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Man Claims Plant Writes Blogs
What will the Japanese come up with next? Trust me, this is bogus…
Meet Repliee: The Life-Like Robogirl
THIS is the most life-like robot suit ever – the cyber girl Repliee R-1.
Based on a real five-year-old Japanese girl, this machine was built to look just like a human.
It has 50 sensors and a series of motors to help it move and has been built to help pensioners and disabled people move better.
Japanese [...]
iPhone Killer?: The Google Phone
We’ve heard a lot about the Google phone and Android software this week, but we haven’t seen a whole lot of video. So here, from the Wall Street Journal, is a G1 tour. We at the business desk are already hearing iPhone owners grumbling about how the G1 looks like an iPhone with an extra [...]
Reddit.com Is Down, Like WAY Down
Those of you who are fans of tech sites or just familiar with the Internet in general know of the website Reddit.com. The website has not been responding for much of the last hour and this placeholder doesn’t look too promising. Let’s hope they get it up and running soon, huh?
New iPhone Is Faster And Cheaper
Apple CEO Steve Jobs Unveils Brand New Apple iPhone:
Apple CEO Steve Jobs gave the Apple faithful and the business community what they wanted Monday: a new, faster and much cheaper iPhone.
The new, slimmer models will feature GPS satellite-tracking chips, third-generation (3G) cellular Internet access, better audio, metal buttons and a regular flush headphone jack.
The [...]
Here’s Lookin’ At You London
‘Telectroscope’ Connects New York To London In Real-Time:
NEW YORK — Hello, London! Jolly good show, New York!
New Yorkers could see their English cousins across the pond Thursday without benefit of cable TV or video conferencing, courtesy of an unusual live optical hookup created by a conceptual artist with a fanciful tale of a long-lost [...]
Microsoft CEO Egged In Hungary
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer Pelted With Eggs In Budapest:
“Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was egged by a protester during a speech he gave at a Hungarian University,” Matt Asay reports for CNET.
“As this video shows, the protester rose to his feet to challenge Microsoft for stealing billions in Hungarian taxpayer money, then started hurling eggs at [...]
Patrolling The Border From Home
Amateurs Patrol Nation’s Border for Illegals From Home:
TUCSON, Ariz. — At least a couple of times a week, Ernie Kubr gets off the night shift and fires up his computer at his home in Nebraska so that he can watch for illegal immigrants trying to slip across the Arizona desert 1,400 miles away.
Kubr uses [...]
The Hand-held Lie Detector
New Anti-Terror Weapon Arrives - The Hand-held Lie Detector:
FORT JACKSON, S.C. - The Pentagon will issue hand-held lie detectors this month to U.S. Army soldiers in Afghanistan, pushing to the battlefront a century-old debate over the accuracy of the polygraph.
The Defense Department says the portable device isn’t perfect, but is accurate enough to save American [...]
