Tech and Amusing Stuff

And what do we do if just the opposite happens — a strike on Iran unifies Iranians behind the regime? An Administration official told me it’s not even a consideration. “IRGC IED’s are a casus belli for this Administration. There will be an attack on Iran.”

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“It seems that a survey company, namely one conducted by Chicago-based consulting firm User Centric, seems to indicate the following: The iPhone’s keyboard is slower than your average phone keypad. How much slower? Roughly 2x as slow, taking study participants almost twice as long to compose messages than it did on other QWERTY-equipped handsets. Okay…we’re willing to entertain the idea, but there are a couple of glaring issues here that bear exploration. First off, the study participants were not iPhone users. They were all given an iPhone, and asked to type 6 messages. 6? That’s assuming one heck of a quick learning curve, as it took me way more than 6 emails to get used to the new keyboard layout on my BlackBerry 8800, let alone an unorthodox design such as the iPhone’s touch-screen. Second, the study explored the habits of just 20 participants, hardly enough to establish the groundwork for such a sweeping accusation. The iPhone’s keyboard is a different beast, and it’s fair to say that some people are having issues with it, but twisting statistics to create a sensational headline is a bit ridiculous if you ask us…that said, in an attempt to counteract the points levied in this study, we did a little “study” of our own. The results: The Boy Genius can type faster on his iPhone than anyone. Anywhere. Anytime. Do I smell a challenge here? Bring on the iPhone-typing YouTube videos!”

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“We received word that the long rumored Blackberry 8820 has been received in AT&T warehouses across the country. So far they’re trying to keep this pretty little number on the hush-hush. The fear is that that people will wait until this device is released to buy their new BlackBerry units, which leaves them stuck with BlackBerry 8800s. A reliable source hit us up with some intel saying AT&T is releasing it as a quiet update, and will not be shipping any BlackBerry 8820’s to all stores nationally. Instead, they will ship the product on a store by store basis depending on the current BlackBerry 8800 supply. To sum this up: You’re local store most probably isn’t getting any BlackBerry 8820s until their stock of BlackBerry 8800s is depleted. AT&T did this once before with the Nokia 6102i when they decided to add Bluetooth support to the unit. We would tell you they’re holding off on even a press release, but with general consumer interest around this device, we can’t see them doing that. At this time, as far as we know, there are no actual BlackBerry 8820s units in stores, but we expect them very soon. Price point is also slated to remain at the $299 mark with a 2-year contract. Happy WiFi’in, folks.”

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It will house 1 million people

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That was not expected

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120 million PS2/PStwo consoles prepare to become modded via the use of a plug ‘n play advanced custom memory card! A new product is preparing to be launched within the next two weeks which gives PS2/PSTwo owners all the functions of an advanced PS2 mod chip but directly from an advanced plug ‘n play memory card.

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Richard Cullen of SurfControl, an internet filtering company, estimates the site may be costing Australian businesses $5 billion a year. “Our analysis shows that Facebook is the new, and costly, time-waster,” he said. The report calculates that if an employee spends an hour each day on Facebook, it costs the company more than $6200 a year.

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“The black version of Nokia’s N95 has hit the FCC, featuring 8GB of storage in addition to the new exterior. There’s no mention of a 3G HSDPA connection, which it was rumored to have. We think there will in fact be a 3G connection on here, as there are links that point to Nokia.com/music in the filing and downloading music to a phone wirelessly would be pretty painful on a 2G connection. Not a lot of new info otherwise; we’ll keep you posted as this becomes official.”

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Hundreds of naked people formed a “living sculpture” on Switzerland’s Aletsch glacier Saturday, hoping to raise awareness about climate change.

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This is an early Apple product, though never meant for production. Its an inmense briefcase and was built by Daniel Kottke built, in 1980, when he worked for Apple, it served as a personal compute as well as a portable music player

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Descendants of Holocaust survivors have higher rates of depression, anxiety and trust problems three generations on, Australian research shows.A new study from the University of Queensland has highlighted the profound influence the Holocaust had both on its direct survivors and their relatives more than 60 year after the World World II atrocity.

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Best Private Parking Sign Ever.

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