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Here is a fun game I found while surfing. It is an online flash game played on a browser. A lot like Worms on the PlayStation. Zwok Have a nice day.
An educational version of the iMac is now available at the Apple Store for Education. The 17-inch 1.83 GHz iMac, for a suggested education price of $899 (US), includes:– 17-inch widescreen LCD display; – 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo processor; … Continue reading
Watch this clip from BBC’s Top Gear about the new Mercedes-Benz S500. This is my new dream car. Everything is automated, you don’t even have to step on the accelerator and even the breaks. It does everything for you. Video … Continue reading
Bill Gates plans to withdraw from day-to-day duties at Microsoft Corp., so he can focus on his charitable foundation while others run the company he co-founded and guided to industry dominance and vast personal wealth. Source: komo news | Gates … Continue reading
A 440 pound German man barely had any injuries after being run over by a Volkswagen Polo. Hehe, kinda like the Blob in the X-Men. Source Have a nice day
A meteorite that hit Norway has an impact comparable to the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. This is very exciting, I’ve always been interested how powerful a decent-sized meteorite could be. Though it would suck if it was several miles … Continue reading
This is very good news. Intel will cut the prices of its products by up to 60% to reclaim market share from AMD. Here are some interesting quotes from the article. Customers of Intel Corp. said the world’s biggest computer-chip … Continue reading
A lyrebird is a ground dwelling bird in Australia. It is known for it’s amazing ability to imitate sounds it hears. It can imitate the calls of other birds. It can even imitate more “artificial” sounds, from camera shutters to … Continue reading
Samsung has created the world’s first computer that replaces standard hard disk drives with NAND Flash solid state disks (SSD). The SSD created is only has 32 GB of capacity. Because the new laptops have been fitted with the SSD … Continue reading
This is Elephant’s Dream. It’s an open-source movie project that has been going on for about a year. The production team made everything they used in the movie publicly available- from the models they used to the sound effects. They … Continue reading