Paula Deen: I Have Type 2 Diabetes
Paula Deen has confirmed the cooking world’s worst kept secret: She has Type 2 Diabetes.in a video announcing the launch of her “Diabetes in a new Light” initiative, Deen reveals “Hey y’all, I’m here to share something with you … a while back I was told I have Type 2 Diabetes.”The Food Network cook, who famously uses a ton of butter, cheese and sugar for all her dishes, continues “I wasn’t about to change my life, but I have made simple changes in my life” — citing cutting back on Sweet Tea and taking more walks with her husband as part of her new lifestyle.Deen has joined forces with Novo Nordisk to “show others that managing diabetes does not have to stop you from enjoying the things you love.”She also revealed in a press release that she takes a once-a-day, non-insulin injection called Victoza.the news comes after food critic Anthony Bourdain famously called her the “most dangerous person to America” in TV Guide last year, adding that she’s “proud of the fact that her food is f***ing bad for you.”Type 2 is the most common form of diabetes. in Type 2 diabetes, the body either does not produce enough insulin or does not use it efficiently, allowing excess sugar, or glucose, to accumulate in the blood.
Deen is not alone in Hollywood though, check out which other celebrities are living with the disease in the gallery below:
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Comcast Xfinity TV coming to Xbox 360
Jan 10 2012
At the Microsoft CES 2012 keynote, Microsoft has announced a content partnership with Comcast which will bring the Xfinity TV services to the Xbox 360 dashboard. Additional partnerships include Newscorp partnership which will bring Fox News, Wall street Journal, Fox and IGN content as well. not word on the exact time frame just yet but we’re sure it is only a matter of time when it goes live.
Microsoft told us not to expect a heck of a lot of news from its 2012 CES keynote, but it just took the wraps off of a couple of content partnerships. For one, we’re told that Comcast’s Xfinity TV will soon be coming to Xbox 360 (FiOS users are finally getting a little company, as it were), and moreover, there’s a new News Corporation partnership that’ll bring Fox News, Wall Street Journal, Fox and IGN to the aforesaid console. Craig Davidson, Director of Xbox, also threw a verbal high-five to U-Verse, Telus and Telefonica. no word on launch dates, unfortunately, but we’re guessing the parties involved will be making their own announcements on that.
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Intel finally scores its hits with smartphone customers: Lenovo and Motorola
When it comes to mobile phone chips, Intel has been wandering in the desert for a while. But today at the Consumer Electronics Show, the company announced it has finally scored some major customers for its Atom family of smartphone chips, and they are Lenovo and Motorola.
Intel chief executive Paul Otellini announced in his keynote speech that Intel has lined up these customers for its code-named Medfield smartphone and tablet chips (now called the Intel Atom Z2460) that use the Atom family name and are designed with Intel’s heretofore PC-centric x86 architecture. The deals with the major players show that Intel is still a formidable force in the mobile semiconductor market, which is expected to become the world’s biggest.
“The best of computing is coming to smartphones,” declared Otellini.
Lenovo’s new Intel-based Android smartphone, the K800, is expected to debut in the second quarter on the China Unicom mobile network, according to Lenovo senior vice president Liu Jun. But the deal with Motorola, sealed by the appearance of Motorola Mobility CEO Sanjay Jha, is a big strategic partnership where Motorola will launch a smartphone with the Intel chips in the third quarter of the year. that is the first of multiple Atom-based phones Motorola will create.
On stage, Jun said Intel and Lenovo would achieve great success in the booming smartphone market. he said the phone has great battery life and no-compromise performance.
Intel has had a tough time breaking into smartphone chips because they require really low power consumption. ARM-based chips from rivals such as Qualcomm have a heritage in low power, but Intel’s x86 chips grew up in an era where performance mattered a lot more than power efficiency. Adapting Intel’s x86 architecture to the modern power requirement is tough.
Tom Kilroy (pictured below), senior vice president at Intel, said in an interview with VentureBeat Monday the company’s pitch is that Atom-based smartphones offer a no-compromise experience, where the phone is fully capable of running software that ordinarily would require a PC to run.
Intel has failed many times to get its chips designed into smartphones. Most recently, it failed with the Meego alliance with Nokia to build a mobile operating system fell apart. since that time, Intel has allied itself with Samsung on a mobile version of Linux and with Google on its Android operating system to ensure there are mobile operating system alternatives. Kilroy said that Intel decided to create the entire design for the phone from scratch, creating a “reference design” (pictured at top) that can be easily adopted by phone device makers. he said that you’ll see the Intel-created design emerge as products in different forms this year with 4-inch screens and eight-megapixel cameras that can take as many as 15 pictures per second.
The reference design smartphone has eight hours of talk time, six hours of HD video playback, 45 hours of audio playback, support for 1080p HDMI, and many more features. it also has McAfee smartphone protection for security.
Intel showed angry Birds running on the platform and said the reference design can run the Metro interface for Windows Phone. Intel also showed the first prototypes of its upcoming 32-nanometer Atom chips, code-named Clover Trail, running Windows 8, Microsoft’s upcoming operating system.
While the phone is Intel’s big strategic target, its more immediate aim is to get its Ultrabook line to take off in 2012. The company plans a huge advertising campaign — its biggest since 2003 — to convince consumers that they want the convenience and no-compromise performance of Ultrabooks with the easy-to-use Windows 8 operating system, which debuts later in the year.
“this is also a really big change for the industry,” Kilroy said.
Kilroy said the Ultrabook marketing budget would run in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
Netbooks (stripped down computers for surfing the web) have fallen by the wayside because tablets have overtaken them.
Intel will promote its AppUp download store as a place to get apps for Ultrabooks, Kilroy said.
While many vendors offered netbooks, their hearts weren’t in it. By contrast, Kilroy said there is unprecedented enthusiasm in the computer ecosystem in favor of Ultrabooks.
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People: Paul Otellini, Tom Kilroy
Intel finally scores its hits with smartphone customers: Lenovo and Motorola
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Can You Think Of The Next Must Have Application?
It’s hard to believe that smartphone applications have only been around since 2008. What’s even more remarkable is the fact that Apple only backed the App’s Store, after the launch of the first iPhone There have been a reported billion downloads since then, and many other manufacturers have attempted to duplicate the model, with Google leading the pack.
Google’s Android Market may have a long way to go, but the flexibility and ‘open source’ nature of the software and multi manufacturer partnership, offers a huge market scope to Google. One thing is for sure, applications are here to stay and are a core part of everyday smartphone use. Expect to see app’s bundled in with smartphone deals, and available in ‘top up’ credit form, in the very near future.
Both App stores have been critiscised for a lack of quality, possibly due to insufficient developer and concept vetting. Indeed, most of the paid applications aswell as the most popular games, tend to be derivatives of older more established games and brands. the real money for thier owners, is in ‘subscription’ based Apps requiring a small monthly payment. These offer continuity and ‘up-sells’ in the form of ‘upgrades and add-on’s’. After all, it is always easier to get more money from people who already pay you, than it is to start fresh with someone new
However, most applications are free and problem for developers is that it devalues the product because consumers get too used to not paying. As a marketing or branding exercise, they offer corperates the chance to add value to their customers online shopping experience, whilst creating loyalty and repeat buying.
One area that may poise a problem for Android is its reported vunerability to viruses, during the app download process. the Android Market is still not as polished as the Apple store and relies heavily on third party websites for file downloads.it doesn’t seem to sit very well in the usual Google Skin, there’s something not quite right with it, but that could just be me. Apple on the other hand, has virtually no known viruses and as a result, is exceptionally secure. Google will have to be very careful, not to have their users’ details stolen like Sony, or they will lose huge amounts of trust in the market. They are yet to have a serious security breach (that we know of) but the Android Phone Market has potential, leave them a little exposed.
In summary, quality not quantity spells success for all App Markets. this is the only way manufacturers and developers, will attain long term residual income whilst ensuring, safety for their users.
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Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Will Have "Infinite Quests"
The Radiant quest system in the upcoming open-world RPG The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim will churn out an infinite number of tasks.
With the official launch of Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim just two days away, the game is slated to be the biggest edition yet… so big that it will offer an infinite number of quests. That’s right: when Elder Scrolls XX is fresh and new and current/future hardware is incapable of supporting “retro” Skyrim gameplay, the fifth installment will still offer something new each and every day.
Monday in a phone interview with Wired, game director Todd Howard said that the game’s Radiant quest system will keep new quests coming long after the main storyline is complete. In fact, the quests will be endless. “The vibe of the game is that it’s something that you can play forever,” Howard said. “The world is probably the one thing that sets [Skyrim] apart from other games. It feels really real for what it is … It’s just fun to explore.”
According to Howard, the Radiant quest system randomly generates new minor tasks based on the player’s progress. It will also toss out extra work for each of the game’s factions like the Dark Brotherhood and the Thieves Guild. Once the scripted quest lines for each group are completed, players can go to their respective hubs and pick up randomly generated missions like stealing gems or assassinating shopkeepers.
Of course, not everyone will want to endlessly steal jewels or collect herbs. However, Howard said that Radiant quests play into the game’s overall environmental storytelling: it opens up avenues to discover the world’s little secrets and bits of narrative. It may not be a massively multiplayer title, but the Radiant quest engine and the massive, virtual open world combined should make it feel like a persistent environment.
Howard said that Bethesda got its first taste of environmental storytelling with Fallout 3. After all, exploring a barren, post-nuclear wasteland isn’t exactly like strolling through a field of green grass and daisies. “With Fallout, it’s not as beautiful a world to everybody,” he said. “We had to find ways to make exploration of [a destroyed wasteland] interesting.”
The team cranked up the environmental tricks for Skyrim even though the landscape is more palatable. according to Howard, completing quests won’t be the most enjoyable aspect to the Radiant system: it will be discovering the little things along the way like a terrifying lighthouse or a bandit-infested fortress.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim will land on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Windows PC on Friday, November 11. The full Wired interview with Todd Howard will be published on Thursday.
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