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| How to Tell if Your Sick Kid is Faking Posted: 03 Oct 2008 09:20 PM CDT Doctors give advice to help gauge your child's health. |
| Coming soon to a theater near you: more 3-D movies Posted: 03 Oct 2008 09:10 PM CDT Five Hollywood studios have agreed to help pay for a $1 billion-plus rollout of digital technology on about 20,000 movie screens in North America, a precursor to showing more movies in 3-D. |
| The amazing bendy TV screen that folds up to fit in u pocket Posted: 03 Oct 2008 08:50 PM CDT Traditional flat-screen televisions could soon become a thing of the past, as scientists have revealed an ultra-thin, flexible screen that could fold up and fit in your pocket. |
| Brazilian Professor Invents Solar Powered WiFi Access Point Posted: 03 Oct 2008 08:30 PM CDT A professor in Brazil is helping to bring solar powered wireless internet to communities in need. The low-cost "access point in a box" needs no internet connection, electricity, or assembly to function. It is being tested on lamp posts in a number of locations. |
| Exclusive: Clip from Bill Maher's 'Religulous' Posted: 03 Oct 2008 08:20 PM CDT Cinematical has just received this exclusive clip from the new documentary Religulous, starring Bill Maher and directed by Larry Charles (Borat). In the docu-comedy, Maher travels from country to country examining faith and religion and the role it plays in the world. |
| McCain's Big Gamble Comes Up Snake Eyes Posted: 03 Oct 2008 08:10 PM CDT I watched the vice presidential debate in a ballroom at the Four Seasons hotel in Aviara, just north of San Diego, along with a couple of hundred women attending Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit -- a receptive audience, you would think, for a debate featuring a woman who might become the most powerful in the land. It was an ideologically mixed |
| IPhone Steals Lead Over Kindle Posted: 03 Oct 2008 08:00 PM CDT t's official: The iPhone is more popular than Amazon.com's Kindle. And not just in the obvious categories like listening to music, browsing the Web or the other applications where Kindle barely competes. Now, the iPhone is also muscling into Amazon's home turf: reading books. |
| Could Quotas Keep Fish on the Menu? Posted: 03 Oct 2008 07:50 PM CDT Giving a man a fish — not teaching him how to do it — may actually be a better way to preserve the world's dwindling fish stock |
| Palin Web Ad Cites Thumbs Up from 'Famous Person' Posted: 03 Oct 2008 07:40 PM CDT Campaigning has become canned |
| Nerds rejoice: Braininess boosts likelihood of SEX Posted: 03 Oct 2008 07:20 PM CDT Lonely men ought to flaunt their copies of New Scientist. Women looking for both one-night stands and long-term relationships go for geniuses over dumb jocks, according to a new study of hundreds of university students. |
| It just won't die: Windows XP gets another six months Posted: 03 Oct 2008 07:10 PM CDT The title says it all. |
| This is what I call being Creative Posted: 03 Oct 2008 07:00 PM CDT [PICS] |
| Seth Colter Walls: McCain Could Be Forced Out Of Pennsylvani Posted: 03 Oct 2008 06:50 PM CDT Democrats cheered on Wednesday when news broke that John McCain's campaign was abandoning Michigan, pulling down its ads and sending staffers to other states. |
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| Obama, McCain and the Musicians who Love (and Hate) Them Posted: 03 Oct 2008 06:40 PM CDT Daddy Yankee? Yep, the reggaeton star officially endorsed McCain then traveled to the Twin Cities to put on a show for Republican delegates and local reggaeton fans. "He's been a fighter for the immigration issue," Daddy told the high schoolers. "For me, he's the best guy to lead this nation." Um, anyone care to disagree? |
| Posted: 03 Oct 2008 06:30 PM CDT Why was the most intriguing figure of the 2008 postseason shown the door in Boston? Bill Simmons fingers the real villain. |
| Apple denies CNN iReport of Steve Jobs heart attack Posted: 03 Oct 2008 06:30 PM CDT Apple has categorically denied a citizen report published to the CNN iReport website early Friday claiming that chief executive Steve Jobs had been rushed to a local ER following a major heart attack. |
| Posted: 03 Oct 2008 06:20 PM CDT Paul Newman, who acted in more than 65 movies over more than 50 years, died on Sept 26. He was 83. |
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| 9 More Things Your Pharmacist Isn't Telling You Posted: 03 Oct 2008 06:00 PM CDT #6 - People take too many drugs. -- Two out of every three patients who visit a doctor leave with at least one prescription for medication, according to the Institute for Safe Medication Practices. "Drugs are an easy solution," says Feldman, "but there are other solutions." |
| Posted: 03 Oct 2008 06:00 PM CDT Some polls are suggesting that after gaining an initial bump, McCain's campaign is being hobbled by Sarah Palin's vice-presidential candidacy. The voters who are deserting her fastest, some of whom are even calling on her to withdraw, are mostly women. |
| Steven Seagal! Under Seige 3! In Space! Almost Definitely! Posted: 03 Oct 2008 05:40 PM CDT Slowly but surely, my prayers for an action movie featuring the action greats will come to fruition. Yeah, you heard. Buoyed up by the recent success of his peers, Steven Seagal has decided that he's going to follow suit and make Under Siege 3. |
| Han Solo: Next 'Indiana Jones' brewing in Lucas' brain Posted: 03 Oct 2008 05:30 PM CDT The fact that the franchise's old machinery was revived has Harrison Ford thinking a fifth movie is not only a viable idea, but an attractive one. "It's crazy but great," the 66-year-old Ford said. "George is in think mode right now." |
| Google's Picasa for Linux catches up to Windows Posted: 03 Oct 2008 05:20 PM CDT Linux catches up to Windows with a new version of Google's Picasa software for photo editing and cataloging. Still nothing for Mac OS X, though. |
| 'Space elevator' nears reality Posted: 03 Oct 2008 05:10 PM CDT A cable anchored to the Earth's surface, reaching tens of thousands of kilometers into space balanced with a counterweight attached at the other end is the basic design for the elevator. |
| Obama '08 iPhone App Is Grassroots Gadgety Perfection Posted: 03 Oct 2008 05:00 PM CDT The Obama '08 iPhone app is, almost surprisingly, not a cheap sticker masquerading as an application. No, it's actually a glimpse of the potential of grassroots politics and gadgets, distilled in a slick, blue-stained little app that couldn't possibly have come out of the McCain campaign (no offense guys). |
| Posted: 03 Oct 2008 04:57 PM CDT Digg enforces its Terms of Use so that Digg remains a vibrant community of people committed to sharing and discovering great content. Everyone who uses Digg agrees to abide by the TOU, which maintains a positive experience on Digg for all community members by prohibiting spam, porn, gaming, hate speech etc. |
| Study: Musicians Use Both Sides Of Brain More Than Others Posted: 03 Oct 2008 04:50 PM CDT Vanderbilt University psychologists have found that professionally trained musicians more effectively use a creative technique called divergent thinking, and also use both the left and the right sides of their frontal cortex more heavily than the average person. |
| Posted: 03 Oct 2008 04:50 PM CDT This is an exceptionally well done version of Jurassic Park that is custom sweded for your viewing enjoyment. Some of the dinosaur special effects are so good you might be wondering if they spliced in clips of the original. |
| Incredible concept art from The Incredibles! (PICS) Posted: 03 Oct 2008 04:50 PM CDT Lou Romano, a member of the art department at Pixar Studios, has uploaded a bunch of his early concept art for Brad Bird's The Incredibles. Check it out! |
| Bailout Bill Passes -- DOW CRASHES Posted: 03 Oct 2008 04:30 PM CDT Dow is down about 370 points since the house started voting on the bailout measure. 2 hours later and we already see the effects of the passage. |
| Number of Female Gamers on the Rise Posted: 03 Oct 2008 04:21 PM CDT Girls and young women are a "pot of gold" for the video game industry, said George VanHorn, senior analyst at market research firm IBISWorld. "The gaming industry has market characteristics that many would die for." According to IBISWorld, 38 percent of U.S. gamers are female, up from 33 percent in just five years. |
| Washington State says fish pedicures are illegal Posted: 03 Oct 2008 04:10 PM CDT Pedicures by fish — the use of live, tiny carp to clean feet — has been deemed unsanitary and illegal by the state. |
| When Linux does well: the e1000e Ethernet bug fixed Posted: 03 Oct 2008 04:00 PM CDT Intel fixes the Linux Ethernet bug and promises help users who have their Ethernet zapped restore their smoked hardware. |
| Palin On Fox: Katie Couric Annoyed Me Posted: 03 Oct 2008 04:00 PM CDT Appearing on a friendlier news outlet, Sarah Palin said she was "annoyed" with the way Katie Couric handled their interview, and -- UH-OH -- talked about herself (as "Sarah") in the 3rd Person. Oh, and she also complained that the CBS Evening News host failed to give her the opportunity to attack Barack Obama. |
| Making music from the number pi. Posted: 03 Oct 2008 03:40 PM CDT Paul Slocum is an artist and musician who has created an amazing art project based on software. This software is called the "Pi House Generator", and randomly generates house music by calculating the digits to the number π . Much like the number itself, the music stream never repeats and constantly continues to evolve.. |
| Number 1 Draft Picks of Past 20 Years [PICS] Posted: 03 Oct 2008 03:30 PM CDT Starts with 2007 (JaMarcus Russell), covers the gems & busts, includes brief descriptions. |
| iTunes 8.0.1 fixes HD episode deletion issue and more Posted: 03 Oct 2008 03:20 PM CDT While we were all busy playing Vice Presidential Debate drinking games Thursday night, iTunes 8.0.1 came out. The update addresses a number of issues that have come up since the software's release in early September that, while perhaps not deal-breakers, can be pretty annoying. Here's the copied-and-pasted fixes list: |
| Obama's Plan Overwhelmingly Supported By Economists Posted: 03 Oct 2008 03:10 PM CDT A survey of academic economists by The Economist magazine finds the majority—at times by overwhelming margins—believe Mr Obama has the superior economic plan, a firmer grasp of economics and will appoint better economic advisers. |
| Naked Playmate Snowboards by Burton Gets Icy Response Posted: 03 Oct 2008 03:00 PM CDT A new line of Burton snowboards that features images of Playboy models is upsetting some people who feel the boards send the wrong message. |
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