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Time will tell if the iPad becomes

2010. máj. 10. 12:06 - írta gamzat

Time will tell if the iPad becomes just another distraction or, rather, more of a reading platform and educational tool. But until then, Obama might even be well advised to tout the iPads potential at schools rather than slamming it as just another attention-deficit device.Imagine for just a second...if every student in a classroom had a tablet...The information could be immediately updated unlike the current format of a textbook that in some instances is obsolete before it is in the hands of the user, according to one site for teachers.I dont have to imagine that the town school got a bunch of cheap Windows XP netbooks for a portable computer lab.

When you go into the market

2010. máj. 10. 12:06 - írta gamzat

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When you go into the market you see all these different customer segments and its easy to see that you can get more subscribers in total by marketing to different groups instead of just having one brand.Clearwire just announced 18 new cities that will be getting the Clearwire 4G service this summer But none of these are the really big cities, such as New York City, Boston, Washington, DC, or San Francisco? When are these cities going to get service?.

Even if Zynga does decide

2010. máj. 10. 12:05 - írta gamzat

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Even if Zynga does decide to end its marriage with Facebook, its likely such a thing wouldnt happen overnight. But it would seem that there is simply too much money and too many user hours at stake for the two companies to walk away from each other. More likely, it seems to me, is that they will make all kinds of public and not-so-public indications that they are looking to see other people, and then will kiss and make up.Then again, that doesnt mean that Zynga Live wont happen or that it wont siphon off some percentage of the users who play the companys games on Facebook.Max Palevsky, the computer industry pioneer and early investor in Intel who died at age 85 on Wednesday, had, ironically, a fairly well-documented skepticism of computers, cells phones, Google, and games later in his life, according to reports.

The real flow rate from

2010. máj. 10. 12:05 - írta gamzat

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The real flow rate from the undersea well, based on aerial images of the oil slick and estimates of the thickness of the oil itself, is probably closer to 25,000 barrels 1.05 million gallons per day, MacDonald told Reuters.A sheen of oil has engulfed much of the Chandeleur Islands, barrier islands that are part of Louisianas Breton National Wildlife Refuge, the first confirmation of the oil slick hitting land. Some oiled birds have been found in recent days.BP contractors and commercial fishermen worked feverishly in waist-deep water to anchor booms around tiny uninhabited barrier islands as thousands of birds watched, according to a Reuters photographer.

But the existing Wimax products

2010. máj. 10. 12:04 - írta gamzat

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But the existing Wimax products that are being sold today wont be able to use LTE if you deploy that in the future, correct?Theres been some talk about a 4G phone for Clearwires network. Can you provide any more details?We will be launching phones later this year from HTC and Samsung And there will be others in 2011 The Samsung phone will be one of first to be designed for video communications It will leverage the benefits of our low-latency network to offer better-quality video that can be used for video conferencing and other video applications Were really excited about it Both phones will be Google Android-based So theyll have the same easy user interface and access to the Android Market for apps.

Really? Apollo 13 stuff

2010. máj. 10. 12:03 - írta gamzat

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Really? Apollo 13 stuff? Dropping a box on top of a pressurized hole in the ground is a fix, eh? Like that will never fill up with oil and flammable gas, increase in pressure over time, and explode? More like a PR attempt to fend off the wolves.Youre righta problem like this cant wait three months Which is why BP should have and jurisdictions should have demanded it been prepared to mitigate a disaster Of course, democracies like ours dont often work in a proactive manner They accept payments from corporations for permission to drill and profit, and hide in their chambers until disaster causes public outcry.

According to transcripts

2010. máj. 10. 12:03 - írta gamzat

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According to transcripts of interviews obtained by Robert Bea, a University of California at Berkeley engineering professor, a giant methane bubble rushed up the drill pipe and filled the air above the deck of the drilling platform with flammable gas, followed by a scalding flood of crude that spilled onto the drill deck and ignited.Nine workers on the drill deck were killed, along with two others working in the nearby mud storage room, Bea said.

Later in life

2010. máj. 10. 12:02 - írta gamzat

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Later in life, though, he became wary of the impact of computers on society. In an essay for an exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2005, he expressed a dim view of the hypnotic quality of computer games, the substitution of a Google search for genuine inquiry, the instant messaging that has replaced social discourse, according to The New York Times.Palevsky did not own a computer or a cell phone in 2008, according to the Los Angeles Times. I havent touched a computer, watched TV or used a credit card in 15 years, he told the paper in 2001.Palevsky did not own a computer or a cell phone in 2008, according to the Los Angeles Times I havent touched a computer, watched TV or used a credit card in 15 years, he told the paper in 2001 Less than clear here, but lets do a math, if we are still able.

The tax cuts and rate increases

2010. máj. 10. 12:01 - írta gamzat

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The tax cuts and rate increases were a scam to get more money in the short term from the consumer. The companies made up numbers about costs to upgrade, so they could later say that they were wrong and costs were much higher and they were unable to do the upgrades they promised to do. But no refund of money was given, the American consumer was scammed.Despite what we were told in school, America is not a free market for all things, we have monopolies for some big things electric, natural gas, telecommunications. I am OK with that, but for that privilege of having virtually no competition you must be transparent in your bookkeeping and your profits must be capped at a reasonable percentage.Government should stay away from the private sector as much as possible, they can and often do mess things up But only through government regulation can the long term needs of the country be met Top management who can quickly retire with several lifetime worth of money dont care about the long term viability of the company, customer or the country These are not a family owned business with future generations to think about or someone who is only getting paid in stock that cant be cashed in for 15 years.

BP engineers have moved

2010. máj. 10. 12:00 - írta gamzat

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BP engineers have moved the four-story containment dome, which was seen as the best short-term way to stem the flow from a ruptured oil well, off to the side on the sea floor. They plan to come up with a solution in the next two days, Doug Suttles, BPs chief operating officer, told reporters.The problem is with gas hydrates, essentially slushy methane gas that would block the oil from being siphoned out the top of the box As BP tries to solve it, oil keeps flowing unchecked into the Gulf in what could be the worst US oil spill.

The Army says

2010. máj. 10. 12:00 - írta gamzat

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The Army says that the whole process takes less than five seconds and can be done by a soldier with just basic marksmanship skills, making it quicker and cheaper to use than mortar or artillery for targets outside the effective range of small arms, or behind cover. Its formal title is the XM-25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement System. The XM-25 has a point target range of about 500 meters and an area target range of 700 meters.The 12-pound, 29-inch-long weapon, made by Heckler & Koch, also has a built-in thermal sight, meaning its effective at nighttime, too.

With iPods and iPads

2010. máj. 10. 11:59 - írta gamzat

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With iPods and iPads and Xboxes and PlayStations--none of which I know how to work--information becomes a distraction, a diversion, a form of entertainment, rather than a tool of empowerment, rather than the means of emancipation, he told his audience, according to the AFP.I worry that some of these students will have been tweeting his words from their cell phones as he spoke them. However, what is clear is that the president is concerned about the quality and tenor of information that is being disseminated via technological wizardry.Youre coming of age in a 247 media environment that bombards us with all kinds of content and exposes us to all kinds of arguments, some of which dont always rank all that high on the truth meter, he reportedly said The concern, he added, is that such a proliferation of dubious information is putting new pressures on our country and our democracy.

Other companies involved

2010. máj. 10. 11:58 - írta gamzat

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Other companies involved are Transocean, owner of the rig Cameron International, which supplied the failed blowout preventer for the well and Halliburton, which helped cement in place the blown-out well.An estimated 5,000 barrels 210,000 gallons795,000 liters have poured into the Gulf each day since the well ruptured But Ian MacDonald, a biological oceanographer at Florida State University, said the estimate was much too conservative.

When the discussion swung

2010. máj. 10. 11:56 - írta gamzat

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When the discussion swung to discussions of international law, Comcasts Waz said, Its kind of hard to say to China, Do as I say, not as I do. While strict Net neutrality regulations are hardly the same as censorship and surveillance, he said, all of us have to be sensitive to the fact that other nations are waiting for the green light to get more involved.competition in the sector, even though the majority of their infrastructure is in place purely because the cities or municipalities allowed access to cable runs for them to provide that service, then lock out and competition. Therefor, they can charge whatever they want for low quality service, then push back and say their networks are being congested when theyve got miles of fiber not even activated.Bandwidth isnt scarce, and it shouldnt be used as a price-grab gimmick by greedy monopolies that have locked out all competition or made price-bargains with their competition to keep prices artificially high They do it with SMS, they do it with data I welcome regulation on how much they can rip off the people that partially financed their infrastructure.

The data in the paper

2010. máj. 10. 11:55 - írta gamzat

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The data in the paper also provides a number of interesting points related to how followers interact with the Twitter service, and how influence and fame dont always match up.The most-followed users span a wide variety of public figures and news sources They were news sources CNN, New York Times, politicians Barack Obama, athletes Shaquille ONeal, as well as celebrities like actors, writers, musicians, and models Ashton Kutcher, Britney SpearsThe most retweeted users were content aggregation services Mashable, TwitterTips, TweetMeme, businessmen Guy Kawasaki, and news sites The New York Times, The OnionThe most-mentioned users were mostly celebrities Ordinary users showed a great passion for celebrities, regularly posting messages to them or mentioning them, without necessarily retweeting their postsMost influential users can hold significant influence over a variety of topics The top Twitter users had a disproportionate amount of influence, which was indicated by a power-law distributionMainstream news organizations consistently spawned a high level of retweets over diverse topics In contrast, celebrities were better at inducing mentions from their audienceInfluence is not gained spontaneously or accidentally, but through concerted effort In order to gain and maintain influence, users need to keep great personal involvement.