Former world number one Lleyton Hewitt (pictured on January 25) will be out… Former world number one Lleyton Hewitt will be out of action for at least three months after undergoing hip surgery following his exit from the Australian Open. The Australian world number 22, who was beaten in straight sets by top seed Roger Federer in the fourth…
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Dear Pharmacist, I crave salty foods. I read in one of your books that you don’t think white table salt is good for people. How can you say this when every restaurant in America has salt on the table? What do you suggest? — D.W., Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Sea salt and table salt have a backbone of “sodium chloride,” which the body…
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Mattel rolls out foldable Stealth Rides R/C cars originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 30 Jan 2010 03:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Nikon’s D300S isn’t exactly tailor made for D300 owners, but for those waiting patiently to jump into the semi-pro DSLR game, it offers up a pretty delightful array of specs. Boasting SD and CF slots, a 720p movie mode and 12.3 megapixels of sharp shooting goodness, this here cam received overwhelmingly positive reviews late last year. Strategically positioned between the full-frame D700 and the lesser-specced D90, we’re sure the D300S found its way into quite a few hearts (and under quite a few trees) between then and now. If you’ve been firing off snaps with one of these for a few months now, we’re curious to know how you’d tweak things if the power were yours. Does the “S” really add enough to the D300 package to warrant the boost in price? How’s the image quality? Is the video mode a-okay for your purposes? Spill your heart out in comments below — we’re here to hold your hand if necessary.
How would you change Nikon’s D300S? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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London: Chelsea coach Carlo Ancelotti has described Frank Lampard as the world's best midfielder. “His two goals (against Birmingham) showed…
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Wednesday’s closing cattle and hog quotations from the Oklahoma National Stockyards. CATTLE Receipts: 1126; lastweek: 922; lastyear: 329; Monday’sactual: 11,563. Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady to $2 higher.Slaughter bulls $1-$2 higher. Packer demand good as winter storm is expected to hit the state Thursday. Total of 553 cows and bullssold with 47 percent going to packers. Slaughtercows: Average dressing $46.50-$54.25, high dressing $51-$58.50, low dressing $39.50-$50. Slaughter bulls: Yield Grade Nos. 1-2 1,350-2,375 lbs.average $61.50-$63, high dress $66-$69, low dress $57.50-$61. Estimated dressed cost at the Oklahoma National Stockyards: Lean cows $107.10; Boners $104.85;…
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Like the camera references, this could just be another case of vestigial SDK weirdness — but for whatever reason, devs have noticed (and we’ve been able to reproduce) a “Touch to return to call” bar in the iPad emulator just like you’d expect to find on an iPhone during a traditional GSM call. It certainly seems like Steve would’ve bothered to mention during today’s festivities if you could do something crazy like pair up a Bluetooth headset and go to town (and you’d need a voice plan on top of that $29.99 data anyway), so who knows: either Apple’s just made every UI element as adaptable as possible regardless of whether it’s applicable to a particular device, they’re planning a higher-res iPhone down the road, or they’re integrating the bar into some VoIP action. Or… you know, none of the above.
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iPad won’t handle GSM voice calls — or will it? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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A Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology spokesperson has today delivered a statement affirming China’s willingness to allow Android devices to operate within the country without restriction so long as they adhere to the nation’s laws. This means that whatever China’s response to Google no longer obeying its censorship edicts may be, it won’t be to disallow Android — which kind of makes sense considering the growing roster of OPhones out there, all running a remixed version of the dessert-loving mobile OS. Then again, Google’s latest power play was to hold back Android handsets from entering China, so we’re not entirely sure how much the Mountain View outfit cares about the Middle Kingdom’s apparent benevolence.
China says Android can stay, misses Google’s point originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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By Bob Fernandez Inquirer Staff Writer Comcast-Spectacor, an arena-management firm jointly owned by Comcast Corp. and Ed Snider, will purchase a ticketing-software business from Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. as part of a government settlement that clears the way for the proposed merger of Ticketmaster and Live Nation Inc. The government said yesterday that Ticketmaster, which sells more than 100 million tickets a year, also has to license its primary ticketing software to AEG, the nation’s second-largest concert promoter. The settlement was announced in Washington by the Department of Justice, after many months of antitrust scrutiny. A merger would combine Ticketmaster with Live Nation, a…
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New Delhi: The leading low-cost carrier SpiceJet today said it is planning to hire about 140-150 employees to meet the manpower requirements for the four new aircraft it would add this year,…
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