Famous groundhog doesn’t see his shadow: To the relief of the winter-weary, the world’s most famous groundhog predicted an early spring today. Punxsutawney Phil emerged just after dawn on Groundhog Day to make his 125th annual weather forecast in front of a smaller-than-usual crowd, who braved muddy, icy conditions to hear his handlers reveal that he had not seen his shadow. Including today’s forecast, Phil has seen his shadow 98 times and hasn’t seen it just 16 times since 1887. There are no records for the remaining years, though the group has never failed to issue a forecast.
Combines two hot trends: Aiming to ride two crazes at once, T-Mobile USA will sell a tablet computer that can shoot 3-D videos. The cell phone company says the “G-Slate” tablet from LG Electronics Inc. will be out this spring, but doesn’t say exactly when or how much it would cost. The tablet will have an 8.9-inch screen as well as two cameras on the back that together can capture 3-D, high-definition video. The tablet will come with red-blue 3-D glasses for 3-D viewing while shooting. The G-Slate will be one of the first tablets with Honeycomb software, a version of Google’s Android operating system specifically designed for tablet computers. The G-Slate will have a third camera on the front, for video-conferencing over T-Mobile’s wireless broadband network.
