Hugh Jackman OUT, Who Should Host the Oscars This Year Instead?

Those of you anxiously awaiting for Hugh Jackman to commit to another Oscar ceremony should probably line up for Broadway tickets, because you won’t be seeing him on the Oscar stage this year. Sources say Jackman has declined the job over the past few weeks, and while he won’t rule out hosting future ceremonies, he didn’t want to do it two years in a row.

Jackman certainly breathed new life into a ceremony that was getting more stale by the year—he showed enthusiasm andSource: SlashFilm RSS Feed

Media Manager for Mac enables iPhone / iTunes media streaming to FiOS TV DVR (video)

Filed under: DVRs, Media streamers, Set-top boxes, Fiber

We're hearing that the PC version of this here software still beats out the Mac counterpart, but equality is slowly but surely becoming a reality. The main new feature over on the OS X side, however, is a good one: the ability to stream iPhone and iTunes media directly to your TV via your FiOS TV DVR. Fire up an iTunes playlist and watch the fun roll by on your home TV, and there's even support for photo slideshows and the like.Source: Engadget HD RSS Feed

Sony recalls 69K VGP-AC19V17 VAIO power adapters

The last few week shave seen several large product recalls with the most recent from Belkin due to a risk of electrical shock. Today Sony has announced a large product recall that will affect the owners of several VAIO computers. The recall has to do with the AC adapters the machines use rather than the batteries this time around.

Sony has voluntarily recalled the Sony VGP-AC19V17 power adapter that was sold with VAIO all-in-one computers, VAIO docking stations, VGC-LT series, VGC-JS2Source: SlashGear RSS Feed

With Droid, Motorola Has Nowhere to Go But Up

Motorola’s free-fall in the mobile phone space it once dominated continued in the most recent quarter: The company’s wireless revenues fell 46 percent to $1.7 billion during the period as its market share eroded to a mere 4.7 percent. And while Motorola managed to surprise investors by turning a $12 million profit, the plunging handset sales were just the latest in the stumble in the company’s slide toward irrelevance.

The company has joined the crowded Android bandwagon in anSource: GigaOM RSS Feed

Amazon Users Hack Steering Wheel Laptop Desk Page, Show Outcome Of Use [LOLCars]

We were all set to rip on this steering wheel-mounted laptop desk when we discovered that Amazon's own users had already done it for us. The reasons why driving and blogging don't mix below.

The Laptop Steering Wheel Desk retails for just $24.95 and is described thusly:

Attaches to your steering wheel for easy access to a writing and drink storage surface. The Go Office Wheel Mate Steering Wheel Desk is flat for writing and perfect for lunch or a snack. This Go Office WheelSource: Jalopnik RSS Feed

FUJITSU: Windows 7 Compatible Drivers

Fujitsu has released Windows 7 Compatible Drivers for some of devices: P1630, U820, etc… Still has not released yet anything for the P1620 and P1610 series. I hope that this does not mean that this machines are not supported by this company any more.

FUJITSU: Fujitsu America – Support

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The life of the mind

Saturday dawned damp and overcast, as if November had arrived early. The wind had begun to strip the trees, carpeting the footpath with leaves. It seemed like a day for hunkering down with the newspapers and a good book. But then I remembered that it’s Cambridge’s annual ‘Festival of Ideas’ (the Humanities’ counterpart to the Science Festival of which I’m a Patron). The philosopher Hugh Mellor was billed to give a talk on Frank Ramsey in the University Library at 11am. So I got upSource: Memex 1.1 RSS Feed