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| Gary Coleman has habit of police involvement Posted: 30 Dec 2008 09:00 PM CST Officers have been called to assist or intervene with Coleman 21 times since he moved to Utah in fall 2005  |
| Macworld: Google's Picasa Photo Manager Headed for Mac Posted: 30 Dec 2008 08:50 PM CST Google has let slip that the company is developing a version of its Picasa photo management software for Mac OS X...  |
| 8 of the Most Disappointing Blockbusters of 2008 Posted: 30 Dec 2008 08:40 PM CST They received a lot of hype prior to their release and we all got excited as the dates neared. Most of the films on this list even made a lot of money at the box office but sadly in the end, they disappointed many of us. The Indy gang maybe smiling after all the money they made but we sure weren't when we finished it.  |
| Scotland by train: Bonnie palace on wheels Posted: 30 Dec 2008 08:40 PM CST Scotland by train: Bonnie palace on wheels  |
| Cute 2yr old Tiger Woods looks like a prodigy even back then Posted: 30 Dec 2008 08:30 PM CST Happy 33rd Birthday Tiger! Today Tiger Woods is the best golfer in the world, carries his clubs nowhere, misses few drives. When he was two, he was still on national television but doubled as his own caddy and his tee shot needed some work.  |
| Worker Dodges Huge Warehouse Collapse Posted: 30 Dec 2008 08:20 PM CST This looks like security camera footage from Dunder Mifflin.  |
| Posted: 30 Dec 2008 08:10 PM CST How much time can you waste fiddling around with this?  |
| Digital TV Converter Coupons Coveted Posted: 30 Dec 2008 08:00 PM CST In less than two months, US television broadcasters will go all-digital, permanently shutting off the traditional analog signals they've relied on for more than half a century. Government officials say that means TV watchers have just two days to order coupons for the digital converter boxes they'll need to keep watching those antennaed sets.  |
| Will Google Buy Twitter? A Fanboy's Forecast for 2009 Posted: 30 Dec 2008 07:50 PM CST Tired of all the respectable tech hacks (i.e. John C. Dvorak & Co.) making their typical end-of-year predictions we've decided to make nine predictions for 2009 from a users perspective. For starters we feel that Sun Microsystems is toast...  |
| Cheny Protected By Executive Privilege In Plame Affair Posted: 30 Dec 2008 07:40 PM CST The president may assert executive privilege to withhold from Congress records of an FBI interview with Vice President Dick Cheney regarding the leak of CIA agent Valerie Plame's identity, the attorney general concludes in a legal opinion released Monday.  |
| LA's Most Successful Female Chef Lost Everything to Madoff Posted: 30 Dec 2008 07:30 PM CST It's a good thing Nancy Silverton still has her day job. The La Brea Bakery founder and queen of L.A.'s restaurant scene is among the legions of investors who've lost their fortunes in the alleged $50-billion fraud attributed to New York financier Bernard L. Madoff.  |
| Supercell Sunset at Lake Waurika in Oklahoma, USA Posted: 30 Dec 2008 07:20 PM CST Photo credit: Sam Sagnella and Thomas E. Winning Jr.  |
| Dupes & ongoing updates to Digg’s algo Posted: 30 Dec 2008 07:10 PM CST We wanted to address some complaints about weaknesses in our duplicate detection mechanism and provide some insights on upcoming changes to the Digg promotional algorithm.  |
| Money: Now Is A Good Time Lock In Interest Rates With CDs Posted: 30 Dec 2008 07:00 PM CST If you're a saver, the Fed flipped you the bird this week. They dropped interest rates and introduced "quantitative easing," two things that will make interest rates plummet. Here's how you can protect yourself.  |
| BREAKING: Broncos Fire Coach Mike Shanahan Posted: 30 Dec 2008 06:50 PM CST Collapse at end of season the undoing...  |
| Marinating Steak In Beer Or Wine 'Reduces Cancer Chemicals' Posted: 30 Dec 2008 06:40 PM CST Marinating steak in beer or wine before cooking it dramatically reduces levels of chemicals that can cause cancer, according to scientists.  |
| Somalia's president quits office Posted: 30 Dec 2008 06:30 PM CST Somalia's President Abdullahi Yusuf has resigned - a move which adds to the chaos in the country as Ethiopian troops are to withdraw shortly.  |
| Blagojevich to name Burris to Senate Posted: 30 Dec 2008 06:20 PM CST The action comes despite warnings by Democratic Senate leaders that they would not seat anyone appointed by the disgraced governor who faces criminal charges of trying to sell the post, sources familiar with the decision said.  |
| Ex-Advisor: Bush Never Recovered From Hurricane Katrina Posted: 30 Dec 2008 06:10 PM CST Matthew Dowd, chief strategist for the 2004 presidential campaign - "The president broke his bond with the public. Once that bond was broken, he no longer had the capacity to talk to the American public. State of the Union addresses? It didn't matter. Legislative initiatives? It didn't matter. P.R.? It didn't matter. Travel? It didn't matter."  |
| Top 10 political upsets of 2008 Posted: 30 Dec 2008 06:00 PM CST Every election cycle has its share of upset winners, the candidates who pulled off long-shot victories that surprised the pundits, the political professionals and sometimes even themselves.  |
| Genetic Tests Offer Promise of Personalized Medicine Posted: 30 Dec 2008 05:50 PM CST Experts say that most drugs, whatever the disease, work for only about half the people who take them.  |
| Billion-gallon sludge flood could change utility Posted: 30 Dec 2008 05:50 PM CST The spill of more than a billion gallons of coal ash from a power plant in East Tennessee may change the way the nation's largest government-owned utility stores coal waste.  |
| 2008: The Year the Geeks Took Over Posted: 30 Dec 2008 05:30 PM CST You've all been served notice: The Geek shall inherit the earth.  |
| Global Warming: Reasons Why It Might Not Actually Exist Posted: 30 Dec 2008 05:10 PM CST 2008 was the year man-made global warming was disproved, according to the Telegraph's Christopher Booker. Sceptics have long argued that there are other explanations for climate change other than man-made CO2 and here we look at some of the arguments put forward by those who believe that global warming is all a hoax.  |
| Top Ten Crappiest Movies Of 2008! Posted: 30 Dec 2008 05:10 PM CST These are the movies that made me want to walk out of the theater and punch the first old person I ran into. These movies are the ones that from the 1st - 3rd act were just unwatchable. Mind you, there are hundreds of movies that I'm sure are just as shitty and I haven't seen them. This list contains the movies that I've actually seen and reviewed  |
| Researchers Finally Unlock Secrets of the 1918 Flu Pandemic Posted: 30 Dec 2008 05:00 PM CST Researchers have found out what made the 1918 flu pandemic so deadly -- a group of three genes that lets the virus invade the lungs and cause pneumonia. The 1918 influenza pandemic was the most devastating outbreak of infectious disease in human history, accounting for about 50 million deaths worldwide.  |
| Why Ubuntu users should care about Debian Posted: 30 Dec 2008 04:50 PM CST The Ubuntu Linux distribution builds on the rich history and deep roots of Debian. Ars explains why Debian still matters and looks at the shared history and mutual destiny of the two popular Linux distributions.  |
| After the Space Shuttle: The Fight Over NASA’s Future Posted: 30 Dec 2008 04:40 PM CST Is the next generation of spacecraft fundamentally flawed? Or are the troubles routine?  |
| Breaking Down 'Questionable' Calls Against Yao Ming Posted: 30 Dec 2008 04:40 PM CST Houston Rockets center Yao Ming was taken out of the game against the Cleveland Cavaliers on 12/23/2008 with foul trouble by a pair of strange calls, then seems to have trouble getting a call when he's clobbered on the other end.  |
| How Bad IS Tom Cruise In “Valkyrie?” The Critics Respond! Posted: 30 Dec 2008 04:30 PM CST The critics weigh in on Tom's "comeback" movie.  |
| Posted: 30 Dec 2008 04:20 PM CST He's too cute to be that ugly...  |
| GMAC Receives $5 Billion in Government Aid Posted: 30 Dec 2008 04:20 PM CST The Treasury will buy $5 billion worth of preferred equity shares in GMAC, which used to be the financing subsidiary of General Motors and is now owned jointly by G.M. and Cerberus Capital Management, the private equity firm that owns Chrysler. A Treasury official said that the deal had already closed and that GMAC already has the money.  |
| Dallas Mavericks Fans Give Up Their Seats To Soldiers Posted: 30 Dec 2008 04:11 PM CST Mavs fans show their holiday spirit by giving up their front row seats to military personnel, writes Marc Stein.  |
| Fight Over Banning 'Extreme' PORN! Posted: 30 Dec 2008 04:11 PM CST To some people it is exactly the kind of protective legislation that Britain needs in a world where access to a vast array of pornography is available at the click of a mouse.  |
| Apple's Jobs is (Still) Fine: Gizmodo Report = "Garbage" Posted: 30 Dec 2008 04:00 PM CST Reporter says: "I was told two weeks ago by sources inside Apple that the decision had nothing to do with Jobs' health. I got the same message today. Period."  |
| Web camera placed into a particle beam (video) Posted: 30 Dec 2008 04:00 PM CST A web camera is placed into a particle beam to show visually the affects of space radiation on electronics. This video shows the particles striking the camera along with streaks due to high angle impacts. In addition particles striking the audio circuit can be heard and the damage to the camera CCD is illustrated at the end of the video.  |
| Open source programming languages for kids Posted: 30 Dec 2008 03:50 PM CST Some toolkits aim to create entirely new ways of envisioning and creating projects that appeal to younger minds, such as games and animations, while others aim to recreate the "basic"-ness of BASIC in a modern language and environment.  |
| 15 Reasons PC Gaming Beats All Posted: 30 Dec 2008 03:50 PM CST Consoles and handhelds and mobile phones certainly earn their plaudits, but PCs are still the heartbeat of the games industry, and here's why.  |
| True Story: A Victim Treats His Mugger Right Posted: 30 Dec 2008 03:50 PM CST "If you're going to be robbing people for the rest of the night, you might as well take my coat to keep you warm…"  |
| The 11 Stupidest Moments in Tech for 2008 Posted: 30 Dec 2008 03:50 PM CST Tech is overflowing with creative and hypermotivated people who do a lot of pretty incredible things. But they can be counted on to do some pretty silly things, too--which is lucky for us, since high-profile pratfalls are part of what makes this industry fun to watch. Here's one such list comprised of 11 Stupidest Tech Moments from 2008.  |
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