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Published 10:34 pm Friday, April 2, 2010
Your next car insurance bill: Police in Glendale, Calif., donned an Easter Bunny costume as they watched for drivers who failed to yield to pedestrians in crosswalks. Drivers who didn’t stop for the wascally wabbit were ticketed.
Lawyers already are planning to challenge the citations in court, claiming that police failed to post signs warning motorists that it was the rabbit’s hunting season.
The “D” is for “dorky”: Sharp Corp. has announced a breakthrough in 3-D TV technology. Its new display shows three-dimensional images without the need for special viewing glasses. The screen is 3 inches wide and must be held a foot away from the viewer’s face.
Fans of 3-D who don’t want to look silly in glasses can now buy a special harness that will dangle Sharp’s new display in front of their faces.
Apple polishers: The lineups began this morning for Apple’s new iPad tablet computer, and the company says it has more than 1,000 specialized applications, or apps, ready for the device.
Our crack team of code writers at Buzz Laboratories is hard at work developing the iBuzz app but have hit a snag with the laugh track going off at inappropriate times.
