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Saudi Banned the Color Red for Valentine’s Day
via Neatorama by Alex on February 11, 2008
... paper, gift boxes and teddy bears. On the eve of the holiday, they raid stores and seize symbols of love.The virtue and vice squad is a police force of several thousand charged with, among other things, enforcing dress codes and segregating the sexes. Saudi Arabia, which follows a strict interpretation of Islam called Wahhabism, punishes unrelated women and men who mingle in public.Link
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RIM is blaming yesterday's Blackberry outage ... [Crackberries]
via Consumerist by Ben Popken on February 12, 2008
RIM is blaming yesterday's Blackberry outage on a routine upgrade gone wrong. [Gizmodo]
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Senate caves, votes to give telecoms retroactive immunity
via Ars Technica by segphault@arstechnica.com (Ryan Paul) on February 11, 2008
The Senate voted down a spy bill amendment today that would have blocked telecommunications companies from receiving retroactive legal immunity for their involvement in the federal government's potentially illegal warrantless surveillance program.Read More...
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Walmart: Thanks For Buying All Those HD DVD Players, We're Switching To Blu-Ray [Format War]
via Consumerist by Meg Marco on February 14, 2008
Walmart has just announced that they're going blu-ray exclusive. The store will no longer carry HD DVD movies or hardware. "We've listened to our customers, who are showing a clear preference toward Blu-ray products and movies with their purchases," Gary Severson, head of home entertainment for Wal-Mart's U.S. stores, said in a statement.Thanks for buying all those HD DVD players on...
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Texas Legalizes Dildos
via BuzzFeed Latest by (author unknown) on February 13, 2008
A U.S. Circuit Court has overturned a Texas law outlawing the "selling, giving, lending, distributing, or advertising" of sex toys.We do hope this makes it all the way to the Supreme Court, if only to hear Ruth Bader Ginsburg's opinion.Best 5 Links:Ruling: Government Interference W/R/T Dildos Violates the ConstitutionYes, But What About Dildos and the Supremes? (Justices, That Is)This May Be...
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XServe Raid no longer available, Apple partners with Promise
via The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) by Scott McNulty on February 18, 2008
Filed under: Enterprise, AppleOne of the features prominently touted by Apple in the new XSan 2 is its support for 3rd party storage solutions. It looks like there is a very good reason for that: Apple is no longer making the Xserve RAID. That's right, if you head on over to the XServe Raid's former home on Apple.com you're greeted with some information about the Promise VTrak E-Class...
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Sfera Retracting Alarm Clock
via Apartment Therapy New York by regina on February 18, 2008
Mounted on the ceiling, this little bugger will eventually get you out of bed. The Sfera Retracting Alarm Clock is an innocent-enough-looking white sphere that hangs above your bed. But when the "alarm" goes off, well, then it's a different story...When the alarm goes off, the Sfera lowers to hover just above your head and it begins to glow. To active the "sleep" button, you hit it and it...
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Comcast loses subscribers, gains income. ... [Comcast]
via Consumerist by Meg Marco on February 13, 2008
Comcast loses subscribers, gains income. [AP]
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Worst Company In America '08: Nominate [Worst Company In America]
via Consumerist by Ben Popken on February 13, 2008
It's time for Consumerist's 3rd Annual Worst Company in America Contest! Last year, RIAA won. Before that, Halliburton took the prize. Who will climb to the top of the nadir this year?Here's how it works. Name your favorite company to hate in the comments on this post and why (or send it to tips@consumerist.com). Then we will all vote on the nominees to whittle down the field of...
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DeLorme's Awesome Customer Service Vastly Improves Road Trip [Above And Beyond]
via Consumerist by Ben Popken on February 13, 2008
Brendan writes:My wife and I had a trip planned to drive south from Illinois to Louisiana. The trip included a number of side-journeys, so I decided to upgrade my GPS from an older laptop-tied unit to a hand-held. After looking at various devices on the market, I decided on the DeLorme PN-20 GPS; it had similar features to most of the Garmin GPSMap units, but included full navigation and...
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