Archive for the 'technology' Category
Monday, August 11th, 2008
40-year old British rower Roz Savage set out to cross the Pacific ocean from San Francisco with little more than some strategically chosen gadgets and the will to accomplish something no woman has done. With under 1,000 miles left to go on the first leg of her voyage, how are the gadgets she relies on for almost everything working so far?
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Rower half-way to Hawaii, aided with gadgets galore
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
Playing GTA IV on the XBox 360 the other day, I happened to overhear the radio saying video games are bad for you, and that pretty much anything that threatens the movie industry and Hollywood is bad for you.
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Video Games surpass movies & music in a fraction of the time, is GTA IV commentary true?
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
With food shortages abound throughout the world, do millions of gamers worldwide really need to be exercising more, that is, burning more calories, or should they really just be eating less? While exercise can increase muscle development, it can also increase appetite, possibly resulting in increased food consumption.
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Will Wii Fit and the exercise craze help starve the world?
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Monday, May 26th, 2008
German authorities are currently investigating the alleged auctioning of an 8-month-old baby over on Bay by the baby’s parents.
Renee Beck was invited by the police to explain the auction she and her partner posted on eBay, which offered the following description:
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An eBay auction for their baby gets parents in trouble
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Monday, May 26th, 2008
The perception used to be that Playstation would always have a plethora of good role playing games to choose from, and the XBox 360 was only for shooters, not so any more. Utilizing IGN’s review lists and U. S. release date calendars (subject to change) along with GamerStats average review scores, it is evident that the 360 currently rules this category in not only total RPG’s but also quality RPG’s (GSS 8.0 or above).
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Sunday, May 25th, 2008

While Sony’s PS3 exclusives this year are outnumbered by the Microsoft XBox 360 in quality games in almost all genres, 2009 looks to be the year that the Playstation brand will finally make a comeback in. Why? Several reasons, some of which could put the 360 at a distinct disadvantage.
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The 2009 Playstation 3 advantage and the promises to come
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is set to decide on whether to approve eBay’s petition for exemption to the Trade Practices Act. eBay, through its legal firm, Deacons law firm has filed an “exclusive dealing” notification with the ACCC to allow eBay to enforce a new payment policy on all transactions.
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ACCC to look into eBay’s request for Trade Practices Act immunity
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Monday, April 14th, 2008
Imagine a memory chip that won’t degrade over time like current flash memory does nor will this new chip break down like a hard drive because it is based upon the spin of an electron, not the spin of a disk. These new memory chips can hold incredible amounts of data and require minimal energy.
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Sunday, April 13th, 2008
The Australian government has called for bids to build a high-speed broadband network, and has offered up to AUS$4.7 billion in funding, matching dollar for the dollar the funding it expects the winning bidder to commit to.
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Australian Government calls for bids for $9.4 billion high-speed broadband network
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
Decisions, decisions. So many new ultra low-cost PCs (ULPC) have come out or are coming out, that putting the specs of each computer side by side seemed a good idea. So, here are the basics statistics of each one.
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Which subnotebook to go: Asus EeePC, Everex Cloudbook Max, or HP Mini 2133?
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