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Samsung Galaxy Tab Rooted... A Month Before Release
Another Ex-Scientologist Publishes Damning Tell-All
A History of NBA Twitter Fails
The "Send Back": How to Send Back Food at Restaurants
Sony shows off Google TV (or a video of it, anyway) at IFA 2010 -- Engadget
Global warming's silver lining? Northern countries will thrive and grow, researcher predicts
Why Didn't I Think of That? SwitchFlops, the $30 Million School Project
The Truth About The Epic Beard Man Viral Video
Star Wars The Old Republic: Pax 2010: Mysteries of Knights of the Old Republic
Meet--->Isa Blyth the 106-year-old virgin
Cat recovering after passerby finds it shot, caged and tossed into bay
The iWatch Is Real: It's the New iPod Nano [PIC]
Meme Team, Roll Out! (pic)
Sports Phrases With The Best Double Meanings
For Muslims, a 9/11 anniversary like no other
Historic artifact for a holiday weekend
New Fabric-Dyeing Technique Uses Fluid-State CO2, Not Water
Ford to pay $131M for 2001 Explorer rollover accident
Freedom’s Just Another Word
600 Hanna-Barbera Characters Drawn In Chronological Order

Samsung Galaxy Tab Rooted... A Month Before Release

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Most new smartphones seem to get rooted within a week or two of their release, but four weeks before they go on sale? Hackers have cracked a prototype tablet from Samsung, the Galaxy Tab, a month before it hits shelves.

Another Ex-Scientologist Publishes Damning Tell-All

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Adding to Scientology's woes, some of the people who have been making defections in recent years are turning around and...

A History of NBA Twitter Fails

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Any pro athlete, celeb, or public figure on Twitter has to watch out for what they say. Twitter fails often lead to fines and PR disasters for the athletes, it's provided nothing but comedy for us. With that in mind, peep this history of NBA Twitter fails.

The "Send Back": How to Send Back Food at Restaurants

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It's happened to us all. Each of us has ordered food at a restau...

Sony shows off Google TV (or a video of it, anyway) at IFA 2010 -- Engadget

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It's not the full-on demo you're probably hoping for, but Sony devoted a section of its sprawling, city-within-a-city of a booth at IFA 2010 to

Global warming's silver lining? Northern countries will thrive and grow, researcher predicts

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Move over, Sunbelt. The New North is coming through, a geographer predicts in a new book. As worldwide population increases by 40 percent over the next 40 years, sparsely populated Canada, Scandinavia, Russia and the northern United States will become formidable economic powers and migration magnets, Laurence C. Smith writes.

Why Didn't I Think of That? SwitchFlops, the $30 Million School Project

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At 16, Lindsay Phillips came up with the idea for a flip-flop with interchangeable straps during art class. Today, she's running a $30 million company.

The Truth About The Epic Beard Man Viral Video

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Back in February, a fight took place on a public bus in Oakland. A week later, four million people had watched the video on YouTube. "AC Transit Bust Fight I Am a Motherfucker" featured all the key ingredients for a video to go viral: colorful characters, a silly catchphrase, and most importantly, someone getting badly injured.

Star Wars The Old Republic: Pax 2010: Mysteries of Knights of the Old Republic

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The Jedi Civil War left many unanswered questions. In the difficult days following the showdown between Darth Revan and Darth Malak, the Jedi Order struggled to survive, leaving little time for investigations. Redeemed as a Jedi, Revan traveled into deep space in search of a mysterious evil. We now know that the source of this evil was the reconstituted Sith Empire, but that solves only a portion of the mystery…

Meet--->Isa Blyth the 106-year-old virgin

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Sprightly Isa Blyth will celebrate turning 106 today – and puts her amazing age down to being a virgin Isa has never even been KISSED and thinks staying single has made her stay strong. Last night her niece Sheena Campbell, 67, said: "I'm not sure if anyone ever tried it on - but they never got anywhere! She says she never felt the need for romance and never had time for a man. "She did like the odd sherry though." Isa, born in 1904, instead kept herself busy going to flower club and church, singing in the choir, and playing golf or gardening.

Cat recovering after passerby finds it shot, caged and tossed into bay

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Early Wednesday, a passer-by heard gurgling and pulled from McKay Bay an appalling discovery — a cat that had been shot with pellets, put in a carrier marked "Kitty Penitentiary" and tossed in the water. What the hell is wrong with people?

The iWatch Is Real: It's the New iPod Nano [PIC]

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Apple makes computers, tablets, phones, TV set-top-boxes and a dozen other things, but to date it hasn't made a wristwatch. Oh, wait, it has! It's called "the new iPod nano."

Meme Team, Roll Out! (pic)

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Sports Phrases With The Best Double Meanings

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The use of obscure sports lexicon has spiraled out of control. For cold hard proof, try speaking "sports talk" with a non-sports fan the next time you're at a party. Fortunately, several less ridiculous sports phrases have made their way into everyday vernacular. From frequently used business terms to one of several memorable episodes of "Seinfeld", sports terms are popping up regularly in humorous yet useful ways. The best of the bunch are listed below:

For Muslims, a 9/11 anniversary like no other

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American Muslims are boosting security at mosques, seeking help from leaders of other faiths and airing ads underscoring their loyalty to the United States.

Historic artifact for a holiday weekend

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This is the world's first frozen margarita machine, invented and built by Mariano Martinez in 1971 from parts of a soft-serve ice cream maker. His inspiration: A 7-11 Slurpee. Today, it resides in the collection of the National Museum of American History, where a museum director once called it a, "classic example of the American entrepreneurial spirit." Smithsonian: Top 10 Inventions from the Collections of the National Museum of American History

New Fabric-Dyeing Technique Uses Fluid-State CO2, Not Water

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A Dutch company has unveiled what it believes to be the first commercial dyeing machine to replace water with supercritical carbon dioxide—a pressurized form of the gas with unusual liquid-like properties. Heated up to 31 degrees Celsius (88 degrees Fahrenheit) and pressurized to 74 bar, CO2 takes on the characteristics of both a liquid and a gas, allowing for the dissolution of compounds such as dyes.

Ford to pay $131M for 2001 Explorer rollover accident

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A jury has ordered that Ford pay $131 million for a 2001 rollover accident that claimed the life of Mets prospect Brian Cole.

Freedom’s Just Another Word

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President Obama's bloodless speech on the "end" of the Iraq war showed how the whitewashing of our recent past is well under way.

600 Hanna-Barbera Characters Drawn In Chronological Order

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Juan Pablo Bravo created an amazing illustration featuring 600 Hanna-Barbera characters dawn in chronological order.