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Yubz Retro Styled Phone Handsets Get a Grip on Hi-Tech


Yubz Handy Retro Phone Handset for Cellphones, Skype & Bluetooth
Cellphones are getting smaller and smaller but our hands are still the same size. What to do? Get a Yubz: a blast from the past retro-styled handset that may look clunky but gives you a grip on anything hi-tech throws your way.

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Song at the Tip of Your Tongue? Sing or Hum on Midomi.com to Find It!


How many times have you had a tune in your head and just can't remember who sings it, or how the rest of the words go? You've been there, I've been there, and it's enough to drive us insane, and finally Midomi.com; a fun and unique music search business offers a solution by allowing users to sing or hum songs to find audio or video downloads.

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One of a Kind Holiday Gifts: Locate Rare Books with Faber Finds


Faber Finds is an independent publishing house that aims to "restore to print for future generations a wealth of lost classics". By ordering from them, you will ensure that the literary fanatic in your family doesn't get duplicate gifts under the tree this holiday season.

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Save on Holiday Shopping with CouponCowgirl.com and ShoppingNotes.com


With the declining economy, consumers are becoming more conscious about saving when shopping for their holiday gifts. CouponCowgirl.com and ShoppingNotes.com are two websites that make price comparison and coupon savings easy when buying presents online.

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Romantic Gift Idea: Custom Musical Compositions


Requiem for You is a unique business concept that will give your loved one a holiday gift they will never forget. To immortalize or celebrate that special person in your life, you can have a customized musical composition developed with their inspiration.

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Cyberclone Japan's Bewitching Widgets Add Interactive Fun to Blogs


Cyberclone Japan's Bewitching Widgets Add Interactive Fun to Blogs

A kiss, a wink, an inviting smile... won't you stay on my page for a while? Cyberclone Japan's blog parts service provides bloggers with animated, interactive blog widgets featuring some of Japan's favorite media idols and celebrities.

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Businesses of Convenience: 2008's Most Weird and Wacky Vending Machines


Vending machines offer the consumers the convenience of finding products and services at hand wherever they go. Many companies are profiting on this growing business trend, and are branching out beyond the typical candy and soda vending to provide some very unique and wacky services. Learn about the top 5 vending machines that exist in 2008!

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Baseball Knuckles Under as Japan League Drafts Teen Girl Pitcher


Baseball Knuckles Under as Japan League Drafts Teen Girl Pitcher
A league of their own? Not in Japan at least, where 16-year-old female knuckleballer Eri Yoshida has just been drafted by a Japanese pro baseball team. The boys of summer - plus one girl - will take the field in April 2009.

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Dine With Blood Splatter In This Fresh Crime Scene


Ever think about dining a là crime scene? Does blood splatter work up your appetite? Well, you've come to the right place...

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McDonalds Japan Goes No-Brand with Quarter Pounder Shops


McDonalds Japan Goes No-Brand with Quarter Pounder Shops
McDonalds Japan is testing the waters of no-brand marketing with newly opened Quarter Pounder stores in Tokyo.

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Business Ideas for the Afterlife: Guaranteed Travel to Heaven or Hell


Reserve a Spot in Heaven provides travel packages to guarantee your place in your preferred afterlife destination. This small business, which is the only Heaven or Hell reservation site on the internet, proves that there is an open market for every weird and wacky entrepreneurial concept.

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The Thriving Office: Busy Office Sounds to Disguise Work at Home


The Thriving Office audio CD transforms your home environment by incorporating typical corporate sounds that are often found in a busy, successful business hub. Don't want your clients to know you work from home? Then this is a great product to check out, as well as an innovative business idea.

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Nano Turntable for Mini Music Players Makes Anyone a DJ


Nano Turntable for Mini Music Players Makes Anyone a DJ
The new "Hey Nano DJ! Turntable Speaker Phone Charm" turns anyone with an iPod or other MP3 player into an instant DJ mixmaster. Add voice, siren or scratch effects to your fave hip-hop tunes - or Bach, if that's what you like!

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The Something Store’s ‘Surprise Yourself’ Shipments: Innovative or Insane Business Idea?


SomethingStore.com is a weird and wacky business concept where your order remains a surprise. You pay, they ship you something and the best part is you will have no idea what's on its way!

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Inhale, Exhale, Repeat: Japan Tobacco's 'Smoking Manners for Adults' Ads, Part 4


Part 4 of Japan Tobacco's 'Smoking Manners for Adults' Ad Series
Japan Tobacco's series of 73 "Smoking Manners for Adults" ads - numbers 31 through 40 provided here - have lately achieved international recognition, including comedian David Sedaris' amusing discussion of them on Late Night with David Letterman. Without doubt the ads are (often unintentionally) funny, insightful and thought-provoking, but will smokers who read them really think about their manners?

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Beautiful People Dating and Networking Site: Controversy Can Be Successful


Beautiful People, a social networking and dating site, which only welcomes exclusively attractive members, proves that even a controversial business idea can be a successful and highly profitable one.

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Capitalizing on the Holidays With a Scheduled Greeting Card Service


Jack Cards is a greeting card service that makes sure you never miss a beat by keeping track of important dates and doing the legwork for you. Remembering to send cards to your loved ones for birthdays and other holidays can be a daunting task. So, as we approach a long stretch of looming holidays, why not eliminate the stress and avoid the embarrassment that comes from forgetting to send a key member of your inner circle a greeting card? Consumers love services that bring ease and convenience to their lives, so how could this not be a winning business idea?

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New Business Trend: Services to Live Like the Rich and Famous


Want to live like a celebrity, even if only for a day? Celeb 4 A Day makes it possible for you to live like the stars, by providing you with a personal paparazzi service that puts your face on the cover of a faux magazine. 

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Newspaper Blog Brings Tabloid Format to the Blogosphere


Newspaper Blog Design Boosts Literacy, Readability
Six Apart's award winning Newspaper Blog adapts the familiar newspaper look to serve the needs of bloggers, schools and - no pun intended - desktop publishers. "Print Screen" doesn't just mean capturing a screenshot anymore.

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Hot Off The Press! A 2009 Sarah Palin Calendar


Whether you think she'll be the 2012 Republican candidate for president or she's just getting an extra five minutes of fame, Sarah Palin is starring in her own 2009 calendar. The cover is not exactly cheesecake, unless you think it's sexy for a woman to stand in front of an American flag with an open shot gun slung over her shoulder.

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