Green House is about to release their newest wireless pen tablet, the GH-PTB10W. Powered by a 750mAh Li-ion battery, this Windows 8 compatible tablet features a 2.4GHz radio frequency (works up to 30 meters), page up/down buttons, a touch sensor volume control, a convenient macro key (function can be registered) and comes with an electronic pen (1x AAA battery for power supply). The GH-PTB10W will go on sale from late November for 24,000 Yen (about $295). [Product Page]
Links International has recently released a new DDR3 memory module kit from Corsair namely the CMD8GX3M2A2800C12. As part of the DOMINATOR PLATINUM series, this 8GB (4GBx2) memory module kit works at 1.65V with 2800MHz speed and 12-14-14-36 latency. The CMD8GX3M2A2800C12 is available now for 27,100 Yen (about $333). [Product Page]
Back in October, we reported that, according to a source over at TNW, Apple was acquiring Color Labs, a company founded by Bill Nguyen and Adam Witherspoon. The deal was never confirmed, but speculation had it that Apple paid somewhere in the range of $5 million. Now we have confirmation that Apple did acquire the company thanks to a lawsuit against both the company and Nguyen in which Witherspoon alleges that his boss was abusive and threatening.
When the story originally broke, it was said that Nguyen had been absent from the company for three months over some “intense strain” going on with the company board. According to a lawsuit filed by co-founder Witherspoon, that strain encompasses such things as employee intimidation and threats regarding cooperation with an investigation into Nguyen’s various “improprieties.” Reportedly, both Witherspoon and Nguyen were close, with their respective families spending much time together.
Witherspoon stated that he had caught Nguyen kicking his son during a mutual family vacation, and that such abuse had happened on other occasions. The problems escalated, with Witherspoon reporting that Nguyen’s antics grew worse, and included the public ostracization and humiliation of his (Witherspoon’s) family. Finally, Nguyen, according to the lawsuit, then hit Witherspoon with a small severance package while getting in the way of whatever benefits Witherspoon would have received from the Apple acquisition.
Says the lawsuit, “When the company failed and key assets were being sold to Apple, Nguyen specifically retaliated against Witherspoon by blocking his job opportunities at Apple, offering him a de minimis severance package, disparaging him in the workplace and communicating to others that Witherspoon was being punished for cooperating with an investigation into Nguyen supervised by Color’s outside counsel Gunederson Dettmer.” The attacks went so far as to include the introduction of an “armed crony” into the workplace. The lawsuit is just getting started, but if the allegations prove to be true, it would seem that Color’s employees have found themselves in a nicer workplace than where they started.
[via The Verge]
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Now that Steam will be available for Ubuntu any time now, you might be interested in taking a look at System76‘s latest and greatest Ubuntu-powered laptop designed specifically for the gaming enthusiast: the Bonobo Extreme. The open-source machine-maker has made Ubuntu PCs before, like the Gazelle and Serval laptops and the recent Sable Complete all-in-one, but none come close to the Bonobo Extreme in terms of speed and performance. The base model is tricked out with an Intel i7 3630QM 2.4GHz processor, an NVIDIA Geforce GTX 670MX 3GB GPU, 8GB of DDR3 RAM, a 500GB 7200 RPM hard drive, an 8x DVD drive, an 8-cell battery and a 17.3-inch glossy, backlit display. At this configuration, it’s already quite the wallet-buster at $1,499 (and that’s after the $100 Christmas discount), but you can push that sum skyward fairly easily if you’re a stickler for premium components. But perhaps its beautiful backlit keyboard, spacious Synaptics Clickpad and the sheer satisfaction of shooting Left 4 Dead zombies will help soothe the financial pain.
Via: OMG Ubuntu
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Here’s the latest mini-ITX PC case from Abee, the acubic E20. Measuring 209mm x 104mm x 219mm and weighing 1.5kg, this steel case comes with one 2.5-/3.5-inch HDD drive bay, a standard 150W AC adapter and is available in silver, black and red color options. The acubic E20 sells for 21,980 Yen (about $270). [Product Page]
I hardly remember the original Robocop movie other than I thought he looked freaking cool. The upcoming remake of Robocop may have die-hard fans worried but I’m always for any sort of movie that marries futuristic weapons with robots and humans. More »
Super Talent has unveiled a new line of USB 3.0 flash drives called the RC8. Coming in 64GB and 128GB capacities, these Windows To Go certified flash drives feature a slim and sleek aluminum enclosure, a USB 3.0 connection interface, a SandForce SSD controller and promise to deliver read and write speeds of up to 270MB/s and 240MB/s, respectively. Pricing and release date are still unknown at the moment. [Super Talent]
In 2008, Barack Obama campaigned on the promise that his administration would oversee the rewriting of the expired No Child Left Behind Act. But four years later, education experts and legislators don’t see any end to the negotiations with and within Congress.
“The administration needs to figure out what they want,” said Charles Barone, a drafter of the 2002 law who now serves as legislative director at Democrats for Education Reform. “They’ve been hedgy.”
The sweeping No Child Left Behind, a Texas-grown product of the George W. Bush presidency, was roundly criticized as being too onerous and unrealistic in its expectations for student achievement: One hundred percent of students were supposed to perform at “proficient” levels on standardized tests by 2014. Even its creators acknowledge that the law, which expired 1,877 days ago in 2007, was never supposed to exist unmodified for as long as it has.
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WASHINGTON – A few months after Jill Kelley’s first complaint to the FBI set in motion a scandal that would take down a pair of top U.S. military and intelligence officers, Kelley’s identical twin sister, Natalie Khawam, founded a corporation in Florida called Fullproof LLC with three business partners. Incorporation documents filed with the state reveal little about the company’s purpose, but Christopher T. Marks, a Tampa-based lawyer and one of the co-founders of FullProof, told the Tampa Bay Times that the company aimed to “protect intellectual property while they pursued a patent.”
This patent work involves a well-established physicist at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Dr. Clifford Krowne, who is listed as a managing member of FullProof LLC’s four-person team.
Krowne is a highly regarded expert on Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) technology, one of the military’s most controversial and secretive research programs. His esteemed research background seems at odds with the tawdry details of the Petraeus sex scandal.
Move over, adulterous generals. It might be time to make way for a new sexual rats’nest – at America’s top financial police agency, the SEC.
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