All but 2 of the Chilean miners left the hospital in Copaipo on Friday as they returned to their friends and families in a jubilant party-like atmosphere. The other two remain hospitalized. (Oct. 15)
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An unidentified adult film star tested positive for HIV this week, prompting the biggest studios in the industry to halt productions. The AP’s John Mone says this isn’t the first HIV scare for porn. (Oct. 15)
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THE Obama administration, employing a good-cop, bad-cop approach to China, applauded Beijing's recent currency moves. But the administration opened a new fight over whether…
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The government sought to reassure the US yesterday of its commitment as a military ally after Hillary Clinton expressed concern about the expected deep cuts in the defence budget. The Prime Minister told General David Petraeus, the US commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan…
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All but two of the the 33 miners rescued in Chile after more than two months trapped underground, have been released from hospital and allowed to go home. Two men were receiving medical treatment on Friday – one for vertigo, the other for dental work – and officials said that they had be transferred to another hospital for specialised treatment. Doctors gave the other 31 men clean bills of health, just two days after they were evacuated from the collapsed San Jose mine near the town of Copiapo. Throughout the rescue operation, and in the days and weeks before, hundreds of journalists descended
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Eizo may not be aiming this one directly at average consumers, but there’s nothing stopping you from picking up its new 17-inch FlexScan T1751 monitor to make your industrial-style mutlitouch dreams come true. As you can sort of see above, this one can either be used upright or titled nearly flat, and it packs a non-widescreen, 5:4 aspect ratio — albeit with a slightly disappointing 1,280 x 1,024 resolution. The monitor will work with a touch pen and gloved hands, however, and you’ll get a decent 178 degree viewing angle, along with a 1,500:1 contrast ratio, a pair of built-in 0.5W speakers, a headphone jack and, true to its industrial nature, a non-scratch surface made of reinforced glass. No official word on a price or release date, unfortunately — Eizo is simply telling folks to check with their local distributor for details. Continue reading Eizo rolls out 17-inch FlexScan T1751 multitouch monitor Eizo rolls out 17-inch FlexScan T1751 multitouch monitor originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 16 Oct 2010 00:40:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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A visitors center and food court will be opening at the once glitzy Tavern on the Green restaurant in New York’s Central Park. (Oct. 15)
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LOS ANGELES (AFP) – A US soldier who allegedly killed three Afghan civilians for fun is to face a full court martial, military authorities said. Specialist Jeremy Morlock, one of a group of accused soldiers, faces charges of premeditated murder in the deaths of three Afghans killed between January and May this year. The decision to take the case to a full court martial…
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Ah, the age old alphabetical dessert guessing game. Pretty soon we’ll have more future Android versions named than existing ones on the market. And you know what? That’s okay, because we’re hungry. Apparently the President of ARM, Tudor Brown, spilled the vanilla beans to Elizabeth Woyke of Forbes , saying that Android 4.0 will be called “Ice Cream,” and while it seems like a bit of an obvious choice for an “I” dessert, that’s never stopped Google’s crack naming crew before. ( Donut , anybody?) Somehow we get the feeling that Google spends a lot less time thinking about potential names for desserts than we do, and that’s alright: they’ve got a lot of OS work to do. Us? We just have to whine about Android fragmentation for an hour or so a week on the podcast . Hardly a full load. Android ‘Ice Cream’ the sweet toothed followup to Honeycomb? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 15 Oct 2010 23:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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It’s the first BlackBerry to ship with BB OS 6 , and it’s the first to boast both a touchpanel and a conventional slide-out QWERTY. But is it capable of standing up to the rest of today’s modern smartphones? We definitely had a few bones to pick with RIM’s latest flagship device when we reviewed it a few month’s back, but if you’re a regular, you’ll know that this segment isn’t about us — it’s about you, particularly if you own a Torch. Are you satisfied with the revised OS? Happy with the touchscreen response? Would you have bumped the screen resolution? Changed the keyboard in any way? Thrown a CDMA module in for Sprint / Verizon support? RIM’s betting quite a bit on this new operating system (and this new design), so feel free to sound off in comments below with ideas on how you’d change things for version two dot oh. Keep it classy, though — cool? How would you change RIM’s BlackBerry Torch? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 15 Oct 2010 22:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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