What fruit tastes better now: Blackberry or Apple (Blackberry PlayBook vs. Apple iPad)

Who wins this battle? Although I am sure the war will continue. Personally, I am interested to see how what the playbook is like? Blackberry always comes with a few specs that just outclass Apple

Apple may be steadily chipping away at BlackBerry’s market share when it comes to smartphones, but in the tablet space, it’s Apple that has the lion’s share. And now it’s BlackBerry’s turn to play catch-up. RIM took its first crack at doing just that on Monday with the release of the BlackBerry PlayBook, a smaller, lighter, more business-savvy tablet than the iPad.

But will the PlayBook become a staple in briefcases everywhere, or is RIM too late to make a difference? We’ll find out in early 2011, when the first PlayBooks arrive, but in the mean time we’ve put the specs for each tablet side by side to see whether BlackBerry’s PlayBook is a like nuclear warhead aimed straight at Apple, or more akin to a flying boat strapped with cameras.

Life for the other side in Afghanistan (Life among U.S. enemies: Embedded with the Taliban)

I found this article interesting and exactly what I would expect their lives to be like.

Rarely seen by outsiders, the daily life of a regional Taliban commander named Dawran and his militant fighters is dominated by extremes: love and war, attack and retreat, life and death.

For nine days in October 2009, Norwegian journalist Paul Refsdal was behind the lines with the Taliban, embedded as no Western filmmaker before him. And he was there to witness firsthand the jarring juxtapositions in Dawran’s life, at turns — directing an attack against U.S. forces in Afghanistan’s treacherous mountains — then hours later at home, a father playing with his children.

Better then going to the movies (Holograms Deliver 3-D, Without the Goofy Glasses)

I have to admit, I have never fully valued the benefit of seeing a movie in 3D, its just expensive and slightly annoying wearing those glasses. Lets hope this becomes mainstream

WHEN the famous hologram of Princess Leia says, “Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi,” in “Star Wars,” it’s science fiction. Now you can watch actual moving holograms that are filmed in one spot and then projected and viewed in another spot.

 

Norma Jean Gargasz

One hologram by Dr. Nasser Peyghambarian is an F-4 Phantom jet on a polymer sheet that refracts light.

Politics As Usual (Ted Strickland:Democrats Suffering From ‘Intellectual Elitism’)

I haven’t updated this blog in forever. But now is a good as time as any

Politics as usual is the current or rather old news.  To simplify a long post, democrats are oblivious to the fact they suck and republicans are doing a great job for the constituents, and that is not the majority of the American people. Whose fault?? The American people, stop voting people who will not vote to help your interests and please go out in vote even if nots popular or Jon Stewart/ Stephen Colbert don’t talk about it on their show. And heres 1 democrat who gets it

 

 

WASHINGTON — Fresh off a narrow loss in his gubernatorial re-election campaign, Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland on Wednesday offered some somber and sober-minded criticism for his own party and president.

Democrats suffer from an “intellectual elitism” that prevents them from adopting the type of populist tone to relate to voters, he said. And while President Obama had made a series of monumental legislative advancements — any one of which would have been “historic” in its own right — he fails to recognize that he is being “slapped in the face” by his Republican critics.

“I think there is a hesitancy to talk using populist language,” the Ohio Democrat said in a sit-down interview with The Huffington Post. “I think it has to do with a sort of intellectual elitism that considers that kind of talk is somehow lacking in sophistication. I’m not sure where it comes from. But I think it’s there. There’s an unwillingness to draw a line in the sand.”

Attending the Democratic Governors Association for the last time as a sitting governor, Strickland did not name names with respect to who’s guilty of elitism. If anything, he was deferential to the president, arguing that he is not getting the credit he deserves for rescuing the economy from a surefire second Depression.

But his frustration was evident as the discussion progressed. Talking, unprompted, about the debate over the expiring Bush tax cuts, Strickland said he was dumbfounded at the party’s inability to sell the idea that the rates for the wealthy should be allowed to expire.

Thain Pain: Why Some CEOs SHOULD Get Bonuses

What do you think?

All of America now can rest easy: Merrill Lynch chief John Thain won’t get his $10 million bonus after all, having succumbed to browbeating calls for fiscal restraint.

Upside: Maybe we can avoid another round of outrage from Congressmen and other whiners who are shocked—shocked!—that anyone on Wall Street could get paid so handsomely, much less actually deserve it.

Downside: Thain gets screwed out of what rightfully was his, for he did deserve a bonus, for myriad reasons. Same goes, arguably, for Morgan Stanley chief John Mack and the seven senior execs at Goldman Sachs, all of whom will forgo any year-end payout. Worse, this whole kerfuffle may embolden the self-righteous, sanctimonious mob that now decries wealth creation and the profit motive. Where were all these populist prudes when the stock market was rising 63% from 2003 through October 2007? Answer: They were fat and happy and counting their money.

Blackberry Storm (Is it worth the Hype?)

i love blackberry, but not sure about this one, will be testing it out shortly

AP Blackberry Storm

Today should be a momentous day forResearch in Motion and Verizon as the two unleash the new BlackBerry Storm on the market. It’s a slick, touch screen BlackBerry that could offer Apple’s iPhone its first real competition. We’ve been playing with the device for much of the week and think some of the hype might be a little overdone.

This isn’t an entirely technical review, since those of you who understand the software, pixel count and various apps have gotten your information before now. This is a far more consumer-oriented look at the device and whether you might want clip the Storm to your belt.

First, some background: I’m a CrackBerry. Addicted. I check and re-check for new emails. Feel compelled to respond to everyone. I text, I snap photos. I’ve shot video. When I’m out in the field, working out of a satellite truck, I write my scripts on this thing. I surf the web. I usually write my blogs on it as well, though I’m using my desktop this morning. When I’m at an Apple event, I live blog via the BlackBerry as well. I like it, a lot.

FINALLY!!!! or should I say Hopefully

BLACKBERRY BOLD GETS OFFICIAL RELEASE DATE

This is it! This is the news we’ve been waiting for since May. On Wednesday, Research In Motion announced that the long-awaited RIM BlackBerry Bold will finally be available starting November 4 at AT&T for $299.99 with a two-year contract and after a mail-in rebate.

If you have an Idea (CHECK THIS OUT)

GOOGLE SWAMPED WITH ‘GREAT IDEA’ SUBMISSIONS

A $10 million call by Google Inc. for beneficial, world-changing ideas has generated more than 150,000 online submissions.

More than 150,000 people have submitted ideas they hope will benefit the world — and be funded by Google.

The deadline for people to submit ideas for the initiative, called Project 10^100, was Monday. Google employees will now sift through the ideas, submitted in 25 languages, and choose 100 semifinalists by January 27. Funding for up to five winning ideas will be awarded in May.

New Music By Kanye and Eminem, yes thats right Eminem

Nothing to add, just listen

Kanye West

http://www.zshare.net/audio/2061601598dc2cb1/

Eminem

http://www.zshare.net/audio/20617146f1166a42/

Check out the Bluetooth Laser Virtual Keyboard

I am suprised i haven’t heard about this before, just discovered it while watching an episode of CSI Miami.

The Future continues to Arrive

Remember when you were promised all those amazing future tech innovations? Just around the corner was supposed to be a shining technology utopia with flying cars, personal space travel to distant galaxies, and bio-implantable cell phones. It’s almost disappointing enough to make you sit at home and watch old episodes of “Space 1999″.