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| The Interview: Person Of the Year Barack Obama - TIME Posted: 22 Dec 2008 09:00 PM CST On Friday, Dec. 5, the President-elect sat down with TIME managing editor Richard Stengel, editor-at-large David Von Drehle and Time Inc. editor-in-chief John Huey in Obama's spartan transition...  |
| Krunchd: Another URL Shortener... with an Interesting Twist Posted: 22 Dec 2008 08:50 PM CST Krunchd provides the prerequisite URL shortening functions: a way to customize your link with a memorable phrase (of up to 12 characters), tagging, and, of course, the shortened URL. What makes Krunchd special is how many URLs it allows you to shorten at once.  |
| Kim Jong-Il Interprets Sunrise As Act Of War Posted: 22 Dec 2008 08:50 PM CST Increasingly defiant toward international pressure since his nation's first nuclear test in early October, North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il condemned this morning's sunrise, calling it "another hostile, deliberately timed act by the world community" and "a clear and blatant declaration of war."  |
| Schwarzenegger to Push ‘Green’ Policy Despite Economic Woes Posted: 22 Dec 2008 08:40 PM CST The former action-hero in an interview on the CBS program 60 Minutes discussed 'green' policy, emission limits, climate change, and renewable energy. He was also unafraid to criticize the Bush administration for their lack of 'interest' in cutting tailpipe emissions.  |
| Automatic bacon dispenser? [PHOTO] Posted: 22 Dec 2008 08:20 PM CST Too good to be true?  |
| The 5 Best Obama Photomosaics on Flickr Posted: 22 Dec 2008 08:10 PM CST It's called a photomosaic. Check out the five best ones of Obama I found on Flickr.  |
| VHS era is winding down - Los Angeles Times Posted: 22 Dec 2008 08:00 PM CST The last big supplier of the tapes is ditching the format, ending the long fade-out of a product that ushered in the home theater.  |
| iPhone Nano cases appear online! Posted: 22 Dec 2008 07:50 PM CST Another indication that Apple could be readying a smaller iPhone Nano appeared Monday in the form of a product listing on a case manufacturer's Web site.  |
| Inventor designs 'tunable' glasses to help the world's poor Posted: 22 Dec 2008 07:40 PM CST A retired Oxford University physics professor, he came up with the idea in what he describes as a "glimpse of the obvious". A Brition has designed a pair of glasses which can be adjusted by the wearer without the need for an optician, in an invention which he hopes will help the world's poor.  |
| I'm only popular on the internet [PIC] Posted: 22 Dec 2008 07:30 PM CST Artist's site: http://www.klingatron.com  |
| GE Unveils the World’s First OLED Christmas Tree Posted: 22 Dec 2008 07:20 PM CST Recently the OLED research team over at General Electric unveiled the world's first OLED Christmas Tree! Forging ahead of the usual end-of-the-year slowdown, GE's Global Research Center headquarters in Niskayuna, NY rang in the holidays with a 6-inch-by-15-ft. OLED system all rolled-up into the form of a tree.  |
| China UNBLOCKS Access to NY Times’s Web Site Posted: 22 Dec 2008 07:10 PM CST The government allowed Internet users in mainland China to view the Web site of The New York Times after access had been stopped for more than three days.  |
| The Amateur Mixologist: Gifts for the At-Home Bartender Posted: 22 Dec 2008 07:00 PM CST The best bottles, tools, and accoutrements for your home bar.  |
| Jonas Brothers break up after sex fight [SPOOF] Posted: 22 Dec 2008 06:50 PM CST Tensions rise when Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers takes off his "purity" ring.  |
| 3D Projector + Buildings = Awesome Posted: 22 Dec 2008 06:40 PM CST  |
| Steampunk Monitor Mod is Almost Too Pretty To Use (Pics) Posted: 22 Dec 2008 06:30 PM CST We've seen Steampunk monitors before, but I'm a sucker for misappropriated piping and so here's another, this time courtesy of Australia-based Mad Uncle Cliff. Based around an LCD panel, the mod uses copper piping, a spray pump to hold the controls and a pair of endearingly-alien speaker horns.  |
| EA Games to release DRM-free titles on Steam Posted: 22 Dec 2008 06:20 PM CST EA has signed on with Valve's highly popular digital distribution program Steam to distribute their games including recent releases, and with some added good news. Titles such as Spore and Mass Effect that have come under heavy fire for DRM usage, will no longer have any SecuROM protection. All games will use Steam's DRM.  |
| KDE4.2 window management in videos Posted: 22 Dec 2008 05:50 PM CST Great stuff.  |
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| The No Fun League Strikes Again...Wes Welker Snow Angel. Posted: 22 Dec 2008 05:40 PM CST Wes Welker makes a snow angel while scoring a touchdown vs the Cardinals. He gets flagged 15 yards for making a snow man.  |
| Posted: 22 Dec 2008 05:32 PM CST Getting off in your car is not as easy as it may sound. For those of you who have ever attempted it, you might have noticed the typical difficulties: avoiding hard objects like seats, steering wheels, dashboards, and gear sticks, and getting into a comfortable enough position to actually finish the job at hand.  |
| The Streak is Ending: Toyota Expects First Operating Loss Posted: 22 Dec 2008 05:12 PM CST Toyota Motor Corp, the world's biggest automaker, on Monday forecast its first ever group operating loss due to a relentless global slide in car sales and a crippling rise in the yen.  |
| Mapping Renewable Energy, Rooftop by Rooftop Posted: 22 Dec 2008 05:11 PM CST The engineering company CH2M Hill is now joining hands with the U.S. Department of Energy to provide Internet solar maps of 25 American cities, using Google Earth technology to chart the precise solar potential of neighborhoods, literally rooftop by rooftop.  |
| Posted: 22 Dec 2008 04:50 PM CST A really funny Guy!! How a person can insert his p***s in an empty cans of laughing gas!!  |
| Does Europa's Hidden Ocean Harbor Life? Posted: 22 Dec 2008 04:40 PM CST Europa. One of the most interesting non-Earth locations in the solar system. Never mind ice, this moon has entire oceans - and where there's water, we can't help but hope there's life. Recent results show that there are heat sources to drive evolution of such as well, but there's still debate over what's actually going on underneath it all.  |
| NASA's Ducks Dive Under Greenland Ice Posted: 22 Dec 2008 04:30 PM CST The US space agency (Nasa) would like its rubber ducks back, please. Ninety bathtub toys were hurled into a drainage hole on the Greenland ice in September - an experiment to see how melt waters find their way to the base of the ice sheet.  |
| Posted: 22 Dec 2008 04:20 PM CST This play is the Rams season in a nut shell. Patrick Willis got credit for the tackle.  |
| Top Ten Video Games You Should Be Listening To Posted: 22 Dec 2008 04:20 PM CST We've taken the time to assemble this list of video games you should be listening to. That's right, listening. Play them all you want, but we're betting that your memories of laying waste to the final boss will fade over time while the melodies from these adventures will keep playing in your head forever.  |
| In Move to Digital TV, Confusion Is in the Air Posted: 22 Dec 2008 04:01 PM CST According to surveys conducted by the Consumers Union,while 90% of the nation is aware of the transition, 25% mistakenly believe that one must subscribe to cable or satellite after February, and 41% think that every TV in a house must have a new converter box, even those that are already connected to cable or satellite.  |
| The 100 Most Popular Photoshop Tutorials of 2008 Posted: 22 Dec 2008 03:50 PM CST Sometimes it's difficult to find the highest quality photoshop tutorials using search engines, especially since almost all tutorials label themselves as being the best. So in order to save your time Photoshop Lady has spent almost a whole year to bring you the best of the best. Here's the top 100 high-quality, most popular photoshop tutorials of 08  |
| Giants win NFC's top seed with win over Panthers Posted: 22 Dec 2008 03:32 PM CST The NFC road to the Super Bowl will run through the Meadowlands because the New York Giants did what you have to do in bad weather  |
| Posted: 22 Dec 2008 03:30 PM CST Ken Block at gymkhana practice pushes his Subaru Impreza with 530 horsepower all the way.  |
| Losing Faith in Gambling's Allure Posted: 22 Dec 2008 03:10 PM CST With consumers tightening their budgets, gambling both in lotteries and at casinos is down—and some gaming stocks are off 80% or more  |
| Divorce Rates Drop, Couples Realize it's Cheaper Together Posted: 22 Dec 2008 03:10 PM CST The recession and economic turmoil is creating a new class of casualties: Married couples who can't afford to get divorced. In these tough times many people are finding it's cheaper to stay together, even when they can't stand each other.  |
| Amazing bush plane 'dead-stick' take off and landing Posted: 22 Dec 2008 03:10 PM CST This incredibly skilled pilot pushes his fixed-wing bush plane off a 1500 ft drop off and glides for two miles WITHOUT ENGINE POWER. He lands it perfectly, too. Much props (no pun intended) to this master aviator.  |
| Apple fixes OS X Leopard 10.5.6 installation problems Posted: 22 Dec 2008 03:10 PM CST Some Mac users who ran the latest OS X Leopard update installation file found out that the software installation quits halfway through the process, causing potential problems due to a partially updated system  |
| Cult Scifi Worship: Metropia, Zombie Samurai Posted: 22 Dec 2008 02:30 PM CST Tarik Saleh's absolutely stunning futuristic Swedish film, Metropia, creates such believable characters that you'll start to question just how real it is. Plus, Zombie Samurai fills the necessary blood quota for the week.  |
| 50 Ton Whale Explodes In Downtown Taipei [Video] Posted: 22 Dec 2008 02:20 PM CST In January 2004, the carcass of a 50-ton sperm whale explodes in a Taiwanese city center. National Geographic examines the physics and the biology of this 100,000-pound animal whose body was destroyed by its own internal forces.  |
| Troops in Iraq Allowed Two Beers During the Superbowl Posted: 22 Dec 2008 02:00 PM CST Multi-National Division–Baghdad has received permission to let its units enjoy an honest-to-goodness beer on game day instead of the near-beer soldiers usually quaff in downrange DFACs. The approval comes with plenty of time for the beer to be shipped into theater. This Super Bowl will be a strictly controlled exception to the long-standing policy.  |
| The Biggest Scientific Breakthroughs of 2008 Posted: 22 Dec 2008 02:00 PM CST Progress This Year Wasn't Just in Hardware but in Understanding the Urgency of Key Issues. The "breakthrough" in this case is not just hardware; it's a growing understanding of the urgency in solving these critical problems. Here's ABC News list of the top 10.  |
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