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Skipping Vista

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT

Despite the fact that Windows 7 is almost cooked, a leaked Microsoft memo suggests that XP may live on past its May 30, 2009 retirement date.

Portugal's drug decriminalizing 'bizarrely underappreciated'

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT

Champions of harsh drug criminalization laws as the best solution to curbing drug use will be chagrined to find that Portugal's eight year history of decriminalization has led to lower drug usage rates.

20 Japanese Robots Probably Intent on Murdering You

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 04:50 PM PDT

Oh, come ON Japan!

Colbert: NASA's Node 3 Is a Urine Recycling Room

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 04:40 PM PDT

I don't know about you, but I thought NASA's Node 3 was a lab where they clone asteroids or at least a gym where space warriors work out, but it turns out it's actually a room for recycling urine. Well, that's fine. It certainly doesn't change the fact that the node should be named "Colbert."

Focus on the Family narrator arrested for soliciting teen

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 04:40 PM PDT

A Colorado man who works for Evangelical group Focus on the Family has been arrested after he solicited sex online from an investigator posing as a teenage girl, police have said.

Tiny super-plant cleans animal waste, makes ethanol

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 04:30 PM PDT

Researchers at North Carolina State University have found that a tiny aquatic plant can be used to clean up animal waste at industrial hog farms and potentially be part of the answer for the global energy crisis. Their research shows that growing duckweed on hog wastewater can produce five to six times more starch per acre than corn ...

Jake and Amir - Sneak Attack

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 04:30 PM PDT

He's always the last place you look. Up.

Satellite Image of Maximum Sea Ice Extent for 2008 - 2009

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 04:20 PM PDT

Wonderful.

Fresh-Squeezed (COMIC)

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 04:00 PM PDT

Juicy!

Antarctic Meteorite Has Unique Chemical Composition

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 04:00 PM PDT

Detailed analysis has shown that the sample, known as MM40, has a chemical composition unlike any other fragment of fallen space rock. This, say experts, raises questions about where it originated in the Solar System and how it was created. It also means that astrochemists must expand their list of the combinations of materials in planetary crust.

12 Excellent And Useful Design Process Tutorials

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 03:50 PM PDT

Designers love all of those tutorials and design processes that can help them to learn more and more everyday and give them direction to design more beautiful and attractive artworks. Today, we are going to list down 12 Excellent And Useful Design Process Tutorials. We hope you all will like this collection.

Want Google To Have Access to Your Prescription Records?

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 03:50 PM PDT

Google just got access to millions of prescription records, and most likely, so did you.

7 Awesome Music Resources for Audiophiles

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 03:40 PM PDT

I have always loved listening to music while I work. It makes even the most boring tasks seem enjoyable and I think a lot of people can relate to my music addiction. Here are seven awesome music resources for audiophiles like myself.

Top 10 Athletes Who Never Won A Championship

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 03:40 PM PDT

Disney movies typically have happy endings, but sports careers often have more tragic conclusions. Just take a look at Patrick Ewing, Ryne Sandberg and Steve Largent; they all wished upon a star for a championship season and none of them were able to accomplish such a dream.

Wheelchair racer conquers yet another challenge

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 03:30 PM PDT

With sweat-soaked gloves, Renzo Martinez tightly gripped his wheelchair rims for the hardest race finish he has ever had to endure. The Boca Raton wheelchair racer pushed himself through the sand backward for the final eight tenths of a mile to complete another challenge in his inspiring racing career Sunday at the Nautica South Beach Triathlon.

How a Social Network Becomes the Heartbeat of Social Finance

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 03:30 PM PDT

Financial social network, Tip'd, is launching a new set of features that is potentially positioning the platform as the web's heartbeat of social finance. Tip'd 2.0 promises to offer a robust data set comprised of stock quotes, social resources profiling companies featured on Tip'd, and much much more.

Video reveals G20 police assault on man who died

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 03:20 PM PDT

Extraordinary footage filmed at G20 protests in London of baton-wielding police attacking the man who died.

Samsung confirms Android handsets as Google adapts to market

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 03:20 PM PDT

Handset maker Samsung has confirmed that it will launch three Android-based phones this year. The company cited mobile carrier concerns about Google's vision as one factor that contributed to the delays, but Google has been doing its best to court the carriers.

10 Animals on the Brink of Extinction

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 03:20 PM PDT

The Iberian (Spanish), Lynx lives in very small areas of central and southern Spain (Andalucia). It used to live throughout Spain and Portugal but its numbers have been drastically reduced to the point where it is now one of the most...

U.S. Deficit Nearly $1 Trillion In First Half of FY2009

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 03:10 PM PDT

The U.S. budget deficit almost hit $1 trillion during the first six months of this fiscal year which began on October 1, according to estimates released on Monday by the Congressional Budget Office. The government likely recorded $953 billion in red ink from October through March including $290 billion for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TAR

Roger Friedman Officially Fired From Fox News For WOLVERINE

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 03:00 PM PDT

It's official, columnist Roger Friedman is out at FoxNews.com after reviewing an illegally downloaded copy of Fox's "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" last week.

Congress Slams Defense Budget cuts

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 03:00 PM PDT

Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday proposed killing weapons programs that are over budget, behind schedule and out-of-date, urging Congress to rise above parochial interests to support his plan.

Bacon sandwich really does cure a hangover

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 03:00 PM PDT

A bacon sandwich really does cure a hangover - by boosting the level of amines which clear the head, scientists have found.

10 Old Wives' Tales Debunked

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 02:50 PM PDT

We all grew up with sayings that were intended to frighten us into being good or convince us to eat better. Looking back, some of these childhood proverbs don't even make much sense. (Ever hear the claim that swallowed gum stays in your stomach for seven years?)

Recession Takes Bite Out of Organic Product Sales

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 02:50 PM PDT

Soil Association report shows premium goods in the UK were particularly hard hit in 2008 but there are promising signs that the market may be stabilizing.

Study: Half of New Americans Hispanic

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 02:40 PM PDT

Hispanics made up nearly half of the more than 1 million people who became U.S. citizens last year, according to a Hispanic advocacy group. The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials said the number of Latinos who became Americans in fiscal year 2008 more than doubled over the previous year, to 461,317.

The 10 Greatest Movie Prisoners Ever

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 02:40 PM PDT

From the psycho serial killers, skinhead Nazis, wrongly convicted bankers, and the wacky, yet heroic WWII Captains. These are the greatest prisoners from movies.

Priest curses female pirate statue for boobs

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 02:30 PM PDT

Some consider a statue of a female pirate scantily dressed in Schuylkill county inappropriate. It has treasure and boots, tight fitting pants and some say not enough clothing on the top. The pirate statue sits in front of a antique store in Girardville and it's ruffling some feathers, especially those of a Roman Catholic priest.

Gran Turismo “to continue on as many platforms as possible,”

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 02:30 PM PDT

SCEA marketing head John Koller has dropped a heavy hint that Gran Turismo's future may not be limited to just PSP and PS3.

Schizophrenics See Through Hollow-mask Illusion

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 02:20 PM PDT

"Telling the front from the back of a mask can be more difficult than it seems. Thanks to an effect called the hollow-mask illusion, the brain can have trouble deciding if the image is convex or concave....People with schizophrenia, which affects about 1 per cent of the population, are already known to be immune to certain visual illusions."

Star Trek World Premiere

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 02:10 PM PDT

The cast of the latest Star Trek film have been beamed into Sydney for tonight's world premiere amid an international fan furore over the decision to launch the movie in Australia a month ahead of its commercial roll-out.

Man Finds an Actual Card Skimmer in the Wild, in the Flesh

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 02:10 PM PDT

What? No way. Something thought to be of an urban legend—or maybe just a story we'd only see on 20/20—a real, normal person has actually found proof of the the ever evasive credit-card skimmer.

10 Worst National Anthem Renditions

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 02:00 PM PDT

Videos and descriptions of the worst attempts at the Star Spangled Banner

Prepare for ludicrous speed: Ars reviews the 8-core Mac Pro

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 01:50 PM PDT

What has two "Nehalem" Xeon processors, eight cores, a non-workstation class graphics card(?!), and a positively stratospheric sticker price? The answer is, of course, Apple's new Mac Pro tower, an aluminum-clad whale of a machine that art director Dave Girard put through its media-creation paces in this massive review.

Tiny Newfound Frog Fits on a Fingertip

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 01:50 PM PDT

A tiny frog that can fit on the tip of a finger — and previously only known by its croaking — has finally been found by researchers. The frog, dubbed Noble's Pygmy frog (Noblella pygmaea), is the smallest ever found in the Andes and one of the tiniest amphibians in the world.

Vermont Legalizes Gay Marriage, Overrides Governor's Veto

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 01:40 PM PDT

The tide is turning...

Missing the woman I fell in love with

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 01:30 PM PDT

My wife and I share a home and a bed. We kiss goodbye in the morning and hello in the evening with such ritualistic regularity that if one of them somehow gets missed, I worry it means bad luck.

Dept of Interior: Offshore Wind Could Meet 100% of US Demand

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 01:20 PM PDT

According to a new report released by the Interior Dept, shallow-water offshore wind farms could supply as much as 20% of the electricity in most coastal states. The report, released last week by Interior Sec. Ken Salazar, said that the greatest offshore wind energy potential in the U.S. lies off the Atlantic Coast which holds 1,000 gW potential

TED: 3 Math Predictions On The Future Of Iran

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 12:50 PM PDT

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, a consultant to the CIA and the Department of Defense, uses mathematical analysis to predict (very often correctly) such messy human events as war, political power shifts, Intifada ... After a crisp explanation of how he does it, he offers three predictions on the future of Iran.

10 things that can get you in trouble around the globe

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 12:40 PM PDT

Feeding the pigeons in Venice is against the law, as the city doesn't appreciate the birds speckling beloved buildings with droppings. Fines can reach up to $600, but will probably be $50 or $60 if you pay quickly.

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