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Category: technology

  • Small, Pretty, Hybrid, Cars

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    Hybridcars has a post up detailing more information on some cars we’ll be seeing from Honda in next two years: The first new dedicated hybrid vehicle, due in 2009, will be offered as a 5-door hatchback with seating for five passengers and will employ an exterior design concept that evokes the FCX Clarity fuel cell vehicle.…

  • Metal Gear iPod? (Updated)

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    Shacknews has screenshots depicting Metal Gear Solid 4’s newly-revealed in-game product placement campaign. Update: Shacknews now has news that MGS4 is gold, and the clarification that the iPod feature allows players to play music found within the game.

  • Sony MDR-NC6 Noise-Cancelling Headphones

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    I bought these just before getting on an 11-hour plane ride to California from Seoul. Unfortunately, they don’t include the AAA battery needed for the noise canceling functionality, but they were handy for the plane ride none-the-less. Why were they useful on the plane still? Well, the NC6 headphones retained some noise-blocking functionality even though…

  • An Unfortunate Guide to Upgrading Ubuntu:

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    Springtime is when a young man’s fancy turns towards upgrading, enclosed within please find a handy guide for dealing with these desires: Boot Ubuntu for first time in two months Hardlock at GDM Look up the wikipedia entry for SysRq Try SysRq combos a few times Wait a minute Give up Reboot via the big…