Engadget-WiFi Alliance certificate teases Tizen flavored Samsung Galaxy S III

Engadget ? Ever wondered what Samsung's flagship Galaxy S III phone might be like, if it ran another OS? Okay, arguably something along those lines is already under way, but if a curious WiFi Alliance certification entry is to be understood, Tizen might have made its way on to the phone already. The hook here is the product name. The GS III also goes by the less snappy moniker of GT-I9300, and it's the appearance of GT-I9300_TIZEN in the certification list that has got chins wagging. Of course, a stamp from the WiFI Alliance means little out here in the real world, where everything is still looking rather Android, but it doesn't hurt to imagine the Koreans experimenting with idea, and it wouldn't be the first time either. ~ Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile ~ WiFi Alliance certificate teases Tizen flavored ...More Samsung Galaxy S III originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 22 Sep 2012 00:59:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. ~ Permalink?Sammy Hub ?|? WiFi Alliance ?|?Email this?|?Comments ...Less

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How your NFL team can predict the next president

Want to know who the next president will be?

Every four years since 2000, 7-Eleven has conducted a coffee cup poll, with the sales of candidate-branded coffee cups correctly predicting the actual winner in November three times in a row. Sales of Halloween masks of the two major-party candidates have predicted the next president since 1996, and the Scholastic News poll of students has been right 16 of the last 18 elections, going back to 1940.

We have a natural ability to find patterns?even made-up ones?in the noise of the universe. People like the idea that one factor can encapsulate the thousands of data points that go into the real election. It's all nonsense, of course. While we might expect something like coffee cups or mask sales to loosely align with the real outcome, the fact that these trends have a winning streak going is pure luck. In a crowded field of numbers, some events will randomly align with the results of the American presidential election (or the stock market, the planets, pistachio sales, whatever).

And that's how we got the Redskins Rule, a prediction that has a tradition of accuracy even better than Scholastic's survey. It goes like this:

If the Washington Redskins win their last home game before the election, the incumbent party retains the White House. Otherwise, the out-of-power party wins.

This pattern has failed only once since 1940, though which year it failed is something of a debate over on Wikipedia, depending whether one honors a retroactive change to the rule to recognize the winner of the popular vote.

To belabor the point that these rules are just coincidences, I concocted a rule for every NFL franchise. (Well, I exploited a computer to try every combination for me.) For example, here is the Broncos Rule:

If Denver rushes for more than 106 yards in its fifth game of the season, the incumbent party wins. Otherwise, the out-of-power party wins.

This rule has held for every election since the Denver Broncos' first season in 1960, when the Broncos ran for 104 yards on 22 carries against the Los Angeles Chargers on Oct. 16, dooming Richard Nixon and turning the White House over to the Democrats.

Here is the Patriots Rule, true for 12 of the past 13 elections:

If New England commits fewer turnovers than its opponent in the team's first away game, the out-of-power party will win the White House. Otherwise, the incumbent party wins.

When I presented my findings to Steve Hirdt, the Elias Sports Bureau executive who discovered the Redskins Rule in 2000, he wasn't impressed.

His rule, he pointed out, uses only "the simplest of statistics and involves the team you would want it to involve"?that is, Washington's team. It also occurs right before the election.

For a team that's been around since 1960, the odds of any statistic matching up every four years with the election results is only 1 in 4,096. That's 12 coin flips in a row all landing on heads. (There have been 13 elections since 1960, but the first year is a freebie because it establishes the trend.) To find a rule for every franchise, I had to start concocting absurd combinations of game statistics, giving way to rules like the 49ers Rule:

If San Francisco scores at least 1.5 points for every completion in its third home game of the season, the Democrat wins. Otherwise, the Republican wins.

The odds of the Redskins Rule being true 17 out of 18 times, if you figure there's an average of a 50-50 chance that either candidate wins over time, are about 1 in 14,500.

But it is impossible that there is any actual connection between the Redskins and national politics. Right?

Unless you have a persuasive theory for why the Redskins Rule is nonrandom?and I'd love to hear it?we have to conclude that we are very lucky to live in a universe where the odds of so simple a rule working out came true. In the meantime, here are the less elegant rules for every other franchise. The data comes from Pro-Football-Reference.com.

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The 49ers Rule: If San Francisco scores at least 1.5 points for every completion in its third home game of the season, the Democrat wins. Otherwise, the Republican wins. 13/13
? This year: vs. Buffalo on Oct. 7 ?

The Bears Rule: If, in Chicago's fourth game, more than 5 percent of the quarterback's completions are for touchdowns, the Democrat wins. Otherwise, the Republican wins. 13/13
? This year: at Dallas on Oct. 1 ?

The Bengals Rule: If Cincinnati posts more than 300 total yards of offense in its third home game, the incumbent party wins the White House. Otherwise, the out-of-power party wins. 11/11
? This year: vs. Pittsburgh on Oct. 12 ?

The Bills Rule: If the opposing team in Buffalo's second home game throws for more than 160 yards, the Republican wins the election. Otherwise, the Democrat wins. 13/13
? This year: vs. New England on Sept. 30 ?

The Broncos Rule: If Denver rushes for at least 106 yards in its fifth game, the incumbent party wins. Otherwise, the out-of-power party wins. 13/13
? This year: at New England on Oct. 7 ?

The Browns Rule: If Cleveland does not throw an interception in its third home game, the Democrat wins. Otherwise, the Republican wins. 14/14
? This year: vs. Cincinnati on Oct. 14 ?

The Buccaneers Rule: If Tampa Bay scores more than 14 points in its fourth game, the out-of-power party wins the White House. Otherwise, the incumbent party wins. 9/9
? This year: vs. Washington on Sept. 30 ?

The Cardinals Rule: If Arizona averages more than 18.2 yards per first down in its fifth-to-last game before the election, the out-of-power party wins. Otherwise, the incumbent party retains the White House. 17/17
? This year: at St. Louis on Oct. 4 ?

The Chargers Rule: If San Diego runs for an odd number of yards in its third away game, the incumbent party holds the White House. Otherwise, the out-of-power party wins. 13/13
? This year: at New Orleans on Oct. 7 ?

The Chiefs Rule: If Kansas City's opponent in the Chiefs' second game runs at least 7.2 yards for every point it scores, the Democrat wins. Otherwise, the Republican wins. 13/13
? Romney wins: The Bills averaged 5.7 rush yards per point on Sept. 16. ?

The Colts Rule: If Indianapolis has more sacks than turnovers in its first home game, the Democrat wins. Otherwise, the Republican wins. 13/13
? Obama wins: The Colts sacked the Vikings four times and committed no turnovers in their home opener on Sept. 16. ?

The Cowboys Rule: If Dallas rushes for more than 96 yards in its fourth home game, the Republican wins the White House. Otherwise, the Democrat does. 13/13
? This year: vs. New York Giants on Oct. 28 ?

The Dolphins Rule: If Miami's opponent in its last away game before the election completes at least 19 passes, the Democrat wins. Otherwise, the Republican wins. 10/11
? This year: at Indianapolis on Nov. 4 ?

The Eagles Rule: If Philadelphia scores at least one offensive touchdown per nine first downs in its second away game, the Democrat wins the White House. Otherwise, the Republican wins. 15/16
? This year: at Arizona on Sept. 23 ?

The Falcons Rule: If the quarterback for Atlanta throws at least one interception in the Falcons' fifth game of the season, the out-of-power party wins the election. Otherwise, the incumbent party wins. 11/11
? This year: at Washington on Oct. 7 ?

The Giants Rule: If New York completes at least 60 percent of its passes in its seventh game, the incumbent party wins. Otherwise, the out-of-power party wins. 11/11
? This year: vs. Washington on Oct. 21 ?

The Jaguars Rule: If Jacksonville completes more than half of its passes in its first away game, the out-of-power party wins. Otherwise, the incumbent party wins. 4/4
? Romney wins: The Jaguars were 23 for 39 against the Vikings on Sept. 9. ?

The Jets Rule: If the New York Jets win their second away game, the Republican wins the White House. Otherwise, the Democrat wins. 12/13
? This year: at Miami on Sept. 23 ?

The Lions Rule: If Detroit's opponent is charged with at least 20 percent more penalties than Detroit in the last home game before the election, the Republican wins. Otherwise, the Democrat wins. 13/13
? This year: vs. Seattle on Oct. 28 ?

The Packers Rule: If Green Bay throws more than one interception per 20 pass attempts in its last game before the election, the Republican wins. Otherwise, the Democrat wins. 13/13
? This year: vs. Arizona on Nov. 4 ?

The Panthers Rule: If Carolina does not fumble in its third home game, the incumbent party wins the White House. Otherwise, the out-of-power party wins. 4/4
? This year: vs. Seattle on Oct. 7 ?

The Patriots Rule: If New England commits fewer turnovers than its opponent in its first away game, the out-of-power party wins the White House. Otherwise, the incumbent party wins. 12/13
? Romney wins: The Patriots committed zero turnovers to the Titans' two on Sept. 9. ?

The Raiders Rule: If Oakland does not advance at least 358 yards in its fourth home game, the Democrat wins. Otherwise, the Republican wins. 13/13
? This year: vs. Jacksonville on Oct. 21 ?

The Rams Rule: If St. Louis averages at least one fumble per eight first downs in its first game, the Democrat wins. Fewer than that, the Republican wins. 13/13
? Obama wins: The Rams fumbled twice and achieved only 14 first downs against Detroit on Sept. 9. ?

The Ravens Rule: If Baltimore wins its third-to-last away game before the election, the Republican wins. Otherwise, the Democrat wins. 4/4
? This year: Oct. 7 at Kansas City. ?

The Saints Rule: If New Orleans tallies more first downs than its opponent in the team's fourth away game, the out-of-power party wins the White House. Otherwise the incumbent party wins. 11/11
? This year: at Denver on Oct. 28 ?

The Seahawks Rule: If Seattle gets at least 18 first downs in its third-to-last game before the election, the incumbent party wins. Otherwise, the out-of-power party wins. 9/9
? This year: at San Francisco on Oct. 18

The Steelers Rule: If Pittsburgh rushes for more yards than it passes in the Steelers' first home game, the Democrat wins. Otherwise, the Republican wins. 15/17
? Romney wins: The Steelers advanced 107 yards on the ground and 130 in the air en route to defeating the Raiders on Sept. 12 ?

The Texans Rule: If the Houston Texans win their second away game, the Republican wins the White House. Otherwise, the Democrat wins. 2/2
? This year: at Denver on Sept. 23

The Titans Rule: If Tennessee fumbles at least twice in its second away game, the incumbent party wins the White House. Otherwise, the out-of-power party wins. 13/13
? This year: at Houston on Sept. 30

The Vikings Rule: If Minnesota scores five or fewer points for every turnover the Vikings' opponent commits in the team's third home game, the incumbent party holds the White House. Otherwise, the out-of-power party wins. 11/12
? This year: vs. Tennessee on Oct. 7

Follow Chris Wilson at @chriswilsondc or email him at cewilson@yahoo-inc.com.

Correction, 3:28 p.m. ET, September 21: This column originally stated that the Redskins Rule failed once, in 2000. It originally held up in 2000 and failed in 2004, but has since been amended to work in 2004 at the expense of its accuracy in 2000.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/your-nfl-team-can-predict-the-election.html

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Crew member drowns on 'Lone Ranger' film set

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Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer in a photo from the upcoming "Lone Ranger" movie.

By Josh Grossberg, E! Online

Tragedy has struck "The Lone Ranger."?A crew member on the Gore Verbinski-helmed Disney blockbuster remake starring Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer has died after drowning on the set.

"We regretfully confirm that a 'Lone Ranger' crew member has passed away after being taken to a local hospital. Our hearts and thoughts are with his family, friends, and colleagues at this time, and our full support is behind the investigation into the circumstances of this terrible event," the studio said in a statement to E! News.

Here's a first look of Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer in the Lone Ranger

The unidentified man had been working as a diver in a scene that involved a water tank when some kind of mishap occurred, according to TMZ, which first reported the incident.

Fellow crew members called 911 and medical personnel responded immediately to find the crewman in full cardiac arrest. He was airlifted to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead after doctors failed to restart his heart.

The accident did not take place while cameras were rolling.

Mysterious Hollywood Deaths?

"The Lone Ranger" had been shooting thoughout the southwest before moving to Los Angeles this month. It is scheduled to hit theaters on July 3, 2013.

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Nasdaq defends Facebook compensation plan - letter to SEC

(Reuters) - Nasdaq OMX Group Inc stood by its proposed $62 million plan to compensate firms affected by the fallout from Facebook's botched initial public offering, taking aim at UBS AG, Citigroup Inc and other parties that derided the payback plan.

In a letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission dated September 17, Nasdaq said the proposed compensation pool "goes well beyond what is required under current Nasdaq rules." It noted that if the proposal is not approved, the applicable limit of liability under the approved rule would instead be $500,000 - less than 1 percent of the proposed pool.

Major market makers and broker dealers say they lost upward of $500 million because of technical glitches during Facebook's May 18 stock market debut. Nasdaq's plan to offer $62 million in cash to compensate those who lost money was an increase from earlier discussions, which would have included a $40 million payback fund, made up mostly of trading rebates.

The proposal prompted a series of letters to the SEC in late August from concerned market makers, brokers, a trade group and lawyers who criticized Nasdaq's plan. Many called for changes or the outright rejection of the plan.

UBS Securities, an arm of the Swiss bank, said it lost more than $350 million in the botched IPO, and called the plan "woefully inadequate" in a letter to the SEC dated August 22.

The firm said the types of claims for trading losses that Nasdaq agreed to compensate "should be expanded to include the full extent of losses caused by Nasdaq." UBS said technical malfunctions from the IPO caused its systems to re-enter orders multiple times and left it with a huge position of unwanted stock.

Citi expressed similar discontent in its own scathing letter to the SEC in August in which it said Nasdaq's actions on the day of the IPO amounted to "gross negligence." The No. 3 U.S. bank's market-making arm, Automated Trading Desk, is said to have lost around $20 million in the IPO.

Both UBS and Citi declined to comment.

Nasdaq defended its use of a 45-minute window to determine a benchmark reference price to assess the amount owed on orders qualifying for accommodation after some market participants argued that the amount should take into account trading beyond the release of cross transaction reports at 1:50 p.m. that day.

The exchange said the timeframe "should have been ample time for a reasonably diligent member to identify any unexpected losses or unanticipated positions and take steps to mitigate or liquidate them."

Nasdaq said the purpose of the proposal is not to compensate all losses incurred on May 18 from Facebook's botched IPO, but to modify the $500,000 liability limit in order to make additional funds available for compensation in certain categories of loss outlined in its proposal.

The eight-page letter was signed by Nasdaq Senior Vice President and Corporate Secretary Joan Conley.

(Reporting by Ashley Lau in New York; Editing by Richard Chang and Dan Grebler)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/nasdaq-defends-facebook-compensation-plan-letter-sec-004244128--sector.html

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iOS 6 Apple Maps launches to a cacophony of jeers

iOS 6 is here. But Apple Maps, an integral selling point of both iOS 6 and the iPhone 5, has been slammed by critics.?

By Matthew Shaer / September 20, 2012

Scott Forstall, senior vice president of iOS Software at Apple Inc., demonstrates turn-by-turn navigation in Apple Maps at an event in California last week.

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With the iPhone 4, it was the so-called "death grip." With the new iPad, it was Wi-Fi issues. And with the iPhone 5 and iOS 6 it's the new Maps app, which has been called everything from a "flop"?to a "debacle"?to just plain "ugly."?

Some backstory: For many years, Google Maps was the default mapping app on the iPhone. Now, beginning with the iPhone 5 and iOS 6, the default mapping app will be Apple Maps, an in-house product.?

Why boot Google Maps? Because Google is a competitor in the smartphone market. And there's no use giving a competitor stage space on your flagship device. Which would all be fine if the "the best smartphone on the market" wasn't running a deficient mapping application.?

"Apple believes that they can deliver a better experience for customers than Google," Sarah Rotman Epps, an analyst at Forrester Research, told Businessweek today. "But in the short term, Google has a better mapping application, and iPhone customers will suffer."

So what exactly makes Apple Maps, in the words of Zach Epstein of BGR, "an?unsightly blemish on?what is otherwise a beautiful OS"? Well, for one, there's no public transportation option ? a bummer for folks who live in cities, and relied on Google Maps to tell them what train to take. There are some third-party plug-ins available (Gizmodo's list is good), but it does seem fairly inexcusable not to have the transit stuff baked in at launch.?

Worse yet, there seem to be all sorts of glitches with the maps themselves ? see also the Tumblr called Amazing iOS 6 Maps, which documents particularly egregious flaws ? and problems obtaining accurate directions.?

Over to Epstein of BGR:?

I have had a great deal of trouble when searching for most business names in Apple?s Maps app. This is especially problematic when I?m rushing to a meeting that I am already late for. Sadly, this happens often. Searching the name of a hotel or event center in Google Maps always took me right where I needed to go. The same cannot be said of Apple?s Maps app. Even if I?m within a mile of the place I?m looking for, Maps in iOS 6 often serves results that are across town or even in a different city.

The Apple iPhone 5 officially launches on Friday. iOS 6 is available for download now. Tried it out??Drop us a line in the comments section. And to receive regular updates on how technology intersects daily life, follow us on?Twitter @venturenaut.

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Animals with a tongue attached - Pets, Birds and Animals

In this post, I?ll talk about the toads and their characteristics, whether external or internal. An animal disgusting to some, but for others they are fascinating.

Animals with a tongue attachedThey have bright eyes that are similar to the cross pupil gems and fingers are webbed. They are a bit awkward that frogs can not jump as far as them. The toads are animals with the tongue attached to the front of the mouth. By throwing her forward and its end, which is sticky, trapping the prey and takes her back to his mouth. Some frogs have teeth, but given that amphibians can not chew, just use them to hold their prey. His tongue produces mucus that helps them swallow their victims. Its flash anurans swallowing, moving his eye back, what drives the weight to the inside of the mouth.

When the cold months arrive, burying hibernate in their burrows. In spring they mate and the females lay many eggs in ponds as gelatinous strings of up to 1.2 m in length. Tadpoles are smaller and darker than those of frogs and toads do not become land until the following autumn.

A toad genus includes more than 70 different species number are widely distributed in the world?s major landmasses except Groenlandoa, Australia, New Guinea and New Zealand, but are most abundant in the tropics. In our country is the common toad, brown with numerous warts and mainly terrestrial habits. And the green, Balearic common.

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Source: http://www.conferenceofbirds.net/animals-with-a-tongue-attached-492.html

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Matias Quiet Pro claims to be the 'world's quietest mechanical keyboard'

Matias Quiet Pro claims to be the 'world's quietest mechanical keyboard'

Canada's Matias Corporation has made something of a name for itself with its tactile keyboards, but those have primarily appealed to those who also enjoy (or at least accept) the sound of a mechanical keyboard in addition to its feel. The company's hoping to bring a few more into the tactile fold with its new Quiet Pro, though, which it claims is the "world's quietest mechanical keyboard." That, Matias says, comes without any sacrifices to tactile feedback, and is said to be the result of more than two years of work. As usual, the keyboard comes in both PC and Mac specific models (all-black and silver & black, respectively), each of which boasts three USB 2.0 ports and laser-etched keys with beveled keytops as opposed to the increasingly common flat variety.

Not surprisingly, you can also expect to pay a bit of a premium over your average keyboard -- each model will set you back $150, with US models available today (UK, German and Nordic versions are promised for January). Interestingly, the company says it's also planning to sell the new switches its developed to other companies for use in their own keyboards, and even to hobbyists interested in going the DIY route. Additional details on that are promised soon.

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Goldman names Schwartz CFO as Viniar retires

(Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc's longtime chief financial officer, David Viniar, will retire at the end of January and be replaced by Harvey Schwartz, the global co-head of securities, the investment bank said on Tuesday.

Schwartz, 48, joined Goldman in 1997 from Citibank. He is among a small group of executives who are considered candidates for the chief executive position when CEO Lloyd Blankfein eventually steps down.

Before taking on his current job, Schwartz worked in various roles selling products and services to clients. He was global head of sales in the securities division and co-head of the financing group in the Americas, which helps companies find ways to fund their operations.

In a statement, Blankfein cited Schwartz's "deep experience in credit, liquidity, market and operational risk."

Viniar, 57, has been with Goldman for 32 years and is the longest-serving CFO on Wall Street, having entered his current position in 2000. Viewed on Wall Street as a strong risk manager, he was instrumental in helping Goldman manage through volatile markets during and after the financial crisis that was touched off in 2007.

Viniar will join Goldman's board of directors as a non-independent director. The bank said it also expects to name independent directors to its board soon.

"This change is part of the natural evolution," Viniar said in a conference call with stock analysts after the announcement. "It was time for me to contribute to the firm in other ways, and give others the opportunity to lead."

Schwartz will also assume Viniar's responsibilities for overseeing operations and technology, and he will be co-head of the firmwide risk committee, the company said.

In 2002, Schwartz was named partner at Goldman.

Goldman currently has 10 directors. Two of them are also executives - Blankfein and President Gary Cohn - and one of them, Stephen Friedman, previously served as a senior partner and chairman of the management committee when Goldman was still a private partnership.

In the conference call after the announcement, officials said they would not discuss upcoming financial results, which are due to be reported on October 16.

Goldman's stock has climbed 32.6 percent this year. The stock closed at $119.88, down 2 cents, in trading on Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange.

(Reporting by Lauren Tara LaCapra; Editing by Gary Hill and Tim Dobbyn)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/goldman-names-schwartz-cfo-role-viniar-retires-201545663--sector.html

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Google acquires developer of Snapspeed photography app

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Last January, Snapseed made its debut on Android, and though it never made its way into Play, we will likely see the photo editing suite bundled in very tightly into the core Android experience. The developer, Nik Software, has announced that they have been acquired by Google. 

Beyond the usual batch of artsy photograph filters, Snapseed includes selective adjustments, auto-correction tools, creative blurring add-ons, and lots of others. The UI is very finger-friendly, which has earned the app an excellent reputation. 

It's great to see Google picking up talented developers to keep Android fresh. Which app devs would you like to see Google acquire next? Now one can only imagine how long it will take before Snapseed disappears from the iOS App Store... 

Source: Nik Software

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