By the end of next year, toys won’t be allowed in many kid’s fast-food meals in San Francisco. That’s because the city has voted to bar fast-food restaurants from including them in meals that don’t meet stiffer nutritional guidelines. (Nov. 9)
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RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie finally gave us a crucial bit of information about the BlackBerry Playbook this morning: price, or at least a threshold. According to a Korean interview, Balsillie said that RIM’s 7-inch tablet will be “very competitively priced” with Bloomberg quoting the man saying that it will be “under” $500 when it hits North America in the first quarter of 2011, expanding globally in Q2. A price that should at least match the 9.7-inch WiFi-only iPad (16GB) and undercut the 7-inch 3G Galaxy Tab which goes on sale on Verizon tomorrow for $599.99 . Thing is, by the time Q1 rolls around we’re going to be looking at many, many more viable tablet alternatives including a likely Apple refresh. BlackBerry PlayBook to cost ‘under’ $500 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Nov 2010 01:57:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Highlights of this day in history: The Edmund Fitzgerald sinks in Lake Superior; Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev dies; Henry Stanley finds David Livingstone in central Africa; Film composer Ennio Morricone born; ‘Sesame Street’ premieres. (Nov. 10)
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2 funds created to provide relief for cash-strapped Holocaust survivors were raided for more than $42 million with the help of several people who were supposed to administer the funds, federal authorities said as they announced charges against 17 people
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NEC first announced its super-thin Organic Radical Battery (or ORB) technology a full five years ago, but it’s now finally back with what it describes as the first “practical” prototypes of the batteries. While these new batteries are about twice as thick as NEC’s first such units, they’re still only 0.7 mm thin, and are apparently much more reliable while also delivering 1.4 times more output (specifically, a capacity of 5mAh). The key to that boost, it seems, are some newly developed, highly conductive cathodes, which consists of some solid organic radical material that were turned into a gel and then uniformly compounded with carbon materials. What does that mean for actual consumers? Well, if NEC has its way, the batteries could be a thin, flexible power source for things like smart cards, wearable devices, and flexible e-paper displays. Full press release is after the break. Continue reading NEC develops thin, flexible and ‘practical’ Organic Radical Battery NEC develops thin, flexible and ‘practical’ Organic Radical Battery originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Nov 2010 01:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Rapper Wiz Khalifa may have to rub the cold bars of prison as he was arrested by authorities for drug possession Monday. The 22-year old rapper from Pittsburg, Pennsylvania according to reports was taken by authorities after performing at the East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. He was found to be possessing marijuana. Students Wiz Khalifa Arrested for Drug Possesion: Mugshot Photo is a post from: Daily World Buzz
Continue reading …Matthews: Had You Seen This Hillary Clinton in 2008 She Might Be President
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Chris Matthews is suddenly getting a thrill up his leg for somebody other than Barack Obama. On Tuesday's “Hardball,” before playing a video clip of the Secretary of State joking around with some comedians in Australia, the host told his viewers, “Had you seen this Hillary Clinton back in 2008, I think a lot of people would have made her president” (video follows with transcript and commentary): read more
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It’s a happy moment for people who see the Happy Meal as anything but. San Francisco has become the first major American city to prohibit fast-food restaurants from including toys with children’s meals that do not meet nutritional guidelines. The city’s Board of Supervisors gave the measure final approval Tuesday on an 8-3 vote. That’s enough votes to survive a planned veto by Mayor Gavin Newsom. Fast Food Restaurants Not Fighting Child Obesity SF Happy Meal Ban: Food Police or Fat Fighter? The ordinance, which would go into effect in December of next year, prohibits toy giveaways in fast-food children’s meals that have more than 640 milligrams of sodium, 600 calories or 35 percent of their…
Continue reading …People got concerned about a mysterious missile trail seen in California sky that was photographed and captured on video by people and media near the area. The missile launch was seen last night off the coast of Los Angeles. People and reporters started to ask what the missile launch was all about. More tension was Missile Launch in California and the Explanation from Pentagon is a post from: Daily World Buzz
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We’ve always been fans of LaCie’s Starck Mobile Drive s, designed by the inimitable Phillip Starck , and now they’re getting a little speed boost, courtesy of USB 3.0 . The 500GB drive is still housed in the same “liquid metal trapped in a box” enclosure as the previous editions, and it comes bundled with 10GB of online storage at Wuala Online for $109 in the US and
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