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• Oh, Why Hello There! [PIC]
• Trapped kids update Facebook rather than ring police
• Proud PHP Programmer [PIC]
• Damon turns corporate whistleblower in dark comedy
• 11 Firsts In Internet History
• Lost world of fanged frogs and giant rats discovered
• PS3 sales skyrocket with PS3 slim release
• Recession Lowers Divorce Rate by 40%
• Astronomy photographers capture cosmic masterpieces (PICS)
• Monopoly City Streets: Google Maps Enable Real Street Buying
• Inflatable heat shield tested in space
• At Least We Aren’t THESE People
• District 9 warns us of a dangerous future
• Samoa drivers brace for left turn
• Star-shaped cells in the brain aid with learning
• RoboBath: NASA Studies The Cleanest Robot in the World
• Obama's Speech to Students -- The Transcript
• 20 Things You Didn't Know About the Beatles
• Customer Beaten to Death by Wal-Mart Employees
• Polar Bear Poops Underwater (Warning: Cannot Unsee)
• Late-Night Snacks Worse Than You Think
• Password Hackers Do Big Business with ex-Lovers
• Can you find true love on the internet?
• Patrick Stewart: May return to X-Men; no more Star Trek
• Losing Its Religion: The New York Times Compromises
• Awesome Home Run celebration!
• Like Apple, TV Explores Must-Have Applications
• Could a Solar-Hydrogen Economy Supply All our Energy Needs?
• Weird Crater Creatures From Papua New Guinea (PICS)
• 'Achilles' Heel' In Y Chromosome Linked To Sex Disorders
• C64 emulator for iPhone approved — minus BASIC
• Ladder Gag Taken To The Next Level
• Video Games Are Evil, says guy who made money creating games
• Clijsters upsets Venus to reach quarters
• Don't hide! I know you're there!..
• 22 TV series not ruined when two characters hooked up
• The Thing With Two Heads (PIC)
• China, green? In the case of solar water heating, yes
• Astronomy Picture of the Day Jupiter Over the Mediterranean
• Nike and Serena Can't Afford a Spellchecker

Oh, Why Hello There! [PIC] Posted: 07 Sep 2009 05:40 PM PDT Nice to see you again

Trapped kids update Facebook rather than ring police Posted: 07 Sep 2009 05:20 PM PDT Trapped kids update Facebook rather than ring police 'Little Joey is stuk in stm drain lolz' : TechRadar UK

Proud PHP Programmer [PIC] Posted: 07 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT *****

Damon turns corporate whistleblower in dark comedy Posted: 07 Sep 2009 04:50 PM PDT Matt Damon stars as a whistleblower at a big U.S. agri-business company in ''The Informant!,'' a black comedy based on a true story which had the audience laughing out loud at the Venice film festival. Damon had to put on 30 pounds, wear a mustache and look unusually unglamorous to play Mark Whitacre.

11 Firsts In Internet History Posted: 07 Sep 2009 04:30 PM PDT People on the Internet love firsts. I can only conclude this based on the number of comment threads that begin with someone writing "First!" So I went on a hunt for 11 Internet firsts and found some really interesting ones... although, sadly, I was unable to track down the first time someone left the first "First!" comment.

Lost world of fanged frogs and giant rats discovered Posted: 07 Sep 2009 04:20 PM PDT A lost world populated by fanged frogs, grunting fish and tiny bear-like creatures has been discovered in a remote volcanic crater on the Pacific island of Papua New Guinea.

PS3 sales skyrocket with PS3 slim release Posted: 07 Sep 2009 04:10 PM PDT Around half a million units sold worldwide last week according to preliminary data

Recession Lowers Divorce Rate by 40% Posted: 07 Sep 2009 03:41 PM PDT American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers reports that divorce filings are down by 40%, a phenomenon the NY Daily News calls "sleeping with the enemy."

Astronomy photographers capture cosmic masterpieces (PICS) Posted: 07 Sep 2009 03:40 PM PDT The dramatic rearing horsehead nebula and mysterious glowing Bow of Orion are just two of the unforgettable images that have been entered into the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition.

Monopoly City Streets: Google Maps Enable Real Street Buying Posted: 07 Sep 2009 03:10 PM PDT This could be very addictive: GoogleGoogle is teaming up with board game maker Hasbro to launch a Google MapsGoogle Maps version of Monopoly. A monopoly game to let you buy any street in the world.

Inflatable heat shield tested in space Posted: 07 Sep 2009 03:00 PM PDT *****

At Least We Aren’t THESE People Posted: 07 Sep 2009 02:41 PM PDT *****

District 9 warns us of a dangerous future Posted: 07 Sep 2009 02:40 PM PDT Sci-fi films are often read as allegory. The provenance of District 9 has led some to see it as a reflection on apartheid. Perhaps, however, it has as much to tell us about the future as the past.

Samoa drivers brace for left turn Posted: 07 Sep 2009 02:20 PM PDT The Pacific island nation of Samoa prepares to move traffic from the right to the left side of roads, a move that has angered many residents.Cars are going to crash, people are going to die - not to mention the huge expense to our country

Star-shaped cells in the brain aid with learning Posted: 07 Sep 2009 01:51 PM PDT Every movement and every thought requires the passing of specific information between networks of nerve cells. To improve a skill or to learn something new entails more efficient or a greater number of cell contacts. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology could now show that certain cells in the brain influence this information

RoboBath: NASA Studies The Cleanest Robot in the World Posted: 07 Sep 2009 01:30 PM PDT When searching for life on a distant planet, it pays to make sure that any biologically derived molecules you find didn't catch a ride from Earth on the spaceship. Avoiding "forward contamination" takes the right mix of chemicals, before a mission even launches. To test NASA's sterilization protocol, scientists set off for the Arctic with Cliffbot.

Obama's Speech to Students -- The Transcript Posted: 07 Sep 2009 01:11 PM PDT Despite the controversy surrounding Tuesday's speech to schoolchildren across the nation, the transcript shows it to be both non-political and inspirational.

20 Things You Didn't Know About the Beatles Posted: 07 Sep 2009 01:00 PM PDT Great list of little known facts, trivia. Fact #15: "The closest the Beatles came to reuniting was at Eric Clapton's wedding to Patti Boyd in 1979, where McCartney, Harrison and Starr played. Lennon did not attend."

Customer Beaten to Death by Wal-Mart Employees Posted: 07 Sep 2009 12:50 PM PDT At Wal-Mart, theft is not tolerated. At least not at the Wal-Mart in Jingdezhen, China, where a customer died at the hands of Wal-Mart employees who suspected

Polar Bear Poops Underwater (Warning: Cannot Unsee) Posted: 07 Sep 2009 12:20 PM PDT *****

Late-Night Snacks Worse Than You Think Posted: 07 Sep 2009 12:01 PM PDT A study has found that eating at irregular times -- the equivalent of the middle of the night for humans, when the body wants to sleep -- influences weight gain. The regulation of energy by the body's circadian rhythms may play a significant role. The study is the first causal evidence linking meal timing and increased weight gain.

Password Hackers Do Big Business with ex-Lovers Posted: 07 Sep 2009 11:51 AM PDT When Elaine Cioni found out her married boyfriend had other girlfriends she turned to YourHackerz.com. For $US100, the website provided Cioni, then living in northern Virginia, with the password to her boyfriend's AOL email account. For another $100, she got her boyfriend's wife's password. And then the password of another girlfriend and ...

Can you find true love on the internet? Posted: 07 Sep 2009 11:40 AM PDT *****

Patrick Stewart: May return to X-Men; no more Star Trek Posted: 07 Sep 2009 11:10 AM PDT In a talk show interview setting, Patrick Stewart fielded questions about his career and memories of his tenure as captain of the Enterprise. Stewart thought that this summer's reboot of "Star Trek" was "terrific," but didn't see a future for Jean-Luc Picard in the franchise, leaving open only the possibility that he would agree to do a cameo.

Losing Its Religion: The New York Times Compromises Posted: 07 Sep 2009 10:41 AM PDT Two things that would end hypocrisy and make the world a better place: Priests should be allowed to get married, and the New York Times should update it's Ethics Policy.

Awesome Home Run celebration! Posted: 07 Sep 2009 10:40 AM PDT Prince Fielder involves his teammates in the celebration after he cracks a walk-off line-drive homer in the 12th.

Like Apple, TV Explores Must-Have Applications Posted: 07 Sep 2009 10:21 AM PDT DirecTV and Verizon have app stores. Other cable, satellite and phone companies are working on new technology, but the industry is still wrestling with many questions.

Could a Solar-Hydrogen Economy Supply All our Energy Needs? Posted: 07 Sep 2009 10:02 AM PDT Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Adelaide in Australia, makes a persuasive case that it is perhaps the most effective medium for using and storing solar energy

Weird Crater Creatures From Papua New Guinea (PICS) Posted: 07 Sep 2009 09:41 AM PDT Stunning photographs of unusual and unknown invertebrates discovered in a 'lost volcano' in Papua New Guinea.

'Achilles' Heel' In Y Chromosome Linked To Sex Disorders Posted: 07 Sep 2009 09:31 AM PDT The unique mechanism behind the evolutionary survival of the human Y chromosome may also be responsible for a range of sex disorders, from failed sperm production to sex reversal to Turner Syndrome.

C64 emulator for iPhone approved — minus BASIC Posted: 07 Sep 2009 09:11 AM PDT After a lengthy process that had previously met with rejection, Manomio's Commodore 64 emulator for the iPhone and iPod touch has finally been accepted by Apple. This marks the first time a multi-purpose emulation title has been approved by the App Store.

Ladder Gag Taken To The Next Level Posted: 07 Sep 2009 09:02 AM PDT I predict some extreme slapstick.

Video Games Are Evil, says guy who made money creating games Posted: 07 Sep 2009 08:40 AM PDT I think that video games are evil," says Tomino. "[Gaming] is not a type of activity that provides any support to our daily lives, and all these consoles are just consuming electricity! Let's say we have about three billion people on this planet wasting their time, bringing no productivity at all. Add 10 billion more people, and what would happen t

Clijsters upsets Venus to reach quarters Posted: 07 Sep 2009 08:31 AM PDT When the Grand Slams roll around, the best stories often revolve around the prospect of Williams vs. Williams, Maria Sharapova, maybe even a possible breakthrough by No. 1 Dinara Safina. All those options have vanished from the U.S. Open, replaced in large part by the potential of Kim Clijsters.

Don't hide! I know you're there!.. Posted: 07 Sep 2009 07:30 AM PDT ^

22 TV series not ruined when two characters hooked up Posted: 07 Sep 2009 07:29 AM PDT Not surprisingly Who's The Boss? failed to make the cut

The Thing With Two Heads (PIC) Posted: 07 Sep 2009 07:29 AM PDT The doctor blew it.

China, green? In the case of solar water heating, yes Posted: 07 Sep 2009 07:10 AM PDT In a nation known more for its belching smokestacks, solar water heaters are on nearly every roof in some cities. Chinese manufacturers are eyeing foreign markets, including Southern California.

Astronomy Picture of the Day Jupiter Over the Mediterranean Posted: 07 Sep 2009 06:50 AM PDT A different astronomy and space sciencerelated image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.

Nike and Serena Can't Afford a Spellchecker Posted: 07 Sep 2009 06:20 AM PDT So, apparently Nike and Serena can't afford a spellchecker... ("Delicous?") Or did I miss something???

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