If you’re looking to get some BlackBerry up in your Droid , brace yourself for a premium price. Motorola’s Droid Pro worldphone was just spotted at a Verizon test website for $299 on-contract and as much as $700 unsubsidized. Should the 1GHz unit arrive as shown without a chunky rebate of some sort, it would be the most expensive Android handset on offer — a solid $50 more than Samsung’s $250 Epic 4G — a heck of a thing for an 320 x 480 resolution phone without a huge Super AMOLED screen. Perhaps this pricing is preliminary, however, or perhaps dual-mode CDMA / GSM chipsets don’t come cheap. We suppose we’ll find out the answer to the latter question when the HTC Merge finally appears. [Thanks, JP] Droid Pro appears at Verizon for $299? originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 24 Oct 2010 15:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Photo: Scott McLeod A new study from the University of Chicago and the University of Wisconsin-Madison found that much of the reason that Americans are over weight is due to sleep deprivation. A lack of enough sleep causes the body to hold onto fat in a biological effort to slow us down…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image: author “It’s like apocalypse time,” to quote a friend, on the situation in France. While much of the world ponders what can be done to avoid peak oil, instability of our transportation systems, and breakdowns of national security, France is making a trial run. If you have been watching the news, you know that the disruptions in France stem from protests against the government’s proposal to raise the retirement age to 62. But for people living and working in France, the effects could be a foretaste of the world when oil runs out. Having an unavoidable commitment in Paris this week, this author can report the expe… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Police have arrested three men suspected of creating a drug lab in a freshmen dormitory at prestigious Georgetown University in Washington. (Oct. 24)
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Can you keep track of all the different variants of ASUS’ Eee PC netbook? It’s not easy when the Taiwanese computer company pumps out new ones nearly every month, but we doubt we’ll easily forget the Eee PC 1015PW’s distinctive shade of purple. Otherwise, TechinStyle reports it’s much the same as the 1015PEM , which isn’t a terrible thing — it’s got a dual-core 1.5GHz Intel Atom N550 CPU, 802.11n WiFi, Bluetooth 3.0 and a 250GB or 320GB hard drive under that chiclet keyboard, plus the usual 10.1-inch, 1024 x 600 LED-backlit screen. No word on pricing or availability, but the way these things usually go, you’ll find it in Europe well before the states anyhow. [Thanks, Sal] ASUS Eee PC 1015PW peeks out of hiding with dual-core Atom, royal purple shell originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 24 Oct 2010 14:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Florida Gov. Charlie Crist defends his changing positions on issues by saying as a former college quarterback he knows how to call an audible. By the end of a debate with his opponents for US Senate, it looked like he was throwing a Hail Mary. (Oct. 24)
Continue reading …By “they” I’m not just referring to Democrats, but to anyone running against Republicans, including former Republicans now running as independent write-in candidates, i.e. Lisa Murkowski.
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The loser was Gov. Charlie Crist (from Cubachi ): In today’s Florida Senate debate between Marco Rubio, Charlie Crist, and Kendrick Meek, Rubio tried to answer a question about the national debt and the economy. While answering the question, Charlie Crist, being the rude and desperate candidate that he is, interrupted Rubio and tried to answer the question for Rubio, interjecting falsehoods. Rubio looked exasperated, as we the viewers are, and gave a great response: “I’ve never had a heckler in the debate, they’re usually in the audience… I’ve had this heckler going on for two minutes now. Crist is losing ground daily and will be humiliated on Nov. 2 – just like his Democrat friends.
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