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As a HTC EVO user my self i love my android phone!

Remember those creepy scenes in Mission Impossible II when Tom Cruise wore those super-realistic masks of other people’s faces? This one, made by SPFXMasks, is kinda like that, but even creepier. And out-creeping Tom Cruise is no small feat.

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A 25-year-old Best Buy employee who posted a snarky cartoon spoof of iPhone zealots online has been suspended and may soon be out of a job.

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(CNN) — A highway-worthy airplane moves one step closer to production with a recent weight exemption approved by the Federal Aviation Administration.

The Transition Roadable Aircraft, developed by Massachusetts-based engineering firm Terrafugia, will be allowed a maximum takeoff weight of 1,430 pounds, the same allowance made for aircraft designed to operate on water.

Other planes in the class, called Light Sport Aircraft, are limited to a maximum takeoff weight of 1,320 pounds.

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10. I am Rich

This app, nothing more than a ‘glorified screensaver,’ cost $999.99. Once downloaded, a glowing red gem would appear on the screen, followed by the words, “I Am Rich.” Its iTunes description read: “The red icon on your iPhone or iPod Touch always reminds you (and others when you show it to them) that you were able to afford this. It’s a work of art with no hidden function at all.” Eight people actually purchased this functionless app before Apple removed it.

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If you’ve ever wished to indulge in the fine art of metal detection but you worry that strolling around the beach waving a big magnetic dish back and forth would make you look dumb, might I suggest these metal detecting sandals from Hammacher Schlemmer? They’re sandals attached to what looks like a house arrest anklet. Slightly less dumb-looking and nobody will dare talk to you, leaving you to find your treasure in peace.

How do the sandals work, you might ask? According to the product page:

“A copper coil built into the right sandal is powered via a battery pack that straps to your calf. Using beat frequency oscillation technology, the ring creates a magnetic field; when a metal object is underfoot–up to 2′–it distorts the field and the battery pack alerts you to the presence of metal using a flashing red light and either a gentle vibration or a clearly audible buzz.”

Sweet. People will hear an audible buzz and clear out, thinking you’ve broken your parole, while you’ll be free to dig up the coins underfoot.

The battery pack uses a 9-volt battery that last up to six hours. Available in multiple sizes for $60.

WTF!!! i can see bumbs walking around wit that now!! Black people are not going to buy it because it looks like you out on probation and on house arrest!!

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February 21, 2006 – Welcome to IGN’s new weekly countdown of the exceptional, fascinating and absurd, something we like to call Top 10 Tuesday. Every week we’ll feature the top ten games, characters, fashion statements or whatever else we can think of that in some way relates to gaming and its history. And just because it’s called Top 10 Tuesday doesn’t mean it’s always going to be a list of the best – we like to razz on stuff just the same as we praise it. From counting down the best consoles ever to revealing the worst use of fish heads in a videogame, this is where it’s at.

Today’s Top 10 focuses on some of the brilliantly terrible game controllers that shipped for game systems. Many of these were first-party, out-of-the-box concepts, while others were cash-in ideas from engineers that clearly either didn’t have a sense in their noggin, or they simply listened too much to their marketing department. Either way, these controllers are a bad bunch.

10. 5200 Controller

Though Nintendo didn’t truly innovate with analog control out of the box, at least the company got it right. Atari’s attempt two decades prior was just unbelievably half-assed – the company created an analog joystick that didn’t even center itself when released, and its engineers used material for its buttons that seemed to deteriorate at room temperature. The games were challenging, but not in a good sense…with this thing, trying to get Pitfall Harry to jump over a gap was just as difficult as trying to stop him from running to the right.

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