NYT: Steve Jobs feels Google betrayed Apple by mimicking iPhone
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs feels that Google “violated the alliance” it had with Apple when the search giant began producing cellphones that resemble the iPhone, according to a The New York Times piece that details the bitter rivalry between the two technology giants.
Wind hits a new high — setting record generation rates in Texas
Wind is generally considered the front-runner when it comes to renewable sources of energy. It’s both cheaper and more reliable than solar. The government certainly prioritized it last year when it doled out millions in grants mostly to wind firms. Now news of record-setting wind generation out of Texas confirms that [...]
Proposal Would Change Playoffs’ Overtime Rules – New York Times
INDIANAPOLIS The N.F.L. could take the first steps toward changing its controversial overtime rules when the competition committee considers a rule that would give both teams a possession in overtime unless the team that receives the ball first scores a touchdown on the opening drive.
If it is approved, the rule, called [...]
Live Analysis: Canada Beats the US for Gold Medal – New York Times (blog)
In-game analysis from the New York Times reporters Jeff Z. Klein, Charles McGrath and Greg Bishop at Canada Hockey Place in Vancouver, and insights from The Times’s Slap Shot blog contributor Stu Hackel. Richard Sandomir, who covers sports media and business for The Times, shared thoughts about the broadcast. Post your thoughts about the game [...]
Food Flight: a Postcard from South Beach – New York Times (blog)
If you live on the East Coast, went out to eat in a celebrity chef’s restaurant on Friday or Saturday night, and are unsure whether he or she had a hand in your meal’s cooking, I can tell you, with enormous confidence and no rigorous fact checking whatsoever, that the answer is most likely no.
The [...]
The Frightening Future of Augmented Shopping [Retail]
Online retail is nothing new, but now brick and mortar stores want to get in on the high-tech action. The New York Times has a disquieting look at new technologies that will make you shop ’til your signal drops.
Take, for example, Norma Kamali’s boutique in Manhattan, which recently implemented a system called ScanLife that allows [...]
Disqualified in 500, Ohno Wins 8th Medal in Relay – New York Times
VANCOUVER, British Columbia Over the past two weeks, Apolo Ohno danced with danger, evading crashes, employing strategy and adding two Winter Olympics medals to the most expansive collection in United States history. Sometimes he seemed forever fortunate.
That ended Friday night at Pacific Coliseum with Ohno’s disqualification in short-track speedskating’s 500-meter race. [...]
Whale Kills Trainer as Horrified Spectators Watch – New York Times
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A SeaWorld killer whale snatched a trainer from a poolside platform Wednesday in its jaws and thrashed the woman around underwater, killing her in front of a horrified audience. It marked the third time the animal had been involved in a [...]
The Engadget Show returns this Saturday, Feb. 27th… now with live streaming!
We’ve heard your pleas, citizens of Engadget, and we are pleased as punch to announce that The Engadget Show taping this Saturday, February 27th at 5pm will be streaming live, direct to you via the internet! We’ll be sitting down with Avner Ronen, creator and CEO of Boxee and taking a look at the [...]
Pearce Moves to Brain Rehab Hospital in Colorado – New York Times (blog)
Snowboarder Kevin Pearce, a likely Olympian before sustaining a severe head injury Dec. 31 during training in Utah, has been transferred to a brain-rehabilitation hospital in Colorado.
In a statement, one of his doctors, Holly Ledyard, said that Pearce, “is able to walk and do many daily activities with some assistance.”
Pearce, one of the few riders [...]
