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What we still don't know about the Storm is how fast and reliably it will connect with Verizon's 3G network. Network speed determines how fast Web pages or file attachments load onto your device. It's especially important for the Storm because it lacks wi-fi connectivity, a feature that had been inaccurately rumored in the blogosphere but which is absent from the final device. (Both the iPhone and the G1 are wi-fi enabled.) Given that Verizon's nationwide 3G network is much more extensive than what's offered by rivals AT&T and T-Mobile (carriers...
...team offers (along with Salsa, Waltz/Tango, Lindy/Blues, Latin Medley, and Ballroom Intro), the group is on their third session and a few dedicated regulars are already reviewing the basic steps in the cramped stairway. When the time comes (inadvertently, it seems, at seven minutes past the hour), we all file in and everyone removes their shoes to don dance-floor appropriate socks...
...biggest banks, all of which are in trouble. British financial authorities warned on Tuesday that Icesave, a subsidiary of Landsbanki, Iceland's second biggest bank, might not be able to pay out the estimated $7.8 billion in deposits of some 300,000 British customers, who would then have to file claims to deposit guarantees set by Iceland and Britain, which would cover up to $87,000 of an individual's savings. One London-based customer said she had tried over a week ago to withdraw her money from Icesave but was told she could not. "I didn't think...
...business-card scanner lets you line up a card along the front edge of the machine, tilt the laptop's screen down and snap a picture of it; included with the laptop is software called Presto! BizCard that imports the text of the business card into your contacts file. There's also a Gobi chipset that allows you to connect to high-speed cellular networks, available by subscription in the U.S. from the likes of AT&T and Verizon, when wi-fi networks are unavailable. There's even a slot for a SIM card for pay-as-you-go cellular...
...rank and file weren't necessarily ready to play follow the leader. Chasing Boehner and his deputies down the Cannon House Office Building's marble stairs, reporters asked if the party's top dogs believed they would get enough votes. They expected "substantial support," barked Representative Roy Blunt, the second ranking House Republican, who represented the House GOP at the negotiations, as he hustled away...