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Mumbai under attack - The Big Picture - Boston.com (247)
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Late Wednesday night, Mumbai, India found itself the target of a ferocious terrorist attack, and the situation remains unresolved even now, three days later. According to reports, upwards of 60 young men entered Mumbai in small inflatable boats on Wednesday night, carrying bags filled with weapons and ammunition, and spread out to nine locations to begin their attacks. Lobbing grenades and firing their weapons, they entered hotels, a railway station and several other buildings, killing ...Shared by Aaron (0) abhi (0) Abhi (0) Abhishek (1) Adam (0) Adam Fuhrer (1) Adi wong (0) Aditya Wirayudha (1) Alberto (21) Albie (2) Alex Murray (1) Allen Sentance (7) Allen Sentance (9) Amit (0) André R. Hood (0) Andrew (0) Andy (0) Angelo (0) Anton Kast (0) Antonio (6) Argonath (2) ariel (0) Arijit Mitra (0) Ash Laws (0) Atul Arora (28) Avinash (15) Babychen Mathew (11) Bastien Labelle (1) Ben (2) Benjamin (0) bnoise (0) Brendon Wadey (9) Bud (0) Burad (1) Carren (0) CatCubed (0) catt avery (0) Chad Vegas (0) Chance Clay (4) Chanux (0) Chetan Thaker (13) Chris Heath (0) Chris Olson (0) Chris Pugh (6) Chris Shearer (0) Chris Stamas (1) christopher (0) clarke thomas (5) daniel (0) dare (0) Dave (0) Dave Gilbert (0) David (0) David Fendley (0) David McDonald (0) David Peacock (0) db (14) deletedsoul (7) Désiré (1) Dileepa (0) Dmitry Lomov (0) docbaily (1) donlbe (1) Dre (0) Eddie Codel (0) EggHe/\D (0) eMich (0) Emilio (0) Engin (0) erick (0) evgeny (0) Fabian (0) Francis Yap (0) Fredrik Broman (0) Garrett Camp (12) Genaro Geneta (0) GilesVG (6) Greg Hinch (0) guy (23) handir (10) hanzahar (0) Harrison (1) Hemanshu (0) Herman Elgueta (0) Ian Kaumeyer (0) Ian Kaumeyer (0) Ian Rathbone (0) illu (2) Indigo (0) Irv (0) Ivo Mortani (1) J.D. Rucker (31) Jack (0) Jake (0) Jamie McGibbon (0) Jamieasp (0) Jeethu (0) Jeff (5) Jeff Harris (1) Jeff P. Henderson (1) Jeremiah (0) Jeremy (3) Jeroen (0) Jeroen (0) JiM (0) Joe Dawson (6) John (2) John Holzer (0) JohnTP (2) jokerulez (8) Jon Totton (0) Jonas (0) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (0) Joshua (0) Julian Schrader (0) Junwei (0) Justin Doub (0) Justin Laramée (0) Justin LL. (0) Justin Thorp (6) Kate (0) Keith Chapman (0) Kevin O'Neill (0) Kevin Rose (0) Kevin Rose (0) Kimme Utsi (2) Koka Sexton (2) Kyle Murphey (2) laialla (0) Lance (27) Larry Huffman (2) Laughing Squid (1) Leena (67) Lindsay (0) llorch (0) LoTarr (0) macgeekpro (0) Maki (0) Marc van Waardenburg (0) Marcelo (0) Marcus Puchmayer (0) Mario (0) Marissa (4) Markus Kniebes (0) Martin O. (0) Massimiliano Balestrieri (1) Matt (2) Matt Hoult (0) Matthew (1) Mauro Fuentes (1) Meenakshi (21) miasarmento (6) Mike (0) Mike Fruchter (16) Mo (0) Mo (0) Mr. BabyMan (22) Murali (0) Nancy Martira (0) Nate Eisner (1) Neal (0) Nick (0) Nick Cobb (1) Nick Moorman (0) Nikole (2) noel (2) NOLFXceptMe (0) NomadRip (0) Occasional Headbanger (0) Omar Abid (0) Patrick (1) Paulo Pereira (0) Peety (0) Philip Campbell (0) Philip J Beyer (3) phillip (0) philos (4) Preshit (0) QM (0) Raj (0) Rajeev Edmonds (7) Rajinder Singh (0) Rami Taibah (0) Ramkarthik (10) rampantheart (21) ravi karandeekar (0) reemixx (3) Riaz (0) Rick (1) RJO (3) rmaspero (0) Rob Villeneuve (0) Robert Anthony Provost (0) robert steburg (2) Robert Wheeler (0) Rolf Schewe (13) rorroaguilar (0) Roustem Karimov (0) Ryan (0) Ryan Jackson (1) Ryan Svoboda (0) samantha (6) Scott Plummer (0) Sean McBride (5) Semaho (0) SengMing (1) Sharjeel Sayed (2) Shawn (0) Sid Yadav (0) Simon (1) slax (0) Steve (0) Steven Perez (12) Sunil Garg (0) Suraj Chandrakar (0) sushaantu (0) syck (1) Tal Siach (8) Tanath (2) Thaddeus Clark (1) Thomas Stromberg (0) Tim (0) Tim (0) Tim McAlpine (0) Tina (0) TiTi (14) Tom Osting (0) Tomi (0) Torsten Eckert (0) Trent Lloyd (0) trygve (1) Tucker W. (0) Ubqtous (0) V (0) vesa (1) Victor Barrera (62) Vineet Bhatia (0) Vinny Carpenter (0) waye (4) Wiep (0) Will (3) Yatin Vadhia (22) Yorkali (8) zach (0) Zak M. (57) Ziv Meltzer (0) ZlatkoGR (0)Explore read 14 notes- RJO said: Be careful with the warning pictures - they are particularly rough - even for The Big Picture.
- Rolf Schewe said: Best Mumbai photos I have seen so far.
- trygve said: There are some very disturbing images in The Big Picture this week.
- Jake said: Seriously, WTF?
- NOLFXceptMe said: Brilliant photos
- Mauro Fuentes said: Increíble la de la explosión del hotel TajMajal, lagunas fotos son fuertes pero las han puesto censura previa
- Dre said: These attacks just seem so senseless. :(
- Mo said: some of image r really graphic.. prayin for peace
- David McDonald said: As usual The Big Picture has collected some poignant pics of the Mumbai incident
- Herman Elgueta said: horrible
- Thomas Stromberg said: Some seriously scary imagery.
- syck said: OMG. Sok, sokkolo foto..
- David Peacock said: Powerful, moving, and graphic photos of the tragic events in Mumbai.
- philos said: Είναι άξιο προσοχής ότι όπου υπάρχουν ανατριχιαστικές φωτογραφίες με πτώματα ή αίματα δεν τις δείχνει άμεσα, αλλά δίνει στον αναγνώστη την επιλογή να τις δει!!! Εγώ πάντως δεν πάτησα να τις δω...
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Just In Time For the Holidays: Crazy/Cool Japanese Design For All (14)
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Helllloooooo Nurse! Looking for the poking box? A bathroom speaker shaped like a bloody tear? A Mir:ror? You are totes in luck because the boys who brought you Dynamism, the number-one source for cool little Japanese laptops, are pleased to offer Gizmine, the number-one source for crazy Japanese design. I’m in love, for example, with this Issey Miyake chronograph that I’d totally buy except that it’s quartz. Dynamism made its name by bringing all the ...Shared by Albert (3) Andrew Acomb (0) Benedict Lee Zhi En (8) Cale (0) Dave Kinsella (0) davecurry (0) Erik C. Thauvin (4) Irv (0) jmilles (4) Josef (0) Rajiv (0) Serginho (0) Sho (6) Will (0)- Dave Kinsella said: Another site for me to drool over like IWOOT or Firebox
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XBMC 8.10 Atlantis Leaves Beta [Featured Download] (56)
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Ladies and gentlemen, start your downloads. XBMC 8.10 Atlantis—the release that's bringing the popular media center to all platforms and integrating XBMC with Mac apps like iTunes and iPhoto—is officially available. For a closer look at what you can expect, check out our screenshot tour of XBMC Atlantis.Shared by Agent124 (0) Andrea Borruso (0) bastien (0) Bastien Grandet (0) bkim (0) Brad (0) Bruce (0) Bryan (0) Carl (16) chip (0) Christopher Snyder (0) David (0) Eric (0) Gabriel (0) gergi (0) Greg Morgan (0) happy_harry (0) Herb G (0) id084895 (0) Irv (0) J.R. (0) Jamie (0) Janne (0) janofran (0) Jason David Pelker (0) JBu92 (0) Jeff (0) jeremy (3) joel (0) Karim (0) kbrown5676 (0) Keef (0) Kevin (0) m getinet (2) maplestar (0) Mike (0) mike (3) Mike (0) Mike Norman (0) Morad (0) Nicholas (0) ninsei2600 (2) Pablo (0) Pittsy (1) RJH (0) Rob Boek (0) Roberto Lupi (0) Roy (0) Rutger Blom (0) Seth Meranda (0) speedyop (0) steve t (10) Tim (1) Travis Roy (0) wwdj (0) Yotofuji Tanaki (0)Contribute comment -
Talk face-to-face right from within Gmail (212)
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From viewing videos on YouTube to screening family events, people love being able to watch something exactly as it happened. And as webcams have become popular, more and more of us are realizing that video is the next best thing to an in-person conversation. Today we're introducing Gmail voice and video chat, which lets you have free voice and video conversations right from within Gmail.Video chatting from Gmail is as easy as sending an instant ...Shared by (jeff)isageek (3) [BLT]FQX (2) Aaron H. (6) Ahson (0) ahumblejedi (0) Alberto (0) Alec Couros (0) Alex Gawley (0) Alex Lee (1) Alexey (1) Allan (0) Amihai (0) Amy O (0) Andi Albrecht (0) André (0) Andrea Borruso (0) Andrew Bruce Smith (0) Andrew Min (0) andrewkjs (1) Aranittara (0) baixinho (0) bechelani (0) Ben (0) blindsurf3r (0) Brian Landau (0) Brian Mazz (0) brownpau (3) Carmi Levy (0) cbaxter (1) cgsheldon (10) Chad Sakonchick (0) channing (0) Cheryl (0) Chris (2) Chris Lang (0) Christian (0) ckaroli (0) Cole Camplese (0) Colin (2) Crutcher D (0) D-Arb (0) Damon (0) Daniel Glifberg (0) Daniel Wayne Armstrong (0) danliebke (0) DarkBls (0) dataphage (0) Dave (2) David (0) David C (0) David Feng (1) David Gibbs (0) David Griner (0) David Kenny (0) David Poblador Garcia (0) David Tsikaluri (0) Dedalus (0) Derek Morrison (0) DKB (3) docbaily (1) Doo Sun Chung (1) Duk (0) Dustin DeKoekkoek (0) EBBY (0) ema (0) Erica Baker (0) Evan Parker (0) FASTE (0) focoma (1) Golds (0) Greg (0) griflet (1) Guru Panguji (2) guy (23) Håkan Dahlström (0) haggaret (3) Harshul (0) Herock (0) Icecubed (0) Ido (0) Ilse (0) imma (0) InspireMedia (0) Irv (0) itsoinky (0) Jérôme (0) Jacky Mao (0) jackysee (0) James (0) Jamieasp (0) Jan Bannister (0) Jared Cherup (0) Jarred (6) Jason (0) Jason Bryant (0) JenM (0) Jeremy Salter (0) Jeroen Mirck (0) jesicita (0) Jithu Gopal (0) Joe (0) Joe (0) Joel (0) Joewxboy (0) John (2) John (0) Jon (1) Jonny (0) Josh (0) JT (0) junal (0) Justin (0) Justin (0) Justin Doub (0) Justin Yost (0) Karl Söderström (0) Kaveh Dorafshan (9) Keeez (0) Ken P (0) Kenneth Jayden Lim (0) kmohr25 (4) kskobac (1) Laurent (0) lindenb (2) Litrik De Roy (2) Liz Davis (0) louisgray (3) Lu Tao (4) luc (0) Luca Palli (0) luis eduardo (0) Mani Karthik (26) Marc van Waardenburg (0) Marc-André Lureau (0) Marjan Panic (0) Martin Gordon (0) masolino (0) Mateusz (2) Mathieu Ravaux (0) Matjaž (1) Meromo (0) Michael (0) Mikael (0) Mike (0) Mike Fruchter (16) Mike Reardon (0) Morgendorfer (0) MV (0) Nathan (0) Neko (0) Nelson (0) nicolas.boullosa (0) nkronberg (0) Noyda Matos (0) onurka (0) Patrick (0) Patrick Harms (0) Paul (0) Philou (1) phobos7 (0) Qian (1) Rahim (1) Rahul Gaitonde (7) Ramchandran (0) Ramon Silva (0) ravidor (0) Rick (0) Rob (0) Rob (0) Rob (0) Robert Birming (0) Robert Scoble (1) Robert van Bregt (0) rOckY (5) Roland (2) russomi (2) Ryan Bretag (0) Sam (0) Samuel (1) Sanket (0) senpi (0) Seth Garrison (0) Sezer (0) Sharj (0) sryo (0) Steve (2) stvalentine (7) sugree (0) Suzanne (20) svartling (6) Tal Siach (8) talios (1) Tärkan (0) TECHHEAD (0) Thomas (0) Thomas Stromberg (0) ThomasHan (0) Tim (0) TJ Hilton (0) Tony Ruscoe (2) Umesh (0) uob[ (7) Vincent (0) Vinodh (0) visik7 (0) Walter DeFoor (0) Wayne (4) WilliamLong (5) wolfger (1) xrx (0) Zhasper (0) Zinoc (0)Explore read 26 notes- Rahim said: That came out of the blue! Now if Grand Central redirected to this baby (and launched in UK) then no need for SkypeIn?
- Laurent said: waow skype-like video chat within gmail ! it turns to a complete messaging platform with high capabilities...
- Mike said: nice
- [BLT]FQX said: 为什么不升级Google Talk？
- Chris said: nice
- DarkBls said: Ah benh ca !
- Qian said: 太牛逼！！！！
- Jonny said: So long Skype :-) One important thing still missing is the ability to file transfer via Google Chat, but I'm sure it's not far away.
- Ramon Silva said: Awsome!
- Justin said: Interesting!
- Meromo said: This could be very cool indeed
- visik7 said: tentero' di trattenere il mio nervoso
- David Tsikaluri said: ვაააა :O
- Allan said: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- D-Arb said: yay, another platform specific plugin from google. Why can't they just use flash for this?
- Jason said: I'm excited!! =)
- Joel said: Been using this for months and love the integration. Yet another move to browser-based solutions that work x-platform.
- wolfger said: The future is finally coming... But only to Windows and Mac? :-P
- Litrik De Roy said: I wonder when Linux support will be available.
- Joe said: Congrats to the Talk (Justin) team to getting this out the door. I've used it internally and it rocks.
- Ramchandran said: Whoo! This is great news! But why just mac and pc's. I would live to see the day it comes to Linux...
- haggaret said: I'd like to try this. Anybody out there install this plug-in?
- Dedalus said: Skype?
- Matjaž said: it was just a matter of time :)
- Jithu Gopal said: yo YO!!
- Justin said: Eager to see how this compares to iChat's video functionality.
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Mortgage lenders review rates (1)
permalinkLloyds TSB today said it would pass on the 1.5% cut in interest rates to borrowers with loans linked to its standard variable rate (SVR), but customers of other lenders have been warned their rates may not be cut.The bank said it would reduce its SVR from 6.5% to 5% with effect from December 1, in a move that will benefit borrowers with mortgages from both the bank and its lending arm Cheltenham & Gloucester. ...Shared by Irv (0)
- Irv said: Fantastic - Christmas is back on :)
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50 of the World’s Best Budget Hotels - Telegraph (1)
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Would like to point you to this excellent list in view of the current economic malaise: 50 of the World’s Best Budget Hotels. Sara Macefield chooses stylish places to stay that won’t break the bank. By Sara Macefield Last Updated: 4:13PM GMT 28 Oct 2008 50 of the world’s best budget hotels - TelegraphSimilar Posts: None FoundShared by Irv (0)Contribute comment -
London’s Hoxton hotel to become national chain (1)
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London hotel The Hoxton, created by the co-founder of Pret a Manger, has unveiled plans to expand across the UK as a chain.Shared by Irv (0)Contribute comment -
Former hotel inspector fronts Channel 4 hotel start-ups series (1)
onRuth Watson, the former Hotel Inspector, is to return to television in a new Channel 4 series featuring hotel start-ups.Shared by Irv (0)Contribute comment
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Google Earth Comes To The iPhone, And It’s Awesome (108)
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Color me impressed: Google has released a custom Google Earth application for the iPhone / iPod Touch, and it’s stunning. The Google Earth geographical software has been altered to make maximum use of the iPhone’s screen and functionality. You’re able to tilt the device to adjust your view when browsing mountainous terrain, use the ‘My Location’ feature to jump right to where you are in the blink of an eye, and use Google’s local search ...Shared by 天方 (0) Aaron (1) Abhilash (0) adstew (0) Alberto (0) Alex (0) arsalan (0) Art (4) Avi (45) Benedict Lee Zhi En (8) Bhavesh (0) billywhizz (0) bmurphy714 (0) Brenton (0) Brian R. Robinson (0) Bwana (0) Chanse Arrington (0) Charles (0) charlie anzman (0) Chris Gurney (5) Chris Nixon (3) ChrisR (0) Chul Park (0) Craig (0) Cris (0) Dan York (0) Daniel (0) Danny (0) Darnell Clayton (4) Dave (2) dwjmccall (0) Eli Foner (0) Eric Schoonover (0) Erik J. Heels (0) f.shamsi (0) filos (0) fr3dly (0) FVT or FVTer (1) Galtenbergs (0) Ghosthead (0) Glenn.Isaac (0) glongman (0) guy (23) harleycw (0) Hollow (0) Ian Zabel (3) iancrowther (0) infomaniac (0) Irv (0) J (0) Jarred (6) Jason (0) JEP (1) John (1) Jonathan (0) Jonathan Sterling (0) kebernet (0) Keef (0) Kells Nollenberger (0) KeVroN (0) Kishore Balakrishnan (0) Kurt Vermeersch (0) Kyle (0) Lilian (0) Lindsay (0) Marc (0) matt weston (0) MCK2007 (0) Michael (0) Michael Burkett (0) MLx (0) MrT (0) neal (0) Nick Edwards (0) nicolas.boullosa (0) Nirav (1) nizu (0) paul (0) Pavels (0) Phreak 2.0 (0) Powera (12) Punksolid (3) puthali (0) Rahul Gaitonde (7) Rajeev Edmonds (7) Rick Klau (0) Rob (0) Roland (2) Ron (0) rony john (5) Ryan Sholin (1) rzklkng (0) Shaun (3) Sigalon (0) sirish (0) Szulej (0) Tal Siach (8) Theweirdone (0) Trevor (0) Vasanth (0) Vox (0) Waqas (1) Will Sullivan (0) xero (1) yoshy (0) Zak (0) zapnap (4) Zia (0)- Kishore Balakrishnan said: google earth iphone app
- adstew said: just downloaded. pretty awesome.
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CrunchGear » Archive » iPhone 3G baseband almost cracked, carrier independence imminent (27)
onThe wizards at the iPhone-Dev Team have just about cracked the iPhone baseband which means carrier unlock is almost upon us. What does this mean? Sadly, not much. The iPhone is still physically - at least in theory - locked to purchase and activation at AT&T and Apple stores so those heady days of buying an iPhone to crack at home are long gone. It is my suspicion that lots of 3Gs will soon be ...Shared by adam (0) Amihai (0) anand (0) Andrew Ruess (1) assbach (1) Benedict Lee Zhi En (8) Charles (0) chexov (0) Dru Kelly (0) ekaye (6) emiliano (0) Irv (0) Jeff Douglass (10) Jefferson (1) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (0) Justin Stevens (0) kepp (2) Nate (18) Plasmie (0) Rex (0) Roland (2) Sanket (0) Shane (0) vijay @ dffrnt (1) Wao (1) Wyctim (0) Yotofuji Tanaki (0)Contribute comment
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iPhone 3G Almost Cracked, Carrier Independence Imminent (2)
onThe wizards at the iPhone-Dev Team have just about cracked the iPhone baseband which means carrier unlock is almost upon us. What does this mean? Sadly, not much. The iPhone is still physically - at least in theory - locked to purchase and activation at AT&T and Apple stores so those heady days of buying an iPhone to crack at home are long gone. It is my suspicion that lots of 3Gs will soon be ...
