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| WTF!? Bonuses Expected at Fannie, Freddie Posted: 18 Mar 2009 05:10 PM PDT Fannie Mae is due to pay retention bonuses of as much $470,000 to $611,000 this year to some executives despite enormous losses at the government-backed mortgage company. Fannie's main rival, Freddie Mac, also plans to pay such bonuses but hasn't yet provided details.  |
| Badass Half-Life 2 Inspired demo short film Posted: 18 Mar 2009 05:00 PM PDT Unfortunately, not enough is known about Timacious' cool FX demo short to tell what its purpose is exactly, but when Gabe Newell decides to sign off on a HL2 feature film, he NEEDS to hire this guy.  |
| CONCEPT: The Slick Future of Plant Cultivation at Home[PICS] Posted: 18 Mar 2009 05:00 PM PDT An artist creates a rendering of a concept that simplifies plant cultivation at home.  |
| Polar bear twin cubs at play (PICS) Posted: 18 Mar 2009 04:40 PM PDT These twin baby polar bears got their first sniff of the open air today at the Ouwehands animal park in Rhenen, the Netherlands.  |
| Taxpayers Gather To Protest Spending, Taxes, Growing Debt Posted: 18 Mar 2009 04:30 PM PDT The tide is rising against the looting being committed by our federal government with protest across the country.  |
| Discovered: The 'fat controller' in the body Posted: 18 Mar 2009 04:20 PM PDT A 'fat controller' in the gut could be the key to preventing obesity, diabetes and heart disease, research suggests.  |
| Posted: 18 Mar 2009 04:20 PM PDT Terror at 4 1/2 feet.  |
| iPhone 3.0 Beta OS Walkthrough Video Posted: 18 Mar 2009 04:20 PM PDT The biggest point to get out of this video is that the copy part of copy and paste works fine, but the paste part is tricky. It's not incredibly clear (right now, in the beta) where you should double tap to enable it. It seems like you need to be doing this inside existing text. The phone refused to paste into a blank spot below actual text.  |
| Health Care Overhaul May Cost $1.5 Trillion Posted: 18 Mar 2009 04:00 PM PDT Guaranteeing health insurance for all Americans may cost about $1.5 trillion over the next decade  |
| Posted: 18 Mar 2009 03:50 PM PDT Fossils help scientists peel back the layers of time to reveal stories of life from eras long past. Sometimes the story goes in an unforeseen direction; other fossils have a "wow" factor simply because they were discovered at all. here is the story of 8 surprising fossil finds.  |
| Stop Blaming McDonalds for fat Americans Posted: 18 Mar 2009 03:50 PM PDT March is a great month to get fat and stay unhealthy. We're not referring to the corn dogs or nachos you'll be consuming during march madness either. We're talking about the mass consumption of girl scout cookies.  |
| 5 Horrifying Tales Of 911 Incompetence Posted: 18 Mar 2009 03:31 PM PDT We all laugh when some nutjob calls 911 because McDonald's ran out of McNuggets. But the world is full of crazy people, they all own phones and 911 is the one number they all know. We shouldn't be surprised. No, the horror stories happen when regular folk in an emergency call 911 and find the craziness happening at the other end of the line.  |
| Man Arrested Trying to Smuggle Wife in a Speaker Box Posted: 18 Mar 2009 03:31 PM PDT I wonder if she thumped like four 15 inch subs. Authorities say a Fort Worth, Texas, man was charged after customs officials allegedly found his Mexican wife hiding in a speaker box in their car's back seat.  |
| Pirate Bay Documentarian Looks Forward to Film Being Pirated Posted: 18 Mar 2009 03:31 PM PDT Swedish filmmaker Simon Klose is making a documentary about the piracy movement in Sweden, centered on the sensational trial of the guys behind "The Pirate Bay" torrent tracking service. He expects his film to be pirated. Is fine with that. Thinks it'll be good for business, in fact.  |
| What Did Geithner Know and When Did He Know It? Posted: 18 Mar 2009 03:30 PM PDT The reality is that there has been no accountability for a long time on Wall Street. The bankers no longer feel a responsibility to the banks. There is no owner to fire them if they screw up, now that all of these large banks are publicly owned. So, their main concern is their own bottom line.  |
| Pope Benedict XVI is a Global Health Nightmare Posted: 18 Mar 2009 03:10 PM PDT As the world leader of the Catholic Church gets ready to make his first trip to Africa, Pope Benedict XVI has said something so stupid that the only end result is going to be the needless death of many, many people.  |
| The Lifecycle of a Trojan Horse Posted: 18 Mar 2009 03:10 PM PDT Summarizing the lifecycle of a trojan horse as "configuration, infection, action, deletion" would be too brief. This article details the trojan horse lifecycle, beginning from the stage of configuration over to its deletion and all the steps in between.  |
| Experts pin down exactly how much exercise u need to get fit Posted: 18 Mar 2009 03:00 PM PDT You should be taking 100 steps each minute for half an hour a day if you want to achieve "moderate" exercise by walking, a study shows.  |
| Posted: 18 Mar 2009 02:50 PM PDT Since we could all use a little help, The Top 10 Aphrodisiac Foods. Enjoy!  |
| Man Who Walked After Spider Bite Arrested - CBS News Posted: 18 Mar 2009 02:50 PM PDT Manteca Police arrested Blancarte Friday on an outstanding warrant from a contempt of court charge, stemming from a domestic violence case.  |
| Dan Aykroyd & Tom Hanks Rap Music Video Posted: 18 Mar 2009 02:40 PM PDT Music video from the 1987 movie Dragnet, with Dan Aykroyd & Tom Hanks.  |
| Google: Internet disconnection a 'disproportionate' penalty Posted: 18 Mar 2009 02:12 PM PDT Google has made its position on "graduated response" rules clear: Internet disconnections are a disproportionate penalty for online copyright infringement.  |
| The Outrageous Offenses Against Richard Cheney Posted: 18 Mar 2009 02:00 PM PDT TV journalists protest the insufficiently reverent commentary directed at "the former Vice President of the United States."  |
| Really NBC? CEO Of NBC Calls Stewart Attacks 'Absurd' Posted: 18 Mar 2009 02:00 PM PDT "Daily Show" host Jon Stewart's recent criticism of CNBC, host Jim Cramer and the business media was "absurd" and "completely out of line," NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker said here Wednesday."I thought it was incredibly unfair to CNBC and the business media in general"  |
| Astros's Aaron Boone to have open heart surgery Posted: 18 Mar 2009 01:50 PM PDT Aaron Boone of the Houston Astros will have open heart surgery to replace an aortic valve.Boone made the announcement Wednesday, saying he has known about his heart condition since college but tests after his routine physical determined he needed surgery. It is not an emergency, but doctors indicated the procedure was needed.  |
| Cisco Pushes Into Server Computer Market Posted: 18 Mar 2009 01:50 PM PDT A maker of networking equipment has encroached on the turf of partners like Hewlett-Packard, I.B.M. and Dell with a new product.  |
| Posted: 18 Mar 2009 01:50 PM PDT From Flaming Lips at SXSW to the Stones at Altamont. The 10 best music festival moments as compiled by Time.com.  |
| The case for a domestic marijuana industry Posted: 18 Mar 2009 01:30 PM PDT Like it or not, marijuana is a massive industry. One hundred million Americans admit to government survey-takers that they've used it, with nearly 15 million acknowledging use in the past month. That's a huge market -- exceeding the number of Americans who will buy a new car or truck this year, or who bought one last year.  |
| 25 of the Most Badass Boss Fights of All Time Posted: 18 Mar 2009 01:30 PM PDT A look back at the most intense, epic, or otherwise insane gaming boss battles ever.  |
| Debunking 10 Myths About Guinness Stout Posted: 18 Mar 2009 01:20 PM PDT Guinness has become an icon of the Emerald Isle, known around the world for its impenetrable color,its complex pouring ritual & its ability to balance well on a toucan's beak. It's also known for the wild rumors associated with it, from the common barfly's claim of better-tasting pints in the old country to conspiracy theories of secret ingredients  |
| The 8 Healthiest Breakfast Cereals Posted: 18 Mar 2009 01:20 PM PDT Did your favorite cereal earned a spot on the list?  |
| 73 At AIG Received Bonuses Of $1 Million Or More Posted: 18 Mar 2009 01:20 PM PDT New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday that American International Group Inc. (AIG) granted retention bonuses of $1 million or more to 73 people in its AIG Financial Products subsidiary, including 11 who no longer work at the company.  |
| Evolution Less Accepted in U.S. Than Other Western Countries Posted: 18 Mar 2009 01:20 PM PDT This chart depicts the public acceptance of evolution theory in 34 countries in 2005. Adults were asked to respond to the statement: "Human beings, as we know them, developed from earlier species of animals." A study of several such surveys taken since 1985 has found that the United States ranks next to last in acceptance of evolution theory.  |
| Why Is Facebook Trying To Be Twitter? Posted: 18 Mar 2009 01:20 PM PDT Facebook is driving me crazy. Only a few days after I made a post talking about how Facebook differs from Twitter and why I was changing how I use the Facebook service that Facebook decides to make major changes and become more like Twitter.  |
| Washington knew AIG was preparing to pay bonuses Posted: 18 Mar 2009 01:00 PM PDT WASHINGTON – Cue the outrage. For months, the Obama administration and members of Congress have known that insurance giant AIG was getting ready to pay huge bonuses while living off government bailouts. It wasn't until the money was flowing and news was trickling out to the public that official Washington rose up in anger and vowed to yank the mone  |
| Trent Reznor Speaks Out Against Ticket Resellers & Scalping Posted: 18 Mar 2009 12:50 PM PDT "Over the weekend Trent Reznor of NIN posted in the NIN forum on his website a long explanation of the current situation from the perspective of some one in the middle of it. His explanation is brilliant, straight forward, to the point and nails the complexity of the problem in a way only he could."  |
| President Obama Explains His Bracketology Posted: 18 Mar 2009 12:40 PM PDT President Obama fills out his March Madness bracket for ESPN. The President trashes the Pac 10, says he's a "little concerned" about Tyson Lawson's toe, and likes Syracuse to upset Oklahoma.  |
| Researchers Develop New Way To Build Faster Flexible Devices Posted: 18 Mar 2009 12:20 PM PDT Many scientists predict that the futures also implies flexible electronic devices, and current technologies do not allow fast and cheap flexible electronics. It's just very difficult. However, a recent breakthrough is the first important step for manufacturing flexible electronics. Researchers at the Stanford University teamed up with engineers...  |
| US the hot outsourcing hub, not India or China Posted: 18 Mar 2009 12:00 PM PDT Futurists have envisioned "virtual" US corporations since the 1980s. And, for the most part, US firms have vigorously outsourced the management of IT systems to far off India and China. But a new survey throws up startling news: the offshore option is losing its sheen for US technology firms who say they are more likely to get the job done in Ameri  |
| Scottish Clubs Brace For Hard Times Posted: 18 Mar 2009 12:00 PM PDT The majority of Scottish football chairmen have told BBC Scotland that the credit crunch is squeezing club business and they expect it to worsen.  |
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