Police say a 9-year-old boy in southwestern Virginia was forced to sleep in a backyard shed as a form of discipline. The boy’s step-grandparents and parents have been charged. The child is in foster care. (Nov. 10)
Continue reading …Dell Venue Pro has a microSD card slot, you’ll just need to void your warranty to use it
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Remember the good chap that brought us pictorial evidence of the Venue Pro in Microsoft stores on Monday? Well, he was fortunate enough to snag one of those precious devices for himself and today he’s back on the path of spreading enlightenment by revealing that Dell’s 4.1-inch WP7 slider comes with a microSD card slot. Storage expandability is something of a running joke backstory for Windows Phone 7, with HTC hiding its expansion slots deeply within the 7 Mozart and HD7 and Samsung’s more readily accessible one on the Focus also throwing up issues . The Venue Pro’s approach is closer to Samsung’s, insofar as you don’t have to tear down the phone to stick a new microSD card inside it, but it does expect you to bust through a warranty sticker to get at the port. So it’s there and can be used, but the risk will be all yours if you do. [Thanks, dawookie] Dell Venue Pro has a microSD card slot, you’ll just need to void your warranty to use it originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Nov 2010 04:51:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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President Obama acknowledged during a visit to Indonesia that US relations are still frayed with the Islamic world despite his best efforts at repair. He urged all sides to look beyond “suspicion and mistrust” to fight terrorism. (Nov. 9)
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Does that look like a 10.1-inch Galaxy Tab to you? Sure does to us though Tech-on! is calling it an “electronic book reader” prototype from Samsung. Thing is, when was the last time you made a 3G video call using a dedicated ebook reader? The 10.1-inch panel is a 1.8-mm thick LCD prototype on display right now at the FPD International trade show in Japan. It features a 1,024 x 600 pixel panel resolution, 250nits brightness, and covers 50% of the NTSC color gamut. And while this particular slim panel won’t be ready for commercialization for another two or three years, there’s nothing stopping Samsung from bunging a production-ready LCD into the 10-inch Galaxy Tab promised for 2011. Check the new LCD in profile after the break. Continue reading 10.1-inch Galaxy Tab teased with prototype panel? 10.1-inch Galaxy Tab teased with prototype panel? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Nov 2010 03:48:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …BIAC’s C71 EV has hot-swappable battery packs and a questionable sense of style
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Electric cars hold the potential to eliminate your monthly gasoline bill, but if you want to go more than 100 miles or so at this point you’d better plan to make a bunch of lengthy pit-stops along the way. There are various solutions, like the Volt ‘s on-board generator or Nissan’s offer to replace your Leaf with something a little more traditional for long weekend trips into the country. But, to us, battery swapping seems like the best plan. Better Place is the leader in this space but BAIC, the Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Company, is showing off its own solution, the charmingly named C71 EV that looks like what might happen if a SAAB and a Toyota spent a crazy night together in Shanghai. It’s a $45,000 car with a 60Ah floor-mounted battery pack that can be swapped in just five minutes, each delivering 150km (93 miles) of range and can naturally be charged by more traditional means (a plug) should you not be in such a hurry. The car is said to be available sometime next year, but we’ve heard that one before. BIAC’s C71 EV has hot-swappable battery packs and a questionable sense of style originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Nov 2010 03:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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By Robert Scheer The Harvard MBA is the degree that George W. Bush and his last treasury secretary, Henry Paulson, had in common, and their shared ignorance as they presided over the collapse of the U.S. economy is on full display in the former president’s newly published memoir. Related Entries November 8, 2010 Wanted: Mojo All Around November 8, 2010 A Recipe for Fascism
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Singapore Airlines says it will be changing its A380 Rolls Royce engines in the wake of the incident during a Qantas flight. Singapore Airlines (SIA) announced on Wednesday that it plans to switch the engines on three of its Airbus A380 planes as a “precautionary” measure after finding oil stains on them, almost a week after Qantas, its Australian rival, grounded its own A380 fleet due to an engine failure. “Based on further analysis of inspection findings as the investigation into last week’s incident involving another operator’s Airbus A380 is progressing, Singapore Airlines will be carrying out precautionary engine changes on three A380s,” the carrier said in a statement. Qantas’s six…
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We were promised a 7-inch Super AMOLED display at FPD 2010 and Samsung has duly delivered. What’s less predictable about this yummy new hardware’s debut, however, is the fact that it was built right into a Galaxy Tab. Yes, our postulations that Samsung intends to spruce up its ” pocket-friendly ” slate with a 1200 x 600 resolution and an extra lick of hyper-advanced screen technology seem to have been spot on, as OLED-Display reports the device on show was indeed the company’s “next generation” Tab. We only wish there was more than just that one image — we’ll be hounding the internet for more, rest assured! Samsung 7-inch Super AMOLED panel showcased on ‘next gen’ Galaxy Tab originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Nov 2010 02:52:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has decided to begin publicly walking away from what it once touted as key deadlines in the war in Afghanistan in an effort to de-emphasize President Barack Obama’s pledge that he would begin withdrawing U.S. forces in July 2011, administration and military officials have told McClatchy Newspapers. The new policy will be on display next week during a conference of NATO countries in Lisbon, Portugal, where the administration hopes to introduce a timeline that calls for…
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Got yourself a big new Windows Phone 7 device and need something to fill its screen with? Sling Media has your back with its SlingPlayer Mobile app, which has hit the Marketplace just in time to earn its Launch App Partner achievement. Pricing for the software is set at $30 in the US, C$32 in Canada,
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