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Candiru: The Vampire Fish
Jul 7th
The amazing tale of a fish that lodges itself in the genitals of men and women in the Amazon river and Oranoco Rivers of South America. The Candiru fish, or Toothpick fish, is a natural parasite commonly found living inside Amazonian Catfish. Watch these short videos to learn how this small fish has become a horror story in its own right when introduced to humans! Read the rest of this entry »
World’s Most Expensive CD
Mar 8th
The World’s most expensive CD goes on sale at the Takashimaya department store at Nihonbashi. The CD costs a whopping 10,000,000 yen (about 100,836 USD). its comes with a platinum case with 2 carats worth of embedded diamonds. The CD without the platinum case and diamonds can be found at Amazon for just a bit cheaper at 1,980 yen. Sankei reports that the publisher of the CD Universal Music is trying to get the CD into the Guinness Book Of Records.
[via Danny Choo]
Amazon Launches Kindle Application For The iPhone and iPod Touch Users
Mar 5th
Amazon has just launched a free Kindle application for iPhone. You can read any Kindle-compatible book you’ve purchased from Amazon’s catalog, read the first chapter of other books for free, adjust text size, bookmark pages, and view notations made on the Kindle. One of the big features here is WhisperSync, which automatically keeps track of where you left off in each book, allowing you to pick up from that spot from any Kindle-friendly devices you may have.
[via Mobile Crunch]
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Unveils Kindle 2.0
Feb 11th
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Unveils Kindle 2.0
Kindle 2.0 is sleeker, holds more memory and has a longer battery life. It’s also able to sync to old Kindles (and future Kindles) and can use your old data. The Kindle 2 costs $359 and will start shipping on Feb. 24. Here’s the press release and you can preorder here.
[via Amazon]
Amazon Kindle 2.0
Feb 8th
Uncomfirmed News, Much nicer and thinner the Kindle 2.0 is going to be available for sale on February 24th, 2009 for USD 359. For more images Read the rest of this entry »
