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Starring: Thomas Mann, Oliver Cooper, Jonathan Daniel Brown, Alexis Knapp, Kirby Bliss Blanton, Miles Teller, Dax Flame, Martin Klebba, Rick Shapiro, Rob Evors, Peter Mackenzie, Caitlin Dulany, Chet Hanks, Jimmy Kimmel, Jillian Barberie, Brady Hender, Nick Nervies.
Director: Nima Nourizadeh
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|"I can't fix this…I can't fix ANY of this!!!" – Costa (Oliver Cooper).When I was in high school, I was not a partier per se, but I was friends with some who were and even in their wildest dreams, a party like the one featured in Project X would be so far out of the realm of possibility. The biggest partiers from my high school could never conceive of such debauchery, but only if Project X had been around for them. A pathetic call to action, steeped in Awesomeness and carrying with it the always troubling How To Be Cool In School theology, Project X is the latest entry in the exhausted and wheezing "found footage" genre and serves as a departure of sorts from most of those films which preceded it. Project X is a comedy, at least in theory, and with the exception of the rightfully ignored 2010 film The Virginity Hit, I cannot recall another comedy tackling their story in quite this manner.
From the outset of the film, Project X shoves an unsavory and loathsome kid named Costa (Oliver Cooper) down our throats and I cannot fathom anyone finding this character tolerable, likable, or endearing in any way, shape, or form. He is conniving, dishonest, and simply focused on all things sexual – except when he talks about throwing his best friend, Thomas (Thomas Mann), one incredible 17th birthday party, which will naturally lead to drinking, partying, and by the end of the night, Costa, Thomas, and a third friend, JB (Jonathan Daniel Brown), all hopefully getting laid.
The caricatures are so transparent that you can see right through all of this. Costa has no filter and knows no boundaries, casting insults and vulgarities at anyone and everyone who even dares to take a look his way. Thomas is a pale, rail-thin worrier who is intrigued that his friend is planning his birthday bash while his parents are going away for the weekend. JB is an overweight, ridiculed, and awkward geek-like curiosity who looks like a young Josh Gad and is likewise easily swayed by Costa's unrelenting attacks and insulting behavior.
Putting aside the belief that these three misfits could truly be the best of friends for a minute, Thomas' parents apparently celebrate their wedding anniversary the same weekend of their son's birthday, natch, and so, off they go, and Costa begins promoting a massive birthday bash to help Thomas be cool. And inviting just a few people becomes 20-30 people, which then becomes hundreds more when people spread around the invitation and Costa employs an unrelenting massive one day marketing campaign to get people to Thomas' house.
On site, we have a professional-level DJ, massive quantities of alcohol, limitless recreational drugs available, and with a few signs instructing female nakedness, a wealth of high school girls (BUZZKILL – would these not be underage girls on screen then?) stripping off their clothes and jumping into the pool and likewise grind-dancing on guys. Go upstairs (of course they do…) and we find couples engaging in sex throughout Thomas' house, and rampant chaos increasing and escalating by the second. Thomas panics, Costa assures him all will be fine, and the 2-man security force of 12-year-old boys are completely overmatched from the first moment to the last.
Project X is a headache-inducing mess which not only simulates a hangover effect on viewers, but also banks on the premise that teenagers and college students and immature man-children are going to love watching all this depravity play out on screen. And in all honesty, Project X provides a couple of laughable moments – from out of nowhere, a dwarf shows up, gets stuffed in an oven, and proceeds to go crazy once freed, punching countless party attendees in the crotch. A running joke involving a man in his 40s attending the party and playing beer pong and other party events is a sight gag that works, and just from the law of averages – some of the interactions between the lead characters land an occasional glancing blow of humor.
And yet throughout the film's largely insufferable existence, there is little else to enjoy here and Project X goes so unfathomably over-the-top that even the most forgiving of viewers will have to throw up their hands and just check out. When things escalate into wanton destruction, news helicopters circling overhead, and a deranged drug addict with a flamethrower essentially wages war on the partygoers, Project X is so immersed in self-gratification that I wondered if I should just step out of the room and let it have its final moments to itself.
Produced by The Hangover director Todd Phillips, who notoriously faked a believable documentary known as Frat House prior to his directorial breakthrough, Old School, Project X might have benefitted from a mockumentary-style approach that incorporated the "found footage" within it. The lack of commitment to this approach is alarming since, at multiple times in the film, a second camera begins shooting footage from a distance or an angle that is logically impossible. To quibble over a major film flub in Project X is pointless and unnecessary because no one involved in this film is attempting to make any sense at all. The whole purpose of this film is to titillate and romanticize debauchery, preach some alarming misogyny, and in almost the film's worst offense, empathize with Thomas as he realizes he might be in love with his best friend, Kirby (Kirby Bliss Blanton).
Of course, late in the night and after popping ecstasy, Thomas is caught by Kirby in the act with Alexis (Alexis Knapp), the hottest, most popular (sigh…), and apparently easiest girl in school. Kirby is heartbroken and Thomas chases after her once he has been discovered and Thomas is so high when he leaves Alexis to chase after her, that he has no earthly idea what is happening or why.
Ironically, I felt the same way for all 84 cringe-inducing minutes of Project X.
Should I See It?
Money is no object and you secretly wish you could have had a party or can still have a party where sex, drugs, and alcohol are as available as air and you can lie to police and destroy your parents' house, lying to them the entire time, and risking someone dying from alcohol poisoning, or getting pregnant, or committing crimes left and right. I mean how awesome would that (not) be?!?!!?!?!?
On the one hand, some might say this is just gutter-level, mindless fun. Misogynistic and cringe-inducing, but mindless nonetheless.
I liked the groin-punching dwarf.
I loathe this movie and do not think it stems from an age-driven viewpoint inasmuch as it is just a terribly made film. The jokes are flat, the behavior is amusing for merely seconds, and the three actors are so annoying and unlikable, I cannot fathom anyone genuinely liking this movie. Perhaps you are entertained in parts, but to say you like it – you might need to see a psychologist.
For "found footage" purists, and there are a half dozen or so of you still out there, you will see it and be appalled that it does not even try to hold to the one camera documenting the events of the night ideology. Petty complaint? Maybe, but if they don't care, you should not really either.
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It may have been the day that the first hints of snow were in the sky, but the atmosphere was warm and cosy at Montreal's Theatre Plaza on November 10, 2005, where Montreal-based Snailhouse and Bell Orchestre were teamed with more-or-less American-based Clogs for an evening that managed to stymie preconceptionseven for those who knew the music and background of any/all of these three intrepid groups.
Theatre Plaza is a 1920s-era movie theatre that's been lovingly converted into a live concert venue. While the lack of seating made it a somewhat surprising choice for the chamber leanings of Clogs, it actually worked to their advantage. With surprising attention given not only to the sound system (which was superb) but to the lighting as well (outstanding), the venue was the perfect place to stage a triple bill where all was not what it seemed. It was also proof positive to aging naysayers that there is, indeed, an adventurous young fan base out there whose ears are wide open to possibilities extending far beyond what MuchMusic and MTV would have you believe is defining contemporary music.
Calling Snailhouse a group is, in fact, a misnomer. Snailhouse is, in fact, the name used by singer/songwriter Mike Feuerstack to group together a number of recording projects that range from the solo effort Fine (Grand Theft Autumn, 2000), to The Radio Dances (Rhythm of Sickness, 1999), where Feuerstack is supported by bandmates from Wooden Stars, who recently regrouped and are expecting to record in 2006.
Feuerstack's self-effacing writing is as economical as it is direct. His brief set consisted of songs that were deeply personal, yet avoided the sturm und drang so often associated with contemporary singer/songwriters. For the first half of his set Feuerstackaccompanying himself on an electric guitar and, consequently, avoiding the inherent folksiness of the usual singer/songwriter aestheticwas alone on stage. He'd probably not want you to know it, but he's a deceptively fine playerdeceptive because he comes from the same kind of minimal approach of Daniel Lanois. Still, his purity of tone and elegant simplicity belied greater talent, the same way Bill Frisell manages to speak volumes with a single note. Not that he's comparable to Frisellonly that they both prefer the significance of one note in place of many.
For the second half of his set, members of Bell Orchestre joined him, fleshing out the material without cluttering itan approach that would be heard more when they took the stage for their own set. Bassist Richard Reed Parry and drummer Stef Schneider propelled Feuerstack's songs gracefully, while violinist Sarah Neufeld, trumpeter Kaveh Nabatian and French horn player Pietro Amato developed long, languid harmonies that made, at one point, Feuerstack's own falsetto simply part of a larger orchestra. A beautifully understated start to the evening.
Clogs, with three albums already out on the Brassland label, were clearly the most established group to take the stage. While violist/violinist Padma Newsome has been the group's primary composer since inception, their latest release Lantern (to be officially released in January, 2006, but available at shows now) is something of a departure, with the majority of the material "composed and developed by Clogs. Still, that should come as no surprise, because anyone familiar with the groupguitarist Bryce Dressner, bassoonist Rachael Elliott and percussionist Thomas Kozumplikknow that it's never been anything short of a wholly collaborative affair all along.
With each album representing both a logical development and departure from the last, it should also come as no surprise that Lantern, while sounding like nobody but Clogs, represents something new as well. Texturally it's as varied an album as they've made, with Dressner bringing out his electric guitar for the first time (in addition to acoustic guitar and ukulele), Newsome playing piano, melodica and mandola, and Elliott also doubling on melodica. For their all-too-brief 30-minute set, Clogs concentrated exclusively on material from Lantern, which in some ways is the most song-based work they've created in their five-year history together.
While the inherent intimacy of their sound might have seemed at odds with the bigger, rock-oriented style of the venue, they not only fit in perfectly, but adapted seamlessly to their surroundings, playing at times with a fiery intensity only hinted at on record. Clogs excel at making the most unconventional of instrumental combinations not only work, but feel as if they've always belonged togetherelectric guitar, viola, bassoon and steel drums creating a delicate backdrop for the album's title track, which also featured Newsome's softly melancholic vocal.
Still, while Clogs played with more power than those familiar with them might have expected, neither did they let the inherent spaciousness of the venue prevent them from creating the kind of intimate and graceful blend of through-composition and improvisation that's been a fundamental from their very beginning. Dressner often created warm elliptical patterns over which Elliott and Newsome layered melodies that transcended stereotypical expectations of what their instruments are capable. Kozumplik shifted between more conventional drum kit and hand percussion, creating the eclectic rhythmic fabric that's also helped define Clogs' unique sound.
While their first release, Thom's Night Out, put them in the same general space as groups like Rachel's, it's been clear with each successive release that Clogs are as stylistically impossible to categorize as they are as they are hypnotically appealing. While the majority of the young crowd at Theatre Plaza were there to see hometown group Belle Orchestre, it was equally clear that Clogs made some new converts during this fine and rare Canadian appearance.
With a minimalist wash of ambient sound coming from the sound system, Bell Orchestre gradually took the stage, with Nabatian and Amato playing their respective horns as they gradually wound their way through the crowd.
Touring in support of their first release, Recording a Tape the Colour of the Light (Rough Trade, 2005), the group quickly established their potent blend of contemporary chamber music with a propulsive rhythmic edge. While many of the roots of the group are likely lost on its audiencethe minimalism of Steve Reich, adventurousness of electronic music and elegance of chamber musicthey demonstrated that it's possible to take these more esoteric elements and combine them in a powerful and accessible blend. While the group focused on their primary instruments, they also incorporated odd electronics, tuned percussion and some distinctly less-than-conventional ideasas when Schneider sat down at the front of the stage between Parry and Neufeld for a trio of bass, violin and...typewriter.
Neufeldlike Clogs' Newsomeis, perhaps, the most visually arresting performer, animated and actively engaged with every member of the band. But while this is a bandagain, like Clogsthat's less about the individual and more about the collective, everyone had their moments to shine. And while the instrumentation is equally unconventionalbass, violin, percussion, trumpet and French hornthe result was a rich sound where conventional instrumental roles were often dispensed with. While Parry has a deep bass sound that, along with Schneider, can create a powerful rhythm section, he was just as often found creating long arco tones along with Neufeld, while Nabatian and Amato created almost conflicting lines that magically coalesced through the constant pulse created by Schneider.
The Theatre Plaza performance was the second-to-last date of a tour that's seen Bell Orchestre and Clogs visit New York, Boston and other venues in the New England area. While there's no question that their hometown crowd was especially appreciative of Belle Orchestre, the fact that these two groupsas far removed from popular pop culture as one can getcan hit the road and play to strong audiences makes it a certainty that, while adventurous music is relatively marginalized, it does have a placeone that will most certainly not be going away any time soon. Encouraging news indeed.
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There are few surprises on the CW's upfront schedule, besides virgins. It's a good time for the network's comic-book-heavy prime-time lineup: Arrow will be joined by spinoff The Flash in the fall; and the 100, Hart of Dixie and Beauty and the Beast will all be back, though Beauty doesn't get a slot until midseason. And of course, Jane the Virgin, which the network announced for Monday nights at 9, putting it opposite sitcoms on both CBS and NBC and Dancing With the Stars on ABC. Offbeat help-me-I'm-undead show iZombie (based, like Flash and Arrow, on the DC Comics property, though iZombie hails from DC's "grown-up" line, Vertigo) will also premiere during the second half of the season. THE CW's 2014-2015 PRIMETIME SCHEDULE MONDAY 8-9 p.m.
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It's that time again.
The chosen call of the week on The Cryin', Lovin' Or Leavin' Show.
On Saturday night, John from Troy was having some family fun with his wife and aunt, bowling with their Xbox. After only 30 minutes, his aunt bowled a perfect score, so he wanted to just play a fun song for her. He chose Toby Keith's 'Red Solo Cup.'
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Bangalore 'sex swami' Nityananda gets bail
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Bangalore swami in sex scandal
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South | Press Trust of India | Wednesday June 20, 2012
A court at Ramanagar on Wednesday granted police permission to subject controversial self-styled godman Nithyananda to a medical test as sought by the CID in a sex scandal case in 2010 reportedly involving him.
Actor Ranjitha blames Nithyananda's driver for scandal
India News | mid-day.com | Friday August 5, 2011
The Ramnagar Court issued an arrest warrant against Lenin Kuruppan, who exposed controversial swami Nityananda's sex scandal, following a complaint filed by Tamil film actress Ranjitha. In her complaint, she claimed that the video supposedly showing her in a compromising position with Nityananda has been morphed.
Karavali sex scandal: Job offer withdrawn for MMS victim
Bangalore News | mid-day.com | Friday July 15, 2011
To add to the woes of Soumya (name changed), a victim of a spurned lover's revenge, her career with the Intelligence Bureau (IB) has been shot down abruptly. Soumya had filed a complaint against her former boyfriend for uploading videos and photos on the Internet of the two having sex, which came to be infamously known as the Karavali-MMS scandal, ...
Nithyananda sex scandal: I am not the person in the tapes, says actress Ranjitha
Bangalore News | Press Trust of India | Saturday January 1, 2011
South Indian actress Ranjita today claimed she was not the woman in the sleazy video involving the controversial self-styled godman Nityananda Swami and alleged that this footage aired by a TV channel was 'fabricated.' Breaking her silence in her first public appearance after the alleged sex scandal broke out in March this y...
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Cities | mid-day.com | Monday July 5, 2010
Even as detectives from the Crime Investigation Deportment (CID) struggle to file charges against Bangalore Swami Nityananda in the rape case, the main witness and victim, actress Ranjitha says that she can't turn up for the enquiry.
Sex Swami's bail plea rejected
Cities | Press Trust of India | Thursday May 6, 2010
A local court on Thursday rejected the bail application of self-styled godman Nityananda Swami embroiled in an alleged sex scandal.
Sex Swami duped firangs in the US
Cities | mid-day.com | Tuesday March 30, 2010
Douglas McKellor, an American national and once a disciple of Swami Nityananda, has registered a case with California State Attorney General against the self-proclaimed godman.
Bangalore Swami embroiled in sex scam resigns
Cities | NDTV Correspondent | Tuesday March 30, 2010
Bangalore based swami Nithyananda, who was embroiled in a sex scandal, resigned as the head of his ashram - Dhyanapeetam - on Monday.
Another Tamil actress in Sex Swami saga
Cities | mid-day.com | Wednesday March 24, 2010
After Ranjitha, it's Tamil actress Yuvarani who's now purportedly involved in a romp with self-proclaimed godman Swami Nityananda. A video which surfaced on the Internet allegedly shows Yuvarani and Nityananda engaging in sexual activities in the nude.
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Cities | NDTV Correspondent | Wednesday March 3, 2010
A controversy has erupted over an alleged sex scandal involving Swami Nithyananda who has an Ashram outside Bangalore. The swami was allegedly filmed in a room with women in Tamil Nadu.
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There is still another quiet day or two on the fresh page of my calendar, before the new year really gets going. Schools are still playing Bowl games, and the tree is still up (if brown-ish), so it must still be the holiday season.
And I have three topics I want to discuss before the 2012 agenda kicks into gear. These aren't really on the mainline IT-for-sustainability topic, but rather observations on changes underway in the IT industry, which may have some implications for companies' or individuals' sustainability efforts downstream.
Have you heard of Kickstarter? This is social media meets venture capital meets (very) early-stage entrepreneurs, tech and otherwise. Pretty much accidentally, I was pinged by and ended up contributing to two different projects which I will mention below. But check out the overall story at Kickstarter; it looks to me like a revolution-in-the making in terms of how new ideas will get funding and build community (increasingly those are one in the same).
The first project that found its way to my inbox is called Twine. It's . . . how to describe it? It's a little box that connects things to the Internet. Along with some software rules, the Twine box links internal or external sensors (temperature, moisture, motion, open/close, and the like) to the Internet via an email, text, or tweet.


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The II Sisters (pronounced "Two Sisters") is a tableware small business run by sisters Simmin and Sudi Taleghani in the heart of Half Moon Bay. They are well known for their custom-made, colorful decorations that are high quality and trend-setting within the gift industry. Although you might have seen their latest line of products, Red Pomegranate, at various retailers, it hasn't always been what their business was about. In fact, the II Sisters are the embodiment of a lifelong adventure and learning, filled with sweat, tears, and the joy of entrepreneurship.
The two sisters originally immigrated to America from Iran in 1967 when they were still kids. Their mother, a single mom with four children, planted the seeds of entrepreneurial spirit within the family by starting a business in Half Moon Bay after going to school for cosmetology. The younger sister, Sudi, later joined her after she had obtained her own cosmetology license in 1992. Sudi later started her own salon and learned the ins and outs of communicating with customers. She also found the salon to be a great place to showcase her immense creativity as she painted everything under the sun on each fingernail.
Meanwhile, the older sister, Simmin, started off in the corporate ranks and slowly worked her way to the startup world. Along the way, she's done everything from being an executive assistant to working in finance to HR. Although her professions have spanned the whole spectrum, the few undeniable consistencies throughout the years were her reliability, trustworthiness, and love for working with people. In turn, people also loved working with her.
The first incarnation of the II Sisters was in the fancy food industry in 1994. Their main focus at the time was olive oil. However, as it turns out, their product packaging was so pretty that customers were reluctant to consume it. Instead, they were used as home decorations. In addition to featuring great design, they were ahead of the curve in introducing organic products in 1997. As their brand grew, they also received more publicity. At one point, they were contacted by an agency to buy large orders of their products, but disaster struck when the agency decided at the last minute that the price was too high and ultimately canceled the deal. Simmin and Sudi would later be horrified to find nearly identical products on the shelves of Wal-Mart at a highly discounted price. Upon seeing this, they realized that there was little they could do to fend off the competition and keep the business going. Production was scrapped in 2000.
Although their olive oil didn't become a household name, the sisters never gave up. Their perseverance led them to start exploring other products, and it was one of their loyal customers that had gave them the idea of transitioning to the oil candle business. The sisters weren't chemists but they loved being hands on and experimenting with different materials. They began researching the concept in 1997 and later worked with a company called Bay Area Oil to recycle motor oil as the basis for their product. It wasn't easy, as various government regulations required the oil to be refined in order for the oil to be deemed safe for indoor use. However, there were few refineries that would do such work, let alone agree to work on such small quantities. Fortunately, their persistence along with an amazing track record of innovation finally won over the brass of the refineries and led to the Kahar Oil line.
Kahar, which means "two sisters" in Farsi, was an amazing success, eventually scaling up to 16 employees producing over 60 SKUs of handmade oil lamps. Days couldn't possibly have been brighter. But as the II Sisters were enjoying great success, predators were eying the gold mine they were sitting on. In 2001, two knockoffs appeared and threatened to take away their glory. Simmin and Sudi immediately filed intellectual property infringement suits, but while they were protecting their livelihood at home, more trouble found its way to them. Chinese firms began flooding the market with more copies. By 2007, this line of products was defunct.
Undeterred, Simmin and Sudi began looking ideas for the next iteration of their business, looking with no clear concept in mind other than not wanting to own the manufacturing process again. Eventually they settled on decorative tableware due to their previous market penetration and established brand name. Despite not having to worry about manufacturing the products themselves, they are now burdened with finding a trustworthy partner. The sisters decided to look in Turkey, where they were already familiar with manufacturers. This line, Red Pomegranate, has been going strong ever since, and has led to the opening of a local retail store called Nasturtium Art of Living.
When asked if they had any advice to share with fellow entrepreneurs, Simmin proudly replies, "Life is all about learning and being exposed to different things. When you get handed a lemon, try to do the best you can and make lemonade out of it!"
To this day, the II Sisters has been in business for over 16 years, starting with only $2,500 and growing into a well-respected name in the gift industry. No, they didn't hit a home run from the start but starting over hasn't dampened their entrepreneurial spirit at all. Throughout it all, they have learned to take calculated risks and lean on each other, as well as the loyal connections they have built over the past two decades.
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The matchup of tonight's game will be between Tony Parker and Damian Lillard when the San Antonio Spurs visit the Portland Trailblzazers. Parker is coming off a heartbreaking loss against the Utah Jazz last night while Lillard is hoping to be healthy after tweaking his right ankle on Monday night. Lillard is averaging 18.4ppg and shooting 42% from the field while Parker is averaging 19ppg and shooting 51% from the field. This duel will likely determine the game's outcome since both starting point guard positions are important to each team. Lillard has been the spark plug to the Blazers team while Parker has been the go to guy for the Spurs and looks to score in bunches early in the game. Parker has to wear Lillard out on offense, even though it may be an extra difficult task since the Spurs played last night. If Parker is moving around and getting picks set for him, he'll either open up the paint for himself or he'll create shots for his teammates with the defenses collapsing. If Parker can't contribute a great game on offense, that'll leave his opposing point guard resting on defense while looking to attack Tony on each possession which might force Spurs coach Gregg Popovich into playing the slower Gary Neal on him.
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First, they confirmed that ARM tablets will indeed come with both the desktop UI and the Metro UI available, with the end user being able to switch between them. This is consistent with rumors that circulated earlier this week, but appears to be a reversal from what was thought a couple months ago. Whether the latter was a baseless rumor, or whether Microsoft has itself changed its mind on the subject isn't known for sure.
Also confirmed is that you won't be able to run anything else on a WOA device – Windows on Arm devices are intended to be used as integrated consumer electronic devices, not the more self-service and open nature of traditional PCs. As such there will be no software distribution of WOA, and all updates and apps will run through Microsoft and the Windows Store. Packaging will apparently make it clear that you are buying a WOA product rather than an x86/64 Windows 8 device.
Despite the software homogeneity, Microsoft says it will support a broad range of hardware solutions, indicating that SoCs from Texas Instruments, Qualcomm, and NVIDIA will all be available in the first wave of Windows 8 tablets. The first tablets are intended to ship when the rest of Windows 8 is released – a timeframe that is believed to be in late Q3 or early Q4 of this year.
If you want to read an extraordinary amount of extra detail, much of it aimed at developers, on the process of adapting Windows for the ARM architecture definitely check out the source link. Otherwise, we'll keep you posted when any juicy new details are revealed.
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The 2011 edition of the National Journal survey of "Hill people"--that is, high-level staffers to members of Congress--revealed something we probably already knew: Capitol Hill is really white and really male. Now, the question among some is how that indisputable fact may impact policies for women and people of color.
According to the survey, which occurs every three years, fully 93 percent of top staffers on the Hill are white. Nearly 70 percent are male. While Democrats have a slightly more equitable gender ratio--62 percent male, 38 percent female--their staff is still 91 percent white.
One black staffer, who asked to remain nameless, said the staff reflects the members of Congress. "[The whiteness] is noticeable when you go in the Gallery and the House floor; there's not much diversity in the chamber. There's even a stark difference between the Senate and the House," the staffer added. "And there's not that much color in the House."
It's true. Fewer than 10 percent of members of Congress are black, about five percent are Latino, and about 2 percent are Asian.
These disparities have major policy implications, says Maya Rockeymoore, president of Global Policy Solutions, and a former Hill staffer to New York Democrat Charles Rangel and the House Ways and Means Committee.
"Hill staff--particularly those who serve with committees--are the gatekeepers to a very important part of the democratic process," Rockeymoore says. She says that all-white staffers often lead to "mainstream" experts being called to testify at hearings, and in this case, "mainstream" translates into "white" experts speaking on issues that disproportionately affect people of color, women, and the poor.
When policy is being crafted post-hearing, the lack of diversity on staff "creates sub-optimal policies that create sub-optimal results for people of color," Rockeymoore says, which affect everything from education to job creation. "What you get is a biased policy-making process that ends up undermining people of color."
But Ami Sanchez, a lawyer who serves as counsel to the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, says that being a person of color or woman isn't a prerequisite for making good policy on behalf of those communities. There are "very smart, capable people--even if they're not people of color--who can make that case and craft that policy," that will benefit women and people of color.
Still, Sanchez admits, "You can't not be aware if you're the only minority in the room." And there are times when she's the only person in the room to bring up race, too. "There's always a little bit of insight that we can provide as staffers who are also minorities and women."
Another black staffer who works for a Republican member says the lack of diversity means that legislation crucial to people of color often gets "swept into" huge omnibus bills, because it lacks the support to stand alone. That leaves the measures particularly vulnerable to getting quietly scrapped--or, no one will notice good policy for people of color that does make it into law.
Sanchez diagnoses the lack of diversity on the Hill as a multi-part problem. First, she says, there's a high bar to entry. Most interns don't get paid, which limits the pool of those who can access Hill internships.
"I would have to leave every day to make it to my job that paid, so I could pay my rent," she says of her intern days on the Hill. "It's a huge burden, and those decisions are very real."
Second, people of color who don't have a family history of higher education often lack the networks and professional connections you need to get opportunities in Washington. "Among folks who have parents who went to college, and had that kind of white-collar professional experience--there's a real awareness and understanding of what it takes to get on the Hill," Sanchez says
"Access," says the black staffer for the Republican member. "A lot of the world is not what you know, but who you know. We have to figure out a way to increase our access." He adds that diversifying networks is the best way to do that. "That means diversifying yourself politically as well."
Even once on the Hill, says another black staffer, the network hurdles remain. "It might not be that people are closed off to you--it might be that you haven't entered into their circles yet. We tend to promote those we socialize with and their friends and their neighbors. It's just unfortunate that all too often we network with people within our class or our race."
"There needs to be a concerted effort from minorities and women to groom someone who looks like us," Sanchez says. "My part would be looking at the minority women around me and seeing if there's someone who can take my place."
The Republican staffer says that people of color often leave for the private sector before they can reach the most senior staffer positions, some of which take 5-10 years of service to one politician. Plus, he says, "It may take a little bit longer for a black staffer working for a white politician to develop that relationship, and I believe we have to work twice as hard to be considered equal."
In the meantime, toiling for $40,000 salary when more lucrative jobs are out there is challenging. "You start to look at what I'm getting paid versus what I could be getting paid," and often discover that private firms may be willing to double or triple that salary.
To grow the numbers, Sanchez says effort is required by candidates, but also the people doing the hiring. "Even when they're reviewing candidates, if they can look at their final pool and it's three white males, they need do some recruiting. There's no shortage of qualified or capable minority candidates."


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Médias / Actualités Produits et SAV / Atlas Copco supplies low-built mechanized equipment for low seam mining in South Africa
Atlas Copco supplies low-built mechanized equipment for low seam mining in South Africa
Anglo Platinum boosts platinum output<BR> The world's leading platinum producer, The Anglo Platinum Group, will boost its annual production of platinum from 2 to 3.6 million ounces during the years from 1999 to 2006. Today the Group accounts for more than half of South Africa's 72% contribution to world supplies. Total ore production in 2000 was close to 50 mtons whereof 19.6 mtons were generated from underground mining operations.
ST 600 LP loader at the Atlas Copco Wagner Division in Portland, USA. The equipment forms part of the 75 million SEK contract, which was signed in August 2001, comprising 14 drill rigs and 21 loaders.
As there is a large potential in mining narrow, flat seams with a minimum of waste rock, our new range of low built, highly productive underground mining equipment represents a major break-through in product design, says Björn Rosengren, Senior Vice President and Head of the Construction and Mining Business Area at Atlas Copco.
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The Rocket Boomer S1 L is based on well proven heavy duty Atlas Copco components, such as the rock drill COP 1838, the boom BUT 28, the feed BMH 2837 and the drilling system DCS 18-280. With its protective roof in down or up position, the rig height ranges from 1.3 to 1.7 meters. Using 45 mm drill bits and T38 rods the planned hole depth at Waterval is 3.4m. The boom coverage ranges from 6 to 29m2, with a maximum width of 7.5m. The DC2 carrier is powered by a Deutz 1011 oil-cooled diesel engine and the drilling system by one 55 kW electric motor.
Low profile loader
The ST 600LP, a 6-tonne capacity loader, was specifically designed and built for low seam applications in the platinum and palladium mines in South Africa. Powered by a 136 kW, water-cooled Deutz engine, model BF6M1013E, the unit was introduced and marketed as The Ratel, ™ named for the aggressive South African, four-legged fiercely digging animal known as the honey badger. The design is the result of an extensive survey conducted on the South African mining market, strongly indicating a need to mine as low as 1.7m using high production, mechanized machines. By extending the operator's compartment beyond the natural width of the vehicle, the loader measures merely 1.56 m from the ground to the top of the operator's canopy. The operator uses video cameras, installed at the side of the loader, to get a good view of the loading cycle and for being able to see clearly on the far side of the vehicle.
Bord and Pillar stoping
The mining method to be employed at Waterval is named Bord and Pillar stoping, a low seam version of Room and Pillar mining, using a stope height of 1.8m. The ore body is accessed directly from the surface via ramps providing access for men, machines and supplies as well as accommodating conveyor belt ore haulage. Using the fleet of 14 drill rigs and 21 loaders the track-less operations will eventually produce 2.8 mtons annually.
Partnership Anglo Platinum- Atlas Copco
To ensure highest possible availability of the equipment, the two companies have entered a full 24 hours service and maintenance contract.
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The Rocket Boomer S1 L, specially designed for blast hole drilling in low seam underground mining
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The fierce digger, the low built ST 600LP, The Ratel, ™, loads 6 tones in the bucket. Operator's visibility is assisted by two video cameras
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Bord and Pillar stoping at Waterval, South Africa. Atlas Copco's new range of low built mining equipment enables high productivity mechanized, trackless mining of 1.8m room height.
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The great thing about being famous for 15 minutes is that, like an Andy Warhol screenprint, those 15 minutes can be repeated again and again. What with the Edie Sedgwick biopic and the 20th anniversary of Warhol's death (celebrated with major shows in Edinburgh and Glasgow), those who were once in Warhol's contagiously self-serving orbit are having something of a revival. Asked what it was like to meet the great master, writer and former Factory boy Glenn O'Brien replies lethargically: 'I guess he thought I was OK, so he hired me.' But Mr O'Brien, you want to say, what did you think of Warhol?
Of course, the question is nonsensical: that would be like asking what O'Brien made of God. For him and for his fellow Columbia film school students, Warhol was part of the cryptic diptych whose other half was Jean-Luc Godard. 'I don't think people understand what Andy's role in the art world and New York society was,' O'Brien says now. 'I mean, if you had a party and Andy Warhol came, it was a good party. If you made a picture and Andy Warhol said it was a good picture, it was a good picture. He was kind of like a papal or kingly figure.' However, he never, ever offered his hand to shake. 'He wasn't really into touching so much,' O'Brien explains. 'Maybe it had something to do with being shot.'
O'Brien met Warhol in 1970, at the Factory after the fact - not the famous silver Factory of yore, where Valerie Solanas took aim, but the all-new, high-security studio on the sixth floor of 33 Union Square West. Along with his friend Bob Colacello (now a contributing editor at Vanity Fair), he was hired to edit Interview magazine, which then had a circulation in the hundreds. Initially, they ran the magazine out of a cupboard on the 10th floor, but as soon as they could hire assistants, they put the assistants in the cupboard and installed themselves downstairs, 'so we could be glamorous and answer the phone, "Factory?"'.
Being there meant they came into contact with anyone who passed through New York and wanted to see Warhol - so they even met the Holy Godard. 'He was inscrutable,' O'Brien recalls. 'Actually, my friend Amos Poe and I bought the rights to do a remake of Alphaville - it was supposed to have Debbie Harry in the Anna Karina role. Then we found out that Godard had sold it to three other people.'
Instead, O'Brien and Poe created a groundbreaking television series - a gritty, punk rock chat show that went out live on Manhattan cable TV for a full four years from 1978 and made him, according to his friend and co-host Chris Stein, 'the epitome of New York New Wave cool'. Stein was Blondie's guitarist and the then-boyfriend of Debbie Harry, who made regular appearances on the show, offering historically bad renditions of such future classics as 'The Tide Is High' and making surreal jumps across the studio on a pogo stick. Jean-Michel Basquiat, Robert Mapplethorpe, Steven Meisel and the B-52s also pitched up. Walter Steding, Warhol's eccentric painting assistant, led the show's orchestra.
Entitled TV Party and dubbed 'the cocktail party that could be a political party', the show was presented by O'Brien, whose chiselled good looks and wonky front teeth made him a cross between Johnny Carson, Hugh Hefner and Warhol himself. O'Brien's model was Warhol's 1967 film Nude Restaurant, a work described by Warhol biographer Stephen Koch as 'rather like being present at the most boring party of one's entire life'. Sometimes O'Brien would introduce people, sometimes he would just snog them. On at least one occasion he conducted proceedings while rolling up some weed and wearing an eye-mask. Pills were popped, coke was shovelled, heroin dealers worked the cameras - and the programme's toxic, jump-cut look became a signature. If O'Brien wanted to get rid of a difficult guest he would pretend they were off the air and leave the live studio completely empty for a few minutes while the doped-up, pre-remote-control-era viewers at home took in the action-free scene. Needless to say, it was, er, wild.
What's more, O'Brien says, Andy Warhol was jealous. He wished he'd thought of it himself. The show became so influential that O'Brien considered running for mayor of New York ('some people like Democrat and some people like Republican, but everybody loves TV,' he reasoned), but he could never get out of bed in time. A radical thought occurred to him: 'If I'm ever going to make any money I'm going to have to start getting up before the bank closes.'
When Warhol died in 1987, O'Brien was devastated. The artist had been like 'a weird father' to him. 'I had introduced Basquiat to Warhol,' he says, 'so to lose one and then the other was really hard.' O'Brien suddenly realised that 'there wasn't anybody whose judgment I really cared about any more'. He has gone on to have several careers of his own - as an author, film director, stand-up comedian, editor and creative guru in fashion advertising (he put together Madonna's shrink-wrapped Sex book, and has just finished the new Dior campaign). 'I guess,' he concludes, 'I had to be my own Andy Warhol.'
· A DVD of TV Party (Brink Films) is available on amazon.com


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A candlelit vigil has been held in Cairns after the shocking discovery of eight dead children in a house yesterday.
Mourners held the vigil at Munroe Martin Park last night, not far from the horror scenes police encountered yesterday morning at a house on Murray Street in Manoora.
Neighbours in Murray Street lay flowers outside the home, lit candles and also sang mourning songs, the Courier Mail reports.
The scene was so shocking senior police were left rattled while other officers are receiving counselling.
Police were called to the house at about 11am after a 20-year-old man arrived home and discovered the bodies of the eight children, understood to be his younger siblings.
The scene has now been locked by forensic officers who are expected to take several days going over the house.
It is understood the children were stabbed and suffocated inside the house and first responders have been provided with police counsellors and other support after being confronted with the gruesome crime scene.
"It's very difficult, regardless of the time of year… it's a very distressing scene," Far North Region's Acting Chief Superintendent Russell Miller said.
The crime scene at Murray Street. (9NEWS)
He said the first two officers on the scene were relatively junior and had been extremely upset by the discovery.
Superintendent Miller, who has been a police officer for 40 years, said he had been affected by the crime but had also had the displeasure of attending "several" crime scenes as bad it.
Earlier today, Cairns police Detective Inspector Bruno Asnicar described the scene as "very, very distressing".
"This event is very distressing for everyone, including police," he said.
The crime has also horrified Cairns residents, with the principal of a nearby primary school saying the tight-knit community was devastated.
Cairns West State School principal Michael Hansen said he was yet to learn if any of the victims were pupils at his school.
He had only learned of the incident through news reports and was in the process of seeking more information.
"It's a devastating and tragic event," he told ninemsn. "I am devastated."
The 34-year-old mother of seven of the eight children was taken from the scene to Cairns Base Hospital with stab wounds today but police said they still don't have any formal suspects.
Police said the eighth child was believed to be a relative.
"At this stage we do not have anyone who is a formal suspect,""Detective Inspector Asnicar said.
"We are looking at anyone who came into contact with the children in the past two or three days as a person of interest."
Paramedics assist a person through the police cordon. (9NEWS)
Police are appealing for anyone with information to come forward. (9NEWS)
He said police expected to speak with the 20-year-old brother of the deceased children shortly.
The mother's cousin Lisa Thaiday told AAP the man had arrived home to find his brothers and sisters dead inside the house and was now with relatives.
"I'm going to see him now, he needs comforting," Ms Thaiday said.
She described the family and extended relatives as close-knit.
"We're a big family and most of us are from the (Torres) Strait," she said.
Police were called to the house in Murray St, Manoora. (Supplied)
"I just can't believe it. We just found out (about) those poor babies."
Neighbours reportedly heard screaming and loud noises from the house about 10am on Friday.
About 20 to 30 people, including neighbours and locals, could be seen to be visibly upset and comforting each other at the scene.
Detective Inspector Bruno Asnicar said the scene had even shocked police. (9NEWS)
Between 10 and 12 police officers are now on their way from Brisbane to Cairns, including senior Homicide Squad detectives, intelligence officers and child trauma specialists.
A woman who works at a business on Murray Street told ninemsn there had been a lot of traffic in the area since early in the afternoon.
"There's been a lot of traffic, a lot of ambulance and police," the woman said.
"We're all pretty sombre about it all. We're feeling not real flash ... school holidays just started for most of them."
Greg Swifte, who lives nearby, said it was a quiet suburb that would be shaken by the tragedy.
"It's pretty tragic, there's no doubt about that," Mr Swifte told ninemsn.
Politicians have expressed their shock at the incident, in the wake of the Martin Place siege tragedy.
"The events in Cairns today are heartbreaking and all parents would feel a gut-wrenching sadness at what has happened," Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said.
Queensland Premier Campbell Newman said he was "deeply saddened and shocked" by the events.
Cairns state Liberal MP Gavin King told ABC the local community was devastated by the incident.
"This area has had its ups and downs, but that's not out of the ordinary, most communities have their ups and downs. I think something like this is such a shock, it's completely out of the blue. It's completely incomprehensible," Mr King, who is also the former chief of staff and editor and large of the Cairns Post, said.
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Any way to program the 2013 Platinum door handle lights to stay on once you start the car and drive off?
I think it would both look sharp and add an additional safety function by improving side visibility at night.
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Any way to program the 2013 Platinum door handle lights to stay on once you start the car and drive off?
I think it would both look sharp and add an additional safety function by improving side visibility at night.
I would like to know this also. That would look slick on this car.
I have the premium and mine HSS the lights. Wish they would stay on whilst driving!
Great question! I am guessing you are talking about the LED strip on the four dour handles on the OUTSIDE of the car correct?? They look so cool when coming up to the car at night, it would look sweet if they would stay lit up while driving down the road! Any tech geeks out there know how to make this happen???
I am pretty sure you can only have white lights on the front of the while driving.
Soooooo..... anyone know how to make this happen???
When I purchased my XTS, I assumed the door handle lights would illuminate for night time driving as well, as the opera lights did on the old Cadillacs, Buicks, Oldsmobiles, Lincolns and Chryslers a few years back.Quote:
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It is a nice feature and it looks great, but it seems like a tremendous waste to only have them come on during door unlocking.
Are there any efforts to reprogram software to change this?
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I see that this would be a very popular feature! I will be sure to document your feedback and pass it along to the correct team within our organization. Thank you all very much for your feedback and please feel free to private message Laura or myself if you have any questions!
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Agreed...this would be very edgy...the car is so distinctive when these are on in the parking space...why not just let it be so on the road...?
There has to be a way lol
This is the one thing i would love the XTS to do. "Cool Factor"... That would make the nite drive awesome!
Called the Cadillac customer service and presently the handles do not stay on all the time. They rep asked if they developed if in future cars would it be popular... I said yes


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WWU awarded $730,000 federal grant for design of hybrid bus
Collaborative project part of port's Technology Development Center
The Federal Transit Administration recently awarded Western Washington University a $730,000 grant to design a lightweight hybrid bus for transit applications. The project is under way at the Technology Development Center, a Port of Bellingham facility leased by WWU and Bellingham Technical College.
Partners with WWU in the project include Transition Composites, Janicki Industries, Kitsap Transit, Whatcom Transportation Authority, the Port and Airtech.
"Western is committed to strong private and public partnerships, as demonstrated by this innovative hybrid bus project, which are fostering research on and development of new technologies," said WWU President Bruce Shepard.
The initial design for the bus project will target a 24-foot, 15- passenger, low-floor, paratransit shuttle bus with the primary goals of reducing fuel consumption levels and fleet operating costs, as well as improving driver control and passenger ergonomics. This will be accomplished through the use of high strength-to-weight ratio, sustainable materials for chassis, body and interior components, aerodynamic optimization of the body, and the use of non-petroleum based fuel options for the internal combustion engine portion of the hybrid powertrain.
"The WWU Hybrid Bus Project is a research and design effort that seeks to create a paradigm-changing shuttle bus design intended for a variety of transportation applications," said Steven Fleishman, hybrid bus project manager and assistant professor of Engineering Technology at Western.
The plan is to build a proof-of-concept (POC) vehicle, based on the Federal Transit Administration design, which is intended to serve as an initial demonstrator for the primary transit industry partners located in the Pacific Northwest region, and other interested customers, and to allow for production feasibility analysis by potential bus manufacturers. The project is currently tracking a three-year design schedule, and to hopefully build the POC vehicle by the fall of 2013. Market analysis indicates a potential national demand for such a hybrid bus of up to 3,000 vehicles annually. Western's Vehicle Research Institute assisted in planning and collaboration with project partners.
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Principal partners at the TDC include Western, BTC and the Port. The TDC brings together research and development (through WWU) in partnership with the private sector and practical work-force training for the new technologies (through BTC). In addition to the hybrid bus project, the Technology Development Center also now hosts the Technology Alliance Group and the firm New Market Design Lab.
The Waterfront Innovation Zone, a state-designated Innovation Partnership Zone, was created in 2007 to promote research & development and workforce training in the marine industries and related technologies. With a $1 million state IPZ grant, $477,000 in federal funding and a $247,000 contribution from the Port, the 10,000 square-foot Technology Development Center was opened in September 2009 for use by WWU and BTC.
"This type of project is exactly what the Port had in mind when we first envisioned the Technology Development Center," said Port Commission President Jim Jorgensen. "Innovation is essential in creating new jobs and opportunities for Whatcom County."
The TDC features technical work and office spaces for WWU and BTC, as well as shared classroom and conference areas. The TDC work spaces have been designed in a flexible manner, so that a wide range of R&D projects can be accommodated. WWU is targeting use of its 4,587 square-foot space in the TDC for applied research and development projects in partnership with regional technology companies. A unique feature of the WWU workspace is a state-of-the-art particle collection and air circulation system that enables the fabrication of large scale components from advanced composite materials.
Equipment in this space includes a ShopBot CNC router for precise machining of composite tooling materials used in the fabrication of a variety of composites applications. These and other capabilities are being utilized for collaborative R&D projects between WWU and industry partners for a range of high-tech applications. In collaboration with TAG, an out-reach effort is under way to develop partnerships with technology-focused companies throughout Northwest Washington. Projects at the TDC, such as the hybrid bus, are seeking to collaborate with regional organizations to assist with analysis of production feasibility and to foster a creative environment for technology transfer.
"We would very much like to express our appreciation for the collaborations made possible by the Port of Bellingham through the Technology Development Center," said Arlan Norman, dean of the College of Sciences and Technology at Western.


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Feds: Texas Cannot Make a Drug Test a Condition of Getting Unemployment Benefits
The U.S. Labor Department has ruled that Texas cannot enforce a law passed by the Legislature in 2013 which makes passing a drug test a requirement for some workers to get and keep unemployment compensation benefits, 1200 WOAI news reports.
"Congress has passed this bill, it passed the Texas Legislature, and it is unconscionable to me that a bunch of federal bureaucrats are able to thwart the will of both Congress and our Legislature," said Bill Hammond, the President of the Texas Association of Business, one of the major backers of the proposal.
The Legislature approved the bill on the grounds that receiving unemployment benefits provides a 'bridge' for workers who have lost one job while they look for a second, and there is an unspoken contract between the employers who pay into the unemployment compensation fund and the workers. The state and the employers agree to pay benefits on the condition that the workers will actively seek out employment and get off of benefits.
But if the worker is taking illegal drugs while receiving benefits, the argument goes, he or she is unable to take jobs that are available and is breaking the agreement.
The law was watered down by the Legislature to cover only people who are in professions where drug testing is a requirement, like truck driving and nursing.
The feds say the law as it is written is too vague and it is unclear exactly what workers will qualify.
"Just because some folks in D.C. who have a little bit of power at the Labor Department do not like this idea, that shouldn't give them the right to second guess the will of the people of Texas," Hammond said.


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Why is the HTC Evo View 4G the first Android tablet that supports Netflix?
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Editorial, Handhelds, Home Entertainment
Here comes the HTC Evo View 4G! And it's packing a lot of firsts for its Friday debut on Sprint: The tablet is Sprint's first 4G Android tablet to hit the market, period–that's the first tablet set up to work with the company's 4G WiMax network—around 5 Mbps downloads and 950 Kbps uploads.
Most importantly—for movie buffs—the HTC Evo View 4G is the first tablet to ship with built-in support for Netflix movie and video streaming. In doing so, it joins an exclusive club of Android devices that support the service: A sad list that's currently limited to just nine Android smartphones.
So what's the deal? Are other Android-equipped devices—both phones and tablets—just too slow to run Netflix? Not necessarily. A Sprint spokeswoman confirmed in an interview with Wired that the company performed plenty of testing to ensure that Netflix streaming would proceed smoothly across the company's network.
The more realistic answer as to why you can't yet get Netflix on, say, a Motorola Xoom tablet, is the ugly monster that often rears its head whenever Android upgrades are discussed: Fragmentation. In the case of Netflix, the company has to perform extra research and configuration to ensure that the digital rights management systems it employs work across a number of Android devices. And that's not just a work-once, works-everywhere kind of proposal.
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Video: Latest Apple iPad 2 ad: 'Now, There's This'
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Apple has debuted a new ad for its popular iPad 2, touting things that Cupertino said wasn't possible before its tablet.
The ad, titled "Now," highlights the versatile nature of iPad apps. "Now, you can watch a newspaper," a voiceover says, zooming in on someone flipping through the Wall Street Journal app. "Now you can listen to a magazine," the voice says, switching to an interactive "Fantastic Mr. Fox" feature from Spin magazine.
The ad also flashes to someone watching "The King's Speech," video chatting via FaceTime, and taking an online class. "Hold an entire bookstore [via iBooks] and touch the stars," the ad concludes, flashing to an astronomy app, "because now, there's this."
This, of course, is the iPad 2, and the commercial ends with a shot of the updated tablet sitting on a table, presumably waiting for you to dole out hundreds of dollars for the pleasure of its company.
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HP TouchPad launches July 1 for $499
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Handhelds, Wireless / WiFi
The HP TouchPad finally has a launch date! If you've been jonesing to pick up the first webOS tablet, your lucky day will be July 1st, as long as you're cool with the Wi-Fi model. If you prefer the 3G TouchPad, you'll have to wait until later this summer. The 3G provider for the TouchPad will be AT&T, which may influence your decision on waiting. You'll be able to get the 16 GB TouchPad for $499, while the 32 GB model will retail for $599, which is right in line with iPad 2 pricing.
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Windows 8 reinvents Windows interface by bringing in Windows Phone 7 shell
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Microsoft finally figured out how to effectively bring full-blown Windows to tablets: make it look a lot like Windows Phone 7.
In the first public unveiling of the upcoming Windows 8 interface, Microsoft's president of Windows, Steven Sinofsky, showed off a radically altered Windows start screen that features user-configurable tiles and looks almost nothing like Windows 7. The demo took place during this week's D9 conference in southern California.
The new interface supports gestures, snap, pin, cloud apps, new concepts like a basket for files you'll want to share between apps and services, and a hidden task bar on the right side of the screen. The updated OS is designed to work on "the hundreds of millions of PCs already out in the market," Sinofsky said.
Since it's still Windows, all devices and apps that work with Windows 7 will run on Windows 8, said Sinofsky, adding that consumers will only have to choose which device to run it on. "The interface scales from about 7-inches to a wall-screen display," explained Sinofsky.
In addition to the development screen, Microsoft showed Windows 8 running on tablets from Samsung and Lenovo.
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AMD looking to enter tablet game with their Densa chip
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Is Advanced Micro Devices finally making a major push into the tablet market? That's the signal sent by leaked product roadmap slides showing plans for an AMD tablet chip codenamed Desna that surfaced on NGOHQ.com last week.
The slides don't offer any specs for AMD's Z-Series accelerated processing unit, or APU, nor do they name a release date other than the heading "2011 AMD HD Tablet Platform Overview."
Here's what we do know. AMD thinks Desna is well-suited for both consumer media tablets and devices built for business use. The chip maker is playing up its graphics prowess with promises of "smooth streaming HD video," AdobeFlash 10.2 acceleration, Microsoft Office 10 visual enhancements, and support for DirectX 11 and Windows 7 Effects.
Desna also runs accelerated HTML 5 and Internet Explorer 9, while "leveraging the Microsoft Windows application base," which sounds a bit like AMD saying, "we don't actually have an app store for this chip."
The Z-Series platform's commercial play seems to be summed up with promises of "full integration and support in IT environments," "unparalleled versatility and security," and "enhanced productivity."
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Apple considering Samsung AMOLED panels for iPad 3
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, Displays, Handhelds, Rumors
A Korean paper is claiming that Apple is teaming up with Samsung to bring its Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode (AMOLED) display technology to the iPad 3.
A "source" allegedly told The Korea Herald that "Apple wants to tap into Samsung's AMOLED technology for an upgraded version of the iPad 2." The site also claimed that Apple chief operating officer Tim Cook started chatting with Samsung about the possibility of integrating the technology on a recent trip to South Korea, and it pegs the end of the year for the launch of Apple's next-generation tablet.
Apple didn't upgrade the iPad's display with the second iteration of the device it released in March, and rumors about the fabled iPad 3's screen have already started to trickle in. Earlier this month, reports circulated that the next iPad will feature a 3D display.
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32 GB HP TouchPad to cost $599
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We still don't know when the HP TouchPad media tablet will arrive this summer, but a little bird has given PreCentral.net an inkling of what the pricing will be like.
A source tells the site that Wal-Mart will be carrying a 32GB version of the 9.5-inch tablet running HP's own in-house webOS, for the Apple iPad-like price of $599.
A Wal-Mart listing presumably passed along by the tipster doesn't contain a lot of detail, though it does list the $599 TouchPad as Wi-Fi-enabled. Other connectivity options weren't indicated.
The source must have passed on other details, because PreCentral.net reports that the TouchPad will be 9.5x10x1.78 inches, weigh in at 3 pounds, and that a number of TouchPad accessories will also be available from Wal-Mart.
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BlackBerry PlayBook selling moderately well, so who is buying them?
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It hasn't exactly been smooth sailing for the BlackBerry PlayBook since its April debut, but according to financial analysts, the tablet might not be a complete disaster for Research in Motion.
RBC Capital Markets analyst Mike Abramsky estimates that RIM has sold about 250,000 PlayBooks to date, and could sell about 500,000 in the quarter. Abramsky and his team checked out PlayBook stock at 180 Best Buy stores and found that 14 percent of the 16GB versions were sold out, 71 percent of the 32GB PlayBooks were gone, and 84 percent of the 64GB tablets had been purchased. He cautioned, however, that the sell-outs on the 32GB and 64GB "appear allocation related."
Abramsky found that returns for the PlayBook are "nominal," despite setbacks that include a recall of 1,000 tablets and the lack of a native email client.
This comes about a month after Peter Misek, an equity analyst with Jefferies, speculated that RIM possibly sold 45,000 PlayBooks in the first few days.
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Amazon working on two Android tablets, codenamed "Coyote" and "Hollywood"?
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Handhelds, Rumors
Rumors that Amazon well be releasing a Kindle tablet are looking a bit more clear, with a report saying that the company is actually working on two different tablets, according to Boy Genius Report.
An entry-level tablet codenamed Coyote will be powered by Nvidia's dual-core Tegra 2 mobile platform, while a more powerful device codenamed Hollywood will sport Nvidia's upcoming quad-core "Kal-El" chip, the website reported Monday, citing a "tipster."
The source did not provide screen-size details, according to BGR.
The processor details put the theoretical release of the rumored Hollywood tablet at no earlier than the second half of 2011. Nvidia's Kal-El upgrade to its Tegra lineup isn't expected to be released until then.
Kal-El promises a significant boost to Tegra. The System-on-a-Chip (SoC) for mobile devices like tablets and smartphones boasts a 1.5GHz, quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 central processor and a 12-core Nvidia graphics processor that's purported to deliver five times the performance of the GeForce GPUs in the Tegra 2 SoC.
Click to continue reading Amazon working on two Android tablets, codenamed "Coyote" and "Hollywood"?
Confirmed: Barnes & Noble will launch new Nook e-reader on May 24
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Barnes & Noble has sent out invitations to a May 24 event in New York City to announce a new e-reader device, most likely a new Nook.
Barnes & Noble has not indicated what the event will cover, with PR firm Fleishman refusing to take a page from Apple's playbook and tease audiences with what the announcement could include.
However, in a May 4 10K filing, Barnes & Noble disclosed that the May 24 announcement would indeed be an e-reader. "In a meeting with investor analysts on May 4, 2011, Barnes & Noble, Inc. (the "Company") indicated it expects to make an announcement on May 24, 2011 regarding the launch of a new eReader device," the company said, without elaborating.
Barnes & Noble now represents more than 25 percent of all of the U.S. market for e-books, more than the company's share of physical books, and it sells twice the number of e-books as physical books, at least online. The company exceeded its sales plans for e-book sales during the company's most recent quarter.It is the fourth straight quarter of topline growth exceeding 50 percent since selling the Nook in 2009.
As an e-reader with tablet functionality, the Nook wouldn't seem to have many features that it lacks compares to other e-readers. The Nook is available in color, and in both Wi-Fi, and in 3G, although speculation is that version is dying.
"It remains early in the development of the digital reading market," said William Lynch, the chief executive of Barnes & Noble, in a conference call on Feb. 22.
What could Barnes & Noble offer, perhaps in a Nook 2?
Click to continue reading Confirmed: Barnes & Noble will launch new Nook e-reader on May 24
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Can Bradley Wiggins do no wrong? The Team Sky leader reserved his very best for Saturday's Giro prologue in Amsterdam as he "mullered" (© David Harmon) his way to pink.
Wiggo's ride shaved two seconds from the efforts of BMC buddies Cadel "Eyebrows" Evans and Brent "Keepin it real since 1984" Bookwalter, while Alexandre Vinokourov, looking more and more like a James Bond baddie from the Timothy Dalton era, rode through the rain to get fourth.
It was a superb Giro debut for the unknown 26-year-old American Bookwalter, whose cheesy Frat-boy motivational motto is "No thinking, no drama, just booty shaking good times" (no, it really is).
The cheery accolades, however, went to perfect son Wiggins, who succeeded in giving his mother Linda the perfect birthday present in the Lycra form of the coveted leaders' maglia rosa.
But what impressed Blazin' Saddles most was Wiggins' comments and actions afterwards.
Make no mistake - this couldn't have been further from fellow Brit Mark Cavendish's recent mode of celebration. There were no offensive 'vaffanculo' V-signs to the cameras, no snide swipes at the media and team-mates, nor was there any need for a hasty ham-fisted apology once the inevitable realisation of being a complete and utter cretin hit home.
No, Wiggins has more class, more charisma, more charm. Instead of ruining the moment with petulance, Wiggins showed respect and gracious thanks towards team-mates, respect towards the history of the Giro and its "iconic" jersey, respect towards the bottle of champagne thrust in his hand and - most memorable of all - respect to the British tradition of humour.
"It's an amazing feeling," said Wiggins after an afternoon hampered by wind and rain. "It was a really beautiful prologue with the amount of people on the road. It's almost comparable to London in the Tour. Every couple of yards I would inhale someone's cigarette smoke or smell their beer. It was a wall of sound."
With trademark crypticness, Wiggins also revealed the culinary improvement he has experienced since leaving Garmin-Transitions last summer.
"We have a chef this year and you never have to worry about the food, which is always good. You don't get that luxury at the Tour de France."
And at the end of the day, Wiggins summed up his work for his fans on Twitter: "So job done, big thanks for all the kind messages, I'm humbled!"
Of course, the Tweet would have been better if he'd attached a picture of himself making a Churchillian victory sign with his fingers - but one absent sprinter may have not seen the funny side of that.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Anyone out there with a huge package want to put on a pair of bibshorts and let me sign their crotch?" Cath Wiggins' reaction to a picture of her husband signing the shirt of an ample-chested model at the Giro presentation ceremony.
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More good news regarding The Hobbit film: Ian McKellan will be returning to play Gandalf in the two new movies.
Work on the script is due to commence in 6 weeks.
Check out the news article HERE.
Wednesday, 30 April 2008
3 comments:
- T.D. Newton said...
Phew, continuity. I wonder how much he's getting paid for reprising the role. Not like he really needs it after 3 big-budget movies as Magneto and the 3 LOTR's but, still, dude's got bills to pay.
- 30 April 2008 at 16:13
- James said...
I think he'd probably do it for free if he had to. He clearly loves the role, so I doubt money is a big motivator in this instance.
- 30 April 2008 at 17:07
- T.D. Newton said...
It's nice to think of actors enjoying their roles that much. He really does bring the character to life, although it can't be a huge confidence booster to be really good at playing a centuries-old wizard haha.
- 30 April 2008 at 17:09
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