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The Ariel Atom

Ever hear of it? Don’t worry I hadn’t either but it can blow the doors (you know what I mean) off of a Honda CBR600RR. This is a car you have to see in action to believe. The really amazing thing is the low price of $29K pounds. I have to get one of those […]

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The history of the RIM lawsuit

There is a very good chance you have at least heard of the legal battle betweeen RIM (makers of the Blackberry) and NTP. It is a battle that has had many ups and downs over five long years. What you may not know is the whole story from the beginning. I must say I was […]

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Do you remember the Challenger disaster? Accurately???

This article discusses 7 myths about the Challenger shuttle disaster, which happened 20 years ago. An interesting read…

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Poor RIM

I have to say what is happening to RIM lately just seems like a great shame. If you haven’t seen it already you can read the latest here. What is really sad is the US patent office is now thinking that NTPs patents may be invalid. I think it’s fair to say that a great […]

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Getting done on time

AS THE DEADLINE for a major project drew near at our publishing firm, both our facsimile machines were put to the test. Secretaries were sending and receiving messages, making last-minute corrections and additions. One young assistant, holding a handful of new instructions to be distributed to various departments, asked the office manager, “Whatever did we […]

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Do you love the original StarTrek?

If so I have great news for you. It seems a group of original episode trekkers have continued the 5 year mission that Kirk set out on. They have done a great job of getting the set and uniforms to be accurate to the original. I will say that the special effects are more of […]

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IT Worker the sitcom

It appears that the UK is going to have a sitcom about the IT worker starting Febuary 3rd. The show will be called the IT Crowd and will be shown on Channel 4 in the UK. You can watch it a whole week earlier on this website. The premise is that the 3 members of […]

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Microsofts Banned Xbox 360 ad

Heard about the Xbox 360 advertisement that Microsoft is refusing to air? Well, its the best ad Microsoft has ever done, and I think it is pretty well done. I can still understand why the lawyers stopped them from airing the ad though.

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Need an RSS feed in the bathroom?

Of course you do. That is why a company in Taiwan has created the rsstroom reader. It can select feeds according to the person sitting on the toilet at the time (it does so by weight.) Then it prints the requested RSS feeds on the toilet paper as it is dispensed. How did we live […]

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Steve Jobs on SNL

If you haven’t seen it yet there is a very funny skit that Saturday Night Live did regarding Steve Jobs and the Ipods. They poke great fun at the fact that it seems like an Ipod is released every 20 minutes. You can check it out below

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