Monthly Archives: July 2007

Google’s $4.6 billion plan for an open wireless Internet

July 21st, 2007 | Posted in Technology

Would that all kings were so benevolent. Google announced today it would set aside at least $4.6 billion to purchase a slice of the public airwaves in an upcoming government auction of radio spectrum. The company is imposing one condition on its money: It will only participate, it says, if the Federal Communications Commission requires [...]

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Possibly The Most Unhealthy Pizza Ever Created

July 18th, 2007 | Posted in Offbeat News

Feast your eyes on the greatest pizza ever created! Forget cheese being the only ingredient in a stuffed-crust pizza, Pizza Hut’s new Double Roll sticks hot dog sausages in there too. It’s also lovingly sprinkled with hamburger pieces for the full fast food meat experience. The medium size costs 2500 yen (£10/$20.50) while the large [...]

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The World’s Tallest Man Meets The World’s Shortest Man

July 17th, 2007 | Posted in Offbeat News

Last Friday a historic meeting took place between Bao Xishun, the world’s tallest man who is 7’9” (2.36 meters) and He Pingping, the world’s shortest man who is 2’4” (73 centimeters). The two met in Baotou in China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

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Parents obsessed with playing Dungeons & Dragons, leave babies to starve

July 16th, 2007 | Posted in Gaming, Offbeat News

U.S. authorities say a couple from Reno, Nevada was so obsessed with playing video games online that they left their babies to starve. According to the Sunday Telegraph, the parents have now pleaded guilty to child neglect after their 22-month-old boy and 11-month-old girl were found severely malnourished and close to death. The girl, weighing [...]

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Will It Blend: An iPhone In A Blender

July 11th, 2007 | Posted in Technology

Blendtec, the company that attempts to blend odd objects in their industrial blenders, is at it again, this time seeing if they can blend up an iPhone.

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China’s New Ballistic-Missile Submarine Spotted on Google Earth

July 7th, 2007 | Posted in Offbeat News, Technology

A shiny new ballistic-missile submarine docked at a naval base in China has been spied publicly for the first time using Google Earth. The new class of nuclear sub, called the Jin-class, had been rumoured to exist for some time, but the image recently uploaded to Google Earth is the first public glimpse of the [...]

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