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Ubisoft Capitilizes on The Wii; We've Got Advice for Others

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 08:50 PM CST

The Nintendo Wii is easily the most successful console of the latest generation, but the monster hits on the console come from Nintendo. There is money to be made on the system, but Nintendo seems to be taking the lion's share;

7 Rejected Gmail Themes

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 08:50 PM CST

A quick look at the themes that didn't make the cut.

Firefox's Spellchecker Has Four Words for "Gizmodo"

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 08:30 PM CST

Danny Way Answers Questions About The 80-foot-tall Mega Ramp

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 08:20 PM CST

I built one prototype prior to the Mega Ramp in 2001, I think it was, for this contest called the "King of Skate." I built the first prototype and it was a little bit smaller than the Mega Ramp. I had two of the other ramps I built before that, and I called them the super ramps back then. There was never a calculation, just human trial and error.

McCain Campaign Sells $20 Info-Loaded Blackberry to Reporter

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 08:10 PM CST

Private information at bargain prices. It was a high-tech flub at the McCain-Palin campaign headquarters in Arlington when Fox 5's Investigative Reporter Tisha Thompson bought a Blackberry device containing confidential campaign information. It started with a snippet we read that The McCain-Palin campaign was selling it's equipment at a discount.

Ban Left-Handed Marriage!!

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 08:00 PM CST

We simply cannot allow the practitioners of this perverse and unnatural lifestyle choice to get away with destroying marriage!!Don't give in to the Southpaw agenda. This country was founded by right-handed people. Stand up for traditional morality! Stand up for right-handedness!

GE Launches Incandescent-Shaped CFL Bulb : CleanTechnica

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 07:50 PM CST

Great bulb. I look forward to purchasing the end of the month!

Praying Mantis Having A Rest (PIC)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 07:30 PM CST

The Onion Explains the Inner Workings of Science [PIC]

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 07:30 PM CST

As amateurs, most of the time we don't fully understand a science article we are reading but the newspapers sure do make it easier for us with their pretty pictures and dumbed down explanations. Leave it to the Onion satirize bad science for the masses.

Ask the pilot: Can commercial jets fly upside down?

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 07:20 PM CST

Can commercial jets fly upside down? Has terrorism forced a change in transoceanic flight paths? And other probing questions for our expert.

6 Ways to Get Much More Out of GIMP

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 07:00 PM CST

GIMP, the GNU Image Manipulation Program, is a long-standing and hugely respected open source graphics program, and many readers probably already use it.

How my Nerd Boyfriend Seduced Me w/ Wine, World of Warcraft

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 06:50 PM CST

If BF wants to pull an all-nighter to crush some monsters, it's fine by me. What do I care if my BF gets his kicks from a server? He's a bonafide dork, I knew that when I met him.

OpenSolaris now on Toshiba laptops

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 06:30 PM CST

Sun has reached an agreement with Toshiba to pre-install the OpenSolaris operating system on Toshiba laptops.

Ghetto Gyno Starring Mike Epps And Ron Livingston

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 06:20 PM CST

Produced by Ice Cube, this is not your everyday gynecologist.

'Dilbert' on how to save your career

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 06:20 PM CST

As the cartoon turns 20, creator Scott Adams speaks out on boss diversity, where Wall Street went wrong, Dilbert's scary job hunt, and more.

20 Must-Have Blu-ray HD Epics

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 05:40 PM CST

Every movie buff needs a library of classics to show off his HD system. These films reward repeat viewing with great stories, evocative soundtracks and dazzling visuals. Here are the movies hi-def was made for.

Smashing Pumpkins blame iTunes for album demise

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 05:30 PM CST

And it had nothing to do with the fact that Zeitgeist was rubbish Overblown rock outfit Smashing Pumpkins have announced that they will no longer be releasing albums, and it's all because of Apple and its pesky iTunes store.

Social Networks Sinking in Poor Economy

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 05:30 PM CST

The air seems to be coming out of the Web 2.0 bubble, squeezed by the economic downturn and the absence of many solid short-term business plans.

Attention: To all the Lunatic Atheists in America [PIC]

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 05:20 PM CST

Just another anti-atheist billboard in America, brought to you by a Rev. E. F. Briggs.

2009: The year of unsustainability

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 04:50 PM CST

We will see whether business and governments are serious about sustainability, says Daniel Franklin.

Luckiest Rally Car Fan Ever! (VIDEO)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 04:30 PM CST

I've seen a lot of Rally car close calls but this one may be he closest. That guy is so so lucky...

Sorry..I thought guys liked it when we did that [Comic]

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 04:20 PM CST

Number Spiral

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 04:20 PM CST

Numbers can be mysterious.

The Worst Video Game Box Art of 2008 [PICS]

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 03:50 PM CST

More games on the market also means there's more horrible, misguided and just plain hideous box art to gawp at than ever before. True, it's not as consistently horrible as boxes were in the old 8- and 16-bit days, but the torrent of low-end shovelware we've seen this year – particularly on the DS and Wii – has taught us to feel new kinds of pain.

The 17 EA Games That Critics Really Liked In 2008

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 03:40 PM CST

Though some of EA's risks didn't take off like they'd hoped, CEO John Riccitiello said on a conference call this week he was proud of the 17 games that scored at least an 80 on Metacritic. Riccitiello didn't name the 17 games that made the cut, so we decided to search through Metacritic's archives and find out. Mirror's Edge didn't make the cut.

People paid to live among trees

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 03:40 PM CST

The drive to save the world's forests aims to pay people in developing countries to live among the trees rather than cut them down.

BlackLight Power claims novel energy source

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 03:30 PM CST

A small company claims it can make heat by changing the stable state of hydrogen atoms, a claim that many dispute. But company founder Randell Mills says it's making progress.

Man's genes 'key to baby's sex', say researchers

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 03:20 PM CST

A man's genetic make-up may play a role in whether he has sons or daughters, a study of hundreds of years of family trees suggests. Newcastle University researchers found men were more likely to have sons if they had more brothers and vice versa if they had more sisters. A man's genetic make-up may play a role in whether he has sons or daughters.

Non-Playable Characters We Wish Were Playable

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 03:20 PM CST

25 NPCs we'd love to get our hands on... in a (mostly) non-sexual way, of course

F1 teams agree on drastic cost cuts

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 03:10 PM CST

Now we know why Formula One team bosses were surprised by how much progress they made at cost-cutting talks in Monte Carlo this week. The reductions announced by the teams and the governing body, the FIA, today are startling.

GM Retains Bankruptcy Counsel

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 03:10 PM CST

GM hired experts to help it explore bankruptcy protection as allies in the Senate sought to muster support for the stalled bailout package.

101 Classic Computer Ads (PICS)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 03:00 PM CST

Some of the best, the worst, and the weirdest. 8 megabytes of JPEGs after the jump!

App Store Issues Get Heated, Apple Remains Silent

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 02:50 PM CST

Even though it may seem like Hockenberry's "Dear Steve" letter is focused around the marketing problems some have faced with their apps, the underlying issues revolve around Apple's entire policies with the way they manage the App Store. Something all too familiar to anyone that spends time inside the app store.

Twas the Night Before Christmas 2: Christmasturbation

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 02:50 PM CST

Christmas Cards

Cosmic diamonds may be hidden in 'carbon onions'

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 02:40 PM CST

An exotic carbon structure could explain why astronomers have seen very little diamond dust in the universe. Since the 1980s, researchers have puzzled over origin of "nanodiamonds", tiny diamond deposits preserved in meteorites, such as the Allende meteorite that landed in Mexico in 1969.These tiny diamonds make up roughly 3% of the carbon in rocks

Most Popular How To Posts of 2008: Lifehacker

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 02:30 PM CST

Awesome collection of the best tutorials from Lifehacker .......many got Digg homepages

Next Battle Over Evolutionary Theory is in the Islamic World

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 02:10 PM CST

The next major battle over evolutionary theory is likely to occur not in the United States but in the Islamic world or in countries with large Muslim populations, because of rising levels of education and Internet access there, as well as the rising importance of biology, a scientist now says.

Year's Biggest Full Moon Friday Night

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 02:00 PM CST

The full moon Friday night will be the biggest one of the year as Earth's natural satellite reaches its closest point to our planet.

The Fall of Blagojevich: How a Governor Self-Destructed

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 02:00 PM CST

Wednesday was Rod Blagojevich's 52nd birthday, but you can bet it was not a happy one. After having been charged by federal authorities with trying to sell the U.S. Senate seat that President-elect Obama vacated, the Illinois governor spent most of the day hidden from view. Here's the story behind the story.

Fed Refuses to Disclose Recipients of $2 Trillion in Lending

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 02:00 PM CST

The Federal Reserve refused a request by Bloomberg News to disclose the recipients of more than $2 trillion of emergency loans from U.S. taxpayers and the assets the central bank is accepting as collateral.

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