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President-elect Barack Obama will have to give up the BlackBerry that he's had literally by his side (clipped to his belt, a surprising fashion faux pas by the normally quite fashionable candidate). Because of security concerns, the chief executive is not allowed to send emails. President George W. Bush has gone without email for eight years, and was reported to be looking forward to sending them again a few months ago. Obama does plan to bring a laptop to the Oval Office, and there's some talk of setting up a read-only email account. How would you cope with living without email? Photo by AP/Jae C. Hong

Google announced today that they're now hosting around 10 million photos from the LIFE photo archives on Google Image search. You can search the photos—which range from the 1750s to present day—directly from the LIFE photo archive start page, or you can simply include source:life with any Google Image search query. If you give it a spin, share some of your favorite photos in the comments.

Mickey and Minnie Mouse are in Mumbai to celebrate his birthday.

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Wearables

Let's get one thing straight right from the get-go: the e-Volve Gadget Shoulder Holster could definitely be considered the ultimate woman purse too, but that would first require you to actually find a female who would agree to said statement with a straight face. Following in the oh-so-daring footsteps of the nearly legendary Remote Wrangler is this piece: a mishmash that's half C.O.P.S., half Brenthaven and 100% gnarly. Aside from providing the perfect cover for carrying your essentials underneath a suit, it offers up plenty of space for a smartphone, a backup mobile, a writing utensil, a few earbuds and, if positioned correctly, a Chrome 45. That's a lot of badassery for just $69.95.

[Via I4U News]

e-Volve Gadget Shoulder Holster: the ultimate man purse originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This picture of STEVE JOBS FLIPPING OFF IBM was taken in New York City sometime in the mid 1980s. (props to Edible Apple)

Filed under: Peripherals, Portable Audio

We've definitely seen more expensive earphone covers in our day, but these are certainly amongst the most pricey 'buds out there. A single set of these Casa Gi-designed earbuds are currently being sold in Bristol for £3,499 ($5,253), and all that money goes towards 59 diamonds (per bud) and an 18-carat gold coating. Quite frankly, we tend to feel that these are pretty garish, but we've no doubt whatsoever that someone, somewhere will make the trip over and snatch 'em up. 'Course, we can't say how long they'll remain safely lodged in the owners ears given the gadget crime rate in Britain, but we get the feeling these won't really be used for casual listening, anyway.

[Via Pocket-lint]

Gilded, diamond-encrusted earphones go for £3,499 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sprint has launched a marketing site to promote their "Now Network" nomenclature that shows you absurdly huge quantities of real-time data -- some of it useful, most of it not. It's called the NOW page. While you're looking at all these widgets, a pseudo-futuristic voice rattles off irrelevant statistics.

Pain reliever Motrin recently sparked a firestorm of controversy over an advertisement which attempted to be humorous, sympathetic and perhaps edgy but ended up insulting the very consumer group they were targeting. The offending video portrayed the practice of carrying a baby in a sling as an uncomfortable fashion statement, something that makes a mother look more “official”. The ad copy also implies that such baby carrying causes back and neck pain - which Motrin will help alleviate.

This point of view did not sit well with the “baby wearing” mothers of the internet. Over the weekend, Twitter exploded with negative commentary and blog posts racked up attacking the ad. In their defense, Motrin acted quickly and took down the video, but the damage may already be done.

Media Caffeine reports:

The flaws in this video are too numerous to list, but it’s clear that the tone was wrong, the message was absurd, and the only possible result was an enraged group of former customers.

On Twitter, the conversations have been furious.  As of the time of this post, #motrinmoms on Twitter has gone beyond the 1500 message archive limit in 12 hours, and there are several others going strong at #motrin, #motringate, and others.  The vast majority of the responses have been negative.

The blog response hasn’t been any better.  There have already been dozens of posts about it today.  Some classic ones are listed at the bottom of this story.  All are negative.  The response hasn’t been good, but as someone who has not experienced baby-wearing, I decided to consult an expert.

To test the ad, I showed it to my wife, a mother of three who has been there, done that.  I showed it to her with no prompting, no bias, just a “Hey honey, have you seen this?”

Her response at the 11 second mark: “Are you freakin’ kidding me?  This must have been made by a man who was completely clueless about anything we go through.”

Media Caffeine: “Motrin Learns: Hell Hath No Fury Like Baby-Wearing Moms”

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A Japanese super-fan has grown Apple-branded Fuji apples by adhering stickers to the still-ripening fruits a month before picking. Apple has yet to comment about the unofficially-logo’d Fuji’s, but we doubt they will. That is, unless they don’t taste good. (Or constantly crash.)

Nobon

via Gizmodo

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