Britney to Play Sex-Loving Alien Clone in Dr. Who

Immigrants wishing to live in the small Canadian town of Herouxville, Quebec, must not stone women to death in public, burn them alive or throw acid on them, according to an extraordinary set of rules released by the local council.

Thieves happier than police?

Published in January 31st, 2007

Posted by Eideard in General

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South Korean gangsters get more satisfaction from their line of work than the police, according to a survey published on Tuesday in local dailies.

Woman Goes In To Have Baby, Hospital Cuts Off Her Arms, Legs And Won’t Say Why

Published in January 31st, 2007

Posted by Uncle Dave in General

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Florida’s bizarre law.

Vista to include memory-expansion technology using external “ReadyBoost” USB devices

Published in January 31st, 2007

Posted by Smartalix in General

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Announced at the Vista Launch, using USB flash as additional system memory is a very interesting concept, and I’m very curious as to how it will function in real-world applications. The computer can read from the USB disk faster than it can from a hard drive, but not as fast as it can from its board-mounted RAM. Then again, if you need more memory it’s better to have slow memory than no memory (and speed will be relative anyway based on applications running and the hardware involved.

Sony’s quarterly profit slips on Playstation banana peel!

Published in January 31st, 2007

Posted by Eideard in General

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Sony’s most recent quarterly earnings highlight what many analysts call the biggest single challenge now facing the recovering Japanese electronics conglomerate: the shaky start of its long-awaited PlayStation 3 game console.

Does Vista make you sad?

Published in January 31st, 2007

Posted by SN in General

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Vista makes me sad!

Astonishing Robotic Mule

Published in January 31st, 2007

Posted by John C Dvorak in General

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Astonishing Robot.

Crackpot Sweden to set up Embassy in Second Life Fake Reality

Published in January 31st, 2007

Posted by John C Dvorak in General

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Second Life gets weirder.

Tampa Police jail rape victim for two days so she can’t take Morning-after pill

Published in January 30th, 2007

Posted by John C Dvorak in General

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What happens when religious zealots get into power.

Mini promotion uses RFID-enabled billboards to send personal messages to drivers

Published in January 30th, 2007

Posted by Smartalix in General

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This is either an amazingly cool and smart marketing idea or the dumbest ad campaign ever, I’m not quite sure. Who is responsible if a distracted driver plows his Mini into someone while reading their personalized message?

Each day, it seems, marketers go further in their quest to deliver messages so engaging and personalized that one cannot help feeling special.

The latest step will be seen Monday in four cities when Mini USA begins delivering custom messages to Mini Cooper owners on digital signs the company calls “talking” billboards.

The boards, which usually carry typical advertising, are programmed to identify approaching Mini drivers through a coded signal from a radio chip embedded in their key fob. The messages are personal, based on questionnaires that owners filled out: “Mary, moving at the speed of justice,” if Mary is a lawyer, or “Mike, the special of the day is speed,” if Mike is a chef.

On second thought, this is one of the most stupid advertising campaigns I’ve ever seen.