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Yesterday at a press event hosted in London, HTC unveiled its latest Windows Mobile device, the diamond.

The Diamond is equipped with a beefy 528 MHz processor, 4GB storage inbuilt, HSDPA, FM Radio, 3.2MP camera. Unlike the other “Touch” GPS built in and working out of the box. Check out the overview of the device:

The Diamond runs on Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 6.1, Microsoft latest version of Windows Mobile. Unfortunately Microsoft hasn’t made many great improvements to the user interface of Windows Mobile, so what HTC has done is build in applications and customizations to work around the wonkiness of WM.These customizations are called TouchFlo 3D which adds the following sweetness to the device:

• Rather than having to initiate it with a swipe, it replaces Windows Mobile’s standard Today screen
• TouchFLO 3D also appears to be very well integrated in the OS. It’s less of an add-on and more of a new philosophy towards Windows Mobile. For example, the 5-way is also touch-sensitive so you can rotate your thumb around it to zoom in and out. It also demonstrates the power of Windows Mobile’s data structure — TouchFLO 3D has previews of emails, allows you to examine your pictures, and plays your music directly within the interface.
• TouchFLO 3D tech is also built-into a custom build of Opera 9.5. But get this, no matter what your zoom level is, the text automatically wraps to the zoom. This is in contrast to the iPhone’s browser, which sometimes is unable to get the text to wrap properly.
• TouchFLO 3D is, in fact, 3D in its animation effects. The Touch Diamond, unlike previous HTC devices, appears to be fully hardware accelerated and uses that power to full effect.

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Brand new Maury Povich Home Pregnancy Test… “because sometimes the bitch does try to play you like that.”

NUMB3RS is a drama about an FBI agent who recruits his mathematical-genius brother to help the Bureau solve a wide range of challenging crimes in Los Angeles. The two brothers take on the most confounding criminal cases from a very distinctive perspective. Inspired by actual events, the series depicts how the confluence of police work and mathematics provides unexpected revelations and answers to the most perplexing criminal questions. It’s a pretty cool show. I love the mix of math + action to catch the bad guys.

The new season is getting ready to fire up and they’ve released a promo in the form of a PC vs Mac commercial. I dig it.

David Cook was not feeling well after his performance last night. Medics from American Idol checked him out, and found his blood pressure was dangerously high, and he was having heart palpitations. David would not leave for the hospital until after the show was over. David was driven to the hospital, and chose not to go by ambulance. A doctor treated David with medication to lower his blood pressure.

David Cook is known for taking non-rock songs and finding rock arrangements for them on the Internet (including taking Michael Jacksons Billy Jean and making a rock version).

David has been under a lot of stress lately because his brother, who has been sick with cancer, has recently suffered a setback. TMZ reported that David was not feeling well all day yesterday and his condition worsened after his performance during last night’s country style show.

Rickrolling is an Internet meme involving Rick Astley’s music video for his song “Never Gonna Give You Up“. In a Rickroll, a person provides a link they claim is relevant to the topic at hand which actually takes the user to the Astley video. It can also mean playing the song loudly in public in order to be disruptive.

What you’ll see is people hiding the RickRoll in another link. For instance, you click a link sent by your friend that says it’s for “Cheap Computer Parts” only to find you’re sent to a RickRoll video. The net is a funny place sometimes. The latest variant (and the funniest IMO) is the Muppet Rick Roll.

If that goes online you can snag the AVI from my site here.