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| Wired.com's iPhone 3G Survey Reveals Network Weaknesses Posted: 25 Aug 2008 09:12 PM CDT Wired.com's survey of iPhone 3G users' suggests that widespread data speed problems have more to do with carriers' networks than with Apple's handsets. Recently Wired.com asked iPhone 3G users all around the world to participate in a study, which involved testing their 3G speeds and entering their data on an interactive map. |
| APOD: NGC 7008: The Fetus Nebula Posted: 25 Aug 2008 08:47 PM CDT The intriguing assortment of features within the nebula's approximately 1 light-year diameter suggest its popular name, the Fetus Nebula, but planetary nebulae are not associated with star birth. Instead, nebulae like NGC 7008 are produced during a brief phase that sun-like stars pass through toward the end of their lives. |
| Apple's History of Innovation [PICS] Posted: 25 Aug 2008 08:24 PM CDT Apple has never been a stranger to temptation. From iMacs to iPods, the 30-year-old computer company has repeatedly set off public frenzies with their cutting edge-and often cutesy-products. As they get consumers buzzing over the newest Mac gadget, a look back at ten landmark moments in Apple history: |
| U.S. Agrees to Withdraw Troops from Iraq by 2011 Posted: 25 Aug 2008 08:03 PM CDT Iraq and the United States have agreed that a planned security pact will require all U.S. troops to leave by the end of 2011, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Monday, while Washington said no final deal had been reached. |
| US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,146 Posted: 25 Aug 2008 08:00 PM CDT As of Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008, at least 4,146 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. |
| Red Hat, Fedora servers infiltrated by attackers Posted: 25 Aug 2008 07:45 PM CDT Unknown attackers infiltrated Red Hat and Fedora servers but did not compromise the integrity of the Red Hat Network software deployment system. The Fedora project leader says that no source packages were modified. |
| Should Movie Theaters Offer Kid-Free Screenings? Posted: 25 Aug 2008 07:10 PM CDT FTA: "Few things ruin a movie for me more quickly than a theater full of talking, thrashing, hollering, seat-kicking, popcorn-pitching kids. But is that enough to justify kids-banned shows? As a parent, I want to say "No!" I'm capable of deciding what movies are appropriate for my kids, and what times are appropriate for them to see them." |
| Daily Kos: Here's the story that wins Obama Ohio Posted: 25 Aug 2008 07:00 PM CDT The Toledo Blade (that's Battleground Ohio) has done a truly remarkable eight month investigation of the health insurance industry. This is one of the most damning, if not the most damning series on healthcare in America I've seen to date. |
| A Teacher on the Front Line as Faith and Science Clash Posted: 25 Aug 2008 06:44 PM CDT David Campbell switched on the overhead projector and wrote "Evolution" in the rectangle of light on the screen. He scanned the faces of the sophomores in his Biology I class. Many of them, he knew from years of teaching high school in this Jacksonville suburb, had been raised to take the biblical creation story as fact. |
| Fox News sky box partially flooded at DNC Posted: 25 Aug 2008 06:41 PM CDT The sprinkler system above Fox News' broadcasting equipment was set off at the Democratic National Convention, partially flooding their broadcast booth. |
| Olympic BMX: Getting Air (pics) Posted: 25 Aug 2008 06:37 PM CDT The men and women of the BMX events have sailed through their first Olympic experience. |
| 160 Mugshots, Including an Elf Posted: 25 Aug 2008 06:20 PM CDT |
| How the Soviets Drilled the Deepest Hole in the World Posted: 25 Aug 2008 06:00 PM CDT In the Cold War '60s, as the space race heated up, another race began: to the center of the earth. |
| Exclusive Video: How Lego Builds the Minifigs Posted: 25 Aug 2008 05:53 PM CDT One of the best parts of my trip to Lego and exploring their factory was the minifig production lines, where the head and body of the most famous toy citizen in world gets painted and assembled at uncanny speeds. To celebrate its 30th Anniversary, here's a video showing how they are built, from raw plastic to final assembly. |
| Breakthrough: Quantum memory that works at room tempurature Posted: 25 Aug 2008 05:51 PM CDT Quantum dots, along with quantum wires, have been attracting notice over the past decade as possible building blocks of quantum information processing, except that they haven't been able to function at room temperature. ... Until now. Some research show some promising progress towards making room temperature quantum computing a reality |
| Daily Show's 8 Best '08 Olympic Moments Posted: 25 Aug 2008 05:32 PM CDT If you've got an Olympics hangover, here's some hair of the dog from Jon Stewart and The Daily Show. |
| Ren & Stimpy - Happy Happy Joy Joy Posted: 25 Aug 2008 05:30 PM CDT "I don't think you're happy enough..." |
| Posted: 25 Aug 2008 05:10 PM CDT "He wants to her to portray her like a vamp in her twilight years," says the Telegraph's source. "The new Catwoman will be the absolute opposite of Michelle Pfeiffer and Halle Berry's purring creations." |
| Beijing Olympics Gets Bigger U.S. Ratings Than Anything Ever Posted: 25 Aug 2008 05:00 PM CDT More viewers than "Roots," the "M*A*S*H" Finale and Neil Armstrong's walk on the moon! |
| Ziggurat: Dubai Carbon Neutral Pyramid will House 1 Million Posted: 25 Aug 2008 04:50 PM CDT The Mayans and Egyptians constructed incredible feats of architecture able to weather the test of time, but they had no idea their pyramids would inspire the shape of the latest carbon-neutral super-structure to hit Dubai. |
| Ventriloquism In Motion: How Sound Can Move Light Posted: 25 Aug 2008 04:15 PM CDT Research led by Dr Elliot Freeman, lecturer in psychology at Brunel University's School of Social Sciences, recently published in Current Biology, confirms that what we see can sometimes depend as much on our ears as on our eyes. |
| Alexander Technique 'Does Ease Back Pain' Posted: 25 Aug 2008 03:50 PM CDT Chronic back pain, which causes probably more disability and days off work than any other health condition, can be eased through teaching better posture via the Alexander technique, doctors say. |
| Fictional Sports Invade the Real World Posted: 25 Aug 2008 03:50 PM CDT Authors love to make up games for their fictional worlds — but these games are typically unplayable in the real world. But guess what? We've tracked down some bizarre examples of fictional sports performed in the flesh. |
| Posted: 25 Aug 2008 03:43 PM CDT The West evokes thoughts of classic heroes riding into troubled towns, bringing justice and order. The candidate who captures that myth -- and the region's swing voters -- will have the advantage.... |
| Graphic Evidence Against Steroid Abuse [PICS] Posted: 25 Aug 2008 03:40 PM CDT Know anybody who's using steroids and just won't stop, despite all your good advice?Then show them this picture. |
| Price for insufficient Sleep:Productivity, Money, and Health Posted: 25 Aug 2008 03:35 PM CDT Odds are you're not getting the eight hours of nightly shuteye experts agree you need. Here's why it matters - for you and your business. Are you getting enough sleep? For years, Cynthia McKay wasn't. |
| The Giant’s Causeway: A Natural Wonder in Ireland [PICS] Posted: 25 Aug 2008 03:20 PM CDT The Giant's Causeway is located in the northeast coast of Northern Ireland. The area is made up of 40,000 interlocking basalt columns… the steps you see are the result of an ancient volcanic eruption. Discovered in 1692 and announced to the world, it became a popular tourist attraction ever since the 19th century. |
| Couple Offered Sex with Child for Used Car Posted: 25 Aug 2008 03:10 PM CDT A sordid San Antonio couple is accused of trying to trying to trade sex with the woman's 5-year-old daughter for an apartment, a used car and child care for her 10-month old daughter. |
| Leaked Document Shows Verizon's Anti-iPhone Propaganda Posted: 25 Aug 2008 03:00 PM CDT Verizon's tactics to combat the Jesusphone 3G now include briefing its employees about the iPhone's failings, so they can answer customer questions about why it doesn't carry the device. |
| Lego Star Wars Olympics 2008 [Flickr Photo Set] Posted: 25 Aug 2008 03:00 PM CDT Beijing 2008 Olympic Games |
| Posted: 25 Aug 2008 02:50 PM CDT No, electric cars don't suck down the same amount of energy as gas guzzlers do. |
| Gorgeous Image of Endeavour with Earth in the Backdrop Posted: 25 Aug 2008 02:10 PM CDT A rare image of NASA's shuttle endeavour orbiting around our beautiful planet earth.Space Shuttle Endeavour is one of the three currently operational spacecraft in the Space Shuttle fleet of NASA, the space agency of the United States.The other two are Discovery and Atlantis. Endeavour was the fifth and final NASA space shuttle to be built. |
| New Obama Ad: McCain "Don't Know Much" Posted: 25 Aug 2008 01:30 PM CDT Democrats are more nervous about Barack Obama's prospects than they were a month ago, the New York Times reports. Maybe his new ad -- a jauntier, more aggressive attack than the campaign has released before -- will help. |
| U.S. Forces Catch 2 Iraq Al Qaeda Leaders Posted: 25 Aug 2008 01:20 PM CDT U.S. forces said on Sunday they had caught two prominent al Qaeda leaders, including one they blamed for the kidnapping of an American journalist. |
| Goliath Loses: Accountant Beats the IRS in a Tax Dispute Posted: 25 Aug 2008 01:20 PM CDT It took seven years, but Charles Ulrich did something many people dream about, but few succeed at: He beat the IRS in a tax dispute. Not only that, but tax experts say potentially millions of other taxpayers could benefit from his victory. |
| Web Apps Faster With Firefox 3.1 Posted: 25 Aug 2008 12:40 PM CDT Firefox 3.1 will run many Web-based applications such as Gmail faster through incorporation of a feature called TraceMonkey that dramatically speeds up programs written in JavaScript, Mozilla said Friday. JavaScript has been very broadly used to add pizzazz or flexibility to Web pages over the years, but in recent years, it's also become the |
| Posted: 25 Aug 2008 12:30 PM CDT "Don't Know Much" demonstrates Senator McCain's desire to instead, just offer four more years of failed Bush economic policies. On the air... |
| Posted: 25 Aug 2008 12:17 PM CDT An Orangina advert in which animals wearing tiny bikinis and gyrate around poles has drawn complaints from viewers. Here's the clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHA9Ig7HOGA. Very surreal! |
| News Analysis - After Glow of Games, What Next for China? Posted: 25 Aug 2008 12:09 PM CDT The elaborate closing ceremony that ended the Olympic Games on Sunday also ended nearly a decade in which the ruling Communist Party had made the Games an organizing principle in national life. Almost nothing has superseded the Olympics as a political priority in China. |
| Posted: 25 Aug 2008 12:08 PM CDT I've whipped up meals in fancy copper saucepans, in battered woks, and in my grandfather's old iron skillet, but never before have I used a syringe to make dinner. |
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