The iPod shuffle now comes in blue, green, pink and orange, as well as the traditional silver. The shuffle is Apple’s second best selling iPod behind the hugely successful iPod nano, it is half a cubic inch in size, costs US$79 and holds about 240 songs.
The new colors look great but I must say the […]

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This is bad news, the main camera on the Hubble Space Telescope has shut down after its backup power supply failed and probably will never be fully working again. The camera, called the Advanced Camera for Surveys, is the most used instrument on the Hubble Telescope and the best scenario scientists are now hoping for […]

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Chad Hurley (YouTube co-founder) announced yesterday at the World Economic Forum that YouTube will soon start sharing revenue with its users.
YouTube founder Chad Hurley has confirmed that his team is working on a revenue-sharing mechanism that would “reward creativity”.
He said the system would be rolled out in a couple of months and use a mixture […]

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A DVD player is to go on sale for just £9, demonstrating that gadgets have now become as disposable as an old shirt and cheaper than a night at the cinema. Asda is to offer the player, which costs less than a DVD blockbuster film, as it steps up the pressure on traditional electrical stores.
The […]

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With giant Saturn hanging in the blackness and sheltering Cassini from the sun’s blinding glare, the spacecraft viewed the rings as never before, revealing previously unknown faint rings and even glimpsing its home world.
This marvelous panoramic view was created by combining a total of 165 images taken by the Cassini wide-angle camera over nearly three […]

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These guys specialise in making ergonomic workstations for those that spend too much time at their computers.
If I had one of these I would only get out of bed to go the bathroom.. love the triple LCD displays. :)
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This watch won Russian designer Balykin Pavel the 2006 Red Dot design award.
It has an LED display that simulates an hourglass, the watch can display numbers as well if you feel that counting grains of sand is not your thing.
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It’s a camera..
It’s a movie player..
It’s a remote control..
It’s even a prophylactic..
It seems that the iPhone is much more versatile device than what Steve Jobs has been telling us. ;)

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It seems that someone at the DeLorean Motor Company has a sense of humour. A search of their online parts store reveals that they have Flux Capacitors in stock. In case you didn’t know, a Flux Capacitor is essential for time travel in a DeLorean vehicle as demonstrated in the Back to the Future movies.
From […]

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The US Defence Department has unveiled a new heat beaming weapon that can be used to control mobs or repel enemies.
The weapon which is called the Active Denial System creates an intense burning sensation, causing people to run for cover but leaves no permanent damage. The system can be mounted on a Humvee and uses […]

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According to a chinese think-tank the number of internet users in China will overtake the US within two years.
Last year China had an estimated 10% of the population online, about 137 million users, a 23% increase from the previous year. There were 210 million internet users in the US last year out of a population […]

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Cutler software have a great graphical guide on how to install anything in Ubuntu especially targeted to ex-windows users. The guide starts with the basics of how to use Synaptic (a graphical front end to the package manager) and finishes with how to compile and install an application manually. If you are a new Ubuntu […]

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