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HockeyPuck writes:
Looks like not all 1-800 numbers are universal. Cisco/Linksys placed an 800 techsupport number on it's router that connects to a callcenter when dialed from within India. However, if you call it from the US, you get something slightly different http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/toll-free-sexy-time/linksys-tech-support-and-phone-sex-hotline-327686.php.
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110049
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HockeyPuck writes:
Sony announced on Thursday that owners of any Internet-connected PS3 will be able to participate in a wide-ranging, distributed, scientific experiment led by Stanford University's Folding@home program, which is seeking to better understand a process called protein folding and its relationship to several serious diseases.
http://news.com.com/PS3+power+requested+for+resear ch+project/2100-11393_3-6167491.html
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HockeyPuck writes:
Chris Hughes, hacked the Roomba vacuum cleaner so that he could make the rugbot do his bidding. He's also posted the modified source code online so that you can do the same.
63910
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HockeyPuck writes:
An Indian chessplayer was recently banned from competing in chess tournaments for 10 years for using a bluetooth enabled hat to communicate with accomplices outside who were using a chess program to determine his moves.
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HockeyPuck writes:
http://www.wiihaveaproblem.com/index.php Tells the stories of a few unlucky individuals and their experiences of breaking windows, TVs or body parts while playing the Nintendo Wii...
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HockeyPuck writes:
Alan Shugart, the co-founder of hard drive maker Seagate Technology LLC, has died, the company said Wednesday. He was 76. Prior to founding Seagate, he was employed at IBM, where among the several groups reporting to Shugart was the team that invented the floppy disk. Shugart helped pioneer the multibillion dollar hard drive industry. He founded Seagate in 1979 and left in 1998.
For more information see: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061213/ap_on_hi_te/ob it_shugart and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Shugart
