She’s not going away, but a whole bunch of her caucus members are : Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the United States House of Representatives requests the pleasure of your company at a reception honoring the Accomplishments of the 111th Congress on Wednesday, the tenth day of November, two thousand ten at three thirty in the afternoon Cannon Caucus Room 345 Cannon House Office Building Oh, and she’s gonna need to lose that Speaker’s title.
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Pentax’s Optio RZ10 looked fairly impressive on paper, and even when we handled it at Photokina , we reckoned it would be quite the standout in the bargain-bin point-and-shoot arena. Turns out that’s not exactly the case. The fine folks over at PhotographyBLOG have put this pup through its paces, and while the handling, build quality and price all felt right, the image quality… well, didn’t. And as you well know, there’s hardly a silver lining to find when a camera’s images aren’t up to snuff. Even at ISO 200, critics spotted startling amounts of noise, “smearing of fine detail and loss of color saturation, with all three problems getting progressively worse as you work your way up the range to the true top speed of ISO 1600.” At right around $200, it’s still a well-priced compact, but with cameraphones getting progressively more adept, do you really need yet another ho hum gadget to push through airport security? Hit the source link for the fully skinny. Pentax Optio RZ10 reviewed: image quality issues rear their ugly heads originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 08 Nov 2010 20:09:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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It’s not quite “Ozzie and Harriet with Security Clearances,” but there is something inescapably unedifying in watching the Wilsons bicker their way through the clichés of marital disaffection in a case that—let’s face it—was of small import in the context of the much larger crimes perpetrated by a pusillanimous power elite. Related Entries November 5, 2010 A Speaker Who Stood Out November 5, 2010 From Uprising to Hostile Takeover … and Back Again
Continue reading …CPT’s Colorful Sunlight Readable screen uses half the power of an LCD (video)
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The last time we heard from CPT it was showing off what looked to be a competitor to Pixel Qi , a super low-power transflective display. Now the company is demonstrating something completely different, new enough to not really have a name but promising to deliver all the quality of a standard LCD at less than half the consumption of a typical backlit display while also working well in direct sunlight. Sadly that’s about all that’s known about it at this point, but you can see a prototype working in the flesh after the break. Well, a video of one in the flesh, anyway. Continue reading CPT’s Colorful Sunlight Readable screen uses half the power of an LCD (video) CPT’s Colorful Sunlight Readable screen uses half the power of an LCD (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Microsoft has returned to the cell phone market with the release of its Windows Phone 7 software.
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The presidential commission investigating the BP Gulf oil spill challenged claims in Congress that the oil company and others sacrificed safety to cut costs. Investigators supported many of BP’s own conclusions about what led to the disaster. (Nov. 8)
Continue reading …Google TV’s Fancast.com backdoor to Hulu video closed; Syfy starts blocking too
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Even though Hulu has been blocking Google TV , for a few days users could still access the videos through Comcast’s Fancast.com portal, but that loophole has been closed, repeating a pattern seen after the launch of Flash on Froyo and the overall path of Google TV up to this point. Even more notably, Syfy has joined corporate parent NBC in blocking its streams from the devices. So there you have it, despite being technologically able to play most video on the internet, the Google TV’s selection is still limited by license agreements. Obviously a HTPC is the access route of choice if you’re into cord cutting or just don’t like limits, but if it can’t fix the access problem soon, where does Google’s baby really fit into the connected TV market? Check NewTeeVee for a list of what streaming services you can still check out on Google TV, at least, when you’re not playing WoW . Google TV’s Fancast.com backdoor to Hulu video closed; Syfy starts blocking too originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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What is it with MSNBC hosts and their inability to keep prominent African-Americans straight?
Continue reading …Al Gore’s big money-making scheme has collapsed : Republican mid-term election joy deals financial uncertainty among green investors as the Chicago Climate Exchange announces the end of U.S. carbon trading. The Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) announced on October 21, 2010 that it will cease carbon trading this year. This story was completely buried in the press. Given how this all ties in to the cap-and-tax bill you’d think this might have made news. The article goes on to speculate that the carbon market in Europe will also soon collapse. No surprise – it’s all made out of hot air.
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Robert Greenwald and the crew over at Brave New Films have come up with a fun way to handle election hangover. Related Entries November 4, 2010 David Sirota Tells Conservative Democrats to Go Fuck Themselves November 3, 2010 Blue Dogs Get Taken to the Pound
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