a random Chinese sweatshop has dreamed up another modern-day marvel: the USB oil burner. If you’re like us (and we think you are), there’s nothing you want to do more than pour scented oil into something that plugs into your computer. Available in rose and peppermint, $7 each.
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It looks like the city of Beijing was suitably impressed with Nissan’s still-in-development transportation safety system, as the city’s now tasked the company with installing the system in time for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. According to The Wall Street Journal, the system, dubbed Star Wings, will rely on an existing Beijing system to collect traffic data, which Nissan will then turn around and transmit to drivers via an unspecified wireless network. That’ll allow drivers to determine the quickest route to take which, in theory, should reduce congestion in the city, something Beijing’s been trying to get under control in time for the Olympics. While that’s not all that far away, Nissan seems confident that it can make a difference, saying it hopes to put the technology into a fifth of Beijing’s 3 million cars by August of 2008 — an ambitious goal it believes in can achieve in part by working with rental car companies and taxi fleets.
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Source: Donald Melanson
It is about 6 months since I carried on maintaining the GParted-LiveCD, and I tried to do my best to built and update it. Unfortunately, I have definitely no time left to to continue this work! Either I find a new live maintainer, either no release will be done before ages…
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Sirius, which broadcasts the talk-show host Howard Stern, added 561,500 net subscribers during the period, about 80,000 more than analysts estimated.
Source: BLOOMBERG NEWS
Filed under: Desktops
A 20-year old student in Shanghai’s Yangpu District perished after being “electrocuted by his computer.” Reportedly, the man removed the external case from his desktop to prevent it from overheating in the non-air conditioned room, and when his legs came into contact with the innards, the resulting shock left him deceased. Initial investigations by local police confirmed that he was indeed electrocuted, yet there was no reason given as to why the individual refused to switch on the cooling system.
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Source: Darren Murph
Social travel network TripUp has announced the launch of CouchSwap, a new social travel application developed specifically for Facebook.
CouchSwap gives Facebook users the ability to offer their couches to friends and other travellers, as well as being able to find available couches offered up by other members.
CouchSwap features include a ratings service that allows users to rate couches like a hotel room, and a credit system for swapping couches. Users must offer a couch in order to take advantage of other people’s couches; a Bartercard style system of sorts for cheap accommodation.
CouchSwap will compete directly with the Couch Surfing Project, a stand alone site that has over 270,000 members.
Counchswap’s parent company TripUp was acquired by Sidestep July 9.
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Source: Duncan Riley
This guide will show you how to get your Mac to stream media to your PS3 console. Hello PS3 TV!
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OS X’s commercial credentials recently got a major boost from the Open Group. Thanks to the efforts of Apple’s OS boss Kevin Van Vechten and his team, Leopard has cleared all of the hurdles required to attain UNIX 03 certification. That places Apple in elite company. Only Sun, IBM and HP are certified, so OS X turns the Big Three into the Big Four.
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