2008 China Readers Choice Nikko Hotel Dalian
Fashion & Style, Travel & Leisure October 24th, 2008
“I am very proud to anounce that Readers of Travel + Leisure (China) voted Nikko Hotel Dalian among the top 100 hotels in China in the 2008 “Readers’ Choice Awards,”
This is fantastic that our customer by choosing our property in the selecting and voting process, have shown recognition for the hard work of all the team members of Nikko hotel Dalian. The spirit and dedication of the team, together with a desire to go the extra mile giving a memorable experience to our customers and always with a smile is very commendable. As the general manager of Nikko Hotel Dalian I am proud to be part of this team” Said Nicolas C. Solari, General Manager, Hotel Nikko Dalian
Marisa Miller’s Sexy Photos Complex Magazine
Celebrity Spotlight, Fashion & Style October 22nd, 2008
Complex magazine seems to be in a war every month with Maxim magazine in booking the hottest girls for their covers. Usually Maxim wins, but this month I’m going to have to award Complex for landing Victoria’s Secret Angel Marisa Miller. Check out the complete photoshoot at Complex.com.
Audrina Patridge Water Tank Dunked in a Bikini
Celebrity Spotlight, Fashion & Style October 21st, 2008
Victoria’s Secret Black Diamond Fantasy Miracle Bra
Career & Money, Fashion & Style October 20th, 2008
The 2008 Victoria’s Secret Fantasy Bra is dubbed the Black Diamond Fantasy Miracle. Created by jeweler Martin Katz, it’s set with 3,575 black diamonds, 117 certified 1 carat white round diamonds and 34 rubies. Two black diamond drops totaling 100 carats swing to complete the creation.
The 1,500 carat brassiere, promised to have “maximum cleavage enhancement,” is pegged at $5 million. Chump change for anyone that loves their girl right?
(via LikeCool)
Nvidia's Quadro CX GPU optimized for people
Fashion & Style, Gear & Gadgets October 19th, 2008
Check it Donnie, Nvidia just launched its Quadro CX accelerator card for Adobe’s Creative Suite 4. The optimized GPU fits into your PC’s PCIe slot to smooth image navigation and manipulation in Photoshop while accelerating effects in Adobe’s After Effects and Premier Pro. Nvidia claims that the new GPU helps encode H.264 video at “lightning-fast speeds” when using Nvidia’s Cuda-enabled CS4 plug-in while giving professionals accurate video previews with uncompressed 30-bit color or 10-/12-bit SDI (for professional video equipment) before final output. The Quadro CX features a 1.5GB (GDDR3) frame buffer and 76.8GBps memory bandwidth with dual-DisplayPort connectors (up to 2560 x 1600 pixels) and a single dual-link DVI with support for panels up to 3,840 x 2,400 @24Hz. Look, we know this sounds all stupid-hard advanced to those of you using Photoshop to hotten-up your Facebook pic, but the pros are going to love it. $1,999 and available today — video demonstration just beyond the read link.
[Via InformationWeek]
Some Inspiron Mini 9s shipping with partition issues
Fashion & Style, Gear & Gadgets October 19th, 2008
Early Dell Inspiron Mini 9 customers who sprung for a larger drive may want to check their partitions — Dell apparently used a static 4GB Ubuntu image during some initial manufacturing runs, leaving the OS in a 4GB partition and the remainder unused. The problem’s been fixed now, but if you were unlucky enough to get one of the wrongly-formatted units, Dell’s saying that you’ll need to restore from the System Restore disk, but there are some live partition options out there if you’re feeling brave.
[Via Boy Genius Report]
Mophie iPhone 3G Juice Pack
Fashion & Style, Gear & Gadgets October 17th, 2008

Tired of your Apple iPhone 3G running out of battery power? The Morphie iPhone 3G Juice Pack ($99.95) is designed to double the battery life of your iPhone so you can rock, talk and surf longer.
The iPhone 3G Juice Pack raises standby times to 350 hours, talk time and internet surfing up to 6 hours and audio playback up to 28 hours.
Apple MacBook Pro
Fashion & Style, Gear & Gadgets October 14th, 2008

Apple’s MacBook Pro line was long overdue for an overhaul, and this morning Apple finally delivered an entirely new MacBook Pro:
The powerful new 15-inch MacBook Pro at only 0.95-inches thin and weighing just 5.5 pounds offers ultimate performance and extensive expansion features in a remarkably portable design. Starting at $1,999, the MacBook Pro uses the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors available, running up to 2.8 GHz, and a new graphics architecture that allows users to switch between the NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated graphics processor for better battery life and the powerful NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT discrete graphics processor for higher performance. The new MacBook Pro is available in two models: a 2.4 GHz model with a 250GB 5400 rpm hard drive and a 2.53 GHz model with a 320GB 5400 rpm hard drive.
Along with the release of the MacBook Pro, is an all new 13-inch MacBook, and 24-inch LED Cinema Display.








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