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Blizzard reveals its new Diablo III/3 logo.

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 08:50 PM CDT

PlanetDiablo shares the improved Diablo 3/III logo due to people's complaints of the lack of colors and darkness.

Researchers discover baldness gene: 1 in 7 men at risk

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 08:41 PM CDT

Researchers at McGill University, King's College London and GlaxoSmithKline Inc. have identified two genetic variants in caucasians that together produce an astounding sevenfold increase the risk of male pattern baldness. Their results will be published Oct. 12 in the journal Nature Genetics.

The "Obama monkey" video that CBS didn't show

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 08:40 PM CDT

Genius Palin supporter displays racist Obama Monkey and flaunts it outside of Palin rally in Johnstown, Pennsylvania on October 11, 2008.

50 Beautiful Movie Posters

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 08:20 PM CDT

In this post we present you a showcase of 50 beautiful movie posters. We went trought different decades of movie history and different genre, different graphical approach, colors and style. Movies the posters are about may be famous or not, this is not the point.

AC/DC Electrify BitTorrent Album Downloads

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 08:10 PM CDT

AC/DC will release its new album 'Black Ice' worldwide on October 20th, in physical format only since the band doesn't sell its music online. However, the upcoming album has already been digitized by pirates, as it leaked to BitTorrent five days. In that time it has taken the trackers by storm, racking up a staggering 400,000 downloads.

Bush is an idiot (no offence) - "W" the film

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 08:10 PM CDT

Oliver Stone's film portrait of President George W. Bush was always going to be controversial given the director's liberal leanings.

Exploring An Abandoned Island Castle

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 08:00 PM CDT

Urban Exploration:Some Sweet Pictures of an Old, Abandoned Castle. Looks Like Something Out of an Old Sci-Fi Movie.

Ron Paul about World Bank

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 08:00 PM CDT

Listen to Ron Paul's remarks. Get ready for the economic earth quake of a life time. Ron Paul comments on World Bank and Poverty."Forgive and Forget" Won't Fix Third World DebtWhen the World Bank and International Monetary Fund spring meetings open in Washington, D.C., on April 29, 2001, officials will point proudly to the roughly $20 bi...

Disney's Bambi named top 'tear-jerker' film of all time

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 07:50 PM CDT

It might be a 66-year-old cartoon but Walt Disney's Bambi has been named the best tear-jerker of all time ahead of other favourites such as ET and the Lion King. The tale of the young deer whose mother is shot by hunters topped a poll of films which make you weep. Find out what other movies made the list.

Weird Ad Slogans.

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 07:50 PM CDT

What's with the weird English on all these new Advertisements?

Biological Warfare : US Controls Bird Flu Vaccines Over Fear

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 07:40 PM CDT

When Indonesia's health minister stopped sending bird flu viruses to a research laboratory in the U.S. for fear Washington could use them to make biological weapons, Defense Secretary Robert Gates laughed and called it "the nuttiest thing" he'd ever heard.

Incredible Kinetic Moving Sculptures of Theo Jensen

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 07:40 PM CDT

In 1990, a new species was born. It was not formed from the cross-breeding of existing creatures. It didn't evolve from a simple to a complex organism. It sprung from the hands of a Dutch artist whose imagination and technical knowledge somehow turned plastic yellow tubes into graceful beach faring creatures.

Gotcha! Former McCain Attacks Current McCain

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 07:30 PM CDT

It looks like McCain has some issues with...McCain. Maybe if he knew how to use a computer he would understand that places like YouTube exist to capture these great moments of ugly/scary inconsistency.

52 Things To Do With Google

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 07:10 PM CDT

You can do a lot more than search the web with Google nowadays, from reading newspapers in languages you don't speak to seeing the natural habitat of Komodo dragons.

GM, Chrysler in merger talks

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 07:00 PM CDT

General Motors has had talks with smaller rival Chrysler LLC about a merger that would combine the No. 1 and No. 3 American automakers at a time when both are struggling to cut costs and shore up cash, according to a source briefed on the matter.

Is Laser-Powered HDTV the Highest Def Yet?

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 06:40 PM CDT

"This, my friend, is the Mitsubishi LaserVue-65 in. of blazing, high-definition fury," I said. "Is it a cheap LCD, like the one in your Man Cave? No, it is not. Is it a somewhat better plasma TV, like our neighbor has? Wrong again. The LaserVue is the first HDTV to be powered by lasers!"

Employees, not hackers, cause most corporate data loss

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 06:20 PM CDT

Much security coverage focuses on malware, hackers, and the dangers both pose to unwary companies, but there's evidence to suggest the problem lies a good deal closer to home. How close? Try one cubicle over.

Turning carbon dioxide into fuel

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 06:10 PM CDT

LONDON, England (CNN) -- You might have thought that recycling is limited to paper, plastics and glass. Well, think again. A Californian company is developing a new technique for recycling carbon dioxide, or CO2, and turning it back into fuel

13 Great Free Backup Programs for Windows, Mac, and Linux

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 06:00 PM CDT

Making sure you've got a reliable backup solution is a must for any user - and more so for an administrator. Why? Well, mostly because your users probably aren't very good at remembering to back up their own files. And so it falls to you to provide the right software for the job!

Dinner.

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 05:50 PM CDT

Astronaut's Son Blasts Off to Space Station

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 05:41 PM CDT

US video game magnate Richard Garriott launched into space aboard a Russian rocket on Sunday watched by his father, a NASA astronaut who went into space at the height of the Cold War.

Apple Install Guide Slips Out New MacBook, MacBook Pro

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 05:20 PM CDT

An Apple support file unearthed on the weekend confirms that at least two portables will get an update in short order.

European Union Bans Incandescent Light Bulbs

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 05:00 PM CDT

The switch to energy-saving bulbs was approved by EU ministers this past week. Advocates claim that replacing the worst-performing lamps with today's best available technology will reduce domestic energy consumption for lighting by 60 percent; equivalent to preventing 30 million tons of CO2 pollution every year.

Man fills strangers' gas tanks [VIDEO]

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 04:50 PM CDT

A man surprises strangers at a gas station, offering to pay their tab if they 'pay it forward'. ADVANCE NOTICE: There is a short ad before the video; grab a soda or beer before you settle in to watch the vid - you won't even have to press pause first.

We the Gamers - A (Virtual) Player Bill of Rights?

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 04:30 PM CDT

Over the past several years many journalists, game developers and gamers themselves have tried their hand at drawing up a document that definitively catalogs players' rights. Reactions against DRM, including the recent Amazon review-bomb against Spore, comprise the majority of those arguments currently on the average gamer's radar, but older docume

Crisis predicted in detail in 2006 by financial adviser!!

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 04:20 PM CDT

Peter Schiff in a series videos in front of Mortgage Bankers Conference predicting in detail the collapse of the mortgage industry and its devastating effects on the greater economy. Unbelievable!!!

American Fundamentalist Right No Different Than Taliban

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 04:00 PM CDT

It's hard to believe how or why, but there really exists a subculture in America that is militaristic, hateful, vengeful, irrational and ambitious. These extremists are cancerous to progressive society and similar groups have had similar effect throughout the history of civilization.

Complete guide to Google Analytics

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 03:40 PM CDT

Things change so quickly on the web. When I started working at software firm Urchin in 1996, web analytics was a niche product, important to (and understood by) perhaps a handful of people at an organisation.

How Linux Can Help Reduce Poverty

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 03:30 PM CDT

"Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to use a cheap Linux powered computer and you have fed him for a lifetime"

Blizzard President Suggests Diablo 3 May Come to Consoles

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 03:10 PM CDT

There's yet to be any official confirmation that the upcoming Diablo 3 will be released on anything other than the PC, but according to recent comments made by Blizzard president Mike Morhaime, it certainly seems like they're strongly considering console versions of the highly anticipated sequel at some point in the future.

Rays tie ALCS 1-1 in extra-inning thriller

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 02:50 PM CDT

Rays tie ALCS

Aussie sheep made to wear gas masks....

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 02:35 PM CDT

...so scientists can see how their breath can affect climate.... 'Operation Gas Mask' will soon swing into action following a report by Australian climate adviser Ross Garnaut who said sheep helped create greenhouse gases and it would be better if farmers turned to kangaroos as a source of meat.

Homeless man dies after being set ablaze

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 02:20 PM CDT

A homeless man died after being doused with gasoline and set on fire on a street where he had lived for many years and was a familiar face to residents of Koreatown, police and local merchants said Friday.

The Deadly Outcome of Phone Sex [PIC]

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 02:00 PM CDT

must be true

Lurker Bomb - Can Hover 10 Hours Before Striking

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 02:00 PM CDT

A revolutionary missile that can stalk a target until the perfect moment to strike is being developed for use against the Taliban in Afghanistan.The so-called lurker bomb will also be able to shadow British troops for up to ten hours or 100 miles, ready to take out enemy targets with surgical precision at a minute's notice.

Can you fix these measurements just by eyeballing them?

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 01:50 PM CDT

The game works by showing you a series of geometries that need to be adjusted a little bit to make them right. A square highlights the point that needs to be moved or adjusted. Use the mouse to drag the blue square or arrowhead where you feel it is 'right'. Once you let go of the mouse, the computer evaluates your move.

Is Cheaper Oil A Good Thing?

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 01:20 PM CDT

It has plummeted nearly 40% in just three months, from about $147 a barrel in July to below $83 on Friday, with no obvious bottom in sight. If that sounds good, you are probably a driver who winces these days at filling your gas tank. But the downward spiral could mean trouble for oil-rich countries and for the environment.

Two more Cuban soccer players "missing" in U.S.

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 01:10 PM CDT

"It is always a problem for the Cuba team," coach Reinhold Fanz told the Washington Post. "We have security, but you can't handcuff them to their rooms."

She Shot the Sheriff, But She Did Not Shoot the Deputy

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 01:00 PM CDT

It's hard out there for a shill. A bipartisan panel in Alaska finds that Sarah Palin abused her power and broke the law, and the best defense the campaign can muster is that she "acted within her proper and lawful authority in firing Walt Monegan." Sure, she broke the law and abused her office, but she did some things that weren't illegal.

7 Music Trends Whose Return Must Be Stopped

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 12:50 PM CDT

Like fashion, music trends go in cycles. Artists get nostalgic for the stuff they listened to as kids and try to bring it back. That's why there are music fads from the 80s and 90s due to jump back on center stage at any moment. Ladies and gentlemen, there must be a way to stop them.

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