Hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets of west London as the Notting Hill Carnival gets under way.

Well, this is certainly interesting -- that's HP CTO Phil McKinney pictured above in a pair of redacted shots that were posted to Twitter by HP's Mark Budgell. Described only as "early protos" by McKinney himself, the pictures show what appears to be phone-sized device, a tablet-sized device and, perhaps most curiously, something on McKinney's wrist (all mysteriously blacked out). Before you get your hopes up too much about a new wave of webOS devices, however, you might want to take a look at the second part of Budgell's tweet, which encourages folks to vote for McKinney's SXSW 2011 panel -- a panel in which McKinney promises to make some "bold predictions for the future - backed up with a number of breakthrough prototypes," and specifically talk about what the future will look like in "5 to 10 years." Now, we can't be certain of course, but that doesn't exactly suggest these are right around the corner. Head on past the break for a slightly bigger image.Continue reading HP's Phil McKinney teases three mystery prototypes on TwitterHP's Phil McKinney teases three mystery prototypes on Twitter originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | @philmckinney, @MarkatHP (Twitter) |Email this|Comments

The first day of the Notting Hill Carnival

Labour peer and former Greater London Council member Lord McIntosh dies at 77 after suffering cancer.

President Obama is due to make a speech in New Orleans as part of the commemorations to mark the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

Verizon can't be feeling too hot about being the straggler to the Galaxy S party, but the wait seems to be almost at an end. Best Buy's just started taking in-store pre-orders for the Fascinate, while the latest internal document leak from VZW indicates a specific September 9 launch for the 4-inch Android handset. That's when you should be able to snap the Fascinate up along with a prepaid data plan from Big Red, which fits in nicely with earlier unsanctioned disclosures on the matter. Either way, Samsung's quest to conquer all networks with its Super Gorilla phone will be coming to a victorious end pretty soon.

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Arsenal and England midfielder Jack Wilshere is arrested in the early hours in connection with a "fracas".

FoursquareFoursquare now has more than 3 million users, if the site's public user registration numbers are correct.The 3 millionth member appears to be Brian S. from St. Louis, Missouri, who has yet to check in to any venues via the mobile-based social network.Foursquare's growth has been accelerating rapidly lately. The service hit 2.6 million users on August 2, up from 725,000 in March. The launch of Facebook Places, which many thought would bring about the startup's demise, instead resulted in the biggest day of signups ever, CEO Dennis Crowley recently revealed.Given that Foursquare appears to have a little more than 3.02 million users now, we can determine that it is growing by more than 15,500 users per day (a little less than the 18,000 per day Crowley told the LA Times last week), or nearly half a million users per month.Although already rapid, that rate may very well pick up now that Foursquare has taken over Times Square.[via TechCrunch]For more Mobile coverage:Follow Mashable Mobile on TwitterBecome a Fan on FacebookSubscribe to the Mobile channelDownload our free apps for iPhone and iPad

The BBC's Gill McGivering travels on a US military helicopter carrying aid to the Pakistani city of Kallam

Lewis Hamilton storms to victory in the Belgian Grand Prix after an incident-packed race at Spa-Francorchamps.

Children are missing out on an important part of their education because parents cannot afford after-school activities, says a charity.

Suffering lingers in New Orleans, five years after Katrina

Miliband duel in Labour leadership battle studied

A poll for a children's charity suggests parents are finding after-school clubs too expensive.

At least 10,000 people flee an erupting volcano on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.

Americans are preparing to hold sombre ceremonies to mark five years since Hurricane Katrina, and Barack Obama will visit New Orleans.

Three men are arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a man was stabbed as he confronted thieves breaking into his van in Gateshead.

A group of "professional couch potatoes," as one researcher described them, has proven that even moderate exercise -- in this case walking at one's own pace for 40 minutes three times a week -- can enhance the connectivity of important brain circuits, combat declines in brain function associated with aging and increase performance on cognitive tasks.

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