surprise of no one, Emanuel, who has long talked about his desire to be mayor, told a packed auditorium at a school on Chicago’sNorth Side that he is running to succeed retiring Mayor Richard Daley. The election is Feb. 22. Emanuel represented the city’s North Side in Congress before he went to the White House. He has been actively campaigning in the city since his return about two months ago. Read more Related Entries November 12, 2010 ‘Left, Right & Center’: Debt Commission; Obama’s Overseas Bust November 12, 2010 Connecting the Dots on the Great Disconnect
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While jobs may be scarce in most parts of the country, look out for a boom in the exorcism sector. A shortage in the number of clergy who can perform the rite has led the Catholic Church to hold a conference and training in the sacred art of purging spirits from the possessed. —JCL The Associated Press: Citing a shortage of priests who can perform the rite, the nation’s Roman Catholic bishops are holding a conference on how to conduct exorcisms. The two-day training, which ends Saturday in Baltimore, is to outline the scriptural basis of evil, instruct clergy on evaluating whether a person is truly possessed, and review the prayers and rituals that comprise an exorcism. Among the speakers will be Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, and a priest-assistant to New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan. “Learning the liturgical rite is not difficult,” DiNardo said in a phone interview before the conference, which is open to clergy only. “The problem is the discernment that the exorcist needs before he would ever attempt the rite.” Read more Related Entries November 12, 2010 ‘Left, Right & Center’: Debt Commission; Obama’s Overseas Bust November 12, 2010 Connecting the Dots on the Great Disconnect
Continue reading …‘No Body’s Right, If Everybody’s Wrong’ – Wisconsin’s Republican Governor Opposes Biomass Power
November 13, 2010 No Comment
“The new 29MW Charter Street facility will use 250,000 tons of biomass fuel each year” Caption and image credit: BrighterEnergy.org Wisconsin’s newly-elected Republican Governor is opposed to funding the planned biomass-fired portion of a flex-fuel power plant on the UW Madison campus. He wants the cheaper, natural gas fired part to go forward, however, which will translate to cleaner emissions and capital cost savings. From an
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Contemporary Nicaraguan politics has always been mired in conflict, be it in response to natural disasters, U.S.-sponsored terrorism, or depressing and dire poverty. And now President Daniel Ortega is using a “contested interpretation” of the country’s constitution to try to stay in power, incensing his opposition. Ortega has irked many of his former allies, with one former rebel fighter planning to run against him and another taking up arms in the same mountains where civil war raged for years. —JCL The New York Times: President Daniel Ortega’s push to stay in power using a contested interpretation of the Constitution has reignited the furor of former contras who fought his Sandinista government in the 1980s, with one former rebel taking up arms in the mountains and another vowing to oust him at the polls. But in the absence of a post-cold-war sponsor, Nicaragua’s opposition is struggling to coordinate an electoral offensive against Mr. Ortega, whose approval ratings rose to 45 percent last month with the help of his Venezuelan-financed response to flooding that killed scores of people and forced thousands to flee their homes. Mr. Ortega’s critics contend that he is disregarding the Constitution and turning his role as the largest Central American beneficiary of Venezuela’s leftist president, Hugo Chávez, into political capital for next year’s vote, in November. Read more Related Entries November 12, 2010 ‘Left, Right & Center’: Debt Commission; Obama’s Overseas Bust November 12, 2010 Connecting the Dots on the Great Disconnect
Continue reading …The third annual Quartet Night at Christ Community Church in Laguna Hills will take place tonight at 6:30 pm.
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