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Dec
USB credit card launched in South Korea
USB credit card launched in South Korea
Shinhan Card, a South Korean company, unveiled a new kind of credit card yesterday. A USB credit card. It functions as a contactless credit card in stores. To use it online, you just insert it into your USB port. It enters your […]
29
Dec
Nintendo of Australia makes one little girl’s Christmas extra-special
Everyone likes an uplifting story during the holidays, don’t they? Heck, we like to read or hear about them any chance we get. And this story is no different, as one little girl in Australia suffering from arthrogryposis, a degenerative muscle disease, recently got a wonderful gift […]
29
Dec
Apple To Lower iTunes TV Prices?
Technology website gizmodo.com is reporting today that Apple is pushing TV networks for a lower episode price of $.99. Currently, TV episodes on iTunes are $1.99, a price that hasn’t changed since Apple began offering television downloads. According to the article there’s no word if the networks would accept such a […]
29
Dec
Google Makes Advances In Online ApplicationsYesterday, Google made ‘Google Gears’ available for open beta testing. An open source browser extension, Google Gears lets users access online applications even when they’re not connected to the net. Currently, Google Gears works with Google Reader, Google’s RSS feed aggregator, and will presumably soon work with Google Docs & Spreadsheets […]
29
Dec
Wind-Up Toys Help the RainforestsChico Bicalho has created these spiffy wind-ups for your desktop. Chico’s and artist and designer who also works hard planting trees in the South Atlantic tropical rain forests. You can support him by buying one of his wind-up toys. Part of the money goes to fund planting trees […]
29
Dec
Flying boat? The one thousand and one question that comes into my mind is “Why do you need a boat that flies? Isn’t it a boat supposed to sail on water?”. Whether you like it or not, New Zealand inventor Rudy Heeman has created a flying boat that basically flies at a level of 1.5m […]
29
Dec
Facebook is so last year - welcome to the hit websites of 2008
For many in the dotcom world, 2007 was dominated by one story: the rise of Facebook. The success of the social networking service has increased optimism about the internet industry. After all, if Microsoft is prepared to buy a 1.6% share for $240m […]
28
Dec
I was on the internet today for the whole day and I came across a few good blogs that I’d like to mention here .
Fantasy Be Real is a blog totally about science fiction books and is actually reviewed by bloggers from around the world. This is a very good site for those who would […]
28
Dec
Yes, the need for speed! It’s no joke. A remote controlled car isn’t kid’s matter anymore! This gas-powered RC car can reach speeds of 60MPH. Such a high-speed toy seems to be inappropriate to classify it as a toy or perhaps it would be more appropriate for you instead of for your kids. To control […]
28
Dec
Pakistan’s Bhutto assassinated in gun, bomb attack
Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto waves as she leaves a rally in the city of Rawalpindi in this TV grab December 27, 2007, shortly before she was killed in a gun and bomb attack. (REUTERS/Reuters TV)
Email|Print| Text size – + By Augustine Anthony December 27, 2007
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (Reuters) […]
