Mexican security forces Wednesday burned 134 tons of marijuana seized in Tijuana. The drugs were believed to belong to the Sinaloa cartel. (21 October 2010)
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Things are turning upside down in Espoo today. Besides, earnings and reported job cuts of some 1,800 employees, Nokia also announced that it’ll be streamlining its development strategy to unify environments for Symbian and MeeGo. Nokia’s new approach calls for the adoption of Qt, and only Qt , as its application development framework from today onward. Here’s what that means for new N8 owners: You can buy a Nokia smartphone confident that any improvements introduced later to the Symbian platform, such as the user interface, can be made available to download on your device as well. No need to wait for Symbian^4 – the improvements we were planning for Symbian^4 will be introduced as and when they become available. In fact, we will no longer be talking about Symbian^3 or Symbian^4 at all – it will be one constantly evolving and constantly improving platform. Sounds like a smart move to us. After all, it’s Symbian’s UI, and not the OS, that we have the most trouble with — an issue that Nokia readily concedes . So the faster they can improve it — even pieces of it — the better. Nokia also announced support for HTML5 web content and applications for the Symbian and MeeGo platforms in both Qt and the browser. Click through for the press release and to hear Rich Green, Nokia CTO, discuss the new strategy. Continue reading Nokia ends talk of Symbian^4, adopts HTML5 in Qt framework Nokia ends talk of Symbian^4, adopts HTML5 in Qt framework originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 21 Oct 2010 06:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Nokia reports improved earnings for Q3 2010, will still ‘streamline’ up to 1,800 employees out of a job
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Nokia’s quarterly results have just been made public and the company’s devices plus services sector has actually improved its income relative to last year: €7.2b of revenue was collected over the past three months versus €6.9b in the same period a year ago. Operating profit has also pepped up, going from the previous €785m to €807m. You’d think this would augur well for Stephen Elop ‘s beginning at the helm , but the new man in charge is also presiding over a fundamental restructuring of operations at Nokia, which is expected to result in the redundancy of up to 1,800 employees globally. There are no specifics to tell us who’ll be losing out, but the aims are the boilerplate tasks of increasing efficiency, simplifying operations, and reducing time to market. Anyway, we doubt the great people of Finland will be pleased. Continue reading Nokia reports improved earnings for Q3 2010, will still ‘streamline’ up to 1,800 employees out of a job Nokia reports improved earnings for Q3 2010, will still ‘streamline’ up to 1,800 employees out of a job originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 21 Oct 2010 06:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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KABUL, Afghanistan – A military offensive in southern Afghanistan is chasing the Taliban out of their stronghold in Kandahar province, the Afghan president’s half brother said. “Most of them I believe left before the military operation started,” Ahmed Wali Karzai told The Associated Press late Wednesday. “They are running … I don’t know (where).” NATO and Afghan forces began an operation to wrest control of Kandahar province in July, an attempt to regain the initiative in the nine-year war by taking the battle to the heartland of the insurgency along the Pakistani border. “Things are changing very well. There’s a lot of progress in…
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Photo: B. Alter You have to love the Romans: they promenade stylishly down their glorious streets, they park their Smart cars on the sidewalks, and now they have bicycle-sharing. Sort of…. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Michelle Obama has teamed up with local schoolchildren and world-class chefs for a fall harvest day in the White House garden. The first lady munched a baby turnip, dug up giant sweet potatoes and snipped pumpkins during Wednesday’s harvest. (Oct. 21)
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Around 134 tons of marijuana went up in smoke in Tijuana as authorities began burning what’s believed to be Mexico’s largest seizure of the drug. The drugs were seized in pre-dawn raids on Monday. (Oct. 21)
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We’ve already seen what the Eigenharp (and smaller Eigenharp Pico) can do on its own but, as the folks from Studio Imaginaire have now shown, that’s only just the beginning of what’s possible. With a little help from the oh-so-versatile Arduino , they’ve paired the instrument with a WiFi-enabled RGB lamp that — you guessed it — changes colors when you play the Eigenharp. Ready for an audio-visual feast? Turn down the lights and head on past the break. Continue reading Eigenharp controls WiFi lamp with a little Arduino assistance (video) Eigenharp controls WiFi lamp with a little Arduino assistance (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 21 Oct 2010 05:25:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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About 700 clowns attended the Fifteenth International Clown Convention in Mexico City on Wednesday, where attendees set a new national record with 15 minutes of consecutive laughter. (Oct. 21)
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About 700 clowns attended the Fifteenth International Clown Convention in Mexico City on Wednesday, where attendees set a new national record with 15 minutes of consecutive laughter. (Oct. 21)
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