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| 'Lingerie Football League' Tryout Day [PICS] Posted: 14 Feb 2009 08:20 PM CST "The Dallas Desire -- the local Lingerie Football League franchise -- held open tryouts at Grand Prairie's Quick Trip Park Friday, February 13. Around 30 women showed up to compete for 12 spots on the roster. "  |
| The Coolest-Looking Observatories On Earth Posted: 14 Feb 2009 08:10 PM CST We often marvel at the amazing deep-space images that observatories beam back to Earth - but those observatories are almost as gorgeous in their own right. looking like spaceships or temples. Here's a luscious gallery.  |
| San Francisco Weighs Ban On New Head Shops Posted: 14 Feb 2009 08:00 PM CST Counterculture tourists hoping to catch a whiff of Flower Power still make their way to the corner of Haight and Ashbury streets, where the spirits of Jimi Hendrix and the Grateful Dead rock on in stores offering T-shirts, posters and pot-smoking paraphernalia. But a San Francisco politician has proposed a law to prevent any more from opening.  |
| The 7 Stages of Nerdgasm: A Fanboy Awaits the Watchmen Movie Posted: 14 Feb 2009 08:00 PM CST A friend forwards an email from a temp in the legal department of DC Comics: 'They're making a movie of Watchmen. Nothing confirmed.' He pulled it off one of those fanfic forums with animated GIFs of flaming swords in the header, a site that boasts the Web's largest collection of scanned renderings of Wonder Woman naked.
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| Another Investor in Madoff scheme kills himself Posted: 14 Feb 2009 07:50 PM CST A former British soldier killed himself after losing his life savings in an alleged $50 billion fraud run by Wall Street financier Bernard Madoff, the dead man's son said.  |
| Mozilla Bespin tries taking coding to the cloud Posted: 14 Feb 2009 07:40 PM CST Cloud computing gets another twist from the organization behind Firefox: the browser-based Bespin programming environment.  |
| What Programming Language Should I Learn? Posted: 14 Feb 2009 07:30 PM CST There is no silver bullet when it comes to programming languages. On the other hand, there are some languages which are better suited or more widely used. I came up with a list. Includes the major programming languages and why you'd want to learn them.  |
| The Best Slam Dunker You've Never Seen (w/ Videos) Posted: 14 Feb 2009 07:20 PM CST If only the slam dunk contest could include at least one amateur. What a show Guy Dupuy would put on for the fans...and he'd probably win it.  |
| Lost in Space: 8 Weird Pieces of Space Junk Posted: 14 Feb 2009 07:00 PM CST Humans have ventured into space over the last 50 years, and all manner of junk has been left behind. From tiny bolts to whole space stations, people have discarded lots of stuff up there. Much of it eventually dies a fiery death as it falls through Earth's atmosphere, but some larger debris poses risks for astronauts and spacecraft that could...  |
| Sony To Shut its SF Metreon PlayStation store Posted: 14 Feb 2009 06:30 PM CST Sony is closing down its one-and-only U.S. PlayStation store at the Metreon mall in San Francisco. The recession is clearly to blame, but it's happening at time when Microsoft — which opened and shut its own Microsoft store at the Metreon — is going to open a chain of its own stores.  |
| Donald Trump Quits Trump Entertainment, Bankruptcy Possible Posted: 14 Feb 2009 06:11 PM CST Trump's departure comes ahead of a Feb. 17 deadline to make a $53 million bond payment originally due on Dec. 1. The Atlantic City, New Jersey-based casino operator said at the time it needed to conserve cash and hold debt-restructuring talks with lenders. Since an initial grace period ended on Dec. 31, Trump Entertainment's deadline was extended  |
| Nine out of 10 parents swear in front of children Posted: 14 Feb 2009 05:50 PM CST The average child hears their mother or father utter six expletives a week. The poll of 3,000 11-year-olds show two out five children were using swear words at an earlier age, admitting to using them in their everyday language because they heard their parents use them.  |
| 10 of the Ultimate Edible Aphrodisiacs Posted: 14 Feb 2009 05:40 PM CST Out of roofies? Well these 10 foods are linked with love…  |
| Midway's bankrupt, owes $281,033,000 to 29 companies Posted: 14 Feb 2009 05:30 PM CST GamePolitics has combed through federal court records for additional insights into Midway's recent bankruptcy. They have learned that Midway claims $167,523,000 in assets versus $281,033,000 in liabilities, owing $150M to Wells Fargo Bank alone. Other companies they owe include Epic Games, Warner Bros. and Best Buy.  |
| Salmonella-Hit Peanut Company Files for Bankruptcy Posted: 14 Feb 2009 05:20 PM CST Peanut Corporation of America sought bankruptcy protection on Friday after a salmonella outbreak traced to one of its plants led to one of the biggest product recalls in U.S. history.  |
| Kaki King - The Guitar Percussionist Posted: 14 Feb 2009 05:10 PM CST I thought that Digg should be introduced to one of my favorite, unique guitarists. Kaki King considers herself more of a percussionist than a guitarist, but the sounds she produces from a guitar are pretty amazing. If you like her style, make sure you check her out live -- she puts on a fun show.  |
| Blackwater Changes Its Name to Xe Posted: 14 Feb 2009 05:00 PM CST The company is abandoning the brand name that has been tarnished by its work in Iraq, settling on Xe as the new name for its family of two dozen businesses.  |
| The 5 Geekiest Marriage Proposals That Worked Posted: 14 Feb 2009 04:50 PM CST Geeks have come a long way since they were mocked and despised a couple decades ago. Now that we know nerdiness can lead to fame, power and riches, it's possible to be a geek and get the girl. To prove the point, we've rounded up a list of the geekiest, tech-inspired marriage proposals that were sweet enough to work.  |
| Music Copyright ‘Pension Extension’ Moves Forward Posted: 14 Feb 2009 04:40 PM CST The extension of copyright on audio recordings from 50 to 95 years in the EU has moved another step closer to realization, with its passage through the legal affairs committee. The action, ostensibly to provide a pension for session musicians, is in reality a multi-million euro windfall for the Big 4 record companies.  |
| Twitter Could Go For Years w/o Earning a Dime, Investor Says Posted: 14 Feb 2009 04:30 PM CST Apparently, Twitter doesn't need a business plan. At least not for years to come.  |
| Posted: 14 Feb 2009 04:20 PM CST a guide to laughing online  |
| Joss Whedon's 'Dollhouse' Is A Flop Posted: 14 Feb 2009 04:00 PM CST It got beat by 'Supernanny.' In fact, 'Dollhouse' is the lowest-rated drama series premiere on a major broadcast network this season aside from NBC's now defunct 'Crusoe.' 'Terminator' did even worse...  |
| Scientists see boom for biotechnology Posted: 14 Feb 2009 03:50 PM CST The promising potential of biotechnology remains largely unused, especially in such crucial areas as healthcare and production of environmentally friendly fuels, scientists said.The experts gathered here at an annual conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science predicted that biotechnology was likely to experience a boom.  |
| Your former boss may fight your benefits claim Posted: 14 Feb 2009 03:40 PM CST Adding insult to injury, employers are opposing unemployment benefits claims in record numbers, The Washington Post reports.Imagine being among the multitudes getting pink slips, applying for benefits that will help you keep your home, then getting notice that your former company contends you're not entitled because you were let go for misconduct  |
| GM Considering Filing Chapter 11 and Forming New Company Posted: 14 Feb 2009 03:20 PM CST General Motors Corp, nearing a Tuesday deadline to present a viability plan to the U.S. government, is considering as one option a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing that would create a new company, the Wall Street Journal said in its Saturday edition.  |
| The best valentines are homemade! Posted: 14 Feb 2009 03:10 PM CST  |
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| Posted: 14 Feb 2009 02:40 PM CST I'm not going to discuss the economic meltdown and its devastating effect on technology companies and internet startups in this post, but rather something that crossed my mind earlier this morning: "Web 2.0″ seems to become more and more a void (and an avoided) term. Of course, that's not necessarily a bad thing, but it is definitely apparent.  |
| Chuck Mangione's Jazz band loses two in Buffalo plane crash Posted: 14 Feb 2009 02:30 PM CST In a statement Mangione said: "I'm in shock over the horrible, heartbreaking tragedy of the crash of Flight 3407, which took the lives of my dear friends and band members. I am grieving and praying with their families and friends."  |
| Transformers 2 full trailer leaked online Posted: 14 Feb 2009 02:10 PM CST The full trailer for Transformers - Revenge of the Fallen was supposed to go online on Monday (followed by playing in theaters in front of the new remake of "Friday the 13th."). But somehow a bootleg version of the trailer made its way to the web already. You can't really expect great quality here but the trailer should be enough to get a better  |
| Mazda Asks, And Phelps Apologizes To Chinese For Smoking Pot Posted: 14 Feb 2009 01:50 PM CST At the behest of a sponsor, Michael Phelps has recorded a video apology to the people of China, expressing his remorse over the recently published photograph showing him using a marijuana pipe. He thanked them for their support and forgiveness.  |
| Was President Bush Innocent in the War on Science? Posted: 14 Feb 2009 01:30 PM CST Neil deGrasse Tyson lauds the late administration's generous funding for research.  |
| Posted: 14 Feb 2009 01:00 PM CST They say love can happen anywhere, even in the toilet paper aisle at the grocery store. Well, they say the first part anyways.  |
| Video game featuring virtual rape pulled from Amazon Posted: 14 Feb 2009 01:00 PM CST A controversial Japanese rape-simulator has been pulled from Amazon after it generated a news report and public outrage... apparently there is a line after all.  |
| Posted: 14 Feb 2009 12:40 PM CST Tech historians may point to February 12, 2009 as the official fall of the plasma empire. That's the day that Pioneer—arguable the maker of the best plasmas ever—announced its complete exit from the TV business and that Vizio—the number-three plasma retailer in the US—gave up on the tech in favor of LCD.  |
| Canadian judge: No warrant needed to see ISP logs Posted: 14 Feb 2009 12:10 PM CST A Superior Court in Ontario, Canada has ruled that IP addresses are akin to your home address, and therefore people have no expectation of privacy when it comes to their online activities being accessed by law enforcement. This means that, in Canada, police can potentially request information from your ISP about online activities.  |
| Soldier suicides outnumber combat deaths in January Posted: 14 Feb 2009 11:50 AM CST Things seem to be getting worse on the internal battlefront. "One week after the U.S. Army announced record suicide rates among its soldiers last year, the service is worried about a spike in possible suicides in the new year," CNN reports. "The Army said 24 soldiers are believed to have committed suicide in January alone" (video)  |
| Anatomy Of A Smear: Keith Olbermann Debunks Stimulus Attacks Posted: 14 Feb 2009 11:40 AM CST ...McCaughey claimed that the plan contained health technology language that let the federal government could "monitor" patient care in order to "guide your doctor's decisions." In short, a top-down bureaucracy that would enforce its own set of medical treatment protocols. Naturally, that would be bad, and naturally, not a word of it was true.  |
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| 2008 Olympic Games athlete charged with child pornography Posted: 14 Feb 2009 11:00 AM CST Canadian archer John David Burnes, participant at last summer's Beijing Olympics, was charged with child pornography offences on Thursday. Barnes, 20, was arrested as part of an Ontario-wide child pornography sweep last week that resulted in 93 charges against 31 people.  |
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