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75-Year-Old Sends a Hammering Blow to Comcast’s Customer Service

If there is one 75-year-old you do not want to piss off, it’s Mona Shaw. Ms Shaw was in the process of switching her phone service from Verizon to Comcast’s Triple Play, but after multiple failed attempts, she went ballistic—with a hammer! Ms Shaw vented her fury by smashing up the local Comcast payment center…

If you’ve unlocked your iPhone (v.1.0.2), but are after that 1.1.1 update, a new method has been found to “rivirginize” the phone to the factory locked state. Be warned: we do not think this is ready for the mainstream just yet, despite the excellent guidance manual. [Hackintosh]

The Internet Uses 5% of Global Electricity

Futurist Kevin Kelly has done a back-of-the-napkin calculation showing that the Internet uses about 5% of global electricity. This number doesn’t include mobile devices that require charging up. This power-sucker has gone from using a tiny percentage of global electricity just 15 years ago, to using 5%. And as the internet grows, along with server…

More Details on Zune Social Networking Features

This is not text messaging and it’s not even on the Zune itself. This is just a document illustrating how the Zune Social networking features will work in the software on your PC. You’re sending messages—pointers to songs or albums—with your own notes to your friends, which are shown in the inbox portion of the…

Japanese Anti Rape/Mugging Dress Transforms Into Vending Machine Disguise

We were under the impression that Japan was so awesome crime didn’t exist there. Unfortunately, it does. To ward off criminals, fashion designer Aya Tsukioka has conjured up some neat transforming clothes/accessories to deceive potential muggers. Whether there would be time to get your kit out in an attack is probably something we would not…

Support training documents for the Zune 2 have been leaked. If you are up to the read, drop any interesting finds below. [Zune Scene]

Optimus Prime Gets Real on eBay, Fanboys Get Wet

How is it possible to be as kick-ass as a real living superhero without actually being one? There is only one answer to this; owning/driving an Optimus Prime Peterbilt 1:1 Scale Replica, which is now on auction over at eBay. Check out the gallery below. Unless you have serious cash burning a hole in your…

Kyosho’s Robo Hopper Hops into Our Faces, Pectorals and Hearts

We have just realized our lives are far from complete. Please do not be shocked, we also thought blogging for a living was the abstract definition of self-completion. Apparently not, the Robo Hopper, an RC flying robot fashioned like our lovable buddy Asimo, has made us realize we need a flying robot/astronaut toy to complete…

The iPhone takes 4th spot in handset sales in the US for Q3 2007. This accounted for 13% of all AT&T handset sales in the same period. [Latest Mobile]

SanDisk Sansa TakeTV Lets You Watch Videos Where You Like

The SanDisk Sansa TakeTV appears to have been leaked by the good guys at buy.com. The device will allow the user to transport video files (DivX, xVid and MPEG-4) to their TVs, without the need for encoding/burning. The TakeTV will dock into any TV out and will provide a resolution up to 720 x 576…

Verizon’s UM150 USB Modem Announced

Verizon has announced, for immediate availability, the UM150 USB modem. The modem will allow mobile broadband access, with support for Mac OS X and Windows (Vista, XP and 2000). The download speeds will hit a maximum of 600kbps-1.4mbps, with upload speeds ranging from 500kbps-800kbp and the connection will rely on Verizon’s EVDO Rev. A network.…

Randall Stephenson, CEO of AT&T, is My Homie?

I met the head of a faceless corporation today, a little company known as AT&T. You may or may not recognize the name Randall Stephenson. I didn’t know it before a few months ago. He’s the CEO. When a PR rep for AT&T offered me a few minutes with the guy, a scant 10 or…

iPhone Installer App Updated to 3.0beta3 With Many Improvements

The iPhone’s Installer.app has been updated to 3.0, and features a much better organizational system than the previous “everything listed in a flat list that takes forever to scroll through”. Not only are there sections now, you can “Update All”, and the packaging backend is improved as well. You can’t install this directly on your…

Meizu M8 Rips Off the iPhone UI and Why That’s a Good Thing

Although the Meizu M8 Phone may rip off the iPhone with its music UI (and every other UI), it could be a good thing. First, take a look at the photos in the gallery and see just how similar they are to the iPhone. https://gizmodo.com/meizu-m8-interface-is-iphone-ripoff-just-like-the-rest-302247 This situation reminds me of an article in the New…

WiMax Wins 3G Certification from ITU

Pre-4G WiMax is now officially certified as 3G by the UN’s International Telecommunication Union, making it the sixth 3G standard. To cut through the alphabet soup (sort of), the ITU stamp means WiMax can use airwaves designated for 3G, which changes the game in terms of 3G/WiMax competition—to what extent remains to be seen, obviously.…

The Asus Eee PC’s launch date in the US is officially Nov. 1. [eeeuser]

Thanko Charger Bracelet Has More Wrist Power Than The Hulk

Of all the crazy thing’s Thanko’s come up with, this USB charger bracelet’s probably the least crazy. Instead of having a separate charger that you have to keep close to a PSP, DS Lite or a cellphone by putting both onto a table, this wrist charger lets you wear the power on your person and…

Western Union and GSM Assocation Hooking Up Global Cellphone Money Transfers

To the delight of Nigerian spammers everywhere, Western Union and the GSM Assocation are cooking up a global money transfer service that’ll let you to send “small money amounts” to your mom or some other soul in need of funds halfway around the world via cellphone. Of the world’s 700+ GSM carriers, 35 are expected…

Target’s offering an exclusive Guitar Hero III bundle for the PS2 that includes the game and two controllers for $110, saving you 20 bucks on buying another guitar, if you don’t already have like, 17. Oh, and they’ve apparently got a pukey red and white color scheme, to go with the whole Target thing. [Kotaku]…

Rumor: Windows Mobile 6.1 Coming in February

The original story’s been pulled, but pocketinfo.nl had an interesting rumor about a possible Windows Mobile 6.1 coming next February at 3GSM. The supposed new features are a “carousel” UI where you scroll left and right for features, as well as other small fixes. There shouldn’t be anything spectacular in a point release, and any…