| Reporter: Susan Ramsett
The death of Chicago news anchor Randy Salerno is receiving national attention after a snowmobile accident in Vilas County. The 45-year old Salerno died January 24 after a crash near Sayner. The driver he was riding with, Scott Hirschey is now facing charges of homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle. A criminal complaint says Hirschey's blood alcohol level was .22% four hours after the crash. The legal limit to drive in Wisconsin is .08. So far this season 15 people have died in snowmobile accidents in Wisconsin - and alcohol is believed to have been a factor in 10 of those 15 deaths. Whenever the topic of drinking and snowmobiling comes up - fingers point in lots of different directions. Should there be stricter laws and stiffer penalties? Should there be more authorities patrolling the trails? Can we blame the bartenders who serve the drinks? Or is it a matter of personal responsiblity - resting entirely on the shoulders of those who drink and drive? Maybe think drinking and snowmobiling isn't a problem at all.
Director: Eminem Almost Leapt Into 'Jumper' Lead Role
As it turns out, the famed white rapper was lined up to play the lead role in the new action film, "Jumper," director Doug Liman revealed to MTVNews.com. "We did have a meeting. We did have conversations with Eminem," the writer/director said about the rapper, whose real name is Marshall Mathers. Eminem became a surprise box office star in 2002 in the autobiographical "8 Mile." Apparently, after being bitten by the acting bug, he spent some time looking for his next project when the "Jumper" script reportedly caught his eye in early 2006. At that same time, Liman (who just a few months earlier had been tapped to direct "Jumper") entered talks about bringing Eminem on board to star as the teleporting David Rice. "[The idea to meet with the rapper] was sort of coming from the producer and [Eminem's] manager," Liman told MTVNews.com.
Star toys: Picture perfect/ The panasonic lumix (dmc-fx01)
Last year, I bought myself a very expensive, very big, very hi-tech digital SLR camera. Its a stunning piece of technology, and with it (supposedly) I can take beautiful shots of the most breath-taking professional quality. Unfortunately, Ive probably used it about three times in the last year, because its the size of a small toaster, takes ages to assemble, and is so delicate you dare not take it anywhere. .
Diodes, Inc. Expands Linear Power Product Line with a 1.5A Very Low ...
The Company has its corporate offices in Dallas, Texas, with a sales, marketing, engineering and logistics office in Southern California; design centers in Dallas, San Jose and Taipei; a wafer fabrication facility in Missouri; two manufacturing facilities in Shanghai; a fabless IC plant in Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan; engineering, sales, warehouse and logistics offices in Taipei and Hong Kong, and sales and support offices throughout the world. With its recent asset acquisition of APD Semiconductor, a privately held U.S.-based fabless semiconductor company, Diodes acquired proprietary SBR(R) technology. Diodes, Inc.'s product focus is on high-growth end-user equipment markets such as TV/Satellite set-top boxes, portable DVD players, datacom devices, ADSL modems, power supplies, medical devices, wireless notebooks, flat panel displays, digital cameras, mobile handsets, DC to DC conversion, wireless 802.11 LAN access points, brushless DC motor fans, and automotive applications.
Huge televisions, green talk among the highlights at CES
The sensory-overloaded whirlwind that is the annual Consumer Electronics Show supplied an array of bright lights, big crowds, Hollywood celebrities and, of course, thousands of innovative and zany gadgets. Gathering 140,000 people across 1.8 million square feet in Las Vegas, CES draws to a close today. This year, the largest conference of the technology industry was punctuated by the ending of an era as Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates gave his 11th and final CES keynote speech and ushered in what he called the next digital decade, as technology becomes more user-friendly, personal and ubiquitous. No iPhone-level announcements were made at the 2008 CES, but the industry demonstrated that it is marching forward on a number of fronts, from adopting environmentally friendly practices to extending technology to the car.
The TV wall-mount business must be fiercely competitive - I counted at ...
BBC journalists have done quite a bit of video from CES this year. You can see a round-up on the website here. Some of our stuff is also appearing on YouTube. You can take a look at Click's Spencer Kelly rounding-up Intel's ultra mobile plans on BBC Worldwide's YouTube page. And here's a video we made, whizzing around CES in a three-minute tour. UPDATE: Here's Rory's video on the public row between Intel and OLPC that I found on YouTube too. Permalink Comments (2) .
Ten Tech Gifts for Teens
Most are purely entertaining, but we've also snuck in a few educational gadgets. So check out our picks for the best techy gifts for teens (below), and be sure to click through to the full reviews. For the chatty teen:
Kyocera Wild Card ($100 list plus prepaid minutes)
Your teenager wants a cell phone, but you don't want to pay for service. Available through Virgin Mobile, the Wild Card is free of contracts and monthly bills—you pay as you go. And it excels as both a voice phone and a messaging device. For the teen who likes to sing in the shower:
Griffin iKaraoke ($40 street)
The iKaraoke is a fun, sleek, and easy-to-use device that turns your iPod into a karaoke machine. For the tune-toter:
Toshiba gigabeat U Series ($100 list)
Toshiba's first flash player is easy to navigate, good-looking, and nicely priced.
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