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Feb 10

The Paris Hotel marqui in Las Vegas suffered a spectacular “Écran Bleu De la Mort” recently, according to pictures snapped by a vacationer. Photos show they finally got the system booted by morning, but that wasn’t very pretty either.

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Feb 10

Nearly half of British men surveyed would give up sex for six months in return for a 50-inch plasma TV, a survey — perhaps unsurprisingly carried out for a firm selling televisions — said on Friday.

Electrical retailer Comet surveyed 2,000 Britons, asking them what they would give up for a large television, one of the latest consumer “must-haves.”

The firm found 47 percent of men would give up sex for half a year, compared to just over a third of women.

 

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Feb 07

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You’ve seen these tech logos everywhere, but have you ever wondered how they came to be? Did you know that Apple’s original logo was Isaac Newton under an apple tree? Or that Nokia’s original logo was a fish?

Let’s take a look at the origin of tech companies’ logos and how they evolved over time.

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Feb 05

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Possibility isn’t limited by technology. And it’s certainly not limited by human imagination. What makes something impossible is the lack of cold, hard, cash. [For the rest of the article click here]

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Feb 04

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These happy characters are Peruvian anti-riot police, who are seen here parading in celebration of Peru’s independence day yesterday. Yes, they are terrifying. This makes Peru the latest entry in a long list of countries I will try to avoid rioting in. I’m still all about rioting in Canada and Sweden, however.

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