We’re but three years removed from the US introduction of both Nintendo’s Wii and Sony’s PlayStation 3, and already the rumors are running rampant about the future iterations of both consoles. Two separate reports from Japan’s Impress touch on both units, with speculation and insider information on the former suggesting that Intel could be in talks with the Big N about powering the second Wii. Hard details are obviously tough to come by, but word has it that the two are mulling a GPU / CPU combo similar to the Larrabee; granted, we’d prefer something a touch more potent in the Wii 2, but we wouldn’t be shocked if Nintendo chooses the less powerful path yet again. In related news, it seems as if Sony could be looking for an alternative to its Cell CPU in the PlayStation 4, an alternative that involves some sort of “multi-core CPU.” Potentially more interesting is the notion that Sony’s next-gen handheld could be out before said console, which is loosely pegged for a 2013 release. We wouldn’t take any of this to heart just yet, but we’re pretty certain we can’t stop the dreamers from going too far.

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As if we didn’t have enough pretenders in the ebook space, here’s Ray Kurzweil with a new format of his own and a bagful of ambition to go with it. Set for a proper unveiling at CES in a week’s time, the Blio format and accompanying application are together intended to deliver true-to-life color reproductions of the way real books appear. Interestingly, the software has been developed in partnership with Nokia, in an effort to turn Espoo’s phones into “the smallest text-to-speech reading devices available thus far,” though apps are also being developed for the iPhone, PC and Mac. The biggest advantage of this format might actually be behind the scenes, where the costs to publishers are drastically reduced by them having to only submit a PDF scan of their books, whose formatting remains unchanged in Blio. We’ll be all over this at CES, but for now you’ll find more pictures and early impressions over at Gizmodo.

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Dems Don’t Need to Be More ‘Moderate’
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There is little doubt that over the last several months President Obama's poll numbers — and those of Democrats generally — have taken a swing for the worse. The president's job approval numbers have drifted below 50 percent. The popularity of some of his signature initiatives has dropped. Last week, Democratic Congressman Parker Griffith of Alabama announced he was switching parties — presumably in order to enhance his odds of political survival next fall. These events have given rise to calls that the Democratic agenda needs to become more “moderate” or…

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Ford Motor Co. is starting from January 2010 a 24-month electric vehicle test program in Germany, Bloomberg recently reported.

The vehicles involved will be 25 electric Focus compacts and Transit Vans. These will be driven under real traffic conditions in the town of Colone, the location of Ford’s European division, said Ferdinand Dudenhoeffer, director of the Center for Automotive Research at Germany’s University of Duisburg-Essen, which is supervising the 15 million-euro study…. (read more)

While the world economy is rebounding, knock-on effects from the downturn are still being felt. Another 60 million people will lose their jobs, globally, in 2010 according to The Economist. 200 million people risk falling into poverty. Thus the new year brings with it heightened potential for social unrest as, for many, financial difficulty wears on.

The Economist: But poverty alone does not spark unrest—exaggerated income inequalities, poor governance, lack of social provision and ethnic tensions are all elements of the brew that foments unrest.

Mexico, Russia, and China are particularly at risk. One can imagine that social powder kegs are slow burning. Economic inequalities or perceived injustices start to simmer when problems first emerge… but explode much later as people exhaust other avenues of hope.

Chart via The Economist.

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Picking my favorite posts of 2009 seemed a nearly impossible task, but I’ve managed to whittle the list down to these few. It’s a mix of simple tips, comforting and impressive recipes, and interesting stories – all inspired me to try something different or think about things in a new way this year.

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This time of the year is made for giving and most companies don’t miss out on the opportunity to show just how much they care for their customers. This is true for web companies also and Facebook, which has had quite a good year, is trying to impress in 2009. It’s not as much the value of the gifts which stand out, but the work that went into them. The social network has sent its most valued advertising clients a 19-by-19-inch, embossed and foiled poster along with a wooden token for DonorsChoose all stylishly packaged.

It actually took Facebook two months to create the gifts and only 4,000 posters were printed aimed at the biggest clients. The posters themselves are incredibly detailed and emphasize Facebook’s main focus “Connect” and “Share.” Besides the posters, the advertisers also got a $75 token for either the DonorsChoose organization, which enables donors to select the charity they want to make their contribution to, or one for Kiva for international customers.

The entire creation process is documented on the Facebook page the social network set up for the campaign from the initial sketches of the design to the manufacturing process. Of course, with the company expected to bring in $500 million in revenue this year, and the gifts only going out to the biggest clients, it’s safe t… (read more)

Jordan Meadows is best known for his automotive work such as the Award-winning Kaan, Mazda Kiyora and Mazda Furai, but his portfolio includes some remarkable work such as the Hellfighter VTOL aircraft and Hydroplane Racer concepts. His latest concept is the Metalback cafe racer motorcycle, fashioned to exist where substance and sustainability meet speed and style. The engine is a V4 diesel running on environmentally-friendly bio diesel fuel, while the frame and skin are crafted from recycled aluminum. ..

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Starting with 2010, Ford will install HD Radio receivers on its cars, which practically means that passengers will have access to digital radio signals. This means that the radio will have improved, near CD quality sound.

HD Radio is great, but this is not the only Ford surprise for next year. Alongside the HD Radio, Ford will also offer the first iTunes Tagging system in a factory-installed HD Radioreceiver. According to Ford, this offers the customers with the ability to capture… (read more)

A collaboration between MIT, Boston University and German researchers has produced a new system that could soon be used to move tiny objects inside a microchip. The system is self-assembling, can be controlled via software and can transport particles up to 100 times the size of the beads carrying them. The objective is to give scientists new insights as to how cells and other objects are transported by tiny cilia throughout our bodies. ..

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Google’s mobile operating system has come a long way in a short time. While iPhone users are more likely to use features like apps and web browsing than those of other smartphones, Android owners are already right up there with them on most counts, according to comScore/Compete research presented by eMarketer…

—Owners of each handset are almost exactly as likely to use mobile media, news, apps and social networking; iPhone users are only slightly more likely in each category.

—But only 63 percent of Android owners use email, compared with 87 percent on iPhone, despite Android’s always-on email access.

—More iPhone users (52 percent) say they spend most of their phone time using apps, rather than web browsing (compared with 35 percent of Android users.

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While we were plowing through the recent snowfall in New Jersey with a 2010 Audi S4, MINI E electric Cooper drivers were feeling the wrath of going green in the winter. Dr. Lyle Dennis of GM-Volt, who is leasing a MINI E for one year said:

On a recent trip at a temperature of 23 degrees Fahrenheit and including a two-hour 110 volt charge in the middle, the battery meter hit zero miles/zero percent after just 55 miles (see graphic). The car is billed as having a 100 mile range…There has been a pronounced decline in battery range in the cold weather.

According to a report by the Washington Post, many MINI E drivers are noticing a 20 percent reduction in the range of the electric Cooper in cold weather. A New Jersey driver with an 85 mile commute found out the hard way after being left out in the cold without any battery charge.

– By: Omar Rana

Source: GM-Volt

So yesterday brought us a new version of webOS that promises to fix the app limit problem. It also brought us a fancy new version of the App Catalog and expanded app sales to US territories, though not to Canada, Europe, Mexico, and anybody else that happens to have gotten their hands on a Pre. But we’re making progress. And in the light of that progress, Palm also released a few app updates and a new app late yesterday (or early this morning, if you look at it the way we do). It’s a short list, so we’re going to skip the usual “after the break” business and put it right out in the open.

New Apps:

• Pop n’ Catch, $0.99, by Deep Thought Software: Pop the rising balloons to collect coins, but look out for bomb balloons.

Updated Apps:

• MiCoqui, $0.99
• Wabbit Hunt Lite, Free
• Wabbit Hunt, $1.49

While celebrating the new coming year 2010, I am going to end up the year 2009 with my 30^th blog post in this Cytogenetics and Cancer Research blog. I started this blog on 16^th of October with the first post about What is Cytogenetics. I have put a lot of efforts to develop and organize this blog so that people around me can really get benefits from my writing. Today, I am going to make a roundup for this 2 months and 21 days old blog.

3 ‘Top’ in Cytogenetics and Cancer Research Blog

Top Commented Post

15 Benefits of Smoking Cessation

“Smoking cessation provides extensive health benefits for everyone including the smokers and non-smokers. There are 15 significant health benefits of quitting smoking.”
 
There are 6 comments for this post. Although not much, it is an encouragement for me as a new blogger. I’m looking forward to listen to more comments for this Cytogenetics and Cancer Research blog.
 

Top Searched Post

Cancer Research: How Cancer Cell Spread to Other Cell?

“Cancer research is the study of abnormal cells. The malignant cancer cells will harm to our body and invade to other adjacent cells. We discover that these malignant cells can infiltrate to the surrounding tissue through the lymphatics and blood vessels.”
 
I noticed that people prefer to know how cancer cell spread to other cell in my blog. This topic is the top searched in my blog for almost every day. I will try to write more about this in 2010.
 

Top Visited Post

Top 10 Discoveries of Cancer Treatment in 2009

“I have gathered the cancer research news from Google and NCI. Below are some of the new findings of cancer treatment which I found really benefits to the world.”
 
I have used this post to participate the Group Writing Project organized by DailyBloggingTips.com. This is the top visited post that I have in my blog now. I get a lot of natural links from other websites since I posted this article.
 

3 ‘Most’ in Cytogenetics and Cancer Research Blog

Most Controversial Post

Cigarette Smoking – Primary Risk Factor for Lung Cancer

“Cigarette smoking is the primary risk factor for lung cancer. The cancer research shows that the risk of getting the lung cancer is higher among the cigarette smokers than the non-smokers.”
 
I am so surprised that this post had been listed in the top 200 of controversial article in Reddit.com at the day I posted it. I don’t think this is good news for me. However, I am so happy that this article had been highlighted in the world and hopefully it can increase the awareness of people regarding to the lung cancer.
 

Most Viewed Post

3 Main Types of Cancer Diseases

“Cancer is a complicated set of diseases which human still cannot really figure out what is going on. There are more than 200 types of diseases cause by cancer. Most of these cancer diseases possess the different properties and treatments.  There are three main types of cancer diseases.”
 
I noticed that people tend to click on this post when they visit my blog. I think most of us wish to know more about cancer now.
 

Most Favourite Post

XXX Syndrome (Superwoman) | Birth Defect in Cytogenetics

“Why a female with 47, XXX karyotype can be described as a ‘superwoman’ in Cytogenetics? Is she possesses any super power or advantage just like X-Men?”
 
Personally, this is the favourite post that I like most in this blog. How about you? Do you like this post too?
 
In conclusion, I will try to write more quality articles in year 2010 to reach the aim to increase the awareness of people around me regarding to cancer and genetic disorders. Thanks for your supporting!
 

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Back in October, we wrote about how the Philadelphia Eagles were trying to stop radio stations from doing promotional giveaways of tickets they had legally purchased. The team basically claims that the terms (which no one reads nor technically “agrees” to) on the back of the ticket forbid such uses of the tickets. Instead, clearly, the Eagles wanted to sell the rights to do promotional giveaways. Now there’s a similar lawsuit involving Major League Soccer and FIFA. JJ points us to a lawsuit in which the organization that handles marketing for both soccer organizations is quite upset at Black & Decker for doing ticket giveaway promotions. The reason why they’re so upset? B&D competitor Makita is “the official power tool” of both soccer leagues in the US. In this case, they’re arguing trademark infringement and breach of contract, though both seem questionable. If it’s an accurate promotion, such that B&D is literally giving away legally purchased tickets and merchandise, then as long as it doesn’t suggest endorsement from the soccer leagues, there shouldn’t be much confusion. As for the breach of contract, if B&D never agreed to the contract, it’s hard to see how they can be held to it.

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RBC recently released their 20 favorite trades for 2010.  As we previously mentioned, RBC is relatively bullish though they are viewing the upcoming year as two different investment environments.   They see overall fundamentals improving and the first half of 2010 serving as a period of “catch-up” for investors.  That should change heading into the back half of the year as investors become more defensive.  Based on this macro outlook RBC provides their 10 favorite trades for 2010:

• Argentina external debt steepeners (Long Boden 2012’s / Short US$ 2033 Discounts)

Actionable only for sophisticated investors with foreign access.  The Argentine holdout debt restructuring is likely to conclude in 2010.  The holdout-debt-swap is likely to result in underperformance of the long end of the curve, given that most of the resulting debt is expected to be issued in discounts.

• Long Brazil / Short Venezuela 5yr CDS

Similar to Goldman’s Ireland/Spain trade.  RBC believes Brazil is priced for perfection and investors are too bearish on Venezuela.

• Mexico TIIE 2s-10s flattener

The Mexican Central Bank is likely to hike rates by Q210 as inflation fears increase.

• Long MXN/COP

As Mexico recovers their lagging currency is likely to outperform in 2010.  Valuation and weak economic outlook in Columbia makes it a nice pairing.

• Short EUR/PLN

Poland now looks cheap compared to the Euro.  Proactive rate action and better than expected economic growth should help the rally in PLN continue.

• Short USD/RUB

Strong oil demand, better than expected economic growth and valuation make RUB attractive.

• Short USD/ZAR

The rand looks attractive for similar reasons mentioned in other EM currencies.  Proactive rate action, better than expected economic growth and attention on South Africa during the 2010 World Cup make this an attractive play.

• Sell 12-month USD/CNY NDFs

Yuan revaluation is only a matter of time….

• Short USD/KRW

The rebound in China and Asia should help boost Korea.  RBC sees rates rising 150 bps in 2010.  This pairs works favorably with the dollar.

• Long EM high-yield vs. high-grade corporate debt

From RBC:

As the global economic recovery gains momentum, risks in the high yield corporate segment will decline driven by rising revenues and cash flows, which will help ease refinancing needs.  Rather than pairing EM high yielders with sovereigns which offer a similar scope for spread compression, we elected to pair them with high grade corporates because this pairing offers a better hedge against sell-offs, and we believe it is possible that we could witness other Dubai like-events in 2010.

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Ford acaba de lanzar una edición limitada del reciente Ford Mustang GT. Esta edición especial recibe el nombre de Ford Mustang Boss 302R y estoy seguro que encantará a todos los seguidores de esta marca.

Según ha confirmado la propia Ford, sólo se fabricarán 50 unidades y será ni más ni menos que una versión de carreras. Tendrá un precio apróximado de unos 55.000€.

Todo el equipamiento de este modelo estará mejorado para poder usado en competición como los neumáticos, frenos, jaula de protección, motor sellado, refrigeración mejorada, etc… Esperemos que algún día lo podamos ver en acción en los circuitos del mundial de GT4.

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Surely you heard the news last week that a person on board a flight to Detroit set off a device on the plane. Thanks to the heroic actions of the crew and passengers, he was subdued and the plane landed safely. That’s what I call saving Christmas.

When incidents like this happen on planes, usually a change in airport security follows. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issued some guidance to the public about this incident and how it will affect you.

The TSA says that they will implement additional screening measures including explosive detection dogs, law enforcement officers, gate screening, and other measures.

But what does all that mean to you? Right now, security checkpoint requirements remain the same for departures from U.S. airports.

You don’t need to do anything differently, just remember to pack well to get through the line faster, follow the liquid rules and keep prohibited items at home.

You may notice additional security measures at the airport, and you know that additional security measures mean it just might take more time to get through the security line. Be sure to give yourself even a little more extra time to get to your flight.