Blackberry Torch 9800 Screen is Glass – Confirmed

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There has been much guessing and debating as to whether the screen on the new Blackberry Torch 9800 is glass, or plastic. Many of the analysts have said plastic, and even the deconstruction of the torch from isuppli says plastic, but make no mistake, the Torch 9800 from Blackberry has a Glass Screen, though not Gorilla Glass.

Paypal in 2010 – Still Screwing Their Users

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I’ve been a paypal user for years, and not because I like the service, but because of necessity. Its convenient, and nearly everyone has it. Today, I tried to purchase an item for $3.57US and a few minutes after making payment, my account was marked “Limited Access” and the transaction was held. I have over $1700US in my paypal account at the moment since I sold an old item of mine and was about to purchase an item from a friend who is away and well, now I won’t be able to when he gets back unless my account access is restored.

This is an interesting situation, since how does Paypal decide they get to hold my $1700 Ransom because I decided to buy a little $3.57 Item? Well, because probably somewhere in that fine print of a disclaimer I agreed to when I signed up I agreed that they can hold and control my money however they want without any notice or proof.

So, now they also allow me to do a few things to my account, mostly just ways to put MORE money into it, but no way of taking it out. So they are happy for me to send them more money to hold ransom, but will not let me take any of it out. They say I need to send them some information, which I have done, and they say the account will be automatically working again. This is not the case. Its still stuck.

Now this fucks up my evening, and pisses me off. I will probably have to wait ANOTHER 7 days or something before someone emails me with some vague response about maybe taking a look at this. Bunch of FUCKING IDIOTS, Paypal is. FUCK YOU paypal. I fucking hate you. Unfortunately, there are no alternatives, and that means you can fuck with us all you want. Fucking bunch of Chumps. Ebay is a fucking whore too, and you bunch of fuckheads that’s all you do.

Gay Teenager Commits Suicide after Being Taped and Broadcasted

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This kind of stuff is just disgusting. A gay 18-yr old violinist named Tyler Clementi jumped off a bridge to his death after his roomate, Dharun Ravi and a friend of his named Molly Wei from Princeton University took part in recording him making out and having sex with another man and broadcasting it. Dharun Ravi apparently thought it would be fun to start tweeting and facebooking about how his roomate (photo below) was secretly having a relationship with another man.

Dharun Ravi is no better than the kids that filmed the raping of the 16-year old girl in Pitt Meadows. What a sick freak, possibly harbouring similar tendancies himself, and unable to deal with it – he does something so horrific to his roomate, thus causing him to jump off a bridge. Is facebook really good for us?

Here’s the Class-A douchebag Dharun Ravi:

Vancouver Sun Article

RIM Playbook takes on iPad

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The new RIM Playbook was announced today, and is intended to take on Apple’s iPad. Its quite different looking so far, being much smaller with a 7″ screen closer in size to most e-Readers than the iMac. It also has HD 1080p screen definition and dual facing HD cameras. Whether or not this is a revolutionary product will depend on the usability when we see it!

Full Specs from EnGadget:
7-inch LCD, 1024 x 600, WSVGA, capacitive touch screen with full multi-touch and gesture support
BlackBerry Tablet OS with support for symmetric multiprocessing
1 GHz dual-core processor
1 GB RAM
Dual HD cameras (3 MP front facing, 5 MP rear facing), supports 1080p HD video recording
Video playback: 1080p HD Video, H.264, MPEG, DivX, WMV
Audio playback: MP3, AAC, WMA
HDMI video output
Wi-Fi – 802.11 a/b/g/n
Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
Connectors: microHDMI, microUSB, charging contacts
Open, flexible application platform with support for WebKit/HTML-5, Adobe Flash Player 10.1, Adobe Mobile AIR, Adobe Reader, POSIX, OpenGL, Java
Ultra thin and portable:
Measures 5.1″x7.6″x0.4″ (130mm x 193mm x 10mm)
Weighs less than a pound (approximately 0.9 lb or 400g)
RIM intends to also offer 3G and 4G models in the future.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/27/rim-introduces-playbook-the-blackberry-tablet/

I declare him to be… an OUTLAWWWWWW!

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Is this supposed to be the tagline of the year? Its actually “I declare him from this day forth to be an outlawwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

Prankhouse – Evolution of the Video Game

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This is like almost straight out of a Sci-Fi movie.. Reminds me a bit of that movie Gamer with Gerard Butler. You log on from your computer or even your iPhone, and you control Paintball Guns, Shockers or RC Cars and try and take out one of several people living inside a warehouse in LA.

Yes. For real.

It only gets more intense from here. I wonder what’s next?

Check it:
http://prankhouse.com/

Peter Chau vs. the iPhone

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I agree with everything said by Peter, but what the hell does he have an iPhone?!

Tesla Cranks out an Electric Mercedes A-Class!

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Tesla is now in bed with Daimler as well as some other notable car manufacturers to take advantage of their lithium battery technology for building automobiles. Their first foray was a Tesla Roadster, built on a Lotus chasis, and has amazing specs. Something like 1200-1400 Roadsters have been sold.

This next joint with Mercedes will be 500 A-Class vehicles, likely to be sold mostly in Europe as the A-Class is not currently available in North America.

Check it out!
http://www.favstocks.com/an-exclusive-first-drive-of-a-tesla-powered-electric-mercedes/0824248/

THE Best Audiophile Upgrade to your Hi-Fi Stereo System

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Without a doubt, the best upgrade I have made to my system. Just did it last week, and am starting to hear details and nuances that I never knew existed!

Next to the sound absorption panels, the Debrox was even more dramatic, much more dramatic that upgrading the CD Player or anything like that. Sometimes we’re out there chasing the newest gear when in fact the solution is right there at the Drugstore for $6.99.

Debrox was easy to use for me, with my hard ear wax.. took many days of repetition, but now I can hear better out of one ear than the other because it did such a fantastic job. My ear has never been this clean in my life!!!!

Try it you won’t regret it.

Jimena Navarrete is the Hottie of the Moment!

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Hottie 2010 Miss Universe Pageant winner Jimena Navarrete is the feature today. Obviously she is a beauty, but apparently has the brains to go with it. Nice body.