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| Apple Q3 2008: iPhones short, iPods flat, Macs unstoppable Posted: 21 Jul 2008 09:20 PM CDT Despite an iPhone shortage, Apple had another spectacular quarter, largely due to increased Mac sales. |
| Posted: 21 Jul 2008 09:00 PM CDT Students might have more on their minds now than ever before -from work, to school to all of the other distractions pulling at them. So how can they be expected to concentrate,focus, memorize.Here are some tips on how you can maximize your memory,focus and concentration whether you are a student or someone working on adding skills to their worklife |
| Israeli filmed shooting prisoner, causing outrage Posted: 21 Jul 2008 08:50 PM CDT An Israeli human rights group has released a video that shows an Israeli soldier shooting a blindfolded Palestinian man with a rubber coated steel bullet at close range, his arms and legs bound by a high-ranking Border Police officer. According to B'Tselem, the shooting was witnessed by several other soldiers and officers. |
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| T.O. Comes to a Sports Writer's Rescue After Car Crash Posted: 21 Jul 2008 08:40 PM CDT If you get mowed down by a Honda Civic, you'd be extremely lucky to have Terrell Owens nearby. You might think that he'd just stand there, do some shirtless sit-ups while you bled to death, insinuate that you're gay, and then demand to know why you don't throw footballs to him more often. Sam Alipour, a writer for ESPN, finds out otherwise. |
| More Amazon S3 Downtime: How Much is Too Much? Posted: 21 Jul 2008 08:20 PM CDT Today's big news is that Amazon's S3 online storage service has experienced significant downtime. Why can't we get 99% uptime? Or: isn't this what an SLA is for? |
| For teens, the future is mobile Posted: 21 Jul 2008 08:00 PM CDT SAN FRANCISCO--Marketers convened here this week to figure out how best to reach teens on the Internet. The answer: It's all about the mobile phone.Advertisers are clamoring to reach teens in digital environments because that's where they're spending much of their time--either online, with cell phones |
| How Blind Salamanders Make Nonsense of Creationists' Claims Posted: 21 Jul 2008 07:50 PM CDT The creationists invariably speak of the eye in hushed tones. How, they demand to know, can such a sophisticated organ have gone through clumsy evolutionary stages in order to reach its current magnificence and versatility? The salamanders of Planet Earth appear to this layman to furnish a possibly devastating answer to that question. |
| McCain Dismisses Maliki: Only I Know What Iraqis Really Want Posted: 21 Jul 2008 07:40 PM CDT Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) could care less what the Iraqis want. When Maliki signaled support for a timetable earlier this month, McCain rejected it. On NBC's Today Show today, McCain was again dismissive of Maliki, suggesting that only he knows what the Iraqis really "want" |
| Unlike McCain, Many Seniors Depend On The Web Posted: 21 Jul 2008 07:30 PM CDT If Sen. John McCain is really serious about becoming a Web-savvy citizen, perhaps Kathryn Robinson can help.Robinson is now 106 - that's 35 years older than McCain and she began using the Internet at 98, |
| Teen Who Discovered Led Zeppelin Starts To Piss Off Friends Posted: 21 Jul 2008 07:20 PM CDT Mark Campa, 16, who has listened to and talked about Led Zeppelin almost exclusively since discovering the '70s rock group over the summer, is "really starting to piss off" his friends, sources reported Monday. |
| Study: 40% of US gamers are women Posted: 21 Jul 2008 07:10 PM CDT Exactly who is playing video games these days? The ESA has released its 2008 Essential Facts pamphlet, and female gamers now outnumber teenage boys. |
| Don't place asterisk next to Tiger-less British Posted: 21 Jul 2008 07:00 PM CDT Harrington's repeat, Norman's amazing performance deserve our respect. Think about what some people were suggesting, though, when they indicated this year's British Open should be noted as having been played without Tiger Woods. |
| Intel snubs Microsoft; offers Linux certification Posted: 21 Jul 2008 06:50 PM CDT Intel's enthusiasm for open source is gathering speed: now it is endorsing professional Linux certifications, snubbing the old Microsoft certification program. |
| Al Gore's call for renewable energy sets us up for a useful Posted: 21 Jul 2008 06:40 PM CDT Al Gore's call for an electrical grid without carbon emissions can't be implemented in a decade, but that doesn't mean working on it is a waste of time. |
| Apple Now Third Largest PC Vendor in US Posted: 21 Jul 2008 06:30 PM CDT Apple is moving up the charts, toppling Acer to become the third largest PC vendor in the U.S., according to a survey from Gartner. Apple defied a weakening economy to record a 38.1 percent growth rate in U.S. PC shipments, according to Gartner. Overall PC shipments in the U.S. grew just 4.2 percent to 16.5 million units during the quarter. |
| MIT-led team creates touch-based illusion Posted: 21 Jul 2008 06:15 PM CDT Anyone who has seen an optical illusion can recall the quirky moment when you realize that the image being perceived is different from objective reality. Now, a team of scientists from MIT, Harvard and McGill has designed a new illusion involving the sense of touch, which is helping to glean new insights into perception and how different senses--su |
| McCain Makes an Historic First Visit to the Internet Posted: 21 Jul 2008 06:10 PM CDT In a daring bid to wrench attention from his Democratic rival in the 2008 presidential race, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) today embarked on an historic first-ever visit to the Internet. Given that the Arizona Republican had never logged onto the Internet before, advisors acknowledged that his first visit to the World Wide Web was fraught with risk. |
| 3 Ways to Try Out Linux - For a Windows User Posted: 21 Jul 2008 06:00 PM CDT Ways to try out Linux without risking anything. |
| Opinion: How to make the Kindle a mainstream success Posted: 21 Jul 2008 05:50 PM CDT Although the Kindle is the fastest-selling e-book reader to date, Amazon needs to get to work on its glaring issues and ensure that the mistakes it made the first time around aren't made again in October. |
| Gene Expression: Why does race matter for women? Posted: 21 Jul 2008 05:50 PM CDT One social science finding which I've wondered about over the past few years is the result that women care much more about the race of a potential mate than men do. The fact that individuals tend to want to mate assortatively with those who share their characteristics is no surprise. Rather, what does surprise are a series of papers that show a ver |
| Wife: Soldier propped up as hero, but left to rot back home Posted: 21 Jul 2008 05:50 PM CDT PTSD claims another life, Uncle Sam could give a #$%^. |
| Awesome Super Mario Kart Wedding Cake [PICS] Posted: 21 Jul 2008 05:40 PM CDT The greatest wedding cake ever! The Super Mario Kart Cake was a hit with guests at our wedding. Everything in the pictures of this cake is 100% edible. This Chocolate Decadence Cake (black chocolate cake filled with bittersweet chocolate ganache, chocolate buttercream and chocolate mousse) was as delciious as it was unique. |
| Just stop it already: Women do play video games Posted: 21 Jul 2008 05:20 PM CDT Over the past few weeks, I've heard from reputable news outlets that video games are made specifically for men and most women find little reason to play.Yeah, RIGHT!!! |
| Tooth Lasers Could Make Drilling A Thing Of The Past Posted: 21 Jul 2008 05:10 PM CDT For some people, just the sound of a dental drill is enough to cause panic—but the good news is that this barbaric procedure may be a thing of the past. |
| Architect creates sustainable floating city Posted: 21 Jul 2008 05:10 PM CDT A true amphibian, half aquatic and half terrestrial city, able to accommodate 50,000 inhabitants and inviting biodiversity. |
| '04 Ohio Election Fraud Case Implicates Top GOP Operatives Posted: 21 Jul 2008 05:00 PM CDT Leading Data Security Expert Joins Press Conference, Case, Notes Fraudulent Patterns That Should Have Triggered Investigation. Motion to Proceed with Targeted Discovery in Case Explained as Effort to Help Protect Integrity of '08 Election... McCain Hires possibly fraudulent IT guy to head up his election. |
| Why replace that gadget? An upgrade may be better Posted: 21 Jul 2008 05:00 PM CDT Obsoleting obsolescence: One of the holy grails for parsimonious gadget lovers is a device that can be perennially upgraded - instead of buying a new one, just swap out the software. |
| 7 iPhone Apps to Boost Your Productivity Posted: 21 Jul 2008 05:00 PM CDT Here is a list of apps from the iTunes App Store that have been found to be useful and good for productivity that you might be interested in trying out. That is, if you hadn't already done so during the week's excessive hype. Or if you're not busy playing Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart. |
| Digg Meetup this Wed 7/23 in Chicago Posted: 21 Jul 2008 04:40 PM CDT The Digg team is coming to Chicago this Wednesday - come on out and say hi! Also, check out some footage from our last NYC Meetup in June. |
| Posted: 21 Jul 2008 04:40 PM CDT He ran. He jumped. He dunked. He... |
| How Glasses Can Change A Person Posted: 21 Jul 2008 04:30 PM CDT |
| Bushes to Divorce After Election Because of Condi Rice? Posted: 21 Jul 2008 04:30 PM CDT The couple still keeps their relationship alive just because they are contractually obliged to stay together during George W. Bush's presidency; it is not a matter of feelings at all. The divorce will be kept a secret until the president retires. They pretend that their marriage is still alive in spite of the fact that it was buried long ago. |
| How to fake your own death and get away with it Posted: 21 Jul 2008 04:20 PM CDT Faking death and having a second bite at life's cherry is a difficult area in which to give guidance, since we never, by definition, get to hear of the successful, only the failures. But their errors and weaknesses can be our instruction manual. |
| Hillary Clinton: Bush Wants to Undermine Women's Rights Posted: 21 Jul 2008 04:10 PM CDT The Bush administration is up to its old tricks again, quietly putting ideology before science and women's health. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is poised to put in place new barriers to accessing common forms of contraception like birth control pills, emergency contraception and IUDs by labeling them "abortion." |
| 10 Most Anticipated Movies After The Dark Knight Posted: 21 Jul 2008 04:10 PM CDT 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine,' 'Terminator 4' and Heath Ledger's final film also have us excited for next year. |
| 10 People Who Should Have Assumed The Mic Is Always On Posted: 21 Jul 2008 03:50 PM CDT |
| Coming to you - the search for ET Posted: 21 Jul 2008 03:50 PM CDT In Australia, the team involved in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence - known as SETI - are about to ratchet up their capacity for analysing the data they collect with improved technology, while at the same time sharing the information with other institutions and the public. |
| Beijing's Final Preparations for the 2008 Olympics [PICS] Posted: 21 Jul 2008 03:30 PM CDT Final preparations for the 2008 Summer Olympics are in full swing in Beijing. This includes completing hundreds of construction projects, reconstructions, pollution controls, cultural training, and a general "beautifying" of greater Beijing. Rehearsals and drills take place daily as Chinese citizens hurry to finish up. |
| Bush Pushed Maliki to Drop His Support for Obama's Iraq Plan Posted: 21 Jul 2008 03:30 PM CDT In an interview released on Saturday, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki made international headlines when he endorsed Obama's plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq within 16 months. The U.S. military said that Maliki's words had been "misunderstood and mistranslated." The Iraqi officials were pressured by the Bush administration to do so. |
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