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Phones
4:00AM Jack Loftus | This limited edition Nokia N97 mini comes with lots of leather and the stamp of approval from fashion plate RAOUL. Also, leather—did I mention that yet? More »
Limited Edition Nokia N97 Mini RAOUL Goes Well With Rich Mahogany
4:00AM Jack Loftus | This limited edition Nokia N97 mini comes with lots of leather and the stamp of approval from fashion plate RAOUL. Also, leather—did I mention that yet? More » 
Design
True Beauty: The Winning 2014 Asian Games Stadium Design
1:00PM Rosa Golijan | We can argue about whether it looks like an alien spaceship, a colony on a distant planet or something else, but let’s agree that the winning stadium design for the 2014 Asian Games is mind-blowingly gorgeous. More »
Computers
Asus Getting Rid of 8.9-inch Netbooks in 2009
5:30PM Elaine Chow | If you like 8.9-inch screens, you might want to get one now. Asus has said that it’ll be phasing out that size in 2009, since 10-inch models are dominating the market. More »
Gadgets
Majority of US E-Waste Gets ‘Recycled’ in Asia, Where Recycling Is Often Non-Existent
11:45PM John Mahoney | A new report by the US Government Accountability Office is claiming that the majority of US E-Waste recycling services should reconsider dumping our 20 million plus pounds of waste on Asia, where it’s cheaper but also less effective. Many of the major electronics manufacturers (Samsung, Sony, Best Buy, more) have been proudly rolling out recycling services in greater numbers over the last year or so, but the new information confirms that tonnes of recycled e-waste never makes it to the actual “recycling” part, at least as far as US standards go. More »
Phones
Hop-On 1800 US$10 GSM Mobile Phone is a Phone You Won’t Mind Losing
1:00AM Gizmodo US Edition | For those of you who don’t consider the mobile phone a status symbol, and could do without live updates on mysterious Apple cargo ships, comes the “disposable” 1800 from Hop-On. The US$10 GSM phone is another in a long line of cheap, no frills Hop-On mobile phones, but before you decry the company for creating more e-waste, hit the jump for specs and the company’s rebate program. More »
Online
12:39PM Nathan Taylor | The .asia domain recently became available for registrations, and according to iTWire domain names for porn sites are proving most popular. It says that more than 300 domain names beginning with ’sex’ had multiple requests and will have to be auctioned off to the highest bidder. According to The DotAsia Organisation, which manages the domain, the top 5 most requested domains during the “Landrush” period were hot.asia, gold.asia, buy.asia, fun.asia and girl.asia. During the initial “Sunrise” period of domain name registration, sex.asia was the most requested.
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.Asia is Hot for Sex
12:39PM Nathan Taylor | The .asia domain recently became available for registrations, and according to iTWire domain names for porn sites are proving most popular. It says that more than 300 domain names beginning with ’sex’ had multiple requests and will have to be auctioned off to the highest bidder. According to The DotAsia Organisation, which manages the domain, the top 5 most requested domains during the “Landrush” period were hot.asia, gold.asia, buy.asia, fun.asia and girl.asia. During the initial “Sunrise” period of domain name registration, sex.asia was the most requested.
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