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WiFly: Broadcasting Live from 30k Feet. Kudos Virgin America… Kudos

22 December 2009 Commentsby: Matt Bellezza

Virgin WifiYou’ve probably ready about it as it’s fairly old news, but first the first time ever I’m experiencing it and i thought I’d share.

I am writing to you from 30,000 feet up in the air on my way home to New York for the holidays. This is possible because Virgin America has equipped their entire fleet with Wifi.

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Insurgents Hack Predator Video Feed

17 December 2009 Commentsby: Matt Bellezza

predator RQ-1

Sometimes I get a little frightened when I think of all the technology the military has at their fingertips. The technology we know about (Predators) and the technology we don’t (Ion Cannons).

Then I remember: It’s the military. Same guys who do crap like this.

Recently the military did something that most people today know how to do even, if they don’t understand why.

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GE Signs Contract with Major Holiday Distributor

17 December 2009 Commentsby: Will Kievit

GE's Santa Sleigh

Okay, so it’s not quite inside information, but this morning when I logged into my computer at work I found out that GE has signed a contract with Santa to provide a new state of the art sleigh. This is sure to impact GE’s stock price, which as of recent has been around the upper $15s.

We all know that traditionally Santa has had a rather old fashioned sleigh pulled by his reindeer, but the reindeer are getting old and so is Santa and so GE has developed mind blowing proprietary technology to solve some traditional problems. Some of the new features include OLED lighting, RFID Asset tracking (for Santa’s many gifts), and much more. Another cool thing is that most of this stuff is in development or has been developed by GE already. Take a look at the below app to learn more.

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Jerusalem Border Security Shoots to Kill… A Macbook

15 December 2009 Commentsby: Matt Bellezza

Macbook ShotOfficer: “Is that a Macbook”

Woman: “Yes…uh… err, wait no!”

Officer: “Sorry Ma’am we are a PC only country, We are going to have to put her down.”

::Officer takes out gun, and proceeds to put three bullets into it::

Officer: “You are free to enter the country now.”

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Google Phone – Nexus One (HTC) Released to Employees

14 December 2009 Commentsby: Matt Bellezza

image by engadget
Rumors of a “Google Phone” have been flying around for several years. Especially after the Apple iPhone came out. These rumors have been increasing of recent with their release of Google Voice.

At an all-hands meeting on Friday, Google started to hand out phones with the newest version of Android on it to their employees. The hardware of the phone appears to be eerily similar to the HTC Passion, but it is speculated that the UI and OS are altered and designed by Google.

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