Coming Sooner Than You Think: The Kill Switch
It used to be that just the entertainment industries wanted to control your computers — and televisions and iPods and everything else — to ensure that you didn’t violate any copyright rules.
But now everyone else wants to get their hooks into your gear.
How Nokia Name Their Phones
For those who’ve been under a rock for the past 10 years, the top mobile phone manufacturer in the world, Nokia, usually uses four digits to designate its models.
They reserve the special “N” and “E” prefixed for some of its most versatile and capable products.
Here’s a detailed list on what all those numbers and letters mean.
8 Countries with Weak Pesos but Hot Women
The peso is often criticized as being an internationally weak currency. Many countries all over the world use a form of ‘the peso’ as their unit of currency, each holding its own value and exchange rate compared to the American dollar.
And, quite coincidentally as it turns out, some of the world’s hottest women use these cute little bank notes in their home country.
The Top 10 Greatest Italian Film Directors
The art of Rome contributed immensely (probably more than any other nation) to Western culture. This continued through the middle ages with Church art and music, and now in modern times the Italians continue to be leaders in the art of film.
These directors are ten of the greatest Italian contributors to modern movies.
The Crystal Studded LCD TV
You already have to pay a premium to get standard Loewe TV in your home - the Individual will knock up that price tag even further.
Why? Well, it’s a crystal-studded TV, with the gems covering the side of the case.
Last Night’s NBA Draft Blog
The WWL reports the mother of all draft night trades: the rights to Mayo, Marko Jaric, Antoine Walker and Greg Buckner to the Grizzlies in return for the draft rights to Kevin Love, Mike Miller, Brian Cardinal and Jason Collins. I knew McHale couldn’t resist Love!
Gianna Albertoni Photoshoot
This is Gianna Albertoni. And this is me saying, “if I don’t get to be with a woman like this at least once in my life then there’s really no point in living.”
Check out her snap shots from a Agua de Coco photoshoot
Knicks Fans are a Shifty Bunch
Check out how they react to first round draft pick Danilo Gallinardi
Picture of the Day: Spiderman Helping out some Chicks
I don’t know where this came from but is this not the most random picture you’ve seen today? Photo credit via Tinypic
Five Human Wonders
It’s pretty amazing what human beings are able to accomplish. Sure, the natural wonders of the world are incredible….
However, we certainly have a way of building some breathtaking and complex structures.
How To Torment a Telemarketer
That’s one way to get back at them.
Remember This Game? Space Invaders
Space Invaders was designed and programmed by Toshihiro Nishikado for Taito, Japan in 1978 and remains one of the most popular arcade games ever made.
Space Invaders was originally going to be called something completely different as the aliens were originally soldiers which you had to shoot down.
Brooke Hogan Poses for Maxim
With her dad dating her doppleganger, her mom dating a guy younger than her, and her brother in jail, Brooke Hogan is suddenly the most normal Hogan in the family.
So it makes perfect sense and timing for her to pose provocatively for Maxim magazine
Photo of the Day: Blue “Water” Road
That’s a little strange. Check out the rest of this series at Offbeat Earth
Sent to the DL Because of a Pillow
Brandon Inge was sent to the DL. But how?
Inge said he aggravated the injury moving a pillow for his three-year-old Monday night. He said if not for that mishap, he probably would have tried to continue to play with the injury, which he said has bothered him since he suffered it on June 1 in Seattle.
The ZAP Alias Electric Car Makes its Debut
From Autoblog Green: “We recently got word that a ZAP Alias prototype had been built but at the time, we couldn’t find any pictures.
With a link supplied by commenter “Jay,” that situation has been somewhat rectified. Although we don’t have photos beyond the screen grabs you see above, there is a news video from NBC24 showing off the car from different angles.”
The Urban Touchdown
Skills don’t get better than this
Wild On Laetitia Casta
We all know how hot Laetitia Casta is but did you know that she can speak too?
Check out this video.
The Panasonic Toughbook CF-U1 to Come out in August
Panasonic is going to launch its Toughbook CF-U1 Atom-based rugged UMPC in August. The Toughbook CF-U1 is powered by an Intel Atom Z520 1.33GHz processor, 1GB of memory, 16GB or 32GB SSD drive.
It features a 5.6-inch 1024×600 LCD touchscreen with LED backlit, WiFi 802.11a/g/n, Bluetooth, built-in 3G connectivity, GPS, and a 2 Megapixel webcam.
Jennifer Hudson Oozing Out Of Her Dress
Jennifer Hudson graced the BET Awards red carpet earlier this week at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
Her shimmery copper tube dress might be considered a fashion miss by some but the real issue is the fact that her cleavage seems to be oozing out of her garment.
Check out the full story and photos here
Jermaine O’Neal Dealt to Raptors
The Toronto Raptors have agreed in principle to acquire forward Jermaine O’Neal from the Indiana Pacers for point guard T.J. Ford, center Rasho Nesterovic, the 17th pick in the draft and a player to be named.
In all honesty, yawn.
Obama’s iPod Playlist
Being a presidential candidate is like being a professor at San Diego State University. You’re surrounded by complete idiots who can only seem to muster up questions that somehow relate to pop culture.
Thus, we get Obama telling us what’s on his iPod.
“Everything from Howlin’ Wolf to Yo-Yo Ma to Sheryl Crow,” he tells the new issue of Rolling Stone. “And I have probably 30 Dylan songs on my iPod.”
Picture of the Day: Astro Boy Mural Made from Recycled Subway Tickets
Astro Boy, Japan’s favorite mid-century anime android, was recently immortalized in a stunning metro ticket tableau at the Shinjuku Takashimaya department store. The pointillist portrait is composed of scores of recycled subway tickets folded into black and white squares
Verne Troyer Has A Sex Tape - YUK!
Verne Troyer has a sex tape featuring his former live-in girlfriend that was made at the couple’s apartment.
No deals have been made yet to purchase the tape, dealer Kevin Blatt is offering Mini-Me $100k to distribute the tape with SugarDVD.
Thanks, but no thanks.
World has 10 million millionaires
The number of people around the world with at least $1 million in assets passed 10 million for the first time last year, according to a new report.
And their bank accounts are growing even faster.
The combined wealth of the globe’s millionaires grew to nearly $41 trillion last year
