Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) delivered a speech to the Republican National Convention on Thursday night.
Below, the Florida Republican’s remarks as prepared for delivery. Click here for live blog updates on the latest convention news.
In 1980, I watched my first Republican convention with my grandfather.
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Rachel Maddow was at a loss for words on Thursday after Clint Eastwood finished what was largely considered a bizarre and awkward GOP convention appearance.
“I don’t — I don’t — I don’t know what was going on there,” Maddow said seemingly tongue-tied. “Clint Eastwood is 82 years old and I think that — I don’t know if that’s what was going on there.”
Maddow attempted to recap Eastwood’s speech. “It started off with him clearly off-prompter talking rambly about conservatives in Hollywood. He did make one point about the end of the war in Afghanistan and fake interviewed an empty chair as if it was Barack Obama, the President of the United States, swearing at him,” she said.
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Plex fans among us just got treated to a smorgasbord — albeit one that isn’t completely free. The media front-end developer hopes to boost its bottom line through PlexPass, a subscription service that amounts to a paid beta program. Shell out $4 per month and you’ll get early access to in-development features, including a slate of premium-only extras during their incubation phase. One of the more ordinary (if important) features is going live today: a revamped Web Client not only rivals the native OS X app for speed but offers full media playback on top of the usual queue management. Whether you subscribe or not, you’ll want to get an updated Media Server app that supports both PlexPass and the new client along with improving the server’s behavior in several areas, such as lowering its memory use and supporting RTMP transcoding. We hope Plex keeps enough components on the free side of the fence as time goes on. For now, at least, we’ll see the paid model as a way for loyalists to reward a company that has been powering their home theater PCs for years.
Filed under: Home Entertainment, Internet, Software, HD
Plex launches new Web Client and PlexPass subscription, updates Media Server originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 30 Aug 2012 22:13:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
By RACHEL ZOLL, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Members of Mitt Romney’s church warmly presented the GOP presidential candidate as a compassionate man who lives his Mormon faith of service.
The former Massachusetts governor is the first Mormon presidential candidate on a major party ticket.
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The Republican National Convention comes to a close on Thursday night and all eyes will soon shift to Charlotte ahead of the Democratic National Convention next week.
Check out the slideshow below for photo highlights of the event in Tampa.
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A new desktop PC from Kouziro Frontier has just entered the market. Codenamed FRGX516 / D, the system is packed with a 3.20GHz Intel Core i5-3470 processor, an Intel H77 Express Chipset, an Intel HD graphics 2500, a 4GB DDR3 RAM, a 500GB hard drive, a DVD Super Multi Drive and runs on Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (SP1) OS. The FRGX516 / D sells for 49,800 Yen (about $633). [Product Page]
The Logitech UE Boombox features eight custom tuned drivers such as two 0.5-inch tweeters, two 3-inch woofers, and four passive radiators. The gadget is powered by a rechargeable battery that provides enough juice for up to 6-hour of continuous music playback. Actual battery life will vary with use, settings and environmental conditions. The Logitech UE Boombox is equipped with the sculptured aluminum handle, making it easy to roam anywhere with powerful music at your side. It is compatible with any Bluetooth-enables gadget. The Logitech UE Boombox is priced at $249.99. [Logitech]
Chinavasion has recently added a new Android 4.0 ICS tablet to its product page. Called the Pyro, the device sports a 10.1-inch 1024 x 552 capacitive multi-touch display, a 1.0GHz Cortex-A8 processor, a 1GB DDR3 RAM, an 8GB of flash storage, a microSD card slot (up to 32GB), a 0.3MP front-facing camera, 1080p Full HD video playback support, WIfi, an HDMI port, a built-in speaker, a 5000mAh rechargeable battery and runs on Android 4.0.4 ICS OS. The Pyro can be yours for just $154.99. [Product Page]
We’ve been treated to a number of big reveals during the first two days of IFA 2012, and today Toshiba decided to get in on the action. Not only did it reveal three new camcorders today and a number of new ultrabooks, but it has also announced two new sound bars and a new home cloud storage solution it plans to offer. Read on to find out more about Toshiba’s latest products.
Let’s jump right in with the sound bars, shall we? First up is the Mini 3D Sound Bar with Subwoofer, which sports dimensions of 11.4-inches long, 3.9-inches wide, and 2.8-inches tall. This sound bar is obviously aimed at those who suffer from a lack of space (though the included subwoofer won’t help with that), and it comes with five different ways to connect to your devices, including “two analog connections, two digital connections and Bluetooth wireless technology.” This means that, should you want to, you can connect the speaker wirelessly to a tablet or laptop and listen on the go.
The other sound bar Toshiba revealed today is the 3D Sound Bar SBX1250. This one will likely be a bit larger than the Mini 3D Sound Bar, but it would have to be as it houses six individual speakers. Two of those speakers are optimized for lower frequency to give you a nice bass boost and all six of them sport Sonic Emotion technology “to create an immersive virtual 3D sound field and deliver a total peak power of 100 watts.” Toshiba also says that this sound bar doesn’t require any calibration – just hook it up and you’re good to go.
Toshiba claims that both of these speakers eliminate the need for finding a “sweet spot” for listening and offer excellent sound quality regardless of where you are in the room. Both come with a remote control included in the package, and even though we don’t have a solid release date yet, they should be available sometime in fall 2012. You can grab the Mini 3D Sound Bar for $129.99, while the SBX1250 will set you back $179.99.
Moving right along to Toshiba’s next announcement, the company has revealed Canvio Cloud Storage, which marks its entry into the cloud storage market. It’s being advertised as a cloud storage system for the home, and is compatible with Windows 7 and Windows 8 PCs, Android and iOS devices, Smart TVs (that are connected to the Internet, of course), and DLNA-compatible devices. An app for Windows-based PCs, Android, and iOS allows you to manage all of your saved content, and it has the added bonus of being entirely self-maintained, which means that you don’t have to pay subscription fees to store your stuff (though you have to do all the work).
The Toshiba Canvio Cloud Storage device comes in 2TB ($219.99) and 3TB ($249.99) varieties, and the company has given it a release window of September 2012, meaning it should be arriving soon. So there you have it – Toshiba has a slew of new devices for you to check out, and we’re expecting to hear more about these before long. Stay tuned, and be sure to check out our story timeline below for more on what Toshiba has been up to lately!
Toshiba announces two new sound bars and Canvio Cloud Storage is written by Eric Abent & originally posted on SlashGear.
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It looks like Nokia’s strategy to become the go-to company for location-based services is gaining traction, as anonymous sources of Reuters suggest that Amazon will tap the Finnish company to provide mapping data for its upcoming tablet. The report contends that location-aware features will be core to Amazon’s Kindle Fire successor, which is widely expected to debut on September 6th. If true, the move represents a continuation of Amazon’s desire to create an ecosystem that’s far removed from Google own content offerings. On the plus side, it brings the possibility that some excellent offline navigation capabilities may be in the pipeline. Whatever the case may be, we’re sure to know the truth very shortly.
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Amazon reportedly licenses Nokia mapping technologies for Kindle Fire successor originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 30 Aug 2012 21:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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