Evolution of the technology enthusiast

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Google bigger plan for Mobile Phones

Google seems to "wanna be" another Cellular Provider? Why is Google trying to buy RF spectrum? What is behind all the following signals?

• Developed Android software for mobile phones.

• Made Google applications -- including email, chat and mapping -- available on cellphones.

• Sells advertisements for certain Web sites accessed by cellphone.

• Enables users to do Web and business searches with cellphone browsers, by text message or with a call.

• Is testing an advanced wireless network at Google headquarters.

• Operates a free Wi-Fi network in Mountain View, Calif.

• Expected to bid for wireless spectrum in a January FCC auction.

Google Maps running on Android

Will all these lead to a future national cellular/wireless provider?

A final answer for all these questions remains to be seen, but a glimpse to what is going on has been provided by The Wall Street Journal Online in this article.

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Einstein Puzzle... Who owns the Fish?

Urban legend has it that this puzzle was written by Einstein (Lewis Carroll also given attribution) and that he claimed only 2% of the world's population could solve it.

Which percentage are you in?

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THE PUZZLE
There are five houses in five different colors.
In each house lives a person of a different nationality.
These five owners drink a certain beverage, smoke a certain brand of cigarette and keep a certain pet.
No owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand of smoke or drink the same drink.

GIVEN THAT:

1. The Brit lives in the red house.
2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
3. The Dane drinks tea.
4. The green house is on the left of the white house.
5. The green house owner drinks coffee.
6. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
7. The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8. The man living in the house right in the center drinks milk.
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The man who smokes Blend lives next to the one who keeps cats.
11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
12. The owner who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
13. The German smokes Prince.
14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
15. The man who smokes Blend has a neighbor who drinks water.

The question is: WHO OWNS THE FISH?
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No fair looking up the solution online or writing code to solve it for you. I was forced to solve this puzzle last night under threat of pre-teen ridicule.

But, if you are so lacy to solve it and just want the answer, then follow this link.... shame on you! hahaha!!!

Mitsubishi Outlander... Japan, USA or Europe?

Have you ever thought about buying a Mitsubishi? In particular an Outlander? You don't see them very often in the highways or around your city, right?

The Outlander seems to be very popular in Japan, at least according with this note back in 2006: New Mitsubishi Outlander Japan's Best Selling SUV

Basically we have 2 versions: Japan/USA version and Europe version, besides the original concept... here the pictures:

The Concept
Europe version
USA version

Well, then... why aren't they popular? An answer for the Outlander itself will be hard to guess, but (it has been a long time since I wanted to know this) why Mitsubishi vehicles are not popular in the USA market? I haven't found the answer yet, but I heard Mitsubishi had a bad model in the 80's, when they were starting in the USA market, since then their reputation has been terrible... no matter what! If you know any other reason, please post a comment.

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World's Best Bottoms are from Bulgaria and Romania

So... what happened with the Brazilians or Italians women? were they in the contest?
Anyway, guys were also there... not that I care, but I will be fair with the female readers ;-)

Here the note from Reuters:

"Oct. 31 - Two winners are awarded the hotly-contested title of the "world's most beautiful bottom".

19-year-old Kristina Dimitrova from Bulgaria and Andrei Andrei aged 24 from Romania won the women's and men's categories in the world's best bum contest, organised by the underwear maker Sloggi.

43 candidates from 28 countries battled it out at the final in Munich to convince the jury of the quality of their behind.

Joanna Partridge reports for Reuters"

And the video...