Archive for January 3rd, 2008

Jan3

Sex Drive: Deaf Porn Gives Viewers an Eye-Opener

Subtitles and sign language might not be the first things that come to mind when you think of sex flicks, but Deafbunny’s smart use of technology make its movies meaningful to the deaf community. Commentary by Regina Lynn.

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Jan3

New 3-D Technique From RabbitHoles Makes Posters Pop

A Canadian company develops a method for creating photorealistic, full-color holograms that dance before your very eyes.

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Jan3

Jan. 4, 1903: Edison Fries an Elephant to Prove His Point

Topsy the elephant is a killer and now she must pay the ultimate price. Enter Thomas Edison, a man who knows an opportunity when he sees one.

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Jan3

Testing the iPod’s secret diagnostic tools

While standing in line for a movie over the holiday, my iPod nano — out of the blue — presented me with some unfamiliar, non-musical software: Apple’s set of built-in diagnostic tools. These tools are meant for technicians’ eyes only, it appears, so the accidental discovery was very interesting.

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Filed in: Apple/Mac


Jan3

Wired Magazine: On iTunes, a Careless Click May Buy You an Imposter

Caveat internemptor! If you’ve been into the sauce, you may unwittingly get a Red Sauce cover (or re-record) instead of the original you desire.

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Jan3

Best Seats for Meteor Shower Tonight? At 47,000 Feet

For the best seats in the sky, NASA and SETI scientists are taking 10-hour flight at 47,000 feet to view the Quadrantid meteor shower.

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Jan3

Study: Cell Phone Yakkers Worsen Commutes for Everyone

Drivers chatting on cell phones move about two miles per hour slower than those who give their full attention to the road, according to the University of Utah’s Traffic Lab. Furthermore, they don’t react as quickly to the need to change lanes; in short, they clog up traffic.

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Jan3

Culture-Jamming Decapitator Hacks London Ads

An anonymous artist gives promotional posters a gory makeover, transforming advertising models into headless hucksters.

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Jan3

Gmonkey - The Gmail GreaseMonkey API

Gmail has already gained a relatively large market share considering that it requires significant effort to switch mail services, and keep everyone you know in the loop. The new version of Gmail — which was more of a back-end update — has given developers access to an easy Greasemonkey API that makes developing plugins […]

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Filed in: Google

Jan3

Hitachi, Asus Team on Terabyte Notebook

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies has created what it calls an “industry milestone:” a 2.5-inch computer hard drive capable of storing a whopping 500 GB of data. It also has struck a deal with computer vendor Asus, which will sell a notebook PC equipped with two of the drives. The new Travelstar 5K500 drive, which Hitachi believes is the world’s first 500 GB, 2.5-inch drive, will be available next month.

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