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China Blocks iTunes For Selling Pro-Tibet Songs

China hates Tibet. No, China really hates Tibet. That’s why when some 40 Olympic athletes downloaded a pro-Tibet album three days before the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, China got pissed off and blocked iTunes behind it’s great firewall. Was it because the album featured 20 songs from artists including Sting, Moby, Damien Rice and Alanis Morissette? Well, sort ...

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Afternoon Linkage for August 21st, 2008

Be sure to holla atcha boy after reading these links. The Apple Walkpod Blip.fm looks promising – Twitter meets Last.fm, maybe? Sony is releasing an updated PSP I MUST HAVE A ROLAND MIDI KEYTAR! Hacker proves China uses commie bitches in gymnastics This is one funky sink Move it slow-motion for me Wow, I didn’t even know USB power outlets ...

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Microsoft Recruits Seinfeld For “Windows, Not Walls,” Ad Campaign

Microsoft no longer wants to sit idly by as Apple’s advertising campaign bashes it, making it look like an old geezer in front of all those hipsters who watch TV. Everything about Microsoft’s $300 million advertising campaign has been quite ‘hush hush’, that is until now. “They are not seen as cool,” says Robert Passikoff, president of Brand Keys, a ...

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The Palm Treo Pro: It’s Comin’

Coming this fall is Palm’s Treo Pro. It’s also the first Treo to support tri-band HSDPA (faster net speed) for 3G access on AT&T and additional carriers. The American launch will start out with an unlocked, carrier-independent version at $549 that’ll feature a sleeker design than previous Treos as well as a touchscreen and a button to quickly switch its ...

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OpenClip: Copy, Paste On Your iPhone

For all the iPhone owners out there, I don’t know how you can live without copy and paste functionality. Lucky for you, there’s OpenClip: A non-profit, open source implementation of copy and paste for the iPhone, OpenClip uses an area of the filesystem to enable participating apps to share the contents of a common clipboard. A small number of apps ...

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Afternoon Linkage for August 19th, 2008

Sorry about the lack of links yesterday. We’re back in full effect and we’re kicking things off with a motherfuckin’ spoon. The aforementioned spoon Holy shit! Crysis cost $22 million to make! Grass sandals? No thanks Nike+ for the iPhone Piracy strikes the Olympics This would be useful if it weren’t a damn concept rendering I don’t envision Apple selling ...

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Glowin’ For You

Some Russian modders managed to rip themselves away from South Ossetia for a few minutes and got to messing around with an iPhone. The end result? They made the Apple logo glow when the phone is on. A difficult mod? Hardly. All you need is a white LED with a resistor. Hook it into a power source and a ground ...

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ThinkGeek Now Selling Miracle Fruit Tablets

If you’re not familiar with Miracle Fruit, allow me to enlighten you. It’s a small, red berry that turns your taste buds up a notch. Sour things will taste sweet and sweet things will taste insanely sweet. Normally, these berries are a rare find in the US and the few Internet retailers that carry them are backordered like a motherfucker. ...

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Afternoon Linkage for August 13th, 2008

We’ve got a contest going on and I’ll be at Media Meshing tonight in New York City if you want to meet up. Details can be found here. I wish I had known about this machine giving out free MetroCards SunnyD! Now with more cock! Interview with a blacksmith Arduino + Tux How to tap a phone line “You walk ...

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Best Buy Selling iPhone 3G Next Month

The AP is reporting that Apple has cut a deal with Best Buy to make the big box electronics retailer the first independent iPhone retailer. 970 Best Buy locations with an additional 16 Best Buy Mobile chains will carry Apple‘s holy phone. Currently, it doesn’t look like the pricing or deal with AT&T will change anytime soon. This will just ...

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