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| Why the universe may be teeming with aliens Posted: 19 Nov 2008 09:20 PM CST As astronomers explore newly discovered planets and create computer simulations of virtual worlds, they are discovering that water, and life, might exist on all manner of weird worlds where conditions are very different from those on Earth. And that means there could be vastly more habitable planets out there than we thought possible. |
| Apple's Customer Service Kick Dell's Ass, Evidence Shows Posted: 19 Nov 2008 09:20 PM CST Are you a PC or a Mac? If you're enjoying great customer service, chances are you're a Mac, based on some new data released |
| Nike, Starbucks Demand Congress To Act On Climate Change Posted: 19 Nov 2008 09:20 PM CST Five leading companies joined Ceres today to announce a business coalition demanding stronger U.S. climate and energy legislation as early as 2009. |
| World’s thinnest speakers? Nanotechnology & carbon nanotubes Posted: 19 Nov 2008 09:10 PM CST Nanotechnology has made a flexible, stretchable, transparent material thinner than paper that can be used as a speaker. The material can be put into clothing, wallpaper or onto windows. The material was developed by Chinese scientists and is made up of carbon nanotube films and could be used to produce the world's thinnest speakers |
| Windows 7 Touch Control Makes Media Center Interface Awesome Posted: 19 Nov 2008 09:10 PM CST Visiting Microsoft's Media Center posse in Redmond, I just caught a glimpse of the Windows 7 Media Center interface with integrated touch control (no third-party software) on an HP TouchSmart. The only thing missing here is multitouch, but I'm told that's coming. |
| Indian navy sinks suspected pirate "mother" ship Posted: 19 Nov 2008 09:00 PM CST An Indian naval vessel sank a suspected pirate "mother ship" in the Gulf of Aden and chased two attack boats into the night, officials said Wednesday, yet more violence in the lawless seas where brigands are becoming bolder and more violent. |
| Cocaine Users Are Destroying The Rainforest Posted: 19 Nov 2008 08:40 PM CST Four square metres of rainforest are destroyed for every gram of cocaine snorted in the UK, a conference of senior police officers as told yesterday. Francisco Santos Calderón, the vice-president of Colombia, appealed to British users of the class A drug to consider the impact on the environment. |
| Don't Like Your Job? Think Again! Posted: 19 Nov 2008 08:40 PM CST [PICS] |
| Mininova and Hyper MP testing new technology Posted: 19 Nov 2008 08:31 PM CST We are pleased to announce that Mininova is testing a new technology which allows users to download and watch licensed movies and TV shows for free. These videos will be packaged by Hyper MP technology and are going to be distributed using Mininova Content Distribution for free. The unique feature of this system is [...] |
| Bush Does a 'Terrorist Fist Jab' [PIC] Posted: 19 Nov 2008 08:30 PM CST In response to Obama's fist jabbery. |
| How Our Hospitals Unleashed An MRSA Epidemic Posted: 19 Nov 2008 08:20 PM CST Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an antibiotic-resistant form of the common staph germ. It survives on most any surface but thrives on moist areas of the skin. This stubborn germ is spreading in hospitals across the country at an alarming rate, but no one has tracked these cases — until now. |
| Burger King Drops Wallets with $100 Bills in Them Posted: 19 Nov 2008 08:10 PM CST According to reports from bloggers, the wallets contain actual cash, ranging from a $1 bill to a $100 bill, a gift card to Burger King, a "Drivers License" featuring The King, and a map of Chicago or Orlando area Burger King's. |
| Posted: 19 Nov 2008 08:00 PM CST Food lover and culinary cutie Cooking Mama is a virtual chef who believes that good home cooked food, properly prepared from the best ingredients, can bring people together around the table and make the world a happier place. That's why Mama is taking a stand with oven mitts raised high against the latest PETA objection targeting her new game. |
| Six Excuses for Grown-Ups Going to See Twilight This Weekend Posted: 19 Nov 2008 07:50 PM CST It's going to be a rough time at the multiplex for anyone old enough to legally drink this weekend with Bolt and Twilight dominating the box office this weekend. But admit it - there's a broody goth teenager inside of you who secretly wants to go see Twilight. For those old enough to know better, here are six excuses you can use for seeing Twilight |
| Resetting Your Styles with CSS Reset Posted: 19 Nov 2008 07:50 PM CST This is the first part of a series of articles that will discuss a particular CSS best practice or tip. I'll be covering a mixture of topics that deals with CSS best practices, performance optimization, and tips and tricks to improve your workflow. |
| Say HELLO to our special employee of the month Posted: 19 Nov 2008 07:50 PM CST |
| Exclusive: 'He-Man' Finally Has a Director Posted: 19 Nov 2008 07:40 PM CST According to my sources, one of my favorite projects got itself a director. Supposedly, Kung Fu Panda director John Stevenson went in to the Silver offices, came in and did this killer take on He-man and the Masters of the Universe and got himself the job! |
| Bass in the Face: The Real Story of Nirvana's MTV MVA Gig Posted: 19 Nov 2008 07:20 PM CST Nirvana Bassist Krist Novoselic: "I'm plugged into some awful bass rig that's distorting terribly. I can barely hear what I'm playing, and the tone deteriorates into an inaudible mess. Fuck it—time for the bass-toss schtick. Up it goes!!!!! I always try to get good air—I bet I hit over 25 feet, easy!" |
| US teenager lives 118 days without a heart Posted: 19 Nov 2008 07:00 PM CST An American teen-ager survived for nearly four months without a heart, kept alive by a custom-built artificial blood-pumping device, until she was able to have a heart transplant, doctors in Miami said on Wednesday. |
| Nintendo and its Fan Base; Who Abandoned Who? Posted: 19 Nov 2008 07:00 PM CST Nintendo and You. Nintendo has always been there, been your best friend, and your toughest opponent. It brought you together with friends and you missed it when you were grounded from it.But now, here you are, feeling betrayed by your old best friend. |
| The Alltime Best NFL Receiving Tandems Posted: 19 Nov 2008 06:40 PM CST #5 --> Isaac Bruce and Torry Holt (Rams, 1999-2007) It was breathtaking to watch these two perform in the Greatest Show on Turf, under passing-game guru Mike Martz. Bruce and Holt were fast, precise, smart and sure-handed, combining for 613 catches, 9,905 yards and 57 scores in their first four seasons together. |
| Local Church Starts “Embryo Adoption” Service Posted: 19 Nov 2008 06:30 PM CST On Nov. 9, Lancaster launched a partnership with Cedar Park Church in Bothell to start an embryo adoption service, one of only a handful in the country. "Embryos are not simply human material to be used for medical experimentation, vaccine cultivation, or trash to be discarded," says Pastor Joe Fuiten, a prominent evangelical conservative. |
| Posted: 19 Nov 2008 06:20 PM CST Hopefully your company isn't on the list while you're reading Digg:) The news from the tech industry is pretty grim these days and chances are it will get even grimmer. We don't want to dance on anybody's grave here, but we do hope to create a bit of a water cooler. |
| Report: Want to be a green gamer? Turn off your console Posted: 19 Nov 2008 06:10 PM CST The National Resources Defense Council has a released a report revealing that a) your game consoles can greatly increase your annual electricity bill, and b) there are some very simple steps one can take to avoid such costs. |
| 5 Reasons Why America's Largest Car Company Teeters on Edge Posted: 19 Nov 2008 05:50 PM CST Strapped for cash, GM is on the brink of bankruptcy. It's a dramatic shift for a car company that had begun to right itself after decades of trouble. So what happened? |
| Ban on fast food TV ads may reverse childhood obesity trends Posted: 19 Nov 2008 05:50 PM CST A ban on fast food advertisements in the United States could reduce the number of overweight children by as much as 18 percent, according to a new study being published this month in the Journal of Law and Economics. The study also reports that eliminating the tax deductibility associated with television advertising would result in a reduction of |
| Let Detroit Go Bankrupt (Mitt Romney) Posted: 19 Nov 2008 05:31 PM CST A managed bankruptcy may be the only path to the fundamental restructuring the auto industry needs. |
| Kid Plays Guitar Hero with Bike Posted: 19 Nov 2008 05:20 PM CST Guitar Hero/Nerd displays his...heroism by creating a Guitar Hero course on the streets of his hometown. |
| The 5 Lamest Forwarded Emails (And Why Your Mom Loves Them) Posted: 19 Nov 2008 05:10 PM CST It's easier than it's ever been in recorded history to send letters to one another, and while that's great and all, it also means we're sending each other things we probably wouldn't have bothered with back when it took a guy on a horse a month or more to deliver them. This is double true for people who don't really understand the internet. You kn |
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| Mark Cuban is Going To Fight The SEC In Public! Posted: 19 Nov 2008 04:50 PM CST When the SEC charges someone with insider trading or any other crime, most lawyers will advise them that the best course of action is usually to keep their mouth shut and fight it in court. |
| Posted: 19 Nov 2008 04:50 PM CST "A polar bear leaps off of sea ice near Devon Island in the Canadian Arctic." Photographer: Ralph Lee Hopkins |
| NASA tests 'interplanetary internet' Posted: 19 Nov 2008 04:40 PM CST NASA has successfuly conducted a first test of a deep space communications network modeled on the internet. "This is the first step in creating a totally new space communications capability, an interplanetary internet,'' Adrian Hooke, NASA's manager of space-networking architecture, technology and standards, said. |
| Suge Knight facing drug and battery charges Posted: 19 Nov 2008 04:40 PM CST Hip-hop mogul Marion "Suge" Knight is facing felony drug charges and a misdemeanor battery charge in Las Vegas.Police allege they saw the founder of bankrupt Death Row Records beating his girlfriend while brandishing a knife in a parking lot near the Las Vegas Strip in August. |
| Posted: 19 Nov 2008 04:30 PM CST Welcome to Mustaneer! (it's not as distant as Mustafar) Basically it's a Rebel attack on an Imperial base and mining installation. About a year in the making, on and off, it is 75 by 125cm and all built in 1:200 scale. I've taken LOADS of pictures. |
| Posted: 19 Nov 2008 04:20 PM CST Medical personnel stabilize Ogden Standard-Examiner photographer Ryan McGeeney's leg after he was pierced by a javelin directly below his right knee while covering the Utah state high school track championships at Brigham Young University's. The Photographer took the picture of the injury himself, I would be passed out cold. |
| Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) Due in Q1 2009 Posted: 19 Nov 2008 04:10 PM CST Apple's Director of Engineering of Unix Technologies Jordan Hubbard spoke at LISA '08 last week. LISA (or Large Installation System Administration Conference) is a technical conference targeted at engineers and system administrators. This year's conference invited Apple's Jordan Hubbard to speak ... |
| 19 High-Scoring Old-School Arcade Games Posted: 19 Nov 2008 04:00 PM CST With titles like ''Fallout 3,'' ''Mirror's Edge,'' and ''Gears of War 2'' redefining the cutting edge, we still smile when we remember the simple pleasures of the coin-op games that made us go ape back in the day. Here's a collection of 19 arcade classics to take you on a trip down memory lane. |
| New Xbox Experience Intro Video on First Launch After Update Posted: 19 Nov 2008 03:50 PM CST Last night i was lucky enough to be one of the first to receive the update for the New Xbox Experience. This is the opening video after it downloaded and installed on my Xbox 360. |
| Unsold Foreign Cars Hogging Space at a California Port Posted: 19 Nov 2008 03:40 PM CST Unwelcome by dealers and buyers, thousands of cars are being warehoused on crowded port property, creating a vivid picture of a paralyzed auto business. And for the first time, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, and Nissan have each asked to lease space from the port for these orphan vehicles. |
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