Not every video capable iPod is compatible with Apple’s new movie rentals at the iTunes Store, leaving some customers confused about why they can’t play every movie Apple offers. Other iPod owners are apparently upset over the limited compatibility.
The happy iPhone UK customers with O2 will have more for the same price… 600 minutes and 500 SMS for £35 per month.
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An Hexadecimal code released on the web that might be the digital signature to sign iPhone applications:
18 84 58 A6 D1 50 34 DF E3 86 F2 3B 61 D4 37 74
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Deutsche Telekom’s customers have been abandoning their land lines and going
wireless. Apple’s iPhone has played a role in helping Deutsche Telekom’s
wireless service offset those defections, according to the Associated Press
on Tuesday.
The Apple TV, in its "Take Two" revival still faces some serious
challenges in breaking out of the pack and delivering what people
want, according to Ross Rubin at engadget on Tuesday.
In the third week after the Warner announcement for Blu-ray, NPD reported
that the sales of Blu-ray players were back to previous levels, about
2:1 compared to HD DVD players, according to engadgetHD on Tuesday.
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The LEGO brick turns 50 at exactly 1:58 p.m. today, January 28, 2008. This timeline shows these 50 years of building frenzy by happy kids and kids-at-heart, all the milestones from the LEGOLAND themed sets to TECHNIC and MINDSTORMS NXT, as well as all kinds of weird curiosities about the most famous stud-and-tube couple system in the world. Jump to zoom in and tell us what was your first LEGO in the comments (check can also check the best LEGO sets in history article.)
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It all first started in 1947, when LEGO bought their first plastic injection machine. The brick was not invented then but took final form in 1958, when the shape of the stud-and-tube brick was patented. Since then, LEGO sets have been going through dozens of iterations, from the younger version, DUPLO, to the most sophisticated LEGO TECHNIC and LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT sets, going through all the different themes of LEGOLAND and, of course, the most successful line of all times according to LEGO, LEGO Star Wars.
LEGO brick curiosities
• There are about 62 LEGO bricks for every one of the world’s 6 billion inhabitants.
• Children around the world spend 5 billion hours a year playing with LEGO bricks.
• More than 400 million people around the world have played with LEGO bricks.
• LEGO bricks are available in 53 different colors.
• 19 billion LEGO elements are produced every year.
• 2.16 million LEGO elements are molded every hour, or 36,000 per minute.
• More than 400 billion LEGO bricks have been produced since 1949.
• Two eight-stud LEGO bricks of the same color can be combined in 24 different ways.
• Three eight-stud bricks can be combined in 1,060 ways.
• There are more than 915 million combinations possible for six 2 x 4 LEGO bricks of the same color.
• 7 LEGO sets are sold by retailers every second around the world.
• The LEGO bricks sold in one year would circle the world 5 times.
• 40 billion LEGO bricks stacked on top of one another would connect the earth with the moon.
• LEGO bricks are so much more than just toys. They are used in classrooms from preschool to university level to teach everything from math, language skills and science to engineering and technology principles.
• The LEGO brick has inspired generations of innovators, like Jonathan Gay, inventor of Flash.
• World-renowned author Douglas Coupland believes the LEGO brick represents a “language in itself.”
• A January 2008 Google search produces 57.6 million references to LEGO bricks.
• There are 55,600 LEGO videos on YouTube.
• Google co-founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, used LEGO bricks to build the external low-cost and expandable casing for 10 4GB hard disks when they were busy developing the Google search engine (today, they have reportedly been used in Google’s college graduate recruiting exercises to test potential candidate’s creative horsepower).
The first LEGO I remember-which I shared with my brothers and which my dad built for us, obviously without being able to contain his excitement-was a huge fair wheel, yellow. I don’t even know where that set is anymore, but I remember the armless minifigs. Or perhaps I’m dreaming. The very first LEGO we got, and which I remember building clearly, was the LEGOLAND Space Galaxy Explorer, which came along with three other sets, including a Rocket Launcher, the Space Shuttle and the Mobile Tracking Station. Do you remember your first LEGO set? Tell us in the comments.
British cell carrier O2 announced on Tuesday that it is restructuring the fees for all of its cell plans including Apple’s iPhone. The company is simplifying its offerings by moving to six price points with different text and minute bundles, which means iPhone users with £35 contracts will get about three times as many talk minutes and double the SMS messages without seeing a rate increase.
British cell carrier O2 announced on Tuesday that it is restructuring the fees for all of its cell plans including Apple’s iPhone. The company is simplifying its offerings by moving to six price points with different text and minute bundles, which means iPhone users with £35 contracts will get about three times as many talk minutes and double the SMS messages without seeing a rate increase.
The Jim Henson Company announced on Tuesday that Farscape and Fraggle Rock are coming to the iTunes Store.
