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Going Topless. 2008-03-08 02:12:41 Alfa Romeo 8C going topless. Alfa Romeo, Fiat's sports car brand, plans to commemorate its centenary in 2010 with a new model, a special edition of which only 500 are being sold. Alfa Romeo have always been known for a style and speed, Alfa Romeo's sales have been mediocre for mant years and it struggles to gain more than one per cent of its main European market and it has been losing money for quite some time. A history of poor parts and service gave it a bad name which it has found hard to get rid of and denying it the premium status enjoyed by rivals like Volkswagen's Audi and BMW. The 8C is definitey an upmarket Alfa, With a hefty price tag of $240,000, That makes it the most expensive Alfa Romeo road car ever built. The engine is a 4.7 liter Maserati V-8. Alot of the suspension compon Read more:Going
Keep it clean. 2008-03-07 02:59:51 I don't know how many people out there follow or are even interested in the Americas cup, But here in New Zealand there is a huge following, Maybe this is because the majority of teams consist of many New Zealanders, But news here this morning says that Team New Zealand is suing Swiss holders Alinghi for delaying the next regatta.The America's Cup has been in court for months since US team BMW Oracle claimed Alinghi set unfair rules for the next Cup with an illegitimate challenger. The New York Supreme Court ruled in favour of Oracle and Alinghi has appealed.Team New Zealand, who lost last year's America's Cup to Alinghi in a thrilling 5-2 series in Valencia, laid the same charges at the Swiss team's door, saying the rules were "completely one-sided". Team New Zealand had also asked for fi
2008 F1 Race calendar 2008-03-05 19:13:41 The 2008 Formula 1 season will be underway in just over a weeks time, I thought i would publish the calender for the season, I hope we don't have a repeat performance of what happened last year off track. I think we all want good clean racing won on the race track.2008 FIA Formula One World Championship Race Calendar01 2008 Australian Grand Prix (Melbourne) 14 - 16 Mar02 2008 Malaysian Grand Prix (Kuala Lumpur) 21 - 23 Mar03 2008 Bahrain Grand Prix (Bahrain) 04 - 06 Apr04 2008 Spanish Grand Prix (Catalunya) 25 - 27 Apr05 2008 Turkish Grand Prix (Istanbul) 09 - 11 May06 2008 Monaco Grand Prix (Monte Carlo)
2008 is the year of PS3. 2008-03-03 18:16:05 The Nintendo Wii is continuing to beat the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 in sales, However, analysts are predicting that the Wii may have had its time in front, and should now prepare to hand over to one its rivals.Last month, analysts at iSuppli predicted that the Playstation 3 will overtake the Wii in total unit sales and become the market leader. They have since gone one step further, and predicted that 2008 will be the year that Sony will one day look back on as the 'turning year' for the Playstation 3.Nintendo has sold four times as many Wiis in January than PS3s, Will 2008 be the turning year for the Playstation 3?Sony is offering a better software pipeline with blockbuster titles like Gran Turismo 5, which will boost PS3 sales this year.Sony are anticipating price reductions on the Pla
Subject: How to Shower like a Woman and a Man!!! 2008-03-03 02:13:48 I received a funny email a while ago, so i thought i would share with you all, I found it quite amusing, And i hope you will get a giggle out of it aswell.HOW TO SHOWER LIKE A WOMAN.Take off clothes and place them sectioned in laundry basket according to lights and darks.Look at your womanly physique in the mirror - make mental note to do more sit-ups/leg-lifts, etc.Get in the shower.Use face cloth, arm cloth, leg cloth, long loofah, wide loofah and pumice stone.Wash your hair once with cucumber and sage shampoo with 43 added vitamins.Wash your hair again to make sure it's clean.Condition your hair with grapefruit mint conditioner enhanced.Wash your face with crushed apricot facial scrub for 10 minutes until red.Wash entire rest of body with ginger nut and jaffa cake body wash.Rinse condi Read more:Shower
Contest winner, Congratulations. 2008-03-01 22:01:33 Congratulations to Shen from Brood online. Shen came up with my new subtitle which is "where technology and humanity meets"1000 EntreCard credits will be in your account shortly.Thank you to everyone else that sent me ideas, It really was a hard decision to make but somebody had to win.You will all be credited with 100 Entrecard Credits aswell for taking the time to submit your ideas.technology
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CONTEST. WIN 1000 EC. 2008-02-29 05:49:04 Ive decided to make some changes to my site, I'm Working on the changes as we speak. Over the next day or so i will be removing blogtech and my new site will be called "its a mans world". MY posts will still be about technology, construction, sports, news, gadgets etc that men love so much.I hope my readers will bear with me while im making and hopefully improving my site.Over the next few days i would like readers to suggest a new subtitle to incorporate with my new title "its a mans world". Just leave you suggestion in the comment area and The best subtitle recieved will WIN 1000 ENTRECARD CREDITS. Thanks.
30 St Marys Axe Also known as The Gherkin. 2008-02-28 03:12:30 Another of the worlds technological marvels is the "Gherkin" in London, Its just another icon of the world that people will associate with a certain place, Here are a few facts about the "Gherkin".Each floor rotates 5 degrees from the last but the spiraling atrium's were not fully realized. They stop every six floors for fire safety reasons.The only curved piece of glass on the entire building is the very top piece that crowns it.The advantages of the shape are numerous, at the bottom it tapers in creating more ground space and allowing a new public plaza to build whilst circular towers also create less downdraft. Tapering at the top into the crown reduces wind resistance further.The lifts can carry a maximum of 378 people at any one time reaching speeds of 6 meters a second.The floor to c
DreamsWorks stuck on HD DVD deal. 2008-02-27 02:54:47 DreamWorks needs the go-ahead from Toshiba before it can release Bee Movie on the high-def Blu-ray DVD format.DreamWorks Animation says it is locked in an exclusive deal to distribute DVDs on Toshiba's HD DVD format even though the Japanese electronics maker plans to quit the technology.Toshiba, which began selling HD DVD players in March 2006, has sold 1 million players and recorders. But this month it declared it would quit the technology after a bitter battle against Sony's rival Blu-ray, which won more studio and retail support.In August, Viacom's Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks signed exclusivity deals to distribute next-generation films on HD DVD for the next 18 months.Shortly afterwards, the New York Times reported Viacom executives with knowledge of the deals said Paramount and D
LCD flat panel TV leader. 2008-02-26 01:34:25 Japanese researchers have indicated that the global flat panel TV market will be dominated by LCD by 2012.LCD will continue to enforce its position as flat panel technology leader in coming years, according to Japanese industry research.Demand for flat panel televisions is expected to more than double to 180 million units by 2012, This has been driven by strong sales in China and the United States.Demand for liquid crystal display (LCD) TVs is likely to reach 155 million units in five years, up from 74.8 million sold in 2007, while plasma sales will likely total 25 million units in 2012, compared with 11.4 million sold last year.The forecasts are based on expected demand from 51 nations, but they should represent the majority of global demand since all major countries are included in the s
First flight from renewable energy. 2008-02-25 01:19:34 Nuts picked from the Amazon rainforest helped fuel the world's first commercial airline flight powered by renewable energy.A Virgin Atlantic jumbo jet flew from London to Amsterdam with one of its fuel tanks filled with a bio-jet blend including babassu oil and coconut oil."Today marks a vital breakthrough for the whole airline industry," Virgin founder Richard Branson told reporters in a hangar at Heathrow airport prior to the flight's departure.British billionaire Branson said, however, it was unlikely the nut of the wild growing babassu palm would play a key role as airlines turn to renewable fuel sources to cut the industry's greenhouse gas emissions."We did not want to use biofuels such as corn oil which were competing with staple food sources," he said, adding he believed algae produ Read more:First
Modern technology for safer driving. 2008-02-24 02:14:03 Many of these products that have been around for a while but have been updated with all the latest Technology.The latest trend in car gadgets in the United States is to combine multiple functions in one unit. There are the in-car computers that let drivers navigate, email and store MP3s. The Kenwood DNX8120 is a navigation system, complete with Bluetooth, that also works like a radio.The Alpine EX-10 is an Apple iPod adapter that doubles as a Bluetooth receiver and allows drivers to play their iPods through their car speakers without using a radio transmitter or tape adapter, both of which compromise sound quality.Even products that have been around for a while are getting substantial updates.The Escort 9500ci is a radar detector with a built-in navigation system so it can warn drivers of Read more:Modern
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Burj Dubai construction update. 2008-02-22 17:19:36 I thought i would give you all a construction update on the Burj Dubai
. I think this is the most amazing structure ever conceived to date.Over 13,000 panels covering an area of well over 50,000 sq m has been installed on the tower, thats over 60 percent of the cladding now in place. They will need an estimated 22,000 panels to cover the entire skyscraper.Burj Dubai is now around 620 meters tall and the final height and number of levels still have not been revealed. But is expected to be around 808 meters tall.Construction is still said to be at completion in June 2009. I personally cant wait, That is a country i will definitely be visiting in late 2009.Here are some construction facts for the Burj Dubai. Architect: Adrian Smith (SOM).Construction Company: Samsung E&C. Cost :
A joystick for mobile phone games. 2008-02-22 01:05:58 One of the biggest barriers for wide adoption of mobile games is that a cell phone
directional pad is often not suited for gaming. But Zeemote Inc. is trying to solve that with its remote joystick
called the Zeemote JS1.The wireless controller, about the size of two lighters, connects to a phone via bluetooth and offers a user a full thumb joystick and two main buttons. It doesn't matter if you're left or right-handed, the thing works fine in either case.Zeemote is offering a software developer kit that allows game designers to easily integrate the Zeemote into their games. Sega, Eidos and Fishlabs are among the publishers who have signed on to produce games that work with the Zeemote.You can play flying or racing games with the joystick and it's apparently very easy to move around. Try do Read more:mobile phone
De Havilland Comet: Dawn of the Jet Age 2008-02-21 03:34:58 Most of us take massive jetliners for granted, but the ability to fly from one continent to another is only about 50 years old. Technology has allowed us to improve with design and material used over the years to provide us with a more reliable and efficient form of air transport.The four engine de Havilland Comet (named after their 1930s racing aircraft) first flew on July 27, 1949, ushering in a new age of Technology and high speed transportation. The aircraft entered commercial service in January 1952 and quickly became a favorite of elite travelers, capable of cruising at over 400 mph (twice the speed of propeller driven aircraft).The original design could seat a maximum of 44 passengers and carried a cockpit crew of four (pilot, co-pilot, navigator and engineer). However, the aircraft
Toshiba to quit HD DVDs at the end of the month. 2008-02-19 20:44:09 Japan's Toshiba
Corp surrendered in the high-definition home movie war, giving up on its HD DVD format after losing the support of key studios and retailers to the Blu-ray technology backed by Sony Corp and said it would aim to end its HD DVD business by the end of next month.The Blu-ray win means consumers no longer have to choose between rival incompatible formats and run the risk of being stuck with a 21st century equivalent of Betamax, Sony's videotape format that lost out to VHS in the 1980s.The tide turned against HD DVD after the defection to Blu-ray by Time Warner Inc's Warner Bros studio last month.The following week, Blu-ray took 93% of next-generation DVD hardware sales in North America, according to the NPD group.Blu-ray made up 81% of all high-definition disc sales in the week
Blu-ray wins - Toshiba ready to 'pull the plug' on HD DVD 2008-02-18 01:22:59 Sources say that Toshiba
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to admit defeat in the high-def DVD battle and give up on its HD DVD formatToshiba Corp is planning to give up on its HD DVD format for high-definition DVDs, conceding defeat to the competing Blu-ray technology backed by the Sony Corporation.The move will likely put an end to a battle that has gone on for several years between Toshiba and Sony vying to set the standard for the next-generation DVD and compatible video equipment.The format war, often compared with the Betamax-VHS battle in the 1980s, has confused consumers, unsure of which DVD or player to buy, slowing the development of the high-definition DVD industry.Toshiba's cause has suffered several setbacks in recent weeks, including last weeks announcement by United States retailing giant Wal-Mart
Modern Tech, Online surverys 2008-02-17 02:49:38 Theres another way that technology has allowed us to earn money online. It allows you to sell Social Surveys to organizations. You earn a percentage of money that bloggers or networkers make through the survey.
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New Baggage handling technology. 2008-02-17 01:51:42 Over the last 15 years Ive done a lot of traveling around the pacific, America and Asia, There has been a couple of occasions where my Luggage has gone to a different destination, Its really a frustrating experience that i wish upon knowbody. All airports around the world are using a relatively outdated form of baggage handling (barcode tracking). But until now thats all that existed. But things are about to change because the Technology is improving.Emirates Airline have announced it is partnering with London Heathrow, Dubai International and Hong Kong International airports, to trial the latest RFID (radio-frequency identification) technology in baggage handling.Emirates will be investing close to AED 2 million, to test the effectiveness and benefits of RFID against the existing barcode Read more:Baggage
Rebel sport Super14 2008-02-15 19:53:07 The Rebelsport
super 14 got underway yesterday, I'm from New Zealand so naturally Rugby is one of my interests that i will post on my blog under the interests category.The Rebel Sport Super
14 is widely considered the finest provincial rugby competition in the world.The Northern hemisphere or Europe has the Heineken Cup. The Rebel Sport Super 14 is very much the same just that it is the Southern Hemisphere equivalent.The Super 14 is the largest provincial rugby union tournament championship in the southern hemisphere, consisting of franchise teams from New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. The Super 14 is currently contested by fourteen (14) teams. The teams are as follows alphabetically. Blues, Brumbies, Bulls, Cheetahs, Chiefs, Crusaders, Force, Highlanders, Hurricanes, Lions, Reds,
Microfiber fabric makes own electricity 2008-02-15 15:08:27 Scientists in America have developed a microfiber fabric that can generate electricity
, apparently producing enough current to recharge a cell phone or ensure that a small MP3 music player never runs out of power.If made into a shirt, the fabric could harness power from its wearer simply walking around or even from a slight breeze.The generator takes advantage of the semiconductive properties of zinc oxide nanowires - There are tiny wires 1,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair embedded into the fabric. The wires are formed into pairs of microscopic brush-like structures, shaped like a baby-bottle brush. One of the fibers in each pair is coated with gold and serves as an electrode. As the bristles brush together through a person's body movement, the wires convert the mechanical Read more:Microfiber
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Eye-fi. 2008-02-14 20:14:23 To share photos quickly and easily a wireless camera is a must.But for those people who do not want to invest in a new device help is at hand.A company called Eye-Fi have developed a series of memory cards with built in wi-fi that automatically convert your camera into a wireless device.The 2GB cards automatically connect to a wi-fi network and can dump photos to a folder on a PC or upload them to social networks or photo-sharing sites.The firm has done deals with the likes of Flickr, Photobucket and Facebook.The associated software takes care of log-ins and passwords and can even automatically resize pictures if the site requires it.To send them to a computer the PC must be turned on and running the companies photo managing software.Currently they are only available in the US but should b
Slacker - portable media player. 2008-02-13 16:29:05 This device joins a crowded market of portable mediaplayer
s.Finding new music is always one of life's joys and web services like Slacker
have helped. But now you can get access to undiscovered tunes on a portable device.Slacker has released a portable media player
which uses a wi-fi connection to help you discover new bands and musicians. It's being touted as the world's first personalized portable radio player.Unfortunately this service and players are only available in the US, But possibly already in the U.K aswell.It works by downloading new songs to your player, based on your music listening preferences, each time you enter a wi-fi hotspot or connect the device to your computer.You can have 40 different "radio stations", holding up to 4,000 songs, on the player, which comes in 500MB,
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