Hasta La Gadget!

A fast-paced hour of “Big Brother” as the season’s second live double-elimination got under way. Poor Joe found himself on the block two times, after Frank was inevitably eliminated in the first eviction. Hard feelings or no, Frank will come to realize that he was a huge threat to win the game, so of course they were going to pounce on an opportunity to get rid of him.

Of course, doing so may have cost Dan his vote. Speaking of Dan, he turned around and won the HOH competition, positioning him at the top of the heap. He put up Joe again, this time paired with the outgoing HOH, Ian. Was this an attempt to get out another strong strategic player, or was Ian a pawn?

Viewers didn’t find out because Ian went off and won his first POV of the season, immediately taking himself off the block. In his stead, Dan put Danielle next to Joe. But it was Joe who finally left the BB house.

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The Obama administration has decided to blacklist as a terrorist organization the Haqqani network, the militant organization responsible for some of the deadliest attacks against American troops in Afghanistan, several American officials said late Thursday.

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Some might say that this was definitely inevitable – Apple and Samsung being at loggerheads with one another (where Apple might be $1 billion richer eventually) in terms of patents, leading to Apple cutting their orders from Samsung for memory chips that will see action in the upcoming iPhone 5 that is rumored to be announced this coming September 12th. No idea on how reliable this bit of information is, but the source claims to have direct knowledge of the matter.

We do know that Samsung is one of Apple’s core suppliers, rolling out microprocessors, flat displays and memory chips (DRAM chips and NAND memory chips) for Apple’s bestsellers such as the iPhone, iPad and iPod. The slashing of orders from Samsung sends a signal that Cupertino intends to diversify their memory chip supply lines, but this might mean that Samsung could very well not be on the list of initial suppliers for future iOS-powered devices.

Needless to say, there was no comment from either Samsung or Apple when contacted concerning the situation, and this might just see Samsung’s share get hit negatively considering how Apple’s orders are no small fry.

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Apple injunction on Samsung set for December 6th showdown, Apple wants to ban 8 Samsung phones,

If Proficient Audio’s new MaxTV MT2 speaker box is anything to go by, the company obviously isn’t enamored with the latest slew of slim, elegant soundbars. As the picture shows, it’s designed to act as a platform for your TV and can support up to 160 pounds — enough for even the biggest of flatscreens. The hard, no-grill design shows off the box’s two 1-inch tweeters, four 2.5-inch mid-range speakers and two 5.25-inch, down-facing subs. Four internal 20-watt, two-channel digital amps take care of the power, and with two of those dedicated to the woofers, we’d expect some serious neighbor-waking bass. It’s not just for your TV either, as the built-in Bluetooth supports audio streaming from any of your favorite gadgets. The soundbar-on-steroids is shipping now for 599 bones, and if that sounds a little steep, Proficient Audio assures you that “once someone hears the difference MaxTV makes, they will buy it.”

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Journalists here are honing in on Vice President Joe Biden’s criticism of the GOP for not supporting any of the deficit-reduction proposals over the past year, noting that President Barack Obama did not embrace a report put out by the co-chairs of the Simpson-Bowles panel.

ABC’s Jake Tapper, for instance, called the following, from Biden, an “incredible line.”

“In Tampa, they talked with great urgency about the nation’s debt. And the need to act, to act now. But not once, not one single time, did they tell you that they rejected every plan put forward by us — by the bipartisan Simpson-Bowles Commission they referenced, or by other respected outside group — to reduce the national debt. They were not for any of them. Why? Because they’re not prepared to do anything about the debt if it contained even one dollar, not exaggerating, even one dollar — one cent — in new taxes for millionaires. Folks, that’s not courage. And that’s not fair,” Biden said.

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