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Further to my previous post… looks like I am not the o
2007-01-15 21:29:01
Further to my previous post… looks like I am not the only one to see it this way! From Techzoogle: Why did Apple go ahead using iPhone brand name?
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A study has shown that men prefer curvy females than very th
2007-01-15 21:29:01
A study has shown that men prefer curvy females than very thin ones… …not much to say here… but seriously, did they really need a STUDY to find out that men like curves??? I personally go for curvy :) Seriously!! –> {more}
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The United States seems to have also gotten the flu this win
2007-01-15 21:29:01
The United State s seems to have also gotten the flu this winter, as temperatures freeze over in Southern California particularly.  Who knows, maybe ‘The Day After Tomorrow‘ was no so fictitious after all!! [just kidding!!] [Southern California] [Film: The Day After Tomorrow] –> {more}
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“Hold Your Wee for a Wii” was the name of a radi
2007-01-15 21:29:01
“Hold Your Wee for a Wii ” was the name of a radio competition in California… I doubt I really need to explain what was required, but for the sake of those who are still waking up, the person who could hold their pee longest would win a Nintendo Wii console. …unfortunately for one woman, this led to water intoxication. –> {more}
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…and rightly so!! Shawn Hornbeck vanished 5 years ago,
2007-01-15 21:29:01
…and rightly so!! Shawn Hornbeck vanished 5 years ago, in 2002, when he was still 11. Searches for the kid had proved futile. Last Monday, Ben Ownby, 13, also disappeared… police searches eventually found him in an apartment with another 15 year old kid… Shawn Hornbeck! –> {more}
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Two unfortunate miners in West Virginia have died due to the
2007-01-15 21:29:01
Two unfortunate miners in West Virgin ia have died due to the roof collapse of the mine they were working in, safety officials say. It seems the poor guys were trapped for several hours, up to 3kn inwards from the entrance of Brooks Run mine. There was another accident at this mine way back in 2004, when maintenance foreman was smothered in 3′ of coal :( –> Two die in US mine roof collapse
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Here’s a good joke that should make a couple of people
2007-01-15 21:29:01
Here’s a good joke that should make a couple of people smile :) A man, his son, and a dog walk into a bar. “Ow!” “Ow!” “Woof!”
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I had to share this… isn’t this photo just amazi
2007-01-15 21:29:01
I had to share this… isn’t this photo just amazing? Unfortunately, it was sad to discover that such an amazing photo is in fact nothing other than a test launch of a missile called the LGM-118A Peacekeeper Missile.  To be precise, it is a so-called Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, capable of travelling in excess of 5,000km, a very well suited for the delivery of nuclear warheads [presumably not to friends] Now why would they call such a savage beast of a missile a ‘Peacekeeper’? How about calling it a ‘Silencer’? –> LGM-118A Peacekeeper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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25 years old! Would you believe it? At times I still find t
2007-01-15 21:29:01
25 years old! Would you believe it? At times I still find these things hard to believe… basically the IBM-PC is just about my age now, and when I look at the advancements in the industry, I almost shy away… then again I didn’t have a couple of million individuals solely focused on advancing me :) …and to think that this poor baby is going to die so soon! Face it, the more time goes by, the more the desktop is losing popularity… instead, people are going for handheld solutions or notebooks. I personally have just transitioned to the ‘I-will-only-have-a-notebook-for-a- personal-PC’ phase… and since I have a particular love for large and wide screens [my notebook is 17″ wide-screen]… and am also a pretty power hungry user, I doubt I will ever go for anything smaller than a notebook, thinner maybe… not unless the display as we know it become obsolete, and some funky new visual interface is invented. …especially sin...
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In an interesting turn of events, it looks like Cisco does n
2007-01-15 21:29:01
In an interesting turn of events, it looks like Cisco does not really own the iPhone trademark any longer!  Apparently, this is a result of their not paying enough attention to it!! ;) –> Read more on Zdnet!
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With all the hype about the iPhone going on, it was inevitab
2007-01-15 21:29:01
With all the hype about the iPhone going on, it was inevitable that someone would come up with an iPhone-on-a-Windows-PDA solution! –> look here!!
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In an interesting discovery by Window X’s Shrine, LG&#
2007-01-15 21:29:01
In an interesting discovery by Wind ow X’s Shrine, LG’s KE850 seems to be ‘very closely related’ to Apple’s iPhone… …coincidence? –> iPhone & LG KE850 - Twins?
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Following a Pacific quake, eastern Japan was hit by a small
2007-01-15 21:29:01
Following a Pacific quake, eastern Japan was hit by a small tsunami on Saturday.  Thankfully the earthquake had the authorities warning Japan, Alaska and Russia about an impending tsunami! –> Small tsunami waves hit Japan after Pacific quake
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Henry David Thoreau “The price of anything is the amou
2007-01-15 21:29:01
Henry David Thoreau “The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.”
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Note: This post is in Maltese. Wara tletin sena, fi ?mien t
2007-01-15 21:29:01
Note : This post is in Malte se. War a tletin sena, fi ?mien tnax il-?urnata o?ra, Malta ser ikollha Ar?isqof ?did. B?ala ?elebrazzjoni ta’ dan il-fatt, t?ejja programm ta’ attivitajiet li jkopru min-nhar it-Tnejn li g?adda u li jibqaw g?addejjin sas-sitta u g?oxrin ta’ Jannar, dak in-nhar ta’ l-Ordinazzjoni Episkopali ta’ Patri Pawl Cremona Source: 12 il-?unata o?ra Patri Pawl Cremona jkun ordnat Ar?isqof Originally published on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 12:56:58 GMT by Silvana ZAMMIT
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It looks like Microsoft are back on the Internet browser wag
2007-01-15 21:29:01
It looks like Microsoft are back on the Inter net browser wagon and waging war on ‘competitors’, very reminiscent of earlier days when Microsoft was battling Netscape out of the market! Folks at Microsoft have informed that IE 8.0 is already in development… who knows what is in store?  Though one thing is for sure, if Microsoft want to eat up a market, they sure have the capital to do so.  Survival of the fittest I guess! Personally though, when it comes to something like an Internet browser, unless the users are given an easy way of modifying it to their hearts’ content, I seriously doubt IE will ever fully regain it’s stand.  Face it, if a ‘community’ is going to be using the browser, then let the ‘community’ define what goes in each individual browser. IE’s offering, though customizable, is eons away from being as customizable as FireFox.  A FireFox browser can almost...
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This is possibly one of the coolest flash animations I have
2007-01-15 21:29:01
This is possibly one of the coolest flash animations I have seen in a LONG time! I received this link via email, and unfortunately do not know who made it or whom to attribute it to. Just whoever you are, if you did this, you’re simply awesome! This is ART! Seriously –> Go here!!
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Italian scientists have made a reconstruction of the face of
2007-01-15 21:29:01
Italian scientists have made a reconstruction of the face of the poet Dante some 700 years after he died and have found some surprises, particularly about the supposed shape of his famous aquiline nose. “It was a surprise for me too,” said Professor Giorgio Gruppioni, an anthropologist at the University of Bologna’s campus in Ravenna, the Adriatic city where Dante is buried. Gruppioni told Reuters in a telephone interview that the multi-disciplinary project discovered that Dante probably did have a hooked nose but it was pudgy rather than pointy and crooked rather than straight, almost as if he had been punched. “We all had our ideas of what Dante looked like. But if this is right, it shows his face was different,” he said. “He looks more like a common man, a man on the street.” –> {more}
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Apple either didn’t think this through properly, or el
2007-01-15 21:29:01
Apple either didn’t think this through properly, or else, they are so used to being sued that they are actually using it as some sort of viral marketing. Now, not only does Apple have to worry about the Cisco suit, but Nortel is also suing them for using the term ‘Visual Voicemail’ …think about it though. I am no market guru, but say Apple looses both suits, maybe at $5m each… wouldn’t you think that with this exaggerated amount of marketing being produced, that they would eventually make so much money out of it, that a mere $10m will seem silly. Makes sense to me! And seriously, I have set up news watches for most ‘hot’ topics right now, and the iPhone tops them all! (so do the number of blogs here since the expo!) Source: Nortel may sue Apple over iPhone - Inquirer Originally published on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 12:00:00 GMT
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Following a full day of no news in relation to the missing
2007-01-15 21:29:01
Following a full day of no news in relation to the missing Indonesia jet, there is finally a report via Reuters detailing how rescue workers searching the sea for the airliner; following the discover of random parts floating, found a fuel spill believed to source from the commercial jet. Source: Fuel spill may be new clue on missing Indonesia jet Originally published on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 09:21:39 GMT
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In a weird episode of gruesomeness, a Chinese couple is
2007-01-15 21:29:01
In a weird episode of gruesomeness, a Chinese couple is being suspected of cutting up a man and disseminating his body parts around the country via mail. All if a sudden, the idea of going to China has just had a -1 etched into it for me :/ Source: Chinese body parts found in mail Originally published on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 07:39:10 GMT
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Saddam Hussein’s half-brother, as well as the chief ju
2007-01-15 21:29:01
Saddam Hussein’s half-brother, as well as the chief judge in the days of the Baath Party regime were hung early Monday morning for their roles in the killing of 148 men and boys following an assassination attempt on Saddam in 1982. This brings to an end the list of current people due to be hung… I wonder though, if there’ll be a next? Source: Hussein’s half-brother, other co-defendant hanged Originally published on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 06:52:33 GMT
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  “I like the dreams of the future better than th
2007-01-15 21:29:01
  “I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.” Source: Thomas Jefferson
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Both CNN and Reuters have reported that last Sunday, scienti
2007-01-15 21:29:01
Both CNN and Reuters have reported that last Sunday , scientists have discovered a new gene directly linked to Alzheimer’s disease!! Who knows? Maybe finally one of the incurable mysteries of medical science, primary cause of dementia in elderly {mostly} will be solved. I pray that it’s true, with respect to all those who have been linked with anyone suffering from this painful disease :( Source: New gene linked to Alzheimer’s identified Originally published on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 18:57:24 GMT
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Tarmas writes “For a limited time only, just like Ubun
2007-01-15 21:29:01
Tarmas writes “For a limited time only, just like Ubuntu’s ShipIt service, Sun Microsystems lets you order Solaris 10 absolutely free of charge. The operating system comes on a single DVD supporting both the x86 and SPARC versions. Also included is Sun Studio 11.” Source: Sun Is Giving Away Solaris 10 DVDs Originally published on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 20:53:00 GMT by kdawson
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For all those people who, like me, were originally forced to
2007-01-15 21:29:01
For all those people who, like me, were originally forced to read Winnie-The-Pooh books… or maybe you read them out of your own free will, anyway, it is the 80th Anniversary of dear old Winnie… the cute little bear who never grows old :)  And to commemorate such even, a special edition Winnie-The-Pooh is available… …from signals.com at a mere $775! :/ Personally I’d go for Eyeore, he’s my favourite, and poor thing got drawn way too many times during parties where we were playing  donkey tail! –> 80th Anniversary Special Winnie-The-Pooh - BornRich
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MP3 players are everywhere, in all shapes, sizes, colors and
2007-01-15 21:29:01
MP3 players are everywhere, in all shapes, sizes, colors and storage space imaginable. Yet no matter how much any company tries, there is still one ruler of MP3 players, undoubtedly Apple Computer Inc. Yet some people just don’t give up. The Walletex company have introduced a new MP3 player, identical in size to a credit card… pretty cool, though not as amazing as one might imagine, since after all most of us know that the core of a USB pen drive is indeed way smaller than it’s exterior packaging. My USB pen drive is a mere 1×8x20mm in size. Add to that some MP3 firmware, and you’re almost there! In all honesty, although innovative, I don’t see myself making use of this toy, then again, there might be some who actually dig this, but I can’t imagine myself using it, since even though it is thinner, it is not exactly smaller than most of it’s competitors, plus it only holds up to 2GB of data. Additionally, there is no way I would keep t...
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This is a good one.  I wouldn’t say it is an actu
2007-01-15 21:29:01
This is a good one.  I wouldn’t say it is an actual joke, more like something worth chewing on. A man and his dog were walking along a road. The man was enjoying the scenery, when it suddenly occurred to him that he was dead. He remembered dying, and that the dog walking beside him had been dead for years. He wondered where the road was leading them. After a while, they came to a high, white stone wall along one sideof the road. It looked like fine marble. At the top of a long hill, itwas broken by a tall arch that glowed in the sunlight. When he was standing before it he saw a magnificent gate in the arch that looked like mother-of-pearl, and the street that led to the gate looked like pure gold. He and the dog walked toward the gate, and as he got closer, he saw a man at a desk to one side. When he was close enough, he called out,      “Excuse me, where are we?”     “This is Heaven, sir,” the man ans...
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Voltaire “I may disagree with what you have to say, bu
2007-01-15 21:29:01
Voltaire “I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend, to the death, your right to say it.”
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When I was a kid, my computer often featured some form of po
2007-01-15 21:29:01
When I was a kid, my computer often featured some form of pornographic content that sporadically appeared as a result of Spy-ware.  On many occasions, I used to try and explain to my mother that they were not of my doing and that I had no idea how they ended up there!!  I took some 6 years until my mother became an active Internet user, and nowadays we just look back and laugh at the event, especially since she is suffering from these nuisances herself and nowadays asks me to come and ‘clean’ her PC! Unfortunately for a teacher in Norwich, such spyware found itself on a classroom PC, and displayed pornographic popups during a kids’ classroom session. The verdict has been ‘jail’ for the teacher, even though the school admitted that their Internet filtration software license was expired and was therefore not blocking malicious code any longer.  In addition to that, it is also evident that the school’s I.T. department is still not aware of the existe...
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