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The Richest (and Poorest) Places in the...

Maryland knocked New Jersey out of the top spot this year, while Mississippi and West Virginia were...
Aug 31st

LocoRoco PS3 is a SCREENSAVER

For Sony’s big next-gen LocoRoco debut - we get this. (via Digg )
Aug 31st

Average broadband speed by country...

Look at the US compared to Japan….It must be cheaper over there! (via Digg )
Aug 31st

"The Last Question" by Isaac Asimov

Probably my favorite short story. I’ll bet if you read it, that it will stay with you forever....
Aug 31st

How To Run a Tor Server: Donate...

If you’re not familiar with the Tor network: it basically provides layers of encryption and...
Aug 31st

New Twitter Visualization Tools Coming:...

Twitter brought in Stamen Design to help with the project, the same team behind some of the Digg...
Aug 31st

What would a relativistic interstellar...

We are all familiar with the picture. Captain Picard (or whoever) orders warp speed, and we see the...
Aug 31st

What to do when the RIAA comes callig

Great Engadget technology law article! (via Digg )
Aug 31st

12 Year-Old Vacuum Savant

“This is my basement, where I keep most of my 165 vacuum cleaners.” Awesome video...
Aug 31st

Breaking: White House Press Secretary...

Snow, ailing with cancer, had said recently he would leave before the end of Bush’s...
Aug 31st

DEBATE: Christopher Hitchens vs. Al...

This debate runs for an hour and a half and is extremely timely. Well worth watching. Check it out!...
Aug 31st

Bachelors: World's 100 Most Powerful...

For a full profile of each, click on their names. This one is already taken, and too hounded by the...
Aug 31st

Marine tells of order to execute Haditha...

A US Marine was ordered to execute a room full of Iraqi women and children during an alleged...
Aug 31st

Sneaking up on an elephant seal.

Sounds like the T-rex on Jurassic park. (via Digg )
Aug 31st

Weird Asian Martial Arts Weapons

From iron claws and meteor hammers to deer antler blades and emei needles, ancient Martial Arts...
Aug 31st

Upcoming Media Center for Gnome

This is a great looking Media Center for the Gnome inferface on Linux. Needs some help from...
Aug 31st

Laughing Yoga - A New Kind of Crazy

Drugs. (via Digg )
Aug 31st

U.S. Military Censors ThinkProgress

ThinkProgress is now banned from the U.S. military network in Baghdad. Recently, a U.S. soldier...
Aug 31st

Burglar breaks in twice to leave sorry...

A thief broke into a house for the second time on the same day to return all the goods he had stolen...
Aug 31st

Apple drops NBC after NBC drops Apple

Apple’s agreement with NBC ends in December. Since NBC would withdraw their shows in the middle of...
Aug 31st

Sinkhole Swallows a Truck

A hole appears in a gas station parking lot in Canada and takes a truck down with it. (via Digg )
Aug 31st

Security researcher stumbles across...

Some diplomats aren’t too careful with their login credentials. A Swedish security consultant...
Aug 31st

Bad Astronomer Phil Plait puts Stephen...

Phil calls out Stephen Colbert for an interview in response to Stephen’s interview with...
Aug 31st

Help Us Re-Unite this Hottie With her...

A quick look at the new Facebook group: “Help us re-unite this lass with her camera”...
Aug 31st

Old School Daily Show: Singing Senators...

Major thanks to Scarce for catching this classic clip from The Daily Show from June, 2001. The...
Aug 31st

Video Game Testers - The Truths Behind...

Video Game Testers are a highly sought after job for many people interested in video games,...
Aug 31st

Real Men Love Big Trouble in Little...

Big Trouble in Little China has action, adventure, an inept hero, and the single greatest...
Aug 31st

Suicide as Art? Burning Man attendees...

He dangled for two hours before anyone in the big tent thought to bring him down, said Mark Pirtle,...
Aug 31st

John Edwards asks America to give up...

Democratic 2nd-string Presidential nominee John Edwards asked Americans to “sacrifice”...
Aug 31st

The iPhone at two months: It's all about...

“When I first walked into the house the day I bought my iPhone, I had a moment of panic. After...
Aug 31st

Same-Sex Couples Can LegallyWed In Iowa

A county judge struck down Iowa’s decade-old gay marriage ban as unconstitutional Thursday and...
Aug 31st

4 Up-and-Coming Social News and...

“Much like front-runner political candidates, mainstream social media sites often get more...
Aug 31st

How the Video Game Industry is Paying...

How healthy are super-powered game consoles for the video game industry? (via Digg )
Aug 31st

Worse than Vogon poetry: bogus DMCA...

The SFWA, which represents science fiction and fantasy authors, has demanded that a web site remove...
Aug 31st

What's the Sound of $250 Million Going...

It’s David Beckham missing the rest of the Los Angeles Galaxy’s season after a sprained...
Aug 31st

Comparison of Leopard transparent menu...

There was much shouting about how bad the “transparent” menu bar was in the WWDC release...
Aug 31st

6 Steps to Lose the Buddha (Belly) | zen...

The belly: it’s the first spot to get paunchy and the last place to look sleek. A tight core is the...
Aug 31st

Diggers help us prevent an energy giant...

Npower is about to illegally destroy a huge lake in the UK. This will wipe out 15 species of birds...
Aug 31st

Third Apple retail store burglarized...

Burglars smashed the front window of the Apple Inc.’s Saddle Creek retail store in Memphis,...
Aug 31st

Senators' Plane Evades Ground Fire In...

C-130 Carrying 4 Members Of U.S. Congress Came Under Fire From Rocket-Propelled Grenades (via Digg )
Aug 31st

iPhone explodes from unlock attempt...

“We were so happy, all the software part was done, so we started opening the iphone. The antenna...
Aug 31st

Facebookers bring HSBC to its knees

A student campaign using the social networking website Facebook has forced an international bank...
Aug 31st

7 Great Men in History (And Why You...

Some historical claims are irrefutable: Hitler was a dick; Einstein was a brilliant sex maniac. A...
Aug 31st

NASA employees fight invasive background...

Longtime JPL scientists, many of whom do not work on classified materials, including rover drivers...
Aug 31st

An Open Letter to NBC re: Leaving...

Two years ago, the idea of paying $2 per episode for a TV show seemed almost crazy, thanks mostly to...
Aug 31st

Warhawk "screams multiplayer 2.0" in...

“At $40 for the PSN file, it may be the most expensive downloadable game you buy, but it’s...
Aug 31st

Pictures: 10-Ft. Tall Mosaics Made...

For most people, Post-it Notes are disposable, ordinary office papers used for note-taking and...
Aug 31st

Chomsky highlights the hypocrisy of US...

Without irony, the Bush administration and the media charge that Iran is “meddling” in Iraq,...
Aug 31st

Researchers develop a 360-degree...

Researchers at USC have taken another step towards that holiest of sci-fi dreams: the 3D holographic...
Aug 31st

Invisibility Move - Online Webgame that...

Move the mouse from one location to the other without looking…Sounds easy, well it’s...
Aug 31st

Peugeot Design Competition Winner - with...

A major component to Peugeot’s ongoing International design competition is the full-scale...
Aug 31st

Is America Becoming A Police State?

Ron Paul: “In 2002 I asked my House colleagues a rhetorical question with regard to the...
Aug 31st

Rock Band: The Next Great Franchise (an...

Speaking with Harmonix CEO and co-founder, Alex Rigopulos, we look into the history of the great...
Aug 31st

Yankees Sweep Red Sox Behind Wang and...

This week, the Red Sox came to Yankee Stadium knowing that, at worst, they would leave with a...
Aug 31st

Apple responds: NBC wanted $4.99 per TV...

Apple has responded to news that NBC will not renew its iTunes contract. In a shocker, NBC wanted an...
Aug 31st

U.S. Troops Given Misleading, Inaccurate...

Reps. James Moran (D-VA), Jon Porter (R-NV), and Ellen Tauscher (D-CA) recently returned from such a...
Aug 31st

Scoble Defines the "Blog of the Future"...

A review of the latest video from the man who said Mahalo will kill Google. A vision of the...
Aug 31st

It's never been easier to help Firefox

There are a lot of ways to contribute to the Mozilla project, but QA and testing is one of the...
Aug 31st

Morrowind beaten in 7 minutes 30...

One of my favorite speed runs of all time. (via Digg )
Aug 31st

Ex-Reagan Aide Calls Bush 'Mass...

The headline says it all. Paul Craig Roberts, former assistant secretary of the treasury under the...
Aug 31st

The Five Types of Strippers

Strip clubs can be a confusing place, which is why they’ve put together a list of the five...
Aug 31st

Senate blocks use of ID implants in...

Tackling a dilemma right out of a science fiction novel, the state Senate passed legislation...
Aug 31st

RIAA denies copyright misuse in the wake...

The RIAA is fighting allegations that its identical tactics in over 25,000 file-sharing lawsuits...
Aug 31st

Scientists Find Elusive Waves in Sun's...

Scientists for the first time have observed elusive oscillations in the Sun’s corona, known as...
Aug 31st

10 Spectacles of Sport to See Before You...

Great guide & pictures of must-see sporting events including the ING Bay to Breakers 12k Race in...
Aug 31st

How to use a Wacom Cintiq 21x

Nice video showing what you can do with a Wacom Cintiq 21 x (via Digg )
Aug 31st

Mind Breaking Physics Puzzle Game

The object is to position and rotate the ramps so that you can navigate the spheres to the safe goal...
Aug 31st

Sony's Rolly, revealed

the weird and wonderful, by sony. (via Digg )
Aug 31st

Who's afraid of Google?

RARELY if ever has a company risen so fast in so many ways as Google, the world’s most popular...
Aug 31st

Half Life Graffiti {PIC}

When gamers are allowed outside… (via Digg )
Aug 31st

Ron Paul article in Wall Street Journal...

Headline: Paul Grabs Attention of Alienated VotersSubline: Web Helps to Amplify Presidential...
Aug 31st

Space Shuttle Challenger's Close Call...

Here’s the spectacular picture taken on August 30, 1983. (via Digg )
Aug 31st

New Web sites aim for TV experience

Watching video online in small, fuzzy boxes is heading the way of rabbit ears. (via Digg )
Aug 31st

The Pharmacratic Inquisition 2007 DVD - ...

If you enjoyed “Zeitgeist - The Movie” you’ll love this video; the creators are listed as one...
Aug 31st

FileZilla 3 brings Windows FTP goodness...

FileZilla is one great open source FTP client that — up until now — was available only...
Aug 31st

Mono developer brings the Ribbon...

New GTK# widgets created by a Google Summer of Code participant enable Linux developers to create...
Aug 31st

Wii Skateboard! (w/Pic)

Black Market skateboards are, next month, releasing a deck based on a certain popular Nintendo...
Aug 31st

Armageddon Insurance: Scientists Call...

‘In case of total annihilation, break glass’? Scientists hope to put a library of human...
Aug 31st

Study: Most Americans Enjoy Their Work

Although most people are looking forward to a long weekend away from work this time of year, a new...
Aug 31st

I Told You I Was Sick (Pic)

Found on a grave stone in a cemetery. (via Digg )
Aug 31st

The Black Hole Of The Internet (Pic)

It surprising which parts of the Internet where information can flow freely. (via Digg )
Aug 31st

At Least Nine Cases Of Walmart Flipflops...

“I have the same EXACT condition that Kerry Stiles has, and Fox news did a story regarding the...
Aug 31st

Motion control done right: the doors of...

While many first-generation Wii games have been criticized for having “tacked-on” motion...
Aug 31st

The Fascinating Science Behind Kissing

A recently published article reveals that many college students have found themselves attracted to...
Aug 31st

The Power of Nightmares by Adam Curtis

Originally aired on the BBC in 2004. A must watch! (via Digg )
Aug 31st

Homophobia Inc: Message of Hate Raises...

Homophobia has flourished in the Bush era, both as a potent political tool, and as an industry unto...
Aug 31st

Intoxicated mother had 5-year-old son...

AUGUST 30—Meet Holly Schnobrich. The Indiana woman’s mind was clear enough to know she...
Aug 31st

Researchers aim to make Internet...

Computer scientists are using a novel peer-to-peer video sharing application to explore a...
Aug 31st

OS2World: The Swedish OOXML vote has...

The Swedish Standards Institute has tonight issued a press release where they declared this weeks...
Aug 31st

They Found The Iraqi WMDs! ...... At The...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - U.N. weapons inspectors discovered a potentially hazardous chemical warfare...
Aug 31st

Bioshock Gets Another Great Review ......

Detroit Free Press - The EP, available bundled with the Limited Edition version of the game,...
Aug 31st

Okay, Senator Craig, whatever you say......

Fans of Avenue Q will enjoy this lil’ remix, courtesy of Youtube. (via Digg )
Aug 31st

Break A Guinness World Record Without...

Yup, this guy will do it for you! (via Digg )
Aug 31st

Nintendo DS is fun for all ages and cats...

Cats not only like playing with yarn but with Nintendo’s as well. (via Digg )
Aug 31st

NBC to End iTunes Sales of Its Shows

“NBC Universal, unable to come to an agreement with Apple on pricing, has decided not to renew...
Aug 31st

Partial Face Transplant Celebrity...

Photoshopped photos with the right half of a face from one celebrity and the left half from...
Aug 31st

Viacom s "bass ackwards" screw-up ...

Viacom’s copyright battle with YouTube took an interesting turn this week, as the company has...
Aug 31st

Greatest high school prank ever [Free...

Kyle Garchar, a senior at Hilliard Davidson High School, imitates a previous prank Yale pulled on...
Aug 31st

Vista SP1's delay is Desktop Linux's...

“Vista’s been something of a flop. I know it. You know it. Even in Bill Gates’...
Aug 31st

Bittorrent 2.0: Harvard Develops Client...

Harvard researchers have teamed up with the Tribler team to work on a P2P client with BitTorrent...
Aug 31st

The Rip-off in Iraq: You Will Not...

In Iraq, private contractors are guaranteed huge profits no matter how badly they fuck things up....
Aug 31st

Struggling Musicians' Tool Kit

Despite grumbling from big-name artists and record labels around rampant P2P ‘piracy’,...
Aug 31st

Watch Any Youtube Video On Your Phone

Simple tool that converts any youtube video for immediate viewing on your mobile phone. (via Digg )
Aug 31st

Linux.com :: The two-edged sword: Legal...

Good story on computer forensics and open source tools used. (via Digg )
Aug 31st

KKK rally pwned by... clowns!?

Wife Power! (via Digg )
Aug 31st

Energy Harvesting Rolling Sneaker...

Artists Christian Croft and Kate Hartman hacked a Heely rolling sneaker to “transform it into...
Aug 31st

She fastened her big calm eye on me and...

High above Earth, NASA astronaut Dr. Edward Tsang Lu had a different reaction. He took an...
Aug 31st

Swedish vote on OOXML annulled

(Sorry, article in Swedish). The Swedish Standardization Institute, SIS, has decided to annul its...
Aug 31st

Viacom: It’s Not Copyright Infringement...

In a rather interesting turn of events, Viacom has been called out for copyright infringement....
Aug 31st

Buy an Island -- It's More Affordable...

Believe it or not, if you have the funds to buy waterfront property on the mainland, an island is...
Aug 31st

AMD announces 128-bit (GPU-oriented?)...

AMD wants to x86’s vector capabilities to catch up to AltiVec (almost), so they’re...
Aug 31st

How A Real President Handled Katrina......

On The Evening Of Sept. 9, 1965, Hurricane Betsy, A Category 4 Storm, Roared Into Louisiana With...
Aug 31st

Colo. School Bans Playing Tag on its...

An elementary school has banned tag on its playground after some children complained they were...
Aug 31st

Monster spider web spun in Texas - Check...

I thought it was a picture from space at first glance - “Entomologists are debating the origin...
Aug 31st

Mexican Trucks Begin Crossing Border...

Making it even easier for the terrorists. Prelude to the North American Union.The Teamsters Union...
Aug 31st

IGN Gives Lair a 4.9! A "Sixaxxis...

Looks like a very painful game. I really hate the Sixaxxis gimmick. Read on! (via Digg )
Aug 31st

Top 10 Windows Vista Speed Tweaks

10 Speed Tweaks that can make a huge difference in Vista performance. (via Digg )
Aug 31st

Microsoft Replaces Red Ringed Xbox with...

The replacement console died within 20 minutes of being turned on. Microsoft, you should be able to...
Aug 31st

Dinner in a Metro [PICTURES]

Looks awesome, but what the hell are they eating? (via Digg )
Aug 31st

"Strikingly Negative" Iraq Report Leaked...

Amazing — someone in the Government Accountability Office wants the government to be...
Aug 31st

MySpace Kills Another Startup - TellThem

MySpace has put the axe to yet another startup. Last night they sent a letter threatening legal...
Aug 31st

US PSN Store: Puzzle Fighter, Tekken...

The PlayStation Store updates for 8/30 are absolutely insane. Super Puzzle Fighter, Tekken Online,...
Aug 31st

Video gaming to be twice as big as music...

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot said last week that the video game market was poised for massive growth—a...
Aug 31st

Top 100 List of the internet's First...

Top 100 domains first domain names ever registered, here they are. (via Digg )
Aug 31st

HP releases its first mass-market Linux...

Ending months of rumors, Hewlett-Packard appears to have released its first mass-market PC with...
Aug 31st

Priceless "Orbitron" Ed Roth-built car...

The “Orbitron,” a custom car built in 1964 by Ed “Big Daddy” Roth, had been...
Aug 31st

Nick Hogan Calls His Supra a P***y...

“The son of Hulk Hogan apparently gave an interview in the upcoming issue of Rides magazine...
Aug 31st

We Have Ignition! NASA Tests New Rocket...

How do you test a new kind of rocket engine? Step 1: Bolt it to a trailer in the middle of the...
Aug 31st

Bioshock's little sisters: rescue or...

One of our forum-goers, twinky, decided to find out. He graphed the difference between killing and...
Aug 30th

The Top 10 Greatest Hoaxes of All Time

A hoax is an attempt to trick an audience into believing that something false is real. We came up...
Aug 30th

PAX Technica: looking back at Penny...

t’s hard to pin down what exactly the Penny Arcade Expo is. The point isn’t to sell...
Aug 30th

Pastor had sex with daughters to teach...

A fundamentalist church pastor had sex with two of his teenage daughters to educate them on how to...
Aug 30th

The Wachowski brothers are no more!

and for reasons you might not expect (via Digg )
Aug 30th

How the oldest tree in the world was cut...

The bristlecones of Wheeler Peak in Nevada were believed to be older than those found in California....
Aug 30th

Xbox LIVE Arcade SALE

Four games are 1/2 price! (via Digg )
Aug 30th

Sony euthanizes Sony Connect

If a music store closes on the Internet and nobody hears it, does it make a sound? Sony has decided...
Aug 30th

Giant Spider web covers Texas State Park

People freaked out by the sound of buzzing mosquitos! (via Digg )
Aug 30th

Nugent defends right to threaten Dems...

Rocker Ted Nugent said trying to explain his fantasies of executing prominent Democrats that he...
Aug 30th

ZFS vs XFS vs Ext4

Battle of the *nix file systems. OpenSolaris’s ZFS is compared against the current favorite...
Aug 30th

Greenpeace's Great Idea: Wind Power in a...

“We’re often told by our government officials that we don’t have a choice but to go nuclear and run...
Aug 30th

Get your Home off the Electricity Grid

The solid-oxide fuel cells produce half the greenhouse gas of conventional burning, but the real...
Aug 30th

Tecmo Super Bowl - Insane Bo Jackson Run

For those of us that remember the best football game ever made (yeah, I said it.), here’s a...
Aug 30th

Exclusive: Wii-mote Prototype Designer...

Yesterday you saw the first prototype pre-Wii motion-sensitive controller that Gyration pitched to...
Aug 30th

You have never seen an almost-accident...

A skier almost falls down a crack in the snow. It seems pretty deep. (via Digg )
Aug 30th

China defends 1 Child Policy as Saving...

China says its one-child policy has helped the fight against global warming by avoiding 300 million...
Aug 30th

VIDEO: Olbermann Re-Enacts Senator Craig...

Sticking directly to the script (police report) of Senator Craigs public restroom encounter with an...
Aug 30th

Ryan block of engadget: An open letter...

Ryan’s take on the ad format and an open letter to bloggers. Needless to say he doesn’t...
Aug 30th

Family Guy Coming to Video Marketplace

Fox and Microsoft have teamed up to bring Fox programming to the Xbox LIVE Video Marketplace. Their...
Aug 30th

'I ate my roommate', says teen

Robert crushed his room-mate’s skull with a 9kg iron bar before using a butcher’s knife...
Aug 30th

Thieves: Steal from Home Depot, Since...

24-year-old Home Depot employee Dustin worked at a Home Depot in until he caught and restrained a...
Aug 30th

Lifehacker's Show Us Your Go Bag, Part...

This week we received our biggest batch of submissions yet, so hit the jump for a look at the...
Aug 30th

So long ATRAC, thanks for nothing

In case you missed it, Sony’s CONNECT music services based on the ATRAC audio format is...
Aug 30th

High School Senior Tricks Opposing Fans...

A high school student who tricked football fans from a crosstown rival into holding up signs that...
Aug 30th

Rudy Giuliani has made $9.2 million off...

The former mayor of New York made $9.2 million on a speaking tour in 2006 and 2007. Here is a look...
Aug 30th

16 Ways to Get Motivated When You’re in...

Even the most motivated of us — you, me, Tony Robbins — can feel unmotivated at times. In fact,...
Aug 30th

Less than half of published scientists...

Of 528 total papers on climate change, only 38 (7%) gave an explicit endorsement of the consensus....
Aug 30th

The Inc. 5,000 Fastest Growing Private...

The Inc. 5,000 includes the Inc. 500, but digs deeper to offer the most comprehensive look ever at...
Aug 30th

Microsoft forced partners to vote Yes

Vote Yes to Open XXML and we’ll make sure that you get extra marketing money for you...
Aug 30th

Lost City Apollo Found at Stonehenge...

Could Stonehenge be home to the mythical Lost City of Apollo? Highly acclaimed archaeologist Dennis...
Aug 30th

Forensics Expert Shows How the Media...

You always knew that those photos were too good to be true. Modern technology has given us the...
Aug 30th

YouTube accused of spreading...

YouTube has been accused of spreading anti-Semitic propaganda by German advocacy groups, but YouTube...
Aug 30th

Ingenious Tattoos - If Only They Weren't...

You gotta love people when they’re drunk (via Digg )
Aug 30th

Pogo Stick Backflip gone wrong

This guy trys to do a backflip on a pogo stick. It looks like he is going to make it but the ending...
Aug 30th

The Man Who'll Cash In on Bonds

Matt Murphy,the lucky New Yorker who caught the historic 756th career home run hit by Barry Bonds in...
Aug 30th

BioShock: Gameplay, Graphics &...

Bit Tech dives deep into Rapture to evaluate the gameplay differences between PC and X360 along with...
Aug 30th

Video: Mitt does a tripple flip-flop on...

Finding videos of Mitt Romney flip flopping on issues of gun control, abortion, health care and many...
Aug 30th

An ATM Theft Caught on Camera a 'Play by...

Amazing, you’ve gotta see this one! (via Digg )
Aug 30th

Too many iPhone apps? Mod your home...

Using Dock, a new app by Nate True. It changes the last row of the iPhone’s home screen so...
Aug 30th

Monitor Hack - Security System!

AKA Fun with HIGH VOLTAGE. Check out the wicked security system you can make from that old CRT...
Aug 30th

Builders overestimate the cost of...

300 — the percent by which real estate and construction professionals overestimate the costs...
Aug 30th

Teaching your dog not to jump on guests

Ignoring is the name of the game (via Digg )
Aug 30th

The Next-Gen iPod Touch Mock-Up

Here’s the mock-up of the next generation iPod Touch. And when we said touch, we mean touch:...
Aug 30th

HP launches Linux desktop in Australia

Hewlett-Packard and Red Hat have started selling a new Linux-based desktop PC targeting small and...
Aug 30th

Fat Man Breaks Through Boston Subway...

His costs now? Over $2,000. Watch the surveillance video of this moron in action. (via Digg )
Aug 30th

Kick Start Your Day With These 11...

We’ve heard the expression “you are what you eat.” When it’s crunch time, we tend to engage in all...
Aug 30th

"The Linux Experience" at Dell, a tale...

This is my tale of purchasing a computer from Dell, with Ubuntu 7.04preloaded on it. It’s got...
Aug 30th

18 Must See Movies of Oscar Season

“Summer has finally come to a close. We saw some entertaining blockbusters and some...
Aug 30th

Ubuntu Founder Mark Shuttleworth on...

Founder of Ubuntu Linux Mark Shuttleworth took time out of his busy schedule to talk with us about...
Aug 30th

Halo Wars First Look Trailer (HD) now on...

“Get an exclusive look at the gameplay demo that was shown behind closed doors at E3. Based on...
Aug 30th

8 Celebrities Whose Obituaries CNN Has...

CNN and other agencies often write celebrity obituaries long before those celebrities are...
Aug 30th

First Zune 2 and Zune Flash Spy Photos

Confirmed by two sources, the first shots of the 80GB Zune 2 and the Zune Flash (4 and 8GB)....
Aug 30th

Leaked: "Strikingly Negative" Iraq...

Iraq has failed to meet all but three of 18 congressionally mandated benchmarks for political and...
Aug 30th

Death by electric fan

The belief is that an electric fan, if left running overnight in a closed room, can result in the...
Aug 30th

Algae to become the king source of...

At least the orangutans won’t be complaining. (via Digg )
Aug 30th

How to irritate people - A Classic from...

John Cleese in a piece from his clasic how to irritate people show. (via Digg )
Aug 30th

Halloween, Whiney Horror Fans, and...

On the eve of the release of Rob Zombie’s redux of seminal slasher flix, Halloween, we explore...
Aug 30th

The Fastest (and Scariest) Way to drive...

It’s called “Lane Splitting” and although it’s legal, the CHP warns that...
Aug 30th

Afghan Opium Output at Record High. Yet...

Good photos, with text. “Afghanistan now accounts for 93 percent of the global production of...
Aug 30th

Speed World Record on Jet-Powered Luge...

Joel King just broke the world speed record on a jet-powered luge, racing at 112mph (180km/h) —lying...
Aug 30th

Finally men's underwear advertised right...

It always pisses me off to see men’s underwear advertised with studs featuring tanned skin,...
Aug 30th

The Greenest Game Console: Nintendo Wii

Dean Takahashi recently took a measure of his household’s carbon footprint, and the veteran...
Aug 30th

Gene regulation in humans is closer than...

Using a novel method developed to identify reliably functional binding motifs, researchers from the...
Aug 30th

Duke Lacrosse Prosecutor Pleads Innocent

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Disgraced former prosecutor Mike Nifong pleaded not guilty Thursday to...
Aug 30th

Battlestar Galactica Razor DVD, vote...

Battlestar Galactica Razor DVD, vote which DVD cover, & an exclusive clip. (via Digg )
Aug 30th

Wikirage: See What's Hot Now on...

This site lists the pages in Wikipedia which are receiving the most edits per unique editor over...
Aug 30th

What it takes to produce an HD newscast

Engadget takes a look at what is needed to produce an HD newscast. Hint: it’s a crap ton of...
Aug 30th

Lightning Bolt Hitting Plane Taking Off...

This shot shows a lightning bolt striking an airplane taking off Osaka’s airport, then hitting...
Aug 30th

4/2005: Fred Thompson;The primary goal...

The freshman senator, fresh from his acting career gives his interpretation of the Constitution on...
Aug 30th

7 (More!) Abandoned Wonders of the World...

What causes people to abandon an entire settlement, town, or even a large city? Here are seven...
Aug 30th

Top 10 Tech Toys You Can Actually Afford

While we spend a great deal of time drooling over expensive toys, you’ve gotta head back to...
Aug 30th

PS3:Warhawk Review --9.0 CVG

Reviewing Warhawk is difficult, because no two matches are the same. It’s a masterpiece of...
Aug 30th

Do you Know what Apple Command Symbol...

Something you might not noticed … (via Digg )
Aug 30th

Third footballer collapses and dies in...

Death of former Zambia international, Chaswe Nsofwa, prompts demands for heart screening. (via Digg...
Aug 30th

New Sport: Baseball Tennis

no need for a fancy tennis racket. All you need is a baseball bat, a baseball, and a tennis court....
Aug 30th

Porsche Cayman S Porsche Design Edition...

“Black on black has never looked so good. It’s no secret that the Porsche Design Studio...
Aug 30th

To Catch a Predator: BioShock Edition...

Hi, My name is Chris Hansen with Dateline…now what exactly were you planning on doing...
Aug 30th

The Infamous Milgram Experiment

Could you inflict pain on another person because you were told it was your duty? Milgram’s...
Aug 30th

10 Must Have Online Office Apps

Building your online web office? Take a look at Read/WriteWeb’s list of the top 10 must have...
Aug 30th

Making Ubuntu boot in 19 seconds

FTFA: “I started to take it upon myself to speed up the boot process of my secondary...
Aug 30th

Retro stylin': A cassette tape MP3...

The retro craze is still going strong, especially with gadgets like a flash drive disguised as a mix...
Aug 30th

7 Strategies to Raise Your GPA this...

Getting straight A’s won’t guarantee success, but it sure doesn’t hurt. A high GPA will help you...
Aug 30th

It looks like 802.11n is good enough to...

A new report suggests that the we’re at the “beginning of the end” for wired...
Aug 30th

Sci-fi films are as dead as Westerns,...

He was the director of two of the most critically acclaimed science fiction films, but now Sir...
Aug 30th

"But her profile said she was 18" = jail...

One man, one woman 14-year-old girl, and a sex search web site led to the man’s downfall, and...
Aug 30th

Top 10 Ways to Clean Up Your PC

Over time it’s easy for Windows to accumulate cruft—like programs you never use but that...
Aug 30th

Japan researcher says has found an Asian...

A researcher investigating underwater rock formations off the coast of Japan believes they are the...
Aug 30th

HP launches Red Hat Linux desktop PC

Hewlett-Packard, the world’s largest PC manufacturer, has announced it will start selling...
Aug 30th

Rowan Atkinson - Invisible Drum Kit

Rowan Atkinson comes across an invisible drum kit while sweeping. (via Digg )
Aug 30th

Guitar Hero III for Wii Hands-on

Plus pictures of the guitar controller without the face plate! It shows how the Wiimote is put in!...
Aug 30th

Rumor: iPod Hi-Fi facing end of life

The Apple iPod Hi-Fi is one of the stranger products that Apple has created in its 21-year history....
Aug 30th

The Most Stunning Collection of Metroid...

Have a crush on Metroid’s Samus? You’re not alone. These beautiful works of fan art...
Aug 30th

Volkswagen, Apple working on 'iCar'

German magazine Capital is reporting (google translation) that talks between Apple and Volkswagen...
Aug 30th

Packed with Info, NFL Playbooks are...

In the NFL, the playbook is a sacred hardbound diary of trust. It’s an accumulation of...
Aug 30th

Three More Years of Lewd Humor for ...

$75 million for three more years of cartoons! Do people really like Kenny, Cartman, and Stan that...
Aug 30th

Interview: The Making of Sony's Warhawk

In-depth interview with Warhawk’s lead producer Dylan Jobe. He talks about the game, the...
Aug 30th

How To: Toilet Train Your Cat

Toilet training your cat is an attainable feat, made even more famous by Mr. Jinxy in the movie Meet...
Aug 30th

5100 boy scout leaders removed

5100 boy scout leaders removed (via Digg )
Aug 30th

Gmail: Behind the Scenes (Final Cut)

“A compilation of clips submitted by Gmail fans as part of our collaborative video project....
Aug 30th

Katrina Footage: It went From the Ground...

Video of the horrible destruction incurred by hurricane Katrina. (via Digg )
Aug 30th

Ford's 'chic' new small car (with Pics)

The look of the Verve is inspired by the world of fashion and cosmetics and was created by a team of...
Aug 30th

Welcome to the Map of Strange

The MapOfStrange website is a way of recording strange, wacky, weird and wonderful anomalies, sights...
Aug 30th

No Battlestar Galactica For Kevin Smith

“A couple days ago Kevin Smith announced that he would be directing an upcoming episode of...
Aug 30th

The Life and Death of the Red-Eyed Tree...

With amphibians facing population crashes around the world, the red-eyed tree frog has become a...
Aug 30th

HP's Hot New Desktop, Virtus, Revealed...

Per Engadget: We don’t yet know a lot about this happening new HP desktop, except that...
Aug 30th

The Wii Bar Unveiled

Remember the bar Ashcraft posted about yesterday morning? The one that invited patrons to...
Aug 30th

Last.fm does Audio Fingerprinting

Today last.fm released a tool that will allow users to audio fingerprint their music and then give...
Aug 30th

Graphic: The World Without Us

Alan Weisman theorizes what would happen to the planet if humans suddenly disappeared. Roll over...
Aug 30th

Bush Wants $50 Billion More for Iraq War...

The Washington Post reports that the money would be in addition to a $147 billion request that...
Aug 30th

Winnipeg Funniest Person With A Day Job...

Local Winnipeg comedy contest Runner up (via Digg )
Aug 30th

GREENPEACE co-founder slams DiCaprio's...

Despite the anti-forestry scare tactics of celebrity movies, trees are the most powerful...
Aug 30th

Sony confirms internal depletion of 60GB...

Sony elaborated on previous comments made about 60GB PS3 inventory stock on Wednesday, confirming...
Aug 30th

MSNBC's Tucker Carlson Recounts Assault...

Last night on MSNBC Live, during a discussion about Sen. Larry Craig’s (R-ID) arrest for...
Aug 30th

News Corp. and NBC Universal Unveil...

News Corp. and NBC Universal today announced that “Hulu” is the official name of their...
Aug 30th

Dungeons and Dragons Nerds Talk Sex

Between weekend-long stretches of D&D and foot-long stretch marks, GenCon geeks still have time...
Aug 30th

Tube Map for Miss South Carolina

This handy guide to Miss South Carolina’s thought processes should help the confused to follow...
Aug 30th

The 30th Anniversary of Punk

In 1977, a new form of rock hit the scene led by bands like The Sex Pistols, The Ramones and The...
Aug 30th

22 Reasons Brit Will Never Make A...

More Britney Spears bashing. Of course she’ll make a comeback, on “celebrity generic...
Aug 30th

Shopping Teams (Comic)

An XKCD comic about shopping teams. (via Digg )
Aug 30th

EFF report slams RIAA lawsuit campaign,...

A new 22-page report on the RIAA’s four-year campaign against file-sharing argues that...
Aug 30th

How to make a homemade gun that can send...

All you need is a toilette paper roll, balloon and tape and to think like a 12 years old kid....
Aug 30th

CEOs Make More in One Day Than Average...

Chief executive officers from the nation’s biggest businesses averaged nearly $11 million in...
Aug 30th

An A to Z of the Biofuel Economy

Here’s an A to Z of alternative materials and innovative processes that can turn biomass into fuel....
Aug 30th

Ubuntu Xorg maintainer demonstrates...

Ubuntu Xorg maintainer Bryce Harrington has demonstrated a new failsafe mode that aims to make Xorg...
Aug 30th

Now Thats Camouflage (Pic)

Real Tree Frog, Kinabatangan, Sabah. Great at camouflage. Has almost disappeared. (via Digg )
Aug 30th

Greenhouse Warming main cause of 2006...

“We have met the enemy, and he is us” A new analysis of last year’s near-record...
Aug 30th

iFuntastic v3 Released: You now have...

The moment you’ve all been waiting for has finally arrived. iFuntastic version 3 is here, and...
Aug 30th

Pot Growers Are New Target in "War on...

John P. Walters, President Bush’s drug czar, said of pot growers “[They’re]...
Aug 30th

Ready for a new K: an inside look at KDE...

A brand new interview with Wade Olson, KDE’s North American contact about the...
Aug 30th

Forbidden Color Combinations?

Color theorists and designers in fashion or computer graphics have coined phrases based around what...
Aug 29th

The Simpsons Star Wars intro

What could be better than The Simpsons? How about The Star Wars Simpsons . If only……...
Aug 29th

5 Pen Tricks from Japan — Uh oh…

The Japanese, Taiwanese, and Koreans — none of them can hold pens still for a second. Now you won’t...
Aug 29th

Dave Chappelle - Weed Conversation

Dave is changing his weed smoking friends. (via Digg )
Aug 29th

Will porn determine the winner of the...

Producer Dana Brunetti predicts that porn will determine which format will thrive & which will...
Aug 29th

Condi Rice Dresses Down Store Clerk: "I...

In an upcoming biography, Condoleezza Rice is revealed to have dressed down a jewelry store clerk...
Aug 29th

The Gphone is coming; how Google could...

If done right, the Gphone will change the wireless industry, at least in the U.S. If not done right,...
Aug 29th

The 20 Most Bizarre Experiments of All...

I scoured scientific archives searching for the most bizarre experiments of all time — the kind that...
Aug 29th

Nissan's Mixim concept car for Frankfurt...

Check out the gullwings on Nissan’s Mixim concept car headed for the Frankfurt Auto Show! It...
Aug 29th

Web Office Defined - How it's Evolved...

Ultimately a Web Office suite is a combination of productivity,publishing and collaboration...
Aug 29th

If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Join Digg

Video sharing site MetaCafe launched a new area of their site today - it uses the Digg API to show...
Aug 29th

Girls Need To Watch This: How to be the...

For guys and girls this video is pretty damn close to the truth. Yea I know there are barely any...
Aug 29th

Japan's Warp-Speed Ride to Internet...

Americans invented the Internet, but the Japanese are running away with it. Broadband service here...
Aug 29th

1994: Fred Thompson Senate Debate Video

In this video Fred Thompson acts more like a neo-con talk show host than a Senate Candidate, telling...
Aug 29th

Who's profiting from the Iraq war?

In a few weeks, Gen. David Petraeus and the Bush administration will report to Congress on the...
Aug 29th

WGA failure: 12,000 systems affected,...

Human error caused the recent WGA failure that falsely tagged 12,000 users as running pirated...
Aug 29th

Judiciary chairman says Pelosi can't...

Rep. John Conyers declared House Speaker Nancy Pelosi could not stop him from beginning impeachment...
Aug 29th

5 Dumb Criminal Videos | A Tribute to...

Some criminals are smart, some not so much. Here are five of the dumbest. (via Digg )
Aug 29th

Dayam: New DVD-sized disc to hold 1 to 5...

The optical disc revolution started with CDs and then moved on to DVDs, and we’re in the midst...
Aug 29th

Why Aren't Humans Furry?

A prize-winning paper suggests that humans are hairless apes because Stone-Age mothers regarded...
Aug 29th

The Best One-Liner from Steven Seagal...

You know someone means business when they say something like this. (via Digg )
Aug 29th

It's official, Americans are fatter than...

Americans are fatter than ever, a shocking study has revealed.In just a year obesity rates have shot...
Aug 29th

As China rises, pollution soars

Environmental degradation is now so severe, with such stark domestic and international...
Aug 29th

It's Official: Halo 3 Goes Gold

Finally, what is arguably the biggest release of the year, Halo 3, has gone gold. All that really...
Aug 29th

Vista Service Pack 1 details announced:...

After months of speculation, rumor, and silence from Microsoft, the company is finally talking...
Aug 29th

The Office Summer Vacation

See what the employees of The Office have been doing throughout the summer. (via Digg )
Aug 29th

Geeky Wedding Cakes ROFL COPTER

Geeky Wedding Cakes (via Digg )
Aug 29th

Woman Celebrates100th birthday by...

Just think about it. If each cigarette takes 10 minutes off your lifespan, she could have lived to...
Aug 29th

Novelty Plastic to Pimp Your Wallet

List of the top “gimmick” credit cards with cool/weird or beyond geeky rewards programs....
Aug 29th

Does Ethanol Pollute More than Gasoline?

By now you may have heard of the economic questions regarding using corn for ethanol production, but...
Aug 29th

Pot Growers Are New Target in War on...

In other words, smoke up, heretical terrorist! You’re not only fueling al Qaeda’s mass...
Aug 29th

WTF?!? Florida ban on political opinion...

Florida elections officials will begin enforcing a law which changes the state’s “rules...
Aug 29th

Bionic Arm Powered by Rockets

Rockets can help power robotic arms, which could help lead to “better, stronger, faster”...
Aug 29th

Gay Marriage Used To Be A Normal Thing

“Historical evidence, including legal documents & gravesites, can be interpreted as...
Aug 29th

No. 6 pick Yi finally signs with Bucks

Yi Jianlian is going to play for the Milwaukee Bucks after all.Yi, the sixth overall selection in...
Aug 29th

A rare interview with the greatest...

The legend Bob Marley explains about the different sounds Ska, Rocksteady, and Reggae - we’re...
Aug 29th

Why Alberto Gonzales is Really Resigning...

Oh yeah this is sooo appropriate! (via Digg )
Aug 29th

'Heroes’ Star Recognizes Benefits of...

The actor who plays the time-and-space warping ‘Hiro Nakamura’ in the hit US TV show ‘Heroes’ has...
Aug 29th

The death of the teenager?

This interview/article talks about the restrictions placed on teenagers and whether or not we should...
Aug 29th

Bush's Porno Face Offends Republicans

When a British artist was denied US backing to paint a portrait of President George Bush he decided...
Aug 29th

NASA: Review Finds No Evidence of...

The month-long review covered 20 years of space flights and 90 interviews. (via Digg )
Aug 29th

Tuning Mercedes-Benz into a cottage...

Top gear car tuning video. How about morning coffee at 60 MPH? (via Digg )
Aug 29th