Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Maria Sharapova Breakfast in LA — Feb 6

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Windows XP Phone

Communicator xpPhone, developed by Chinese company ITG, very soon go on sale. Its development has been going on for seven months, and during this period was uncovered is absolutely all the information about it. All the programs that run on desktops, work fine and xpPhone, so that you can safely assume this unit is a full-fledged computer with phone features. More images after the break...

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Ryugyong Hotel — The world's biggest ruin

The construction of the 330 m tall tower in Pyongyang, North Korea began in 1987. It has a total 360,000 m² (3.9 million ft²) floor space and 105 stories. The building should have been opened in 1989, by that time it could have been the tallest hotel in the world and the 7th largest skyscraper. North Korea have spent ~$750 million or 2% of the country's GDP on the Ryugyong Hotel. The hotel was designed to have 3,000 rooms, 7 revolving restaurants, casinos(!), nightclubs(!) and Japanese lounges. In 1989 -the original completion date- they had several construction method and material problems therefore the opening was delayed, but in 1992 the construction came to a complete halt due to funding problems, electricity shortages, and the prevailing famine. More images after the break...
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010