Female Chinese worker: “I want them to know me, we put a lot of effort into this product and when they use it, please use it with care.”

The Syrian regime is trying really hard to silence everyone opposing them.

The clip below was shot earlier today and it shows the bombardment of the city of Homs by Syrian loyalist forces. At least 50 civilians were killed.

Buses these days have no respect!

Take that, Apple!

Stephen Hawking has recently sent a letter to Intel co-founder Gordon Moore in which he said: “My speech input is very, very slow these days. Is there any way Intel could help?” Intel tasked a few groups to see what can be done to help Stephen, and they’ve built him a custom system based around the Lenovo X220 tablet.

The computer features an Intel Core i7 processor along with a forward-facing webcam, which Stephen uses to place phone calls using Skype.

 

Underneath the wheelchair is the black box, which contains an audio amplifier, voltage regulators and a USB hardware key that receives the input from the IR sensor on Stephen’s eyeglasses. The hardware voice synthesizer sits in another black box on the back of the chair and receives commands from the computer via a USB-based serial port.

Naturally, the PC runs Windows 7, because that’s what brilliant people require.

via freepress.intel

Christmas came early for the people of North Korea.

North Korean state television announced today that Kim Jong il, whom the Korean people and the world held in “high esteem,” died Saturday during a glorious train trip. He was aged 69. The television presenter said he died of physical and mental exhaustion.

As a side note, today is the birthday of Lee Myung-bak, the President of South Korea. Best birthday present he’ll ever receive!

The video below shows the (forced) reactions of people in Pyongyang (N. Korea’s capital city) after hearing the message about Kim Jong il’s death. Warning: it’s seriously disturbing.

Now, does Kim Jong il’s death mean things will finally change in North Korea? Nobody understands North Korea well enough to make any kind of meaningful prediction about this. The only certain thing Jong il’s death has created is the chance for change. Whether or not this chance will be used remains to be seen.

Have you ever wondered what kind of chemistry The Simpsons and Breaking Bad would have if they accidentally ended up in the same bed at a cheap motel? Me neither. But what I did always wonder is what Ned Flanders does in his spare time. You know, other than diddly doodlin’ his neighborino.

Now I know…