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| Shaq's Top 10 Moments of 2009 [VIDEO] Posted: 26 Mar 2009 06:20 PM PDT Check out Shaq's top 10 memorable moments of 2009.  |
| RealAge Quiz Is a Window for Drug Makers Posted: 26 Mar 2009 06:20 PM PDT While RealAge promotes better living through nonmedical solutions, the site makes its money by selling better living through drugs. Pharmaceutical companies pay RealAge to compile test results of RealAge members and send them marketing messages by e-mail. "Literally millions of people have unknowingly signed up."  |
| In Criminal Cases, Should Science Only Serve the State? Posted: 26 Mar 2009 06:10 PM PDT Many prosecution teams have forensic scientists on board who are meant to do only one thing, regardless of their professional opinion: put people in jail. The problem with this isn't merely that it is against science - it's also fundamentally unjust. Scientists who present evidence on behalf of criminals, moreover, are seen as a problem.  |
| British PEM Daniel Hannan endorses Ron Paul Posted: 26 Mar 2009 06:10 PM PDT British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was savaged at the EU meeting he attended this week. Daniel Hannan, MEP for South East England, eviscerated the British leader for his massive spending and debt... and guess what else? Hannon said he would have voted for Ron Paul on a Cauvuto interview.  |
| Posted: 26 Mar 2009 06:00 PM PDT This is why I don't make friends with buttholes.  |
| 30 Tips on Upgrading a Motherboard Posted: 26 Mar 2009 06:00 PM PDT It happens to all of us eventually, the ExtremeTech staff probably more than most. Whether due to failure or obsolescence—or after you've run out of alternative upgrade paths—it comes time to pull a motherboard out of a working system and replace it with something different.  |
| Rare common sense: Utah governor vetoes underage game bill Posted: 26 Mar 2009 06:00 PM PDT A well-intentioned but poorly written bill covering the sales of M-rated video games has been vetoed by Utah's governor. It's a rare example of a politician choosing to avoid a court fight over bad legislation.  |
| Posted: 26 Mar 2009 05:50 PM PDT Vince Offer is the live-action look-alike of Beavis.  |
| What is PETA President Instructing PETA to Do Upon Her death Posted: 26 Mar 2009 05:50 PM PDT What is she instructing PETA to do upon her death? One of my eyes be removed, mounted, and delivered to the administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as a reminder that PETA will continue to be watching the agency.That my pointing finger be delivered to the owner of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.That one of my ears be...  |
| Google Street View Laps Laguna Seca With ALMS Race Cars! Posted: 26 Mar 2009 05:40 PM PDT Google Street View has recently taken us to some pretty cool locales, but none gets our motors running quite like the little camera car running the Laguna Seca circuit with some ALMS cars.  |
| Posted: 26 Mar 2009 05:40 PM PDT Filmmakers will do just about anything to get you to come out to the movie theater. Here are the top 10 movie gimmicks  |
| Apple iPhone to Become Your New Medical Buddy Posted: 26 Mar 2009 05:30 PM PDT Apple's announcement last week of a new operating system for the iPhone – iPhone OS 3.0. Aside from being your mobile business assistant, the iPhone may also become your medical assistant in the near future. Two of the more interesting applications are for blood pressure and blood sugar monitoring.  |
| Officer prevents NFL runningback from seeing dying mom Posted: 26 Mar 2009 05:30 PM PDT Runningback Ryan Moats for the Houston Texans was prevented from seeing his mother dying in the hospital by the Dallas Police Department. He ran a red light and the police officer cited him for a ticket in the parking lot of the ER. Unfortunately, he missed his mother's last moments.  |
| 50 Beautiful Long Exposure Photos Posted: 26 Mar 2009 05:30 PM PDT Here are extremely gorgeous pictures of photos taken with a very slow shutter speed. Very artistic.  |
| California to Outlaw Black Cars Posted: 26 Mar 2009 05:20 PM PDT Freedom lost, one day at a time.  |
| DEA Ignores Policy Changes and Raids SF Marijuana Dispensary Posted: 26 Mar 2009 05:10 PM PDT "So, it came as something of a shock that DEA agents today raided Emmalyn's California Cannabis Clinic at 1597 Howard Street. Calls to the dispensary did not go through; for whatever reason the phone did not ring."  |
| Olbermann Mocks CNN's Ed Henry Over Obama Smackdown Posted: 26 Mar 2009 05:00 PM PDT ROBINSON: You know I just don't think you are going to see that analysis being picked up very widely. I mean, look, it's like guarding Kobe Bryant. He comes down and does a reverse 360 windmill tomahawk jam in your face, the ball actually hits you in the face on the way down, and then picking yourself up off the court and acknowledging the cheers  |
| Posted: 26 Mar 2009 04:40 PM PDT Still holding out on the Vista upgrade? Now's a good time to give Ubuntu Linux a try.  |
| Emergency Zombie Swarm in San Francisco Posted: 26 Mar 2009 04:30 PM PDT Spleens were supped on, livers nibbled on, and intestines slurped down during yesterday's Emergency Zombie Swarm. Photographer Steve Rhodes managed to survive the carnage.  |
| Bachmann bill would ban global currency Posted: 26 Mar 2009 04:20 PM PDT Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) has introduced legislation that would "bar the dollar from being replace by any foreign currency.  |
| Sarah Palin Adviser's Scientology Plot to Take Over DC Posted: 26 Mar 2009 04:10 PM PDT In 1986, he masterminded a plan—which was never executed—for Scientology to get into the "MONEY and VOTES game" in order to "create power" for Scientology and win influence Washington, D.C.  |
| GOP Budget Proposal: Massive Tax Cut For Wealthy Posted: 26 Mar 2009 04:10 PM PDT House Republican leaders called a press conference Thursday to unveil their "alternative budget." It has one major policy proposal: a huge tax cut for the wealthy.  |
| Well-Preserved Fossil Casts Light on Evolution of Bony Fish Posted: 26 Mar 2009 04:00 PM PDT The earliest known and well-preserved bony fish has been found in southern China. The fossil of a Guiyu oneiros, described in this week's Nature journal, sheds light on the evolutionary history of jawed vertebrates. Previously this was documented almost exclusively from fossil fragments.  |
| 5 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Executive Bonuses Posted: 26 Mar 2009 03:50 PM PDT With all the recent national outrage focused on these unethical executive payouts, here are 5 things you might not know about executive bonuses.  |
| Why 3D Movies Represent Everything Wrong With Our Country Posted: 26 Mar 2009 03:40 PM PDT It's not that I have any axe to grind with the third dimension itself. I appreciate its right to exist and even endorse Hollywood's right to explore new mediums of entertainment. But I see where all of this is going. I've uncovered the ten year plan, and it's stained with lowest common denominator...  |
| Worst Man Drafted Tournament: Biggest NFL Draft Bust Ever Posted: 26 Mar 2009 03:40 PM PDT What is the Worst Man Drafted (WMD) Tourney? To celebrate March Madness, the FanSided.com sports network compiled a field of the 64 worst NFL Draft busts of all time. Why the name WMD? Because like the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, these accidental WMDs never showed up either.  |
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| 16 Awesome Star Wars Papercraft Models Posted: 26 Mar 2009 03:19 PM PDT Some time ago I gathered a list of 100 Exceptional Free Paper Models and Toys that was quite well received by the readers of this blog. The amount and quality of paper craft models available for download is amazing. Chances are that anything that's popular and geeky, has already been converted into a paper craft model.  |
| Latest PETA-Style Pet Craze: Making Cats go Vegan [WTF?!] Posted: 26 Mar 2009 03:10 PM PDT "... one person they interviewed said she suspects that "vegan" cats are supplementing their diets by hunting." ORLY?  |
| Stimulus money starts flowing for Green Tech Posted: 26 Mar 2009 02:50 PM PDT After weeks of supportive words from the president, U.S. green-tech professionals saw something else this week: money starting to flow.The Department of Energy said last Friday that it expects to provide $535 million in loans to California start-up Solyndra, which has a novel design for rooftop solar arrays.  |
| Posted: 26 Mar 2009 02:40 PM PDT Liberal groups are unhappy with the prospect of having moderate Democrats slow down Obama's agenda. MoveOn.org and Americans United for Change began airing ads Wednesday urging moderate Democrats in both the House and the Senate to get on board with the president's budget.  |
| Will the US dollar remain currency king? Posted: 26 Mar 2009 02:30 PM PDT The dollar's role as the world's dominant currency is coming under intense scrutiny.This week, China added its voice to demands for a new global currency as an alternative to the dollar in international trade and finance.  |
| Inside California's Tent Cities [Pics] Posted: 26 Mar 2009 02:20 PM PDT The current recession has led many people to these forced 'housing' situations  |
| The 12 Bankers Responsible For The Financial Crisis Posted: 26 Mar 2009 02:20 PM PDT Rolling Stone: The Dirty Dozen. Meet the bankers and brokers responsible for the financial crisis - and the officials who let them get away with it  |
| The Best (and Worst) of DreamWorks Animation Posted: 26 Mar 2009 02:20 PM PDT From 'Shrek' to 'Sinbad', a really entertaining analysis of Dreamworks animation wins and losses.  |
| Zombie...Hooker...Nightmare...! Posted: 26 Mar 2009 02:10 PM PDT Business for hookers is slow in the graveyard until zombies heat things up. Great lazy afternoon time killer.  |
| Apple Kicking Butt Without Steve Jobs Posted: 26 Mar 2009 02:00 PM PDT Assuming Steve Jobs returns in late June, as scheduled, his medical leave is approaching its halfway point. So how's Apple doing in his absence? Very well, we'd say -- almost as if he hadn't left.  |
| "Fifth Force" Could Make Detection of Dark Matter Unlikely Posted: 26 Mar 2009 01:50 PM PDT No one knows exactly what a "fifth force" might be, but studies have shown that, if a long-range fifth force does exist, it could have surprising effects on the universe's structure formation. A fifth force could reduce discrepancies between theory and observation in several areas of cosmology.  |
| ISPs Join RIAA's Fight Against Piracy Posted: 26 Mar 2009 01:50 PM PDT Is Your ISP One of Them?  |
| Aptera Electric Car: Dolphin Lines & Google Funding (pics) Posted: 26 Mar 2009 01:50 PM PDT Think about the aerodynamics of jet plane, a sailboat and a minivan. When we build things to fly through the air or propel us through the water, we design efficient vehicles. Not so with cars. Aptera, an auto company startup, aims to change that.  |
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