Nokia is showing off their new S60 Touch Interface at the Symbian Smartphone Show today. Unlike their last attempt, this effort was demonstrated on a more Nokia-like concept device. The touch-interface supports haptic feedback and accepts both finger and stylus inputs depending upon the display technology used.
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Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Germany Wins The 2007 Solar Decathlon
Solar shutters, fold-up interior spaces, modern design, Volkswagen sensibility
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Apple earns $904 million on sales of $6.22 billion
Apple shipped 2,164,000 Macintosh computers, representing 34 percent growth over the year-ago quarter and exceeding the previous quarterly record for Mac shipments by 400,000. The Company sold 10,200,000 iPods during the quarter, representing 17 percent growth over the year-ago quarter. Quarterly iPhone sales were 1,119,000, bringing cumulative fis
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Monday, October 22, 2007
Who owns who in Automobile Industry[pic]
This image is scanned from one of the magazines publishing an article about the ownership, shareholding, or a joint venture in the automobile industry. I don’t know when the article was published but i would like to congratulate Andrew Franklin for this beautiful illustration.
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The Whole Internet on One Page
It's a map of the entire Internet. At the moment we're displaying the owner of each IP address (grey boxes), and which IP addresses are listed on the Spamhaus XBL blacklist (red dots), but we should be able to show other things in the future. Yes, we map all 4,294,967,296 IP addresses onto a huge image and let you zoom into it and pan around.
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Wedding Gifts
I found a great article today about great gifts for a wedding party. It came in handy because my cousin is tieing the knot in a few weeks, and I have no idea what to get for him and his bride to be. I'm pretty sure the only reason they're inviting half of the people on the guest list is to get more gifts. Whatever, though. All I'm gonna say is the food better be good.
Demonoid Aftermath: An Open Letter to the CRIA
In the aftermath of the recent demonoid turmoil, A former music buyer posted an open letter to the CRIA - an impressive summary of what's wrong with the music industry and how they alienate their customers. The RIAA and the CRIA have to rethink their business mo
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Old Zune Getting All The New Features: This is How You Treat Your Customers
The old Zune is getting all the new features. All. Microsoft's did something fantastic here and rewarded the believers who purchased Zunes in the first year by allowing them to get in on all the cool new stuff without having to pay more. Are you paying attention Apple? This is how you should treat your customers.
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BioWare’s Upcoming MMO Based in KOTOR Universe
By Alex Petraglia on Friday, October 19, 2007 at 10:00 AM EST - A source close to BioWare confirmed to us today that the studio’s upcoming untitled massively-multiplayer online RPG will be centered around the Star Wars universe, specifically that of Knights of the Old Republic.
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How To Make Vodka Pills in 24 Hours
These would be good on an airplane - There are only 2 components to this process. How you make and treat the 2 components is what causes the magic.
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The Other Water Problem - The Future Is Drying Up
Scientists sometimes refer to the effect a hotter world will have on this country’s fresh water as the other water problem, because global warming more commonly evokes the spectre of rising oceans submerging our great coastal cities.
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Anaconda Gets Ultrasound Pregnancy Test
Yep, that is right. An Anaconda (aka. one big snake) is getting an pregnancy test! Check out the story.
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Oh Yeah Baby... Water Dresses the Next Big Thing [PICS]
Okay so they're promoting shoes, but those are some killer dresses, anyone thirsty, I think I have a straw somewhere :)
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And the winner is... Fire Ants!
Head to head battles between fire ant nests and their natural enemies - from the ant lion to the giant spider to the fire cracker. "Fire ants have a degree of awesomeness that cannot be replicated by other insects."
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Rothschilds funding Hillary's campaign
When European nobility supports a candidate you know something is terribly wrong.
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Are These 10 Common Money Mistakes Keeping You Poor?
As creatures of habit, who like to repeat the same behavior, our personal finance habits have an enormous impact on our financial well being.
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[humor] Google.com designed for Google
What would Google.com look like if it had to be designed for Search Engine Optimization In Google
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Stephen Colbert for President?
Stephen Colbert just announced that he's officially considering whether he will announce that he's running for President of the United States The Daily Show. No joke! He said he might be trying for the ticket in his home state of South Carolina at the very least as both a Republican and a Democrat!
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Perfecting Ann Coulter (PIC)
n a recent conversation with Donny Deutcsh, cold-fish Coulter claimed the country would be better off without Jews. After a heated debate, she conceded that keeping them around might be tolerable if they were "perfected." Who died and made her Führer? Here are our suggestions for a new and improved Adolf Coulter.
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Kevin Rose in new Captain America comic??
A figure wearing a DiggNation t-shirt that looks suspiciously like Kevin Rose is on the cover to Captain America: The Chosen #6 holding Captain America's shield! The cover is by artists Mitch Breitweiser, i'm assuming a fan of DIGG
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BioWare’s Upcoming MMO Based in KOTOR Universe
By Alex Petraglia on Friday, October 19, 2007 at 10:00 AM EST - A source close to BioWare confirmed to us today that the studio’s upcoming untitled massively-multiplayer online RPG will be centered around the Star Wars universe, specifically that of Knights of the Old Republic.
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Why I've moved from Vista to Ubuntu 7.10
"Have we reached the beginning of the tipping point? I think we may just have."
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Rare colour photos from World War 1
Little is known about each individual photo, they are believed to be digitally coloured. During WW1 colour photography was in it's infancy, pioneered by photographer Jean-Baptiste Tournassoud using Autochrome plates invented by the Lumiere brothers. These photos are either digitally remastered or works by Tournassoud.
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NO, I WILL NOT COMPLY! PERIOD
Bit by bit, piece by piece, the US government is taking away all your rights and freedoms and property. How far are you willing to let them go until you stop them?
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Gonzales may be prosecuted, per fired US Attorney
Spokesman Review (Spokane, WA): The U.S. Inspector General may recommend criminal prosecution of departed Attorney General Alberto Gonzales at the conclusion of an investigation, possibly as early as next month, the fired former U.S. attorney for Western Washington told a Spokane audience (for the Federal Bar Association) Friday.[..]
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Windows 7 taking shape
A senior Microsoft engineer recently demonstrated the core of the next version of Windows, codenamed Windows 7, at the University of Illinois. Microsoft admits that its work is cut out for them, thanks to virtualization, multicore, and more.
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Val Kilmer's Treehouse [pics]
For some celebrities, living the high life means getting a mansion in Beverly Hills or a penthouse in New York City. For Val Kilmer, it's having a tree mansion on his ranch in New Mexico.
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Exclusive: I Was a Hacker for the MPAA
In an exclusive interview with Wired News, gun-for-hire hacker Robert Anderson tells for the first time how the Motion Picture Association of America promised him money and power if he provided confidential information on TorrentSpy, a popular BitTorrent search site.
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Amazing Cake Designs! (PICS)
It’s no surprise that Michelle Wibowo’s cake and sugarcraft are so structurally amazing - she has a degree in architecture! Just take one look at her portfolio and you’ll understand why this award-winning lady is definitely one of the best cake designers around today.
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Should the iPhone be more accessible?
When I was in Boston for FlashForward I could not stop myself from getting an iPhone. I, of course, had to hack it so that I can use it in the UK on my Vodafone contract. It is far better than I ever expected. It is in no way perfect but it is by far the nicest phone that I have ever seen or used
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Comcast Blocking extends past Torrents.
In the wake of several reports showing that Comcast is targeting BitTorrent traffic with forged TCP reset packets, new evidence demonstrates that Comcast is targeting Gnutella and Lotus Notes, too. Wait... Lotus Notes?
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Nasal Spray Will Help You to Socialize and Speak Better in Public
A nasal spray containing an antibiotic used to treat tuberculosis may help people to overcome their fears of public speaking, attending work parties or even performing karaoke. Psychologists found that sprays emitting D-Cycloserine (DCS) significantly reduced the symptoms of people afflicted with chronic social phobias.
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America Seems to be Going Through an Atheist Phase
The US may be one of the most religious countries in the West but is it undergoing a period of doubt? It may be daring to say it but America seems to be experiencing an atheist moment. Although "In God We Trust" was declared the national motto by an act of Congress more than 50 years ago, some considerable doubt has developed of late.
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U.S. Air Strikes in Baghdad Kill 13 People, including toddlers
U.S. air strikes in a Shi'ite stronghold of Baghdad early on Sunday killed two toddlers, Reuters TV footage showed, in clashes that police said left a total of 13 dead and 69 wounded. The bodies of the toddlers, one in a nappy, lay on crumpled blankets in the morgue of Imam Ali hospital in the poor district of Sadr City.
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Peter Griffin's Take on the Big Bang Theory
It was a Saturday night, and God and his roommate Chuggs were arm-wrestling....Ah, you know the rest.
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Terrorists who say no to terror
These killer jihadis once hell-bent on destruction and mayhem are now campaigning to stop others following in their footsteps. Ali Imron, one of the key Bali bombers, is haunted by his actions and is working from his Indonesian prison cell to prevent others from following in his footsteps.
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