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Has CERN pushed us all into a parallel universe? Nobel prize in gold please
Mad Scientists (as in unhappy scientists) around the world have been burning magnesium strips and heating up lead so it turns into a liquid after scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research found that neutrinos can travel faster than light, casting into doubt Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity.
First up I say nothing about understanding quantum physics, but having just read a book about parallel universes (The Hidden Reality by Brian Greene) I am an armchair expert in reading books about parallel universes.
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iPhone 4 case review – iBottleopener–not just a gimmick
Yes, clearly the iBottleopener is a cynical attempt to cash in on the popularity of the iPhone 4, and the popularity of beer drinking in general. That aside, it is actually really cool, and really well made.
What is HDR on the iPhone 4 camera?
It’s no secret that I love the iPhone 4, and the much improved digital camera, but being one of those people who don’t read instructions, it was only after I’d been using the iPhone 4 for several weeks that I started to wonder about the HDR button that appeared when I took photographs.
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How do I restart/reboot/turn off my iPhone 4
No doubt about it the iPhone 4 is a great mobile phone. However, for newcomers to the iPhone experience, it’s often not obvious how to turn it off, reboot, or restart it.As you’d expect, there is a simple answer, and all you need to do is this:
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Should I upgrade my iPhone 3GS to an iPhone 4?
As a happy iPhone 3GS user I was fairly ambivalent when my colleagues suggested that we upgrade our work iPhone 3G mobile phones to iPhone 4s. My mean, an iPhone, is an iPhone, right? I liked the concept, it worked OK, was it worth the hassle to upgrade?
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How to delete “waiting apps” on the iPhone 4
When I recently upgraded to an iPhone 4 and started installing apps, I found that instead of installing properly, the apps came up as “waiting”. I believe the problem arose because my iTunes account hadn’t been properly set up on my iPhone 4, and so the apps were waiting for authentication, which wasn’t forthcoming. Here’s how to get rid of those “waiting” apps.
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How to sync your iPhone with Outlook
Funnily, it was only when I upgraded to my iPhone 4 that I realised I had never synced my iPhone 3GS with my PC’s Outlook. When I’d synced my iPhone with iTunes I’d never noticed any obvious option to do this, and automatically assumed that because iPhones came from the Mac world, that syncing them with Microsoft products was really hard work. Thankfully, I was completely wrong. It’s a piece of cake. Link your iPhone to your PC using the supplied iPhone-to-USB cable. iTunes should appear on your screen.
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Movie review: A complete history of my sexual failures
A complete history of my sexual failures tells the story of Chris Wait, a 30-something gen xer who doesn’t seem to have grown up, who wants to know what the hell is wrong with him after being dumped by every girlfriend he’s ever had.
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Book review: Internet for Dummies Australian Edition
Did you know that the term “spam”, as in unwanted email, comes from a Monty Python skit where a group of Vikings sing the word spam over and over in order to drown out everyone else around them. Well I didn’t know this piece of trivia until I started reading Internet for Dummies Australian Edition – though the book does contain a lot of useful information and not just trivia.
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Honda ASIMO humanoid robot gets smarter
Haven’t the boffins at Honda seen Battlestar Galactia or Terminator or The Matrix? Don’t they know what happens when you make robots too smart? Apparently not, as Honda’s ASIMO humanoid robot has received an update to give the advanced humanoid robot greater intelligence technology.
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