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- Written: September 29th, 2005
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- By: MarkB
How far is too far?
So I'm all for good branding. I was standing in the shower the other day, lost for something to do, and I found myself thinking what a great name was chosen for what has been probably Apple's biggest seller, the iPod. Clever, short, catchy, techie and kinda yuppy-ish too. Perfect for today's youth. But then began the onslaught of products that followed suit either by their names using the 'i' prefix or by companies making accessories for the Ipod. Great, side-companies making ...
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- Written: September 14th, 2005
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- By: Dale
Bugati Veyron 16.4
How do you like them apples. I aint really one o' them live for your cars type folk but this puppy sure turned my head.
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- Written: August 19th, 2005
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- By: MarkB
For Sale: Turbine Powered Toyota MR2
No jokes.. Some guy had the money, time and the know-how to mount 2 General Electric T-58-3 Turbines into his MR2. This monster has 4 fuel tanks that run on Jet A Fuel. Its equipped with many safety features that most standard turbine powered cars come with... fire detection, fire surpression, roll cage and power steering for those hair-pin corners at 200km/hr....
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- Written: August 17th, 2005
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- By: MarkB
Canyon Computer Monitors
I'm aware that these monitors have been around for quite a while and this is no breaking news entry, but damn.. I had to make a formal comment on these babies. These multi-screen computer monitors made by the company known simply as 'L' have broken every rule in the book. Talk about immersive graphics! I bet if you typed fast enough, you could get whiplash just watching the cursor. Specs (you might want ...
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- Written: August 12th, 2005
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- By: MarkB
Numark I-DJ
Wow! Gadget of the week by far! Numark has developed the DJ setup for the nu-age DJ. No more lugging around huge CD wallets (which can get stolen out of your car), now you rock up at your party with your two Ipods and just plug them into this baby:
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- Written: August 4th, 2005
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- By: MarkB
Smallest MP3 Player Ever
The mobiBLU Cube is only a square 1 inch in size and features a hot blue LED display that gives you track names, battery status, the works! Its a 512mb mp3 player that'll give you around 10 hours of music and from the looks of it, is available only at Walmart. It seems in the world of tech and gadgets, size does matter and the smaller the better. But can it ...
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- Written: July 26th, 2005
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- By: jv
Microsoft lays down the Longhorn
Thursday July 21st, 2005. The Redmond offices have finally dropped the horrific code-name Longhorn with the announcement that that the next iteration of the Windows OS will indeed be called ... Windows Vista. According to all of the industry insiders, Beta 1 of Windows Vista will be available as soon as August 2005, whilst release versions will only be printed in the second half of 2006. To quote activewin: Microsoft Windows Vista is a ...
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- Written: June 7th, 2005
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- By: Dale
HAL-5 Robot suit for old folk
You gotta love the Japenese, they don't get nearly enough credit for the HUGE dent they have made on society though. No rather we ridicule and make fun of , as usual, it's just more fun. Here are some the unfortunates: Divets: www.japinventions.com www.japinvents.com And here is how the Japs redeem themselves: Dents: HAL-5 www.hal5.com This suit is incredible. ...
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- Written: May 31st, 2005
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- By: MarkB
GPS Panties
So you're a worried father of dating daughters, or you're the paranoid geeky husband of a gorgeous wife. How can you tell if you're daughters and wives are nothing getting into...er...trouble? GPS Panties Forget-Me-Not-Panties are the answer to peace of mind for concerned dad's and husband's the world over. Equipped with a GPS Transmitter, you're able to get the location of your loved one any time of day or night, including a few ...
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- Written: May 20th, 2005
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- By: MarkB
Software Piracy
We've all done it...in one form or another right?...borrowed 60 stiffy discs to copy Wolfenstein from your mates best friends neighbours commodore computer? Yeah, well things have gotten waaay worse since then. A report by Business Software Alliance showed that thirty-five percent of all software installed on PC's is pirated! 35%! Thats a crap load! The losses therefrom? $29-33 billion dollars! The countries that are most at fault are Vietnam, Ukraine, China, and Zimbabwe. A monstrous 90% of software installed in ...