[Video] Citizens Retain A Robbery Suspect Until Police Arrive
Don’t try to rob people on the streets of Brooklyn, otherwise you might end as the guy from the video below, who was saved from the crowd by the police.
Sep
08
2008
08
2008
Sep
08
2008
08
2008
Apple Acknowledges Brit Man As Inventor of The iPod
Kane Kramer, a 52-year old briton, was recognized by Apple as the inventor of technology behind the iPod. Apple acknowledged him as the father of iPod in a court case where Kramer gave evidence in its defence during a legal wrangle with Burst.com, which claims that it has the patent of iPodd technology and deserves a cut from Apple’s £89 billion profits. The legal dispute has been settled confidentially out of court.
Kane Kramer designed the technology behind the iPod in 1979 and he patented it. The player he build was named IXI and it was capable of storing 3,5 minutes of music on a memory chip.
In 1989, Kramer lost the patent because he didn’t have enough money to renew it.
Related Posts
Sep
04
2008
04
2008
Have Fun With Google Chrome Easter Eggs
Now that you have installed the Google browser let’s have some fun with it: Stephen Shankland discovered some easter eggs which are activated using the “about:” command.
Here are the commands:
- about:stats
- about:config
- about:crash
- about:internets
In order to trigger the easter egg, type the commands in the address bar. Enjoy 
Related Posts
Sep
04
2008
04
2008
Honda To Unveil Insight Hybrid Car
“Insight”, a new hybrid concept car produced by Honda, will be unveiled at the Paris Motor Show in October.
The new car is designed to be the Prius fighter. It is rumored that Insight will cost $18,500 while the Toyota Prius price starts at $22,000.
Honda Insight has standard hybrid electric startup and acceleration duties and
it’s powered by gasoline.
The concept version looks 90 % like the final version of Insight so take a look at the pictures to get an idea of how Honda hybrid car will be like:
Related Posts
Sep
04
2008
04
2008
Sony Recalls 73,000 Laptops Due To Overheat Risk
A manufacturing defect caused Sony to recall 73,000 Vaio Tz laptops. The problem is that the wiring near the computer’s hinge could short-circuit and overheat and this could burn the user.
There is already a victim: a person suffered a minor burn resulting from the defect. Sony has received 15 other reports of overheating computers.
The affected models are: VGN-TZ100, VGN-TZ200, VGN-TZ300 and VGN-TZ2000. Anyway, not all computers from these series are affected, that’s why Sony suggests that users should contact the company to check if their computer could be dangerous.
Related Posts
Sep
03
2008
03
2008
[Video] Would You Like Some Buggy Rolling ?
Jean-Yves Blondeau aka “Rollerman” is a french guy who created a special thing: a 31 wheel roller suit which is used for riding in various positions (buggy rolling) at speeds up to 60 mph (96 km/h).
Blondeau made some demos which are breathtaking. Check two of them:
If you think you can do this there’s news for you: the suit will be available in shops at the end of 2008 and it
will cost around 1500 euro.
Related Posts
Sep
02
2008
02
2008
Google Chrome Is Available For Download
After a day from the Google announcement made in the form of comic book, their web browser named Chrome is available for download.
At a first glance I can say that it has a clean interface, nice tabs and a very good suggestion system (It’s a Google product after all). I haven’t thoroughly tested it, but Google Chrome is designed to compete with the hard players like Internet Explorer or Firefox.
The Chrome browser is open source and the current version is a beta release. What do you think of the Google new toy ?
Related Posts
Sep
01
2008
01
2008
Putin Shoots Amur Tiger Saving Journalists Life
Vladimir Putin is a hero, he rules the biggest country in the world and … saves the journalists life in the
siberian taiga.
Recently, Putin and a news crew were checking up on siberian tigers being monitored in the wild when an Amur tiger started rushing towards the journalists. The formerly president of Russia didn’t lost his calm, took a tranquilizer rifle and shoot at the giant cat dropping it.
After that, Putin measured the tiger’s incisors and secured a satellite transmiter around its neck. Is he the toughest president ?