Way back at Computex , a little orange tablet brazenly called the Tycoon seared our retinas and won our hearts. Now it’s going on to charm early adopting tableteers everywhere. Well, everywhere in Taiwan, anyway, with maker FIC indicating it will sell its first tablet on Saturday, priced at NT$19,800. That equates to roughly $660 American, for which you’ll get a 10.1-inch model with Windows 7 installed on a 120GB HDD, powered by an Atom N455 processor with 2GB of memory. The OS is said to have been adjusted to make it more finger friendly, though we don’t have any details on exactly how, nor do we know when this little guy might be making an appearance outside of Taiwan. We just hope they kept the tangerine sheen. FIC launches 10.1-inch Windows 7 Tycoon tablet, prices it at $660 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 Nov 2010 01:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …By Eugene Robinson “Why don’t they fight back?” That’s the question I’ve been hearing from the Democratic Party’s stunned and dispirited base. Related Entries November 11, 2010 Dishonoring Pat Tillman November 11, 2010 Big Brother Is Watching, Friending, Following You Online
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AWOL soldier Jeff Hanks said he walked away from the Army in the middle of a deployment to Afghanistan because his problems with anxiety and stress from combat have been ignored. On Veterans Day, he returned to face the consequences. (Nov. 11)
Continue reading …Matt Lauer Walks Rapper Kanye West Through Bush Apology — But Utterly Ignored NBC’s Fault in Airing His Racism Charge
November 12, 2010 No CommentOn Thursday's Today, NBC host Matt Lauer played an interview he taped with rapper Kanye West about his charge that President Bush didn't “care about black people.” Lauer began by implying strongly that Bush is strange to pick this out as his presidency's worst moments, when Bush was responsible for so many: “He was a two-term president who ran the country during Katrina, 9/11, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the financial meltdown – and he's pointing the finger at Kanye West and that incident, as the worst moment in his presidency.” Lauer failed to note at any time in this interview or the promotions of it that West said these scandalous, hurtful, and untrue words on the airwaves of NBC, at their invitation, and their refusal in any way to interrupt him or dispute him during their telethon for Katrina victims. While he walked West through an apology, Lauer offered no apology on NBC's behalf. At the time, Lauer lamely excused it as live television, and NBC had “Saturday Night Live' do a skit about it to take the sting out of the incident, and laugh it off. But the damage to Bush's image remained. West began: read more
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AP Pro Football Writer Barry Wilner takes a look ahead to three top games in the NFL this week. The Patriots travel to Pittsburgh, winless Buffalo is home for Detroit and Tennessee takes on Miami. (Nov. 11)
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We know it’s a little tough to get excited about a chip, even if that chip is the hotly anticipated Samsung Orion . Still, bear with us, because this isn’t your average slab of cellphone silicon — the Orion’s got a dual-core 1GHz ARM Cortex-A9 CPU and a quad-core Mali 400 GPU on board. We spotted it at the ARM Technology Conference this week where it was pimping “Linaro” Linux middleware , as well as some stock Android 2.2. Unfortunately, the development boards still have a few kinks, so representatives couldn’t show it pumping all those pixels to nearby HDTVs — though we did get a butter-smooth demo of Futuremark’s old Cyber Samurai benchmark running on the smaller screen. There are still rumors of this chip hitting some products late this year, but next year is much more likely. Either way, we’re expecting some pretty impressive benchmarks from this thing when it inevitably winds up in the next Galaxy Tab or a flagship phone of some sort . Gallery: Samsung Orion 1GHz SoC with Mali 400 GPU Samsung Orion dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 chip spotted in the wild originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 11 Nov 2010 23:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Passengers from the Carnival Splendor praise the crew but describe their experience as a “nightmare” vacation. Half a dozen tugboats finally dragged the cruise ship into San Diego Bay after a fire in the engine room Monday left it adrift. (Nov. 11)
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We know you’ve got questions, and if you’re brave enough to ask the world for answers, here’s the outlet to do so. This week’s Ask Engadget question is coming to us from Troy, who clearly longs to relive the glory days of WebTV. If you’re looking to send in an inquiry of your own, drop us a line at ask [at] engadget [dawt] com . “I can hardly believe I’m saying this, but I’ve got a curious desire for a good-to-great web browsing experience on my television. I know there are countless connected HDTVs out there, a few new Google TV options and the idea of using an HTPC. I’m not afraid of putting the legwork into hooking up a full-blown computer, but I’m trying to keep everything under $400 or $500, so that eliminates the high-end rigs with Blu-ray, CableCARD, and the like. I also am leaning towards the HTPC so I can have a standard user agent for viewing Hulu content, etc. Anyone in the same boat with any opinions?” With Google TV just hitting the marketplace, you’ve got more options than ever before. Hard to say just yet if that’s a boon or not, but surely a few readers have a couple pennies each to share on the matter. Toss out yours in comments below. Ask Engadget: best method for getting the internet on your HDTV? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 11 Nov 2010 22:55:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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