South Korean researchers unveiled this week a penguin robot called Pomi (for Penguin Robot for Multimodal Interaction) that can “EMIT SMELLS” based on how it “feels” (Why is this good?) The robot, which is designed to imitate human emotions, has a fake heart beat that changes tempo based on its emotional state.

South Korean researchers unveiled this week a penguin robot called Pomi (for Penguin Robot for Multimodal Interaction) that can “EMIT SMELLS” based on how it “feels” (Why is this good?) The robot, which is…

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Root is the default name for system administrator in a *NIX system ? a super user who can do anything and everything within the operating system.

Ideally, one should avoid logging on to the root account via the GUI. Working continuously as root isn’t recommended for the reasons cited above. It is advisable to switch to the super user using the sudo command before another command…

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Apples Mobile Me? ad spotted?

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Actual quote from a recent, official press release from the White House. No, seriously.

$77 million in federal conservation grants, which, when joined with industry contributions, will total $108 million for new research to accelerate the development of fuel cells, advanced engines and hydrogen technology for tomorrow?s cars and…

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Japan’s Solid Alliance is now selling an Apple iPod cover that’s designed to look like RAW MEAT. It comes in a cellophane-and-Styrofoam package just like meat does. It’s what’s for dinner.

Japan's Solid Alliance is now selling an Apple iPod cover that's designed to look like RAW MEAT. It comes in a cellophane-and-Styrofoam package just like meat does. It's what's for dinner.

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“…So why does this matter? Once you enable this feature the stories you digg will not only post to your mini-feed, but also syndicate to your friends through the main Facebook news feed. This helps further our mission of spreading the news you care about, to the people you care about.”

So why does this matter? Once you enable this feature the stories you digg will not only post to your mini-feed, but also syndicate to your friends through the main Facebook news feed. This helps further our mission of spreading the news you…

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Here’s an idea for the Web 2.0 community: don’t keep inventing new social-networking websites, make the existing ones more useful …

Macweek begins, Telecom's new data plans, Intel's u-turn

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old Playboy from February of 1985 featuring an interview with an about-to-be-fired-from-Apple Steve Jobs. Apparently at the ripe age of 29 Steve was the worlds first Zillionaire - no small feat, given that a Zillion.

Of course, there’s always the chance that Steve may have been inflating his net worth a bit just to get chicks, as I noticed coincidentally in the issue is also an article entitled the “Art of Being Cocksure” ? step…

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Move over Cheeseburger-eating Hasselhoff, theres a new drunk in town! What happens when you take the classic 1999 Jeff Goldblum iMac commercial and slow it down about 30 percent? You get a hilarious piece of footage capable of taking Goldblums kids away in any future custody battle!

What happens when you take the classic 1999 Jeff Goldblum iMac commercial and slow it down about 30 percent? You get a hilarious piece of footage capable of taking Goldblum’s kids away in any future custody battle!

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Pretty convincing evidence that the NYC Metropolitan Transportation Authority is using Apples Keynote software to run its kiosks, as evidenced by those trademark transitions Snap! Crackle! and Pop!? err, Cube, Dissolve, and Pop.

Faithful Macenstein reader Mike Solomon from over at The Cleverist sent us this video he made providing pretty convincing evidence that the NYC Metropolitan Transportation Authority is using Apple’s Keynote software to run its kiosks, as…

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In-Reach Child Tracking System lets you “tag and release” your child into the yard. One device, which tracks his or her proximity to or escape from a parentally determined 10 to 300 foot boundary, is lashed to junior. The other device is carried by the parent, and shows where the kid is at all times.

In-Reach Child Tracking System lets you TAG AND RELEASE your child into the yard. One device is lashed to junior — it tracks his or her proximity to (or escape from) a parentally determined 10- to 300-foot boundary….

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Some gray-market iPhones for sale in China may have been STOLEN FROM THE CHINESE FACTORY where iPhones are made for Apple. A distributor claims his source for stolen iPhones showed him stolen internal Apple documents that include iPhone schematics.

Some gray-market iPhones for sale in China may have been STOLEN FROM THE CHINESE FACTORY where iPhones are made for Apple. A distributor claims his source for stolen iPhones showed him stolen internal Apple documents that include iPhone…

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