WASHINGTON — Actor George Clooney is offering more help to President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign by headlining a European fundraiser this summer for Americans living abroad.
An invitation posted on Obama’s campaign website says Clooney will be the special guest at an Obama fundraiser in Geneva, Switzerland, on Aug. 27.
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Of all the video games on the Nintendo DS, one of the most popular of all franchises is Pokémon. Nintendo had out right hits with Pokémon Black and Pokémon White for the DS system. Nintendo has just announced the official launch dates for the United States for the follow-up games.
Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2 are both direct sequels to the originals. The games were previously announced to launch “very soon” in Japan and gamers in the United States will have to wait several more months to get their hands on the sequels. The official launch date is Sunday, October 7.
The new Black and White Version 2 games will have new areas to explore and will have gamers visiting areas used in previous games along with new Pokémon to capture and use. Another new Pokémon videogame will also launch on the Nintendo eShop on October 7 for the Nintendo 3DS called Pokémon Dream Radar.
“We’re missing a nut,” says a bemused Matt Hershenson, former Danger founder and now Google’s director of hardware for Android, pointing at a vacant spot on an exploded photo of the Nexus Q. Its parts are strewn out across a white background, perfectly arranged in a linear pattern that starkly contrasts with the spherical nature of the thing. “Wow, you’re right,” agrees Joe Britt, engineering director at Google and another former Danger founder. “It’s like the illuminators, you know, the monks who used to draw up the codexes.” Hershenson picks up the reference without missing a beat: “Everybody needs to make at least one mistake. Nothing can be perfect.”
That goes against everything else we’ve been learning from the pair, who spend 45 minutes walking us through every detail of what went into the development of the new Nexus Q. They worked hand-in-hand with engineers and designers and materials experts, ensuring everything from the bearings to the LEDs were, well, perfect. But there is one thing, something larger, that many have said is a crucial flaw in this illuminated device: pricing. Will people pay $299 for a high-concept, low-functionality social media streamer? Join us after the break for how the Q came to be, and why Britt and Hershenson think it will be a success.
Gallery: Nexus Q hands-on
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All signs point towards graphene being the supermaterial that pushes humanity into the future we’ve been dreaming of. From impossibly fast transistors to curing foot odor, there’s seemingly no limit to Graphene’s potential. More »
HP has confirmed that it is canceling plans to launch an ARM-based Windows RT tablet and will instead focus solely on Intel-based Windows 8 tablets for debut this fall. The company explains that the decision was influenced by customer feedback, which indicated that the ecosystem of x86 applications would offer the best customer experience.
Although HP has denied that Microsoft’s Surface tablet announcement was a factor in the decision, industry sources claim the contrary. According to them, HP isn’t willing to go head to head against Microsoft especially with unproven products. But instead of pulling out completely, HP will still move forward with an x86 Windows 8 tablet so as not to lose out on market share.
If other device manufacturers follow suit, it would put a lot of pressure on Microsoft’s Windows RT Surface tablet as one of the only ARM-based Windows tablets. It would also affect ARM-based chip makers such as NVIDIA, Qualcomm, and Texas Instruments from getting in on the Windows tablet market. Likewise, Microsoft will have a difficult time breaking into the space currently dominated by ARM chips.
However, HP’s pull out form Windows RT could also mean that smaller OEMs may jump in to grab more of the market share. Asus, Lenovo, and Toshiba may actually be more willing to bet on Windows RT with HP out of the way.
[via HotHardware]
HP to hold off on ARM-based Windows tablet is written by Rue Liu & originally posted on SlashGear.
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I bought the iPhone 4 when it first came out. I bought the first black case I could find. I stuck it on there, and I’ve never taken it off. The case to my phone isn’t important to me, but it seems to be important to a lot of people as the iPhone Accessories industry is a pretty big booming business. I’ve never understood that myself, although I once considered buying a Hello Kitty case just because. Same reason I own a pink Xbox controller and a pink snowboard. Still, if you’re going to invest in some fancy iPhone accessories, why not pick one that’s not only protective but also functional? Think of all the time you’d save scrounging for that bottle opener when this Bottle-Opener Case has one hooked onto the back! This is a life-changer, and it’s at a discount. More »
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IRL: Bose SoundLink, DropCopy and Worldmate Gold originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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A Facebook developer by the name of Tom Waddington stumbled across something completely new within the latest version of the Facebook SDK, hinting that the social networking giant may be working on a new “Want” button similar to the ever so popular “Like” button. Waddington managed to insert it into his website, which similarly resembles the Like button. Anyone signed in to Facebook can press it to “want this.” What results from there is a red error message.
What’s interesting is that the button also displays a small plus sign icon on the left of it, which could suggest additional actions with the button. Developers have had the opportunity to create their own versions of a Want button and it’s always called for authorization of a third-party app to allow actions to show up on any user’s timeline. A direct Want button would make it ridiculously easy for everyone to embrace and start using right away.
Facebook hasn’t made a public listing on the Facebook’s developer site where other social plugins can be found, so it’s likely Facebook wasn’t expecting to reveal the idea just yet, if at all. A button like this will probably make a lot of advertisers pretty darn happy, but who really knows if the majority of Facebook users will be able to properly distinguish between the use of the Like button and a new Want button when or if it ever rolls out.
[via LA Times]
Facebook ‘Want’ button discovered in latest SDK is written by Elise Moreau & originally posted on SlashGear.
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It took only one day for devs to unleash Jelly Bean 4.1 from its server confines and out into the eager underbelly of Android’s community. And those enterprising hackers haven’t wasted any time getting that buttered up OS running on Galaxy Nexus handsets (yes, even for Verizon subs). Now, good news is also on the way for any consumers who forsook the pure Google path in favor of Samsung’s TouchWizzed way. That’s right, a (mostly) working port has been made available to Galaxy S III (I9300) users that should see some of that point upgrade’s features successfully implemented. Feel free to take it for a test run if you’re skilled in the ways of flashing, but bear in mind you’ll lose access to the camera, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, storage and audio. It goes without saying that this build is far from the perfect ROM for a daily driver, but if you’re curious to check it out first-hand, there’s no harm in trying. Hit up the source below for the step-by-step how-to.
Jelly Bean port passes the butter to the Galaxy S III, ROM-flashing required originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 29 Jun 2012 14:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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