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Pakistan removed from the Internet

Posted by admin on February 24th, 2008

Cnet blogs is reporting on Youtube being down from over an hour today thanks to the actions of a Pakistan ISP.
The telecom company that carries most of Pakistan’s traffic, PCCW, has found it necessary to shut Pakistan off from the Internet while they filter out the malicious routes that a Pakistani ISP, PieNet, announced earlier [...]

Petition to Stop Telecom Immunity

Posted by admin on February 21st, 2008

People for the American Way have started a petition to stop congress from granting Immunity to Telecommunication companies that illegally wiretapped phones under order of the Bush Administration. Help bring justice to those who defy the constitution by signing the petition and letting congress know what you think.

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Dumbledore is…. gay?

Posted by admin on October 21st, 2007

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I saw it coming….

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The new iTunes is finally released with custom ringtones for the iPhone, you now have the whole iTunes library to work from to create your 30 second ringtone!
Apple released a new version of iTunes at the “Beat Goes On” special media event today, allowing users to make their own ringtones & sync directly [...]

New iPod Nano?

Posted by admin on September 3rd, 2007

Gizmodo seems to have a leak of the brand new iPod nano, a shorter fatter version of the device it seems to attempt to optimize it for steamview and video playback. It looks a bit uglier than the previous model but the improved screen looks like it could work:

Hold on to your proverbial horses, this [...]

PlayStation 3 Stress Tested, Found Virtually Unbreakable

Posted by admin on August 18th, 2007

Gizmodo has a report that claims the PS3 is almost unbreakable.

 
With all the coverage of how the Xbox 360s are failing left and right in the past few months, there hasn’t been much coverage of how sturdy the PS3 is. PS3 Vault took a PS3 into harsh environments, continuously using it for 108 hours with [...]

Giant Lego man found in Dutch sea

Posted by admin on August 17th, 2007

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A giant, smiling Lego man was fished out of the sea in the Dutch resort of Zandvoort on Tuesday.
Workers at a drinks stall rescued the 2.5-metre (8-foot) tall model with a yellow head and blue torso.
“We saw something bobbing about in the sea and we decided to take it [...]

.Mac Scheduled Downtime During Apple Event Tomorrow

Posted by admin on August 6th, 2007

From Gizmodo

The .Mac homepage reveals that it’ll be intermittently up and down tomorrow, the same time as the Apple event. Does this mean that fresh .Mac upgrades or uses are part of tomorrow’s news?
Maybe .mac will finally get a face lift and become a useful internet and blogging tool that we can actually take advantage [...]

Donna says “I do!”

Posted by admin on July 7th, 2007

Catherine Tate accepts proposal to star in fourth series.

Catherine Tate is set to return to the TARDIS for the complete 13 week run of Series Four of Doctor Who.
Award winning comedian Tate will reprise her role as Donna, the runaway bride from last year’s Christmas special, [...]

How do you make a huge blockbuster summer action flick for only $150 million? You cut costs in every area you can. You might recognize one or two of the shots from Transformers, because it’s likely that Michael Bay recycled them from his other films. Why spend a boat load (pun intended) of cash for [...]