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Bug Covered with Opal-Like Jewelry Inspires Scientists

If diamonds are truly a girl's best friends, then so should be a species of bug, called diamond weevil, living in Australia. Even those who do not like insects will be tempted to take a look at the diamond weevil and admire its gorgeous wings covered with a one-of-a-kind natural opal-like coating that sparkl...

23 December 2011
07:29 GMT

Kat Von D Won't Give Engagement Ring Back to Jesse James

It's war between Kat Von D and Jesse James. Just months ago, they were still happily engaged, planning a wedding and, as per their own words, happier than ever. Today, they're fighting over who gets to keep the engagement ring. When Jesse popped the question to Kat, he didn't do so empty-handed, but wi...

5 December 2011
14:01 GMT

Kim Kardashian Will Pay Kris Humphries for the Engagement Ring

Ever the shrewd businesswoman, Kim Kardashian considered the possibility of divorce even before she started making wedding plans with Kris Humphries. This way, she will get to keep the engagement ring she got from him. Kim and Kris were married in August in a lavish private ceremony that reportedly made them laugh al...

7 November 2011
13:51 GMT

Kim Kardashian Gets to Keep Massive $2 Million (€1.45 Million) Engagement Ring

One of the most burning questions about Kim Kardashian's divorce from Kris Humphries is, for some, what will happen to the massive $2 million (€1.45 million) ring she got when he proposed. As it turns out, she can do whatever she pleases with it. While some are still speculating on whether the marriage was ...

2 November 2011
14:41 GMT

World’s Most Expensive Dessert: £22,000 ($34,500 or €25,000)

In a world where it’s trendy to wear diamonds on your shoes or to have them adorn your favorite pooch, we shouldn’t be really that surprised that they’re also used as the cherry on top of a chocolate cake. Marc Guibert, head chef at Lindeth Howe Country House Hotel in Windermere, Cumbria, has just d...

12 October 2011
14:51 GMT

Steve Jobs Would Roll in His Grave if He Saw This

If there’s but one computer model in the whole world that shouldn’t be pimped out with gold, that computer is an Apple MacBook Pro. Not that everyone has to agree, but I’m sure many of you will when I say that having loads of cash doesn’t have to equal having zero taste. Is a MacBook Pro...

10 October 2011
07:11 GMT

Kim Kardashian Doesn’t Wear Engagement Ring All the Time

It cost $2 million (1.47 million Euros) and it’s truly a superb piece of jewelry. Kim Kardashian is the first to recognize the value of her engagement ring, which is why she makes sure she doesn’t wear it at all times, as she reveals in a recent interview.The reality star has launched a new coll...

27 September 2011
16:41 GMT

Doctor Creates First Gold Diamond-Encrusted Contact Lenses

Welcome to an entirely new level of decadence. A doctor in India has created the ultimate bling: contact lenses made of gold (yellow or white, depending on preference), with no less than 18 diamonds in them.Created by Chandrashekhar Chawan on a pair of special lenses that are used by patients who have undergone a rec...

1 September 2011
19:21 GMT

Kim Kardashian Wore $10 Million Worth of Jewelry on Her Wedding Day

There’s no denying that Kim Kardashian and the entire Kardashian clan went all out for her big wedding day, when she became Mrs. Kris Humphries. One of the details that transpired online ahead of the TV special is that she wore $10 million worth of diamonds on her curvalicious body. Promos for said TV special, ...

24 August 2011
14:01 GMT

Diamond D05 2.5-Inch Portable HDD from Silicon Power Unveiled

Silicon Power made good on its status as purveyor of various storage devices and decided it was time to unleash a new solid state drive, one that is meant to be brought along everywhere and has the looks to match.By now, it is already clear that sold state drives, as a product concept at least, have withstood the te...

10 August 2011
10:38 GMT

J.K. Rowling Receives Multi-Million Diamond Present from Movie Studio for ‘Harry Potter’

She is the woman who gave us Harry Potter, the boy wizard who grows up to face the worst imaginable enemy ever. His story was made into the biggest film franchise of all times and, as such Warner Bros. can’t but feel eternally indebted to Rowling.A new report suggest that, as a sign of gratitude for creating Ha...

21 July 2011
14:01 GMT

Crystal Harris Tries to Pawn Engagement Ring from Hugh Hefner

They say diamonds are a girl’s best friends, but not necessarily so if they’re worth $90,000 because then, a girl may be more tempted to part with them. Crystal Harris, Hugh Hefner’s ex-fiancée, is trying to pawn the engagement ring she got to keep. As we also informed you some days ago, she ...

26 June 2011
04:39 GMT

Hugh Hefner Lets Crystal Harris Keep $90,000 Engagement Ring

They both said they talked about calling off the wedding and then made the decision together, and it would seem that they did not lie. Hugh Hefner and Crystal Harris parted ways on such good terms that he’s even letting her keep the $90,000 engagement ring he gave her. Over the weekend, less than a week after c...

21 June 2011
14:01 GMT

Kim Kardashian Flashes Huge $2 Million Engagement Ring on First Outing

Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries are engaged: after six months of dating, he popped the question to her on a very romantic and surprising date. The other day, the world got a first (proper) look at the ring that cost him a whopping $2 million. Ever since the engagement announcement, not many details about the sparkl...

27 May 2011
15:51 GMT

Kim Kardashian’s Engagement Ring Cost $2 Million

Diamonds are truly a girl’s best friend, and it would seem that they and Kim Kardashian are now very tight. Shortly after the announcement that she is engaged to Kris Humphries, word has emerged that he paid a whopping $2 million for the bling on her finger. Designed by Lorraine Schwartz with precious help from...

26 May 2011
11:37 GMT

All the Details on Kate Husdon’s Engagement Ring

Yesterday, while talking to Matt Lauer about her upcoming film, “Something Borrowed,” Kate Hudson dropped the bomb: she and Matthew Bellamy were engaged. The details on the diamond ring are now out. Kate did not come out with the announcement without being asked. It was Lauer who asked to see her hand, be...

28 April 2011
14:01 GMT

World’s Most Expensive Shoes Go on Sale: £140,000

If you ever thought owning over a certain number of pair of shoes was too extravagant or even if you deemed Louboutins expensive, here’s a pair of shoes that will make you reconsider: it’s worth £140,000 and comes from The House of Borgezie.Even better, they are now on sale, the Daily Mail reports.T...

15 April 2011
15:01 GMT

Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries Are Talking Marriage, Babies

Kim Kardashian will be going off the market soon. The reality star, who has been dating Kris Humphries for just a few months, is convinced they’re made for each other – and the two have already started making wedding plans.Kim has talked about her plans for the dream wedding on various occasions, even say...

15 April 2011
10:52 GMT

Christie’s Unveils 56-Carat, $12 Million Heart-Shaped Diamond

Diamonds are a girl’s best friends and there’s no better way to make a declaration of love than with some help from a gem like this. Or so they say. Christie’s has unveiled the “Love at First Sight” heart-shaped diamond that will go on sale in May. The diamond, one of the few over 50...

15 February 2011
16:41 GMT

SAG Awards 2011: Natalie Portman Wears $2 Million in Diamonds

At last night’s SAG Awards 2011, the 17th annual edition, all eyes were on Natalie Portman. The pregnant star, SAG winner and favorite at the Oscars, did not disappoint: she was literally dripping in diamonds. The petite actress, who is now pregnant with her first child, walked the red carpet in a white column ...

31 January 2011
14:01 GMT

Natalie Portman’s 35K Engagement Ring Is Eco-Friendly, Conflict-Free

It may not have cost as much as other diamond rings that celebrities flash on their engagement finger, but Natalie Portman’s $35,000 diamond piece is not only eco-friendly but also conflict-free. The Oscar-nominated actress is known for being a convinced vegan, so it was only to be expected for her to have an e...

27 January 2011
16:41 GMT

The Scoop on Kat Von D’s Engagement Ring

Hours ago, Jesse James confirmed that he proposed to girlfriend Kat Von D and she said “yes.” Details on the celebrity tattoo artist’s engagement ring, of which she first offered a glimpse a week ago, are now starting to emerge. Though at the time she was first pictured with it, it was believed the ...

21 January 2011
14:31 GMT

Golden Globes 2011: Christina Hendricks Loses $850,000 Diamond Bracelet

At the 2011 Golden Globes, Christina Hendricks was as intoxicatingly beautiful as always – and the fact that she was dripping in millions worth of diamonds had nothing to do with it. Speaking of which, the star lost one of her $850,000 Chopard bracelets.The star, who looked fabulous on the red carpet in a silk,...

19 January 2011
04:01 GMT

Emirates Palace Hotel Has World’s Most Expensive Christmas Tree: $11 Million

If there’s a chance you’re thinking you overspent on decorations for this year’s Christmas tree, relax: there’s one in Abu Dhabi, at the exclusive Emirates Palace Hotel, that’s gunning for the title of world’s most expensive, valued at $11 million. Clearly, this is no regular Chris...

16 December 2010
15:31 GMT

Pink Panther Diamond Ring to Sell for £24 Million

The Pink Panther diamond goes on sale next month, with odds looking up for it to become the most expensive diamond ever to be sold, as it is believed it will fetch no less than £24 million.Quite a hefty amount for an engagement ring. Luckily, it’s not meant to be that, since it’s a collector’s...

26 October 2010
16:11 GMT

Kanye West Gets Diamond Teeth: I Think They’re Cooler

It’s only a few years that Kanye West was singing about blood diamonds, but many things have changed since then. For instance, he thinks diamond teeth are much “cooler” than the one he was born with. The rapper was on Ellen DeGeneres the other day to talk about his spiritual journey in the aftermath...

20 October 2010
14:41 GMT

World’s Most Expensive Doll: Barbie by Stefano Canturi, $500,000

For someone who’s over 50 years old and still looks like she’s in her early 20s – like Barbie –, the saying “diamonds are a girl’s best friends” seems truer than ever, since neither of them will ever age. To celebrate the iconic Barbie doll, whose popularity throughout the ye...

8 October 2010
16:21 GMT

Brangelina Design $10,000 Cufflinks for Asprey

People magazine dubs a pair of cufflinks from the latest Asprey collection the Father’s Day gift to end all gifts: not only was it created by power couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, but it’s also incredibly beautiful. And expensive as well, as it sells for no less than $10,000, an amount that will be d...

13 May 2010
16:31 GMT

Black Diamond Ring for Howard Stern’s Tiger Woods Mistress Beauty Pageant

Back in February, Howard Stern announced that he would personally see to that those mistresses of Tiger Woods interested in a little competition would get a fair chance at a diamond ring. While it might not be the ring they were expecting, at least the winner of the Best Mistress pageant, to take place today, Ma...

10 March 2010
05:16 GMT

50 Cent Forced to Sell Old Diamonds Before Buying New Ones

When recession hits, it truly spares no one, as rapper 50 Cent has recently revealed in an interview cited by the Telegraph. Some might be tempted to believe that having millions secured in the bank and many side businesses going strong would also mean one can easily buy whatever one sees and wants. Fiddy can guarant...

28 October 2009
11:55 GMT

Blue Diamond Sells for Record $10 Million

A ring like this could easily be any woman’s dream engagement ring but, given its quality, beauty and, ultimately, almost unbelievable price tag, chances are only one most lucky lady will be able to show it off – if at all. According to SwissInfo, a gorgeous blue diamond set on a platinum ring has just be...

13 May 2009
15:41 GMT

Pokemon MMO Out of the Question at the Moment

Pokemon is big business. Games like Diamond/Pearl are huge hits on the Nintendo DS and the developers are certainly aware of the fact that players are thinking that the pocket monsters should be moving on other consoles as well. There are calls online for a Pokemon MMO and for a port of the game on the Nintendo Wii, ...

26 March 2009
05:53 GMT

Pokemon Diamond Unlockables II (DS)

Pokemon Diamond, or Pocket Monsters Diamond, as it is known in Japan, is a role-playing game developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo exclusively for its hugely-popular Nintendo DS handheld gaming console. The title is part of the Pokemon RPG series, which also comprises releases such as Pokemon Pearl or Pok...

20 February 2009
11:21 GMT

Pokemon Platinum Gets Release Dates for North America and Europe

Nintendo has announced the dates when Pokemon Platinum arrives outside of Japan, where the game has been available since September 13, 2008. The title is set to arrive on March 22 in North American and a full two months later, on May 22, in Europe.Pokemon Platinum is a very weird beast. It's basically a remake o...

13 February 2009
06:44 GMT

HTC Touch Diamond Going to Canada

Great news for all you HTC fans, for one of the most appreciated HTC models, the Touch Diamond, is finally coming your way thanks to Rogers Wireless. Moreover, Rogers will be slapping onto this device some very appealing applications, in order to make it worthy of all the time you spent waiting for it.One of these se...

5 December 2008
03:32 GMT

Life from Diamonds

While it is commonly accepted that life sparked from a pre-biotic state of chemical compounds that somehow mixed up in an organic form, what exactly caused this whole complex process to occur is still subject to speculation. Water and electricity (from thunders) are the two most circulated factors that appear to have...

3 November 2008
06:43 GMT

New Technique Creates Better and Larger Diamonds

A new method for producing artificial diamonds has been developed by the Geophysical Laboratory at the Carnegie Institution. Called chemical vapor deposition (CVD), it enables the science team to virtually grow the diamonds they need for their research from crystals. The process takes place at normal pressure and doe...

28 October 2008
11:14 GMT

ATI Radeon 3870 Cards Reported Failing

Nvidia's failing cards made it to the headlines for a good period of time, and its competitors couldn't have been happier. Yet, things seem to take a sudden turn, as some ATI based cards have been reported to be failing at higher than expected rates as well. The graphics boards in discussion here are 3870, ...

24 September 2008
07:47 GMT

One of the World's Biggest Diamonds Discovered

According to the mining company Gem Diamonds, miners in the Lesotho region of South Africa recently came upon a near-flawless diamond weighing approximately 500 carats, one of the largest ever discovered. The shiny stone was unearthed on September 8 from the Letseng mine, and the experts in Antwerp claim it has ...

23 September 2008
07:10 GMT

White HTC Touch Diamond for a High-tech Christmas

Although Christmas isn't as close as we might want it to be (we still have three more months until then), HTC has prepared a white surprise for all mobile users avid of high-end handsets. More exactly, HTC Touch Diamond will be available in white too, allowing those who don't like the all-black origina...

17 September 2008
07:29 GMT

Unlocked HTC Touch Diamond, Soon from Best Buy

If you're in the US and want to buy an HTC Touch Diamond but don't actually like Sprint (the carrier that will be offering the handset in the near future), Best Buy has the solution for you. The North American retailer is getting ready to sell the Touch Diamond in an unlocked GSM version. Being unlocked (he...

8 September 2008
03:11 GMT

Motorola's Diamond Is Called Jewel

When HTC officially presented its Touch Diamond Pocket PC, the other major mobile manufacturers probably regretted they hadn't come up with a similar idea first. Well, it is still not too late, and Motorola is surely proud to present its latest creation, called MOTOJEWEL. The new handset is a clamshell that...

4 September 2008
04:15 GMT

Athem Announces iPhone 3G Limited Diamond Edition

It's been a while since we last discussed bad taste gem-customized Apple devices, so after stumbling upon this Limited Edition iPhone 3G from Knalihs Athem, we thought why not take another swing at the subject?After all, Apple news has been rather boring lately. Everyone's going up and down about third part...

29 August 2008
06:16 GMT

HTC Touch Diamond Gets a Telescope for Improved Photography Performances

The happy owners of HTC's Touch Diamond Pocket PC might get even happier after finding out that their precious handset can be improved when it comes to photography related performances. This is not done by a ROM update or anything like that, but thanks to a new telescope especially created for the Touch Diamond....

27 August 2008
22:46 GMT

HTC Presents the S740, a "Long Diamond"

Lifted high up in the sky by the success of its Touch Diamond and Touch Pro Pocket PCs, the Taiwan-based HTC has announced today a new device that brings obvious design similarities with the two mentioned handsets. The new phone is HTC S740 and, at first sight, it looks like an elongated Diamond. Which it actually is...

26 August 2008
08:02 GMT

Diamonds Could Have Been Life's Best Friend

Life appeared on Earth several billion years ago. Humans on the other hand, have been around for a little over 250,000 years. We know much about mathematics, physics, biology, etc., yet, one of the biggest mysteries today is related to how life first began on our planet. Now researchers say that diamonds might have b...

28 July 2008
02:55 GMT

CDMA Touch Diamond Approved by FCC

HTC Touch Diamond, one of the hottest Pocket PCs unveiled this year, has been approved by FCC in a CDMA version suited for the North American networks (850 / 1900 MHz). This means that, from now on, any of the CDMA carriers from the US can, theoretically, release the Diamond. Of course, there's no word yet on w...

11 July 2008
03:47 GMT

Life Could Have Originated Earlier than Thought

Currently, it is widely considered that life first appeared on our planet approximately 3.5 billion years ago in the outcome of a period that is currently known as the Late Heavy Bombardment, which saw the Earth under a rain of debris coming from out of space. Such an effect would have most likely prevented the evolu...

3 July 2008
07:18 GMT

Vodafone to Launch HTC Touch Diamond in July

Vodafone, the second largest mobile operator in the world, will soon offer HTC's Touch Diamond Pocket PC to its subscribers. Not in all the countries where the giant operator activates though (not for now at least), but only in the UK, its home country. Although the Touch Diamond is already available from severa...

18 June 2008
09:42 GMT

Nokia 8800 Arte Heyerdahl Diamond Edition

Nokia 8800 Arte, a mobile phone that falls by default into the "luxury" category, will soon come in a new Diamond Edition. Although there already is a Diamond Edition of the handset, this new one has more diamonds and it's obviously more expensive. Created by Thomas Heyerdahl, a famous jeweler from Oslo, Nor...

7 June 2008
05:36 GMT


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