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18 Jun 2009

iPhone OS 3.0 tethering and MMS hack released slashgear.com AT&T s U-Verse Evolution xchangemag.com Digital Britain report finds little support macuser.co.uk Government considers mobile broadband for London Underground mobiletoday.co.uk Vonage to settle litigation tied to IPO marketwatch.com Verizon, AT&T: Buy a Texting Plan and We Won t Rip You Off yahoo.com China Says Its Okay [...]

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Anti-stab Kitchen Knife Designed With Mishaps In Mind

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17 Jun 2009

Anti-stab Kitchen Knife Designed With Mishaps In Mind

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Ants Watch Looks Infuriatingly Interesting

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17 Jun 2009

The ant watch from Seahope is, without a doubt, the most confusing watch I have ever set eyes upon. Seahope takes the ordered madness of the average Tokyo Flash number and amplifies it by a factor of ten. You will need to be good at math to figure out what is going on here, and [...]

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Notebook BBQ Grill, A Great Way to Take The BBQ to the Picnic

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17 Jun 2009

Picnics tend to be boring affairs with altogether too much salad, that is unless you take a Notebook BBQ grill to the party. It folds up for easy storage and carrying and at 4kg it is light enough, so the only bulk you will need to carry is the charcoal and some meat. Price: £24.99 [...]

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Swiss Army Officer’s Trunk: Handsome, Durable and Really, Really Expensive

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17 Jun 2009

Swiss Army Officer’s Trunk: Handsome, Durable and Really, Really Expensive

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Cuts Both Ways T-shirt: Maybe There Is a Deeper Connection Between Us and Onions

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17 Jun 2009

Cuts Both Ways T-shirt: Maybe There Is a Deeper Connection Between Us and Onions

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Aquiva – worldwide largest floating hotel

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17 Jun 2009

There is nothing like living by the water with water sounding like in paradise. This appears to be the worldwide largest floating hotel nearby the Thames. Called Aquiva, there are no plans to moor it among Londons building sites. The resorts design is reported to be inspired by Burj Dubai hotel in Dubai. Link to [...]

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Shop eyewear online at GlassesShop

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17 Jun 2009

Glasses, the whole variety of very different types of glasses, are all aimed to help us cope with weak eyesight, strong sunlight or even both at a time. Production of eyewear is then a very science intensive because we can loose health only once and no one wants to. Still many people carelessly buy sunglasses [...]

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4000 Watt Roadster – perfect for city commuting

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17 Jun 2009

If you consider yourself to be an environmentalist, this two person electric roadster is what you may safely drive in your city. Being the best choice for city commuting, this environmentally friendly roadster is a trusted little car to be capable of driving at a speed of up to 25 miles per hour on a [...]

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Sainsbury Supermarket to be powered by cars

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17 Jun 2009

This is a first time, when the supermarket is powered by cars running over special kinetic road plates. Shopping has never been so efficient, no doubts. The idea is that the weight of your car can be useful to generate electricity. Link to the original article…

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Moby concept car by WooJin Chung

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17 Jun 2009

Moby concept car is a 3 wheeled battery powered modular car. This mind boggling car features an adjustable rear while offering reduced storage space. This concept car is developed by designer WooJin Chung who demonstrates its sustainable electricity powered car. Link to the original article…

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Comcast Drills Electric Meter, Delivers Real Powerboost – As new ads knock Verizon for FiOS installation problems…

17 Jun 2009

Perhaps trying to mimic Comcast’s new advertisements that show FiOS installations as a home destroying nightmare, Comcast is under fire in Pennsylvania (via the Consumerist) for setting an 83-year-old woman’s home on fire. How? A contracted laborer drilled directly through an outside electrical box, started a fire in the wood behind the box in the [...]

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AT&T Announces U-Verse Enhancements – Including increase of ‘High Speed Internet Max’ tier to 12Mbps.

17 Jun 2009

AT&T this morning let us know that the company is unveiling a suite of enhancements to their VDSL-based U-Verse service. According to a company press release, the company will continue the expansion of their total home DVR service, which we’ve been covering since last year but has been seeing phased refinements. The release also notes [...]

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Head to Head: Trixbox Appliance Versus PhoneBochs Asterisk Appliance

17 Jun 2009

As you may have noticed, VoIPSupply.com has recently discontinued sales of the Trixbox Appliance. We will continue to fully support existing Trixbox Appliance customers, but we are focusing our efforts on the PhoneBochs Asterisk Appliance as our recommended hardware solution for users of Asterisk, Trixbox, 3CX and other SIP based communications platforms. Some of you [...]

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Despite rumors, FreeSWITCH still independent

17 Jun 2009

Late last week rumors surrounding the acquisition of FreeSWITCH by Barracuda Networks through the open source telephony community like a California wild fire. The only problem was they weren’t true. What started as a speculative post by one open source proponent on Wednesday of last week, mushroomed over night, leading to a series of blog [...]