If I was a millionaire…

I would pay the $49 million Bodog has been order to pay 1st Technology LLC, a company that has gained control over Bodog.com’s domain due to an patent lawsuit.

1st Technology owns a patent on a process of taking wagers online. They claim that Bodog has infringed on this patent, and after Bodog failed to answer the allegations a State of Nevada court has granted that the company’s domains to be removed from all name servers associated with Bodog and founder Calvin Ayre, rendering them useless.

Players may have been slightly frustrated, but a solution has been presented, and that is a new domain where players can use their accounts and place bets as usual at www.newbodog.com.

There will surely be more to come on this developing issue.

If I was a millionaire…

I would be purchasing an iPhone today. These things are going to fly off the shelves faster than mom’s home made jam (it’s dam good jam). Let’s hope they don’t have to go through like generations of these things like the iPod before you get a half decent product - I’m sure they learned their lesson with the battery issues.

There are huge line ups everywhere for these dam things. Probably the best part about this is watching people waiting in line while listening to their iPods and talking on their cell phones; I mean basically that’s what they are getting with the iPhone, only in one unit.

People always have to have the best of the best I guess.

If I was a millionaire…

I would stop this from happening. No doubt the world will be completely digital, the scary part for me is that eventually everyone would rather be living in a virtual world rather than their actual lives.

Has anyone ever seen the movie “The Lawn Mower Man“? It is basically the same idea only it’s a movie from the 90’s so the graphics are a little subjective. The point is we are moving in this direction and it’s scary. I wouldn’t be surprised if in 20, heck 10 years from now we had the technology for this. Selling memories to each other for one another to experience.

The problem that I see with that is, what happens in 50 years from now when people don’t have any memories but someone elses, they won’t be able to trade for an original memory because they will be completely based upon other peoples memories… you see what I mean, confusing and scary stuff.

Even if we have this technology before I die, which I’m sure we will as I’m only 24, I don’t think I would participate in something like this. If I want to take a vacation I’m going to physically go there, I’m not going to live someone else’s memory of their vacation. Unless of course this person’s wife was smoking hot… kidding!

Would you take part in virtual reality memory trading?

Nintendo Wii Sued By Lonestar for Capacitor Design (Images)

Nintendo is being sued by a Texas-based company called Lonestar Inventions for apparently copying one of their patented capacitor designs and using it in the Wii.

The lawsuit is a little shady due to the fact that Lonestar didn’t even contact Nintendo before filing the case, nor has it told Nintendo which capacitor is in question of the patent holder’s rights.

Another interesting point is the fact that Lonestar has sued other companies in the same fashion in the past; Kodak and Freescale just to name a couple.

Not to mention that Lonestar’s offices are located in an Austin law firm, hmm…

[Source: The Columbian]

Here is a pretty funny video from WWDC 2007 using Justin Long and the other guy that plays PC on the commercials. PC claims to be Steven Jobs and talks about Apple shutting down due to Windows Vista massive sales.

It’s quite entertaining actually.

If I was a millionaire…

I would buy one of these Gay Bombs so I could drop it on David Hasselhoff, not that he needs it but just so everyone will know that he is 100% gay!

This is not a joke at all; The Pentagon has confirmed that it actually was proposed in 1994, but quickly dismissed, for $7.5 million to research a non-lethal weapon called the “Gay Bomb”.

Edward Hammond of the Sunshine Project said, “The Ohio Air Force lab proposed that a bomb be developed that contained a chemical that would cause enemy soldiers to become gay, and to have their units break down because all their soldiers became irresistibly attractive to one another. The notion was that a chemical that would probably be pleasant in the human body in low quantities could be identified, and by virtue of either breathing or having their skin exposed to this chemical, the notion was that soldiers would become gay.”

This is one of the most ridiculous things I’ve ever heard of!

TaxiTech to install eTaxi systems in all New York cabs (Images)

If I was a millionaire…

I would have bought stocks in TaxiTech a few years ago and made a fortune. It appears that TaxiTech’s eTaxi systems will be put in all 13,000 New York cabs by the end of October.

TaxiTech has teamed up with hardware partners Apriva, Ingenico, and Grey Island Systems to offer the sleek looking 15-inch interactive touch screen system. Passengers are now able to entertain themselves during the ride with movie trailers, check out the menus at local restaurants or make sure the driver is not taking them the long route by following the ride on the GPS maps.

When these systems were installed in Philadelphia, taxi drivers went on strike. However, the systems were installed anyways. Almost all the drivers in New York do not want the systems installed either because they feel it’s an invasion of privacy.

The mandate requiring the systems to be installed by October has already been passed so there is not much point in New York’s cab drivers striking now.

Who ever bought stocks in this company was smart!

Check out this video of the eTaxi system.

[Source: Engadget]

Steven Jobs’ Mercedes on Google Maps Street View (Images)

While checking out a site that I have been looking at a lot lately I came across something so ridiculous that I can’t believe I’m even taking the time on a Sunday night when The Simpson’s are on to write this.

It seems that the picture above is apparently Steven Jobs‘ Mercedes. First off, we can’t be sure that it’s his Mercedes in the first place, and second, who cares if it is his!

I have to admit I have been on this site where there are a lot of funny Street View pictures quite a bit but this one just made me laugh how dumb it was. The other ones on the site are pretty hilarious however.

P.S. Don’t forget the Jobs will be speaking at the WWDC tomorrow morning!

Emo Google, Search while you cry and make this guy money (Images)

This probably has to be one of the worst, and best, ideas ever fathomed. The site is called “emogoogle” and it’s a place where these sad kids can search for everything from screamo bands to black eyeliner. The problem here is, they don’t realize that basically every time they search for something they are making the sites developer money.

You see, what the viewer of the site doesn’t realize is that this is not a search engine. Well, let me correct myself, it is, but you will not see anything different, as search results are concerned, to the regular Google search.

However, there is a HUGE difference between the two in that whenever you search and click on one of Google’s ads in the search results, the site’s developer makes money.

Since the developer is the one getting these people to search, Google pays him a cut. Now this is not illegal or bad, as you can see I have Google Ads on my site as well to help subsidise my hosting expenses. I just want everyone to be aware the search results on “emogoogle” will not be anything different than regular.

But… you do get to stare at some skulls while entering in your search term! Yah!

Again, I’m not knocking this person, I think it is a really smart idea, but these kids need to be aware of what’s going on here. I think that on a site like mine, it’s common knowledge that if you click on one of the Google Ads on the side that I make a couple cents toward running my site.

This emogoogle just seems deceving in my opinion, but who am I to say…

 
Steven Jobs live at the WWDC on Monday morning! (Images)

Steven Jobs will be talking at the WWDC Monday morning, get ready! This will be the first time he is talking since the announcement of the iPhone back in January.

He will be sure to discuss the iPhone and possibly some other Apple products hitting the market. Get ready!

Live coverage starts:

7:00AM - Hawaii
10:00AM - Pacific
11:00AM - Mountain
12:00PM - Central
1:00PM - Eastern
5:00PM - GMT
6:00PM - London
7:00PM - Paris
2:00AM - Tokyo (June 12th)

Paris Hilton’s new jail cell is her luxury home (Images)

If I was a millionaire….

I would buy Paris Hilton a much smaller shittier house. Possibly an exact replica of a prison cell.

Hilton was recently sentenced to 45 days in jail, which we are now all aware only turned into about 3 days. This was of course after she was caught for boozin’ and cruisin’.

Since she was released from prison early she is now ordered to remain at home and wear an ankle bracelet. Oh no! That’s terrible. You mean she has to stay in her crummy $1.7 million West Hollywood home!? I mean it’s only a 4 bedroom, 3 bath 2707 square foot luxury palace.

That’s horrible, I feel for ya Paris. It’s going to be tough for her to figure out what to do, tennis, swim in the pool, watch a movie in the home theatre.

Such a ruff life!

Highest paying Adsense keywords: Top 100

I know this seems like an odd article and I’m not posting this because I use adsense and hope to make a bunch of money. I mean it would be nice to be able to cover costs for running the site but it’s only a helper. I do the site for the sheer fun.

I randomly came across some information explaining the highest paying Adsense keywords and found it very interesting that mesothelioma claims where amount the highest. I didn’t even know what it was at the beginning. However, I soon realized why.

After looking up mesothelioma in wikipedia I learned that it is a form of cancer from exposure to asbestos. The reason why this pays so much is because lawyers want to claim lawsuits with people that have mesothelioma. Now you can understand why this list of the top Adsense keywords is jam packed with that term.

Here is the list: Read the rest of this entry »

Thong Girl is still my #1 pic from Google Street View. (Images)

If I was a millionaire…

I would pay for a massive campaign to hold a contest to see who can find, if not create themselves, the funniest, most wacky Google Street View image.

The Google Street View feature raises some interesting, and scary, privacy issues. So far there are only a few major U.S. cities enabled with the technology for panoramic views of streets.

Mashable.com has released, in their opinion, the top 15 Street View sightings so far. I’m sure there will be many more to come, and they probably would have put the thong girl first if they had known about her when this list was made.

You can check out all kinds of great pictures from Google Street View Sightings.

Here is Mashable’s top 15: Read the rest of this entry »

Apple iPhone could shed some light on third-party application issues. (Images)

If I was a millionaire…

I would buy a team of techs to resolve all the issues around the iPhone.

iPhone critics have only focused on a few major issues surrounding Apple’s new phone, that we now know to be released on June 29. Those major issues, in no particular order, are

- No removable battery (remember the first generation ipod batteries!)
- No 3G Radio
- Support for third party applications

However, last week at the D: All Things digital conference, Steven Jobs said that Apple was looking for ways to make it possible for developers to create software for the iPhone. Small applications that are developed and written for Mac should easily be able to convert and run on the iPhone.

I guess we will have to wait and see.

Other known issues with the iPhone:

- No over the air iTunes Store downloads or WiFi syncing to your host
- No expandable memory
- No Microsoft Exchange or Office Support

[Source: NY Times]

Palm sells 25% stake to U2’s Bono and retired Apple execs. (images)

If I was a millionaire…

I would buy out Bono’s new share in Palm; just to make sure that we won’t have to see a “limited edition” version of the newest Palm pilot.

The private equity firm where Bono is a founding partner is putting-out $325 million for the chance to help out Palm to restructure. Not only that but Jon Rubinstein, the man behind Apple’s ipod, is being named executive chairman for Palm to head product development.

Also Apple’s former CFO, Fred Anderson, joins Palm’s board of directors.

Here is the official press release from Palm.

[Source: engadget]

iPhone will be officially released on June 29. (Images)

If I was a millionaire…

I would buy one of Apple’s new iPhones which is now comfirmed to be released on June 29. According to engadget a commercial just aired on 60 minutes.

You can purchase the iPhone for a mere $600, that is of course that you are a new customer willing to sign on for that 2 friggin year term that all the phone companies get ya with now.

Apple has now also released the iPhone ads on their website.

 
Google Maps new street view reviels more than just streets! (Images)

If I were a millionaire…

I would buy the girl seen in this Google Maps Streets View page a belt, so that her ass doesn’t have to hang out and show her thong anymore (although she does have a nice ass).

Does anyone else here think that this new Streets View is just a little creepy? I bet we are 5 years or less from it all being live video…. now you scared?

Please share any interested things you find on Streets View and comment with a link.

You can view more street view pictures here.

Intels Quad-Core for Laptops (Images)

If I was a millionaire…

I would buy one of the new Intel quad-core laptops. They will not be released until sometime in 2008 and will be geared toward business and gaming applications. The average consumer would not have the need for this power as most applications do not use multi-threaded technology right now. Not even most gaming software.

Full Story: engadet

If I was a millionaire…

I would buy one of the new Microsoft Surface’s. Microsoft unveiled the new 30″ surface computer yesterday and it’s created quite a bit of buzz.

Consumers will have to wait a few years before they can get their hands on this technology themselves but if I was a millionaire I’m sure I’d have no trouble getting my hands on one of these (literally).

Microsoft Surface website , Microsoft Surface Review