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Want to be a glamour model?


Posted in Risque by Chris | 12 Comments

For those who don't know, 'Page 3' of the Sun has become an iconic journalistic page in all of the UK, and consequently internationally. Reaching Page 3 means the girl ...

The pinball count


Posted in AV, Entertainment, Stupid by Derek | 9 Comments

Does anyone remember seeing this as a young child back in the 80's? I sure do. Man that was a long time ago. The tune still has a bit of ...

Snippet: Toast now a Universal Binary


Posted in Apple, Snippet by Dan | 7 Comments

Today Roxio released the Universal Binary of Toast 7.1. It is a free update. Toast Titanium X allows you to burn data and save it to CD and DVD media. Burn ...

FBI raids household to recover Pitt/Jolie baby pics


Posted in Politics, Stupid by Derek | 2 Comments

Your tax dollars hard at work. The FBI was called into action to acquire a set of baby Jolie / Pitt baby shower photoes. TMZ has learned the FBI and ...

Microsoft demos Vista on a MacBook Pro


Posted in Random, Tech by Dan | 95 Comments

No, this isn't some marketing goof up, when the Windows OS is superimposed over a piece of Apple hardware with the Apple logo removed. Microsoft chose to install Windows ...

Bowlingual Translator


Posted in Gadgets by Dan | Comments Off

Bowlingual can supposedly analyze your dog's bark and tell you exactly what your pet is trying to communicate. Well at least it should! Its uses the Japan Acoustic Laboratory's ...

Disable USB ports over your network


Posted in Cool, Tech by Dan | Comments Off

USB is a nightmare for security administrators. And in the mix of iPods, high capacity thumbdrives, and you have many potential was for your company to suffer data loss. ...

Essential Linux convert software list


Posted in Geeky, Tech by Derek | 10 Comments

The recent hohum of the interent is that prominent tech world individuals are making the switch from *gasp* OSX to Linux. That's right. No switching of Windows to OSX going ...

Apple admits discoloration a manufacturing defect


Posted in Apple, Random, Tech by Derek | 4 Comments

In what has been one of the quickest turn arounds concerning a hardware defect that I have seen first hand, Apple recently admitted that the yellow discoloration on select MacBooks ...

NetZero offers free web based voicemail service


Posted in Howto, Random by Derek | 12 Comments

NetZeroVoice, an offshoot of the NetZero internet service, offers a free internet based telephone voicemail solution by the name of Privatephone. The private personalized number service assigns a free landline ...

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