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Posts on ‘July 12th, 2007’

HP celebrates 35th anniversary of HP-35: launches 35s calculator

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Feel that? That’s the unexpected stir of nostalgia welling inside your dorktic-loin. Rest easy, you’re not alone. In fact, that picture aroused a deeply seeded HP fanboi-ism long obscured by thick slabs [...]

Congress bellyaches about contracts, termination fees

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We don’t like paying a couple bills to slide out from under a bunk two-year contract any more than the next guy, but at least we’re cognizant of the tradeoff: subsidized hardware. Congress this week appears to have taken a special session to discuss state regulation of the wireless [...]

Louis Vuitton Monogram Groom Key and Change Holder

Filed under: Handbags
The LV Monogram Groom Key & Change Holder is one of the few examples where the screen print actually compliments LV’s monogram print and color scheme. It doesn’t feel thrown together or choppy; it all flows well with one another. Remember when LV came out with their monogram print covered in while [...]

HP not offering CableCARD on PCs due to configuration issues?

Filed under: Media PCs, Tuners, HP, Cable

We were admittedly joyful when HP decided to unveil its media-centric m8010y and d4890y desktops soon after the stylish DEC lineup headed to an early grave, but apparently, things aren’t going so well with the sophisticated machines. According to a user report, HP informed the owner of a malfunctioning [...]

Custom iPhone ringtone hacking instructions prepped for noobs

Filed under: Cellphones, Portable Audio, Portable Video
If you can’t wait for the eventual Apple update, then by all means have at it weekend hackers: custom iPhone ringtones can now be yours. Disparate hacks have been cobbled together into a step-by-step guide over at the appropriately named hacktheiphone site. The instructions make use of both the [...]

Flatpack Fighter: Build Your Own Spitfire Plane from a $263,000 Kit

Flying enthusiasts with $263,000 to spare can now build their own Spitfire aircraft from a pack. The Supermarine Aircraft Mark 26 kit, a 90 per cent scale model of the iconic WWII fighter plane, costs £100,000 ($203,000), but you will need an additional £30,000 ($60,000) to finish it off - not to mention 1,200 hours [...]

Samsung’s subtle SGH-G600 slider gets pictured

Filed under: Handsets, Samsung, GSM
You know that SGH-G600 that slid into our FCC findings a few days back? Turns out this simply-styled slider got pictured somewhere along the way, and while not a great deal of new details have emerged, here’s what we’ve got so far. This black / silver slider should sport a five-megapixel [...]

Oberoi Udaivilas Is The World’s Best Hotel

Filed under: Journeys
Travel + Leisure has released their World’s Best Awards 2007 winners and the top hotel is the Oberoi Udaivilas in Udaipur, India. They were ranked the best hotel in the world with the highest overall score of 94.36. The palace hotel on the banks of Lake Pichola and is reached via boat. The [...]

Rootkit hack taps Greek prime minister’s phone

Filed under: Cellphones
In 2005, Greek authorities discovered a plot hatched and executed by unknown sources which allowed the tapping of wireless phones on the Vodaphone network belonging to the country’s Prime Minister and other top officials, making it one of the furthest reaching covert infiltrations of a government in history. A recent report from IEEE [...]

Galactic Peeping Tom: World’s Largest Telescope Opens its Eye in Canary Islands

It has taken seven years to construct, and at a cost of almost $180 million, but the Great Canary Telescope - now the world’s largest stargazer - is up and running. Situated on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria, off the African coast, the GTC is 4 per cent larger than the Keck telescopes at [...]