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ICANN issued the .xxx internet domain last year, much to the chagrin of the U.S. government which had advised it otherwise. A number of governments around the globe threatened to block the domain rightaway. However, the domain has stayed and it seems that ICM Registry, which runs .xxx, is set to launch an exclusive search engine of its own.

The search engine is meant exclusively for .xxx domain sites and is aimed at providing results straight from such websites. According to ICM, there are 240,000 internet addresses currently hosted at .xxx domain and the move will help drive more traffic to such pages. (more…)

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Did you honestly think Eric Schmidt went all the way to Seoul just to launch the Nexus 7 for South Korea, hang out with Samsung’s JK Shin and moan about the patent war with Apple? Of course not. The Google chairman also found some time to learn the legendary “invisible horse” dance with PSY, the charismatic oppa in the Korean chart-topper Gangnam Style. While Google Korea was happy to supply a few photos, the only video we could dig up was a surprisingly short one hosted by Daum — it’s embedded right after the break.

Brian: “Man, not being the CEO of a multinational corporation sure is hard work.”

Terrence: “I see you are a fellow disciple of the Carlton Banks school of dance.”

Don: “Gangnam Style, 2012-2012.”

Billy: “This song is really about the time I set my socks on fire. I see you still have yours. One moment.”

Edgar: “Hm… I think we forgot the horse.”

Richard Lai: “OK Eric, now let’s do the elevator scene.”

Dan: “Doenjang Girls, would you like to buy a Nexus 7? It’s wayyy more expensive than a latté.”

Darren: “Soooo glad this guy put this video on YouTube and not Vimeo. $$$$$$$$”

Jon Fingas: “Oppan Google sty– no, even I can’t go that far.”

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The Apple patent collection is one that inspires not just a vision of the future as it will be, but one that, even in this most recent collection, shows what will likely never be. The newest set of patents revealed this week at Unwired View show a future iPhone that’s got features that would change the device not in the software department, but in the hardware – three dimensional screens, speakers sitting behind the front glass, and more.

One of these patents shows tactile feedback – here working with a flexible display technology that’ll allow you to have a three-dimensional keyboard. Once you need the keyboard to appear on your display, the keys rise from the surface of the display. Imagine the possibilities if this were able to be applied to games and other apps as well! There’s no knowing how far you could go in the wacky world of bumpy moving screens!

This set of patents also points toward a device whose display’s ability to be flexible is able to react to sound vibrations. With a laser microphone, it’s been suggested, the possibility even exists that there’d be no need for microphone holes anymore. The same would therefor be true the other way around – an iPhone with no need for speaker holes anywhere at all.

Once you’ve got the iPhone 5 in your hand, think about how much of a future push it’d be to have speakers up front – but not through holes, right through the display. And the display can move for a variety of functions. And the whole device is thinner – why not? You’ll find that the future of the iPhone isn’t necessarily shown in the Apple patent collection you’re seeing today, but in science fiction films that are already in theaters – check out Looper this Friday and you’ll see.

iPhone patents point to invisible speakers and disappearing buttons is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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While it’s not an official LEGO brick on the cover of these journals, that doesn’t make them any less awesome as a place to sketch down ideas for your next big LEGO build, right?

Each memo pad measures about 3.14″ x 5.43″, and is adorned with a 2×4 grid of LEGO-like bumps on the front. While Moleskine does sell some official LEGO journals, I like how much more literal these are – despite the fact that they don’t interlock.

They’re available in red, green or yellow, and sell for $12(USD) each, or $29 for a set of all three over at Brando, where according to the site: “LEGOMAN does not include.” Indeed.

It usually takes a pretty hefty tool to knock out a brick wall, demolish a concrete staircase, or pulverize a tile shower stall during a bathroom renovation. It’s a job for the pounding chisel tip of a demolition hammer or a jackhammer—a tool big enough to require its operator, as The Far Side once suggested, to “let the belly do the work.” More »