BlackBerry Bold 9000 unboxed on video (7)
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Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds We can't help but feel the BlackBerry Bold 9000's much-anticipated launch ended up being just a tad bit anti-climactic. Maybe it's a Canada thing, or maybe we're just haters. Or maybe we hate Canada. While we mull that over, you might as well have a look at CrackBerry.com's video unboxing of the new phone, complete with some comparison shots and, um, unboxing. Oh, there's an iPhone versus near the end, so ...
The history of I Can Has Cheezburger (5)
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At Gnomedex, CEO Ben Huh discusses how the hit LOLCats site came to be and how the company has grown into a blogging empire.
Actors paid to queue for Poland's iPhone launch (4)
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A phoned-in performance Mobile phone carrier Orange Poland admitted today that it hired actors to stand in line for the country's iPhone debut.…
EngrishFunny Is Newest Site In Lolcats Empire (48)
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The company behind the popular ICanHasCheezburger site has launched a new website, EngrishFunny, which makes fun of grammatically incorrect variations of English (often found in Asia). Users send in photos of poorly translated or written products, signs, instructions, etc. to the site. This is the seventh website for parent company Pet Holdings, Inc., which bought the ICanHasCheezburger site in late 2007 for $2 million. Other sites include Ihasahotdog (dogs), Failblog (my personal favorite), Totallylookslike (celebrities), ...
The Biggest Hole in the World (10)
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It’s a diamond mine in Mirna, Siberia. It measures 525 m deep and 1.25 km in diameter. The suction from the hole is so powerful that helicopters flying over it have crashed. Link via Absolute Moral Authority
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Jaume said:
voleu veure un altre hole?
Android phone could come in November (1)
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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission released documents on Monday that may indicate that the first Android phone will hit the U.S. market in November. The documents show that the FCC has approved the sale of HTC's Dream phone, a device widely rumored to become the first to run Google's Linux-based Android software. HTC asked the FCC to keep some of the details of its filings, including photographs and the user manual, confidential until Nov.10. That ...
This is a test of the YouTube monetization system…this is only a test. (1)
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Google put up a rather interesting post on its Mobile Blog today. It’s about the decision to put display advertisements on YouTube mobile pages — but the post reads like an ad itself. From the post: This is our first step in testing mobile advertising for YouTube — it will give you a new way to interact with content on the go, while allowing us to learn how video viewers engage with mobile advertising. Our ...
Remotely control surveyor bots over the web (4)
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Inertia-Labs makes these cool little surveyor robot kits. The BP Explorer site in Australia built a miniature city and populated it with five surveyor bots you can control over the Web. BP Explorer
Disaster Alert Map Shows Where the World is Ending [IDRC] (7)
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Until I loaded up this realtime Global Disaster Alert Map operated by the International Disaster and Risk Conference, which tracks biological hazards, chemical spills, fires, volcanoes, earthquakes and epidemics, I earnestly thought that it had been a pretty good day. I was wrong, and I will not be so naive as to drop my constant cynicism again. [IDRC via bookofjoe]
Windows Vista Pwned By Web Exploit That Can't Be Stopped [Windows Vista] (13)
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Presenters at Black Hat revealed that most, if not all, of Windows Vista's security features can be taken out with a single browser exploit, using Java and .NET to execute malicious code. What really makes this a killer, is that it is based around Vista's fundamental architecture, not a specific security flaw, and can be executed with any browser vulnerability. As researcher Dino Dai Zovi told SearchSecurity, "that's completely game over." Microsoft programmers are apparently ...
Video: The culture of YouTube (1)
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We all know that YouTube is big. But Dr. Michael Wesch, an anthropologist at Kansas State University, has some interesting insights into why YouTube has gotten so big, and how it and the humble webcam are changing human collaboration, communication and community. In a video that he posted on YouTube a few weeks ago, Wesch explains his theories about the video-sharing service. One of his hypotheses: "When media changes, human relationships change." The evidence he ...
Social WordPress to Launch in December (23)
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According to WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg, a social networking platform based on the popular WordPress blogging software is slated for a December 2008 release. When it's released, BuddyPress will allow users to build their own social networks, complete with group blogs, profiles, friend lists and photo galleries.
Glenn Greenwald on U.S. Govt anthrax scientist's suicide (25)
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Glenn Greewald's article in Salon about Bruce E. Ivins' suicide is fascinating. Ivins was a senior biodefense researcher at the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. He committed suicide in July shortly before the FBI was going to indict him for his alleged role in the 2001 anthrax attacks. Here are a few excerpts, but the entire article is worth reading: If the now-deceased Ivins really was ...
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Ian said:
File under "Lies My Media Told Me"
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Nick said:
I think we should dig it deeper. The anthrax scare was designed to confuse people, and if it came from the USA government, that's more arguments to the "misleading the nation to war"
Robot "responds" to human attention (9)
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Heart Robot is a puppet designed to "respond" positively to being stroked and hugged, and to flinch if it's shaken or hit. Heart Robot has a beating heart, a breathing belly, and sensors that respond to movement, noise and touch. Cuddle him, and he seems to soak up the affection. His limbs become limp, his eyelids lower, his breathing relaxes, and his heart beat slows down. But if he is given a violent shake, or ...
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Suzanne said:
the first cylon prototype? ;-)
Plans For Mobile TV Network In Europe Stall (1)
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A group ended its effort to launch a paid mobile TV service, while others are moving forward with a free service for handheld devices.
Dead Army vaccine scientist eyed in anthrax probe (2)
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An Army microbiologist, who U.S. officials believe was responsible for the 2001 anthrax attacks that killed five people, has apparently committed suicide just as prosecutors were getting ready to arrest him.
Laptops can be confiscated and searched at US border without cause says report (58)
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Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds, Laptops, Portable Audio, Portable Video, Storage In further evidence of our rapidly eroding civil liberties, the Department of Homeland Security disclosed today that US Customs and Border Protection and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement have the right to confiscate and search a traveler's laptop or other electronic device without any suspicion of wrongdoing. The rules -- which we reported on in February -- allow for searches of hard drives, flash drives, ...
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Harper said:
this is ducked up
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Adam said:
Good times. Happy I don't travel abroad. Wonder what companies with int'l business travelers think about the govt being able to snoop through their company laptops?
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Lionel Riem said:
o_O
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Christopher Granade said:
It's worth pointing out that this article is on Engadget, which is not known for over-the-top political advocacy, nor shrillness.
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Rick Dillon said:
Blatant violation of reasonable search and seizure. OK lawyers, tell me how "reasonable" includes "anytime I feel like it, no suspicion necessary."
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Lee said:
Well, there goes international travel for me. Okauy, I would still take my work laptop.
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Gabe said:
No joke. Time to move out of America.
Flowlight: Like a Blackboard With Lasers (15)
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Precisely how the Flowlight would work is a little unclear, but the design page notes that a base station would focus a laser beam 100 times a second into a point in the space, creating small plasma points that glow in mid air. Users could then use the pen to draw and write, making doodles look like some sort of fantastic light show. It's kind of like a cross between and blackboard and a laser ...
Fan-Made Batsign (1)
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Photo: projectdarkknight [Flickr] Neatorama reader Belinda McArtney sent us this photo of her apprentice groundskeeper boyfriend and his friends’ attempt to win a New Zealand radio station’s contest "Show us your batman!" where the biggest, most visible, and original fan-made bat-sign wins. No, they didn’t win, but I thought the huge bat on a training field in Grenada North, drawn with softball marking paint was pretty neat (if you’re on a flight to and from ...
