Citing “personal reasons,” the Symbian Foundation has just announced that executive director Lee Williams has left the company — yes, “left,” as in he’s not going to stick around for a while to manage a transition. Williams has been steeped in Symbian for some time, having previously led Nokia’s S60 business — but the dude’s been floating around the upper ranks of the entire mobile industry for ages, doing time with Motorola (through its Symbol acquisition) and Palm / PalmSource by way of Be. He’s been replaced by the organization’s reigning CFO, Tim Holbrow, and it appears that the appointment is permanent; what this means for Symbian’s roadmap (if anything) is unclear, but we’d love to hear the backstory on what led to this power shift. More on the situation as we get it. Symbian boss steps down effective immediately originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …All that effort to demonize the Tea Party as “extremist” seems to have failed : Likely voters in battleground districts see extremists as having a more dominant influence over the Democratic Party than they do over the GOP. This result comes from The Hill 2010 Midterm Election Poll, which found that 44 percent of likely voters say the Democratic Party is more dominated by its extreme elements, whereas 37 percent say it’s the Republican Party that is more dominated by extremists… The extremists in the Dem party aren’t just among the political activists, but among the elected members of the House and Senate. Not to mention the president.
Continue reading …CBS: Israeli Archeological Dig ‘Indoctrination’ for Expanding ‘Jewish Encroachment’
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On Sunday's 60 Minutes, CBS correspondent Lesley Stahl fretted over the possible expansion of Israeli settlements near an important archeological site in Jerusalem: “So archeology is being used as a political tool….indoctrination, almost.” She claimed that “organizations that move Jewish settlers into Arab areas have infiltrated” the surrounding Arab neighborhood. Stahl described the dig site: “…more and more Israeli settlers have moved east into the Arab-populated areas. One place where it's gotten especially complicated and volatile is the Arab neighborhood of Silwan. The complication in Silwan involves an Israeli archeological dig called the City of David.” She worried about the religious implications: “It's controversial that the City of David uses discoveries to try to confirm what's in the Bible, particularly from the time of David, the king who made Jerusalem his capital…. There's an implicit message that because David conquered the city for the Jews back then, Jerusalem belongs to the Jews today.” read more
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We’ve already seen a number of Galaxy Tab accessories , and checked out a few first hand , but Samsung has only just now gotten fully official with its complete launch lineup. The two standouts are undoubtedly the Keyboard Dock and Multimedia Desk Dock, which each also double as a charger and pack a 3.5mm audio output, plus an HDMI out on the multimedia dock — look for them to set you back
Continue reading …Xbox.com getting a major overhaul: browser-based avatar editor, WP7-connected web games
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Well, it looks like the Xbox 360 dashboard isn’t the only thing getting an overhaul this fall — Microsoft’s Major Nelson has just announced that Xbox.com will be getting a “massive facelift” tomorrow. The changes are more than just visual, however, and include a few new features that more tightly integrate the site with the Xbox 360 and Windows Phone 7. That includes a new browser-based avatar editor and, most interestingly, some web games that you’ll be able to play with your Xbox Live friends on the web or on Windows Phone 7 — no word if they’ll earn you achievements. Otherwise, you can expect a streamlined view of messages, friend and game requests, some new family reports that will let you see how your family is using Xbox Live, and some improved browsing and searching options for the Marketplace. It’s still not clear exactly when it’ll go live, but the site will be down for a short period starting at 5:00AM ET tomorrow to prepare for the changes — in the meantime, you can get a peek at what’s in store in the gallery below. Gallery: Xbox.com fall update Xbox.com getting a major overhaul: browser-based avatar editor, WP7-connected web games originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 12:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …George Stephanopoulos Preps for Dem Disaster, Wants Tea Partiers to ‘Cooperate’ With Obama
October 19, 2010 No CommentGood Morning America's George Stephanopoulos on Tuesday conceded that big Republican gains are on the way for November 2 and pushed guest John McCain on how the newly elected Tea Party candidates will “cooperate” with Barack Obama. The ABC co-host allowed, “…[Republicans] are going to pick up Senate seats. Likely could take control of the House. Definitely going to pick up seats. What happens the day after?” Putting the responsibility for bipartisanship on conservatives, Stephanopoulos cited an ABC News poll and pushed, “… A majority of Americans, believe that President Obama is more interested in cooperation. Tea Party advocates more interested in division. How do you prove them wrong? ” read more
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Sport this season’s hottest trends while supporting breast cancer research and prevention with these pretty and pink products. (Oct. 19)
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Forget a five finger discount — a group of women caught on surveillance video robbing a Florida liquor store used their thighs to carry away the booze they lifted. (Oct. 19)
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With the season two finale set to air Oct. 21 on MTV, the cast of ‘Jersey Shore’ hopes there’s more reality TV in their future, but if not, they’re ready with lots of back-up plans. (Oct. 19)
Continue reading …T-Mobile director scares the FCC with a chilling tale: ‘The IM App that Killed Our Network’
October 19, 2010 No Comment
It’s almost Halloween, kiddies. Do you have your spooky stories ready for telling around the campfire? If you need a little help, take inspiration from this doozy told by Grant Castle, a Director at T-Mobile USA. It was submitted to the FCC way back in January and as a sort of written protest against “risky and unnecessary” net neutrality rules. He tells the tale of an undisclosed IM app that caused the network of an undisclosed city to go offline due to its too-frequent polling to check for updates. T-Mo engineers had to reach out to that app’s developer and get him to change its code, saving the company’s towers from the program’s thousands of users. There’s no telling which of the company’s many outages were caused by the app that wouldn’t die ( shriek ), but we’d sure hate to think that any members of the FCC are losing sleep over this saga of corporate woe. T-Mobile director scares the FCC with a chilling tale: ‘The IM App that Killed Our Network’ originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 12:25:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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