Looks like President Obama and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg just can’t get enough of each other. Just two months after his tech industry schmooze fest , the White House has announced the Commander in Chief’s plans to hold a live streaming Town Hall meeting from Facebook HQ with Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg. The event is set for 1:45PM PST April 20th, and already has 3,400 attendees lined up. Users are encouraged to submit their questions about innovation and the economy via the event’s Facebook page, and the comments are already rolling in. Somehow, though, we don’t think this is the sort question he’s likely to answer: “Dear President Obama, could we please be friends?” Sorry, Carolina. President Obama to appear at Facebook HQ for Town Hall meeting originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 05 Apr 2011 18:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Someone deep down in Intel’s development dungeons must be laughing a haughty laugh of disdain at us mere mortals getting excited about dual-cores in smartphones . The old Chipzilla has just turned out its 10 -core Xeon E7 processor family, which can work on 20 simultaneous computational threads courtesy of the company’s Hyper-Threading knowhow. Needless to say, there aren’t that many casual workloads that will ever properly harness such extremely parallelized prowess, but then Intel isn’t really gunning for the Facebook crowd here anyhow. The new E7s are for those dealing with truly data-intensive tasks, meaning that Facebook itself would be a good candidate to buy up a few, provided it’s tempted by such things as 40 percent performance improvements over the Xeon 7500 tied to dynamic power adjustment for increased energy efficiency. Pricing for the Xeon E7s starts at $774 and climbs up to $4,616 per 32nm chip, with the usual proviso that Intel won’t sell them in batches of less than 1,000. More details follow in the press release and video after the break. [Thanks, Khan ] Continue reading Intel rolls out 10-core, 20-threaded Xeon E7s, shows everyone who’s boss Intel rolls out 10-core, 20-threaded Xeon E7s, shows everyone who’s boss originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 06 Apr 2011 09:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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What happens when a robot with immaculate dexterity comes to grips with a notorious board game from our childhood? Just ask Johns Hopkins University students, who successfully removed the wish bone from an Operation board using the da Vinci Robot . If you’re familiar with the game, you’ll know how incredibly difficult it was to prevent that ear-piercing noise from occurring– even with our tiny fingers. Of course, we should have expected that a robot — especially one capable of folding a tiny paper airplane — would be able to accomplish this feat with such ease. Be sure to peep the pseudo-surgery in video form below the break. Continue reading da Vinci Robot pwns Operation, deems our childhoods forlorn (video) da Vinci Robot pwns Operation, deems our childhoods forlorn (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 06 Apr 2011 09:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Stars including Cate Blanchett, Amanda Seyfried and Evan Rachel Wood chat about who they think should get the job of designing Kate Middleton’s hotly anticipated wedding dress (April 6)
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At the New York premiere of comedy remake ‘Arthur,’ Helen Mirren and Jennifer Garner reveal what it was like to work with funny man Russell Brand. (April 6)
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At the New York premiere of comedy remake ‘Arthur,’ Helen Mirren and Jennifer Garner reveal what it was like to work with funny man Russell Brand. (April 6)
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Oh boy. We already have so many conflicting feelings about Jared Leto. He was every girl’s (and many guys’) high-school crush, back in his Jordan Catalano days. A few years after that, he kind of fell off the radar. But recently, his band that everyone used to joke about, 30 Seconds to Mars, has become Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Flavorwire Discovery Date : 06/04/2011 14:45 Number of articles : 6
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Eight young illegal immigrants were arrested for sitting in the middle of a busy street in front of the Georgia Capitol, protesting their lack of access to higher education. (April 6)
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LA detectives say they believe the suspect in the “Grim Sleeper” serial killings may have committed eight additional murders. Lonnie Franklin, Jr. is already facing 10 counts of murder for a string of slayings that began in the 1980′s.
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The grand opening of rapper Flavor Flav’s chicken restaurant in Clinton, IA was soured when employees claimed their paychecks were bouncing. (April 6)
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