Archive for August 17, 2007

AT&T Goes On a Rampage: Will Destroy 74,535 Trees for iPhone Service Bills

AT&T is sending out phone bills that average 50 pages in length. With 10 million iPhones expected to be sold by the end of 2008, that means 10 million AT&T customers that can expect to get 50-page bills, 12 times a year, totaling 6 billion sheets of paper wasted.

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PSP (Slim) Now Available For Pre-Order On Amazon.com

Amazon.com have today started pre-orders for the PSP 2000 (Slim) and is currently slated for release on the 10th September 2007.

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The Complete List: All 27 iPod Ads (Video + Lyrics)

A complete list of the 27 iPod ads with videos and lyrics. This is the official list of all commercials released on TV.

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And Broadband Goes Slo-Mo

U.S. broadband subscriber growth, which had been rising at a blistering pace for nearly 12 quarters, …

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Who’s The Real King of ‘Kong?’

In July 2005, Wiebe reached the Holy Grail of “Donkey Kong” — the mythical “kill screen,” where the machine just runs out of memory — and a world record high score. He videotaped his achievement and submitted it to Twin Galaxies, the governing body of competitive video gaming, to be verified. Verification proved elusive.

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Restarting Windows Without Restarting Your PC (Vista or XP)

MovableType 4 vs. Wordpress 2.2

Many bloggers, when first setting things up, are faced with one of the most critical decisions any blogger can make, that is, which CMS to use? There are many out there, all with their respective pros and cons. In this post, I’ll be looking at several key aspects pertaining to two of today’s premier CMS: Wordpress 2.2, and MovableType 4.

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Pre-Purchase BioShock on Steam Now

Surprise surprise! Bioshock is going to be made available on Steam! Steam users can pre-purchase the title right now and be playing on August 21st, when BioShock is released.

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DS version of Guitar Hero III to feature a guitar controller?

It’s not set in stone, but in an interview with CNET.au, RedOctane cofounder Charles Huang suggested that the DS version of Guitar Hero III would include a guitar controller “as long as it makes sense and it plays well.” Huang went on to say that RedOctane is “exploring ways to get peripherals on a DS game,” more inside!

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SingStar for PS3 is on the way

SingStar is on the way, and we’re taking a closer look at what you can expect come November. It’s all about testing your vocal
skills; learning just how difficult it can be to emulate the current industry icons.

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BitTorrent Anime Downloaders Identified, $3500 Bill in the Mail

A company that distributes Japanese animated cartoons has tracked down thousands of BitTorrent users it accuses of breaching their copyrights and has successfully forced their ISPs to reveal their identities. Next step - threatening letters: “Pay Us $3,500 or Else”.

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The software awards scam

This software product has so far won 16 different awards and recommendations from software download sites. Minor issue is it doesn’t even run - it is just a text file with the words “this program does nothing at all” repeated a few times and then renamed as an executable.

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