‘Codenamed the Cotton Candy (at 21 grams it weighs as much as a bag of the candy), the computer is powered by a dual-core 1.2 GHz Samsung Exynos ARM CPU and runs a version of Google’s Android operating system. It also sports wi-fi, Bluetooth, and a HDMI-out port, and a MicroSD card slot.

The Cotton Candy can be used either on a HDTV or a Mac or Windows computer. When The HDMI port is used with a TV, the USB port is used to power it, while Bluetooth is used to attach a keyboard and mouse. When used with a computer, you plug in the USB end and run the Android OS inside a secure window while your Mac OS X or Windows OS runs in the background.’ (via Complex).

“A new experiment by CERN has reproduced findings to confirm discovery of faster-than-light neutrinos in a modified study they claim is more accurate.” (via Neon Tommy).

‘Members of the “super committee” charged with coming up with $1.2 trillion in budget cuts are focused on how to announce failure to reach a deal, Democratic and Republican aides confirmed to CNN Sunday.

While aides said no final decision had been made, they acknowledged that — barring an unforeseen development — an announcement of an end to negotiations is the most likely scenario.’ (via CNN.com)

How to announce failure? Sen. Bernie Sanders (I.-VT) said it well in June:

“

Everyone understands that over the long-term we have got to reduce the
deficit – a deficit that was caused mainly by Wall Street greed, tax
breaks for the rich, two wars, and a prescription drug program written
by the drug and insurance companies. It is absolutely imperative,
however, that as we go forward with deficit reduction we completely
reject the Republican approach that demands savage cuts in
desperately-needed programs for working families, the elderly, the sick,
our children and the poor, while not asking the wealthiest among us to
contribute one penny.”

House of Representatives by party

‘The “60 Minutes” piece last week on the free pass members of Congress get when it comes to trading on nonpublic information they routinely receive opened a lot of eyes. But it came as no surprise to reform advocates or academicians who have studied the investing skills of federal lawgivers for years.

A 2004 study concluded that U.S. senators outperformed the stock market by 12 percent annually during the 1990s, about twice as well as corporate insiders did. A more recent study concluded that members of the House of Representatives outperformed the broad market by about 6 percent annually.’ (via Post-Gazette, with thanks to abby)

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