Jan 31
Looking like the perfect companion for
one who travels with many gadgets, this new Asus router packs
wireless hotspot creation through a wired LAN port in a package
similar to the size of a typical USB key.
Jan 31
On Wednesday, Pro Football Hall of Famer Dan Marino confirmed to the New York Post that he had fathered a child with former CBS Sports production assistant Donna Savattere in 2005.
“This is a personal and private matter,” Marino — who also works at CBS Sports as a pre-game analyst — told The Post in a written statement. “I take full responsibility both personally and financially for my actions now as I did then. We mutually agreed to keep our arrangement private to protect all parties involved.”
But the former Miami Dolphin quarterback isn’t the first high-profile man to father a child in an extra-marital affair. Click through the slides below for more on Marino and five others.
Jan 31
WASHINGTON — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), in a speech designed to boost his reelection this year and a possible 2016 presidential candidacy, told Garden State business leaders Thursday night that more bipartisanship is needed in politics.
Christie focused much of his speech on New Jersey’s recovery from Hurricane Sandy and a bipartisan response from the state congressional delegation seeking federal funds for the recovery. Christie spoke at the annual New Jersey Chamber of Commerce dinner in Washington, which brought hundreds of business and political leaders from the state to the nation’s capital.
“At times we have to use a word that has become a curse word in this town — compromise,” Christie said. “You spend a lot of time in government making your arguments and using the bully pulpit. I am guilty of that as everyone and proud of it. But that brings people together. The frustration that is building up in our country and our state with both parties is palpable.”
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Jan 31
Google Glass Shows Up At The FCC
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After Google’s elusive Project Glass made a cameo appearance at a subway in New York last week, the augmented reality device was spotted today at the FCC, possibly hinting an imminent release. But first things first, it’s worth noting that Google previously said that it will release the Explorer Edition in about 6 months or so, although the finished product will not be available to the consumer market until 2014. Given the case, the device that has been spotted at the FCC today could be the Explorer Edition that developers pre-ordered during last year’s Google I/O conference.
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Jan 31
As promised, Vudu has taken the trip to Wally World out of the process used to watch your discs via UltraViolet streaming apps and sites — the legit way. Just like the in-store process, DVDs or Blu-rays can be leveraged to buy digital versions of the movie anywhere UltraViolet movies are available. Going from a DVD to an standard definition copy will run you $2, while upgrading to HD is $5 — Blu-ray to HD is also $2 — which is the exact same pricing as the in-store offering. Those who want to convert a few titles, and are lucky enough to get invited to the beta, can download the Windows-only application to a computer that has the required optical disc drive. Mac support is promised soon, but with the limited number of Macs with Blu-ray drives, we’d suspect that version will only work with DVDs.
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Jan 31
Welcome to Thursday evening everyone. After dropping a new teaser trailer today, it looks like Sony is gearing up to announce the next PlayStation on February 20, 2013, so mark your calendars. Google Glass made a stop by the FCC today, and Temple Run 2 achieved the title of “fastest growing mobile game” 22 days sooner than the previous record-holder. The Windows 8 upgrade discount officially ends today, and the latest figures from IDC peg Samsung and ASUS will quickly-growing tablet sales.
The CEA is seeking a new Best of CES partner after the Dish Hopper situation with CBS, and something fishy seems to be going on behind the scenes over at Kim Dotcom’s new site Mega. Nintendo said that a Wii U price cut isn’t going to happen despite sales that were below expectations, and Apple announced that it will be discontinuing the Mac Pro in Europe starting March 1. BlackBerry 10′s app library might just be 40& Android apps that have been repackaged, while Netflix and Hulu AdZone access will be free on Xbox Live this weekend.
Amazon suffered a bit of an outage this afternoon (but things are good now), and the LG Optimus L7 II Dual leaked in new images today. Grand Theft Auto V‘s spring release was delayed to September 17, while the Angry Birds Star Wars Escape from Hoth update landed today. We learned that the Wall Street Journal was also recently attack by Chinese hackers, and Electronic Arts announced that its next Madden game will be arriving on August 27.
Ashton Kutcher talked about what he hopes fans take away from his new movie JOBS, and Samsung announced that it had purchased a 5% stake in Wacom for almost $60 million. Apple has blocked the latest version of Java 7 from Mac OS X browsers, the Motorola X-Phone has popped up in a new job listing, and Sony announced that it will bringing the Garnet Red PS3 to North America after all. Finally tonight, Chris Davies goes hands-on with the Fujifilm X100S and X20, while Chris Burns tells us why BlackBerry 10 has a bleak future and what three steps RIM would need to take to make a BlackBerry 10 tablet a success. That does it for tonight’s Evening Wrap-Up, we hope you enjoy the rest of your night folks!
SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: January 31, 2013 is written by Eric Abent & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Jan 31
By Rachelle Younglai
WASHINGTON, Jan 31 (Reuters) – A bipartisan group in the U.S. House of Representatives is attempting to craft a bill that would give millions of undocumented immigrants a way to become citizens, House aides said on Thursday, mirroring an effort in the Senate.
One of the aides said the House legislation would be tougher in some ways than the plan put forward on Monday by four Democrats and four Republicans in the U.S. Senate.
The Senate proposal, which has not yet been put into legislative form, would require undocumented immigrants to undergo background checks and pay back taxes and penalties before obtaining temporary legal status in the United States.
The House aide, who requested anonymity, said the House proposal was “tougher in terms of the application process,” but would not go into detail.
The House group includes Republicans Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida, John Carter of Texas and Raul Labrador of Idaho, and Democrats Luis Gutierrez of Illinois and Zoe Lofgren from California. The latter is the top Democrat on a House Judiciary subcommittee overseeing immigration.
Another congressional aide said the House legislation was 90 percent complete and included a similar provision to the Senate plan that would make it harder for employers to knowingly hire undocumented immigrants.
“We are in touch with our counterparts in the House,” New York Democratic Senator Charles Schumer, one of the “Gang of 8” senators who released the Senate proposal on Monday, told a news conference.
“We believe that they’re moving along on a set of principles that will be fairly similar to ours, not completely the same.”
Any major changes to the immigration law must win support in the Republican-controlled House, where conservatives have in the past rejected what they consider would be an amnesty for those who entered the country illegally.
The fact that the bipartisan group of House lawmakers is likely to include a “path to citizenship” in its proposal is no guarantee that the idea will overcome expected opposition from conservatives, but it could help because it shows some House Republicans are on board.
However, it was unclear on Thursday whether Labrador, one of the House group’s newest members, would sign off on the path to citizenship.
“I don’t think there should be a new path to citizenship for the adults,” Labrador told Reuters. “I Believe that in the House it will be very difficult to pass any bill that has a pathway to citizenship,” he said.
Labrador has proposed a program that would allow undocumented immigrants who have jobs to apply for temporary but renewable work visas.
The House group, with a membership that has varied, has been meeting privately for about four years. Lawmakers were ready to unveil their immigration legislation in 2012, but shelved the bill because they knew it would not go anywhere in an election year.
Jan 31
Imagine standing on the road one day and have a sinkhole swallow you whole. Or imagine sitting in your house and having a giant sinkhole vaporized your entire building. That’s what happened in China. Two buildings in Guangzhou, China tumbled straight into a giant sinkhole as the ground below them disappeared. Luckily, no one was hurt (though 300 residents had to be evacuated and some of them just lost their home) as construction workers noticed the ground was already seeping in. More »
Jan 31
Youth Radio — Youth Media International: New Study Finds That School and Family Increase Young Voter Turnout
Posted in: Today's ChiliOriginally published on Youthradio.org, the premier source for youth generated news throughout the globe.
By: Sayre Quevedo
There are a lot of misconceptions about young voters — they don’t know as much as older voters, they don’t care about the issues, they don’t like to vote — but a new survey from the The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) challenges those old stereotypes.
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Jan 31
Google has announced its Google Science Fair 2013, the third one it has held. The event is in partnership with some big names, including National Geographic, Scientific America, and LEGO Group. The science fair aims to find the next batch of world-changing individuals and their ideas, citing past world changers like Ada Lovelace and Alexander Graham Bell. It is open to participants ages 13 to 18.
According to Google, the last two events garnered submissions from over 90 countries, with entries targeting all sorts of world problems ranging from ecosystem water cataloging to providing a better music listening experience for those with hearing problems. Such issues are sure to be the substance of submissions this year as well.
Those who want to participate who are in the accepted age range have until April 30 at 11:59 PDT to get their submission in. A total of 13 languages for project submissions are supported: Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, French, Spanish, Italian, German, English, Hebrew, and Polish.
A variety of awards will be issued, with the winner receiving a $50k Google scholarship, a National Geographic trip to Galapagos, and “experiences” with either Google, LEGO, or CERN. The winner’s school will get digital access to Scientific America’s archives, as well as a $10,000 grant for their school and G+ Hangout with CERN. In addition, one project will get a $50k Science in Action prize from Scientific America for making a “practical difference” in a health, social, or environment issue.
A total of 90 finalists will be chosen in June, being split 30/30/30 from the Americas, Asia Pacific, and Europe/the Middle East/Africa. Of those finalists, a total of 15 will be sent to Google HQ in Mountain View for their live event in September. The 15 finalists will be evaluated by a panel of judges, and one winner will be selected in each age group, with one winner being the top-of-the-top Grand Prize recipient.
[via Google’s Official Blog]
Google Science Fair 2013 launches, seeks world changers is written by Brittany Hillen & originally posted on SlashGear.
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