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| Google is now tracking Flu trends! Posted: 11 Nov 2008 09:10 PM CST Turns out that traditional flu surveillance systems take 1-2 weeks to collect and release surveillance data, but Google search queries can be automatically counted very quickly. By making our flu estimates available each day, Google Flu Trends may provide an early-warning system for outbreaks of influenza. |
| Top 5 Video Game Themed Beverages Posted: 11 Nov 2008 09:00 PM CST It's becoming increasingly "hip" and "with it" to tie in videogames with some kind of bottled foulness. We raided our swag piles and sacrificed our GI tracts to rank them by comparative rankness. |
| ABC News: Taxpayers May Pay Legal Bills for Mortgage Execs Posted: 11 Nov 2008 08:50 PM CST Taxpayers may be on the hook for millions of dollars in legal bills for Fannie, Freddie execs. |
| The 5 Best -- and 5 Worst -- Apple Laptops of All Time, Ever Posted: 11 Nov 2008 08:40 PM CST From multi-colored handles to slide-in docks and illuminated keyboards, portables Macs have been nothing less than an evolution of ingenuity. Check out this article to learn from Mac's past successes and mistakes. |
| New Deep-Sea Species Revealed by Marine Census [PICS] Posted: 11 Nov 2008 08:40 PM CST The Census of Marine Life is a ten-year effort among marine biologists around the world to catalog and understand ocean life. Scientists from more than 80 countries have two more years to examine and document the 95 percent of Earth's oceans that remain relatively unexplored. 5,300 new marine species were identified over the last eight years. |
| The spray that could perk up your love life Posted: 11 Nov 2008 08:30 PM CST A new British-made drug is set to revolutionise treatment for one of the most common sexual health problems in men. The spray works by reducing sensitivity, and so delaying the response. |
| Google G1 phone cheaper to build than Apple’s iPhone Posted: 11 Nov 2008 08:10 PM CST El Segundo (CA) – HTC is able to build the G1 phone for a much lower bill of materials (BOM) than what Apple has to shell out for the iPhone 3G,. According to iSuppli, the hardware cost difference between the two devices is about 17%. |
| Heart defect girl who won battle to die may lose Disney trip Posted: 11 Nov 2008 08:00 PM CST At the age of just 13, Hannah Jones has a heart so weak it will probably kill her. But she also has a very strong will. And when the terminally ill teenager was offered the chance of a risky transplant, she declined. Instead, after eight years of difficult hospital treatments, she told doctors she would rather spend her remaining days in peace. |
| Newspaper Website Design: Trends And Examples Posted: 11 Nov 2008 07:50 PM CST News websites can be intriguing to examine from a design perspective. Regardless of what type of news they cover, they all face the challenge of displaying a huge amount of content on the home page, which creates plenty of layout, usability and navigational challenges for the designer. The lessons that can be learned from examining how news website |
| 17 Free Photoshop Cheatsheets and Reference Cards Posted: 11 Nov 2008 07:40 PM CST 17 Resourceful Photoshop Cheatsheets and Reference Cards to Download for Free. |
| 15 amazing Web apps built in 48 hours [slideshow] Posted: 11 Nov 2008 07:30 PM CST The Rails Rumble 2008 announced eight winners of its programming competition where teams of up to four people had 48 hours to build original (and somewhat complete) Web apps using Ruby on Rails. This slideshow includes a few non-winning apps worth a look. Check out Qflip, it lets you mess with someone's Netflix queue. |
| Web-spinning Spiders And 'Wannabe Butterflies' Head To Space Posted: 11 Nov 2008 07:20 PM CST A NASA space shuttle mission carrying a University of Colorado at Boulder payload of web-spinning spiders and wannabe butterflies will be closely monitored by hundreds of K-12 students from Colorado's Front Range after Endeavour launches from Florida for the International Space Station Nov. 14. |
| Google launches video chat for Gmail Posted: 11 Nov 2008 07:10 PM CST Google is rolling out video and voice capabilities for the chat function that is embedded in the Gmail interface. It's a bare-bones voice and video-conferencing service, but it's simple to install and use and is a very good addition to Gmail. |
| 18 Rules the Best Web Developers Follow Posted: 11 Nov 2008 07:00 PM CST There are many practices that web developers follow. The best web developers though, set themselves apart by staying on top of the latest trends, maintaining a high level of credibility, and establishing a diverse and robust web presence. |
| In New Theory of Mental Illness, Parents Genes are Competing Posted: 11 Nov 2008 06:50 PM CST A new theory of brain development would change the way mental disorders like autism and schizophrenia are understood. |
| iTunes Store Finally Gets A Bargain Bin For Movies Posted: 11 Nov 2008 06:30 PM CST The glory days of grabbing that $5 DVD at the road trip pit-stop or Target checkout counter have finally made their digital transition to the iTunes Store. |
| Six Future Gadgets That Minority Report Predicted Correctly Posted: 11 Nov 2008 06:20 PM CST Mr3The future-predicting technology that drives the premise of the sci-fi blockbuster Minority Report is silly at best. And when the film hit theaters in 2002, the gadgets seemed pretty unrealistic, too. But eerily enough the slew of dreamed-up gizmos showed off throughout John Anderton's daring escape are hardening into reality. |
| Scientists discover gene for cocaine addiction Posted: 11 Nov 2008 06:02 PM CST Addicts were 25% more likely to carry the gene variant than people who did not use cocaine, a study found. Genetic factors, scientists believe, account for 70% of cocaine addiction, making it as heritable as schizophrenia and other mental health conditions. Studies of twins suggest alcoholism is about 50% genetic. |
| Atlantic sharks facing extinction Posted: 11 Nov 2008 05:40 PM CST More than 25 per cent of sharks in the north-east Atlantic are at risk of extinction, a new study warns. |
| There's Plenty of Room For All God's Creatures... [PIC] Posted: 11 Nov 2008 05:40 PM CST Right next to the mashed potatoes! |
| MotorStorm's Target Render "Pissed Us Off A Lot" Says Devs Posted: 11 Nov 2008 05:40 PM CST Here's an interview we conducted with MotorStorm lead designer Nigel Kershaw and creative director Paul Hollywood. The most revealing part of the interview -- which you can watch in the 1UP Show segment above -- comes when Kershaw reveals his frustration at how often the subject of the original E3 target video for MotorStorm comes up in interviews. |
| The Faces Behind TV's Cartoon Voices (PICS) Posted: 11 Nov 2008 05:10 PM CST If you thought it was weird to see Fred Armisen playing Barack Obama on SNL, wait until you see who plays Cleveland on "Family Guy." |
| Peru offers bald dog of Incas to Obama family Posted: 11 Nov 2008 05:10 PM CST By Terry Wade LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvians crazy about their national dog, a bald and often toothless breed popular among Incan kings, offered on Monday to send a hypoallergenic puppy to the Obama family. |
| 4,300-Year-Old Pyramid Discovered in Egypt Posted: 11 Nov 2008 05:10 PM CST Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a pyramid buried in the desert and thought to belong to the mother of a pharaoh who ruled more than 4,000 years ago, Egypt's antiquities chief said on Tuesday. |
| APOD: The Cosmic Web of the Tarantula Nebula Posted: 11 Nov 2008 05:10 PM CST A different astronomy and space sciencerelated image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation. |
| Mark Cuban Says He Still Wants Cubs -New York Times Posted: 11 Nov 2008 05:00 PM CST Mark Cuban, it seems, hasn't lost the loving feeling for the Chicago Cubs. |
| Apple may turn to carbon fiber for lighter MacBook Air Posted: 11 Nov 2008 05:00 PM CST Apple enthusiastically claimed ownership to the world's thinnest notebook earlier this year with the introduction of the MacBook Air, but is rumored to be unsatisfied with the system's weight, which it now hopes to drop below 3 pounds. |
| 10 Movies that Make us Wanna Smoke Posted: 11 Nov 2008 05:00 PM CST Am I the only one who expected a different type of article? :) |
| 13 Fictional Spies Made Possible by James Bond Posted: 11 Nov 2008 04:50 PM CST It wasn't until a few years later, after 007 became an iconic figure, that the popularity of The Avengers exploded and John Steed made his transformation from rough-and-tumble cop to dashing international man of mystery. Even then, it took the addition of science-fiction elements—and a rotating cast of ass-kicking lovelies—to fully... |
| Nitro Circus Thrillbillies Castaic, CA - Motorsports Mayhem Posted: 11 Nov 2008 04:40 PM CST |
| YouTube Contest Challenges Users To Make A 'Good' Video Posted: 11 Nov 2008 04:20 PM CST YouTube is offering a cash prize to the first user to upload a video with a shred of originality or artistic merit. |
| Arianna Huffington Joins Cast Of 'Cleveland' As Talking Bear Posted: 11 Nov 2008 04:20 PM CST Good news, bad news and surprising news for "Family Guy" fans.Fox has ordered a full season of the upcoming "Family Guy" spinoff "The Cleveland Show." But the network has decided to push the comedy's debut date to next fall... |
| 5 Ways to Stop Trolls From Killing the Internet Posted: 11 Nov 2008 04:10 PM CST 5 Ways to Stop Trolls From Killing the Internet |
| Underage drinkers worth $107 million a year to Government Posted: 11 Nov 2008 04:10 PM CST Australia's underage drinkers consume more than 175 million drinks a year and pour $107 million directly into government coffers, says a new report highlighting "alarming" rates of illegal alcohol consumption. |
| Update Twitter and FriendFeed from the Linux command line Posted: 11 Nov 2008 03:50 PM CST Learn how to use GNU Wget and cURL to send status updates to Twitter and FriendFeed without the use of a Twitter desktop application, and follow feeds from both Twitter and FriendFeed right from the Linux command line. The reason people go for an operating system like Linux is the sum of its parts—its total usefulness. |
| Volcanoes: Nature's Way of Letting Off Steam (PICS) Posted: 11 Nov 2008 03:40 PM CST A slide show of eruptions and their impacts around the world. |
| AIG Bailout: Is AIG American International Gangsters Inc, ? Posted: 11 Nov 2008 03:20 PM CST By Daniel Trotta NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States pledged more support for struggling insurer AIG on Monday as international action to halt the financial crisis failed to dent investor sentiment that the economy was in for a long and deep... |
| The top 10 greatest geeks of all time Posted: 11 Nov 2008 03:10 PM CST Guess who's number one? |
| Parrot Credited With Choking Tot Rescue Posted: 11 Nov 2008 03:10 PM CST A Denver area babysitter said her pet parrot may have saved the life of a 2-year-old girl by raising a ruckus when the toddler started choking. The babysitter, who gave her name as Meagan, said she was using the bathroom in her home while babysitting for the 2-year-old, Hannah, when she heard her parrot, Willie, screaming wildly. |
| The 6 Most Lethal Aircraft in History Posted: 11 Nov 2008 03:00 PM CST Popular Mechanics took a look back over the history of single-engine planes, fighters, bombers and attack helicopters and picked out six of the most lethal fliers of the past 100 years, based on their dominance during the years they flew. |
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