Topic: NEWS - on July 3, 2007 at 12:31:00 PM CEST
Habsburg heir puts 'Dracula's Castle' up for sale in Transylvania
An heir of Romania's former royal family put "Dracula's Castle" in Transylvania up for sale Monday, hoping to secure a buyer who will respect "the property and its history," a U.S.-based investment company said.
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Topic: NEWS - on July 1, 2007 at 5:59:00 PM CEST
$200 Dollar Square Japanese Watermelons
Local farmers grow the watermelons in plastic containers to make them square-shaped. About 800 square-shaped watermelons are expected to be sent across Japan by mid-July.
The square-shaped watermelons are about 19 centimeters long, are not so sweet and are reportedly popular as an ornament. Each of them sells for up to 25,000 yen.
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Topic: NEWS - on June 30, 2007 at 11:03:00 AM CEST
Apple iPhone iDay: It's Here
The iPhone, which combines the functions of an iPod with a smart phone, goes on sale in the U.S. at 6 p.m. and is one of the most anticipated gadgets in recent years. Two models will offered; the 4GB model costs $499, and the 8GB model is priced at $599. Users also have to sign a two-year contract with carrier AT&T Inc. The cost of those plans range from $59.99 per month to $99.99 per month.
Some prospective buyers have been camping outside stores in hopes of being among the first to own one of the new smart phones. A surge in demand for the iPhones could make the devices hard to come by at first, depending on the number that Apple and AT&T have in stock.
Jacking Off the iPhone
The iPhone drops today. If you didn’t know, you’re probably dead and aren’t reading this anyway. If you did know, hopefully you’ve been reading our roundup of early reviews. One thing in particular has caught my eye but has been the subject of very little gratuitous blathering speculation: the iPhone’s headphone jack.It's Here [video]
At the final countdown, PodTech's AppleVoices is at the Palo Alto Apple Store to witness the unveiling, or at least the door opening , on the iPhone and it’s public.A Carnival in the Apple Store Line, iPhone Mania! [video]
Jeremiah Owyang does his signature walkthrough through the Palo Alto Apple Store customers waiting patiently for the iPhone to go on sale in a few hours. Over 100 people showed up, camped out, in anticipation for this revolutionary communication device.iPhone restricts users, GPLv3 frees them
On Friday, June 29, not everyone in the continental U.S. will be waiting in line to purchase a $500 iPhone. In fact, hundreds of thousands of digital aficionados around the globe won't be standing in line at all, for June 29 marks the release of version 3 of the GNU General Public License (GPL). Version 2 of the GPL governs the world's largest body of free software—software that is radically reshaping the industry and threatening the proprietary technology model represented by the iPhone.Jesusphone: He is Risen
I'm in a cafe in Los Angeles right now with Sean Bonner, kicking the tires on the iPhone we just brought back from the Apple store at the Grove. It lives up to the hype. Or, in two words: totally sweet.
Google Reader iPhone Skin
Google Reader iPhone Skin uses the Greasemonkey concept of modifying the look and feel of a web application through dynamically loaded JavaScript. By deconstructing the DOM and obfuscated .js file, I modified the page elements while preserving Reader's basic functionlity. For the iPhone, I'm hoping that JavaScript bookmarks will work as they do on the desktop browser.Digg API iPhone Interface
Get the latest news getting dugg through the really nice iPhone app for digg. It's well organized and even offers the digg count.twitter for the iPhone
Its an iPhone-styled interface making use of the wonderful API provided by Twitter. If you're on Twitter, now your on Hahlo too. Hahlo.com does not store your login details, they are simply stored in a cookie to authenticate you with the twitter service.Gas.app
Find the nearest and cheapest gas station by giving the iPhone Gas.app your zip code. Not only do you get a quick overview of the offerings, but you can also click the station to get a Google Map view.iPhone Recipes
Over the past few years I've just-said-no to the Blackberry, shirked the Sidekick, and resisted the Treo - all in patient anticipation that Apple might eventually release something like this - the iPhone. The day when I can actually browse this website from my cellphone is finally near. I'll be able to load ingredient lists while strolling the aisles of my favorite markets.iPhone Disassembly
Destroying a perfectly good cellphone. The inner workings and guts of the biggest new toy this year. Is it more reliable then an iPod? How many screws does it have? Is it powered by nerds wishes and dreams? The answers to these questions are maybe, 16, and you bet your sweet ass.
Gallery: iPhone Take-apart
iPhone_User_Guide [pdf]
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Topic: NEWS - on June 29, 2007 at 10:37:00 PM CEST
TV newsreader sets fire to Paris Hilton
A US television news presenter refused to lead her bulletin with the latest Paris Hilton story, then screwed up, shredded and attempted to set fire to the script on air.
Mika Brzezinski, co-presenter of MSNBC's Morning Joe programme, refused to read out the story of the celebrity socialite's release from jail ahead of items on Iraq and developments at the White House.
A clip showing the presenter's stand has been viewed more than 250,000 times on YouTube.
In a scene reminiscent of Paddy Chayefsky's classic film Network, it shows Ms Brzezinski repeatedly refusing to read the Hilton script and arguing with her co-presenters about its place as the lead item.
She told viewers: 'I hate it and I don't think it should be our lead.'
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Topic: NEWS - on June 29, 2007 at 2:51:00 PM CEST
It's Up To Users To Solve The IPhone's Shortcomings -- Hackers Start Your Engines
Here at Compiler, we aren’t all that interested in Gadgets (that would be Gadget Lab). Rather, we like software, and what we really like are software hacks.
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Topic: NEWS - on June 28, 2007 at 11:45:00 AM CEST
Cambodians warned over DIY penis enlargement
Authorities in Cambodia warned men on Tuesday against do-it-yourself penis enlargement treatments, in the aftermath of a case in which a man killed himself because of the side-effects of a botched enlargement attempt.
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Topic: NEWS - on June 23, 2007 at 1:02:00 PM CEST
Man sues after plane hits Lamborghini
An Oregon man has sued over a traffic accident that involved an unlikely pair of vehicles - his Lamborghini and a small plane piloted by FBI agents. The propeller from the Cessna airplane mangled the driver's side of the black Lamborghini that Marlowe Treit had given himself as a 60th birthday present in 1998.
Filed earlier this month, Treit's lawsuit against the U.S. government accuses the pilots of negligence in the May 2006 collision, and seeks $105,500 in damages.
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Topic: NEWS - on June 23, 2007 at 10:09:00 AM CEST
Lessig moves on
" Finally, I am not (as one friend wrote) "leaving the movement." "The movement" has my loyalty as much today as ever. But I have come to believe that until a more fundamental problem is fixed, "the movement" can't succeed either. Compare: Imagine someone devoted to free culture coming to believe that until free software supports free culture, free culture can't succeed. So he devotes himself to building software. I am someone who believes that a free society -- free of the "corruption" that defines our current society -- is necessary for free culture, and much more. For that reason, I turn my energy elsewhere for now. "
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Topic: NEWS - on June 20, 2007 at 2:09:00 PM CEST
Contestants sail on bamboo
A young girl dressed in a Red Army costume does the splits in the water during the Kong Zhu Piao contest, or single bamboo rafting, in which competitors must get across the water on a bamboo pole while striking difficult poses, in Zunyi, South China's Guizhou Province.
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Topic: NEWS - on June 18, 2007 at 1:47:00 PM CEST
FBI 2008 Budget
For fiscal year (FY) 2008, the Administration requests a total of $6,431,302,000 in direct budget authority for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Of this amount, $6,349,950,000 is for the FBI’s Salaries and Expenses (S&E) appropriation and $81,352,000 is for its Construction appropriation. The FBI request includes 29,373 total positions, including 11,868 agents, 2,303 intelligence analysts (IAs), and 15,202 support positions; and 28,704 FTEs. All positions and FTEs are requested for the S&E appropriation. The total request includes $313,843,000 and 714 positions (231 agents, 121 IAs, and 362 support positions) in program changes. All program changes requested are for the S&E appropriation.
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Topic: NEWS - on June 17, 2007 at 12:58:00 PM CEST
Climate of 2007 - May in Historical Perspective
The combined global land and ocean surface temperature for May was the fourth warmest on record, 0.95°F/0.53°C above the 20th century mean. The global surface temperature for the combined January-May period tied with 1998 as the warmest January-May on record.
Separately, the global land-surface temperature was the warmest on record for May, as well as for boreal spring (March-May) and the year-to-date period. The May ocean-surface temperature was the ninth warmest in the 128-year period of record as near-average to cooler-than-average conditions were present across the equatorial Pacific.
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Topic: NEWS - on June 15, 2007 at 5:55:00 PM CEST
Designers to Paris: The Real Crime Is Your Look!!
No makeup. No designer hair products. No high-end wardrobe. While Paris Hilton continues to endure the Century Regional Detention Facilty, TMZ has learned that the deprived diva is already getting offers from some of the world's top designers -- who want to replace her jail-issue jumper with top-of-the-line gear -- the moment she gets out!
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