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Após liberar as primeiras imagens do conceito Metropolis, a Citroen o apresentou no Salão do Automóvel de Pequim onde, apesar de ainda não revelar qual será seu futuro, pelo menos nos deu algumas informações adicionais, novas fotos e video de seu conceito hibrido.

Primeiro veiculo desenvolvido pelo centro de design do grupo PSA Peugeot/ Citroen de Xangai, ele pega carona no design dos últimos veículos da Citroen como o novo DS3 e o conceito GqbyCitroen. O conceito Citroen Metropolis utiliza a mesma base do C3 e Peugeot 407.

De acordo com a companhia francesa, o sistema de motorização hibrido do Metropolis oferece uma potencia total de 460 cavalos, oriundas de um motor V6 de 2.0 litros movido a gasolina e um elétrico de 41 kW. Eles trabalham em conjunto com um cambio de sete velocidades e dupla-embreagem e tração nas quatro rodas.

No aguardo de maiores informações, curtam as novas fotos e vídeo do conceito hibrido Citroen Metropolis que, caso seja levado a produção, poderá brigar na mesma categoria do BMW Serie 7, Audi A8 e Mercedes-Benz Classe S.

Citroen Metropolis Concept

Citroen Metropolis Concept

Fonte: TheMotorReport

Guest author Jack Lundee of Everything Left provides us with this thoughtful and thought-provoking article on green spaces, green architecture and green infrastructure.

The addition and/or substitution of green spaces have been quite controversial topics as of late. Senior resident of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Ed T. McMahon states: “Green space adds value to property.” Not only do these areas of conservation drive economic trends upward, but they also improve the overall health of the surrounding community. For example, substituting things like golf courses with conservation areas would essentially increase surrounding property value while diminishing overpriced maintenance fees. The same holds true for airports and other large acre-eating developments.

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It’s been rumored for quite some time now, and today RIM kicked off WES 2010 by announcing the BlackBerry Bold 9650. The Bold 9650 will come to CDMA markets packing Wi-Fi and an optical trackpad, and will be the direct replacement for the Tour 9630 smartphone. It’s expected the Bold 9650 will come to both Verizon and Sprint VERY shortly. It’s not expected that Bold 9650 will come to Canada anytime soon, as most CDMA companies (like Bell and TELUS) have converted to HSPA in most provinces.

Skip on over for the full press release…

Press Release:

CDMA customers get a bold new choice with powerhouse 3G smartphone that offers premium features and performance together with popular keyboard and trackpad, as well as support for Wi-Fi and high-speed 3G networks around the world

Waterloo, ON – Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today introduced the BlackBerry® Bold™ 9650 smartphone – the latest addition to the BlackBerry Bold portfolio of premium smartphones.  Sophisticated, powerful and feature-rich, the BlackBerry Bold 9650 is a global smartphone for CDMA customers who want to stay connected, productive and entertained.

“The new BlackBerry Bold 9650 is an extraordinary smartphone that we think customers will love,” said Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO at Research In Motion. “Whether at work or at play, the new BlackBerry Bold 9650 offers a truly impressive communications, multimedia and connectivity experience.”

The BlackBerry Bold 9650 smartphone supports 3G (EVDO) networks in North America and (HSPA/UMTS) abroad and has a full-QWERTY keyboard, optical trackpad and built-in Wi-Fi® (802.11 b/g), which makes it possible to talk on the phone while browsing the web or sending and receiving email. The BlackBerry Bold 9650 also includes 512 MB Flash memory and an expandable memory card slot that supports up to 32 GB microSDHC cards, with a 2 GB card included.

The BlackBerry Bold 9650 fuses form and function in a striking design and, in addition to providing premium phone and multimedia features, it of course delivers the industry’s leading mobile solution for email, messaging (IM, SMS, MMS) and social networking.

Other key features of the BlackBerry Bold 9650 smartphone include:

• Stylish design (4.4” x 2.4” x .56” and 4.8 oz.) with glossy black finish and chrome highlights
• Large (2.44”) high-resolution display (480 x 360 resolution at 245 ppi), able to display pictures, videos and web pages with impressive contrast and detail
• 3.2 MP camera with flash, variable zoom, image stabilization, autofocus and video recording
• Advanced media player for videos, pictures and music, a 3.5 mm stereo headset jack and support for the Bluetooth® Stereo Audio Profile (A2DP/AVCRP)
• BlackBerry® Media Sync for easily syncing photos as well as  iTunes® and Windows Media® Player music with the smartphone*
• Easy mobile access to Facebook®, MySpace and Flickr®, as well as popular instant messaging services including BlackBerry® Messenger
• Support for BlackBerry App World™, featuring a broad and growing catalog of third-party mobile applications developed specifically for BlackBerry smartphones
• Full HTML web browser, streaming audio and video via RTSP
• Built-in GPS with support for geotagging, BlackBerry® Maps and other mapping applications
• Premium phone features including voice activated dialing, speakerphone, and Bluetooth (2.1).
• Support for high-speed EV-DO Rev. A networks in North America, as well as UMTS/HSPA (2100Mhz) and quad-band EDGE/GPRS/GSM networks abroad
• Removable and rechargeable 1400 mAhr battery for 5 hours of CDMA talk time

The BlackBerry Bold 9650 smartphone is expected to be available from carriers in the United States beginning in May.  For more information visit www.blackberry.com/bold.

Editors: Additional content, including video, spec sheet and images, is available in RIM’s online newsroom: www.rim.com/newsroom/media/gallery.

* Certain music files may not be supported, including files that contain digital rights management technologies. Photo syncing is currently only available for Windows-based PCs.

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CDMA BlackBerry Bold 9650 officailly announced at WES 2010

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If you’ve been waiting for the Nexus One to finally hit Verizon’s network, you can stop and take Google’s advice and get an Incredible. I don’t know if this is just a temporary setback or if they are scrapping plans altogether to bring the Nexus to VZ network but looks like it will not be available anytime soon.

Back in January when the Nexus was introduced, everyone on every network wanted to get their hands on one. The Nexus has made its way to most of the major carriers in the US except the biggest, Verizon. This is really odd because Verizon was one of the original partners at launch. Maybe VZ doesn’t want it to interfere with their in house “Droid” line of Android devices? Or, maybe the aforementioned problems some people have experienced with the Nexus scared them off? It’s possible that it may be available at a later date but nobody knows for sure. Guess we’ll just have to wait and see how this one plays out.

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Our brains burn a lot of the calories we eat [1]. So are knowledge workers working out?

Alas, probably not …

Appraising the brain’s energy budget (PNAS 2002)

… In the average adult human, the brain represents about 2% of the body weight. Remarkably, despite its relatively small size, the brain accounts for about 20% of the oxygen and, hence, calories consumed by the body (1). This high rate of metabolism is remarkably constant despite widely varying mental and motoric activity…

Later articles suggest that while brains use a lot of calories, and are thus a very expensive evolutionary development, they don’t use the calories for thinking. Brain calories are primarily consumed in “intrinsic activites” unrelated to environmental stimulus — presumably maintenance functions of some sort.

So we knowledge workers don’t get any caloric credit for thinking, and since we usually think while sitting (very bad) we’re really pro blubber.

[1] We also know human brains are smaller and probably more efficient than they used to be. Of course, so are computers.

Green researchers use biology to better understand solar energy conversion. …

… "Plants use solar energy to split water molecules into their component hydrogen and oxygen atoms. Scientists dream of efficiently replicating that process, then storing the resulting gases for later use in fuel cells or liquid fuels. " …

Via Calvin College: Mimic plant energy use

A UK ISP has teamed up with the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) to create a new parental control and filtering system that’s based on the same classification system being used by the UK film industry. UK Wireless ISP Tibboh uses internet filter technology created by Netsweeper to classify websites under the BBFC’s rating system (U, PG, 12, 15 or 18). Facebook and Twitter are given a “12” rating (only suitable for those over twelve), Blogger and WordPress sites are given a “15” rating, while major news outlets are given a “U” certificate (suitable for everyone). The idea seems like a fusion of a bunch of ineffective and bad ideas. It’s based on Internet filters that, of course, will block some useful content, but which kids will be able to bypass anyway. The filter system adds a new wrinkle by pretending it’s possible to assign a valuable age restriction metric to information delivery platforms — as if your kid couldn’t possibly run into something foul via Twitter, in a blog, or in the news. The service provides the illusion of safety to people who’d rather pay twenty Pounds a month than pay attention to what their kids are doing — or talk to them face to face about smart technology use.

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Depois de muitos meses de trabalho duro, a BMW apresentou finalmente o seu conceito no Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este, carro este que foi uma cópia fiél do antigo modelo 328 Kamm Coupé, carro que venceu mais de 220 corridas e entre elas, a vitória em Mille Miglia que completa o seu 70º aniversário.

O conceito usado no concurso foi inspirado no carro vencedor dessa corrida de 1940 e foi exibido lado a lado com o modelo original, que começou a ser trabalhado desde o início da década de 90.

O resultado final foi surpreendente, é curioso ver um carro igual a esse correndo pelas ruas e chega a trazer certa nostalgia dos velhos tempos. Confiram a seguir as imagens da réplica do Kamm Coupé.

Imagens da réplica histórica da BMW

Via | Autoblog.it

You may own a MacBook, iPhone and an iPad, but you shouldn’t just use each anywhere you’d like. There are rules, people. And Fast Company shares them with us. More »

This week, Xbox LIVE Gold members can purchase the Xbox LIVE Arcade game Dishwasher Dead Samurai for 1/2 off (400 points.)

Alright, let’s kick of the WES 2010 news with some handset launches! RIM was happy to announce two new versions of the Pearl smartphone. The new Pearl 3G consists on the Pearl 9100 and Pearl 9105, which we’ve seen online before. The Pearl 9100 is the new 3G Suretype QWERTY sporting smartphone, and the Pearl 9105 is the 14 key Suretype model, which represents more of a traditional phone keyboard. Both models are expected to launch around the world within the next few weeks. First stop will be Canada will Bell, TELUS and Rogers all will receive the Pearl 9100 in several colors, followed by GSM carriers in the United States…

Want to read more about the new Pearl 3G? Check out the press release and more photos after the break.

Press Release:

What do you want in a mobile phone? Small? Stylish? Fast? Full-featured? How about all of the above?

Waterloo, ON – Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced the new BlackBerry® Pearl™ 3G, the smallest BlackBerry® smartphone yet. Despite its impressively compact and elegant design, this stylish new handset is a powerful 3G BlackBerry smartphone with uncompromising performance and top–of-the-line features, including all the industry-leading BlackBerry® email, messaging and social networking capabilities that so many people love.

“The BlackBerry Pearl 3G is unlike any other smartphone in the world and we expect a broad range of new and existing customers will be drawn to its powerful features and compact design,” said Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO, Research In Motion. “Considering the fast growing consumer interest in smartphones and the fact that more than three-quarters of the people in the global mobile phone market are still buying handsets with a traditional alphanumeric keypad, we think the new BlackBerry Pearl 3G addresses a substantial market opportunity. It allows consumers to upgrade their traditional mobile phone to a full-featured, easy-to-use and fashionable 3G BlackBerry smartphone that supports BlackBerry Messenger and many other apps while maintaining a handset design and layout that is familiar and comfortable.”

The new BlackBerry Pearl 3G smartphone is a marvel of engineering and design excellence. It’s as powerful as it is compact. Measuring less than two inches wide (50 mm) and weighing only 3.3 ounces (93g), it still manages to pack in support for high-speed 3G (UMTS/HSDPA) networks, Wi-Fi® (b/g/n) and GPS along with a powerhouse processor that drives visually stunning images on the sharp, high-resolution display. It also features an optical trackpad for smooth navigation, dedicated volume and media keys for added convenience, a 3.2 MP camera with flash for quality pictures on the go, and support for up to 32 GB of personal content.

Key features of the new BlackBerry Pearl 3G smartphone include:

• Elegant candybar design measuring 4.25″ x 1.96″ x 0.52″ (108mm x 50 mm x 13.3 mm) and weighing only 3.3 oz (93 grams)
• 624 Mhz processor with 256 MB Flash memory
• 360×400 sharp-resolution display (238 ppi)
• Optical trackpad that makes navigation fast and smooth, plus a comfortable keyboard that enables quick and accurate typing
• Media player for videos, pictures and music (music plays up to 30 hours), plus dedicated media keys integrated along top of the handset
• 3.2 MP camera with zoom, autofocus, flash and video recording*
• Built-in GPS for location-based applications such as BlackBerry® Maps, as well as photo geotagging
• Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n) – first BlackBerry smartphone to support ‘n’
• microSD/SDHD memory card slot that supports up to 32 GB cards
• Premium phone features, including voice activated dialing, speakerphone and Bluetooth® (2.1) with support for hands-free headsets, stereo headsets, car kits (including systems that support the emerging Bluetooth Message Access Profile standard) and other Bluetooth accessories
• Access to BlackBerry App World™, featuring a broad and growing catalog of mobile applications developed specifically for BlackBerry smartphones
• Support for BlackBerry® Media Sync for easily syncing photos as well as iTunes® and Windows Media® Player music with the smartphone**
• BlackBerry® OS 5
• Support for tri-band UMTS/HSDPA and quad-band EDGE/GPRS/GSM networks
• Removable, rechargeable 1150 mAhr battery that provides approximately 5.5 hours of talk time on 3G networks

The new BlackBerry Pearl 3G smartphone will be available in two models and several lustrous colors. The 9100 model features a 20-key condensed QWERTY keyboard and the 9105 model features a 14-key traditional phone keyboard. Both models include SureType® software that can complete words as the user types, making texting fast and accurate. The BlackBerry Pearl 3G smartphone is expected to launch with various carriers beginning in May. Check with individual carriers for details about availability and pricing. For more information visit www.blackberry.com/pearl3G.

Editors: Additional content, including video, spec sheet and images, is available in RIM’s online newsroom: www.rim.com/newsroom/media/gallery.

* Video recording requires a microSD card, which may be sold separately.
** Certain music files may not be supported, including files that contain digital rights management technologies. Photo syncing is currently only available for Windows-based PCs.

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Not a whole lot to say here other than it’s the T-Mobile Garminfone in the wild, aka the Garmin-Asus nuvifone A50 that we saw a couple of months ago at Mobile World Congress. Android is still skinned pretty heavily, as the focus remains on navigation (natch). We’re still expecting Android 1.6 with a 600MHz processor. 512MB of ROM are confirmed, along with 3GB or so of internal storage. Still no word on when to expect it, other than "spring."  [via TMo News]

THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
_______________________________________________________________________________________
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 25, 2010

DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR
MONDAY, APRIL 26, 2010

In the morning, the President and the Vice President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing and the Economic Daily Briefing in the Oval Office. Later, the President will meet with senior advisors in the Oval Office. These meetings are closed press.

In the afternoon, the President will welcome the World Series Champion New York Yankees to the White House to honor their 2009 season. Appearing at this event with the team will be Yankees coaches and staff. This event is open press.

Later the President and the Vice President will meet with Secretary of Defense Gates in the Oval Office. This meeting is Closed Press.

In the evening, the President will deliver remarks at the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship at the Ronald Reagan Building. At his June 4, 2009, speech in Cairo, President Obama announced that the U.S. Government would host a Summit on Entrepreneurship to identify how we can deepen ties between business leaders, foundations, and entrepreneurs in the United States and Muslim communities around the world. The President’s remarks will be streamed live on www.WhiteHouse.gov/live. The other sessions at the summit will be streamed live at www.state.gov/entrepreneurshipsummit. This event is pooled for TV and open to pre-credentialed correspondents and still photographers. The deadline to request credentials has passed.

In-Town Travel Pool
Wires: AP, Reuters, Bloomberg
Wire Photos: AP, Reuters, AFP
TV Corr & Crew: ABC
Print: Washington Examiner
Radio: NPR

EDT

9:30AM Pool Call Time

9:30AM THE PRESIDENT and THE VICE PRESIDENT receive the Presidential Daily Briefing
Oval Office
Closed Press

10:00AM THE PRESIDENT and THE VICE PRESIDENT receive the Economic Daily Briefing
Oval Office
Closed Press

10:40AM THE PRESIDENT meets with senior advisors
Oval Office
Closed Press

3:00PM THE PRESIDENT welcomes World Series Champion New York Yankees to the White House.
South Portico
Open Press (Pre-set 2:00PM – Final Gather 2:30PM – North Doors of the Palm Room)

4:30PM THE PRESIDENT and THE VICE PRESIDENT meet with Secretary of Defense Gates
Oval Office
Closed Press

6:00PM THE PRESIDENT delivers remarks at the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship
Ronald Reagan Building
Pooled TV, Open to pre-credentialed correspondents & still photographers (Pool Gather time 5:15PM- North Doors of the Palm Room)

Briefing Schedule

1:00PM Briefing by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs

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Ok, I’m headed over to talk to RIM and get some hands on time with the Pearl 9100 series and the Bold 9650.  Let’s have a live conversation!  What would you like me to ask them?  Post your questions in the comments section, and I’ll do my best to answer them and post back!

(This is “live,” but I have to walk over to another part of the hotel.  Bear with me!)

[JURIST] Thailand’s pro-government People’s Alliance for Democracy Network, known as “yellow shirts,” called Monday for a declaration of martial law to quell the anti-government movement spearheaded by the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship, or “red shirts.” The statement comes after over a month of conflict in Bangkok that has left more than 25 dead and nearly 1,000 injured in connection with increasingly violent anti-government protests. After an attack Sunday on a former premier’s home left 11 people injured, the reds dug into their fortified bunker in Bangkok in anticipation of government retaliation. Yellow shirt representatives have said that if the government will not crack down on the reds, the group is prepared to take action itself.
Last week, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva announced that he is prepared to negotiate with red shirt protesters once they cease their illegal conduct. Thai courts have recently issued arrest warrants for several high-profile protesters, including high-ranking officials of the red shirt opposition, in connection with violent protests and an alleged break-in at Parliament. Internal divisions have been mounting steadily in Thailand since the 2006 ouster of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, whose progressive policies engendered the support of the poor rural class that largely constitutes the reds today. The yellows, primarily consisting of the urban middle-class, considered Shinawatra, and as well as the reds, disloyal to the monarchy. Because of the mounting violence, Abhisit has imposed a state of emergency in Bangkok and neighboring provinces.

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Tiger Woods apologist Jim Carrey joined Conan O’Brien onstage during his nationwide comedy tour stop in the City of Angels on Saturday night.

On the Los Angeles leg of his comedy tour this weekend, the late-night comic was greeted by surprise guest appearance by Carrey, who came dressed as a superhero. Wearing a Superman costume, joined the former Tonight Show host onstage to sing a duet of the song “Superman” by Five For Fighting. Both Conan and Jim posted a video of the show online for fans’ enjoyment, with O’Brien writing on his Team Coco: “If you missed last night’s show, A.) I feel sorry for you, and B.) here’s a little taste of the comedy magic that went down.”

Earlier this month, Conan confirmed that he will be returning to late-night TV on a new TBS series premiering in November.

Sunday, April 25th, 2010, I picked up several packages of CFL at my local Costco at a great price.  In fact the price made it close to impossible to pass up.

$0.99 bought a four pack of 13 Watt CFL  (60 Watt replacement) after instant rebate taken at the register.

$1.79 bought a four pack of 23 Watt CFL  (100 Watt replacement) after instant rebate taken at the register.

The package label indicates the 13 Watt last 13 times longer; save $369 per pack of 4.

The package label indicates the 23 Watt last 10 times longer; save $225 per pack of 4.

Nice deal – great way to save  on your electric bills. 

>>>>> Remember Home Depot collects CFL for safe recycling.

Via: Costcp LINK