What, who doesn’t roll in an Acura with 28 video monitors, three DVD players, a TravelPilot navigation system, Sirius receiver, under-dash PS2, and two rearview cameras? Basically the only thing the Acurabot is missing is the ability to shoot surface-to-surface missiles and actually transform into a humanoid shape. P.S. – Don’t miss Optimus Prime in [...]
Entries from April 30th, 2005
Dutch Goverment Wants To Pass iPod Tax
April 29th, 2005 · No Comments · Apple, Freedom & Democracy, Mobiles & Gadgets
The Register writes: A Netherlands proposed tax on MP3 players could devastate sales of hard disk players, and set up international waves over copyright legislation. The tax is being proposed by the Stichting Thuiskopie foundation, and is set to become law in the Netherlands in a few short months unless the European Commission finds a [...]
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Economy Class Burials
April 28th, 2005 · No Comments · News
It seems that some people in Australia have been inspired by Easyjet and are about to start an el Cheapo cemetery. Excerpt: After more than 15 years, Victorian company Palacom has won the right to establish what is believed to be Australia’s first vertical cemetery, in which bodies will be buried on their feet. The [...]
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Sweet Sweet HTPC Case
April 28th, 2005 · No Comments · Cool Geeky Stuff, Hardware, Mobiles & Gadgets
HTPCnews has written a review of the Uneed International x.15E HTPC case. Excerpt: The Uneed x15 case certainly is unique and fairly well designed case. The touch screen was a great add on that really makes this case stand out from the rest of the market and even allows you to put your own personal [...]
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It Finally Flies!
April 27th, 2005 · No Comments · Business, Flight & Space Travel, News
The Airbus A380 has finally taken to the air, so reports the BBC: The world’s largest passenger plane, the Airbus A380, is on its long-awaited maiden flight. Thousands of aeroplane enthusiasts, many of them clapping and cheering, witnessed the twin-deck “superjumbo” taking to the air for the first time. The flight was due to last [...]
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MPAA Paying Off Cops?
April 27th, 2005 · 3 Comments · News, Warez
It seems that Internal Affairs is investigating the NYPD for taking bribes from the MPAA. Excerpt: Two NYPD veterans are being investigated by Internal Affairs for allegedly accepting payoffs from the motion-picture industry to arrest vendors of pirated DVDs, law-enforcement sources told The Post. One officer, a sergeant on the force since 1992, has been [...]
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Most Wired Hotel In The World
April 26th, 2005 · No Comments · Business, Cool Geeky Stuff, Middle East, Security, Telephony
Or so they boast at the Emirates Palace, a mammoth beachfront resort in Abu Dhabi. In addition to the usual video-on-demand, WiFi and remote-control everything that discriminating travelers have come to expect, the hotel has boosted its security, with no fewer than 16 firewalls, secure telephones and 3.5TB of secure storage. Summoned Up: A hackers [...]
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Hackers Attack IT Conference
April 26th, 2005 · No Comments · Security
Hackers infiltrated an IT exhibition last week and attacked delegates’ computers with a new type of wireless attack. Security experts attending the Wireless LAN Event in London last Wedesday found that anonymous hackers in the crowd had created a Web site that looked like a genuine log-in page for a Wi-Fi network, but which actually [...]
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Sony PSP 1st September Release Date
April 26th, 2005 · No Comments · Cool Geeky Stuff, Hardware, Mobiles & Gadgets, Video Games
Finally, a date has been set for the European PSP release: the 1st of September. It will be released as a value pack, including: PSP with protective case 32 MB Memory Stick Battery Pack Headset with controls Power plug (duh) Belt A video-/music-/gamesampler on Universal Media Disc (UMD) Demogames All the above for a measly [...]
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Monkeys To Join SWAT Team?
April 24th, 2005 · 2 Comments · Humor, News
AlJazeera reports on a new test in the US to evaluate the use of monkeys on SWAT teams: A US police department in Arizona intends to follow through on a proposal to train a capuchin monkey for high-risk police operations. A Special Weapons and Tactics (Swat) veteran from Phoenix, Sean Truelove, has researched the possibility [...]
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