Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Olympics 2012 Schedule: Men's USA Basketball Games and Roster


When are the Team USA Men's Basketball games?


USA vs. France on Sunday, July 29 at 9:30 a.m. ET

USA vs. Tunisia on Tuesday, July 31 at 5:15 p.m. ET

USA vs. Nigeria on Thursday, Aug. 2 at 5:15 p.m. ET

USA vs. Lithuania on Saturday, Aug. 4 at 9:30 a.m. ET

USA vs. Argentina on Monday, Aug. 6 at 5:15 p.m. ET

Team Roster

NAME
POS
HGT
WGT
DOB
CURRENT TEAM / COLLEGE or HIGH SCHOOL
15
F
6-8
230
5/29/84
New York Knicks / Syracuse
10
G
6-6
205
8/23/78
Los Angeles Lakers / Lower Merion H.S. (PA)
4
C
7-1
240
10/02/82
New York Knicks / Dominguez H.S. (CA)
14
F
6-10
220
03/11/93
New Orleans Hornets / Kentucky
5
G
6-9
235
9/29/88
Oklahoma City Thunder / Texas
12
James Harden
G
6-5
220
8/26/89
Oklahoma City Thunder / Arizona State
9
G/F
6-6
207
1/28/84
Philadelphia 76ers / Arizona
6
F
6-8
250
12/30/84
Miami Heat / St. Vincent-St. Mary H.S. (OH)
11
F
6-10
260
9/07/88
Minnesota Timberwolves / UCLA
13
G
6-0
183
5/06/85
Los Angeles Clippers / Wake Forest
7
G
6-3
187
11/12/88
Oklahoma City Thunder / UCLA
8
G
6-3
209
7/26/84
Brooklyn Nets / Illinois
Managing Director: Jerry Colangelo
Head Coach: Mike Krzyzewski, Duke University
Assistant Coach: Jim Boeheim, Syracuse University
Assistant Coach: Mike D'Antoni
Assistant Coach: Nate McMillan
Team Physician: Don Roberts, Portland Trail Blazers
Team Physician: Paul Saenz, San Antonio Spurs
Athletic Trainer: Joseph Sharpe, Oklahoma City Thunder
Athletic Trainer: Casey Smith, Dallas Mavericks


Minka Kelly sex tape scandal: Actress may have been underage when racy video was allegedly shot

The former 'Charlie's Angels' actress will star in upcoming Lee Daniels film 'The Butler' as Jackie Kennedy

BY JOYCE CHEN / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
MONDAY, JULY 23, 2012, 11:07 AM


Minka Kelly's latest on-camera role probably isn't something she'd want to add to her resume.

The former "Friday Night Lights" starlet is the latest in a long string of Hollywood actresses to find themselves in the middle of a sex tape scandal, according to TMZ.

The site reports that Kelly, 32, shot the tape with an ex-boyfriend in New Mexico in 1998, but it's only recently being shopped around to the highest bidder.

In it, Kelly is apparently fully aware of the camera and the semi-professional setup, which included a camera on a tripod and a TV monitor that allowed both parties to watch themselves doing the deed.

But perhaps more troubling, however, is that the sexy stunner may have been underage when the racy footage was shot.

TMZ reports that two songs off Brandy's second album, "Never Say Never," can be heard playing in the background of the sex tape.

The album was released on June 8, 1998, 16 days before Kelly's 18th birthday, which could suggest that Kelly was a minor at the time of the taped tryst.

Kelly's scandal comes at a bad time for the actress, who is poised to take on the role of Jackie Kennedy in Lee Daniels' upcoming film "The Butler," opposite James Marsden as JFK himself.

The brunette beauty was named Esquire's Sexiest Woman Alive in 2010.

jchen@nydailynews.com

iPhone 5 expected to launch in September with new connector

by Charles Arthur
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 24 July 2012


The next version of Apple's iconic smartphone to come with 'nano-sim' card and new 19-pin connector










Sources also say that the device will introduce a new 19-pin power and control connector on its base, dumping the 30-pin connector first introduced with the third-generation iPod in April 2003.

The new phone is also expected to include 4G mobile broadband capability, but only offer compatibility with networks in the US. 4G networks in Europe and the rest of the world transmit on different frequencies and so are incompatible with US systems.

Apple will be the first major manufacturer to use the nano-sim card. Some operators began ordering the chip cards in substantial numbers even while Apple, Nokia and BlackBerry-maker RIM were still wrangling over the fine details in spring this year.

The nano-sim design is 40% smaller even than the micro-sim used in smartphones such as the iPhone 4S, Samsung Galaxy S3 and Nokia Lumia range introduced in the past 12 months, and was only agreed by the European standards body ETSI on 1 June.

Mobile phone companies anticipate a mid-September launch for the iPhone 5, and expect demand to be extremely high as present owners of iPhone 3G and 3GS look to upgrade, and those who have not yet bought a smartphone consider a shift from an older featurephone.

The Taiwanese electronics news site Digitimes has quoted industry sources saying that Pegatron, a contract manufacturer, has begun making the new iPhone at its factory in Shanghai. It also says that Pegatron is making new versions of the iPad for a third-quarter shipment date.

Another source in China, quoted by the French site App4Phone, suggests that Apple will release the next iPhone on Friday 21 September.

If correct, that would be the day on which the phone goes on sale, because manufacturers want to release new handsets to consumers at the beginning of the weekend.

Last year, Apple chief executive Tim Cook unveiled the iPhone 4S on Tuesday 4 October, and the phone went on sale on Friday 14 October.

If the 21 September release date is correct, that would imply a public unveiling by Apple on Tuesday 11 September this year.

Dumping the 30-pin connector for a new design could hobble the multi-billion-dollar business for iPhone, iPod and iPad accessories, which relied on the now likely-to-be-outmoded proprietary socket to connect the Apple equipment to the power supply or other devices.

Apple will be keen to begin selling a new iPhone as soon as possible. Last year expectations were high that, as from 2007 to 2010, it would announce the new model in June and start selling it soon afterwards.

But instead the iPhone 4S launch did not come until October, leading to a dramatic dip in iPhone sales in the July-September quarter.

Though sales of the 4S and the rest of the iPhone range was very high, Cook said at Apple's earnings announcement that month that the company knew there was great anticipation in June and July and that speculation hit extreme highs by September 2011.

Consumers held off buying Apple phones that month in anticipation of the new model.

Accessory makers will be holding their breath to find out more about the new design.

The website iMore, which was the first to report in February that the next iPhone would remodel its connector, said on Tuesday night that Apple would offer an adapter to enable 19-pin devices to link to older 30-pin connectors and accessories.

But that will still leave accessory makers in a quandary about whether to focus on the newer connector, in the expectation that more devices will use those in the future, or to stick with the old one – which fits more than half a billion iPods, iPhone and iPads.

The accessory business is highly competitive, yet offers retailers a better margin than selling Apple devices alone.

Retail margins on the items are typically around 40%, compared to about 10% on iPods or iPads. Some manufacturers will almost certainly make adapters to let older iOS 30-pin devices connect to the new 19-pin systems.

Speculation is already building, with a survey carried out by ChangeWave Research reporting unprecedented demand for the next iPhone: a poll of 4,042 American consumers found 14% "very likely" to buy one, and 17% "somewhat likely" to.

The iPhone commands a substantial share of the US market, helped by subsidies from US carriers.

UK operators, too, expect to see heavy demand for the new phone, whose release would also bring a new version of Apple's iOS which dispenses with Google for its mapping system.

O2, which originally signed up many iPhone users in the UK, could lose out as the new phone is expected to be available through every carrier, leading to a more competitive market than previously for owners looking to upgrade.

Apple said it did not comment on rumours and speculation.