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World’s First PC Integrating 512GB SSD

Woody — Thu, 14 May 2009 20:43:31 +0000

Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502), reinforcing its “dynabook SS RX2 series” of notebook PCs offering light weight, slim lines, and long-lasting battery operation, today announced the introduction of the top-of-the-range “dynabook SS RX2/WAJ,” world’s first(1) PC integrating 512GB SSD (Solid State Drive). The new model is available in two versions from today at Toshiba’s on-line shop for the Japanese market. The new, Toshiba-developed [...]

Homeless Korean dies with 100,000 dollars in bank

Woody — Thu, 07 May 2009 23:49:31 +0000

A homeless South Korean unable to withdraw his life savings because he could not remember his real name has died in poverty, officials said. ADVERTISEMENT if(window.yzq_d==null)window.yzq_d=new Object(); window.yzq_d[\'s.DFAUSO5.s-\']=\'&U=13ft7h73o%2fN%3ds.DFAUSO5.s-%2fC%3d655378.13225925.13365833.6258759%2fD%3dLREC%2fB%3d5316446%2fV%3d1\'; The man, believed to be aged 56, died of cancer last month, leaving 128 million won (just over 100,000 dollars) in a bank account that was opened [...]

Internal Palm memo may reveal Pre launch timing

Woody — Thu, 07 May 2009 23:23:29 +0000

We’re prefacing this by saying we’re definitely not 100%, but it looks like Palm could be gearing up for a round of meetings that will lead up to the day we’ve all been waiting for — Palm Pre launch day. We just received what an anonymous tipster claims to be an internal Palm memo regarding [...]

Snow Leopard to support native 3G Wireless WAN hardware

Woody — Thu, 07 May 2009 23:16:59 +0000

Building on evidence that Apple is seeking to hire engineers to test new Macs with 3G Wireless WAN support, people familiar with the company’s plans say Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard will incorporate new support for native WWAN hardware. These people report that the new version of the System Profiler application provided in Snow Leopard [...]

2008 in Pictures #3

Woody — Sun, 03 May 2009 06:54:52 +0000

Lightning bolts appear above and around the Chaiten volcano as seen from Chana, some 30 kms (19 miles) north of the volcano, as it began its first eruption in thousands of years, in southern Chile May 2, 2008. Cases of electrical storms breaking out directly above erupting volcanoes are well documented, although scientists differ on [...]

2008 in Pictures #2

Woody — Sun, 03 May 2009 06:53:43 +0000

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama waves to the crowd at a rally in the rain at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Va. Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) 2 A general view shows a “solucar” solar park in Sanlucar La Mayor, near Seville, Spain on November 6, 2008. The solar thermal [...]

2008 in Pictures

Woody — Sun, 03 May 2009 06:52:08 +0000

Imam Hashim Raza leads mourners in prayer during a funeral for Mohsin Naqvi at al-Fatima Islamic Center in Colonie, N.Y., Monday, Sept. 22, 2008. Naqvi was a Muslim, a native of Pakistan (he emigrated to the U.S. with his family when he was 8 years old and became a citizen at 16) and a U.S. [...]

Buffett Sees ‘Unending Losses’ for Many Newspapers

Woody — Sun, 03 May 2009 01:09:25 +0000

OMAHA, Neb. — Warren Buffett has long held himself out as a newspaper man. As a child, one of his first jobs was delivering newspapers. An Omaha newspaper Berkshire owned, Sun Newspapers, won a Pulitzer Prize in 1973 based in part on a tip Mr. Buffett provided. One of Berkshire’s biggest investments in the 1970s [...]

Microsoft debuts Vine in Seattle: Twitter+Facebook on steroids

Woody — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:35:30 +0000

It’s been awhile since Microsoft introduced a game-changing social Web application, but Vine — a service that’s debuting today with a beta test in Seattle — could be a contender. Vine is a hyperlocal, personalized message and alert system. It’s intended to be a dashboard that people can use to keep tabs of their family, friends, [...]

15 Most Strange Buildings of the World

jerome — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:53:12 +0000

1. The Crooked House (Sopot , Poland) 2. Forest Spiral - Hundertwasser Building (Darmstadt, Germany) 3. The Torre Galatea Figueres (Spain) 4. Ferdin and Cheval Palace a.k.a Ideal Palace (France) 5. The Basket Building (Ohio, United States) 6. Kansas City Public Library (Missouri, United States) 7. Wonderworks (Orlando, Florida, United States) 8. Habitat 67 (Montreal, Canada) 9. Cubic Houses (Rotterdam, Netherlands) 10. Hang Nga [...]