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| Posted: 03 Jul 2008 09:10 PM CDT With the advent of Grand Theft Auto IV's new Euphoria behavioral physics engine, stunting has been taken to a whole new level. Players in the game realistically respond to crashes, bullets, and even fly out of their vehicles. In the open world of Liberty City, stunting has practically no boundaries. |
| An Elegant DS Stylus For A More Civilized Age Posted: 03 Jul 2008 09:00 PM CDT Say what you will about the quality of recent Star Wars games, you'll be hard pressed finding a bad word to say about these. They're official Nintendo DS styli, only with a bonus Star Wars license thrown in, meaning, yes, these are proper DS lightsabers. |
| At Swim Trials, Record Broken, Then Broken Again Posted: 03 Jul 2008 08:50 PM CDT Jason Lezak broke his American record in the 100-meter freestyle, then rapidly lost it to Garrett Weber-Gale. |
| Posted: 03 Jul 2008 08:50 PM CDT After the ridiculous announcement that the BLM (the agency that regulates all of America's sunniest lands) wouldn't be able to approve applications for solar development for a full 22 months, there was significant public outcry. Today, in response to that outcry, the BLM is lifting the moratorium. YAY! |
| Secret-Spilling Wikileaks Plans to Save Journalism Posted: 03 Jul 2008 08:40 PM CDT After 18 months of publishing government, industry and military secrets that have sparked international scandals, led to takedown threats and briefly gotten the site banned in the United States, Assange says Wikileaks is just getting started changing the world. |
| Posted: 03 Jul 2008 08:40 PM CDT Fourth of July is here, a day where we all take a moment to remember that America rules and England sucks. |
| Colombia rescues Betancourt, 3 US hostages Posted: 03 Jul 2008 08:30 PM CDT * Betancourt, 3 Americans, 11 other hostages rescued * Military infiltrated, tricked guerrillas * U.S. ex-hostages land in United States By Hugh Bronstein BOGOTA, July 2 (Reuters) - Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and three U.S. hostages held... |
| State Aims For Less Medical Marijuana In Revised Rule Posted: 03 Jul 2008 08:30 PM CDT After meeting with law enforcement, Washington's Health Department has cut its suggested 60-day supply of medical marijuana by nearly a third — a change that riled patients' advocates and sparked threats of a lawsuit. The DOH's originally recommended 35 oz and a 100-sq-ft growing area. The new rules call for 24 oz, 6 mature plants and 18 seedlings. |
| Mac OS X Market Share Surges 32% In One Year Posted: 03 Jul 2008 08:20 PM CDT Vista grows by 256% in the same period, but Windows is down overall. Last month, Apple's Mac OS X accounted for 7.94% of the operating systems powering computers that accessed the 40,000 Web sites Net Applications monitors for its clients, the company reported yesterday. A year ago, Mac OS X's usage share stood at 6.03%. |
| P. Diddy Reviews 'Hancock' and Celebrates a Black Superher Posted: 03 Jul 2008 08:20 PM CDT I'm not sure if P. Diddy enjoyed the film, but he certainly loves the fact that there's finally a black superhero. What about Meteor Man, Blankman and the Green Lantern? |
| 10 Amazing Volunteer Opportunities With Free Travel Posted: 03 Jul 2008 08:10 PM CDT Many ask for donations or fees to cover costs, others operate as profitable businesses but the list below is just a few that cost little or nothing to become involved and help out. |
| Mac OS X Market Share Nears 8% Posted: 03 Jul 2008 08:00 PM CDT Apple's share of the global operating system market is climbing steadily, and could top 8% this month, statistics from a Web metrics firm showed Wednesday. |
| Playable demo of first Blender Open Game released! Posted: 03 Jul 2008 07:50 PM CDT Blender's first open game, codename "Apricot" and featuring the characters from Blender's open movie "Big Buck Bunny", is making great strides forward, with the first playable demo now released to the public. |
| 10.5.4 update adds RAW support for new Canon, Pentax SLRs Posted: 03 Jul 2008 07:40 PM CDT Apple has updated its list of digital cameras supported by Mac OS X's Camera Raw. 10.5.4 adds support for eight cameras from Canon, Pentax, Epson, and Leaf. |
| 5 Crazy Bike Mods: Jet Engine, Flotation Rig & More! Posted: 03 Jul 2008 07:30 PM CDT These real-life modders might just fly off the street with their backyard contraptions. All of the AWESOME bikes are the fastest life on two wheels without a motorcycle license. [PLANS INCLUDED] |
| WoW: Wrath of the Lich King Beta Sign Ups Begin Posted: 03 Jul 2008 07:10 PM CDT Blizzard has begun allowing European World of Warcraft subscribers to register for the beta of the upcoming WoW expansion pack, Wrath of the Lich King. What about North American subscribers??? |
| No Google source code for Viacom, just 12TB of YouTube data Posted: 03 Jul 2008 07:00 PM CDT As part of the discovery process in its $1 billion lawsuit against YouTube, Viacom asked for an astonishing array of information: the source code for the search functions that power Google and YouTube, the source code for YouTube's new "Video ID" program, a complete set of every video ever removed from the site, databases containing information on |
| How to “Peel” Hard-Boiled Eggs Without Peeling Posted: 03 Jul 2008 06:50 PM CDT Do you have any cooking hacks the world should know about? |
| Think Progress » McCain gets ‘visibly angry’ when challenged Posted: 03 Jul 2008 06:40 PM CDT McCain gets 'visibly angry' when challenged on whether military experience prepares him to be president.» |
| How to Make a Mario Bros. 1UP Mushroom Burger Posted: 03 Jul 2008 06:40 PM CDT Your veggie nerd friends will gawk and awe over this deelish burger with a sense of humor. Remember all those childhood summers spent playing the NES indoors when it got too hot outside? Summer vacation, BBQs, and the NES. Ah...Those were the days. |
| The 30 Most Adorable Album Covers Posted: 03 Jul 2008 06:40 PM CDT When I first laid eyes upon the new Silver Jews album, Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea, I thought I had seen perhaps the most adorable album cover in the world. But then I wondered… what other album covers existed. |
| Why 84% of Sunscreens Don't Work Posted: 03 Jul 2008 06:30 PM CDT A new study reveals that 84% of sunscreens don't offer sufficient protection from the sun. How to find the right one. It found that many of the most popular sunscreens break down quickly in the sun or are not blocking many harmful UV rays. |
| Teen avoids prison time in sister's 'Mortal Kombat' death Posted: 03 Jul 2008 06:20 PM CDT Seventeen-year-old Heather Trujillo was given an 18-year suspended sentence in the death of 7-year-old Zoe Garcia. However, she must spend six years in the youth offender program. If she does not violate the terms of her plea deal, she will not have to spend any time in prison. |
| Boycott! The AFA Thinks Ronald McDonald is Lovin' It and Gay Posted: 03 Jul 2008 06:10 PM CDT Today, the right-wing American Family Association (AFA) announced a boycott of McDonald's. According to AFA, Ronald McDonald and his gang are part of giant gay agenda: |
| Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha 1 Screenshot Tour Posted: 03 Jul 2008 06:00 PM CDT Even if there aren't big changes compared to the final version of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, released on April 24th, 2008, the Alpha 1 of Intrepid brings a brand new theme, completely redesigned, which in time will become what everyone was expecting. |
| Posted: 03 Jul 2008 06:00 PM CDT http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080703.html |
| Posted: 03 Jul 2008 06:00 PM CDT Last night Patton Oswalt broke the news that the funniest foursome in the history of the world are disbanding. |
| 14 Science Questions the Next President Should Answer Posted: 03 Jul 2008 05:30 PM CDT What exactly do John McCain and Barack Obama know about science? That's what the folks behind Science Debate 2008 want to know, and to find out, they've developed 14 questions they sent to the candidates and hope to discuss with them at a science-only debate. |
| Truck transporting 12 million bees overturns in Canada Posted: 03 Jul 2008 05:10 PM CDT A truck transporting 12 million bees has overturned on a road in Canada, causing problems for motorists. |
| Alex Albrecht's First Known TV Appearance Released! Posted: 03 Jul 2008 05:10 PM CDT Alex Albrecht, of The Screen Savers, Diggnation, and The Totally Rad Show, appears on Russian Roulette long before anything else. It is truly an amazingly close game. |
| Report: Outdated browsers put 637m users at risk Posted: 03 Jul 2008 05:10 PM CDT A group of researchers on Tuesday said 637 million web users are surfing with outdated internet browsers and are, therefore, at greater risk of web-based attacks. |
| U.S. Solar Energy Industry Blasts Recent Government Decision Posted: 03 Jul 2008 05:00 PM CDT Leaders in the U.S. solar energy industry blasted the Bureau of Land Management's decision to put a freeze on applications for new solar projects on public land in six Western states, in order to conduct an 'extensive' study looking at the environmental, social & economic impacts of solar energy in the United States. |
| Top 7 Flying Spaghetti Monster Pictures Posted: 03 Jul 2008 04:50 PM CDT "It is important to note that the Flying Spaghetti Monster has bigger balls than the traditional Judeo-Christian deity, known as God." |
| Apple cuts SSD-based MacBook Air price by $500 Posted: 03 Jul 2008 04:30 PM CDT With the price of NAND flash memory continuing its steady sequential decline, Apple Inc. this month cut the price of its Solid State Drive (SSD)-equipped MacBook Air by half a grand, AppleInsider has discovered. The Cupertino-based Mac maker is now selling its super slim 13-inch 1.8GHz MacBook Air with a 64GB Solid State Drive for $2598. |
| Posted: 03 Jul 2008 04:20 PM CDT Mozilla's chairman explains why mobile devices need an open-source browser. |
| Posted: 03 Jul 2008 04:10 PM CDT Stores are overfilling with WALL-E merchandise that will soon clog our landfills. Yet this new Disney movie bills itself as pro-environment. |
| 25 Historical Events (As Depicted by 5 Year Olds) Posted: 03 Jul 2008 04:00 PM CDT Children are stupid. We know it's not their fault, but it doesn't stop us from laughing at their innocent, wide-eyed idiocy. With this in mind, here are some of history's most significant events, as they would be drawn by a five year-old child. |
| What Happens When You Reply To ALL of Your Spam Posted: 03 Jul 2008 03:50 PM CDT Each S.P.A.M. volunteer saw an average of 70 spam messages arrive in their in-box each day, with men receiving about 15 more per day than women. That was a lot to answer, but "Penelope Retch" — the alias that Mooney chose for her S.P.A.M. adventure — answered every single message. |
| Hydrogen Car Tester: Chevy Fuel Cell Car Better Than Prius Posted: 03 Jul 2008 03:50 PM CDT Indeed, the Equinox is no slouch when it comes to performance. The first few times I put my foot to the floor, the torque of the electric motor really set me back in the seat. I really was impressed—and that's coming from a guy used to driving a V8 Jeep Grand Cherokee (yes, I know it gets terrible gas mileage). |
| How NOT to Draw Like a 3-Year-Old Posted: 03 Jul 2008 03:50 PM CDT Ugly drawings by adults don't deserve to exist. You may not have the skill and vision of someone great like Leonardo Da Vinci but you're not a three-year old boy as well. You can draw something that's decent and nice to look at — just follow these simple tips. |
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