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| Firefox 3 Highlights Websites’ Security Failings Posted: 23 Aug 2008 09:10 PM CDT There's a contentious debate brewing around Firefox 3's handling of SSL security certificates — the tools that tell the browser whether your connection is actually secure and connected to the site you're trying to access. |
| Science vs. Religion:.A casual disregard for facts Posted: 23 Aug 2008 08:50 PM CDT A little while back I linked to Sahotra Sarkar's review of Steve Fuller's Science versus Religion. Now Fuller has put up a defence at the Intelligent Design website, Uncommon Descent, under the gerrymandered image of a bacterial flagellum (if you want to know what a real flagellum would look like at that scale, see this). |
| Jamaicans are clean, says Bolt and over 14 Posted: 23 Aug 2008 08:30 PM CDT Triple Beijing Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt says Jamaica's best ever Games is the result of hard work and not doping. The 22-year-old's sensational performance in winning 100, 200 and 4x100... |
| In Case of Flood: Put Everything that Matters on a Door Posted: 23 Aug 2008 08:10 PM CDT i think thats a door.... |
| Posted: 23 Aug 2008 07:50 PM CDT While working in 3d last year I discovered this optical illusion.A large grid seen rotating at a certain speed will appear to group itself into smaller grids, spinning independently. It appears the persistence of vision effect overrides our knowledge that this is a single grid and divides it up optically. |
| Anna Faris in Hot Pants Saves ‘The House Bunny’ Posted: 23 Aug 2008 07:50 PM CDT I have adored Anna Faris ever since I saw her in the first Scary Movie installments and it's her presence that saves a film The House Bunny. My interest for The House Bunny was like a see-saw. A movie about a Playboy bunny: good. A PG-13 rating: bad. Anna Faris as said Playboy bunny: good. Overblown collagen lip injections: bad. |
| N Korea Develops Special Noodle To Delay Feelings of Hunger Posted: 23 Aug 2008 07:30 PM CDT North Korean scientists have developed a new kind of noodle that delays feelings of hunger, a Japan-based pro-Pyongyang newspaper has reported. The noodles were made from corn and soybeans, the Choson Shinbo said. They left people feeling fuller longer and represented a technological breakthrough, the newspaper said. |
| Did MLB Make Olympic Mistake by Not Sending Best Players? Posted: 23 Aug 2008 07:10 PM CDT Major League Baseball had a significant opportunity to market the game via the Beijing Olympics, but by allowing a U.S. roster comprised of a mix of prospects and older fringe big leaguers, MLB has foregone that opportunity and likely sealed the sport's fate as an Olympic event. |
| Posted: 23 Aug 2008 06:50 PM CDT Why haven't we met aliens yet? And why aren't we sending rockets all over the solar system? There is only one plausible explanation. Earth is being quarantined! A combination of higher alien civilizations and our own Earth-based military forces are working together to keep the Earth contained and neutralized. |
| Steve Clemons: Wait 'Til America Gets to Know Jill Biden Posted: 23 Aug 2008 06:30 PM CDT I can't wait until America gets to know Jill Biden. As down to earth and serious about education as they come. She's a working mom like many others around the country. |
| Posted: 23 Aug 2008 06:20 PM CDT The first trailer for the new freeform racing game, coming to console and computer soon. Players race in a twisted, post-global warming environment and contend as much with the world and weather as they do with other players. |
| Unfortunately, we're not cool enough to run on your OS yet Posted: 23 Aug 2008 06:20 PM CDT Come back later when we become cool ! |
| State Employee Gets $850,000 Bonus Posted: 23 Aug 2008 06:10 PM CDT Jo Harris was supposed to receive an $850 longevity bonus for working at the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission for seven years. But a misplaced decimal point turned that into a six-figure windfall. |
| Kevin Rose Tells Us About the New iPod Rumors Posted: 23 Aug 2008 05:50 PM CDT With picture and a video. He starts with "here's what I know" - this sounds more like advanced knowledge than idle talk. "Revamp of entire iPod line," and a price drop below the new iPhone. |
| Could a Big Earthquake Reduce Manhattan to Rubble Someday? Posted: 23 Aug 2008 05:20 PM CDT A new study from the Earth Institute at Columbia University says there's more seismic activity around the Big Apple than previously thought. Researchers also say they discovered a new active fault line running from Stamford, Connecticut 25 miles (TK kilometers) west toward the Hudson River. |
| Nerrivik - Beta 1 of Amarok 2.0 released! Posted: 23 Aug 2008 05:00 PM CDT The Amarok team released the first beta of Amarok 2.0. Lots of bugfixes and cool new stuff like AFT and a new scripting interface as well as gorgeous new artwork. Get it while it's hot. |
| The Best Celebrations Of The Olympics [PICS] Posted: 23 Aug 2008 04:40 PM CDT The best images of victory from this year's Games. |
| Holy Sh*t! Just F*ckin' Missed him! Posted: 23 Aug 2008 04:20 PM CDT This is a genuine near death experience. Given to me by a work colleague who just happened to have his new camera sitting on the dash. |
| Space junkies ask 'who owns the moon? Posted: 23 Aug 2008 04:01 PM CDT Within the next 10 years, the U.S., China, Israel, and a host of private companies plan to set up camp on the moon. So if and when they plant a flag, does that give them property rights? |
| The Real World Fears Behind 8 Popular Movie Monsters Posted: 23 Aug 2008 03:40 PM CDT Popular movies reflect society's fears. In the 1970s everyone was scared of the monolithic Soviets, so the bad guys in Star Wars were the evil Empire. In the late 1990s technophobes and Y2K gave us the Matrix. Likewise, horror movie monsters reveal our true anxieties. |
| 10 People Who Need Their Own Reality Show Posted: 23 Aug 2008 03:30 PM CDT If Verne Troyer can get a reality TV show, anyone can. Behold, a list of 10 non-celebs who deserve their own reality TV show. |
| 7 Comic Book Super-Powers the World Can Do Without Posted: 23 Aug 2008 03:10 PM CDT From "rainbow breath" to incredible weight gain via donuts, here are 7 superhero powers the world doesn't need. |
| Cheerleaders of the US Olympic Redeem Team Players Posted: 23 Aug 2008 03:00 PM CDT At the Summer Games in Beijing this year, we stand a good shot at taking gold. And what better way to celebrate our chances with super hot chicks? (Hint: There is no better way.) |
| 2,396 Bikes Stolen and Saved for ... the Apocalypse [w/Pics] Posted: 23 Aug 2008 02:50 PM CDT So what does one do with thousands of bicycles? Igor Kenk's bizarre and record-setting collection has sparked myriad theories, ranging from the obvious: that he was planning to resell them all eventually in his used bicycle shop, to the eccentric: that he was saving them to sell as scrap metal or storing them for the upcoming energy apocalypse. |
| Putting U.S. 'disaster' Games in the proper context Posted: 23 Aug 2008 02:30 PM CDT Late Friday night in Beijing, Bryan Clay won a gold medal in the Olympic decathlon, the first such victory for the United States since Dan O'Brien in 1996. It was immensely deserved and not altogether surprising: Clay was a silver medalist in 2004, a world champion in '05 and the favorite in Beijing among his peers. |
| Hacker Rips Off $12K in Calls Using Homeland Security Phones Posted: 23 Aug 2008 02:10 PM CDT According to security consultant John Jackson, the hacking was very low-tech and old school, which probably would make Steve "Blue Box" Wozniak proud, but it was an embarrassment for the agency |
| Netherlands Taught How To Play Softball Seconds Before Game Posted: 23 Aug 2008 01:50 PM CDT International Softball Federation officials met with the Netherlands softball team to explain the rules of the sport and provide helpful pointers mere seconds before their preliminary match against the United States on Sunday. "Now this long metal rod is called a 'bat'—that's what you use to hit the ball," ISF president Don Porter explained. |
| Kevin Smith (Sort of) Reviews The New Star Trek Movie Posted: 23 Aug 2008 01:20 PM CDT TrekMovie previously reported that JJ Abrams has completed a first rough cut of his Star Trek movie and now it appears that he is showing it off. Director Kevin Smith was a guest on KROQ's Kevin and Bean show this morning and the subject of the new Star Trek movie came up with Smith giving a review of the movie in a roundabout way. |
| 60 current/former telecom lobbyists work for McCain campain Posted: 23 Aug 2008 01:00 PM CDT You can't make this stuff up: More than 60 present and former telecom lobbyists work for McCain's campaign as staffers and volunteers, some in high-echelon posts while on leave from their firms. McCain's views on telecom issues have come into question before, including his opposition to net neutrality, and his possible favors done for Vicki Iseman. |
| New Study Says Commercial Carbon Capture Unlikely by 2020 Posted: 23 Aug 2008 12:50 PM CDT Australian study predicts that clean coal technologies such as carbon capture and storage are unlikely to be commercially available before 2020. |
| Posted: 23 Aug 2008 12:30 PM CDT A U.S. track star is among several athletes who wear accessories while running. |
| 11 Year-Old’s Organic Veggie Stand Shut Down by CA Mayor Posted: 23 Aug 2008 12:10 PM CDT A child's veggie stand was shut down for lack of permits by town officials. What's next, no lemonade stands, bake sales or car wash fundraisers? |
| Posted: 23 Aug 2008 12:10 PM CDT Experts Are Divided, but U.S. Intelligence Believes Russia's Military May Be World's Second Strongest. |
| Portal to Maya Underworld Found in Mexico? Posted: 23 Aug 2008 11:50 AM CDT A labyrinth filled with stone temples and pyramids in 14 caves—some underwater—have been uncovered on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. |
| 'Altruistic' Cells Self-destruct For The Greater Common Good Posted: 23 Aug 2008 11:20 AM CDT Random molecular processes during cell division allow some cells to engage in a self-destructive act to generate a greater common good, thereby improving the situation of the surviving siblings. Biologists investigated this unusual biological concept using the pathogenic salmo-nella bacteria as an example. |
| GOP Fight in NEVADA... McCain In TROUBLE! Posted: 23 Aug 2008 11:20 AM CDT Running a strident libertarian campaign in the primaries, Texas Rep. Ron Paul tapped a seam of Republican frustration across the country...Across the state, lifelong Republicans like Mr. Bent who now identify more closely with Mr. Paul's cause than with the party establishment say they won't vote for Sen. McCain. |
| Cuban taekwondo athlete banned for life after kicking ref Posted: 23 Aug 2008 11:10 AM CDT A Cuban taekwondo athlete and his coach were banned for life after Angel Matos kicked the referee in the face following his bronze-medal match disqualification. Cuban coach Leudis Gonzalez offered no apology for Matos' actions during the men's over-80 kg (176 pounds) match. |
| Posted: 23 Aug 2008 10:50 AM CDT The kills just keep on coming. |
| I'm getting mixed signals, CAL. Posted: 23 Aug 2008 10:30 AM CDT |
| Playstation 3 Price Cuts! Right... Posted: 23 Aug 2008 10:10 AM CDT Thanks Amazon! |
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