Monthly Archives: September 2005

Ahhh the classics

I am sure we have all seen it before… but finding the link this morning brightened my day. (That and the list of Top 100 Things I’d Do If I Ever Became An Evil Overlord is just plain funny.) Read, … Continue reading

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Light stopped for a second

Researchers at the Australian National University were able to stop light for over a second using a specially designed solid material. This may just seem like a cool experiment but this type of research could lead to many advances fiberoptics, … Continue reading

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A whole new meaning to widescreen monitors

Okay, I don’t normally like to give free advertisement to companies but this is an insane setup. I would love to have one of these on my desk(I wouldn’t complain if one showed up ehmm ehmmm… ). Imagine surfing, while … Continue reading

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Overpaid CEOs

It’s insane how much CEOs make for what they do (or don’t do in this case). They make more than rockstars and professional sports players (who are also overpaid IMHO). It’s nice to see an article exposing some of these … Continue reading

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NASA set to Unveil Moon Plans

[tag]NASA[/tag] is set to unveil plans to send astronauts back to the [tag]moon[/tag] by 2018. The U.S. space agency now expects to roll out its lunar exploration plan to key Congressional committees on Friday and to the broader public through … Continue reading

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Nintendo’s New Gameboy Micro

At just 4x2x0.68, the [tag]Gameboy Micro[/tag] is about the size of the original [tag]famicon[/tag]/[tag]NES[/tag] controllers. It’s amazing to look back at that and visually see how far we have come in terms of technology advances. What was top of the … Continue reading

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Ebay buys Skype for 2.6 billion

Much speculation(some on my part) ended today as the online auction giant Ebay won the bidding for IP telephony service Skype with a 2.6 billion bid. Ebay says that they will be paying half(1.3 billion) in cash and the other … Continue reading

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Sony Introduces New Walkman

We all had a [tag]walkman[/tag] at some point – but will the name bring users back to the brand? It became too out dated for the times. Users these days want an [tag]mp3 player[/tag]. [tag]Sony[/tag] tried one last year that … Continue reading

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Ah ha! A dupe!

So yeah, I’d like to mention I just saw this link on slashdot when it was on digg several weeks ago. Anyways you saw it here first (or at least before slashdot) in my previous post about NerdCasts… But here’s … Continue reading

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Shameless Plug

Just a shameless plug, but my personal blog “Techno-Squirrels” is finally tweaked and ready for public consumption. It is available here.

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