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Is Steve Jobs Really Sick? Or Really Healthy?

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:17:00 +0000

Rumors have been circulating for weeks that Apple CEO Steve Jobs is sick. The reason is that during his WWDC iPhone 3G announcement keynote, Jobs arised to have lost weight since the last iPhone rollout a year ago. But Forbes.com has another theory: What whether Jobs lost weight considering he’s SUP…

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Found Photo: Go In Style With Fanboy Coffins

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:24:00 +0000

The UK gadget rag T3 mocked up some ultimate FANBOY COFFINS for dead Grand Theft Auto, Halo, Wii, Vista, Apple and iPhone fans.

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McDonald’s Drinks In TV Product Placement = Fake!

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:50:00 +0000

If that doesn’t ring clear as a harbinger of the Apocolypse, I don’t know what does. A Las Vegas dawn news program is now being paid by McDonald’s for a product placement. That’s right: Product placement on the news. But here’s the best part: The McDonald’s iced coffee beverages on the desk aren’t e…

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McDonald’s News Product Placement Drinks Are Fake!

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:50:00 +0000

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Why Apple and China are Simply Incompatible

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:37:00 +0000

The Beijing Olympics start in two weeks. But for Apple, the China games have already begun. The company opened a shiny new Apple store in Beijing Saturday — the “first of many” in China, according to an Apple official. The race is on. But is that an event Apple can win? China is a coveted market. B…

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Lying With Photoshop — UK Edition

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:49:00 +0000

The UK publication, The Sun, was caught ERASING THE CAPTAIN of a tiny boat that restricted Prince William and seven sailors. Well, they didn’t erase all of him. You can still see his disembodied leg in the altered photo.

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University to Develop GPS for NASA. For the Moon!

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:26:00 +0000

NASA has awarded a $1.2 million contract to Ohio State University to develop a kind of GPS SYSTEM FOR THE MOON that doesn’t involve regular GPS satellites. Called the Lunar Astronaut Spatial Orientation and knowledge System (LASOIS), the system will use lunar beacons, stereo cameras and orbital imag…

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Esquire Mag Cover to Feature Electronic Paper

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:45:00 +0000

Esquire Magazine is planning to be the first magazine ever to use ELECTRONIC PAPER ON ITS COVER. Funded partly by advertiser Ford, and working with with E Ink Corporation (the public who construct the screen for the Amazon Kindle), Esquire will create a cover where words and images scroll. On the in…

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Worst USB Gadget Yet: Otaku VR Cyber Maid

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:53:00 +0000

Japan’s Geisha Tokyo Entertainment announced a product called “Dennoh Figure ARis,” or Cyber Figure Alice, that will hit stores in the fall. Here’s how it works. You plug an included “cube” and an included “stick” into your PC and run the software. An interactive 3D “maid” appears on screen standing…

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GPS Has Caused 300,000 Car Accidents In UK

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:48:00 +0000

A survey by Direct Line insurance conducted on behalf of the Mirror found that some 300,000 accidents in the UK have been caused by RELIANCE ON GPS, 1.5 million have “suddenly veered dangerously or illegally in busy traffic,” while slavishly obeying the orders of their GPS devices, and a whopping 5 …

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