NBC’s Mitchell Bemoans: Virginia Thomas Interrupted Anita Hill’s ‘Secluded’ Life
October 21, 2010 No Comment
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Newly released video shows the rescue of a man who in August fell onto Washington DC’s Metrorail tracks by another who bounded across two tracks, stepping on the flimsy cover of the electrified third rail. (Oct. 21)
Continue reading …Samsung Galaxy Player 50 shown off in lengthy ad, already on sale in France
October 21, 2010 No Comment
We got a pretty good look at Samsung’s Android-based Galaxy Player 50 at IFA last month, but those looking for even more can now get a pretty thorough overview of the device courtesy of a new Samsung ad that runs a full two minutes and forty seconds. What’s more, Samsung Hub is reporting that at least one retailer in France is already selling the device, which is basically a Samsung Galaxy phone without the phone. That means you’ll get Android 2.1, a decent 3.2-inch screen, a 2 megapixel camera, built-in WiFi and GPS, 8 or 16GB of storage, and a microSD card slot for expansion. Head on past the break for the video, and look for the phone to officially hit other retailers in Europe later this month (still no word on a release over here, unfortunately). Continue reading Samsung Galaxy Player 50 shown off in lengthy ad, already on sale in France Samsung Galaxy Player 50 shown off in lengthy ad, already on sale in France originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Last night Juan Williams was fired from National Politically-Correct Radio (NPR) for telling the truth, and today as conservatives come to the liberal pundit’s defense, he’s been given a new contract from Fox News: As National Public Radio weathered a storm of criticism Thursday for its decision to fire news analyst Juan Williams for his comments about Muslims, Fox News moved aggressively to turn the controversy to its advantage by signing Williams to an expanded role at the cable news network. Fox News Chief Executive Roger Ailes handed Williams a new three-year contract Thursday morning, in a deal that amounts to nearly $2 million, a considerable bump up from his previous salary, the Tribune Washington Bureau has learned. The Fox News contributor will now appear exclusively and more frequently on the cable news network and have a regular column on FoxNews.com. Today there are calls from many Republicans to defund NPR completely and let them fend for themselves. All of this, again, in defense of a liberal. And they say we’re intolerant.
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Toyota is recalling 1.53 million Lexus, Avalon and other models, mostly in the US and Japan, for brake fluid and fuel pump problems, the latest in a string of quality problems for the world’s No. 1 automaker. (Oct. 21)
Continue reading …Apple’s Mac App Store Review Guidelines posted — will Photoshop make it in?
October 21, 2010 No Comment
No surprise that Apple’s new Mac App Store has a similar set of rules and regulations as the iPhone App Store, and we just got the full list. There’s nothing here that’s too different from the iPhone review guidelines , but it all seems terribly odd when applied to a regular computer, and some of the more restrictive policies have already drawn ire from developers like Mozilla’s Director of Firefox Mike Beltzner, who says the restriction against beta code won’t work well with the Mozilla “open beta” development process. That’s definitely a valid criticism, especially if the Mac App Store becomes the dominant way for Mac users to get apps, but there’s a crucial difference here: unlike the iPhone, Macs can run software from any source, not just the App Store. That means apps that don’t meet Apple’s Store guidelines can still be freely used by any Mac user without going through jailbreak hoops, and we think that’s an ideal compromise: it allows Apple to control much of the Mac experience, since developers will have a huge incentive to comply with the review guidelines and get into the store, but still allows other types of apps and utilities to flourish — including, say Firefox betas. (We might have written an editorial arguing for exactly this approach on the iPhone in the past, come to think about it.) So with that said, let’s examine Apple’s Mac App Store Review Guidelines, which were just posted yesterday — you can grab the PDF here and read the whole thing, but we’re just going to break out the parts that seem more interesting or different than what we’ve seen in the past. Our biggest takeaway? Interpreted on their face, some of these rules would mean major Mac apps like Adobe Creative Suite 5 and Microsoft Office won’t be in the Mac App Store, and that’s obviously a problem. Read on to see what we mean. Continue reading Apple’s Mac App Store Review Guidelines posted — will Photoshop make it in? Apple’s Mac App Store Review Guidelines posted — will Photoshop make it in? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Photo: Volvo A lot of people have been waiting for a very long time for a production diesel-hybrid model. A couple years ago, it looked like Volkswagen was going to make a diesel-hybrid Golf , but a few months later it was canceled because ” too expensive for production “. Then in the fall of 2009, some details started to surface about the developme… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Good and bad news : California voters have turned against controversial initiatives to legalize marijuana and to suspend the state’s global warming law, a poll from the Public Policy Institute of California found. Voters now oppose Proposition 19, the marijuana legalization measure, 49% to 44%, and the measure to halt a law that aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions, 48% to 37%. The poll indicated that opposition has surged since September, when 52% of likely voters backed Proposition 19, which would allow Californians to grow and possess pot, and they split evenly over Proposition 23. The opposition to Prop 23 is coming from misleading TV and radio ads that basically promise dirty air, dirty water, and no more unicorns and rainbows if Prop 23 is passed and we save ourselves from punishing energy taxes that the greenies want to assess in order to solve a problem that doesn’t exist. C’mon people, wake up!
Continue reading …Sony considers incorporating Android into more (as yet unnamed) products
October 21, 2010 No Comment
At a Google TV press event in Tokyo recently, Sony TV division head Yoshihisa Ishida told reporters that the company is, indeed, “thinking about using Android in more consumer electronics products.” Of course, he didn’t say exactly which products, although we do have it on good authority that Sony Ericsson has an Android 3.0 mobile gaming platform in the works — which probably explains why the PlayStation division is on the lookout for Android developers as well. We’d contact Ishida directly, but our sources tell us he is too busy watching re-runs of Friends on Netflix to take the call. Sony considers incorporating Android into more (as yet unnamed) products originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:37:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. “Change does not happen from the top down but from the bottom up because of people like you.” –Then-Senator Barack Obama, Feb 22, 2008 Campaign Rally Just in time for the approaching midterm elections and in keeping with America’s long-standing tradition of October Surprises, there is a way that President Barack Obama can leave with dignity too. Remember that several months ago, President Obama asked Rep. Charles Rangel to resign over financial troubles and ethic charges because it was hurting the Democratic Party. This then would allow Rep. Rangel to “end his career with dignity.” As of late, though, it appears President Obama is the…
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