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Shuttle Discovery Heads Toward the Space Station Posted: 01 Jun 2008 09:10 PM CDT The shuttle blasted its way into orbit through wispy clouds against blue skies on its way to deliver a bus-size laboratory to the International Space Station. |
Which World Currency Has Become Stronger Than The Euro Posted: 01 Jun 2008 08:50 PM CDT The Israel Shekel has become stronger than the Euro and US Dollar for 2008 |
Frank Miller Assures That ‘Spirit’ Is Not Another ‘Sin City' Posted: 01 Jun 2008 08:30 PM CDT In an upcoming entry in his production blog, writer/director Frank Miller addresses some concerns regarding his upcoming adaptation of Will Eisner 1940's comic book series. |
Apple Buys Me.com... .Mac's New Name? Posted: 01 Jun 2008 07:40 PM CDT So, Apple does appear to own Me.com. It was likely purchased sometime in December 2007, and it could very well be the rebranding for Apple's .Mac service. |
That License to Kill Is Unexpired Posted: 01 Jun 2008 07:30 PM CDT Ian Fleming, had he lived, would have celebrated his 100th birthday on Wednesday. James Bond, his greatest invention, is ageless and immortal. |
Yup, I Think That About Covers Everybody...(PIC) Posted: 01 Jun 2008 07:10 PM CDT No one is left out.. |
Market Forces in the Third World Posted: 01 Jun 2008 06:59 PM CDT |
HP Exec Cuts Birthday Cake With MacBook Air Posted: 01 Jun 2008 06:40 PM CDT Those that know Rahul Sood, founder of VooDoo PC and CTO of HP's global gaming business, might not be so surprised to hear he used a working MacBook Air to cut his thick, rich, chocolatey birthday cake. While wearing an HP shirt. And then posted it to his site. |
Weirdest Looking Animals on Earth Posted: 01 Jun 2008 06:20 PM CDT Evolution is amazing, kids. |
Hillary Gets Ruled and Bylawed Posted: 01 Jun 2008 06:00 PM CDT "The Clinton campaign lost their biggest rationale for staying in the race," said California-based Democratic consultant Bill Carrick. "Any potential for Senator Clinton to pick up a large block of delegates is gone and the superdelegates will likely move to Senator Obama and end the race." |
Congratulations George/Our sincere apology Posted: 01 Jun 2008 05:40 PM CDT |
Japanese "suzukaze" device cools your butt while you sit Posted: 01 Jun 2008 05:20 PM CDT Nothing like sitting down for a day at the office on your favorite butt-cooling chair. |
It Really Looks Like There is Ice on Mars [PIC] Posted: 01 Jun 2008 05:06 PM CDT Take a look at this image sent back from the Phoenix Mars lander. It shows that below the lander there may be a ice layer covered by a thin blanket of soil, exposed in the blast zone by the retrorockets used for the landing. This is just what the Phoenix mission was hoping to find, and how incredible to land directly over your goal. |
Study suggests drug can cut risk of cancer's return Posted: 01 Jun 2008 04:40 PM CDT A drug to prevent bone loss during breast cancer treatment also substantially cut the risk that the cancer would return, results that left doctors excited about a possible new way to fight the disease. |
2012: The Year The Internet Ends Posted: 01 Jun 2008 04:20 PM CDT How the industry will kill the Internet in about 4 years from now. |
8 Classic Movie Robots That Actually Suck at Their Job Posted: 01 Jun 2008 04:00 PM CDT Basically, robots can make everything cooler, from wars to weddings. Hollywood knows this and tries, when possible, to give us what we crave in the form of kickass robots with kickass abilities. Most of the time, though, these robots that look so cool on screen are so incompetent at their jobs... |
Creepy, But Effective: Facebook Adds Contextual Image Ads Posted: 01 Jun 2008 03:41 PM CDT Is a picture worth a thousand clicks? You've heard of contextual ads triggered by keywords on a Web page. Now, get ready for contextual ads triggered by images on the page. Visual-shopping search engine Like.com is running ads on Facebook that appear to match objects in profile photos. |
Will BitTorrent Sites Become Obsolete? Posted: 01 Jun 2008 03:20 PM CDT Researchers from several Universities are currently working on a search technology that could make BitTorrent sites obsolete. While the idea of a completely decentralized filesharing network is not new, there are some downsides that are often overlooked. |
Space Shuttle Carries Japanese Lab Into Space Posted: 01 Jun 2008 03:00 PM CDT The U.S. space shuttle Discovery lifted off from its Florida launch pad on Saturday on a mission to deliver a bus-sized Japanese laboratory to the International Space Station. |
Billboards That Secretly Film You... WTF Posted: 01 Jun 2008 02:40 PM CDT Some entrepreneurs have introduced equipping billboards with tiny cameras that gather details about passers-by--their gender, approximate age, and how long they looked at the billboard. These details are transmitted to a central database. |
Women Fight For Right To Join Al Qaeda Posted: 01 Jun 2008 02:40 PM CDT Muslim extremist women are challenging al Qaeda's refusal to include - or at least acknowledge - women in its ranks, in an emotional debate that gives rare insight into the gender conflicts lurking beneath one of the strictest strains of Islam. |
Pakistani Bomb-Scientist Breaks His Silence Posted: 01 Jun 2008 02:20 PM CDT Dr. A.Q. Khan, blamed for selling old nuclear secrets to North Korea, Iran and Libya, gives his 1st Interview to an American Journalist since being placed under house arrest in 2004. He tells ABC News that the Pakistani government & President Perez Musharraf forced him to be a "Scapegoat" |
Posted: 01 Jun 2008 02:20 PM CDT Jon LaJoie has pretty much nailed every guys inner monologue whenever a hot chick is around. |
Teens Await Arrest After Comcast Attack Posted: 01 Jun 2008 02:00 PM CDT Two teenagers who say they hijacked Comcast's Web portal on Thursday also say they expect to be arrested for their actions. "I slept in my clothes, because the last time they came, I was in my underwear with my dong hanging out and shit," Defiant said of a past raid. |
Posted: 01 Jun 2008 01:40 PM CDT Her parents look so proud. |
Fool Your Ears - Five Great Auditory Illusions Posted: 01 Jun 2008 01:20 PM CDT Auditory illusions can help us understand the workings of the human brain. Here we have compiled five of the most striking auditory illusions discovered so far. (Listen through stereo headphones, or stereo separated loudspeakers, best placed some distance apart) |
How to harvest solar power? Beam it down from space! Posted: 01 Jun 2008 01:00 PM CDT The satellites would electromagnetically beam gigawatts of solar energy back to ground-based receivers, where it would then be converted to electricity and transferred to power grids. The floating power plants could provide round-the-clock clean, renewable electricity. |
A Motorcycle You Can Wear [PIC] Posted: 01 Jun 2008 12:40 PM CDT This motorized exoskeleton concept looks like the lovechild of Ironman and a Segway—but is it the future of transportation? |
Don't Vote Chromosomes: The 1st Woman Must Be the Right One Posted: 01 Jun 2008 12:30 PM CDT With Hillary we're talking about a woman who added assassination to possibilities of the early summer political season; who threatened to "obliterate" Iran; who declared herself the candidate of "hard working Americans - white Americans." |
Parents say teacher went too far answering sex-ed questions Posted: 01 Jun 2008 12:20 PM CDT The Jordan School District is investigating allegations that a seventh- and eighth-grade health teacher violated the sex education statute by responding to questions from students about topics beyond the core curriculum, including homosexual sex, oral sex and masturbation. They are working with a lawmaker to seek criminal penalties. |
Posted: 01 Jun 2008 12:00 PM CDT I have been a nature photographer for 20 years. I have photographed thousands of Great Blue Herons and have never seen this kind of behavior from any bird like this. This bird displayed like this for about 20 minutes and made a sound like a baby crying. It saw me and went to a normal folding of the wings and flew off. |
Sam Stein: Lanny Davis Loses His Cool On DNC Member Posted: 01 Jun 2008 11:40 AM CDT A brief but spittle-filled shouting match broke out in the halls of the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee hearing on Saturday between a committee member and a surrogate for Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign. |
Phoenix Mars Lander Web Site Hacked Posted: 01 Jun 2008 11:19 AM CDT A spokeswoman for the Phoenix Mars Lander mission says a hacker took over the mission's public Web site during the night and changed its lead news story. |
Scientists Invent Machine to Suck CO2 & Fight Global Warming Posted: 01 Jun 2008 11:00 AM CDT Scientists say they have invented a machine that can suck carbon dioxide out of the air – potentially creating a vital weapon in the war against global warming. The blueprint for the CO2 'scrubber' raises the prospect of a generation of machines which would help reduce the billions of tonnes of greenhouse gases being pumped into the atmosphere. |
Carry 200 lbs with minimal effort with Exoskeleton Posted: 01 Jun 2008 10:40 AM CDT Berkeley Bionics has started taking orders for prototypes of their Human Universal Load Carrier (HULC) exoskeletons. Berkeley Bionics has spent the last several years developing and working to perfect their exoskeletons, which augment both a person's lifting strength and endurance. |
Mad TV - Grand Theft Auto Board Game Posted: 01 Jun 2008 10:20 AM CDT Coming Soon |
The Pirate Bay: Two Years After the Raid Posted: 01 Jun 2008 10:00 AM CDT Today, exactly two years have passed since The Pirate Bay was raided by the Swedish police. Unlike Hollywood would have wanted, the worlds largest BitTorrent tracker now more popular than ever, and they are here to stay. |
In Pictures: Great Bond Gadgets Posted: 01 Jun 2008 09:52 AM CDT Get Up Close with some of the great gadgets used in the 007 movies. |
Ah, the Irony! Microsoft says Safari isn't Safe on Windows Posted: 01 Jun 2008 09:51 AM CDT Apple's been making hay in its Mac vs. PC ads about Windows' security & malware problems. But now that Apple's playing in Microsoft's sandbox with a Windows version of the Safari Web browser, the worm has turned. According to Microsoft, the Windows version of Safari has a bug that's been dubbed the "carpet bombing" flaw. |
Eating A Reuben Amidst A Crowd Of Clintonites Posted: 01 Jun 2008 09:20 AM CDT When is a Reuben sandwich not just a Reuben sandwich? When one eats it amidst a denizen of rabidly committed, frequently vitriolic, and unapologetically devoted Hillary Clinton supporters. |
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