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Tablet costs less than half of the iPad, plays 1080p
We had to do a double take when we saw the $180 price on this 7-inch X10 touchscreen Tablet PC. Amid a sea of me-too slate PCs, this one makes lofty claims, including the most eyebrow-raising of all: the ability to play 1080p video over its HDMI port.
If this cheap 800×480 Wi-Fi and GPS-packing tablet can do what its maker says, it could be a game changer. Instead of spending $1000 on that bulky home theater PC we showed you yesterday, or $500 on the cheapest iPad, you could just plug this baby into your HDTV and watch a huge variety of Blu-ray-quality video formats, including H.264 and Matroska [...]
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4 in 5 believe internet access is a human right
A new survey of over 27,000 adults in 26 countries shows that the vast majority of people now think internet access should be considered a basic human right.
Nearly four in five people around the world believe that access to the internet is a fundamental right, according to the new BBC World Service survey. The survey follows recent concerns over the implementation of the UK government’s Digital Economy Bill.
Finland and Estonia have already ruled that web access is a human right and the the UN is pushing for universal net access for all.
Right to communicate
“The right to communicate [...]
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48 semi-finalists selected for Mobile Premier Awards
The Mobile Premier Awards, perhaps the most prestigious startup competition in the mobile business, has named 48 companies to participate in its semi-final round. They were each nominated by their local MobileMonday chapters (groups that meet on a monthly basis around the world to talk about the hottest topics and issues in the industry).
An international jury will select 20 finalists from this list that will each get a chance to pitch their company at the Mobile Premier Awards ceremony on Feb. 15 in Barcelona. The event will take place during the Mobile World Congress.
Here is the list of nominees:
Austria [...]
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Excerpts from “The Black Book” – Electrocution Chamber and Electric Crematorium at Belzec, rivers of blood, jew bone powder used for construction, etc
My favorite is the electric crematorium at Belzec that zapped jews to ashes in an instant.
Wikipedia:
The Black Book was a result of the collaborative effort by the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee (JAC) and members of the American Jewish community to document the anti-Jewish crimes of the Holocaust and the participation of Jews in the fighting and the resistance movement against the Nazis during World War II.
Background
Prominent Jewish Soviet writers and journalists Ilya Ehrenburg and Vasily Grossman served as war reporters for the Red Army. Grossman’s documentary reports of the opening of [...]
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