LG Versa Officially Announced Through Verizon Wireless

February 27, 2009
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The LG Versa is a brand-new modular touch-screen phone that’ll be available on March 1st through Verizon Wireless. The Versa is named for its versatility, since its modular design allows users to customize the phone with different kinds of attachments. The Versa will ship with a detachable QWERTY keyboard.

The touch-screen phone has a large display that measures 3 inches at the diagonal, has three customizable home screens, a full HTML Web browser with Flash support and three-browser multitasking capabilitiy. The Versa also has an accelerometer inside. The phone can be tethered to a laptop to be utilized as a modem, and a $59.99 fee gets access to a Mobile Broadband…

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Italian Air Force Chief Concedes Recent Incidents May Be Of Extraterrestrial Origin

February 27, 2009
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Last year in Italy, more UFO sightings were recorded than in any year prior; then, the Vatican recently acknowledged the appropriateness of conversation about extraterrestrial life; now, a high-ranking Air Force chief in Italy is conceding that many recent UFO incidents could have extraterrestrial origins.

One media outlet noted that the Italian Air Force recorded 38 UFO sightings since 2001; 3 sightings were reported by the Italian Air Force in 2008 alone. On March 2nd, “A spherical object, coloured white and glowing with a red halo was seen flying at around 200m above ground over Teresina,” according to 055 News in Italy. Also according to that media outlet, members of the…

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The Energy Detective Lets Consumers Monitor Energy Usage

February 27, 2009
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An interesting consumer gadget has arrived to market which promises to save people some money by allowing them to meticulously monitor their electricity usage at a glance. The Energy Detective lets careful consumers manage their electricity bills by keeping an eye on costs as they accrue. The Energy Detective, or TED, will accurately quantify electricity usage and display the results on its LCD screen. The TED provides immediate feedback on electricity usage and tallies total costs from second to second. See also this feature list:

  • Energy consumption in kilowatts (kW)
  • Energy consumed so far today in dollars and kilowatt-hours (kWh)
  • Projected energy cost for current billing cycle in $ and kWh
  • Peak use so…
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Stylophone Is Retro Pen-Operated Synthesizer

February 27, 2009
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A miniature stylus-operated synthesizer that’s an exact replica of a machine built in 1967 seeks to inspire musicians in the same way that it did more than 40 years ago. Apparently, star performers such as Kraftwerk, David Bowie and Erasure used one of these things back in the day to put out cutting-edge electronic sounds. This little fella existed back in an era when computers took up entire rooms and pen computing was just a gnarly fantasy of a few nerds in some dungeon deep underground.

The little synth is operated by tapping the pen on the keys. A switch adds vibrato, and a tuning knob adds pitch bending effects. Three…

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Bizarre Video From Peru Seems To Show An Extraterrestrial In Action

February 27, 2009
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Footage from a video apparently taken in Santa Rosa de Quives, Peru, seems to show a strange, humanoid figure skulking in the forest area in the background of the scene. The area is known to be a religious retreat, and some say that miracles occur there. Ufologists from Peru have taken a close look at the video and claim that the footage is authentic. Others have denounced the appearance as a completely staged hoax.

The Santa Rosa de Quives region is considered holy to Peruvian Catholics; thousands go there to pray for divine assistance. Each August 30th, a pilgrimage to the area takes place; it’s believed that this particular video was…

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Two Labs Now In Race To Discover The God Particle

February 27, 2009
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Since its inception, the CERN Hadron Collider in Switzerland has primarily been concerned with discovering the theoretical particle known as the Higgs boson, also called the “God Particle.” Now, the Fermilab is the United States is also on the hunt for the elusive and mysterious scalar elementary particle. The Higgs boson in the only Standard Model particle that has not yet been observed. It was first theorized in 1964.

The Fermilab and the CERN Hadron Collider are both crashing together sub-atomic particles at extremely high speeds, hopefully in order to see evidence that the Higgs boson exists. Fermilab, which is located in Illinois, in the US, claims that the odds of…

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Berti The Robot Plays Paper-Rock-Scissors

February 25, 2009
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Unveiled at London’s Science Museum is an affable chap by the name of Berti, who happily plays a game of paper, rock, scissors with human challengers. Berti uses sensors to detect outcomes as wins, losses, or draws. Berti is surprisingly articulate and can gesture in numerous ways.

Berti, who appears here as a jumble of wires and colors, expresses himself merely as a hand. That’s quite enough, though, for him to get his point across. Interested participants were pleased to interact with him in a casual and amicable way, across the table, just as old chums do.

Berti is short for Bristol Elumotion Robotic Torso 1. That’s quite a name, old bean.…

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Quake Live To Launch Next Week

February 25, 2009
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Fans of the popular 3D shooter Quake will be delighted to know that they can jump right into the game again, but this time, they’ll be running around the familiar environment in the comfort of their web browsers. Id software has just completed an exclusive invite-only closed beta test for Quake Live; the company intends to make its servers more broadly public starting in March.

The game will be a fairly appropriate recreation of Quake III, though it’ll likely be stripped down to accommodate faster and more fluid gameplay – strategic elements will probably be removed. The game will likely be furiously paced and absolutely all about the shooting and dying.…

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Interesting Contemporary Couch Stores Billiards Inside

February 25, 2009
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For you folks out there who can’t resist a good rack of billiards, there’s a new piece of furniture that just might tie together that game room you’ve been mapping out in your head for the last ten years. The Leather Cue Bench stores all of your pool-oriented gear right inside of itself, so you can laze around conveniently near your favorite pastime.

The Leather Cue Bench comes in at a considerable $3,400, but for that money, you get a really tasteful chunk of leather, perfect for reclining upon, putting stuff on, or just taking up space. Maybe it’ll fill in the gaps with just the right angles to get your…

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Dell Studio XPS 435 Is The New Standard For Screaming Performance

February 25, 2009
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Looks like Dell is pushing the envelope with their new Studio XPS 435 PC. A purchaser can rustle up a whopping 24 GB of DDR3 SDRAM and up to 4.5 mammoth terabytes of hard drive storage via three bays. Couple that package with a powerful ATI Radeon HD4870 graphics card and tie it all together with a screaming 3.2 GHz Intel Core i7 Processor – you’ve got a new standard of monster computing.

Of course, that set-up is just the maximum possible arrangement available in the XPS 435; less costly arrangements will come with significantly less power. Blu-Ray, however, plus a 15-in-1 card reader, and 8 USB ports is a standard…

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