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American Blogger finds and photographs fake Apple stores in China

Xmedia Digital Solutions — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:35:47 +0000

Yep, they have been found and in the news, ripoff Apple stores that actually do a pretty dam good impersonation of the real entities! You can read about the whole story on the blog of the 27 year old American who found it and photographed it. Find the blog post here: http://birdabroad.wordpress.com/2011/07/20/are-you-listening-steve-jobs/

Turbine-powered BATMOBILE a reality!!!! I want one, NO, I NEED ONE!!

Xmedia Digital Solutions — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:45:23 +0000

For those of you who haven’t seen it yet, feast your eyes below. The turbine-powered Batmobile is a reality! The 20ft long vehicle is powered by a Boeing turbine engine originally used on a Navy aircraft. Not only does it look awesome, but its 385-horsepower engine can be powered by jet fuel, kerosene or diesel, …

MAC OSX LION COMING TOMORROW

Xmedia Digital Solutions — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:31:48 +0000

Apple has finally confirmed that Max OS X Lion is coming tomorrow. The next-gen operating system from Apple was confirmed to launch tomorrow by CFO Peter Oppenheimer during the conference call in which he discussed Apple’s gloriously profitable quarter. Lion which will be sold via the Mac App Store rather than retail or other channels …

Southern Lights on display to the crew of Atlantis

Xmedia Digital Solutions — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 08:16:02 +0000

One of the STS-135 Atlantis crew members took this photo of the Southern Lights or Aurora Australis while visiting the International Space Station. Part of the orbiter boom sensor system is seen, as it was attached on the end of the shuttle’s robotic arm (out of frame). A part of the port side wing of …

Should Social Networking be part of our kid’s education?

Xmedia Digital Solutions — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 08:04:16 +0000

Using Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites would be taught in schools under an “urgent” proposal being pushed by parents and online experts to tackle cyberbullying. Thomas Tudehope, a director of social media intelligence firm SR7, has called for social networking skills, online etiquette and role-playing to be taught in the classroom. Mr Tudehope’s …

LulzSec takes down The Sun

Xmedia Digital Solutions — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 07:56:40 +0000

The internet pranksters who attacked the CIA and gaming giants Sony and Nintendo have taken down The Sun website. The homepage of of the British tabloid carried a hoax story announcing the death of Sun owner Rupert Murdoch. The story said the head of News Corp, publisher of The Sun and news.com.au, had been found …

One step closer to the Ironman suit!! HULC

Xmedia Digital Solutions — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 12:05:32 +0000

IT has been the stuff of science fiction for generations – a wearable exoskeleton that gives human beings super powers. And now the US Army is one step closer to realising that dream after it began testing its latest hi-tech war fighting gadget. The human universal load carrier, or HULC, is a wearable exoskeleton that …

Ring Ring… Facebook calling

Xmedia Digital Solutions — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 07:53:21 +0000

Ok, so Facebook already has external emails, grouping of friends, and location updates. Now they are introducing Facebook calling which incorporates Skype into the FB chat feature. Check out more about it here: facebook.com/videocalling CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook now has more than 750 million users, and is “still growing quickly.” Adding Skype, he said, …

Browser wars photo

Xmedia Digital Solutions — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 04:01:53 +0000

Hahaha! Found this photo and had to share….

Phone number fun

Xmedia Digital Solutions — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 03:19:16 +0000

Found a kool website: PHONESPELL.org It allows you to type your phone number in and see what words can be made out of them. I haven’t had much luck with mobile numbers but some pretty funny landline ones have come up. Enjoy! Dave out.

More info on Intel’s Z68 chipset and Lucid’s Virtu graphics

Xmedia Digital Solutions — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 02:55:33 +0000

If anyone has looked more into the new Z68 chipset from Intel, you would have heard about the Lucid Virtu Graphics chip. On suitable Mobos, this chip can work in d-mode or i-mode which is set from bios and by which display port the monitor is connected to. i-mode being integrated graphics on the CPU …

Like flys in a jar: another great video from Red Bull

Xmedia Digital Solutions — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 11:30:04 +0000

Check this out, its great to watch and Im sure even more fun to do! Uploaded by RaphCoudray on Apr 29, 2011 4 way Routine with Havard (Skywalkers), Raph and Ju (Team4Speed) and Alberto (Volare) at Skydive Arena (Praha)

Ever wonder where the Windows XP background came from?

Xmedia Digital Solutions — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 09:13:02 +0000

I haven’t. I always thought it was some digital mastery by Mr Gate’s crew but no, twas a real photograph! Check this news article out about where the original photograph came from: click here

Holdens just keep getting better and better

Xmedia Digital Solutions — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 04:53:36 +0000

I have always loved my Australian Holdens, and even worked for Holden for a while. As we know, the new Holdens are coming out with the Holden-IQ system which control the audio, bluetooth and other wizardry. This though, is just the beginning. News from America (General Motors) states there is more to come in the …

Virus technology getting better and smarter, is that surprising?!

Xmedia Digital Solutions — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:47:55 +0000

Of course virus tech is getting smarter. Just like any software, developers of Malware and botnets continuously improve on their methods and skills. I read this story in the news recently about the TDL4 botnet. Was interested to find that it removes other malware from infected computers as it does not want the competition interfering …