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Techno arse
Great post on Broadstuff: If you read Techmeme, the aggregator of news in the Technosphere, you may not have noticed that the world’s financial markets nearly collapsed yesterday and that the world is again looking at a 1930’s style Great Depression scenario. You would not know that artist Damien Hirst flogged off £70m of “fine…
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Plastic Logic’s e-book reader: I want one
Details and video at TG Daily. Manufacturer’s blurb: Differentiated by a stunning form factor (the size of 8.5 x 11-inch paper), the Plastic Logic reader features a big readable display. Yet it’s thinner than a pad of paper, lighter than many business periodicals, and offers a high-quality reading experience – better than alternatives of paper…
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Your future’s orange
My god, this is brilliant. And by brilliant, I mean rubbish. The Hirer: If you only watch one shoddy online Apprentice rip-off today… Fake Bake is at an exciting stage on the cusp of development into Niche Markets worldwide so the job isn’t for the faint hearted. Jim is looking forward to seeing the talent…
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Don’t you just hate it when that happens?
Fresno County authorities have arrested a man they say broke into the home of two farmworkers, rubbed one with spices and whacked the other with a sausage before fleeing. [Via MetaFilter]
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Fan hits the shit
You might think I’m only linking to the YouTube clip of Noel Gallagher being attacked on stage so I can use that headline. You’re right.
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It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I’m thinking about iPods
Later today the boffins at CERN will switch on the Large Hadron Collider, which will – depending on who you believe – usher in a brave new era in physics, turn the planet into Swiss cheese, or open a portal for Satan to come and enslave us all. Which may well overshadow the latest iPod.…
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Got a Sony Vaio? Don’t like fires? You should probably read this, then
Sony’s recalling a whole bunch of Vaio TZ laptops because of an unfortunate “burny burny” feature that’s slipped into some of them. The recall includes these models: All model numbers beginning “VGN TZ1” (e.g. VGN-TZ11XN/B) All model numbers beginning “VGN TZ2” (e.g. VGN-TZ21WN/B) Certain model numbers beginning “VGN TZ3” (e.g. VGN-TZ31VN/R) Full UK details here.…
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What your taste in music says about you
Pointless but amusing survey via the BBC: Indie: Low self-esteem, creative, not hard working, not gentle Chart pop: High self-esteem, not creative, hardworking, outgoing, gentle, not at ease Jazz: appalling taste in music, ugly shoes I may have made one of those up.
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Thoughts on using Apple’s Time Machine as a remote wireless hard disk
Nope – at least, nope for iPhoto and iTunes libraries. This is a job for Captain Ethernet.
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Google Chrome: that’s no moon
Google’s much-anticipated operating system turns out to be real – but it’s built into a browser.