Now I’ve talked about Cymbals Eat Guitars in a soundtrack post before, but the subject bears revisiting because this some is awesome. At home for Thanksgiving, I found myself behind the wheel for the first time in a while, and between you and me, this is one of those songs that always makes me break the speed limit. More »
An emotional Bill O’Brien appeared eager to get his words out when Jessica Mendoza of ESPN2 asked him about his players following Penn State’s win over Wisconsin in the season finale. Many thought that, in his haste, the first-year head coach didn’t get those words out as he intended.
Although the Nittany Lions’ head coach meant to call his players “a bunch of fighters,” many people believe they heard him call them “a bunch of f***ers.”
“They fight hard,” O’Brien continued, giving no indication that he was aware of any gaffe. “They’re a bunch of great kids. It’s been a memorable year.”
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama left no doubt it’s tops in the state.
Proving it’s the best team in the Southeastern Conference and perhaps the nation won’t be nearly so easy.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida coach Will Muschamp doesn’t have any doubt where his team’s next stop should be: Miami for the BCS championship game on Jan. 7.
And the sixth-ranked Gators made a strong case for consideration Saturday by crushing archrival Florida State.
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Ever wanted to be a secret agent like James Bond? If so, you’re probably a little insane, but the UK government’s official job site briefly posted an opening for a position called “Target Elimination Specialist.” The job code? 007. No doubt it comes with a license to kill. More »
I did not spend Thanksgiving evening with my wife and my five children. I spent it, instead, handing out turkey sandwiches to workers in Walmart. And showing my support for one brave soul who walked off the job in protest against exploitation.
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WASHINGTON — Facing the possibility that President Obama might not win a second term, his administration accelerated work in the weeks before the election to develop explicit rules for the targeted killing of terrorists by unmanned drones, so that a new president would inherit clear standards and procedures, according to two administration officials.
For Notre Dame, the task is simple: Win.
The No. 1 Fighting Irish will clinch a berth in the BCS national championship game by defeating USC in Los Angeles. Losses by Alabama, Kansas State and Oregon in recent weeks have cleared the path for the Irish. All they have to do is walk it.
Standing between Brian Kelly’s 11-0 club and the BCS title game is USC. Bruised and battered, the 7-4 Trojans can write a memorable finish to a forgettable season by knocking off their archrivals before a raucous home crowd at the Los Angeles Coliseum.
Over the last decade or so, a growing disconnect has developed between the bizarre and almost cult-like rhetoric and practices that companies use with their staff, and the increasingly grim reality of being an employee in modern day Corporate America.
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The LTE modem discovered in the Nexus 4 is an evolutionary leftover akin to an appendix or tailbone, LG has explained, dashing any hopes of a firmware update unlocking future 4G capabilities. Interest was raised when teardowns of the latest Nexus smartphone revealed it had an LTE-capable modem, despite being billed as 3G only; as LG told TechRadar, however, that’s just the vestigial remnants of the more advanced – and more expensive – device the Nexus 4 was based upon.
“In order to provide the best possible specification for Nexus 4, LG utilised the same powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset as can be found in its 4G LTE product, namely LG Optimus G,” a spokesperson said of the modem’s presence. ”This powerful chipset is only available with a combined processor and modem and cannot be implemented separately.”
Even with the modem in place, that’s not enough to ensure 4G support even if the drivers from the Optimus G were ported to the Android 4.2 handset. The Nexus 4 is missing vital hardware to actually take advantage of that modem.
“The modem contains 4G LTE capabilities but is only effective when combined with other essential hardware parts such as a signal amplifier and filter in order for it to work” the LG spokesperson explained. “It therefore cannot be upgraded to 4G LTE capability through software.”
LG’s comments are at odds with discoveries made by Android modders earlier in the month, however, who discovered that Canadian LTE support could apparently be enabled with a relatively straightforward hack.
The decision to leave out official 4G support in the Nexus 4 met with disappointment from many, though Google has its reasons for the omission. In addition to making the phone cheaper – important, since Google is placing an emphasis on unlocked, SIM-free sales – it also bypasses the carrier collaboration required to test and certify LTE devices on the newer breed of 4G networks.
It also avoids the headaches of supporting the various LTE bands in operation around the world; so far, there’s no one single LTE modem that can play nicely with all of the 4G networks currently deployed. As Apple has discovered with its multiple versions of the iPhone 5, currently the only feasible option for a manufacturer is to offer several variants of a device, each catering to a handful of the 4G frequencies in use.
Given the last-gen Galaxy Nexus was offered in 4G form on Verizon, however, there’s still the expectation – so far unconfirmed by Google itself – that an LTE Nexus 4 will be offered at some point in the smartphone’s life cycle. So far, though, despite the frustration of the 4G-addicted, out-of-control demand for the Nexus 4 means that even with only 3G onboard, the handset has been a sales success for Google.
LG: LTE in the Nexus 4 is an evolutionary leftover is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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