Earlier this morning we heard that Family Guy is teaming up with Microsoft to promote Windows 7 on an upcoming show. If this clip is anything to go by, I wouldn’t get your hopes up for comedy. Again, Microsoft’s sponsorship of the show means that it will air commercial-free
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Family Guy Windows 7 Clip Does Not Have Me Rushing To Set My DVR [Windows 7]
It wasn’t a surprise exactly , but HP has officially unveiled the 18.4-inch, Core i7 -powered Pavilion dv8 with full 1080p resolution, 4GB-8GB of RAM, dual 320GB HDDs, NVIDIA GeForce GT230 graphics, a TV tuner, Blu-ray and a Long Life battery.
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Massive Core i7 HP Pavilion dv8 Ready To Take Up Tons of Retail Shelf Space [Laptops]
Using his one of his Grandfather’s broken old pocket watches as a starting point, one modder [Paul Pounds] skilled in the ways of microelectronics replaced the face with a system of 133 hand soldered LEDs. Starting from scratch, he designed a PCB complete with 133 (hand soldered) LEDs, room for a temperature controlled oscillator for real time clock capabilities, a LiPo battery, and a cell phone vibrator to provide a simulated “second hand tick” feeling
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LED Pocket Watch Will Have You Considering Monocles and Handlebar Mustaches [DIY]
Poor Aaron Klein. He left collateral for his bar tab , actually returned to pay, and got arrested. Can’t be his fault the collateral he left was a kiddie porn filled cellphone
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Man Arrested After Leaving Child Porn Filled Cellphone As Collateral For Bar Tab [Crime]
The two Skype founders are trying to block the sale of Skype from eBay to Mike Volpi and Index Ventures, claiming that the buyers are using unlicensed means of Skype’s source code to bypass having to pay a royalty to the two founders. It’s all very money/corporate/tech talk, but how it relates to you is what we talked about yesterday: the possibility of Skype buying Gizmo5 in order to power VoIP calls
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Skype Founders Are Trying to Block Skype Sale [Business]
Want to live-out your nerdiest Kraftwerk or hip hop fantasies?
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Video: $25 Stylophone Beatbox Makes Even Nerds Look Cool [Instruments]
Everybody’s favorite hackintoshable netbook, the Dell Mini 9 , has yet another identity—it can be converted into a pretty fantastic internet slate PC /tablet. A MyDellMini forum member by the name of Rob is the man responsible for this elegant mod, turning his Del Vostro A9 (business version of the Mini 9 ) into a Windows 7 touchscreen with a 16GB SSD, WiFi, Bluetooth, 1GB of RAM and an Intel Atom N270 processor. Rob is also planning to add an accelerometer to automatically adjust the screen orientation and a small USB fan to help keep the temperature down
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Converted Dell Mini 9 Netbook Makes For a Great Internet Tablet [NetBooks]
We can’t come up with anything much more horrid than these dental training mannequins, complete with braces. As Adam commented, they look like a “teenage Venom.” But don’t worry, we’re sure that braces were adorable on you
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Dental Training Mannequins, Or Venom During His Teenage Years [Image Cache]
Available November 16th, the black Wiimote will run you $50. But, surprise, that includes the $20 Wii MotionPlus peripheral! So the package is neither particularly cheap nor particularly expensive, but it’ll hide stains better than the white Wiimote. [ Kotaku ]
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Black Wiimote Saves You $10 on Wii MotionPlus [Nintendo]
This whale-like entry into KLM Indonesia’s aircraft design competition reminds me of the French ” Manned Cloud ” concept from a few years back.
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Beautiful Concept Airship Looks 85 Years into the Future [Airships]
