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Disney, WowWee, and Thinkway Toys team up on cute killer bots for the ironic uprising
via Engadget by Thomas Ricker on April 30, 2008
Filed under: Robots Need some irony with your angst-battered diet this morning? Swell, try some of this. Disney and Pixar are set to release their latest animated blockbuster, WALL-E, this summer. The premise of the film finds WALL-E (Waste Allocation Load Lifter - Earth-Class) cleaning up the Earth's trash after rampant, unchecked consumerism made the planet uninhabitable. So how do they...
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Nokia's "Beautiful to use" 6600 slide, fold and 3600 slide
via Engadget by Thomas Ricker on April 28, 2008
Filed under: CellphonesNokia just announced a trio of "Beautiful to use" Nokia handsets with its Nokia 6600 slide, 6600 fold, and 3600 slide. The €250 6600 fold is said to smoothly arc open with the press of a button to reveal a 2.13-inch OLED display sporting 16 million colors. It also features tap commands. When off, a double-tap of the monolithic cover reveals the time, messages and missed...
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Whiten Your Teeth with Strawberries
via Lifehacker Australia by (author unknown) on April 26, 2008
If you've never been keen on commercial teeth-whitening products and you love strawberries, today is your lucky day: Web site Health.com says that one ripe strawberry plus half a teaspoon of baking powder equals a natural teeth whitener. The secret is malic acid—the product of the mix—which is an astringent that can buff coffee and cigarette stains from your teeth. The post emphasises...
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Stop Hiccups with Warm Water
via Lifehacker Australia by (author unknown) on April 27, 2008
Seemingly everyone has a home-spun remedy for the hiccups, from fright tactics to breathing exercises and beyond, but few consider where the gasping annoyances actually come from. The Growing Happiness blog points to drinking warm water as a cure, as they claim it actually works on the spasming diaphragm muscles that cause hiccups:... And what do you do when a you get a muscle cramp? You apply...
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Saul Griffith's Wattzon, redefining climate change as an engineering challenge
via Waxy.org Links by (author unknown) on March 20, 2008
the most powerful and important document I've read in a very long time [via]
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BtProx Locks Your Workstation with Your Cell Phone [Featured Windows Download]
via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on March 26, 2008
Windows only: Free, open source application BtProx locks your Windows computer whenever your cell phone or other Bluetooth device is out of range. Similar to previously mentioned Blue Lock, BtProx includes a more advanced feature set, allowing you to set a timeout before it locks your PC and run a program when your device is out of range. I had trouble using it with my iPhone, so if you give it a...
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U23D SPECIAL MELBOURNE MIDNIGHT SCREENING – WED APRIL 9
via Australian U2 News log by Wes on March 25, 2008
U2 3D – The Ultimate concert film in IMAX 3D The world’s biggest band are set to become even bigger when they hit IMAX screens in 3D. With the Australian release confirmed for April 10, fans can get ready for an experience that will be ’even better than the real thing!’ The Australian U2 Show perform LIVE from 9pm – Bar Open from 9pm TICKETS NOW ON SALE!Go to...
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IM App Digsby Available to All, Adds More Features
via Lifehacker Australia by (author unknown) on March 20, 2008
Windows only: Freeware instant messaging application Digsby, which boasts integration not only across chat networks but also with your email and social networking web sites, has come out of private beta and added a few more spicy features. Among them, Digsby has added Twitter support, inline spell checking, and audio/video chat with TokBox, the same service Meebo is using to add A/V chat to...
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ABC launches 1, 2 and 3 new online TV channels
via iTWire - Latest Headlines by (author unknown) on March 12, 2008
Just like the BBC in the UK, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation(ABC) has launched a range of online channels. The first will let you‘catch up’ on broadcast programs, the second has...
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