Continue reading the main story Related stories Parcel bomb sent to Merkel office Sarkozy ‘target of Greece bombs’ Greece has suspended international air mail for 48 hours after several parcel bombs were sent on Tuesday, including one to German Chancellor Angela Merkel. An extreme left-wing group is suspected of being responsible. Parcel bombs and suspicious packages were sent to embassies in the capital, Athens, and international organisations. Greek police said the air mail service was being suspended to allow checks to be carried out. A private courier plane, found to be carrying a suspect package from Athens, was re-routed to Bologna airport in Italy on Tuesday night. The package was…
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The first day of deliberation in the Supreme Court about that perennial legal favorite, violence in video games , brought debate Tuesday about the potential damage done by minors’ exposure to sex versus violence … and a Founding Fathers joke from Justice Samuel Alito. Related Entries November 3, 2010 Californians Put Down Their Joints, Give Jerry Brown Another Shot November 3, 2010 Message for the Day After
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Revue owners, have you been frustrated by some of the framerate issues? We hear ya, as do Google and Logitech. The latter said in an official post earlier today that an over-the-air update would arrive to fix such an issue, and like that, our Google TV box prompted us to download a 163MB file denoted update 39953. We’ve heard from a number of tipsters, too, who claim to have received the patch. Will this fix all the stuttering? We’re hearing mostly yeas in that regard, so don’t be shy, give the set-top another go — and let us know if you see anything else that’s new or improved. [Thanks to everyone who sent this in] Logitech Revue gets OTA update, a cure for the framerate jitters? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 02 Nov 2010 20:10:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Hard to say if this is the direct (or indirect) replacement to the Creative X-Fi2 we toyed with 13 months ago, but the new Zen Touch 2 has snuck out behind the cover of two ZiiO touch tablets . This here PMP sports a 3.2-inch touchscreen, Android 2.1 underneath, Bluetooth 2.1, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, an accelerometer, inbuilt speaker, two megapixel camera, microSD card slot, GPS, digital compass, FM radio tuner and a run-of-the-mill plastic enclosure. That last bit is according to Pocket-lint ‘s brief hands-on with the device, noting that the touch panel is of the resistive variety and the user interface was jumpy and problematic to say the least. It’ll be landing soon in 8GB and 16GB sizes for S$279 ($216 in Greenbacks) and up, but we get the impression that price and availability may not matter much in the grand scheme of things. Creative gets official with Android-based Zen Touch 2 PMP originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 02 Nov 2010 19:58:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Rand Paul is projected the winner of Kentucky’s Senate race. He was polling way ahead going into Election Day, so it’s not a shocker, but his victory might be considered the biggest triumph—so far—for the tea party. It’s going to be a long night. AP via The Washington Post: Anti-tax crusader Rand Paul’s election victory Tuesday gave the tea party a flag bearer to send to the Senate and hope that more like-minded Washington outsiders would be elected to Congress. The first-time candidate and champion of small government upended the Kentucky Senate race by trouncing the Republican establishment’s hand-picked candidate in the May primary and then winning decisively against Democratic state Attorney General Jack Conway on Tuesday. Read more Related Entries November 3, 2010 Californians Put Down Their Joints, Give Jerry Brown Another Shot November 3, 2010 Message for the Day After
Continue reading …Rand Paul is projected the winner of Kentucky’s Senate race. He was polling way ahead going into Election Day, so it’s not a shocker, but his victory might be considered the biggest triumph—so far—for the tea party. It’s going to be a long night. AP via The Washington Post: Anti-tax crusader Rand Paul’s election victory Tuesday gave the tea party a flag bearer to send to the Senate and hope that more like-minded Washington outsiders would be elected to Congress. The first-time candidate and champion of small government upended the Kentucky Senate race by trouncing the Republican establishment’s hand-picked candidate in the May primary and then winning decisively against Democratic state Attorney General Jack Conway on Tuesday. Read more Related Entries November 3, 2010 Californians Put Down Their Joints, Give Jerry Brown Another Shot November 3, 2010 Message for the Day After
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We’ve been waiting on this one for quite awhile… and well, we’ve got awhile longer. Fender has come clean with the price and release date of its Squier-branded Stratocaster for Rock Band 3 will hit the road on March 1st for just a penny shy of $280. The six-stringed warrior — which also serves as a MIDI controller and a real instrument — has far and away been our favorite method of playing the rhythm game’s new pro guitar mode, and though the button-laden Mustang is available now for just over half the price, it really doesn’t compare to the real thing here. Even the January 1st pre-order seems a ways off — guess we’ll be brushing up on our keytar skills in the meantime. Squier Stratocaster for Rock Band 3 set to tour March 1st for $280 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 02 Nov 2010 19:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Continue reading …Transcend issues four new CFast 500 memory cards, promises 108MB/sec transfer rates
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February 2010 has come and gone , and we’re still not seeing a heck of a lot of traction with regard to CFast . Hailed as the next major leap in the CompactFlash standard, CFast cards rely on the SATA interface versus UDMA / IDE, with Transcend’s latest expected to boast transfer rates of 108MB/sec. As with other CFast cards, these too are shaped exactly like existing CompactFlash units, and while it seems as if the company is pushing these towards enterprise and industrial applications right now, it’s just a matter of time before they make the jaunt to your local camera shop. Expect four sizes (2/4/8/16GB) to pop up in the next few months, and feel free to let your imagination run wild with respect to prices. Continue reading Transcend issues four new CFast 500 memory cards, promises 108MB/sec transfer rates Transcend issues four new CFast 500 memory cards, promises 108MB/sec transfer rates originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 02 Nov 2010 18:51:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Election 2010 Live Blog: Republican House gains exceed historic 1994 landslide
November 2, 2010 No CommentBoehner will be new speaker; Pelosi’s future unknown
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