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[ev type=”youtube” data=”XzMvrNxnMD8″][/ev] OMG! We’ve got 35 MB of RAM, and a 2 GB HDD! Wow-wee! If that salesman was any more excited his eyes would be popping out of his skull. If you listen towards the last 30 seconds, he sounds like he’s hyperventilating. OH! Almost forgot the 33.6K modem! All can be yours (if you go back in ...

Why should our electronics be the only thing that comes in compact sizes? This Hideaway Desk from Orange22 Design Lab is the compact answer to the office. The entire desk, including chair, fits into a blue acrylic rectangular cube. The company describes the desk as “revolutionary”. While we don’t see a revolution being caused from the Hideaway, it is still ...

Not everything that comes out of the Middle East is negative. Hooray. Biologists in Iran have successfully equipped two cheetahs with GPS collars, which they hope will help them better understand the endangered status of these massive felines. �These captures herald a new era in conservation in Iran, said biologist Hooshang Ziaie, director of the project in Iran. �This is ...

[ev type=”youtube” data=”eFV9-RuVYRU”][/ev] YouTube user RANDISALBION, displays his affection for PSP and his expert skills at drawing photo realistic images using nothing more than MS Paint. The four-minute video is a warp speed preview of how he made this impressively real paint drawing. With a soundtrack provided by A Perfect Circle’s “Orestes”. No doubt that this sped up 4 minute ...

[ev type=”youtube” data=”agK2uZBNbnU”][/ev] It’s toe-tappingly tragic. “Self respect is cool and you are too. Heeeeeeeeeyyyyy!”. Gotta love 80’s PSA’s. Even if the kids are creepy as hell. The sad thing? I actually remember watching, this sadly enough. Another equally disturbing clip after the jump. Learn the “honk”.

This Hand themed lingerie is among the more weird of clothing we have come across, but we must admit, it’s a very good idea. If we had breasts we would totally rock something like this. It’s so perverse that it’s hysterical. 40 years ago, this would be some hardcore p0rn. The guy with her thinks he’s such a stud too. ...

If you’ve been weirded out by finger print scanning biometrics, then prepare to be even more unsure. Fujitsu announced its implementation of its PalmSecure Biometric Authentication System which reads the veins in your palm instead of finger prints. The PalmSecure went to work at the Hospital for Charged Particle Therapy at the National Institute of Radiological Studies (NIRS) near Tokyo, ...

It is an open secret that Palm is short of capital and resources, but recently there’s been noise coming out that Palm is in fact actively looking to be acquired, and Nokia is in talks with the company. Palm might be able to increase the momentum of product release, which is actually one of the reasons of the disappointing sales ...

  We don’t know how many of you guys habitually  clean your own ears, some use cotton bud, some use fancy spectulas. The problem of doing that is that you can never see what’s inside… unless you’re performing on somebody else, which is pretty gross. In 2 days, Coden Japan  will start selling this easy-to-use ear endoscope-alike ear cleaning device ...

  Japan’s largest mobile operator NTT DoCoMo announced this morning that for the first time in the world, they have managed a 100% population 3G coverage with their WCDMA network. The last 2 villages with reception towers installed are both in Okinawa, where they don’t even speak proper Japanese. The towers will be powered up on Mar28. Take note that ...