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Craigslist dirty-talk con conviction

These are controversial days for online classified ad service Craigslist . First up: A lawsuit in Illinois , where the Cook County sherriff is calling the service “the largest single source of prostitution in the nation” (and here we are thinking...

Published Wed, Apr 29 2009 10:12 AM by Sharky

Filed under: Prostitution, Wearing

The ultimate Game Boy accessory

A Boston anaesthesiologist has come up with what will likely be the most sought-after Game Boy accessory on the market — a retrofit for a nitrous oxide cannister. “ PediSedate is a medical device consisting of a colorful, toy-like headset that connects...

Published Wed, Apr 29 2009 10:12 AM by Sharky

Filed under: Playing, Child, Nintendo game

A Somali Pirate responds

In the wake of the conviction of four Swedish file-sharers behind Pirate Bay, the blog site Somali Pirate Blog condemns the four for usurping the word “pirate.” “We, the true pirates, are upholding a tradition of actual piracy. The violent...

Published Fri, Apr 17 2009 10:11 AM by Sharky

Filed under: Pirate, Hostages

Bureaucracy: Perfected in Britain

It has existed since the first states and was named by the French, but it's often said that bureaucracy was "perfected" by the British, and exported to all the colonies. And while the legacy of colonial bureaucracy may exceed that of the...

Published Tue, Apr 07 2009 1:04 PM by Sharky

Filed under: Licence, Bureaucracy, Breaking, Plug

Where there's smoke, there's a smokeless nicotine delivery device

The stress brought on by the recession would lead anyone to start chain-smoking, but thanks to Brussels, Belgium-based SuperSmoker, we can all inhale without lethal consequences. Described as "a smokeless nicotine delivery device ," the SuperSmoker...

Published Mon, Apr 06 2009 3:04 PM by Sharky

Filed under: Smoke, Supersmoker, Cigarette, Nicotine, Inhale

Google spy car gets villagers-with-torches treatment

Those not living under rocks have probably heard of Street View , Google Inc.'s site which details with digital photography the, um, view from the street when the user clicks on a map. Google's black cars prowl streets around the world, generally...

Published Fri, Apr 03 2009 3:04 PM by Sharky

Filed under: Photography, Prowl, Wheels, Fenders, Lucky

And they'll throw in the software and hardware business ...

Wags at Business Review Online's open Source Blog recently broke the story that IBM is nearing a $6.5-billion deal to buy Sun Microsystems Inc. CEO Jonathan Schwarz's blog . The deal would "lend weight to the argument that (Schwarz) was right...

Published Fri, Apr 03 2009 2:04 PM by Sharky

Filed under: Blogging, Handy, Software company, Ancillary hardware