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| Foreclosures Up 30 percent in February Posted: 12 Mar 2009 06:00 PM PDT Despite halts on new foreclosures by several major lenders, the number of households threatened with losing their homes rose 30 percent in February from last year's levels, RealtyTrac reported Thursday.  |
| "Monitored" Sex Offender Kills Teen Girl Posted: 12 Mar 2009 05:50 PM PDT Darrin Sanford was convicted in 1998 of luring minors with sexual motivation, and was sentenced to probation. After release from jail in January, following a probation violation, Sanford was fitted with a GPS tracking unit. Sanford was wearing the device when he tried to rape Licy Nipp before beating and stabbing her to death.  |
| 5 Comic Strips That Should Never Be Turned Into Movies Posted: 12 Mar 2009 05:40 PM PDT Hollywood Reporter broke the news that Fox will bring the comic strip Marmaduke, the giant and at best mildly-amusing Great Dane, to the big screen. The green-lighting of this project is a peek into the bizarre minds of studio executives. While they are at it, here's 5 more that make just as little sense.  |
| How Many People Can the GOP Scapegoat? Posted: 12 Mar 2009 05:30 PM PDT The GOP has a new matra: if at first you don't succeed, find a scapegoat. If you still don't, find another. From Michael Steele to George Bush, Republican failures are always somebody else's fault. But they don't really believe sacrificing these guys will fix their party. They just hope you will. Bad news, GOP: it's not them, it's you.  |
| Alabama Town Pulls Together After Killing Rampage Posted: 12 Mar 2009 05:20 PM PDT As the crime scene tape starts to come down in this small Southern town, the residents are leaning on one another for comfort and the strength to move on. "It's what community is about, isn't it? Crying together. Holding each other," a pastor said. It's hard for many to believe the shooting rampage could happen in this town of about 2,100 people.  |
| Taxing videogames will stop knife crime, claim illogical man Posted: 12 Mar 2009 05:10 PM PDT A tax on videogames would combat knife crime in UK, claims a government advisor who lost his own son to inner city youth crime. According to the rather outrageous suggestion, videogames are "too cheap" and this makes it easy for children to buy them, which in turn causes them to become violent psychopaths. Typical logic from a man thinking with...  |
| Buffalo Bills Acquire Final Piece Of Shit Of The Puzzle Posted: 12 Mar 2009 05:00 PM PDT BUFFALO, NY-In a move that will immediately impact a roster that is already full of shit, the Bills added what many believe will be the missing piece of shit to the team's puzzle Saturday by signing world-class shitass Terrell Owens.  |
| Linux : Group Test: Linux Note Takers. Posted: 12 Mar 2009 04:50 PM PDT Paper - don't you just hate it? We live in the 'information age', and yet the much promised era of the paperless office still seems decades away. Our desks are cluttered with notes, reminders and scraps of random information that desperately need to be sorted, but it's hard to find the time.  |
| Australians Are Denied Insurance Because of Poor Genes Posted: 12 Mar 2009 04:40 PM PDT AUSTRALIANS have been refused insurance protection because of their genetic make-up, researchers have shown in the first study in the world to provide proof of genetic discrimination. The findings have led to renewed calls by experts for policies to ensure the appropriate use of genetic test results by the insurance industry.  |
| First Time on Course and Golfer Hits Hole-in-One Posted: 12 Mar 2009 04:40 PM PDT If you are a golfer who has played for any length of time, this story may make you want to quit the game. Or throw your morning coffee in disgust.  |
| Diggnation and Jimmy Fallon: The New Convergence Posted: 12 Mar 2009 04:30 PM PDT It's not a bad move on the talk show's part, since Digg has such a following on the Web. Mr. Fallon appeared on Diggnation in January, where he quizzed the hosts on their middle names and talked about attending the Consumer Electronics Show earlier that month.  |
| 4 Most Expensive Mistakes in The Gaming Industry Posted: 12 Mar 2009 04:20 PM PDT There's no mistake quite like a big one, we present to you, our dear reader, four of the most expensive mistakes in the industry we love and loathe so much.  |
| Posted: 12 Mar 2009 04:20 PM PDT This Christopher Walken Twitter account is hilarious. Definitely a must follow if you are on twitter.  |
| iTunes Downloads Won't Be Taxed in New York State Posted: 12 Mar 2009 04:10 PM PDT It looks like the backlash from angry iPod owners worked: "It really has disturbed a lot of New Yorkers. They just see it as inconvenient and frustrating," said Gov. Paterson. It was the governor's plan for so-called nuisance taxes: Balancing the budget with new fees on sugary soda, iPod downloads, gym memberships, Broadway performances.  |
| Zoologist Swims With Lioness to Escape Heat of South Africa Posted: 12 Mar 2009 04:10 PM PDT A zoologist keen to cool off in the South African heat was joined by an unlikely swimming partner - a giant lioness. Animal behaviourist Kevin Richardson raises and interacts some of the most dangerous animals known to man.  |
| Impressive Metroid Samus Aran Cosplay (PICS) Posted: 12 Mar 2009 04:00 PM PDT 26-year-old Thaís Jussim is the one responsible for the beautifully crafted Samus Aran space suit seen here, one the Brazilian Metroid Prime fan assembled over the course of six months. The beast of a bounty hunter suit is lit by 73 battery powered LEDs and set Jussim back $350 in material costs.  |
| Have you seen the largest prime and can you name it? Posted: 12 Mar 2009 04:00 PM PDT The largest prime known at the moment is 2^43112609-1. It was found in August 2008. And the name is ...Three hundred sixteen quattuormilliamilliatrecensexviginmilliaunsexagintillion,four hundred seventy quattuormilliamilliatrecensexviginmilliasexagintillion....(see the rest)this is the American style, the European is a bit different  |
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| Visits to Gmail surpass YouTube Posted: 12 Mar 2009 03:40 PM PDT For the past two weeks, the market share of US Internet visits to Gmail has been higher than visits to YouTube. Previously, YouTube consistently ranked 10th among all websites by market share of visits until the week ending Jan. 10, 2009, where Gmail moved up one rank to reach #10. The websites have been swapping positions regularly ever since.  |
| Solar panels in the Sahara 'could power the whole of Europe' Posted: 12 Mar 2009 03:30 PM PDT All of Europe's energy needs could be supplied by building an array of solar panels in the Sahara. A £50 billion investment by governments over the next ten years would be enough to make Saharan solar power an attractive and viable prospect for private investors. "North Africa could supply Europe with all the energy it needs"  |
| Teams Aiming for LeBron, Wade in 2010...Forget About It Posted: 12 Mar 2009 03:20 PM PDT Any free agent who doesn't extend this summer could be taking a risk of losing tens of millions of dollars. Given the economy, the NBA free agency terms could be radically changed before 2010 ends.  |
| Posted: 12 Mar 2009 03:10 PM PDT Nothing drives up the ratings like a good TV feud. Here are 10 of the best  |
| Posted: 12 Mar 2009 03:00 PM PDT Skillzzz, I haz them.  |
| Google Share of Search To 72%; Yahoo, MSN Continue to Tank Posted: 12 Mar 2009 02:50 PM PDT Hitwise released a report yesterday showing that Google has posted a year-over-year increase of 8% in its share of U.S.-based search queries, for a total of 72.11% of all U.S. searches conducted over a four-week period that ended Feb. 28. Yahoo, Search, MSN Search and Ask.com received 17.04 %, 5.56 % and 3.74 %, respectively...  |
| Iraqi Journalist Sentenced for Throwing Shoes at Bush Posted: 12 Mar 2009 02:30 PM PDT The defense lawyer for an Iraqi journalist who threw shoes at then-President George W. Bush said his client has been sentenced to three years in prison for assaulting a foreign leader.  |
| 10 Twitteriffic tools - CNN.com Posted: 12 Mar 2009 02:20 PM PDT SEATTLE (CNN) -- From the halls of Congress to college dorms and the boardrooms of bankrupt companies, there's been a lot of buzz lately about the social media site called Twitter.  |
| Eight Reasons Watchmen wasn't as good as it should have been Posted: 12 Mar 2009 02:00 PM PDT Watchmen definitely doesn't deserve some of the harsher criticism it's received - well, it does deserve SOME - but, on the flip side, it definitely doesn't deserve the level of unquestioning and uncritical nerd love that's been angrily stomping around the internet lately, daring commentators to say otherwise.  |
| Killzone 2 - one million sold! Posted: 12 Mar 2009 01:50 PM PDT Sony's PS3 title hits one million copies in a week and a half on sale - one of the fastest selling PS3 titles to date  |
| Sirius XM Radio Planning to Stream to iPhone + iPod Posted: 12 Mar 2009 01:40 PM PDT By streaming its music, sports and talk channels to users of the iPhone and iPod Touch, Sirius can give its existing subscribers another way to access content and let new customers sign up without buying new radios. Sirius also sees opportunities to bundle its satellite radio service with TV packages from...  |
| 10 Video Games That Would Be Better With Zombies Posted: 12 Mar 2009 01:40 PM PDT What would make these games better? More shambling horrors.  |
| Institutionalized Barkley Having Trouble As Grocery Clerk Posted: 12 Mar 2009 01:30 PM PDT Having served a three-day sentence for his drunk-driving conviction, former NBA star Charles Barkley admitted Tuesday he was having difficulty adapting to life outside of jail and to his new low-level job at a local Foodway supermarket.  |
| The Rainbow Vomiting Pandas Of Interestingness Posted: 12 Mar 2009 01:30 PM PDT The Rainbow Vomiting Pandas Of Interestingness were starving. It was time to eat. Ling Ling grazed on her usual fare, flowers and sunsets. She found some kittens at sunset that tasted like lemons and butterflies. Hsing Hsing started on her latest interest, winter wonderlands and airplanes floating on the Hudson.  |
| 5 Accidental Inventions That Changed The World Posted: 12 Mar 2009 01:30 PM PDT Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good. Just ask the inventors of these products.  |
| How to Stream your Music Library to any PC via a Browser! Posted: 12 Mar 2009 01:20 PM PDT Sometimes you just want to browse and listen to your album collection at the office without having to load it all into a portable music player. With this guide, you can make it all easy!  |
| Posted: 12 Mar 2009 01:20 PM PDT Although Mr. Mullet rocks a mullet (fail) he must ensure that every other character is groomed well. Help him on his bad hairdo adventure.  |
| Aren't you glad you don't work in IT? Posted: 12 Mar 2009 01:20 PM PDT  |
| FBI raids office of D.C. CTO, Obama appointee Posted: 12 Mar 2009 01:10 PM PDT Blog: Federal agents are searching the Judiciary Square office of Washington, D.C.'s Chief Technology Officer.  |
| CQ Politics: Mexico's Drug War - Violence Too Close to Home Posted: 12 Mar 2009 01:10 PM PDT Using a combination of bribes and extreme cruelty that includes gruesome tortures and beheadings, Mexican drug cartels have corrupted or intimidated police and magistrates, taking effective control over a growing number of towns and rural areas south of the border. The gangs also have moved north into Arizona and other states.  |
| Redesigning Craigslist With Focus On Usability Posted: 12 Mar 2009 01:00 PM PDT Craigslist is ranked as the 28th most-visited English-language website in the world by Alexa. Despite the fact that Craigslist receives such a huge amount of traffic each month, it is also criticized for its design, which seems to be at least 10 years out-of-date.  |
| Men Beware: Women Can Smell Your Fear Posted: 12 Mar 2009 12:50 PM PDT Moviegoers might want to scoff a bit less when characters talk about the scent of fear. Women exposed to fear chemicals in male sweat tended to see ambiguous faces as being more fearful, according to a new study.  |
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