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According to Liveleak user “xmas_one”, this block of ice is glowing red hot due to conductive impurities. Unfortunately, no other information was provided, but if you’ve got more to add, please leave a comment. Continue reading for the video.
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Originally posted 2009-10-20 01:16:55. Republished by Old Post Promoter

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Amazon is selling the HP Mini 110-1050NR for just $329.99 shipped, originally priced at $575. Weighing just 2.57-pounds, this netbook features a 1.6-GHz Intel Atom N270 processor, 1GB of DDR2 RAM, 160GB HDD, and 802.11b/g Wi-Fi. Product page.
The LED anti-glare widescreen display reduces both system weight and reflections that can distract from the visual [...]

Israeli startup Soluto has closed a healthy $6.2 million second round of financing led by Bessemer Venture Partners. This is on top of the $1.6 million round the company raised a year ago from Giza Venture Capital, bringing the total amount of capital invested in the company close to $8 million.
The company, which [...]

Yesterday at the Web 2.0 Summit, Founder’s Fund managing partner Sean Parker gave a provocative presentation entitled “The New Era Of The Network Service.” In it, he argues that so-called “network services” like Facebook (which he helped start) and Twitter will soon dominate the web, rather than “information services” like Google and Yahoo.
It’s a very [...]

But then relents and offers free fix
A Dutch hacker who threatened iPhone jailbreakers has relented on their threat to abuse unlocked handsets unless users pay €5.…

Offloading malware protection to the cloud
Originally posted 2009-11-03 20:10:34. Republished by Old Post Promoter

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With close to 100,000 iPhone applications now available on the App Store, finding the ones the ones that you will actually enjoy and use can be difficult. There are other apps and sites that offer a resource for you to find and share popular apps, and even present customized recommendations, such as AppsFire, 16 Apps [...]

Remember the Twitter Peek thingie Peter Ha spotted last week?
Yeah, it’s official now and is actually a neat little device if you Twitter a whole lot and don’t carry a smartphone.
Wait, what?

Originally posted 2009-11-03 21:15:23. Republished by Old Post Promoter

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No, this isn’t some fan-made spoof, but a real Home Shopping Network host accidentally smashing the TV while playing Wii Sports. Continue reading for the video — it gets good at 5:00.
Hand it to that guy, he does not deviate from the sales pitch after such a colossally embarrassing f?kup and no doubt a [...]

Reid Hoffman, who joined Greylock as an investment partner for its latest fund announced today, chatted briefly with me on trends in social media as the web goes mobile. For him, the mobile web is tied to the Internet as viewed on the PC, but certain applications will be more appropriate for wireless devices.
“The [...]

According to the manufacturer, the Pharox LED light bulb “costs just 88p a year to run and lasts up to 25-year — bulb is made up of frosted glass containing four white LEDs – or light-emitting diodes – and two red ones.” Video after the break.
Mr Otten said his bulbs will [...]