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Friday, August 27, 2004

P. Diddy to Show Off Diamond-Encrusted HP iPod

P. Diddy will co-host (with Guy Oseary) their annual post MTV Video Music Awards party Sunday night, which will feature some unexpected HP bling: A $16,000 diamond-encrusted Apple iPod from HP. Attendees to the party will each receive a new HP iPod, although without the diamonds. HP is a major sponsor of the awards event and will use it to launch their massive consumer-electronics ad campaign. Update: More details on Puffy's iPod.

Link to this item. 5:42 PM

Wednesday, August 25, 2004

Genius Boosts Hard Drive Performance With Polyester Lubricant

University of Illinois Ph.D. candidate Wei Xiao has invented a new lubricant for hard drives made from polyester that boosts performance. I don't know why this is funny, but I'm pretty sure that it is.

Link to this item. 10:27 AM

Terrorist to Crash Internet Tomorrow -- Kaspersky Labs Researcher

A Kaspersky Labs researchers said yesterday that terrorists will cripple the Internet August 26 -- tomorrow. Europe and the U.S. will be most hard hit, he claims, and there's nothing anyone can do about it. The sky will fall, too, but that's a relatively harmless threat.

Link to this item. 10:03 AM

Tuesday, August 24, 2004

The Secret Spammer Crackdown - 'Dozens' Arrested

The New York Times will report tomorrow that authorities have "quietly arrested or charged dozens of people with crimes" related to spam and online scams. Attorney General John Ashcroft will reportedly announce the crackdown in a Thursday news conference (and relate how he personally got burned by a bad batch of cialis).

Link to this item. 8:04 PM

Microsoft Withdrawals From U.N.

Microsoft withdrew from a United Nations software standards group yesterday, possibly because of disagreements with the group's directions on open source and intellectual property. "We will bury you!" shouted Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer in Russian while pounding his shoe on the table.

Link to this item. 8:55 AM

First 64-Bit Windows Virus Discovered

Nice to know the virus writers are thinking ahead.

Link to this item. 7:48 AM

Honda Invents Hybrid, Fuel Cell Scooters

Honda has developed a gas/electric hybrid scooter and fuel cell scooter prototypes. Finally someone is doing something about those gas-guzzling mini-scooters...

Link to this item. 7:38 AM

Monday, August 23, 2004

American Software Developer Outsources His Own Job to India

A programmer who makes $67,000 per year outsources all his work to a developer in India, whom he pays $12,000 per year, then pockets the rest. He's thinking of taking (and outsourcing) a second job.

Link to this item. 11:04 PM

Buy a Coke With Your Phone

A new Coke machine in Japan called the Cmo2 supports I-Mode phones with FeliCa capability. To buy a coke, the thirsty user holds his expensive Japanese phone up to a special pad, and the transaction takes place in half a second. The machine also has an LCD screen for game playing. The first Cmo2 machines hit Japan in September.

Link to this item. 10:50 PM

New Vending Machine Lets You Buy a Coke With Your Phone

A new Coca Cola vending machine in Japan called the Cmo2 enables wireless purchases for I-Mode FeliCa users. After buying their bottle of Coke, users can then play a video game on the machine's LCD display.

Link to this item. 10:37 PM

Virtual Girlfriend Lives In Your Pants

Hong Kong people love their cell phones -- so much so that soon they may be showering them with gifts. Artificial Life, Inc., has come out with a software-based "girlfriend" that lives in your phone. The high-maintenance virtual vixen is clingy and needy and constantly demands virtual gifts (which, unfortunately, must be paid for with real money). The lonely users who pay for these gifts are in return given attention -- you talk to her via SMS, and she talks to you with a computerized voice. If you don't give her the attention she needs, she'll give you the silent treatment, just like a real girlfriend. And, just like many real relationships, there is no sexuality involved.

Link to this item. 10:41 AM

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