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| Posted: 11 Jul 2008 08:50 PM CDT Pokemon Tournament? You used to be obsessed. Maybe you still have a slight (or maybe more than slight...) fondness for the little critters. Be the crazy old fan and pwn the kiddies. |
| Imperial Chariot Racing Revived in Rome Posted: 11 Jul 2008 08:40 PM CDT The ancient sport of chariot racing is to be revived in Rome in the fall of 2009, the organizers of the races announced on Tuesday. |
| INDYMAC bank fails!!! 2nd largest crash EVER!! FDIC Steps In Posted: 11 Jul 2008 08:25 PM CDT $32 billion IndyMac Bank fails. FDIC takes over. This is the second largest financial institution to close in U.S. history. EVERYBODY PANIC!!! |
| Posted: 11 Jul 2008 08:10 PM CDT We've swooned over Pandora's new iPhone application, LOL'd at the chat application from AIM, and poked our friends with the new Facebook application. But as we continue to dig deeper into the growing catalog of iPhone applications one thing is clear: there are some stinkers in the mix. |
| A Serious WTF! Is In Order (Pic) Posted: 11 Jul 2008 08:10 PM CDT |
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| 7 Awesome Ways To Reuse A Pringles Can Posted: 11 Jul 2008 07:50 PM CDT Here are some things you can do with the long cylindrical shape of a Pringles container. These ideas range from obvious to awesome, with a little weirdness to pique your interest even further. |
| Alaska Considers Coal for $21B "Alternative Energy" Project Posted: 11 Jul 2008 07:50 PM CDT State lawmakers in Juneau for a special session on the natural gas pipeline are quietly considering another blockbuster energy idea -- plowing nearly $21 billion into "renewable" and "alternative" energy projects. But some legislators say a dirty word, coal, appears all through the proposed legislation that's making the rounds in the Capitol. |
| Melanoma Rates Increase Among Younger Women Posted: 11 Jul 2008 07:39 PM CDT Increasing numbers of younger women continue to be diagnosed with the most dangerous form of skin cancer even as the rate of new cases has leveled off in younger men, federal health officials reported yesterday. |
| Solar Powered Bubble Plane is Awesome Posted: 11 Jul 2008 07:10 PM CDT A design for an ultra-environmental aricraft just won the top prize at the prestigious Lucky Strike Junior Designer Award. Roland Cernat, who just graduated from the University of Applied Sciences Schwäbisch Gmünd / Germany created the airplane with the environment in mind. |
| Digg CEO and Google's Larry Page: Did Just Wrapped Up a Deal Posted: 11 Jul 2008 07:10 PM CDT This year's Sun Valley retreat, put on as usual by investment bank Allen & Co, will be Digg CEO Jay Adelson's second. But it marks Adelson's 3rd or 4th trip around the block trying to sell Digg.Seeing Adelson and Lary Page together it seems after months of lobbying from Google VP Marissa Mayer, has Google has finally decided to buy digg. |
| 12 Websites To Help You Learn Flash/ActionScript Posted: 11 Jul 2008 07:00 PM CDT Adobe Flash is an excellent technology that allows developers to add interactivity and smooth animations to web pages. Its popularity is so immense that you'll find many websites dedicated to helping developers interested in Flash. In this article, you'll find 12 wonderful websites that's worth a bookmark if you're looking into sharpening your ... |
| [Preview] Nike SB Spring 2009 Collection Posted: 11 Jul 2008 06:50 PM CDT A few days ago we shared linked photos of the Nike SB 2009 Spring Apparel/Sneakers Collection, but today we came across actually pictures of the upcoming sneakers. The pictures include new colors of the P-Rod II, Blazers, Blazer Hybrids, Dunk Highs, Lows and Mids, and even a new model, the Low-Cut Zoom Air Veloce. |
| Breaking: Favre seeks unconditional release from Packers Posted: 11 Jul 2008 06:50 PM CDT Three days after a conference call with Green Bay Packers team officials on Tuesday in which quarterback Brett Favre emphatically expressed his desire to play in 2008, Favre on Friday formally asked for his contractual release from the Packers in a letter, sources close to Favre and the team said. |
| 10 (More) Sweet Shipping Container Homes and Offices [PICS] Posted: 11 Jul 2008 06:40 PM CDT From self-transforming shipping container rooms to towering retail spaces and emergency housing here are ten additional examples of shipping container reconstructions including information on a company you can hire to create your own modified shipping container places. |
| Posted: 11 Jul 2008 06:40 PM CDT The Wine development release 1.1.1 is now available.What's new in this release (see below for details): - Fixes for Photoshop CS3 and Office 2007 installers. - More progress on gdiplus. - Support for Unicode files in regedit. - Improved video playback. - Many Richedit fixes and improvements. - Various bug fixes. |
| Posted: 11 Jul 2008 06:20 PM CDT Watching those ridiculous YouTube Democratic presidential debates the other day made me ask myself: what movies had better presidents than the current crop running for office? As usual I set right to work to figure it out. |
| Designers Present Bold Visions of Future Cars Posted: 11 Jul 2008 06:00 PM CDT The internal combustion engine will soon belong to the past -- at least that's what the designers of the future seem to think. Students at Pforzheim University have come up with radical new designs for cars that will run on batteries, photovoltaic and fuel cells... |
| 8 Places To Experience The True Unspoiled China Posted: 11 Jul 2008 05:40 PM CDT Choking on construction dust in the Chinese cities? Escape to one these unspoiled destinations. |
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| Roads? Where We’re Going We Don’t Need Roads… Posted: 11 Jul 2008 05:20 PM CDT The coolest thing about this is that you lifted your DeLorean three and a half feet, but the douchest thing about this is that you lifted your DeLorean three and a half feet. Where do you take this thing and impress people for any other reason besides no one has ever done it, nor will do it again? |
| An American Pastime: Smoking Pot Posted: 11 Jul 2008 05:10 PM CDT Despite tougher drug policies in this country, Americans were twice as likely to have tried marijuana than the Dutch, according to the survey. In fact, Americans were more likely to have tried marijuana or cocaine than people in any of the 16 other countries, including France, Spain, South Africa, Mexico and Colombia, that the survey covered. |
| Posted: 11 Jul 2008 05:03 PM CDT The enigma began last year when a plain envelope with no return address arrived at the world-famous physics laboratory outside Chicago, addressed simply to "Fermilab." Inside was a single sheet marked by pen with a bizarre series of hash marks, numbers and alien-looking symbols. No one knew what it was. A joke? A threat? So they posted it online... |
| Apple Cancels All iPhone 3G Orders, Releases iBrick 3G Posted: 11 Jul 2008 04:50 PM CDT In a surprising move that is set to stun consumers all over the world, Apple has cancelled all orders for the iPhone 3G today. People who already bought the phones will get them replaced by Apple's new wonderproduct, the iBrick 3G. |
| Why High School Sports Are in Big Trouble Posted: 11 Jul 2008 04:40 PM CDT Knights football coach Ric Wright and the rest of Mount Vernon's coaches scrambling to raise the $950,000 required to fund the athletic program for the 2008-09 school year. If they can't raise at least $300,000 by August, the coaches said, Mount Vernon's fields and courts could be empty for a long time. |
| Officer Arrested Accused Of Spanking Woman With Belt Posted: 11 Jul 2008 04:30 PM CDT A Central Florida police sergeant has been arrested on suspicion of throwing a female to the ground at a party, pulling her pants down and spanking her with a belt. |
| LSD cookie guy was presumed guilty, but proven innocent. Posted: 11 Jul 2008 04:20 PM CDT Christian Phillips, the guy accused of giving LSD and marijuana laced cookies to the police, was found to be innocent. MADD confirms that the cookies were legitimate, and further testing shows no trace of drugs on the cookie. |
| The (Not So) Lunatic Fringe (Bob Barr and the Libertarians) Posted: 11 Jul 2008 04:10 PM CDT The rise of the Libertarians and of Bob Barr's Presidential Bid is chronicled in this article. |
| ACLU Greets Bush FISA bill signing with new lawsuit Posted: 11 Jul 2008 04:00 PM CDT President Bush's signature had barely dried on the FISA Amendments Act, which the Senate approved Wednesday, when the American Civil Liberties Union announced that it would mount a constitutional challenge to the new law, claiming that it violates the First and Fourth Amendments. |
| Motus Shows Off Xbox 360 Motion Controller Posted: 11 Jul 2008 03:50 PM CDT With an unlikely PS3 motion-sensing controller popping up at one peripherals maker earlier this week, it's little surprise that - just days before E3 is due to kick off - that one appears for the Xbox 360. This one from hardware maker Motus Games, however, looks a lot more real and there's even a few videos of it in action. |
| U.S. Considers Takeover of Two Mortgage Giants Posted: 11 Jul 2008 03:40 PM CDT Under the plan, shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would be worth little or nothing, and any losses on mortgages they own or guarantee would be paid by taxpayers. |
| The iPhone 2.0 Software Review Posted: 11 Jul 2008 03:12 PM CDT Only some people really need faster browsing and slightly better location services, but everyone can use the new features in the OS. Now that we've gotten chance to go through all that updated functionality, we've only got one question left. Is iPhone 2.0 so good that you don't even need to upgrade to an iPhone 3G? |
| Posted: 11 Jul 2008 03:02 PM CDT Jake Deitchler, a wrestler straight out of high school, has qualified for the Olympic Games under the mentorship of his coach, silver medalist Brandon Paulson. |
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| Can Internet Activity Ever Be Truly Anonymous? Posted: 11 Jul 2008 02:30 PM CDT How much information should Internet companies be able to collect about your Web activity in order to serve you more relevant and targeted advertising? An IP address? Search queries? Your system settings and browser of choice? |
| How the Hell Is Karl Rove Still Walking Free? Posted: 11 Jul 2008 02:20 PM CDT Let's say I received a subpoena from the Justice Department today telling me I had to testify about matters it considered vital to national security. Let's say I told them, "I could give a rat's ass about your subpoena, blow me." |
| McCain Clashes With Vietnam Vet Posted: 11 Jul 2008 02:20 PM CDT Vietnam Vet takes it to McCain, who challanges him on his voting record for vetrans |
| Can Scientists Help to Create the Perfect Athlete? Posted: 11 Jul 2008 02:20 PM CDT Will scientists ever create the perfect athlete? Sure, someday. But creating drug-enhanced superhumans along the lines of Captain America or the Russian boxer who beat up Sylvester Stallone in Rocky IV is harder than you'd think. Some drugs can dramatically improve the performance of athletes and many current world records are a result of that. |
| Winning an Election... The Mugabe Way Posted: 11 Jul 2008 02:10 PM CDT If in doubt, recount, recount...Also check out the links below of the (highly) controversial campaign ads run by the two leading parties, Mugabe's Zanu-PF and opposition leader Tsvangarai's MDC party (the latter was actually banned from Zimbabwean television prior to elections). |
| In Depth: Pandora's Streaming Radio App for the iPhone Posted: 11 Jul 2008 02:10 PM CDT Pandora has unleashed an iPhone version of their interactive internet radio service that moves beyond what has previously been possible in the portable radio arena. As soon as Pandora heard that Apple would be launching the App Store, its designers and engineers began working on an iPhone version of Pandora using Apple's apparently excellent SDK. |
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