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At $30,000 on eBay, the PIPE DREAMS Computer Station is “made with a Plastic Nylon Connection System isolating the heat transfer for each hardware component, from one another, promoting cooler systems over all.” Auction page. Click here for first picture in gallery.
PIPE DREAMS incorporates a Wall of Fans System. It pulls the heat from the [...]

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 [...]

Currently at $290,100 on eBay, this Ferrari F430 GT2 “ran partially the 2008 American Le Mans season in the GT category — finished 4th in Sebring.” Auction page. Click here for first picture in gallery.
The engine in the car is the original engine #61 and had been rebuilt by Michelotto once. Since the rebuild 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 [...]

Samsung’s latest viral ad shows a Ryu wannabe attempting to destroy a car with his bare hands. According to the company, everything was wrecked and filmed with a Samsung H106 SSD camcorder. Video after the break.
[via Newlaunches]
Originally posted 2009-06-11 12:33:37. Republished by Old Post Promoter

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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 [...]

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.
[via Liveleak]
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 [...]

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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