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• The ethics of piracy: May I steal one if I own one?
• Night Vision Coming Soon To Cell Phones, Eyeglasses
• An Entrepreneur Manufactures a Haitian Recovery
• What's it like to live without electricity?
• The Volcano That Rocked Global Business
• George Bush to Release Memoir, Grammatical Errors Included
• US newspaper circulation drops 8.74 percent
• All sex offenders are not equal
• Two Kenyan in New York: Our ATM is a Goat
• How many Steve Nash high-fives per game?
• 30 Awesome Minimalist Superhero Posters
• Texas beauty school's cell phone jammer leads to $25K fine
• Kentucky girls try to kill lesbian classmate
• Phillies' Ryan Howard Gets Five-Year, $125 Million Extension
• Eight of the World's Wackiest Records
• Form Constant [Video]
• 'Simpsons' Send Message Of Support To 'South Park' (pic)
• Backdoor Malware Targets Apple iPad
• There's A Little Calvin In Every Child
• Gummi bear surgery [Pics]
• Why Lindsay Lohan Is So Unbankable
• Top 10 Qualities Women Look For In A Man
• Which is Better: Buying Apple Product or Buying Apple Stock?
• Top 10 Government Jobs for People Who Bruise Easily
• Medical Student Eats 3 Pounds of Tater Tots, Wins $250 [Vid]
• Dr. Death: God Is Created by Man
• Reid: HC most important thing Senate has done for the World!
• Tiny Apartment Transforms into 24 Rooms
• Tito Ortiz Arrested for Domestic Violence
• Pope memo 'will not affect visit'
• WonderCon attendance shows the comic-con's power is growing
• Dutch Propose Using Dikes to Generate Power
• A Call for Transparency in Apple’s App Store
• *****'s about to get real [pic]
• The 5 Most Fraudulent Psychics Of All-Time
• Computers and their Threats [Graphic]
• Top 10 gaffes on Facebook, Twitter and Google
• Supreme Court To Review Videogame Regulation Law
• Outbreak Of Paralysis Points To Polio's Return
• LT's Only Draft Day Memory: Drinking 41 Coors Lights (Vid)

The ethics of piracy: May I steal one if I own one? Posted: 26 Apr 2010 05:10 PM PDT I recently got a hankering to re-read some of my favorite books. I already own them, in hardcover and paperback. But I'd like to re-read them as e-books. Do I need to buy the e-book versions, or can I download a pirated copy of the e-book for free?

Night Vision Coming Soon To Cell Phones, Eyeglasses Posted: 26 Apr 2010 05:10 PM PDT The illuminating power of bulky night vision goggles could soon be widely available thanks to a new, paper thin device.

An Entrepreneur Manufactures a Haitian Recovery Posted: 26 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT A dogged entrepreneur aims to get more U.S. retailers to import, and more consumers to buy, Haitian textiles

What's it like to live without electricity? Posted: 26 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Earth Day has come and gone, but it's a fact of daily — and especially nightly — life that 1.6 billion people around the globe have no electricity in their homes. Instead, most use wood, coal or even dung to heat and cook their homes — resulting in indoor air pollution that kills 1.6 million people a year.

The Volcano That Rocked Global Business Posted: 26 Apr 2010 04:50 PM PDT With a huff and a puff, mother nature grounded the global economy—and pointed up the need to fix our fragile system.

George Bush to Release Memoir, Grammatical Errors Included Posted: 26 Apr 2010 04:50 PM PDT The book, "Decision Points," will center on 14 decisions Bush made in his eight years as president, including "his (many) flaws and mistakes, as well as his historic achievements.

US newspaper circulation drops 8.74 percent Posted: 26 Apr 2010 04:40 PM PDT Circulation figures for US newspapers released Monday provided another dose of bad news for an industry that has seen a wave of bankruptcies, closures and cutbacks in newsrooms across the country.

All sex offenders are not equal Posted: 26 Apr 2010 04:40 PM PDT Many people assume everyone on the registry is either a rapist or pedophile. If that were so, the list would be much smaller. But it also includes an array of porn possessors, voyeurs and people who as older teenagers had consensual sex with an underage girlfriend or boyfriend.

Two Kenyan in New York: Our ATM is a Goat Posted: 26 Apr 2010 04:30 PM PDT Two Kenyan guys try to get a grip on a cul ture of ATMs, high rise build ings, and hot dogs in New York.

How many Steve Nash high-fives per game? Posted: 26 Apr 2010 04:30 PM PDT All Hail Jess the Suns intern for this great insight into one of the best players in the game. Before you watch it, take a guess at how many times per game Steve Nash high-fives a teammate.

30 Awesome Minimalist Superhero Posters Posted: 26 Apr 2010 04:20 PM PDT In honor of the upcoming Iron Man 2, here are 30 sweet, minimalist superhero posters ranging from Batman, Superman & Iron Man to off-beat heroes like Gizmo Duck, Darkwing Duck & more.

Texas beauty school's cell phone jammer leads to $25K fine Posted: 26 Apr 2010 04:10 PM PDT What does a cosmetology school just outside Dallas need with a 5W adjustable cell phone jammer? Blissful quiet in the classrooms? But the school's decision to install the jamming unit (it had three more that weren't yet set up) in 2009 was one link in a chain that last week led the Federal Communications Commission to propose a $25,000 fine.

Kentucky girls try to kill lesbian classmate Posted: 26 Apr 2010 04:00 PM PDT They took her to a remote area, beat her, then tried to push her off a50-foot cliff, but she managed to escape.

Phillies' Ryan Howard Gets Five-Year, $125 Million Extension Posted: 26 Apr 2010 04:00 PM PDT Ryan Howard is no stranger to public praise. He won the 2005 Rookie of the Year Award, the 2006 NL MVP, he holds the Phillies' record for most home runs in a season and he's got a World Series title. The Phillies on Monday, though, may have made the biggest statement in praise of Howard to date, signing him to a five-year, $125 million extension.

Eight of the World's Wackiest Records Posted: 26 Apr 2010 04:00 PM PDT If you're like me, when you think of world records you think of that weird guy in the Guinness Book ca. 1980 with the really really long fingernails that curled around and around. Those sort of odd records continue to intrigue me so I came up with a list of 8 that are equally, if not slightly more wacky.

Form Constant [Video] Posted: 26 Apr 2010 03:50 PM PDT A choreography influenced by the ideas of fluid dynamics and the energetic quality of the imagery. Created using infrared lighting and a custom-modded, $40 webcam along with custom software running on the GPU.

'Simpsons' Send Message Of Support To 'South Park' (pic) Posted: 26 Apr 2010 03:50 PM PDT The opening credits on the Simpsons last night was awesome...

Backdoor Malware Targets Apple iPad Posted: 26 Apr 2010 03:50 PM PDT Apple iPad users are being warned of an email-borne threat which could give hackers unauthorised access to the device. Attacks disguised as iTunes updates.

There's A Little Calvin In Every Child Posted: 26 Apr 2010 03:50 PM PDT *****

Gummi bear surgery [Pics] Posted: 26 Apr 2010 03:40 PM PDT *****

Why Lindsay Lohan Is So Unbankable Posted: 26 Apr 2010 03:30 PM PDT Lindsay Lohan was dropped from 'The Other Side' last week after the film's financial backers deemed her "unbankable," a sterile way of saying poor Linds has become, plain and simple, a bad investment.

Top 10 Qualities Women Look For In A Man Posted: 26 Apr 2010 03:30 PM PDT The female criteria for judging men are significantly more nuanced than the monosyllabic qualities men tend to look for...

Which is Better: Buying Apple Product or Buying Apple Stock? Posted: 26 Apr 2010 03:30 PM PDT Hindsight bias probably works best when it comes to money. The events that occurred in the past seem to have been more predictable than they really were, and I bet many of you felt it when reading texts explaining how to get rich easily. Well, here comes another such example.

Top 10 Government Jobs for People Who Bruise Easily Posted: 26 Apr 2010 03:10 PM PDT Don't feel like being a covert CIA op? Try these fed desk jobs on for size.

Medical Student Eats 3 Pounds of Tater Tots, Wins $250 [Vid] Posted: 26 Apr 2010 03:10 PM PDT Competitive eater and medical student Carl Deselm soaked his Tots in H2O, ground them up and shoved three pounds worth of the snack food into his food hole, earning him the Tater Tot eating belt. Deselm was named the Tot-Eating National Champ in 2008. The future doc says the massive Tot ingestion is just fine.

Dr. Death: God Is Created by Man Posted: 26 Apr 2010 03:00 PM PDT Neil Cavuto interviews Jack Kevorkian (Dr. Death) about his past work of assisted suicide and Health Care.

Reid: HC most important thing Senate has done for the World! Posted: 26 Apr 2010 03:00 PM PDT "The most important thing we've done for the country and the world is health care," he said according to the Nevada Appeal. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is talking up the healthcare reform law in a big way on the campaign trail. Reid, who led efforts to shepherd the $940 billion legislation through the Senate, is facing a tough...

Tiny Apartment Transforms into 24 Rooms Posted: 26 Apr 2010 02:50 PM PDT In Hong Kong, because of the space, apartments are small and expensive. Gary Chang, an architect, decided to design a 344 sq. ft. apartment to be able to change into 24 different designs, all by just sliding panels and walls. He calls this the "Domestic Transformer."

Tito Ortiz Arrested for Domestic Violence Posted: 26 Apr 2010 02:42 PM PDT TMZ has learned Tito Ortiz was just arrested for felony domestic violence at the home he shares with Jenna Jameson .

Pope memo 'will not affect visit' Posted: 26 Apr 2010 02:40 PM PDT A Foreign Office memo suggesting the Pope could launch a condom range in the UK will not affect his visit, the Vatican insists.

WonderCon attendance shows the comic-con's power is growing Posted: 26 Apr 2010 02:40 PM PDT Hollywood's interest in pop-culture conventions deepens and spreads beyond Comic-Con International in San Diego, the granddaddy of them all with 126,000 fans attending last year. WonderCon is one of the dozens of pop-culture conventions that began as a gathering of comic-book fans and merchants and morphed into something much broader.

Dutch Propose Using Dikes to Generate Power Posted: 26 Apr 2010 02:30 PM PDT Though the Dutch are known for their windmills, they may be looking to underwater turbines for energy in the near future. In 1953 a massive flood decimated a large part of The Netherlands, killing 1,800 people on the south-west coast of the country. Dikes were devised and installed along the coastline to prevent future flooding. [...]

A Call for Transparency in Apple’s App Store Posted: 26 Apr 2010 02:30 PM PDT The iTunes App Store is nearly two years old, and Apple still has not published a clear set of guidelines about what type of content is and isn't allowed.

*****'s about to get real [pic] Posted: 26 Apr 2010 02:30 PM PDT *****

The 5 Most Fraudulent Psychics Of All-Time Posted: 26 Apr 2010 02:20 PM PDT Over the years, plenty of frauds have sought to prey on those desperate to connect with lost love ones. Regardless of your beliefs on psychic abilities, the case against mysticism is pretty easily made against these five famous psychics and mediums.

Computers and their Threats [Graphic] Posted: 26 Apr 2010 02:20 PM PDT Computers, like humans, have millions of viruses and bugs -- and just like us some don't have any cures!

Top 10 gaffes on Facebook, Twitter and Google Posted: 26 Apr 2010 02:20 PM PDT A new poll says that three in every four Facebook users avoid adding their boss as a 'friend' out of fear that their actions on the site could cost them their job. We round up the best social media gaffes from Facebook, Twitter and Google.

Supreme Court To Review Videogame Regulation Law Posted: 26 Apr 2010 02:10 PM PDT The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review a federal court decision to throw out a proposed law that would prohibit the sale or rental of videogames ...

Outbreak Of Paralysis Points To Polio's Return Posted: 26 Apr 2010 02:10 PM PDT Polio is clawing its way back, after decades of work had pushed the disease to the brink of eradication.The World Health Organization says Tajikistan, a Central Asian nation which shares its southern border with Afghanistan, has reported 120 cases of acute flaccid paralysis, most of which occurred within the past two weeks.

LT's Only Draft Day Memory: Drinking 41 Coors Lights (Vid) Posted: 26 Apr 2010 02:10 PM PDT Suck it, Wade Boggs.

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