Time Warner has been running trials of its Look Back service for a year or so in various markets, but it’s finally ready to bring it to the Real America. The feature lets good, honest folk go back and watch shows they’ve missed for up to three days after they’ve aired, with no need to set a DVR — it’s basically on demand content with a better name and no charge. Shows will be available to watch immediately after they’ve aired. Look for it to hit a coax cable near you very soon. Continue reading Time Warner Cable rolling out Look Back service to the masses Time Warner Cable rolling out Look Back service to the masses originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 08 Nov 2010 11:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Fraud, Criminal Misconduct and the $4 Billion Black Market in Bluefin Tuna
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When, perhaps in as little as two years’ time, when the Atlantic bluefin tuna is fished out of existence , know that it was rampant fraud, lack of oversight, and criminal misconduct … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Mintpass, the Korean firm known for its Mintpad tablet (as well as a few baubles, including a flashlight that looks curiously like a chapstick tube and the Cube MP3 player ), has recently announced that it will soon be releasing a dual-touchscreen, dual OS device. We don’t have too many details yet, but we do know that it’s, shipping with Windows 7 and Android, as well as Android Market access and some sort of feature called “Space Touch,” which we have no details about but sounds pretty awesome nonetheless. Like the Toshiba Libretto W100 , this will be able to either operate as two independent displays or, when folded up like a laptop, feature the keyboard on one display with your apps on the other. The company is currently looking for a manufacturer and plans on launching the thing sometime next year. Mintpass planning a dual-screen, dual boot tablet for 2011 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 08 Nov 2010 11:06:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Will Ferrell, Gael Garcia Bernal and Zoe Saldana came out to support Diego Luna at the LA premiere of his directorial debut ‘Abel.’ (Nov. 8)
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Image credit: nancybeetoo , used under Creative Commons license. From taking my compost with me when I moved house, to composting the waste produced by the move , I am well known for being a little obsessive when it comes to all things compost-related. It is, after all, a truly miraculous process that represents the very heart of what … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Clint Howard is back as everyone's favorite out-of-touch – and now out-of-work – Congressman. In his last couple months in office, he's got to decide what lefty legislation to ram through as a lame duck, Check out the new video from Heritage Action: read more
Continue reading …Nokia taking over Symbian development, Foundation responsible for licensing
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So it seems the Symbian Foundation isn’t necessarily going away, but it’s transitioning its role in a big, big way. They’re undertaking a “strategic change” that will involve the Foundation moving to a new role where it controls the product’s patent portfolio and licenses the Symbian brand and its research and development activities, but the meat of the operation — the actual platform development — will move over to Nokia beginning the end of March next year. For its part, Nokia says that it’s still “strongly committed” to the platform, it just won’t be the Foundation throwing it together. Interestingly, the Symbian Exposition is this week in Amsterdam, so we suspect we’ll be hearing a lot more about this over the next few days. Is it just us, or is Mr. Elop making his presence felt very, very quickly? For what it’s worth, the Foundation is explaining that a board meeting held just today played a big role in this decision and sudden announcement — though there was a call for media, we received notice of it just minutes before the event. Follow the break for both Symbian’s and Nokia’s press releases. Continue reading Nokia taking over Symbian development, Foundation responsible for licensing Nokia taking over Symbian development, Foundation responsible for licensing originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 08 Nov 2010 10:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …I think is pretty much what most GOP political analysts think : If Speaker Nancy Pelosi succeeds in becoming minority leader, then House Democrats will get more of the same of what they got on Tuesday night. Pelosi is a damaged, deeply polarizing figure whose retention as House leader will guarantee continued difficulties for those Democrats who had rough races in red districts Tuesday and those Democrats whose seats tilt more red because of redistricting next year. The soon-to-be former speaker will also feed President Obama’s worst instincts. She shares the White House view that Tuesday was the result of inadequate communications, insufficiently liberal initiatives, and not curt enough dismissal of Republicans. These got Democrats into their electoral pickle: Pelosi’s continuation will only make conditions worse in the House. I can’t disagree with any of that. The new more liberal House Dem caucus will fight any effort to moderate their views, and with Pelosi in charge there’s won’t be much of an effort to do anything but save the liberal agenda and block what they can from the GOP.
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Photos: Brian Merchant The Chevy Volt is one of the ‘Big Two’ — along with the Nissan LEAF , it’s about to become the first electric car primed for the mass market in the United States. Each has its share of devotees: The LEAF is true-blue electric, entirely eschewing gasoline — but that’s a double-edged sword for some; it can to make those less enthusiastic about EVs nervous about running out of charge. Which is… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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This one’s been talked about since the middle of last year (at least), but it looks as if the time for contemplating is over and done with. It’s bruited that the Israel Defense Forces will be moving forward on a plan to light up a new cellular system that will blast out SMS alerts to citizens if and when a missile is fired in the direction of Israel. Just over $7 million will be invested, with the application itself being jointly designed by eViglio and Ericsson. If all goes well, it’ll be operational in June of 2011, and it’s just one aspect of the country’s effort to consolidate all emergency alerts into one centralized system. We’re told that the blasts would be sent in a variety of languages, and there’s even potential to send ‘em to TVs, radios, websites and “billboards.” And unlike various other SMS emergency alert systems that have been implemented, these would actually differ based on how the threat was forecasted to affect different geographic regions. Something tells us eViglio’s going to become a multinational company in no time. Israel to activate SMS missile alert system next year originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 08 Nov 2010 10:20:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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