WaPo Promotes the ‘Gospel According to Jimmy,’ But They Find Carter’s a Preachy Know-It-All
October 18, 2010 No CommentThe Style section of Monday's Washington Post has
Continue reading …Sony said to be outsourcing production of high-end LCDs, Foxconn and Wistron getting the nod
October 18, 2010 No Comment
Potentially bad news this morning for fans of high-end Sony HDTVs . The company, still struggling with huge losses and desperate to find reasonable pricing for its exported TVs amid historically high values for the yen, is looking to outsource not only assembly but full panel production on many of its LCDs. According to the report, up to 80 percent of Sony’s 2011 sets will be manufactured externally, with between 40 and 50 percent of those getting panels manufactured by Foxconn-affiliate CMI. Foxconn itself is said to be producing 18 million sets, while Wistron , the other major partner here, will stamp out Sony’s Google TV . If true this will be the first time Sony has outsourced full production of its higher-end models to Taiwan. None of this has been confirmed by any of these players, so apply salt to taste, but the concepts certainly make sense, and recent production slowdowns at the company’s massive new LCD production facility could be related. Naturally you’re wondering whether this move to help Sony’s bottom line will hurt quality, but since Sony just sold one of its major panel-production facilities to Foxconn last year maybe this isn’t so much a change as it is keeping things the same. Sony said to be outsourcing production of high-end LCDs, Foxconn and Wistron getting the nod originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 18 Oct 2010 07:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Just in time for Halloween, a group calling themselves “Bloodsuckers Against Twilight” staged a book burning protest on Sunday torching copies of the popular Vampire novel. (Oct. 18)
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Photos: B. Alter: Farringdon Station A good public transit system is one of the best ways to get cars off roads and people into buses and trains. London’s system; called the London Underground, or “the Tube” has been rolling along and expanding since 1863. This TreeHugger was invited on a “London Underground and Tube Tour ” by Insider London, a green tour company. We were delighted to explore the underworld for a morning with a guide who had a green and environmental point of view. Mind the gap as you hop aboard the tour……. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping won a boost to his succession prospects on Monday, when the ruling Communist Party promoted him to the body…
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Hilary Swank lit up the red carpet at the UK premiere of her new film ‘Conviction.’ It’s based on the real life story of Betty Anne Waters, a high school dropout who spent nearly two decades trying to overturn her brother’s murder conviction. (Oct. 18)
Continue reading …Samsung Galaxy Tab redesigned for KDDI, hitting Japan in late February as SMT-i9100
October 18, 2010 No Comment
Japan’s KDDI is in the midst of its biannual hardware refresh and in among its new roster of phones is a familiar 7-inch slate device we’re more familiar with as the Galaxy Tab . Samsung has stripped all branding (and 3G, boo!) from the SMT-i9100, while refashioning its exterior a little and letting KDDI throw in a bit of custom au -branded software aboard. Beyond the cosmetic changes, which include the capacitive buttons being aligned for landscape (rather than portrait ) utilization, you’re mostly looking at the same machine as the rest of the world, with a 1024 x 600 resolution, 512MB of RAM, MicroSD expandability, and a built-in webcam. The internal storage is quite a bit more frugal at 4GB, but you will get a handy docking cradle as a consolation prize, plus a mobile router that’ll turn this into something very similar to Verizon’s iPad plus MiFi offering in the US. All that said, KDDI won’t have the i9100 on sale until February, by which time the Android tablet market could be somewhat better populated . Continue reading Samsung Galaxy Tab redesigned for KDDI, hitting Japan in late February as SMT-i9100 Samsung Galaxy Tab redesigned for KDDI, hitting Japan in late February as SMT-i9100 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 18 Oct 2010 06:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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The ice-choked reaches of the northern Arctic Ocean aren’t widely perceived as an international shipping route. But global warming is bringing vast change to that formerly never used route. (Oct. 18)
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A new Italian book on Amanda Knox seeks to give an intimate portrait of the American student serving 26 years in prison for murdering her roommate. (18 October 2010)
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Kentucky senate candidates Rand Paul and Jack Conway wrangled over health care, taxes, entitlements and an attack ad in a contentious debate. (Oct. 18)
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