Not All HDTVs Can Keep Up With the Action - New York Times

Not All HDTVs Can Keep Up With the Action - New York Times

"Sit for the first time in front of a high-definition TV tuned to a nature program broadcast in HD, and the reaction is almost always the same: a dropping of the jaw. But if you’re a sports fan or serious video gamer, the same set showing the Super Bowl or a car-racing game might elicit a different response: the screen cannot keep up with the action.

Fast movement results in a blur, what the TV industry calls ghosting, because the screen’s ability to refresh the image cannot keep up with the action. So viewers for whom action matters need to pay as much attention to how fast images are processed as to the size of the screen."

Nikon's Coolpix frenzy continues with L14, L15, S700, and S510 - Engadget

Nikon's Coolpix frenzy continues with L14, L15, S700, and S510 - Engadget

Moving into higher-end territory, the Coolpix S700 packs an impressive 12.1 megapixels, a 3x optical zoom and a 2.7-inch LCD in a slim aluminum body, while the also-aluminum S510 boasts 8.0 megapixels, a 3x optical zoom, and a pink color option in addition to the standard black and silver. Look for the whole lot of them to be available sometime next month, with the L14 and L15 running $150 and $180, respectively, and the S700 and S510 setting you back $380 and $300 apiece.

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Apple sued for alleged violation of accessibility laws at retail store - Engadget

Apple sued for alleged violation of accessibility laws at retail store - Engadget

Vultures Pretend To Emulate Grameen & Yunus

From Forbes.com:
"Some small-loan schemes for the very poor are no better than usury because they charge high interest under the guise of microcredit, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus said Tuesday."
Nobel Laureate Slams Loans - Forbes.com

China Olympics 2008 - Built On The Backs Of The Poor

globeandmail.com: Olympics all work and no pay for migrant workers

>> He works for 10 hours a day, seven days a week, earning a meagre salary of $120 a month.

The 53-year-old migrant worker from Henan province is housed in a crowded dormitory, 15 workers in each room, without air conditioning or even a fan.

By mid-day, the suffocating heat can climb to 40 degrees [over 100 degrees Farenheit]. If he gets thirsty while he works, he has to pay for his own bottles of water.<<