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[Technology] HTC Touch Diamond official desktop cradle (Tracy and Matt's Blog)

Tracy and Matt's Blog — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:10:09 GMT

At the Touch Diamond launch event last week a few HTC employees mentioned that there would be a number of official accessories for the new device. So I managed to track down this photo of the official desktop cradle for the HTC Touch Diamond . HTC Touch Diamond official cradle I must say that this looks super sexy with its glossy black finish. You'll also notice the decent looking set of headphones in that photo above which, in my mind, implies that the dock/cradle will allow you to sync, charge and use headphones while the device Diamond is plugged in! Now that would be cool! You can pre-order the cradle for the Diamond from the Clove website HERE . Posted by: Matt [Post tag(s): smartphone news , Pocket PC news , Tracy & Matt , cradle , HTC , HTC Touch Diamond ]

Engadget : HTC Touch Diamond dock stealthily makes the scene ...
CrunchGear : HTC Touch Diamond accessories coming soon ...

blogs : CrunchGear,Tracy and Matt's Blog,Engadget Mobile,Engadget...
(4 posts, last update: 13/05/2008 10:10)

[International] Thousands Feared Dead in China Earthquake (World Hum)

World Hum — Mon, 12 May 2008 19:03:38 GMT

As many as 5,000 people are feared dead as a result of a magnitude-7.8 earthquake that struck roughly 60 miles northwest of Chengdu in China’s Sichuan province. Chengdu's international airport has been closed. Among the areas hit is Wenchuan, the Times of London reports , “best-known as the home of the Wolong Nature Reserve, China’s leading research and breeding base for the endangered giant panda.” Many travelers know Chengdu as the gateway to Jiuzhai Gou , a wilderness park and UNESCO World Heritage site. The quake was felt as far away as Bangkok.

Times Online : 'Thousands killed' in China earthquake ...
Balanced News Blog : Dead Mounting in China Earthquake ...

blogs : World Hum,Times Online,Balanced News Blog...
(6 posts, last update: 12/05/2008 21:03)

[Technology] Twitter and the China earthquake (dot.life)

dot.life — Mon, 12 May 2008 21:39:42 GMT

I was beginning to think Twitter - the micro-blogging service that's all the rage amongst the technorati - was just another fad for people who want to share too much of their rather dull lives. Until this morning. When I...

Boing Boing : Major earthquake hits Southwestern China ...
Scobleizer : Quake in China ...

blogs : Strollerderby,The FASTForward Blog,WebPro News,dot.life,Alec Saunders...
(22 posts, last update: 12/05/2008 23:39)

[Other] Ned's Atomic Dustbin Give Themselves The Christmas Present Of A '90s Nostalgia-Fueled Payday [Money Money Money] (Idolator)

Idolator — Tue, 13 May 2008 01:38:55 GMT

Ned's Atomic Dustbin are the latest bygone band to announce a reunion, with a single show at London's Astoria this Dec. 6. Much as I love their double-bassed assault, aren't we running out of bands that can reunite during this decade? As far as I can see, the list is composed of The Smiths, Pavement, Uncle Tupelo, and... uh... I mean, I guess Milli Vanilli can't really count... [ NME ]

New Musical Express : Ned's Atomic Dustbin to reunite ...
No Rock And Roll Fun : She said you don't know shit, because you've never been there ...

blogs : Idolator,Music News,New Musical Express,No Rock And Roll Fun,Billboard ...
(10 posts, last update: 13/05/2008 03:38)

[Business] More reason to be wary with Facebook (The Brooks Blog)

The Brooks Blog — Tue, 13 May 2008 01:23:07 GMT

Details here .

BBC News : Facebook users warned about ads ...
Clickety Clack: Online Ad Blog : Just Some Links: Facebook, Microsoft, Web Usage Stats ...

blogs : Clickety Clack: Online Ad Blog,The Independent,The Brooks Blog,The Herald ,moraaz.org - feed all tech!...
(14 posts, last update: 13/05/2008 03:23)

[International] Preventable Deaths? (Daily Pundit)

Daily Pundit — Tue, 13 May 2008 00:21:18 GMT

China quake death toll nears 10,000 China’s worst earthquake for 30 years killed nearly 10,000 people in Sichuan province on Monday, with more feared dead in mountainous areas cut off by landslides, power failures and the collapse of telephone networks. At least eight schools were reported to have collapsed, burying hundreds of children under rubble. Chemical-laden factories [...]

Financial Time : Strong earthquake hits southwest China ...
News & Information : China quake kills at least 100 people ...

blogs : The Guardian,Alertnet,News & Information,Democratic Underground,Chinalyst - China blogs in English...
(13 posts, last update: 13/05/2008 02:21)

[Politics] [Blogs] The Crewe & Nantwich campaign is disgusting (Labourhome)

Labourhome — Tue, 13 May 2008 02:20:07 GMT

The class warfare stuff, although cheap, is bording just about acceptable; but one thing horrified me (on an election leaflet): "Do you oppose making foreign nationals carry and ID card?" Regardless of the fact that I oppose ID cards in anyway, shape or form (the mere idea is distinctly alien to Britain) - "making", "foreign nationals" is the language of the [far] right. What has our party come to? Do we not know who we sound like with such inflammatory, nationalist statement. Unless of course - the plan is to TRY and appeal to the BNP - in which case, i may leave the party now. Central should be putting their foot down on this; I would rather the seat be lost - than win on the back of a campaign based on fear. "Those who give up their liberty for a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin

ConservativeHome's ToryDiary : Labour should keep Brown in place ...
politicalbetting.com : Don't write off Labour’s “Toff” attacks? ...

blogs : ConservativeHome's ToryDiary,Obsolete,Love and Liberty,Curly's Corner Shop, the blog!,Horgan...
(19 posts, last update: 13/05/2008 04:20)

[Politics] A war veteran adrift (Don't trip up)

Don't trip up — Mon, 12 May 2008 23:38:30 GMT

News has not been kind to Gordon Brown this week. John Prescott “frustrating, annoying, bewildering and prickly” with sulks that would cancel meetings and volcanic temper tantrums. He also claims Mr Brown held money back for his own premiership. Furthermore, Ed Balls was one of the "Gordon group, running around, spreading stories" Cherie Blair accused him of “rattling the keys above [Tony Blair's] head” and being impatient to take over the leadership. Now, Frank Field has said he thinks Mr Brown is "unhappy" and does not believe he will be leading Labour into the next election. Much of this is not surprising. It is well known Mr Brown was eager to take over from Mr Blair. His temper, his sulks and his clannish politics are well documented. So was his scheming and plotting to get into power. What is notable is not how much Mr Brown schemed and plotted his route into 10 Downing Street, but how competent he was at it. The claims he was constantly pushing Mr Blair to name a date, forcing Mr Prescott to broker hundreds of reconciliatory meetings, indicate how obsessed he was with winning the top job. Mrs Blair supports this in her claims of "rattling" keys and impatience. This deep obsession appears like Mr Brown waged a ten year civil war with Mr Blair, using his clan to open new fronts against the prime minister. This reached its real height in the summer of 2006, when a Brownite coup was allegedly staged and Mr Blair was forced to name a date of departure. Mr Brown won a final victory. That image of competence stands in stark contrast to the prime minister we see today. Upon assuming power, Mr Brown has acted like he lacked direction. Ministers have spoken of feeling adrift at sea without the gust of prime ministerial direction to blow them to their direction. After the war, Mr Brown is like a demobilised veteran. He was fighting Mr Blair for ten years. Once he achieved victory he does not know what to do. There is no direction because peacetime Mr Brown lacks a strat

Times Online : Rebel MP: Gordon Brown will not lead Labour at election ...
BBC News : Blair scared of Brown - Prescott ...

blogs : Keep Tony Blair For PM,Times Online,Stephen Newton's diary of sorts...,A View from Middle England,BBC News...
(9 posts, last update: 13/05/2008 01:38)

[Other] Philosophy and illness (Crooked Timber)

Crooked Timber — Mon, 12 May 2008 21:30:15 GMT

The BBC has a feature on my friend, the philosopher Havi Carel, and the way in which philosophy has helped her come to terms with the diagnosis of an incurable disease. Havi has a book Illness (US, UK) forthcoming in September, in which she draws on her own experience and tries to give a philosophical [...]

nanopolitan : "Can a limited life still be a good one?" ...
of personal value : Making sense of our finite lives ...

blogs : of personal value,Crooked Timber,nanopolitan...
(3 posts, last update: 12/05/2008 23:30)

[Video Games] LucasArts planning demo for The Force Unleashed (Joystiq)

Joystiq — Mon, 12 May 2008 21:00:00 GMT

Filed under: Nintendo DS , Sony PlayStation 2 , Sony PlayStation 3 , Sony PSP , Nintendo Wii , Microsoft Xbox 360 Speaking to VideoGamer , The Force Unleashed Xbox 360 and PS3 producer, Cameron Suey, has said that LucasArts is planning a demo of the highly anticipated stormtrooper torture sim, just in case there are some weirdos out there who aren't sold on playing as Darth Vader . "I'm not certain about the specifics, but we definitely want to get this game out into people's hands," said Suey. "There are people who are excited about it, who are going to play it right away, whether they play it (the demo) or not." Star Wars: The Force Unleashed hits, chokes and levitates just about every platform in the galaxy on September 16th in the United States, September 17th in Southeast Asia and Australia, and September 19th in Europe. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

PS3 Fanboy : Star Wars: Force Unleashed producer confirms demo ...
VideoGamer.com : News: LucasArts confirms Star Wars: The Force Unleashed demo ...

blogs : VideoGamer.com,PS3 Fanboy,Joystiq...
(3 posts, last update: 12/05/2008 23:00)

[Other] News Roundup: 5/12/2008 (The Allmusic Blog)

The Allmusic Blog — Mon, 12 May 2008 20:11:14 GMT

Carrie Underwood was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry by Garth Brooks on Saturday. [countrystandardtime.com] Speaking of American Idol, David Archuleta’s father Jeff has been banned from the show’s rehearsals. [The Huffington Post] Snoop Dogg collaborated with Willie Nelson on his upcoming “My Medicine” video, and worked with composer Lalo Schifrin on a new album, tentatively titled [...]

New Musical Express : Oasis lose a member ...
No Rock And Roll Fun : Oasis split ...

blogs : Glorious Noise,New Musical Express,No Rock And Roll Fun,Digital Spy,prefixmag.com...
(11 posts, last update: 12/05/2008 22:11)

[Politics] Crewe: The Pickles Love Bomb (Benedict Brogan's political blog)

Benedict Brogan's political blog — Mon, 12 May 2008 19:52:00 GMT

More briefing from the great Pickles , who turned up outside Tory HQ sporting what looked to be a panama short of a white slaver's outfit, all cream safari cotton and a glint of danger in the eye. He had...

Iain Dale's Diary : The Daley Dozen (Monday) ...
Chris Paul: Labour of Love : Brogan Blog: White Slaver Pickles' Love Bomb ...

blogs : Chris Paul: Labour of Love,Iain Dale's Diary,Benedict Brogan's political blog...
(3 posts, last update: 12/05/2008 21:52)

[International] Serbian vote exposes deep rift (Mark Mardell's Euroblog)

Mark Mardell's Euroblog — Mon, 12 May 2008 20:22:24 GMT

I wonder if a portrait of Tomislav Nikolic will ever stare down on my slumbering form when I visit Belgrade. The thought is prompted by the hotel I am staying in while covering the Serbian elections. It has paintings of...

Global Voices Online : Serbia: The Parliamentary Election ...
East Ethnia : I suppose it beats "Keep on truckin'" ...

blogs : Global Voices Online,East Ethnia,Mark Mardell's Euroblog...
(3 posts, last update: 12/05/2008 22:22)

[Politics] Is the Henley by election being planned for June? (politicalbetting.com)

politicalbetting.com — Mon, 12 May 2008 22:35:15 GMT

Is Boris's “goodbye” a sign that the writ is about to be issued? The above has just gone on the Henley Standard website and suggests that the Tories are going to waste no time in setting the processes in train for an early by election to replace Boris Johnson. The piece is a “goodbye Henley letter” [...]

Liberal England : Boris Johnson about to resign as MP for Henley ...
Boriswatch : Boris says farewell to Henley… ...

blogs : Boriswatch,Liberal England,politicalbetting.com,janestheone...
(4 posts, last update: 13/05/2008 00:35)

[Other] The Flood in the Desert (KR Blog)

KR Blog — Mon, 12 May 2008 15:41:24 GMT

Doris Lessing complained to the BBC this week that winning the Nobel Prize for Literature has been “a bloody disaster” to her career as a writer. She told Radio 4’s Front Row program that she has effectively stopped writing under the pressure of media attention: “All I do is give interviews and spend [...]

BBC News : Lessing: Nobel win a 'disaster' ...
Erkan's field diary : "The World's Most Repressive Societies 2008 ...

blogs : Turkish daily news,BBC News,Moderato,Erkan's field diary,KR Blog...
(5 posts, last update: 12/05/2008 17:41)