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Celsius Tourbillon mobile phone combines mechanical with electronic

Dave Freeman — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:49:28 +0000

Here’s an obvious case of conspicuous consumption. Check out the Celsius X VI II Micro-Mechanical Remontage Papillon Tourbillon mobile phone. Retail on this bad boy is going to set you back about $275,000. For a phone.

Eureka! Something has arrived from Beyond the Rack!

Pooptooth — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:30:37 +0000

We FINALLY got a package from Beyond the Rack last night at about 8 pm. I don’t have a final count of hours, but it was at least 47 days to receive these things. And since THERE IS NO LINE ITEM LISTINGS IN OUR HISTORY, it is impossible for us to remember what we ordered vs. what we received.

The “CEO” needs to look at the fundamental problems that are plaguing this fledgling company - although if you read my blog posts, you’d know the owners are no greenhorns in retail.

BTR in no way earned my business back. My wife is still tempted by some of the events, but she has been able to hold out so far. My CC will never again order from BTR.

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What type of phone should a George Costanza buy?

Nicholas Deleon — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:00:10 +0000

As luck would have it, I’ll be in the market for a brand-new phone in the coming weeks. Terribly exciting, yes. But there’s a bit of a problem: the two “biggest” phones out there, the iPhone and all those Android-based ones, rub me the wrong way. Longtime readers will know that I’m fairly neurotic, sorta like George Costanza from Seinfeld. Does the phrase Jerkstore mean anything to you? That’s 100 percent me. (Yes, the irony in linking to Google-owned YouTube is not lost on me.) So what’s a person to do when, for reasons I’ll describe, he wants nothing to do with Apple or Google phones?

I’ve had an iPod touch since last autumn, and there’s no way I could envision using that as a phone. It’s just so cumbersome, I think. I feel like I’m holding a brick in my hand whenever I use it to check WoW.com before going to bed. Plus, I’ve soured on Apple’s attitude in recent years. Again, George Costanza says hi.

On to Google. There’s another company I’ve grown tired of in recent years, the most recent offense thinking it can bully China—China!—into bending to its will under the guise of the free flow of information. Does Google think it’s the East India Company, making demands left, right, and center?

I simply don’t like the companies enough to support them in this fashion.

What are my options?

People love the iPhone, but again: it’s not for me, and that’s based on using the iPod touch for several months. The Droid got high marks, and the Nexus One should be hitting Verizon Wireless (the only wireless provider that has reliable service in my area) in the next few days, but do I really want to spend money supporting Big, Bad Google? Note that I already support Big, Bad Google with my use of Gmail, and don’t think I haven’t thought of weening myself off that!

Or maybe I should take a ridiculous stand and just go without a phone from here on out?

Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks at the White House

Jason Djang — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:46:04 +0000

Every seat of the White House Movie Theater was taken by, in Tom Hanks’ memorable words, "some sort of honcho and big shot" on Thursday evening for a screening of the first episode of HBO’s new miniseries The Pacific. Produced by Hanks and Steven Spielberg, the 10 part series tells the story of the brave Americans who fought in the Pacific theater of World War II, a story not told by Hollywood as frequently as the European front. We’ve got a a behind-the-scenes video with the producing duo as they prepare to show the first hour of their work to a First audience. See an Academy Award winning producer and director turn his hand-held camera on us and the President:

Click here to see the video.

President Barack Obama delivers remarks before a screening of the HBO ten-part World War II miniseries “The Pacific” in the Family Theater of the White House, March 11, 2010. Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, the two executive producers of “The Pacific”, sit in the front row.

Weekly Address: Education for a More Competitive America & Better Future

Jesse Lee — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:00:00 +0000

The President discusses his blueprint for an updated Elementary and Secondary Education Act to overhaul No Child Left Behind, the latest step from his Administration to encourage change and success in America’s schools at the local level.

Click here to see the video.

The Vice President in the Middle East

Jesse Lee — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:03:39 +0000

Click here to see the photo gallery.

Yesterday, Vice President Biden spoke at Tel Aviv University in Israel about the partnership between the United States and Israel:

Israel’s unique relationship with the United States means that you need not bear that heavy burden alone. Our nations’ unbreakable bond borne of common values, interwoven cultures, and mutual interests has spanned the entirety of Israel’s history. And it’s — it’s impervious to any shifts in either country and either country’s partisan politics. No matter what challenges we face, this bond will endure. As a result, generations of Israelis and Americans and American-Israelis have kept a foot in each country, enriching both our nations and peoples. I met with some of your leading high-tech leaders earlier, prior to coming to the stage. And they have a foot in both countries, many of them.

While these close relationships span the realm of commerce and education, medicine and technology, culture and the arts, at its core is an ironclad commitment to security — Israel and my own country’s. Every day, Israel faces bravely threats no country should have to endure. No parent should their child to schools equipped with air raid sirens in the year 2010. No government should be expected to turn a blind eye while an enemy calls for its destruction.

I am here to remind you, though I hope you will never forget, that America stands with you shoulder-to-shoulder in facing these threats. President Obama and I represent an unbroken chain of American leaders who have understood this critical, strategic relationship. As the President said recently, “I will never waver from ensuring Israel’s security and helping them secure themselves in what is a very hostile region."

To watch the full speech, click here.

Earlier this week, the Vice President also spoke with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at Ramallah and with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu in Jerusalem.

The National Security Team, at Work Again on Afghanistan and Pakistan

Jesse Lee — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:38:41 +0000

The President met with his national security team on Afghanistan and Pakistan this morning:

President Barack Obama meets with his national security team on Afghanistan and Pakistan in the Situation Room of the White House. From left, Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Deputy Secretary of State Jack Lew, United States Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry and President Obama March 12, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

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Video: The HTC HD2 might not run Windows Phone 7, but it can run Windows 95!

Greg Kumparak — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:37:12 +0000

We know what you’re thinking. “Man! Now that Microsoft has confirmed (and re-confirmed) that the HD2 won’t be getting an (officially endorsed) upgrade to Windows Phone 7, I can only hope that it will some day be able to run a desktop OS from fifteen years ago!”

Well, friend, that day has come.

The always incredible folks over at XDA-Dev have successfully managed to get Windows 95 up and running on the QEMU virtual machine emulator. Stuff like this generally runs slow as dirt, but coupled with the HD2’s 1ghz processor, there seems to be enough meat here to muscle through the fairly complex emulation.

[Good find, WMpoweruser!]

President Obama at Your Graduation?

Cammie Croft — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:46:06 +0000

With only three days left until the application deadline for the President’s High School Commencement Challenge, attention on the competition is heating up.

Earlier this week, Domestic Policy Director Melody Barnes was interviewed on BET’s 106 and Park to encourage the nation’s public high school students to tell the President why their school is the best in the country at preparing students for college and career choices.

Help spread the word to students and schools in your community that you think deserve the commencement speaker of a lifetime – and tell them to get their applications in before the deadline on midnight on Monday, March 15th.

Rumor: Verizon BlackBerry Tour to get Push-to-talk soon, New BlackBerry in May?

Greg Kumparak — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:27:46 +0000

Boy Genius tends to know what he’s talking about when it comes to BlackBerry leaks – so when he says hes got some new details, we tend to believe him.

According to his tipsters, the Verizon BlackBerry Tour 9630 will be seeing an upgrade to BlackBerry OS 5.0 sometime in the next month. With that upgrade, says the same tipster, comes the option of push-to-talk functionality for an extra 5 bucks a month.

But that’s not all! This all leads up to the release of a brand spankin’ new piece of BlackBerry kit — presumably a new Tour — launching some time around May, complete with OS 5.0 and push-to-talk functionality out of the box. Alas, that’s all we know about it at this point; keep your ears to the ground for us, won’t you?

[Via BGR]