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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...favorite episode, Donnie shows viewers how to seamlessly remove the wedding band from a picture of his cheating wife's finger. "We actually really put the ring up for sale on eBay, and within four hours, 30,000 people had come by to look or bid on it," Hitch tells me. "The ring was bid up to $760." But eBay shut down the auction after discovering the performance art--a violation of the terms of service, apparently...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fun with Photoshop | 5/1/2008 | See Source »

...TomTom or Mio back. But the fact that it could be tracked at all would serve as a powerful deterrent; it would also help authorities locate and bust larger-scale crime rings, which typically hawk stolen electronics in pawn shops, on street corners, and on websites like Craigslist and eBay. What's more, it would help authorities locate people in roadside emergencies or if they're reported missing, much like GM's OnStar service. "Two-way connectivity is definitely on our roadmap," says Larry Rougas, vice president of marketing and product planning for Pioneer, which specializes in high-end navigation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why You Can't Track Your Stolen GPS | 4/28/2008 | See Source »

Apparently there’s a growing marketfor failed, antique technology: last weekon eBay, a Betamax Player was on sale forabout $1300. That same day, there wereabsolutely no adult fi lms available forBetamax on eBay. The reason for this?No such fi lms exist.As few people know, the adult fi lmindustry has had, among other things,a hand in deciding the accepted trendin format rivalries like the famous clashbetween Video Home System (VHS) andBetamax. This sway comes solely fromthe industry’s output. In 2005, adult fi lmsales and rentals amounted to a $4.28 billionrevenue. In that same year...

Author: By Andrew F. Nunnelly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Costs and Benefits of the High-Def War | 3/13/2008 | See Source »

...whirring sound builds. "We should probably have safety goggles on, huh?" he asks before the grinding of metal-on-metal gets so loud, he feels compelled to unplug the machine. When the noise subsides, he looks at me and smiles. "Stuff you shouldn't get, you can get on eBay," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mad Scientist in the Kitchen | 2/21/2008 | See Source »

...Clooney also preempts situations that might earn him ridicule later. So he has either turned down every gift bag he's been offered or has put them up on eBay for charity. "I've been smart about that. Rich famous people getting free s___ looks bad. You look greedy. And I don't need a cell phone with sparkles on it," he says. He sends handwritten apology letters to the directors whose scenes he ripped off in the movies he directed-Mike Nichols, Sidney Lumet, Sydney Pollack. He drives an electric car and a Lexus hybrid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: George Clooney: The Last Movie Star | 2/20/2008 | See Source »

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