Gartner’s global phone sales rankings match IDC’s, but say the big guys have less of the pie
November 10, 2010 No Comment
At a 30,000-foot level, the global mobile phone sales numbers for the third quarter of 2010 just released by Gartner match up with what IDC posted a few days ago, but you might say the devil’s in the details. These guys have all of the top five players — Nokia, Samsung, LG, Apple, and RIM — at noticeably lower total market shares than IDC did, suggesting that second-tier players like Sony Ericsson, Motorola, and HTC (if you can really call them “second-tier”) are grabbing more hearts and minds. And hey, considering Motorola’s prominent role at Verizon and HTC’s ever-growing global presence, we could totally believe it. Notably, Nokia is well below 30 percent in Gartner’s report at 28.2, a whopping drop of 8.5 percent year-over-year — way more than the 4.1 percent drop that IDC’s got pegged. Of course, there’s no way of knowing which of the two reports is more accurate — and you know how margins of error work with these things. Hey, at least the rankings are the same, right? Gartner’s global phone sales rankings match IDC’s, but say the big guys have less of the pie originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Nov 2010 12:06:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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The former fun seekers of the Carnival Splendor are cruising again, but just barely. After two days adrift, the ship began moving again Tuesday when the first of several Mexican tugboats arrived. (Nov. 10)
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Photo: Wagner Machado Carlos Lemes / CC Sometimes when researchers explore the array of complex and fascinating creatures on this planet, what they find has power to renew our sense of wonder about nature, and even to change the way we look at life itself — but then again, it’s not always so on the ball. Still, scientists recently uncovered … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Sure, it’s one thing to build a Game Boy emulator out of what is typically viewed as a limited-purpose language for enhancing website interactivity for the usual emulator-building reasons: you like video games, you’re trying to impress the ladies. But just to prove a point? Imran Nazar is building a Game Boy emulator out of JavaScript to show how far the language has come, particularly with the fancy new stuff HTML5′s tag allows for, and to see if it would be possible to fully emulate a Game Boy from the CPU up. Sure, HTML5 has already proven useful for straight games, but an entire architecture? Turns out, it’s pretty possible, and Imran has an excellent multi-part tutorial for how he’s doing it. Right now there’s a nearly playable version of Tetris, and pretty soon we’ll all be playing Zelda in our web browsers and that time when we tried to build an HTML table from scratch to show a few of our favorite animated GIFs on our GeoCities page will only be a distant memory… Game Boy emulator being developed in JavaScript by a very smart person originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Nov 2010 11:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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The death toll from the volcano erupting on Mount Merapi in Indonesia climbed over 190 Wednesday, as officials added those killed from heart and breathing problems. The ash cloud forced international flight cancellations. (Nov. 10)
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Stars of new prison break thriller ‘The Next Three Days,’ Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks, Liam Neeson and Olivia Wilde, attend the film’s New York premiere. (Nov.10)
Continue reading …Fast Food Wrappers and Popcorn Bags Leach Fire-Fighting Chemical into Food
November 10, 2010 No Comment
Image: SlinkyDragon via Flickr The evils of fast food are seemingly endless: they are hazards to both our health and to the environment , and who knows what the consequences of all the preservatives are. But now, turns out the packaging also leaches its … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Actor Scott Porter is adding some mystery and intrigue to ‘The Good Wife’ as a private eye who butts heads with Kalinda on the CBS show. (Nov. 9)
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Image credit: Transition Town Wivenhoe With a live webcam of horrific chicken cruelty fresh in my memory, I’ve been thinking a lot about my own experiences of backyard chicken keeping . While I can’t now imagine not having fresh eggs, fertilizer, waste disposal and companionship provided by the ladies in the backyard, I do remember a time when I was incredibly in… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …There are battles galore going on in the House Dem caucus : Two House Democrats are circulating a letter asking Democratic leaders to push their party’s leadership elections for the next Congress until December. Reps. Marcy Kaptur (D- Ohio) and Peter Defazio (D-Oregon) say in the letter that the “historic results” of the Democrat’s 60-seat loss in the House is one reason to push back leadership selection. The letter comes as the soon-to-be former House Democratic majority leaders are embroiled in a controversy over who will lead the Democrats when the House changes to Republican hands in January. Defazio is a known critic of the Democratic leadership and has vocalized his opposition to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D- California) remaining in a leadership role. Kaptur has occasionally broken with leadership, but her spokesman told CNN that Kaptur’s request to delay the elections is not about Pelosi, but about giving Democratic members some time to return to Washington and discuss future moves for all leadership slots before any decisions are made. That’s just part of the fight. There’s an actual racial fight going on for Minority Whip between Steny Hoyer and James Clyburn, the second in command to the Minority Leader (from Don Surber ): Hoyer is releasing the names of his backers. And Hoyer seems to have 4 backers for every backer of Clyburn. Come January, about one-fourth of the Democrats in the House will belong to the Congressional Black Caucus — and it is not because the caucus is adding more Democrats to its rolls. Today,
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