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Kevin Rose "Do it Live!" like Bill O'Reilly at Diggnation NY

Posted: 05 Jun 2008 09:00 PM CDT

At the Diggnation taping Wednesday night in NYC Kevin Rose messes up his lines and wants to "Do It Live!"

When Awkward Happens - Google Street View Edition

Posted: 05 Jun 2008 08:44 PM CDT

What do you do when you see the Google Street View van in your neighborhood? This lady attempted to hide in her trunk. Awkward.

Five (very good) Reasons For Home Made Renewable Energy

Posted: 05 Jun 2008 08:28 PM CDT

A British Government reports provides a series of compelling reasons to put a wind-turbine in your garden, solar panels on your roof, and a combined heat and power boiler in your basement. Here are the top 5 reasons why you should add renewable energy gadgets to your home today..

Canadian Govt Caught Editing Wikipedia Entry about Copyright

Posted: 05 Jun 2008 08:14 PM CDT

"Everyone makes mistakes" appears to be the rather banal lesson from Canada this week, as Industry Canada got caught with its hand in the Wikipedia copyright cookie jar and the Canadian anti-throttling forces screwed up the difference between kilobits and kilobytes in official regulatory filings. Oops.

World's Largest Fake Breasts Record Has Been Set

Posted: 05 Jun 2008 07:59 PM CDT

A stripper has broken the record for the world's largest fake breasts – thanks to a dangerous medical technique that is banned in Britain.

Google to build at NASA Ames

Posted: 05 Jun 2008 07:43 PM CDT

After cooperating on several scientific projects, Google and NASA announced Wednesday they have negotiated a long-term lease that will allow the Internet search giant to build a major tech campus at the space agency's Ames Research Center in Mountain View.

ALERT: John Mccain YOUTUBE videos being REMOVED!!!

Posted: 05 Jun 2008 07:30 PM CDT

It seems after Mccain's horrible speech Tuesday night, his staff is making an extra effort to pull as many Youtube videos of him as possible...

EZTV and MVGroup Join Forces

Posted: 05 Jun 2008 07:18 PM CDT

A month after the tragic death of it's founder, Merrin, MVGroup is one step closer to his aim of 'educating the word via p2p'. Today, EZTV partners MVGroup in sharing documentaries via bittorrent.

World Environment Day calls for end to carbon addiction

Posted: 05 Jun 2008 07:04 PM CDT

By Gyles Beckford WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The United Nations urged the world on Thursday to kick an all-consuming addiction to carbon dioxide and said everyone must take steps to fight climate change. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said global...

The Letter at the Bottom of the Pond (PIC)

Posted: 05 Jun 2008 06:52 PM CDT

"Enough of this. Just get on with whatever it is you think you are doing..."

Bird Surf

Posted: 05 Jun 2008 06:37 PM CDT

Mortgage turmoil snares Ed McMahon

Posted: 05 Jun 2008 06:25 PM CDT

Ed McMahon, the longtime sidekick to Johnny Carson on "The Tonight Show," is fighting to avoid foreclosure on his multimillion-dollar Beverly Hills estate.

Biofuel Bonanza not so Sweet for Brazil's Sugar Cane Cutters

Posted: 05 Jun 2008 06:12 PM CDT

Half a million jobs and 500 years of tradition are to be phased out in Brazil's booming sugar cane industry to satisfy western demands for more socially acceptable work practices in the biofuel sector.

Jon Stewart Mocks "Hillary is inevitable" punditry

Posted: 05 Jun 2008 06:00 PM CDT

And he threw a dash of McCain in there as well. Is this joke getting old, or can I still say "Hillary-ous"?

Stolen AT&T laptop holds treasure-trove of payroll data

Posted: 05 Jun 2008 05:50 PM CDT

Make that unencrypted payroll data belonging to AT&T managers. Says one manager who got the bad news: "It is pathetic that the largest telecom company in the world doesn't encrypt basic personal information."

The 6 Most Ill-Conceived Video Game Accessories Ever

Posted: 05 Jun 2008 05:40 PM CDT

Somehow, they made gaming worse.

3G iPhone Patent App Surfaces: IM, Blogging App, Vid Conf

Posted: 05 Jun 2008 05:30 PM CDT

The US Patent and Trademark Office has recently published an extensive patent application, seemingly for the 3G iPhone and software version 2.0, both now expected to be released next Monday. Features detailed: IM and blogging applications, Video Conferencing (with front-facing camera), etc.

New Duke Nukem Forever Footage Released

Posted: 05 Jun 2008 05:20 PM CDT

New Duke Nukem Forever Footage Released

Google Gadgets open-sourced for Linux

Posted: 05 Jun 2008 05:10 PM CDT

Google has announced the availability of Desktop Gadgets support for Linux and has released the full source code. We tested it on Ubuntu 8.04 to see how well it works.

U.S. food policy under fire at summit - Los Angeles Times

Posted: 05 Jun 2008 04:59 PM CDT

Outside the U.N. emergency summit on food here, protesters dressed as ears of corn. Inside, Bush administration officials Wednesday found themselves on the defensive on a wide range of U.S. policies, from biofuel production to genetic engineering and subsidies.

Pacific Ocean Voyager "Sickened by Garbage floating around"

Posted: 05 Jun 2008 04:40 PM CDT

Sailing 4,000 miles on the Pacific Ocean made Marcus Eriksen and Joel Paschal sick. It wasn't waves that turned their stomachs, but the amount of plastic garbage they encountered on a voyage with the Algalita Marine Research Foundation earlier this year.

The $19 Billion Question

Posted: 05 Jun 2008 04:30 PM CDT

What Happens To Your Food When Beekeepers Go Out of Business? (And They Are)

10 Web Stars From Weezer's Music Video And Their Legacy

Posted: 05 Jun 2008 04:20 PM CDT

These web stars are household names and were also recently incorporated into Weezer's latest music video.

Senate Report: Bush Used Iraq Intel He Knew Was False

Posted: 05 Jun 2008 04:10 PM CDT

More than five years after the initial invasion of Iraq, the Senate Intelligence Committee has finally gone on the record: the Bush administration misused, and in some cases disregarded, intelligence which led the nation into war.

Crazy Water Slide Drops You Straight Down a Trap Door

Posted: 05 Jun 2008 03:59 PM CDT

This German water slide is the definition of terror. Rather than starting out sitting down and sliding into the steep part, you start standing up on a trap door that they pull out from underneath you. It drops you straight down

The Digg Bum (video)

Posted: 05 Jun 2008 03:50 PM CDT

Maybe you know this guy, maybe you are this guy.

Warner Confesses: Pirate Bay Cop Compromised

Posted: 05 Jun 2008 03:40 PM CDT

Police officer Jim Keyzer, the leader and key witness in the Pirate Bay investigation, has returned to his job at the police's IT crime unit after being employed by Warner Bros. for several months. Warner Bros now admits Keyzer was working for them while he was leading the Pirate Bay investigation.

South Dakota building first US oil refinery in over 30 years

Posted: 05 Jun 2008 03:30 PM CDT

Voters have said yes to a zoning ordinance that would result in construction of the nation's newest oil refinery in over 30 years.The facility would process 400,000 barrels of Alberta tar sands crude a day, turning it into low-sulfur gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, in addition to an IGCC (integrated Gasification Combined Cycle) power plant.

Holodeck 1.0? Star Trek-style 3-D Displays Make Their Debut

Posted: 05 Jun 2008 03:20 PM CDT

Star Trek's holodeck is a famous science fiction concept. Crewmembers could walk through the garden of their childhood home, re-enact famous historical events or watch full, 3-D performances of famous plays.The holodeck is still science fiction, but last year researchers took the first, confident steps towards its realisation.

Auto-Inspiration: The Real-Life Cars Behind Grand Theft Auto

Posted: 05 Jun 2008 03:10 PM CDT

It may not have the racing chops Gran Turismo 5 Prologue or Midnight Club: Los Angeles, but Grand Theft Auto IV is still a big-title game for 2008 with some big-time automotive tie-ins. There are more than 100 different vehicles to play with, most of which are inspired in one way or another by real-life automotive counterparts

Poor old John Bush McCain: Gonna' get clobbered

Posted: 05 Jun 2008 03:00 PM CDT

From a McCain press conference earlier today: Q: One thing [Obama] said was that he proposed disinvestment [from Iran] a year ago and you didn't agree with it and so he's wondering why you didn't. Can you respond? JSM: Sure, I've never favored investment. Q: It was disinvestment sir. Are you familiar with his disinvestment bill? JSM: No

The death of a video game arcade

Posted: 05 Jun 2008 02:51 PM CDT

"Donkey Kong will lay down his barrels, and Ms. Pac-Man will cease to chomp. And Gameland, a block from the lake, a charming staple of Chicago day-trip culture since it opened in 1944, will close for the season, and for the last time."I remember when arcades were still prevalent in the context of the video game scene, do you?

Obama's In Control: NO MORE Lobbyist/PAC Donations To DNC

Posted: 05 Jun 2008 02:40 PM CDT

On Good Morning America Thursday, ABC News' Chief Washington Correspondent George Stephanopoulos reported "the Democratic National Committee will no longer accept contributions from federal lobbyists, and will no longer take contributions from PACs" in keeping with Obama's well-publicized policy. This is what change is.

Top 10 Most Pirated TV Shows on BitTorrent

Posted: 05 Jun 2008 02:30 PM CDT

TV shows are by far the most wanted files via BitTorrent, and according to some, it's fast becoming the modern day TiVo. But what are all those people downloading? Let's find out, and take a look at this weeks "Most pirated TV-episodes" chart.

Hollywood’s Snakes and Assassins Squeeze Into a Video

Posted: 05 Jun 2008 02:20 PM CDT

Not every adult wants to play with children's toys, and those who want a somewhat more adult movie-based action game may prefer Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Conspiracy.

LA Shell stations adds hydrogen for one or two local drivers

Posted: 05 Jun 2008 02:10 PM CDT

I guess you need to fill up your hydrogen car somewhere?

*Insert your innapproriate comment here*

Posted: 05 Jun 2008 02:00 PM CDT

Gotta' love those inappropriate ladders.

Indiana Jones' Crash Course in Wooing Women

Posted: 05 Jun 2008 02:00 PM CDT

Harrison Ford has played an endless string of studly characters over the years, but none more dashing than Indiana Jones. What exactly is it about Indy that drives women wild? Is it the bull whip? the hat? the ability to dodge rolling boulders? More importantly, what can we learn from his success to increase our own luck with the ladies?

14 Creative Advertisements Part 2 [PICS]

Posted: 05 Jun 2008 01:49 PM CDT

Nice collection of creative advertising ideas.

7 Innovative Artists Who Create Magic From Trash [Pics]

Posted: 05 Jun 2008 01:40 PM CDT

These seven trash-obsessed artists may have had a similar starting point in the garbage bin but have managed to create an inspiring variety of art from abandoned materials.

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