Friday, September 11, 2009 - Page 2
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Teenagers Apparently View Online Porn By Accident – Yeah, Right…

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A government commissioned study says that 84% of boys aged 16-17 have seen internet porn, but most claim it’s accidental. What horseshit. Here’s a much more accurate view of the situation: 100% of teenage boys are horny little bastards who’ll lie about their porn viewing habits to government researchers because they don’t want to seem like horny little bastards.


News

And The VIP Byteside Ticket Winners Are…

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Next Tuesday is the launch episode of Byteside, and two lucky Giz readers will be attending courtesy of a couple of VIP double passes. And those readers are…


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What Is This?

Besides the sexiest display of LEDs I’ve ever seen. [Jalopnik]


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What Is This?

Something is forming here. Perhaps a new display technology? Some weird life form simulator? I wish I could tell you, but I can’t. Semi-naked cylon ninjas would kill me if I do. Hmmmaybe I should I tell you, after all.

But not today. It’s under embargo, so it will have to wait till next Sunday.


Lightning Review: Livespeakr iPod Dock

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The Gadget: The Livespeakr iPod/iPhone dock, which twists and contorts to support your device in either portrait or landscape mode.


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It’s About Time: Britain’s Prime Minister Apologises to Alan Turing

Remember how we told you that there was a petition to ask the British government to apologise for chemically castrating computer science legend Alan Turing during WWII because he was gay? Yeah well, Prime Minister Gordon Brown did today!


Mobile

Motorola Cliq Gallery And Impressions

We saw the Cliq this morning but we just got a chance to really play around with Motorola’s Android-based, social-networking-focused smartphone, and we have to say, we’re pretty impressed. Read on for our impressions.


The Best of LCD: New LED-Lit TVs From LG, Samsung, Sony Compared

The best LCD sets money can buy are lit up by LEDs, and these are the best LED TVs you can buy from LG, Samsung and Sony. They start at $US3600.


Successful Ares First Stage Test Brings Hell To Utah

What 20,000,000hp engine can deliver 1.6 million kilograms of trust in a howling vomit from hell? The Ares’s first stage, that’s what. Not as hot as 8-kilometre pyroclastic plumes burning holes in the atmosphere, but hot enough.


Software

iTunes 9 Supports Special Windows 7 Features

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If you’re playing with iTunes 9 in Windows 7, make sure you take advantage of some of the cool Aero peek features, like access to basic audio controls when you hover over the taskbar icon, or the ability to search the iTunes Store by right-clicking. It might not be enough to convince you to upgrade to Windows 7 next month, but it is definitely a cool feature.

[via LifehackerThanks James!]