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Entries from July 2007

Leaked Iron Man Movie Footage!

July 31st, 2007 · 1 Comment

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!August 4th 2007 08:22
I guarantee you that this will not last long (check out the history of events regarding this footage below)
The footage was leaked online and paramount went into a frenzy.
They successfully stopped everywhere including YouTube from [...]

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Tags: Multimedia

Sony being sued over CELL processor?!

July 31st, 2007 · 1 Comment

California based company, Parallel Procesing, filed a suit today against SCEA (Sony Computer Enterteinment of America) seeking damages for patent infringement relating to the CELL Processor, the heart of the Playstation 3 console.
Patent number 5,056,000 titled Synchronized parallel processing with shared memory (which can be viewed here ) describes a system which brakes up the [...]

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Tags: News

Simpsons - I will not illegally download this movie

July 31st, 2007 · No Comments

The above is a still from The Simpsons Movie.
Despite Bart’s plea, a CAM of the movie appeared on BitTorrent this past Friday afternoon and made studio execs at FOX no doubt nervous about ticket sales and opening weekend profits.
But even though the movie was leaked and downloaded tens of thousands of times, it still managed [...]

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Tags: Web

USB Keyboard BRA!

July 31st, 2007 · No Comments

USB Keyboard Bra from Angel Kitty.
The keyboard layout appears to be standard while allowing for the natural contours of the female anatomy. It’s not known whether heavy use of the keyboard will result in carpal tunnel syndrome - our testers haven’t reported any side effects other than a tendency to leer salaciously while using it.
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Tags: Gadgets

Fancy a DeLorean??

July 31st, 2007 · No Comments

Well now you can, Texas based “Delorean Motor Company” is building them again. The company aquired all the parts left over in the factory when its doors closed in 1982. It also took ownership of the trademarks and many of the plans.
The 20 strong company are now planning to start production manufacturing roughly 20 cars [...]

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Tags: Breaktime

Firefox update, now 2.0.0.6

July 31st, 2007 · 1 Comment

Just had the latest update from Mozilla for the Firefox browser, no major changes unfortunately to get excited about. Just a few bug fixes.
See the release notes here or download here

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Tags: Hardware & Software

Super Mario Clone

July 31st, 2007 · No Comments

A jump-and-run game in the style of Super Mario WorldSecret Maryo Chronicles is a two-dimensional, sidescrolling jump-and-run platform game which utilizes the platform independent multimedia library, SDL. It features a built-in editor which can be used to easily create your own levels and worlds.
Features:

3 Worlds.
9 Different Enemies.
Highly detailed Graphics, Sound and Music.
Advanced Editor.
Savegames with the [...]

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Tags: Gaming

X360 premium pack + 1 game - £199!

July 31st, 2007 · No Comments

The pic is of an X360 premium pack (usually retails between £279.99+)
This deal includes the console plus a choice of a game - Pro Evolution Soccer or Call of Duty 3 (both fantastic titles)!
This offer is running @ Toys R Us instore.
Limited stock only but stores do have stock (I would call first)

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Tags: UK Bargains

Chair that changes colour if you’re fat!

July 31st, 2007 · No Comments

The furniture is called fuwa pica, which loosely translated means ’soft and flashy’. It senses people’s presence, then gradually changes colour accordingly.
In a typical scenario, a person might walk into a room furnished with fuwa pica. He or she might place a memento or favorite item, let’s say a blue vase, on the table and [...]

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Tags: Gadgets

Harry Rotter T-Shirt

July 31st, 2007 · 1 Comment

Fans of boy wizards, pet owls and precocious English girls won’t be too keen on the Harry Potter Enlightenment Project, a group of British scallywags who have produced a spoilsport T-Shirt that will make children cry and their parents call you every name under the sun.
The T-Shirt comes in either black or yellow will [...]

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Tags: Web

Hello World - iPhone

July 30th, 2007 · No Comments

Its finally here, the usual first step toward a hoard of home brew software, the “Hello World” application has now been created. The source? iPhone Dev Wiki both binaries and source code are available. Wonder what the next step is then? Emulators are usually good ports to start with…

 
You can download the binary here

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Tags: Mobile

Sony & Sky join forces for PSP owners

July 30th, 2007 · No Comments

Sony and Sky have got together in a joint venture to provide on-demand entertainment content to the PlayStation Portable (PSP) in the UK and Ireland.
Initially focusing exclusively on delivering content to some 2.3 million PSP owners in the UK and Ireland, including video and film content from Sky’s collection.There are already discussions with other [...]

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Tags: Gaming

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in under 2 mins!

July 29th, 2007 · 1 Comment

All you need to know about the final potter book in under 2 mins!
WARNING SPOILERS

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Tags: Breaktime

Nintendo Wii for elder residents!

July 29th, 2007 · 1 Comment


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Tags: Breaktime

Always read the small print…

July 29th, 2007 · No Comments

This was actually very funny but the Hooters girl didn’t think so:

Full-sized image is here
p.s. For those that don’t get it - ToYODA not ToYOTA

Source

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Tags: Breaktime