Sunday, February 14, 2010

Army’s Aids Research 1 Example Of Broad Program



WASHINGTON – The Pentagon runs a massive medical research program, studying a broad range of problems from cancer to malaria to sleep disorders. The work is done at home and abroad. For instance, The Defense Department partners on AIDS prevention with African forces, and the Army worked on an experimental AIDs… more...
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Saturday, February 13, 2010

Pm Hatoyama Huge Fan Of Ecchi Manga I”s



New Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has confessed to being an avid fan of manga and anime, mentioning the notoriously erotic manga I”s as a favourite, and saying that he thinks government should promote and not restrict manga and anime. The 62-year-old statesman professed in a freshly uncovered 2005 interview with a now defunct otaku magazine to reading manga magazines such as Weekly Shonen Magazine and Shonen Sunday when a student, but his more recent favourite is apparently Ka...
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Ousted Honduran President Says He?s Met With Interim Gov?t, Begun Dialogue To Resolve Crisis



Zelaya says he’s met with gov’t, begun dialogue TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras ? Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said Thursday he has met with an interim government official and begun dialogue aimed at ending the country’s protracted political crisis. Zelaya told Radio Globo that he met Wednesday night with an official of the temporary government that forced him out [...]...
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Bad Guys Beware: Sc Mayor Changes Mind, Revokes Ban On Officers Running After Suspects



Regaining footing: SC mayor revokes no-chase call COLUMBIA, S.C. ? The mayor of a small South Carolina town says she’s allowing her police officers to run after suspects again. Wellford Mayor Sallie Peake on Thursday told WSPA-TV she’s revoking her Sept. 2 ban. She said a conversation with Spartanburg County prosecutor Trey Gowdy prompted the reversal, even though [...]...
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Why Kofi Annan Is Skeptical About Electric Cars



Kofi Annan , the former UN Secretary General, has some good reasons to be skeptical about all the ambitious plans and ideas floating around the Clinton Global Initiative . There's a lot of talk about exciting, futuristic ideas: the mass deployment of electric cars with matching infrastructure! Gigantic solar power plants in the Sahara Desert that pipes clean energy to Europe! But as a panelist on a discus... Read the full story on TreeHugger...
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Friday, February 12, 2010

Richard Barnbrook Found Guilty



Richard Barnbrook, the BNP’s sole representative on the Greater London Assembly, has been found guilty of inventing three murders in order to spread fear amongst his constituents: “The BNP representative is to be sent for training in ethics after he exploited peoples fears about knife crime in his constituency by inventing a series of murders. He was banned from B&D council today but escaped suspension from the Greater London Authority. The BNP, however, are furious and Simon Darby ha...
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Dynasty In Politics: How Much Is Too Much?



At a recent family gathering, a cousin of mine expressed her desire to be a doctor. Not surprising, considering her parents are both in the same profession, and run a p rominent hospital. It seems only natural that she will take the baton forward. However, to get there, she will still have to go through the grind. Study for at least six years, serve in a rural posting, burn the midnight oil and gain some experience before she can fulfil her dream. Rajendra Shekhawat has a similar story. He...
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G20: Too Big To Fail



© Chappatte , distributed by Globe Cartoon. More cartoons on Chappatte’s web site . Geneva-based Patrick Chappatte works for the International Herald Tribune, for Geneva newspaper Le Temps, and for NZZ am Sonntag. All cartoons reproduced with permission....
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Mass Holocaust Site To Become Football Hotel



The site where around 34,000 Jewish people were murdered by the Nazis and collaborators in the Ukraine is about to become the new site of a hotel. The council in Kiev have been bombarded with complaints from the Jewish community there, asking them to abolish the plan for the hotel as the site is one of the most precious to the locals. The hotel is being erected for the up and coming Euro 2012 football tournament being held jointly with Poland. The plans for the hotel were discussed recently at...
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Thursday, February 11, 2010

Obamination: Treachery At The U.n.; War Path



Quotes are taken from a  transcript of President Obama’s remarks to the General Assembly, published by the New York Times. [Emphasis added.] That brings me to the second pillar for our future: the pursuit of peace. The United Nations was born of the belief that the people of the world can live their lives, raise their families, and resolve their differences peacefully. Perhaps they could, if there were no predators.  But while there are no predators, there will be war unless t...
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Meet Obama’s Anti-business Osha Nominee..oh Great!



Another radical..shocking isnt it? President Obama’s pick to serve as the assistant secretary of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is an “aggressively anti-business” proponent of junk science who should not be confirmed by the Senate, his critics say. Dr. David Michaels, a research professor and interim chairman in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at George Washington University’s School of Public Health and Health Services, was nominated on July 28...
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“it’s Old-school, Not Old-fashioned. That’s Football.”



For the lefty trolls, a reason to hate Penn State. Fully admitting my blue-and-white bias, for those fans of football who may want to forget about politics for about three hours, tomorrow night’s game between Penn State and Iowa looks like just the stuff for ya. ESPN’s Ivan Maisel provides a great pre-game back-drop . If you like your steak grilled, your potato baked and your whiskey straight, tune in to Iowa’s visit to Penn State on Saturday night. Nothing will be fancy. Little will...
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The Clinton Global Initiative 2009: The Week's Green Highlights



Photo via CGI Once every year, the Clinton Global Initiative gathers world leaders, CEOs, celebrities, nonprofit groups, and, yes, journalists in Manhattan to address the world's most pressing problems. I reported on the events all week, and there were a slew of compelling discussions, announcements, and breaking news involving the likes of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Kofi Annan, Al Gore, and of course, the former president. Here are some of the week's highlights.... Read the full stor...
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Marack And Bachelle Bomama



Via The Daily What? [IMG: http://www.frank151.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/tumblr_kqgdzfpowt1qzpwi0o1_400.jpg]...
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Obama Warns Iran To ?come Clean? On Nukes, Prefers Diplomacy But Won?t Rule Out Military Force



Obama warns Iran: ‘come clean’ on nukes PITTSBURGH ? President Barack Obama declared Friday that Iran is on a path to confrontation with world powers unless it agrees to “come clean” and disclose all its nuclear activities. He said he would not rule out military action. Obama joined the leaders of Britain and France in accusing the [...]...
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Pulping The Policy



This was David Bartlett’s statement ending, or so we thought, support for the Gunns pulp mill in June last year: “The government has drawn a line in the sand regarding any future government involvement in this project.” And in July last year: “The Tasmanian people have a right to say ‘enough is enough’ ... The Tasmanian government will no longer be involved in this project.” Little wonder, then, that Tasmanians were bemused to learn this week that Bartlett’s Treasurer Michael Aird was in E...
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What We Can’t Conquer, We Buy By Siv O’neall



By Siv O’Neall Featured WriterDandelion Saladaxisoflogic.com September 25, 2009Lunacy is ruling the world. Eternal wars, environmental damage, neglect of the common people, are all proof of the total lack of common sense. The ever-increasing movement towards inequality and the gradual strangling of democracy are signs that people matter no more. Culture has been replaced by the accumulation of material goods. Information has turned into mass propaganda. The truth is of no significance. Greed has...
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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Bill And Hillary, Episode #314,(the Best Telenovella Of All Time!).



It seems to be an open secret that Hillary is looking in the mirror every morning and asking herself just what the hell she was thinking that day when she accepted the SOS job from this charlatan. In her position, I'd be royally pissed-off too. I mean, when her last around the world trip to meet and greet heads of state consisted of stops from Reykyevik to Terra del Fuego, I think snogging Bill in public like that is an open declaration war for '12. Stay tuned for episode #315, next week. Sh...
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So, Basically, If You're Not A Republican And You Reject The Public Insurance Option, You Vote Against Your Constituents



Those Socialist Americans A quarter of the American people (26 percent, to be exact), according to Friday morning’s New York Times/CBS News poll , believe that the health-care reform bills floating around Congress will create governmental death panels, while just 23 percent say they won’t. Another 30 percent believe that the bills will allow federal tax dollars to go towards the purchase of insurance by illegal immigrants, while just 22 percent say they won’t. The right-wing noise machine ha...
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Families Separated By Korean War Meet At Rare Reunion



SEOUL - Hundreds of North and South Koreans separated by the Korean War (1950-53) met north of the border Saturday in the first such reunion in two years, a report said. Ninety-six South Koreans travelled across the Demilitarised Zone in the morning to meet their families at the Mount Kumgang resort on North Korea’s east coast, [...]...
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How Do You Scare A New Yorker On Halloween? Dress As A Republican. (or, A ?bête Noir? Party)



Рfrom the 1912 edition of "Dame Curtsey's book of party pastimes for the up-to-date hostess," by Ellye Howell Glover: "Chapter X: Pastimes for October. For Allhallow Eve" Did you ever attend a B̻te Noir party? Well, they are great fun. Of course, everyone knows that "b̻te noir" is the French for whatever a person detests or cordially hates. So all the guests appeared wearing what to them was their greatest horror. So, what would be an example of a "B̻te Noir" costume? An unmarried girl of uncer...
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Monday, February 8, 2010

Update 3-serta Owner To Buy Simmons In $760 Mln Deal(chap 11 For Simmons)



UPDATE 3-Serta owner to buy Simmons in $760 mln deal Sat Sep 26, 2009 1:29am IST (Recasts, adds information about Serta) * Simmons and Serta combined beat out Sealy * Simmons will file for bankruptcy By Caroline Humer NEW YORK, Sept 25 (Reuters) – Mattress makers Simmons and Serta are planning to dethrone competitor Sealy as the world's largest mattress company in a $760 million deal that includes Simmons filing for bankruptcy. Simmons Co said on Friday that it has put together a restructuring p...
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Whither The Australian Left?



When I first settled in Australia some twenty years ago, I wrote a major article on the Left in Australia. I spent a month or more trawling through all the leftist publications I could find (the Internet was not an option back then). After this lengthy period of research, I wrote a large piece summarising my findings (a shorter version of which appeared in the August 1990 IPA Review ). This week in the Australian a six-part series on the Left appeared. It is interesting to read these articl...
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Straying’s Over, Rover, The State Is Watching You



Even dogs cannot escape the surveillance state. Under plans to be put forward by both Labour and the Conservatives at the next election, all dogs will have to be fitted with a microchip with their owner’s name, address and phone number. In addition, a national database will hold details of all dogs in the country, [...]...
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The Uncooperative Radio Show! - Oct 03,2009



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Sunday, February 7, 2010

More Fodder For Frac Act Backers As Pa. Officials Shut Down Fracking Ops



State Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) officials in Pennsylvania have ordered Texas-based Cabot Oil and Gas to stop all hydraulic fracturing activities in Susquehanna County after a series of chemical spills into local groundwater supplies. ProPublica reported on Friday that DEP officials shut down all of Cabot’s hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in response to the latest of three spills traced to the company and its drilling-service contractors, Halliburton and Baker Tanks....
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Brazil Seeks Closer Trade Ties With Iran



PITTSBURGH - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said his country wants increased trade relations and dialogue with Iran, despite confirmation that Tehran has built a second nuclear-enrichment plant. “Brazil has good trade relations with Iran and we want to strengthen them,” Lula told a press conference after the G-20 summit. The president said he [...]...
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Sunday Morning Comin’ Down



The "Have a definite opinion. " edition. RIP William Safire : William Safire, Nixon Speechwriter and Times Columnist, Is Dead at 79 William Safire, a speechwriter for President Richard M. Nixon and a Pulitzer Prize-winning political columnist for The New York Times who also wrote novels, books on politics and a Malaprop’s treasury of articles on language, died at a hospice in Rockville, Md. on Sunday. He was 79. The cause was pancreatic cancer, said Martin Tolchin, a friend of the fam...
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Mccain: "i Sympathize With The President" On Afghanistan



Sen. John McCain, the Republican from Arizona who ran last year against Barack Obama to become the next commander-in-chief, says he can "sympathize" with the president now over the tough choices the Obama faces in Afghanistan. U.S. commanders there have called for the insertion of tens of thousands of more American troops, but Obama is still reviewing those recommendations. "By the way, I sympathize with the president," McCain said on ABC's "This Week." "The base of his party, the left base of h...
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Marco Rubio Vs. Charlie Crist. The Rocky Balboa Fight Of Politics.



The Rocky Balboa fight of politics is occurring right before our eyes here in the Sunshine State. Charlie Crist, the ever-popular governor of Florida with approval ratings in the 60's is getting more than he ever bargained for in his race for the United States Senate from Marco Rubio, the former speaker of the house in the Florida state legislature. The pundits predicted an early landslide. The Republican establishment in Florida offered Rubio an easier office to win. Maybe Attorney General? Rub...
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Saturday, February 6, 2010

Gadget Can Diagnose Prostate Cancer In 30 Minutes



Toronto researchers have developed a portable device they say will accurately diagnose prostate cancer in 30 minutes. The microchip technology, created by a pair of University of Toronto scientists, will be able to determine the severity of the tumours through a simple urine sample and produce quick diagnosis with no need for painful biopsies. Share and Enjoy: Original article: Forum: News/Activism...
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Well It Turns Out That Microsoft Ad Was A Porno



By David Ponce All that was needed to reveal the hidden sexual innuendos in last week’s article about MS’ Launch Party Instructional Video was a few well placed bleeps. It’s really sort of creepy. Just watch the above video and you’ll understand. And for those of you dense enough to need things spelled out, yes, this is a joke. VIA [ BoingBoing Gadgets ]...
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Eu Seeks To Regulate Mp3 Volume [ipods And Other Mp3 Players Should Have Volume Limit Says European Commission]



Audioholics beware. The days of blasting your iPods and your Zunes at ear piercing volumes may just be over.  Why you may ask? Well that’s what the Powers of Be at the European Commission have decided. The European Commission has issued new volume standards that ensure that the MP3 totting generation don’t end up losing their hearing while grooving to their favourite tunes. This means that now companies that manufacture music players  like Apple, Sony and Creative have to make small technical ch...
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Keepin’ It Real Fake, Part Ccxxxvi: Nokia N900 Rip Shows No Trademark Fear



It's pretty typical for serial KIRFers to make minor changes to the names of the brands they're ripping -- take Sany Ericssan , for example -- but we've never really known why. "Go big or go home" is the KIRF mantra we prefer to live by, and if you're going to gank a phone's design, by golly, do it with gusto. Give it 110 percent. In your heart, after all, that NOKLA's really a Nokia -- it's what you feel deep inside that really matters, and no well-staffed, well-funded Finnish legal team can...
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Friday, February 5, 2010

Intel Pentium Dual-core E6500k: [xekleidotos] And. Beautiful



Intel, in order to it rivals with claims the AMD in the particularly important &amp? quot? mainstream&amp? quot? department of market (substantially what yields the higher profits after is realised most sales) began the disposal of important dual-core processor, Intel Pentium Dual-Core E6500K, which has a important advantage, beyond his low price. [...]...
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Freecom Struts Out World's Only Usb 3.0 External Hard Drive



No frills, sauciness, or eye-candy here. Instead, it is a hard drive that claims to hold enough raw speed to help you cruise to USB 3.0 readiness, supposedly to become a worldwide standard by 2012. It is XS 3.0, the world’s first USB 3.0 external hard drive announced by Freecom. The hard drive guarantees rapid transfer speeds thanks to its ‘SuperSpeed USB’ technology, and what you will see on the grounds as proof of that claim is currently the quoted 130MB/s speed. Freecom is expected to launc...
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Forget Hustle In The Age Of Mechanization?



Professionals, after achieving a lot of victory in the section of automation, are these days occupied in automating kitchen and its several appliances. These days, no doubt they are occupied with a very needful work, they are also encircled by hundreds of women, who are telling them the extent that mechanization has in transforming the kitchen more modernized and more technical. The advantage that Technology and Mechanization has done to various section is clearly noticeable. Be it the learning...
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Thursday, February 4, 2010

Hp Dreamscreens Now Has Facebook And Pandora Features



If you’re a big fanatic of social networking sites like Facebook and Pandora, then it’s time for you to purchase this gadget that will help you to stay constantly connected with these Internet sites. The HP DreamScreens can now connect wirelessly to any network as they will allow users to access their Facebook feeds, listen music through Pandora or check your photos through Snapfish. By installing and downloading widgets into the device, you will be able to have access to the said sites. “Co...
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The Stunning Thermaltake Level 10 Pc Case



The Stunning Thermaltake Level 10 PC Case This may looks like a well-made homebrewed PC case mod but it’s actually a commercially produced PC case from Thermaltake called the Level 10. It costs around $700 (yes for just the case) but wow is it a looker. With the low cost of internal computer components these days, even an expensive case like this wouldn’t make your computer cost too much more in total than it would have just a few years back. Yes, I just attempted to justify spending $...
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Utility Of San Francisco Fresh Flowers Bouquet



paragraphs = 5 Dynamic Announcement insertion point Flowers are the best means to express your feelings and gratitude towards someone. It is a well known fact that ladies love flowers the same way as gents love gadgets. If you are also planning to surprise your lady love then San Francisco fresh flowers are simply the ideal option. The San Francisco floral arrangement includes a number of fresh flowers like Peruvian lilies, carnations, tulips, orchids...
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$1m ‘batman’ Batmobile Replica Amazes



I have to admit that this $1 million 700hp Batmobile, built over a 1973 Lincoln Continental chassis, looks amazing. Even without seeing its interior, which apparently is loaded with gadgets, from rear-view cameras to a plasma TV....
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010

One Handed Mandoline Slicer



One-handed mandoline slicer makes easy, uniform cuts swiftly and safely. Slice, julienne or grate using three different quick-change blades that come with a storage case. link...
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Livestream Livepack: A ’satellite Television Truck In A Backpack’



“Game changing” is thrown around way too frequently these days, but man, this thing just might be. The Livepack is being described as “a satellite television truck in a backpack” by creator Livestream, and for all intents and purposes, it is. Put simply (or as simply as possible), the pack includes everything one would need to stream “HD quality” footage: encoding hardware, a Firewire cable and the real kicker, a built-in wireless connection with six load-balanced 3G modems over three carriers...
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Find Useful Information About Blu Ray Technology



Blu Ray technology as a style of the life, Today when we surrounded with lots of up-to-date technologies it is too important to do some things – you have to be very selective when choosing some kind of technology. But you have to be assuring that Blu Ray technology for DVD is the best technology nowadays to record, to store and to watch your films on DVD. Why Blu Ray technology is too popular and how was it born? The Blu Ray technology for DVD is too popular because it provides you to storage mo...
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Crazy Pet Bed That Looks Like A Giant Crocs Shoe



Now for something that I doubt any of you thought you’d ever see… It’s a Sasquatch pet bed that looks like a ginormous plastic shoe. It measures 31 inches long x 14 inches tall x 14 inches wide and as an easy to remove / wash fleece lining which they call … [ visit site to read more ] Filed in categories: Pet Gadgets , Spotlight Gadgets Tagged: Pets Crazy pet bed that looks like a giant Crocs shoe originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on September 30, 2009 at 6:05 pm....
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Facebook’s Plan To Trounce Orkut In India May Be Working



With the growing market of internet users in the country, India has become a battlefield for social networks. Google-owned Orkut has long been the most popular social network in India, with Facebook fighting to catch up. But Facebook has been upping the ante over the past few months, and according to August’s ComScore numbers, the plan may be working...
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Blackberry Storm 2 Hitting Verizon Wireless Around October 25th?



One of our ninjas just blessed us with a product inventory shot from Best Buy. It shows that Best Buy locations will be getting BlackBerry Storm 2 dummy units starting October 25th. Why is that important? Well, as it was explained to us, actual retail units start to come in a little bit before or a little bit after those dummy models hit. Have the hunger for one more piece of Storm 2 info? Fine. We’ve also been told the unit will retail for $599 at Best Buy locations with no service agreement....
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Screen Grabs: Dell’s Adamo Keeps Patient Company On House



Screen Grabs chronicles the uses (and misuses) of real-world gadgets in today’s movies and TV. Send in your sightings (with screen grab!) to screengrabs at engadget dt com. Heads-up, folks: fall TV is in full swing, and the newest season of House M.D. has already delivered on more than one front. Aside from convincing you that a hospital really is no place to spend the majority of your day, Hugh Laurie’s money maker is also subtly whispering to you that a Dell Adamo would suit...
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Wifi-enabled Bathroom Scale To Scare The Overweight [withings Connected Scale Stores Your Weight Online, Available In The Us, Beware]



Those who’re looking for a way to track their weight have a new piece of technology to do with, now that the humble bathroom scale has been taken to a whole new level. Created by the creative folks from Withings, what you’re looking at is a stylish Wi-Fi enabled bathroom scale that makes sure it remembers things that you’d rather forget. Meaning that it automatically registers weight, fat and BMI calculation, and stores everything online. (more…) See: WiFi-enabled Bathroom Scale to Scare...
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Monday, February 1, 2010

Launchpad For Ableton Live



Novation and Ableton have joined forces to bring out a new controller for Live called Launchpad. With 64 pads, 4 modes and an expected pricetag of USD 199/149 Euro, launchpad looks to be a very popular controller this Holiday season. Weighing in at just over 700 grams Live performers will love its big colorful lit buttons.  The [...]...
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Zipit Z2 Hack - Make It Run Linux



http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/38-zipit-wireless-messenger-receives-linux-injection-becomes/#continued Yep - you got a Zipit Z2 ? Now it can be a super cool netbook. turn a virgin Zipit Z2 into a full-featured Linux machine in under five minutes, as shown in the video below. To do the same all you need is Hunter's hacked firmware and a microSD card to throw it onto. Once completely tweaked you'll get full mouse support, WiFi connectivity, and even audio output so that you can rock som...
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September Price Drop Part 2: Nintendo Wii For 199.99 Usd



September price drop part 2: Nintendo Wii for 199.99 USD Unlike Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii suffers smaller impact from Sony PlayStation 3 Slim arrival. But as it appeared they also decided to price for their bundle a bit. Why? Well, our idea is that Wii has been around for quite a while now and the new one is coming. In fact come to think of it, Wii is the oldest of the three. But still the same fun as it was two years back, I’m I right? This is the thing about gaming consoles - they depreciate sl...
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Fl - Miami-dade Homeless Trust Launches Public Campaign



View the article here Book speaks in generalities... How big (or how small) are the portions that are used for the stated purposes? He might keep 99% of the money and his statements would still be true. 10/01/2009 By JULIE BROWN The next time you see a panhandler on the street, instead of handing him or her a few dollars, the Miami-Dade Homeless Trust wants you to hand out a business card. Not just any business card -- one that gives them the number for the county's homeless ho...
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