Monthly Archives: September 2011

Adobe finally brings Flash to iPhone and iPad

  During the IBC trade show in Amsterdam on Friday, Adobe officially took the wraps off of its new Adobe Flash Media Server 4.5 and Adobe Flash Access 3.0 products, which will allow iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users to … Continue reading

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Sprint to offer iPhone 5 in October with unlimited data

  Sprint will offer the iPhone 5 in mid-October and will bundle it with an unlimited data plan, Bloomberg reported on Friday. The carrier hopes its unlimited data plan offering will attract customers away from AT&T and Verizon Wireless, which … Continue reading

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Swarovski Contact Lenses « MAMi

  Designer Anthony Mallier from India has created Sparkle contact lenses to make your eyes Sparkle like they’ve never sparkled before. The Sparkle contact lenses are fused with tiny Swarovski crystals in a circle around the edges of the lenses. … Continue reading

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Contact Lenses Made from Diamonds & Gold Are Too Much Bling

  Im all for spending money anyway you want to—grills, watches, boulder-sized rings, blinging chains—but come on, paying $15,000 for diamond and gold contact lenses is stupid. When did sacrificing your eyes become cool? Conceptualized and designed by two guys … Continue reading

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Windows 8 Boots Up Faster Than a Bull Ride

What’s Microsoft got to compete with the MacBook Air’s near-instant on? According to this recent demonstration from its Building Windows 8 blog, the ability to take a machine from fully powered off to booted up in just under eight seconds. … Continue reading

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Watch Michael J. Fox Show Off the Nike Air Mag on Letterman

Michael J. Fox showed up on The Late Show with David Letterman last night to officially announce the Nike Air Mag (aka the Back to the Future shoes). It’s Marty McFly himself, ladies and gentlemen! It’s heartbreaking to see the … Continue reading

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What the NYPD’s Impressive Counter Terrorism Unit Actually Does

Reuters just published a photo essay of the NYPD’s Counter Terrorism Unit. The unit is loaded with heavy weapons, Big Brother-esque technology and a determination to prevent something like 9/11 from happening again. Many New Yorkers have probably noticed the … Continue reading

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Cuba’s Lung Cancer Vaccine Could Save Your Life

Cuba, famed maker of delicious (and cancery) cigars, may just have an anti-lung cancer vaccine that’s worth getting excited about. CimaVax-EGF isn’t preventative, but it may make this horrible deadly disease just a plain old horrible disease. The newly available … Continue reading

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Google acquires ZAGAT

Google announced on Thursday that it acquired the restaurant rating company ZAGAT. “ZAGAT will be a cornerstone of our local offering — delighting people with their impressive array of reviews, ratings and insights, while enabling people everywhere to find extraordinary … Continue reading

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iPhone 5 shipments to approach 30 million units this year

    Apple manufacturing partner Foxconn has reportedly ramped up iPhone 5 production as the next-generation smartphone finally approaches launch next month. Citing anonymous industry sources, DigiTimes on Thursday reports that production of Apple’s fifth-generation iPhone has reached 150,000 units per … Continue reading

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