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Humor: Help I’m bored
Another entry to our growing list of “Dada web sites”.
“Help I am bored” provides quick tips and remedies for 16 common situations – from Help – I’m homesick to Help-I feel old and of course Help – I’m bored. Some of the hints are…
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Games: Google Driving Simulator
Japanese Flash developer Kohring has just released a new version of his 2D driving simulator that uses street maps and satellite images from Google Maps as a playing ground.
While the simulation is still quite simply and does not detect collisions or road boundaries, its definitely a new way to use web 2.0 interfaces. We are looking forward to the first 3D simulation within Google Earth and other virtual world databases.
Preset locations include…
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Firefox Download Worldrecord attempt today
Don’t forget that it is Firefox download day today – Mozilla’s attempt to get into the Guinness Book of record for the most software downloads in 24 hours.
And expect that it might take some time until you’ll be able to download the new version of Firefox (see below)…
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Internet: Malware with 24h support services
So called Trojan and Malware kits have been around since quite some time and most of the people working with or on the Internet should by now have realized that the creation of Malware and spying on computers has developed into a full-fledged industry. And half-hearted security on web sites, corporate and private computers provides their share to the continuously growing size of bot networks together with operating systems that could sometimes best be described with the infamous term “unsafe at any speed”.
We’ve seen the first of these Malware kits in the 1990s – then targeted at so called script kids – but since these years of …
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Segway adds a social element to its gliders
Companies around the world – in an effort to create communities of users around their products – are picking up social networking approaches at a fast pace.
Earlier this month Segway has started to create a network and communications around their self-balancing scooters, allowing users to communicate, create groups, find like minded people around the world or just in their local area, discuss the latest news and share their experiences.
Like Nike and other consumer good companies, Segway with its “Segway Social” network is hoping to attract future buyers by providing them…
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Humor: Close Encounters of the Internet
A version of the famous scene from “Close Encounters” done by the SouthPark studios.
A giant Linksys router has arrived.
“…all right Internet, what do you want from us…“
Full episode available online.
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