The main problem with being tech savvy is that everyone looks to you to solve their gadget-related issues. I mean, I’m happy to help but sometimes I just want to state “go and Google it dammit!” This is especially true with anything computer related. You know what I’m talking about—that frantic call from a friend who says their personal isn’t working, so you go over there and find it unplugged. Seriously, I don’t know how IT people can stand it. So, my question is: are you one of those people that gets stuck fixing everyone’s gadget problems?
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The hacking and account stealing has gotten so bad on World of Warcraft that Blizzard has decided to release a hardware authenticator to make sure when you log in, you’re actually not some dude in China who looks like me. (Unless you’re.) The authenticator costs $6.50, and will spit out a six-digit code—much like the Paypal security key—that you enter into your account when you log in. You can use that one authenticator to any number of accounts, so if your whole family plays, you’ll only have to pay once. [Blizzard via Wow Insider - Pic of Consumerist’s Popken]
Japanese company sells male-only combat cookies to fight obesity Tokyo Virtual Reality Expo 2008: $80,000 high-end VR helmet presented KDDI develops the world’s first free viewpoint video technology for Web Television Pics of SOCOM Confrontation’s snazzy new headset Changes to World wide web approved: Anticipate lots of annoying URLs now
Here it is, the definitive Bill Gates timeline. It might contain some bugs and lack some features, but it works: from his parents to the last day of his work at Microsoft, the Bill Gates timeline shows his personal and business adventure—on the top—in relation to the tech industry—on the bottom—as his company takes over it all.
Following a series of delays after its announcement at February’s Mobile World Congress, it looks like Opera Mobile 9.5 is finally ready to make its public beta debut. According to the official Opera Mobile blog , it will be available for download on Opera.com starting on July 15th.
For just about each Opera Mobile fan, the 15th can’t come soon enough. Powered by the same rendering engine (Presto) used in the Opera Mobile 9.5 desktop browser, it oughtta be about as fast as it gets. With support for Opera Widgets, Javascript, AJAX, and Flash (Lite 3.0), Opera Mobile 9.5 might just knock Mobile Safari off its high horse.
Oddly, the post only mentions Windows Mobile support; no mention of a Symbian release date yet.
Japanese health and beauty care company Greenhouse [JP] offers a special kind of cookies that are supposedly able to support men who are on a diet. The so-called Otoko no kanpan - Sentou Ryoushoku [JP] (Men’s Crackers - Battle Provisions) come in boxes holding 500 grams of the cookies in 20 bags. Wheat flour, sugar, black […]
Japanese health and beauty care company Greenhouse [JP] offers a special kind of cookies that are supposedly able to support men who are on a diet.
The so-called Otoko no kanpan - Sentou Ryoushoku [JP] (Men’s Crackers - Battle Provisions) come in boxes holding 500 grams of the cookies in 20 bags. Wheat flour, sugar, black sesame, seaweed powder and pumpkin paste are the main ingredients.
Greenhouse claims the cookies were given to Japanese soldiers during WWII and are based on an ancient Egyptian recipe. By eating 50 grams, men take in just 204 calories. According to Greenhouse, the nutritional value is the same you get from a typical Japanese lunch box with 850 calories.
The official tagline to promote sales of the crackers is: “Japanese men! Fight obesity! Fight against fat! This is it that you lead to win!” One box of the Nippon-only food costs $45.
The main problem with being tech savvy is that everyone looks to you to solve their gadget-related issues. I mean, I’m happy to help but sometimes I just want to state “go and Google it dammit!” This is especially true with anything computer related. You know what I’m talking about—that frantic call from a friend who says their personal isn’t working, so you go over there and find it unplugged. Seriously, I don’t know how IT people can stand it. So, my question is: are you one of those people that gets stuck fixing everyone’s gadget problems?
The hacking and account stealing has gotten so bad on World of Warcraft that Blizzard has decided to release a hardware authenticator to make sure when you log in, you’re actually not some dude in China who looks like me. (Unless you’re.) The authenticator costs $6.50, and will spit out a six-digit code—much like the 
