Jabra rolls out Stone2 on November 21st, just as UFO-like as the original
November 10, 2010 No Comment
Bluetooth headsets look strange enough hanging off your ear as it is, so why not maximize the shock factor? Jabra’s Stone is equal parts strange and elegant, and it would appear that the newly-announced Stone2 is making no attempt to diverge from that formula. Apart from some minor tweaks, the overall curved design and matching charging dock appear to be largely unchanged from the original model, but the Stone2′s claim to fame is the fact that it’s now a completely touch-free experience to use: if a call comes in, you just say “answer” or “ignore” and the phone will do your bidding. Never mind the fact that the people around you at the coffee shop are more convinced than ever that you’re talking to yourself, we suppose. Look for it in AT&T stores on the 21st of this month for $129.99. Jabra rolls out Stone2 on November 21st, just as UFO-like as the original originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Nov 2010 17:52:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Chris Matthews’ New Thrill: Host Hyperbolically Compares Valerie Plame Movie to Casablanca
November 10, 2010 No CommentHardball host Chris Matthews on Monday rhapsodized over Fair Game, the new Sean Penn movie about the Valerie Plame scandal, even going so far as to compare the film to the classic Casablanca. In
Continue reading …At Textiles Conference, Sincerity and Sustainability Promise to Move Fashion Industry Forward
November 10, 2010 No Comment
Photo credit: John Patrick During the two-day Sustainable Textiles Conference held the last week of October in New York City, dozens of international companies attended the “transformation” conference where the Organic Exchange—the non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the sustainable development of textiles— officially became the Textile Exchange . The scope of the organization is now much larger; it will now serve as “the non-profit convener, catalyst, and market-maker for the overall sustainable textile industry worldwide,” while still keeping organic cotton as… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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UNIVERSITY students smashed their way into British Prime Minister David Cameron's party headquarters in London during a chaotic protest against the government's plans to triple tuition fees. Thousands of demonstrators besieged 30 Millbank, running riot through the 1960s office building near Parliament, which houses the Conservative Party. Vastly outnumbered, police were powerless to stop the protesters smashing their way through the entire three-sided glass frontage, storming in and wrecking the lobby. Running amok, several…
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We’re all expecting iOS 4.2 to hit sometime this week and bring AirPlay streaming with it, and it looks like iHome is getting prepared — the company just updated its AirPlay speaker dock page with more info. The iW1, as it’s been named, is much slicker than its minimalist looks would suggest: the portable speaker system features a built-in lithium-ion battery with an inductive charging base so you can just grab and go, Bongiovi Accoustics audio, capacitive touch controls and support for iHome’s iOS configuration apps, and a USB port for charging and local audio playback. Oh, and it can stream music from iOS devices and iTunes using AirPlay, of course. Sadly, there’s still no price or ship date, but if this thing is priced anywhere close to earth we’d say the Sonos S5 has got itself some serious competition. iHome’s iW1 AirPlay dock gets detailed originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Nov 2010 17:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …There’s no way this gets into law : A presidential commission’s leaders proposed a $3.8 trillion deficit-cutting plan that would trim Social Security and Medicare, reduce income-tax rates and eliminate tax breaks including the mortgage-interest deduction. The plan would overhaul the federal budget by throwing out hundreds of tax breaks for items such as capital gains and child care. It would raise the gas tax, slash defense spending and bring down health-care costs by clamping down on medical malpractice suits. The Social Security retirement age would be raised to 68 in about 2050 and 69 in about 2075. Dead on arrival. There may be some good stuff in there, but there’s too much focus on revenue generation and not enough focus on spending cuts. Cut spending.
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Someone call Focus on the Family: A newly published set of findings from a long-running study out of UCLA shows a child abuse rate of zero percent in dual-mommy households. A pool of 78 teenage children with lesbian parents was studied.
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Photo: Flickr , CC Possibly More, After More Real-World Testing One of the many benefits of electric cars is that you get rid of many things that need maintenance and can break down (a lot of mechanics will probably be sad about that). Hybrid and plug-in hybrid cars that combined electric motors and batteries with internal combustion engines don’t quite get the same benefits, but still get some. For example, the brake pads on most hybrids wear out very slowly because most of the braking is done with an electric… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Study finds that text message-addicted teens more likely to have a life
November 10, 2010 No Comment
According to a recent study lead by Dr. Scott Frank, an associate professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, kids in Cleveland who text over 120 times a day are more likely than to have had sex or to have used drugs or alcohol than kids who don’t send as many massages. We’re guessing it’s because it takes in excess of 120 text messages for kids to line up their drugs, alcohol, or sex partners. To explain the findings, Frank puts it this way: “If parents are monitoring their kids’ texting and social networking, they’re probably monitoring other activities as well.” The study, based on a survey of 4,200 students, is one of the first to look at the correlation between texting and risky behavior in teenagers. Study finds that text message-addicted teens more likely to have a life originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Nov 2010 17:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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