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Who said Sci-Fi is a waste of time? [future-tech weapons]

Posted on 04. Jan, 2010 by .

Check out Wired Magazine’s post on 10 Sci-Fi Weapons that Actually Exist: The 10 rundown: XM-25 grenade launcher (I would say the XM-8 is the stocking stuffer for next year) Armored ROV’s (Aren’t they cute, until you have a 50 cal up your 6) Active Denial System (Millimeter-wave radiation- also does pancakes in your pocket) [...]

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Build Fresh… Subway shop at Ground Zero

Posted on 29. Dec, 2009 by .

This is a very interesting way to: a) keep workers on-site for Lunch b) have a direct captive market. Reported as: “A Subway sandwich shop is hoisted by crane onto the rising steel frame of the Freedom Tower, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009 in New York. The bright yellow concession trailer with an American flag will [...]

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Google’s fading home page

Posted on 09. Dec, 2009 by .

If you are like me, you have been wondering what the hell is going on with Google’s home page fading in the text (see video below).  I am one for experiments, but does this make much sense? I think just about everyone knows that Google is a search engine (hopefully), and I thought maybe it [...]

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Google Chrome for Mac (Beta)

Posted on 09. Dec, 2009 by .

Yesterday Google released the Chrome browser for the Mac (Beta).  We’ve been looking forward to this for a long time. I will try it out and report on it!

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YouTube learning from Hulu?

Posted on 26. Nov, 2009 by .

Looking through several tile repair videos, I was hit up with an advertisement on YouTube. Surprise! Gee, you think Google is trying to figure out a way to pay for this site, and the 1080p future of content? I found it very interesting that a 1 minute, 54 second video had a 30 second ad. [...]

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Blackberry Storm 2 trying to get noticed

Posted on 29. Oct, 2009 by .

Hey, over here! The release of the Blackberry Storm 2 on the Verizon’s network, yesterday, seemed to be the least publicized event in quite some time.  This product that has the ability to hold or expand RIM’s market share (currently at approx. 40%),  but with the marketing and pizazz of a Kleenex commercial, fails to [...]

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Google Wave… preview

Posted on 07. Oct, 2009 by .

I recently got access to Google Wave, and I am looking forward to using it and giving it a good stretch off.  The real power of GW is using it with other users.  Hopefully, I will find a whole bunch of other users that also have access to the preview. So, if you use Wave, [...]

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