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Verizon Rumored to Offer Simultaneous Voice and Data Transmission to iPhone Customers
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Selloff Begins Again, As Japan Dives 1%, And Euro Heads Back Towards $1.23
It felt at first as though the moderate losses in the US market might signal some end to the bleeding, but actually no.
Japan is off 1% in the early hours of trading.
The euro, which had briefly broken $1.24 has fallen back to $1.23.
Other than that, it seems quiet. We have a hard time imagining that that will last.
For a recap of what happened during the US trading day, see here.
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Video: Windows 3.11 Running On Google Nexus One
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Download The Official New iPhone OS 4.0 Wallpaper Collection [IPhone]
The iPhone OS 4.0 Beta 4 comes with some gorgeous new wallpapers and many of you have been asking how to download them without having access to the beta. Well, here you go: More »
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Will NSW Be Age-Friendly in the Future?
Reverend the Hon. Dr GORDON MOYES: On this day when former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam entered a nursing home, I ask the Hon. Eric Roozendaal, on behalf of the Hon. Linda Burney, Minister for the State Plan, and Minister for Community Services, the following question without notice. Is the Minister aware that the number of people over the age of 65 will double in the next 40 years and that there are twice as many women as men in the over 85-year-old population, meaning that public environments need to be planned ahead of time for the known needs of elderly women? Is the Minister aware of the aspects of planning that can make an environment age friendly, including appropriate infrastructure to support mobility, enough seats in public places to offer rest, enough public restrooms, sufficient transport, and being encouraged to age at home near established friends, doctors and shops— [Time expired.]
The Hon. ERIC ROOZENDAAL: I have always been a firm admirer of Gough Whitlam. I have met with him on many occasions and we have had a number of discussions over the years. I am always pleased to see he is still around, contributing to society and he remains forthright in expressing his views to the world. He is one of the great political icons of Australia and, of course, one of the great political heroes of the Australian Labor Party. It should be acknowledged that his contribution to the Australian community has been important and valuable. In relation to the rest of the member’s question, which was long and detailed, I will take that on notice and get a response from the Minister.
Reverend the Hon. Dr GORDON MOYES: I ask a supplementary question. What action is the Government taking to plan for the provision of all aspects of age friendly environments in this State?
The Hon. ERIC ROOZENDAAL: I will take that question on notice also.
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HTC Hero Finally Rocks Android 2.1 at Sprint
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HIIDE biometrics device scans pretty much everything… wait, at 640×480? What year is this?
So I read about this portable biometric scanner (it’s been around for a while, but the Pentagon just ordered $10 million worth of them) and immediately looked up the first scene from Blade Runner. You know, the one with the Voigt-Kampff machine? Yeah, that’s pretty much this thing. Watch out, replicants.Actually, the HIIDE (stands for “Handheld Interagency Identity Detection Equipment”) won’t detect whether you’re a synthetic human, only whether you’re you. But it’s very thorough. It checks your iris, your face, and your fingerprints. I hope they’ll settle for two out of three, I can’t imagine it’s got a 100% hit rate on all of them, all of the time.
Here’s the crazy thing, though. This machine, supposedly state of the art, has a grand total of 256MB, that’s megabytes, of internal storage for biometric profiles. But it can store 22,000 profiles. What the hell? That leaves like 100KB for each profile. Yeah… so as it turns out, this thing takes pictures at 640×480.
Now, I’m not megapixel fiend — far from it — but I wouldn’t trust my identity to a thing with such mean data allocation. Seriously, it’s 2010 and our biometric scanners are taking VGA iris scans?
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A Bush endorsement for Simmons
The Simmons camp tonight rolled out the endorsement of Jonathan Bush, brother of former President George H.W. Bush and son of former Connecticut Senator Prescott Bush.
“My family has always believed in service above self, a value that was instilled by my father,” Jonathan Bush wrote in a letter to delegates released tonight, at the annual GOP fundraiser named for Prescott Bush.“Rob understands that ‘public office is a public trust.’ He will serve his country with honor and distinction as he has for his entire career – as a soldier, CIA official, teacher, and elected representative. Rob is motivated not by ambition, but by the desire to continue his life of service on behalf of the people and the country he loves,” Jonathan Bush wrote.
Jonathan Bush lives in Killingworth and is a delegate to the upcoming GOP convention.
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BREAKING: Republicans derail the COMPETES act | Bad Astronomy
In a 261-148 vote that went almost exactly along party lines, the America COMPETES act was defeated. Over $40 billion dollars was designated in that bill to go toward science and technology innovation, and to provide a lot of jobs to meet our nation’s needs for the future.
As I wrote earlier, Representative Ralph Hall (R-TX) added language to the bill basically forcing Democrats to withdraw — by adding a provision that punishes people who used government computers to view pornography. The Democrats backed down, putting the bill back in Committee, which accepted the new language and further compromised with the Republicans by cutting back funding from five years down to three… which was on top of already cutting back spending about 10%. The cutback by two years dropped the funding from about $85B down to $47B, but apparently even that wasn’t enough.
Every Democrat in the House voted for the bill, but only 15 Republicans (fewer than 10%) joined them. The bill got a simple majority, but needed to get a 2/3 majority to pass — that was a gamble by the Democrats; it was the only way to bring it to a vote without having the Republicans change the language yet again. After acquiescing to the demands of the Republicans I imagine it seemed like a fair bet.
It wasn’t. And the Republicans defeated an important and necessary authorization of funding.
Lest you think I’m not being fair, here is a quote from the House Science Committee page:Over 750 organizations endorsed reauthorization of COMPETES, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Manufacturers, the Business Roundtable, the Council on Competitiveness, the Association of American Universities, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, the National Venture Capital Association, TechAmerica, the Biotechnology Industry Organization, the American Chemical Society, and others, including nearly 100 universities and colleges.
There is still some hope, though. According to the AP (via Talking Points Memo):
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said in a statement that he was “extremely disappointed Republicans continued to play political games, voting against a job-creating measure that had bipartisan support.” He said he planned to bring the bill back to the floor soon under normal rules requiring only a majority for passage.
I am not sure how that can be done once a measure has been voted down, and unfortunately Congressional offices on the east coast are closed as I write this. I’ll see if I can find out more on Thursday (unless someone knows how and can comment below).
I have friends who were (are? I can still hope it’s “are”) depending on this funding to continue to educate the next generation of scientists. I certainly hope the House Democrats find a way to get this bill back to the Floor, get it passed so that funding is reauthorized, and in this way make sure our country has a chance to continue to stand tall in the world when it comes to our scientific capabilities.
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Google Nexus One Available in France via SFR
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Own a Batpod From The Dark Knight For a Mere $100,000 [Batman]
Want to own the Batpod, Batman’s motorcycle from The Dark Knight? Well, this one-of-a-kind working 1:1 replica of it could be yours for a mere $100,000 or best offer. Warning: you will definitely kill yourself trying to ride it. More »
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Cellphones Still Not A Practical Replacement For Cash
Cellphones may be the one item that people never leave the house without, but a wallet must come in at a close second. That’s because paying for physical goods—a subway ticket, a sandwich, or a new pair of shoes—with a cellphone hasn’t taken off, especially in North America.
There’s one good reason for that: If a user wants to charge the purchase to his or her cellphone bill, the carrier will likely take a 40 to 50 percent cut of the transaction from the retailer. Purchases are also typically capped at $25. Under these conditions, a trip to the grocery store, or the mall is completely uneconomical for the retailer. But Mobile payment service provider mopay says that’s changing and is now supporting purchasing physical goods billing in countries outside of the U.S. It said both in other countries, both the percentages that carriers are charging and the limits are slowly becoming less onerous. Retailers are also raising prices in order to make-up for how much the carriers are charging.
Mopay said it is currently supporting physical goods in 28 of the 75 countries in which mopay offers some sort of payment options. Mostly they are countries in Western and Eastern Europe, as well as the Middle East. It is also live in Australia and New Zealand. Users are able to purchase virtually anything from tickets to movie downloads to physical goods.
The service is not yet available in the U.S., where mobile payments have been more limited to virtual goods, such as a song or buying virtual currency in an online game. Several companies are going after this market, which has recently become frothy with several companies raising big rounds of capital. Companies include: Zong, PayPal, Boku and Paris-based Hi-media.
Kolja Reiss, Mopay’s managing director of mopay, said in a release that other countries, including the Asian market, is leading the way. “mopay actively pushes mobile payments to essentially become a replacement for cash and other intricate methods of payment, foreseeably eliminating the need for the traditional ‘wallet’ as we know it.”
Perhaps it will never make sense for people to purchase physical goods on their phone, and instead, there will be other solutions created to leave the wallet at home. MobileCrunch reported yesterday a feasible alternative. Visa is working on a new way to charge things to your credit card, and not your cellphone bill. It’s a bit complicated, but basically it has partnered with a company to create a case for your iPhone that allows you to just tap the phone to a credit card payment system to make a transaction. The complicated part is that the case has a microSD card slot, and the card is not only a memory chip but also a near-field communication chip. Trials are scheduled to start during the second quarter of 2010.
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America’s Climate Choices #1 – Advancing the Science of Climate Change
The National Research Council has released three reports focusing on why the US should act now to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and form a coherent plan to deal with the changing climate.
“These reports show that the state of climate change science is strong,” said Ralph J. Cicerone, president of the National Academy of Sciences. “But the nation also needs the scientific community to expand upon its understanding of why climate change is happening, and focus also on when and where the most severe impacts will occur and what we can do to respond.”
The first of these reports, Advancing the Science of Climate Change focuses on what we know of climate change while acknowledging what we don’t know, and puts forward the need for a single federal entity to be given authority and the resources to coordinate a national and multidisciplinary research effort. (more…)
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America’s Climate Choices #2 – Limiting the Magnitude of Climate Change
The National Research Council has released three reports focusing on why the US should act now to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and form a coherent plan to deal with the changing climate.
“These reports show that the state of climate change science is strong,” said Ralph J. Cicerone, president of the National Academy of Sciences. “But the nation also needs the scientific community to expand upon its understanding of why climate change is happening, and focus also on when and where the most severe impacts will occur and what we can do to respond.”
The second of the reports notes that a “departure from business as usual” is going to be necessary to “meet internationally discussed targets for limiting atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations and associated increases in global average temperatures.” (more…)
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America’s Climate Choices #3 – Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change
The National Research Council has released three reports focusing on why the US should act now to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and form a coherent plan to deal with the changing climate.
“These reports show that the state of climate change science is strong,” said Ralph J. Cicerone, president of the National Academy of Sciences. “But the nation also needs the scientific community to expand upon its understanding of why climate change is happening, and focus also on when and where the most severe impacts will occur and what we can do to respond.”
The third of the reports released under the America’s Climate Choices suite of studies requested by Congress looks specifically at the impacts of climate change on America and how the U.S. can begin reacting to these changes. (more…)
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MobiTV Coming to the Motorola Droid and HTC Droid Incredible This Summer
When it comes to watching video on Android handsets, there aren’t too many different options. However, this might all change come Summer. Why might you ask? Well, coming in June, MobiTV will debut its video streaming service on Android. According to a report at Androinica, MobiTV will launch this Summer on both the Motorola Droid and Droid Incredible (are you jealous Nexus One owners?). There is no word yet on whether or not older phones will be supported, but I wouldn’t bet on it.
MobiTV, the company that also powers Sprint TV, allows users to watch a vast array of content. Having previously had it on my iPhone, I can tell you first hand that you can watch on-demand video, live channels like ABC News or FOX News, as well as music video streaming channels. The list is very impressive.
Something of importance to note though is that if Flash is as good as we are hearing, a service like this will be rendered obsolete. Who would pay for TV on a handset when they could just watch it using Flash for free? I know I wouldn’t.
Is anyone excited about this? Let us know!
Source: Androinica
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The Great Wall of Android [#io2010]
Take a glass case. Fill it with a boatload of Android phones, tablets and MIDs. Stick it in the middle of a conference full of Android faithful. What do you get? A neon-green siren that beckoned even the most seasoned smartphone veteran. What all is in the case? Check out the video after the break.
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Micro farming trends
TRENDS: Micro farming can look towards trends that will effect other small businesses to guide their way. This quote is from the Trends Research Institute, which accurately predicted many events, including the current growth in micro farming:
“Craftspeople and small manufacturers that can establish a reputation for quality products will be able to build thriving micro-brands, while marketers who can amalgamate micro-cooperatives into true local commerce organizations will carve a solid niche for themselves……”
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Woah, these laptop bags made from recycled fire hose look awesome
It’s too bad we didn’t hear about these before Bag Week. Feuer Bags is a German company that makes bags out of decommissioned fire hose. You better believe they’re tough. Plus, they have a beautiful worn-in look right out of the box. I know “pre-worn” is a bit of a cliché now, but there’s something beautiful about objects that are genuinely hard-used and have stood up to the punishment. That’s these bags to a thread.
They’re mostly red, black, and white, as you can see — those likely being the colors used by the fire department in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
Material:
– firefighting hose
– truck tarpaulin
– safety seat beltSee, these things are made to last. Truck tarp is what waterproofs messenger backpacks, and of course nylon seat belts are practically indestructible. And what can I say about fire hose? It’s fire hose.
There are a number of styles available, from the laptop bags pictured above to messenger bags, handbags, and even some sweet-looking belts. Want.
[via Gear Diary]
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Jeep releases pics of 2011 Grand Cherokee getting dirty [w/video]
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2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee – Click above to watch video after the jumpWell, look what the interwebs have dragged in. Chrysler has released a flood of new photos of the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee doing manly things like fording rivers and blazing trails across the untamed desert. We approve. The company also turned out a tasty press release, complete with a few details on the newest version of Jeep’s luxury utility. We no longer need to wonder about what the Grand Cherokee was doing bombing around the Nürburgring. Chances are Chrysler was attempting to see just how big of a difference the truck’s reworked fully independent suspension and stiffer chassis would handle a serious flogging.
There’s no surprise in hearing that the base Grand Cherokee will feature the new Chrysler Pentastar V6. The new powerplant should up fuel economy should return 11 percent better fuel economy than what’s currently available, upping the highway figure to 23 mpg. Throw in the standard tow rating of 7,200 pounds and suddenly you’ve got an SUV worth looking into.
Expect two-wheel drive models to carry an MSRP of $30,995, with the four-wheel drive variant setting you back another $2,000. Hit the jump for the full press release and video.
Gallery: 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee
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