Archive for July, 2006

Coughing Ashtray

Posted by Anton on July 29th, 2006

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This ashtray is designed to look like a real pair of lungs. As you place your cigarette on the trough, it starts coughing and screaming as if a real cigarette is being lighted up inside real lungs! Great novelty gift item for the ardent smoker or for someone who needs help with give up smoking. But as a non-smoker I wouldn’t need one of these…

WARNING: You may really want to give up smoking if you decide to use this ashtray ;)


The price of the Coughing Ashtray is about 10$.

- To get more information about the Coughing Ashtray…

Backup-Pal - A Cellular Phonebook Backup Accessory

Posted by Anton on July 28th, 2006

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This is the world’s first consumer based portable universal cellular phonebook backup device that does not require a personal computer, software installation, or monthly subscription to a carrier’s data service. At the touch of a button, the battery-powered Backup-Pal instantly saves a backup copy of all the contact information you have stored on your cellular phone… quick and easy.


Universal Connectivity
Backup-Pal is easy to use and requires no technical expertise or software installation. Everything needed comes with Backup-Pal and its removable adapters, which are designed for each individual phone available on the market. Attach the unit to the adapter that corresponds to your phone, plug it into the handset, and you??™re ready to use Backup-Pal.


Transfering Data between Cellular Phones
Backup-Pal works with virtually any cellular phone and has been carefully designed to accommodate new phones as they come to market, so you don’t have to worry if you get a new model later on. When switching carriers or phones, Backup-Pal allows hassle-free transfer of contact data from one cell phone to another without the complexity of additional software, … [ Read the rest of the story ]

Alienware Area-51 ALX

Posted by Anton on July 28th, 2006

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Alienware has introduced its new model Area-51 ALX that utilizes the new P2 Full-Tower Case of the company and that features the new Intel Core 2 Extreme processor Extreme X6800, SLI configuration with two NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX or QUAD SLI with 2 GeForce 7950 GX2 videocards, Ageia PhysX Processing Unit and more. The new Area-51 ALX is just about what every gamer (and not only) always dreamt of having in his home, and I’m not talking only about the cool look…

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But wait, there is more… Alienware Area-51 ALX comes by default with a 24″ Dell UltraSharp Widescreen Flat Panel monitor (1920 x 1200 resolution), but you can choose up to a 30″ Dell monitor with resolution of 2560 x 1600 pixels. Alienware utilizes an exclusive liquid dual zone chilling system that keeps your central and graphics processors running cool and quiet. The power supply is a high-end 850W Multi-GPU Approved that is able to provide enough juice for just about every component in the case. There are 2 gigabytes of ram … [ Read the rest of the story ]

The Adidas Tron Track Jacket

Posted by Anton on July 27th, 2006

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Back in 1982, Tron was one of the first films to incorporate computer generated graphics. A geometrically intense and blazingly colorful world was created for the film from pioneering visual techniques alongside traditional optical treatments.

Inspired by the groundbreaking film, Adidas has referenced some of the graphics and visuals that made it such a stand out movie. Featuring Lightcycle, Game Grid and Tank and Recognizer graphics, the jacket pays homage to the innovative visual identity behind the film.

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In 1983 Adidas introduced a freakin’ crazy concept to the world: adicolor. Two decades later, adicolor is back and it is all about customization. First came the White Series, where peeps could customize all-white pieces with special markers and paint. Today, in addition to the White Series, adidas has collaborated with some of the world??™s most amazing artists, designers, design houses and shops to reinterpret the original White Series in color!

The assignment from Adidas… create products based loosely on a color chosen from the adicolor palette, and don??™t forget to make them … [ Read the rest of the story ]

Firefox 1.5.0.5 Released

Posted by Anton on July 27th, 2006

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Firefox 1.5.0.5 is a security update that is part of Mozilla’s ongoing program to provide a safe Internet experience. It is recommend that all users upgrade to this latest version. The 1.5.0.5 brings improvements to product stability, includes Frisian locale (fy-NL) and comes with several security fixes.


Security fixes
- chrome: scheme loading remote content
- Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.8.0.5)
- XSS with XPCNativeWrapper(window).Function(…)
- UniversalBrowserRead privilege escalation
- PAC privilege escalation using Function.prototype.call
- Privilege escalation using named-functions and redefined “new Object()”
- JavaScript engine vulnerabilities
- JavaScript new Function race condition
- Native DOM methods can be hijacked across domains
- Memory corruption with simultaneous events
- Javascript navigator Object Vulnerability
- Code execution through deleted frame reference


- View Firefox 1.5.0.5 Release Notes…
- Download Firefox 1.5.0.5 web browser here…



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