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I know this was posted a while ago, but I can't seem to get enough of products that Apple has to offer, let alone how people are going to spoof on them. I have to give props to the ultimate in satire: The Onion. Thank you for your continued decication to keeping reality in check.

According to a new lawsuit filed in Beverly Hills, Cali., Apple is getting sued for an alleged conspiracy with the Italian mafia. Gregory McKenna is convinced that both his ebay purchased iPod shuffle and his store-bought iPod mini equipped with a receiver allowing the mafia to send him death threats through his music. He claims the words "I'm going to kill him" sung by members of the mafia played in unison with a song on his iPods.

"The recording of death threats and other evidence, prove that APPLE INC. conspired with the Mafia and other Defendants to manufacture, distribute, and sell illegally bugged iPods and other electronic equipment to Plaintiff to perpetuate the stalking, extortion, and torture."

The 124 page complaint filed last Wednesday gets even stranger. While listening to the song, "Still Tippin" by Mike Jones, McKenna claims the word "herpes" were inserted to "to humiliate, degrade, and cause emotional stress."

"Tippin' on four fours, wrapped in four vogues, HERPES. Tippin' on four fours, wrapped in four vogues. Tippin' on four fours, wrapped in four vogues, AHH."

Thank you Apple. All of us iPod owners are at risk of randomly hearing Sinatra singing, "It's my kind of town, YOU'RE GONNA DIE." I can only imagine that the Apple lawyers are going to take this one lightly. I'd like to see any judge consider his case.

Source: Apple Insider
Picture from @Engadget

For those of you that don't know me, there are a few things that I am passionate about as much as technology and one of them is cars. An English inventor named Giles Cardoso invented a project called the Parajet, which I can only imagine would give the rider a trill equivalent to bungee jumping but with the added risk of free-falling 2500 meters while traveling 75kph without a safety net.

Well, Parajet has been trumped again with "The world's first usable road-legal flying car," called surprisingly, the SkyCar. Parajet is currently taking pre-orders for their estimated £50,000 ($81,700) vehicle with a £10,000 ($16,338 U.S.) deposit. The company is hoping to have the vehicle in test flights September 2009 with a anticipated release date in early 2010. As if saving time on our commute to work wasn't enough, the SkyCar is also going to run on BioFuels helping our eco-friendly neighbors. For more info, check out their website: http://www.parajetautomotive.com/



Thanks @Autobloggreen for the info: Source

What some would have thought would never happen is finally coming to a reality. Virgina Tech has just announced a dirt buggy that can be driven by a blind person. The vehicle is equipped with an array of lasers that help the driver "see" the road and responds to verbal commands of the driver.



@VirginaTech http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/images/09542bdc.jpg

They say in Wisconsin, there are only two seasons: Winter and Construction. Even though this was taken on the Minnesota side of the Wisconsin border, I think that it still counts for ingenuity and creativity, two key factors for any true nerd or geek.

There is always room for improvement in the world of technology. As I appropriately saw on a tweet @mitchnetzer, "Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something." With the arrival of smartphones and the infamous iPhone, people want to have one device to do everything, but to light a cigarette?! Seriously...


Thanks to @Engadget http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/17/cigarette-lighter-phone-could-light-up-your-death-sticks-life/#continued

New reviews for Sprintusers.com got posted. The reviews for the Motorola ve20 and the Samsung Rant are now online. Follow the link for the written review and I've also posted the video reviews! Let me know what you think!

Motorola ve20: http://www.sprintusers.com/reviews/review.php?id=631

Samsung Rant: http://www.sprintusers.com/reviews/review.php?id=630

Sprint is going to be launching the Blackberry Tour 9630 on August 2nd for consumer release. Definitely my next choice after the disappointing launch of the Palm Pre. Its going to be a nice upgrade from the Curve: Quad-band World Edition, double the processor, slimmer and sexified.