iPad 2 on Friday evening, many of the new device’s features may be upstaged by a lowly accessory, the “smart cover,” a protective case designed by Apple that snaps onto the iPad through magnets and doubles as a stand. The cover’s “smarts,” though, come in part from being able to turn the iPad 2 on [...]
Dalai Lama announced Thursday his plan to retire as political head of the Tibetan exile movement, according to his website. “Tibetans need a leader, elected freely by the Tibetan people, to whom I can devolve power,” the exiled spiritual leader said in a statement. “Now, we have clearly reached the time to put this into [...]
If the Carling Cup could be won simply by the team who cared about it the most, Birmingham City and Arsenal would not need to go through the business of battling out the final at Wembley. Alex McLeish has been fantasising about standing on the Wembley touchline barking out instructions in a cup final since [...]
Michael Carrick insists Manchester United are treating the FA Cup seriously and are aiming for the trophy to be in their Old Trafford cabinet come May. Having arrived at Old Trafford a year after United last won the competition in 2005, Carrick has yet to lift the trophy, although he came close in their last [...]
President Obama, pivoting at midterm from costly economic stimulus measures to deficit reduction, on Monday released a fiscal year 2012 budget that projects an annual deficit of more than $1 trillion before government shortfalls decline to “sustainable” levels for the rest of the decade. Still, annual deficits through fiscal year 2021 will add a combined [...]
The HP Veer is powered by the Snapdragon MSM7230 processor, the same processor which powers the HTC Desire Z, and runs at 800MHz. Veer packs in the same amount of RAM as the Pre 2 i.e. 512MB. Like the Pre and the Pre 2, the Veer also sports a QWERTY keyboard. The phone also features [...]
HTC Thunderbolt, which will be the first 4G LTE device to land on Verizon after its unveiling next week at CES. As you can see, it really just looks exactly like the Desire HD, but has Verizon branding and will be 4G capable which means it’ll be amazing. We’re assuming it won’t have a dual-core [...]
Takeo Spikes is a player to empathize with, his 12-year career has been flush with stellar play and the desire to be the best, but he’s fallen short of ultimate goals through no individual fault of his. He’s been to the Pro Bowl on two occasions, in 2003 and 2004, respectively, and he deserved to [...]
