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Thursday, December 22, 2011
Asus Teal 10.1" 1015PX-RTL304 Netbook PC with Intel Atom N570 Mobile Processor and Windows 7 Starter Edition
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- Intel Atom N570 mobile processor
1.66GHz, 1MB L2 Cache - 1GB DDR3 DRAM system memory
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Store 166,000 photos, 71,000 songs or 131 hours of HD video and more - 10/100Mbps Ethernet, 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN
Connect to a broadband modem with wired Ethernet or wirelessly connect to a Wi-Fi signal or hotspot with the 802.11b/g/n connection built into your PC - 10.1" no-glare display
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| Widescreen Display: | Yes |
| Max Resolution: | 1024 x 600 ( WSVGA ) |
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| Multi-Core Technology: | Dual-Core |
| Processor: | Intel Atom N570 / 1.66 GHz |
| Data Bus Speed: | 667 MHz |
| Cache Memory | |
| Type: | L2 cache |
| Installed Size: | 1 MB |
| Storage | |
| Hard Drive: | 250 GB - Serial ATA-300 - 5400 rpm |
| RAM | |
| Installed Size: | 1 GB / 2 GB (max) |
| Technology: | DDR3 SDRAM |
| Configuration Features: | 1 x 1 GB |
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| Data Link Protocol: | Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n |
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| Video Memory: | 256 MB |
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| Height: | 1.5 in |
| Depth: | 7 in |
| Weight: | 2.4 lbs |
| Color: | Teal bloom |
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| Supported Flash Memory Cards: | SD Memory Card, MultiMediaCard, SDHC Memory Card |
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Asus Teal 10.1" 1015PX-RTL304 Netbook PC with Intel Atom N570 Mobile Processor and Windows 7 Starter Edition 3 3
It's a very nice netbook. It's cute, super portable, and has a nice battery life. My only problem with it is the OS that comes on it. Windows 7 starter is stripped down a lot. If you are a getting this strictly for business and don't plan on customizing it at all then it will be great for you. However if you are getting this as a personal computer, then splurge and get the better version of windows too. 12/08/2011
Pretty cool little netbook Bought this for my 9 year old Grand Daughter for a gift so she can Skype with her Dad who just returned from Pakistan. Have no experience with Laptops or Net books. Just arrived yesterday. Took it out of the box & set it up today. Connected by WiFi easily even though I have a very old 2 wire portal. Has 2 operating systems but I'm not very familiar with the cloud so I mostly used Windows 7. Skype downloaded & operated perfectly. There were really no updates to install. Product registration was easy enough. Had no Problems with it. Already put the backup on the flash drive from the bundle. Web cam could be better but I've seen worse. Will need to add speakers or a pair of headphones as the speakers are weak. Overall for the price I think it's a bargain. Might get one for myself. Also bought the 2 year crash, bash, spill & cracked screen policy from Walmart. Hope I don't have to use it. Put it all back in the box and am wrapping it up for Christmas. 12/10/2011
simple windows 7 starter is worthless.. id definely plan on an upgrade unless u seriously dont mind "just the basics" besides that its a great computer for a great value. also its very cute 12/19/2011
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Monday, December 19, 2011
McQueary: I saw Sandusky sex abuse
HARRISBURG, Pa.?? A Penn State assistant football coach testified Friday that he had no doubt he saw former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky in a sexual act with a boy in a university locker room in 2002.
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"I believe he was sexually molesting the boy," Mike McQueary, a graduate assistant in the university's football program in 2002, said at a court hearing, adding at a later point that he "has no doubt" he saw Sandusky in a sexual act.
McQueary, speaking for the first time in public about the 2002 encounter, said he saw Sandusky with his hands around the boy's waist. McQueary also said he fully conveyed what he had seen to two Penn State administrators about what he told them. He testified that he reported the incident to longtime head coach Joe Paterno.
McQueary took the stand Friday morning in a Pennsylvania courtroom during a preliminary hearing for university officials Tim Curley and Gary Schultz, who are accused of lying to a grand jury about what McQueary told them.
At the conclusion of the hearing, District Judge William C. Wenner ruled that prosecutors have enough evidence to send their cases to trial. Their lawyers say the men are innocent and contest McQueary's statements.
Conflicting accounts
Since Curley's and Schultz's arrests, different versions of what McQueary witnessed have been reported. They testified to the grand jury that McQueary never relayed the seriousness of what he saw. The officials, and Paterno, have been criticized for not telling police about the 2002 allegation. Prosecutors say Sandusky continued to abuse boys for at least six more years.
McQueary told the court on Friday that he had gone into the building one night around 9 p.m. in the spring of 2002 after watching a football movie at home, which he said had motivated him to go into the building and get some work done, reported NBC News.
When he went into the locker room that night to drop off a pair of sneakers, McQueary said he saw a naked Sandusky behind a prepubescent boy he estimated to be 10 or 12 years old, with Sandusky's hands wrapped around the boy's waist. He said the boy was facing a wall, with his hands on it.
'Shocked, horrified'
"I heard rhythmic slapping sounds, two or three slaps that sounded like skin on skin," McQueary testified.
But McQueary also said: "I did not see insertion nor was there any protest, screaming or yelling."
He said he was "shocked, horrified, not thinking straight. I was distraught."
He said he looked into the shower several times and that the last time he looked in, Sandusky and the boy had separated. He said he didn't say anything, but "I know they saw me. They looked directly in my eye, both of them."
The position was very "sexually oriented," McQueary said.
Under cross examination by an attorney for Curley, McQueary reiterated that he had not seen Sandusky penetrating or fondling the boy but was nearly certain he knew a sexual assault happened, in part because the two were standing so close and Sandusky's arms were wrapped around the youth.
McQueary, 27 at the time, said he called his father, John McQueary, immediately afterward and told him: "I just saw coach Sandusky. What I saw was wrong and sexual."
His father told him he needed to to report what he saw to Paterno, McQueary told the court.
McQueary then testified that he called Paterno early the following morning and told him he needed to speak with him about something.
He said he did not give Paterno explicit details of what he believed he'd seen, saying he wouldn't have used terms like sodomy or anal intercourse out of respect for the longtime coach.
Paterno told the grand jury that McQueary reported seeing Sandusky doing something of a "sexual nature" with the youngster but that he didn't press for details.
"I didn't push Mike ... because he was very upset," Paterno said. "I knew Mike was upset, and I knew some kind of inappropriate action was being taken by Jerry Sandusky with a youngster."
McQueary said Paterno told him, "I'm sorry you had to see that" and that he had "done the absolute right thing." The head coach appeared shocked and saddened and slumped back in his chair, McQueary said.
Paterno told McQueary he would talk to others about what he'd reported.
Nine or 10 days later, McQueary said he met with Curley and Shultz and told them he'd seen Sandusky and a boy, both naked, in the shower after hearing skin-on-skin slapping sounds.
"I told them that I saw Jerry in the showers with a young boy and that what I had seen was extremely sexual and over the lines and it was wrong," McQueary said. "I would have described that it was extremely sexual and I thought that some kind of intercourse was going on."
Spoke with university officials, not police
McQueary said he was left with the impression both men took his report seriously. When asked why he didn't go to police, he referenced Shultz's position as a vice president at the university who had overseen the campus police.
"I thought I was talking to the head of the police, to be frank with you," he said. "In my mind it was like speaking to a (district attorney). It was someone who police reported to and would know what to do with it."
Later, Thomas Harmon, the former chief of the Penn State police department, testified Schultz didn't tell him about the shower allegation.
Paterno, Schultz and Curley didn't testify, but judge Wenner read their grand jury testimony from January in weighing the case.
Sandusky says he is innocent of more than 50 charges stemming from what authorities say were sexual assaults over 15 years on 10 boys in his home, on Penn State property and elsewhere. The scandal has provoked strong criticism that Penn State officials didn't do enough to stop Sandusky, and prompted the departures of Hall of Fame football coach Joe Paterno and the school's longtime president, Graham Spanier.
Sandusky waived his preliminary hearing on Tuesday and will go straight to trial on 52 counts of sex abuse of boys over a 15-year period.
Curley, 57, Penn State's athletic director, was placed on leave by the university after his arrest. Schultz, 62, returned to retirement after spending about four decades at the school, most recently as senior vice president for business and finance, and treasurer.
Curley and Schultz testified to the grand jury that McQueary never relayed the seriousness of what he saw and that they told Spanier what they knew before telling Sandusky not to bring children on to campus.
Paterno was fired after the scandal broke.
The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.
Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45695764/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/
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Sunday, December 18, 2011
Leader denies use of violence as Cairo crackdown continues (San Jose Mercury News)
Moody's downgrades Belgium's debt by 2 notches
NEW YORK (AP) ? Moody's Investors Services on Friday downgraded Belgium's credit rating by two notches, citing strains on eurozone countries as they try to finance their heavy debt loads amid the regional financial crisis.
The ratings agency cut Belgium's local- and foreign-currency government bond ratings to "Aa3" from Aa1," with a negative outlook. The ratings remain investment grade.
Moody's said the downgrade comes as soaring borrowing costs strain the finances of heavily indebted countries that use the euro, like Belgium. The strains are also making it difficult for Belgium to reduce debt and rein in spending.
Other factors included the impact the crisis is having on Belgium's economic growth, and concerns about the small nation's banking sector.
Moody's earlier this week said the debt of the euro area countries is under pressure, because of the uncertainty surrounding efforts to solve the region's debt crisis. The agency has said it is reviewing its ratings on France's debt, and downgraded Hungary late last month. It already rates the bonds of Greece, Ireland and Portugal as "junk."
It downgrading Belgium, Moody's said higher costs for financing public borrowing could "significantly complicate" efforts to reduce the country's overall level of debt. In addition, there is an increased probability ? although it is still low ? that further turmoil could result in the inability to sell bonds.
The ratings agency is also concerned about the ability for the "small and very open Belgian economy" to grow, particularly as the rest of Europe aims to reduce debt by putting strict austerity measures into place. Belgium may find it necessary to further cut spending beyond the roughly ?11 billion to ?16 billion cuts planned, which would further weigh on economic growth.
Moody's pointed to Belgium's recent political trouble as another concern in addressing its economic problems.
Elio Di Rupo took the oath as Belgium's prime minister on Dec. 6, ending 541 days under a caretaker government that resulted from impasse among negotiators trying to bridge the divide between the country's linguistic groups.
"Belgium's recent experience of political bargaining indicates that consensus on additional measures can be difficult to achieve," Moody's said.
Finally, Moody's raised the issue of Belgium's banking sector. The ratings agency is concerned that the continued dismantling of Dexia Credit Local could further increase debt. In October, the Dexia Bank Belgium unit was nationalized at a cost of ?4 billion. That move increased Belgium's exposure to the rest of the banking group. Combined, Moody's estimated that exposure to be close to 10 percent of the nation's gross domestic product.
Earlier Friday, Fitch Ratings said it was considering further cuts to the credit scores of Belgium and five other eurozone nations.
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Saturday, December 17, 2011
WowWee's AR gaming toys for iOS look like fun | TUAW - The ...
WowWee is beginning to see the value in connected toys that work with the iPhone and iPad. The toy maker is working on a line of toys that include an iOS app and a collectable that interacts the phone or tablet. One game is a zombie invasion that has four collectibles to go along with an iPad game. The figures are conductive, so you use them to control the player on your screen. Another game includes a small airplane model that you fly by attaching it to your phone.
Each set will retail for $9.99 and goon sale in April of next year. It's an intriguing concept, but one that'll probably appeal to adults more than kids. Kids may enjoy the games, but the collectibles, especially the foam airplane, would probably last no more than a few days in the hands of your average ten-year-old. I do think, though, this is beginning of a new kind of toy that mixes physical toys with digital entertainment. It's almost the best of both worlds- your child can practice their fine motor skills, while, at the same time, improve their computing skills.
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