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Dry Hump the Vote

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 10:20 PM CDT

There is a lot more you can do than just "Rock the vote" this election

Don't Piss Off the Psycho Girfriend (PICS)

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 10:10 PM CDT

When I went to my friends house to chill out - his psycho girlfriend thought my car was some girl who was sleeping with her boyfriend.it was my wife's car I had driven over there just so I could save some gas due to my gas guzzlin suv.Incredible what some people do...

South Park: They're Really Furry!

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 10:00 PM CDT

If you haven't seen Cloverfield yet, I recommend this clip instead. It's much shorter, not to mention funnier and furrier. So much furrier.

The Dude Who Wolfed Down The 20-Pound Burger

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 10:00 PM CDT

Find out how this guy tackled this humongous burger! I love burgers but think I would stop about 19.5 pounds short!

An Interactive Multi-Touch Table For Kids [with video]

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 09:50 PM CDT

Borrowing from Microsoft's Surface concept, Canadian-based SMART Technologies has designed a multi-touch table designed specifically for the preschool to sixth grade primary educational sector. Hmm. Now the question is whether I need to get this for the kidlets...

Manning Still Compared to Roethlisberger

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 09:40 PM CDT

Eli Manning probably thought he moved beyond all of the side-by-side comparisons when he orchestrated perhaps the greatest drive in Giants history in Super Bowl XLII. But he's going head to head with Ben Roethlisberger this week in Pittsburgh. And both teams have 5-1 records.

McCain Urged Reagan To Meet Terror Grps Without PreCondition

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 09:40 PM CDT

In 1987, John McCain cast several votes in an attempt to force the Reagan administration to meet with RENAMO1, a guerrilla organization in Mozambique that State Department officials at the time described as a "terrorist group," 2 without requiring that the group meet any preconditions.

Star Trek feud: 'Kirk' lashes out at 'Sulu'

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 09:20 PM CDT

William Shatner is setting his phaser to stun against his old "Star Trek" co-star George Takei. In a video posted on Shatner's Web site Wednesday, he lashed out at Takei for not inviting him to his wedding last month. The 77-year-old Shatner said Takei, who played Enterprise helmsman Sulu, apparently harbors a grudge against him.

Woman sets boyfriend on fire: gets 40 years

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 09:00 PM CDT

Court documents state Hamilton attacked her ex-boyfriend because he had not intervened when "another individual" looked at her in a sexual way.

Google helps get out the vote with new web gadgets

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 08:50 PM CDT

Election season is here, but not everyone knows where to vote just yet. Google hopes to make finding that information a little easier, and has launched a site and an embeddable web gadget that allows US voters to get all the voting information they need before November 4.

Man sued for libel after leaving 'negative feedback' on eBay

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 08:41 PM CDT

A mechanic who bought a phone on eBay is being sued for libel in what is believed to be a world first after leaving negative feedback on the auction website. Chris Read is facing a court battle after posting the comments on the site following his purchase of a £155 mobile phone from businessman Joel Jones.

NASA's Next Moon Mission Begins Thermal Vacuum Test.

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 08:40 PM CDT

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has begun environmental testing in a thermal vacuum that simulates the harsh rigors of space.

McCain Cuts Off Murphy, Critical 2000 Chief Strategist

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 08:20 PM CDT

Mr. McCain has told associates that he has viewed Mr. Murphy's criticisms of his campaign -- its advertisements, his selection of Ms. Palin and Mr. McCain's aggressive manner -- as an act of betrayal, the actions of a former friend seeking attention and a network platform.

Raising the Genius Bar: 7 Years of iPod Evolution

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 08:13 PM CDT

It has been seven years since Steve Jobs announced the first "perfect thing" in the fall of 2001. Since then, very few products have come to exact total domination in their respected fields like the iPod has. And really, no other gadget in recent memory (save for maybe the iPhone) has exploded onto the cultural cache with the same impact.

40 devastatingly simple ways the web can save you big money

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 07:50 PM CDT

Capitalism is collapsing, we're eating shoes for dinner and our houses are worth about 10p - so it's more important than ever to ensure that we're getting the biggest bang for our bucks. If money really talked, it'd be saying "go online and save some cash!"

Data Show U.S. Riding Out Worst Storms On Record

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 07:40 PM CDT

More frequent and powerful hurricanes from the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico since the mid-1990s have created one of the most dangerous and costliest storm eras in recorded history.

BREAKING: Massive Secret Uranium Shipment Revealed

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 07:30 PM CDT

More than 340 pounds of weapons-grade uranium was transported secretly over thousands of miles by truck, rail and ship on a monthlong trip from a research reactor in Budapest, Hungary, to a facility in Russia so it could be more closely protected against possible theft

Sweden to Introduce Controversial Anti-Piracy Law

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 07:10 PM CDT

Sweden, home of The Pirate Bay and the most active pro-piracy lobbyists and politicians, is drafting a new law that would make it easier to go after individuals who share copyrighted files on filesharing networks such as BitTorrent. The new law, likely to be opposed by a large number of Swedes, will go into effect April 2009.

Surburbia in Mexico: Looks Like Lego Houses..[PIC]

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 07:10 PM CDT

300+ low income homes in Ixtapaluca, a city and a municipality in the eastern part of the State of México in Mexico.

Swedish hockey fans delay match with dildo downpour

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 06:50 PM CDT

Supporters of the Stockholm-based AIK ice hockey team scored an unusual hat trick of heckling on Tuesday night featuring dildos, profane banners, and a giant inflatable penis.

Computer circuit built from brain cells

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 06:40 PM CDT

Many individually unreliable neurons can be combined to behave like a reliable digital component – possibly mimicking the way a real brain works.

Report: Texas Longhorns QB McCoy to Return for Senior Season

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 06:23 PM CDT

"I'm going to play here for four years," McCoy said, according to the Web site. "I've been blessed to be able to play here. Not very many people get to [start] here for four years, so what an opportunity. And if the NFL is there for me, then I hope that I'll get to keep playing, because I love to play this game. Hopefully, it will work out."

The Stink in Farts Controls Blood Pressure

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 06:02 PM CDT

New research found that cells lining mice's blood vessels naturally make the gas, hydrogen sulfide (H2S), and this action can help keep the rodents' blood pressure low by relaxing the blood vessels to prevent hypertension (high blood pressure). This gas is "no doubt" produced in cells lining human blood vessels too, the researchers said.

No Pressure. It's Just Texas High School Football

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 05:50 PM CDT

Few high school football teams have won as often as the Katy Tigers. The team has made it to the playoffs every year except twice since 1986 & winning the championship four of those years. Katy High even scheduled a National game to be televised on ESPN, until excessive pressure led to a lackluster 2008 season. This is Texas High School Football.

Why Barack Obama is Winning...

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 05:40 PM CDT

Read on through - the best point being in the last paragraph as to Obama's appeal..."He seems a grown-up, in a nation that badly needs some adult supervision." This, amidst the big deal over Palin's $150K wardrobe, robo-calls, "real" Americans vs the rest of us...

Greenspan Concedes Error in Regulatory View

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 05:31 PM CDT

Alan Greenspan, the former Federal Reserve chairman, told a House panel that the crisis had uncovered a flaw in how the free market system works that had shocked him.

The 25 Greatest Movie Soundtracks of All Time

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 05:30 PM CDT

In many ways, a film's soundtrack is every bit as important as the actors, dialog and everything else that go into making a movie. Imagine if, instead of "Stayin' Alive," John Travolta strutted through the opening sequence of Saturday Night Fever to the sounds of "Anarchy In the UK." OK, bad example, because that would have been pretty awesome...

Yale MBA dean to found Apple University

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 05:20 PM CDT

Apple has hired the dean of Yale's School of Management to head up a new program called Apple University. It's not clear exactly what Joel Podolny will be working on at Apple, but a note from Yale President Richard Levin to students announcing Podolny's departure said he would be leading "educational initiatives at Apple."

GTA IV DLC could be a zombie outbreak!

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 05:11 PM CDT

Last we heard, Microsoft confirmed the exclusive GTA IV DLC for this fall. The quarantine posting (full text on Joystiq) has sparked some speculation that the DLC could be tied to Eugenics' mess. Namely, a potential zombie outbreak! With art assets already in place, what's to stop Rockstar from turning GTA IV into a "28 Days Later" scenario?

Blue Bananas Surprise Scientists

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 05:00 PM CDT

The banana's blue glow was discovered by scientists at the University of Innsbruck in Austria and Columbia University in New York, the first team to look for this phenomenon in bananas.

The 11 Halloween Treats You Don't Want to Get

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 05:00 PM CDT

You've spent hours roaming neighborhood after neighborhood to amass fifty pounds of Halloween candy. Tainting the sanctity of your loot (and your childhood) are these terribly tricky treats.

Leukaemia drug halts, reverses multiple sclerosis symptoms

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 05:00 PM CDT

Researchers say they have found that a drug, originally developed to treat leukaemia, can halt and even reverse the debilitating effects of MS. In trials, alemtuzumab reduced the number of attacks and helped recover lost functions, allowing damaged brain tissue to repair so that individuals were less disabled than at the start of the study.

Dr Pepper Makes Good on Chinese Democracy Stunt!

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 05:00 PM CDT

Earlier this year, soda manufacturer Dr Pepper promised to give one of its soft drinks to everyone in America if Guns N' Roses managed to release its long-awaited Chinese Democracy album before the end of 2008. Anyone in the country was said to be eligible for the offer excluding former GNR members Slash and Buckethead.

Bill Gates Has Started a New Company

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 04:40 PM CDT

Bill Gates has started a mysterious new company, called bgC3, possibly to be focused on creating catalyst business ideas to spin off to Microsoft, the Gates Foundation or elsewhere.

Tux Geek - The Friendly Linux Geek!

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 04:40 PM CDT

In this article we're going to look at 7 useful tips to make your Ubuntu experience even better. This is particularly aimed at newbies, and shows you step by step how to tweak Ubuntu with some must have extras.

Linux Gaming Console Coming in November

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 04:40 PM CDT

Envizions Computer Entertainment announced recently that the Linux-based EVO gaming console will be available for sale November 18.

Great Orion Nebulae (APOD)

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 04:20 PM CDT

The Great Nebula in Orion, also known as M42, is one of the most famous nebulae in the sky. The star forming region's glowing gas clouds and hot young stars are on the right in this sharp and colorful two frame mosaic that includes the smaller nebula M43 near center and dusty, bluish reflection nebulae NGC 1977 and friends on the left.

26 Songs About Butts

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 04:20 PM CDT

There are lots of words for butts, but there are even more songs about ass, representing all genres and spanning decades. Can't fit all that booty in these editorial jeans so I've whittled down the list to 25 favorites, organized by genre. Shake it

Marvel Wants to Bring Dr. Strange to the Big Screen

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 04:10 PM CDT

Marvel Studios' President of Production Kevin Feige has been blabbing to MTV that the next of their characters to get the big-screen treatment will be the magical Doctor Strange.

Ultimate Survival Vehicle For The Zombie Apocalypse [w/PICS]

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 04:10 PM CDT

The Unicat is a proper vehicle for surviving the financiapocalypse, which may require some to live in their vehicles, and the Zombie apocalypse, which presents its own problems. This particular survival vehicle has a 2,000-mile range and carries enough supplies to keep four people alive for more than three months.

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