New South Wales Police have launched a confronting new campaign urging people to pay attention when crossing the road while listening to iPods and using mobile phones.
The graphic campaign, running on the NSW Police website, includes a series of posters showing people lying lifeless on the road with a white headphone cable snaking around their bodies like a chalk outline.
“Recent growth in the use of portable media players and mobile phone usage has led to a need for greater awareness among both pedestrians and motorists to ensure these new technologies don’t lead to a rise in pedestrian accidents,” NSW Chief Traffic Services Commander John Hartley said.
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Geez! She ain’t as stupid and vacuous as the world first thought hey? Ms Hilton is a Mac user. Proof positive that she’s got at least a couple of brain cells that are actually kinda, sorta functioning! Always wondered, apart from a couple of awesome porno movies, why exactly is this dimwit famous?
Guy Aitchison and Michele Wortman: Apple Ink.
When most people think of tattoos, they don’t think of computers and software. But for tattoo artists Guy Aitchison and Michele Wortman of Hyperspace Studios, the Mac is as essential as skin.
This one’s gonna go down real well at work tomorrow as our entire operation in PC, Mac and Linux based.
Anyway.
Gabe Schwarzer, the video creator who brought us the original Mac vs. PC “South Park” style parody ad is back with a sequel. Gabe wrote in to tell us his Mac vs. PC vs. Linux video is up on his website.
In the credits, Gabe notes that he used the South Park Studios app to make the characters. He also says he created the video on a PC and a Mac “because one just isn’t enough.” I guess that tells us exactly how he feels about Linux — presuming the video doesn’t settle the issue in the first place. (via)
…and what a beautiful sight it is! 
First virus hatched as a practical joke. What began as a schoolboy prank, a way to trick already-suspicious friends who had fallen for his earlier practical jokes, has earned Rich Skrenta notoriety as the first person ever to let loose a personal computer virus.
Lightning strikes iPod users. Listen to an iPod during a storm and you may get more than electrifying tunes.
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