There I finally arrived at Hannover and finally at Celle, to meet up with Pianoman
and his girlfriend. The evening was just great to meet up with Pianoman’s cousin
and her family. Seeing Celle makes me a bit remembering Berne as well. The old
town is just lovely with all these half-timbered houses. Just impressive to look at!

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This ain’t good news for Microsoft. Brussels has sued Microsoft for violating
the Browser choice agreement. The main argument was that Mcrosoft has
not shown the Browser Choice windows to all users (which users they are,
is till unknown)! Although I am not a Microsoft Fanboy, this is ridiculous!

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Th esecurity hole where you can bypass the security code by dialling an
emergency call number is boggling Apple big time. This video shows how to
test if your device is also affected by the security issue. Even with iOS 6.1.2
the security hole isn’t fixed and I could reproduce the steps on my 4/4S

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What to do with defective washing machines? Dump ’em, right? – WRONG!
You can have some fun with them even if they’re no longer suitable for
washing. Maybe trying to render them absolutely unusable by, say,
washing stones… not the small ones, of course…

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On The CeBIT, AVM has today shown the successor to the already famous
FritzBox 7390. The 7490 series has been equipped with DualBand WLAN
offering 450MBit/s on the 2.4GHz band and up to 1300Mbit/s on the 5GHz
band. So with this new FritzBox, another competitor has entered the arena!

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Simcity is going to hit the store tomorrow. For those who are already sure
that they want to obtain the game, the Origin store takes pre-orders for the
game. Coming in three flavours, the most expensive edition (Limited Deluxe
Edition) offers additional building designs. the Limited Edition is, stripped…

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HGST, now a division of Western Digital, has made first tries to save data
on smaller space using Nano-Lithography. While common technologies
allow maximum 4 to 5TB per HDD, the Nanolithography technique allows
doubling the data density. That’s quite some space for today’s demands.

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The CeBIT in Hannover opens it’s gates on March, 5th till March, 9th.
Being a trade fair for IT professionals and decision makers in companies,
this fair has many exhibitors. Also I am on the CeBIT with Pianoman to
watch the newest Goodies and Techs that are upcoming.

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Well… this BDay has not been of the ones, Justin Bieber wanted to celebrate.
Being in London, he forked out £10.000 for a glamourous party at the
prestige club “Cirque Du Soir”. But when the party was about to start, there
was the first touchdown. Some of his younger friends did not get in.

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In Derweze, Turmenistan, a nature spectacle is burning eternally. In 1971
a drilling company has found a cavern under the drilling site, filled with
natural gas. Since the company feared that the gas is poisonous, the best
idea was to burn it and hope that the fire will extinguis in days.

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Home owners in Russia, watch this and be advised: A missing mailbox can
cause you lots of trouble paying glaziers for repairing your door and your
insurance company wouldn’t be too happy either. However this mailman
couldn’t deliver the mail. So a new mailbox has been created instantly.

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As posted last On December ’12, here’s now this months’ Garfield Top 15.
Again here are 15 assorted strips from the various garfield comics over
the years! Have fun and good laughing minutes while watching/reading
them. For more comics, simply scroll down this page.

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If you think of turtles, you may probably think of the cute little shy animal
crawling slowly over the ground and being lazy. When you watch these
videos, you might reconsider your thoughts about these animals as they
can be vicious, too! And I learned today: Turtles can be carnivores!

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Cats can be good attention payers, as this video is prooving. If you ever
have played the nutshell game, then you know that it’s difficult to follow
the ball under the nutshell every time. Also I have failed several times when
playing a game like this on the iPhone. This cat however can’t be fooled!

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Harsh times that are ahead of the U.S. economy. While the last months have
helped many companies to catch ground again, it seems as if this time’s over
and bad times ahead again. The reason for this? The active Sequester Plan.
But not only this plan is responsible for the upcoming desaster.

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Some people never learn. Better view where you go and if you’re cheating
on your girlfriend, be honest with her because the truth always comes out.
This happened to some guy in Russia who was cheating on his fiance. What
he didn’t know that he was in a picture of Yandex Panorama.

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When you’re around in America, the streets are often trailed with signs.
Not often however do they contain funny texts on them as there was some
discrepancy between the shop owner and the clerk upon the sign change.
But not ony shopkeepers get funny signs!

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If you ever wondered, why some robbers are in prison for strange thefts,
this story tells one of these strange stories. A bar got cracked up and the
robbers wanted to nab the installed ATM. However they took the wrong
machine – and got the jukebox instead. Much effort for almost nothing!

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Being cut in line on the road is a big annoyance, especially
when you drive a bigger vehicle that isn’t capable of breaking
instantly. A bus driver from Zelenograd decides for his
passengers and simply crashes into cars cutting his line.

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While NVidia has thrown in their Geforce Titan, which settles a new record
in graphics performance for a single card, AMD now seems to try catching
up and according to a report on Fudzilla, the new “Malta” core, formerly
known as “New Zealand”. shall bring AMD back to the top.

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Bug Zappers are practical! Instead of squashing the insects and leaving a
bloody pulp on the object the bug is squashed on, the “more human” way
is to electrocute the bug. There are several gadgets available and one of
them is the Bug Zapper racket. A tennis racket for zapping bugs.

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New computers are often a bliss. Sometimes it can be just annoying. While
upgrading my computer, I had to install some software from scratch as
important device drivers were just broken. One of the more annoying ones
are these from VIA. Had to manually delete them later as the setup failed.

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I am sorry that the news had a longer time until release as I was ill and hardly
used the PC. So that’s why all messages have been released today. Hopefully the
cold won’t catch me again. Wasn’t nice at all laying in bed freezing like hell tho
the room itself was warm. That’s Wintertime! The possibility to get ill is there!

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Seems as if not only Apple has the trouble when it comes to delivery flaws upon
the release of new hardware. The Surface Pro tablet is also among these gadgets
which are highly demanded but where the manufacturer cannot deliver the item
in time. So it’s simply waiting time for those who want to have a Surface Pro.

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Not only is Chrome 26 Beta released, Chrome 25 is available now and among
some security hole fixes, there are some new additions available of which the
ability to control the Browser using your voice is one of the most spectacular
ones. Available for all major OSses, Chrome 25 can now be downloaded.

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New patents may point to an idea of Apple to create an iWatch. But what exactly
could this gadget do? Will it be an iPhone reduced to the size of a watch or will
the iWatch only a smaller edition of an iPod? As integrated circuits allow smaller
and smaller devices, the iWatch might be a Mini-iPhone!

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So there it was… the presentation of the new Playstation 4. But unlike Apple,
Sony did not show the actual device in completion, only the new controller
and some tech demos on what the new console may be able to show. Also
the timeline is very tight as Holiday season 2013 usually means Christmas.

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When we speak of superlatives about displays, the iPhone is no longer the
number one as other smartphone manufacturers have already brought out
devices which support FullHD on their screen (1920×1080). The first ones
came with a 5″ display, the new HTC one shrinks to 4.7″.

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When it comes to Nokia, most of us think of the glorious times, Nokia had
once in the mid to late 90’s with their legendary phones 6110, 6210, 6310
and initially with the communicator series. Also other phones of Nokia were
innovative. With the iPhone release in 2007, the fall of Nokia has begun.

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A long time we didn’t hear anything about C&C Generals. The last part came
out in 2003 – 10 years ago. So of course most of us are dazzled to see what’s
ahead. Now EA has released the first HD screenshot of the upcoming C&C
Generals title which will also be Free 2 Play. And it looks great!

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Well… I have seen lots in my life so far but a sky full of tangling spiders…
well, I must admit that I will consider not living at one of these spots ever.
I usually have no arachnophobia but I don’t need one of these running free
in my home also. They usually meet a book or a glass for carryout.

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What sounds like a polt to a B-SciFi-Movie got real today. A meteor has hit
earth today in the morning. Parts have hit the ground at Lake Cherbakul.
The touchdown was so hefty that the shock wave has burst many windows
and hurt approximately 1000 people so far. Some videos show the meteor.

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