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Top news on 13 August 2009 |
13 Great Photos When Being Out of Focus Makes the Shot
The quest for tack sharp photos is something most photographers are on the quest for - but sometimes it is a lack of focus can really make a shot what it is. Here are 12 images that either are completely ?unfocused? or which use focus selectively. Learn more about the technique of taking unfocused images here.
Who Will Be The 'Next' Tiger Woods?
A look at who might have a shot at this
Strange History of Pfizer Pill: Rogue CIA Agent, Suicide, $$
Real Life Big Pharma Drama: If the story of Pfizer's Neurontin epilepsy and anti-seizure drug doesn't read like a Hollywood script for the next George Clooney movie, I don't know what does.
Hayao Miyazaki's Nine Best Movies
Always directing from his own scripts, Miyazaki can take any story and mold it to his likeness, creating across 10 films a thematically consistent, rich and rewarding universe. This week's Total Recall explores the career of Hayao Miyazaki, animation's grand auteur.
Epic Amazon Review Threads
There is a new and beautiful phenomenon in the Internet community: Epic Amazon Review Threads (EARTs). These hidden gems, nestled in a facade of convenient consumerism, shed light on one of the world's oft forgotten facts; stuff is funny. Even more than that, people are funny. In the past, EARTs were the products of solitary figures of wit, ....
Korea Is Leaving U.S. Behind in Green IT
The U.S. is well behind South Korea in green IT, and could well fall even further behind if action isn't taken soon, warns a new report. Even in areas where the U.S. holds a clear advantage, such as cloud computing, it could give up its lead.
Mexico edges U.S. 2-1 in qualifier
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Miguel Sabah scored in the 82nd minute, lifting Mexico to a 2-1 victory over the United States in a World Cup qualifier Wednesday.
Killer Asteroids May Escape NASA's Notice
NASA is charged with seeking out nearly all the asteroids that threaten Earth but doesn't have the money to do the job, a federal report says.That's because even though Congress assigned the space agency this mission four years ago, it never gave NASA money to build the necessary telescopes, the new National Academy of Sciences report says.
How Drinking Fiji Water Helps Dictators
Obama sips it. Paris Hilton loves it. Mary J. Blige won't sing without it. How did a plastic water bottle, imported from a military dictatorship thousands of miles away, become the epitome of cool?
More advertisers pull support for Glenn Beck
Web site ColorofChange.org, reacting to a long line of racist comments about President Barack Obama, has managed thus far to knock loose from Beck's fold Lawyers.com, Procter & Gamble, Progressive, S.C. Johnson, Geico and, just this morning, Sargento.
Top 10 Crazy Theories About The Universe That Were True
A look at 10 of the craziest theories about our universe that are now readily accepted.
Redbox Sues Fox
DVD rental kiosk company Redbox says it has sued 20th Century Fox over the movie studio's attempts to delay its titles from appearing in Redbox vending machines. The lawsuit marks the latest escalation in a fight over Redbox's service, which has divided Hollywood studios.
HTC Touch Pro2: The Best Windows Mobile Phone Ever
The HTC Touch Pro2 brings a rich new interface to Windows Mobile. The HTC Touch Pro2 is the best Windows Mobile 6.1 phone on the market. Its address book is a work of art and it would make a great addition to any Microsoft Exchange-based business.
Smokey the Bear Turns 65, Gets Hip to the Internet
Who says you can't teach an old dog bear new tricks? Smokey the Bear, that cute and lovable reminder of wildfire prevention and safety, turned 65 years old Monday, and he celebrated in style.
Can Charring Chicken Poop Save the Planet?
Charring chicken poop probably won?t save the planet on its own, but some people think charring fowl manure along with beetle-killed pine trees, corn husks and other organic matter might be an important weapon in the war on greenhouse gases.
Pirate Bay to Challenge Dutch Ban
The co-founders of Swedish BitTorrent tracker site the Pirate Bay have announced they will seek a retrial in the cased of their recent ban in the Netherlands by a Dutch court.?We will file a summons by August 25? said their lawyer, Ernst Louwers.
Air Congress Hits Turbulence
The Gulfstream jet scandal is over. Next: unreturned per-diems... Congressional scandals form a pattern. First, there is the revelation that some members have acted in a high-handed, spendthrift or unethical manner. Then public anger flares, and Congress responds by belatedly tamping down the controversy.
Hawking: Ironically, My Death Panel Saved My Life | TPMDC
Stephen Hawking, always British, did not die at the hands of "socialized medicine" as the GOP said he would have. "I wouldn't be alive today if it weren't for the NHS. I have received a large amount of high quality treatment without which I would not have survived."
5 Great Flash Techniques To Improve Your Photography Light
Here are five great techniques to boost your off camera lighting. After exploring those five you'll have a great toolbox for shooting pictures with off camera flash.
Alien invasion as apartheid metaphor? It works in District 9
The aliens have been with us for 20 years already at the start of South African director Neill Blomkamp's fast and furiously inventive District 9, their huddled masses long ago extracted from their broken-down mothership and deposited in the titular housing slum on the outskirts of Johannesburg.
The 10 Most Expensive iPhone Apps
From a $180 sound wave tool to a $900 video surveillance dashboard, see the iPhone apps you won't be impulse purchasing any time soon.
Rare and Marvelous Spatuletail Hummingbird Needs Protection
A new study finds that the marvelous spatuletail hummingbird and other wildlife in Peru is endangered and needs protection.
DocStoc Launches an iTunes for Documents
The practice of sharing documents online via upload and embed is increasingly growing more popular. Case in point, DocStoc, one of the companies competing in this space, has been on tear of late.
Into the Eye of a Hurricane: Wild Ride in a Souped Up Plane
"What did you do?" I asked. "I did what I presume everybody else was doing," she replied. "I prayed."
30 Hollywood Stars Who Were Huge in the 1990s
What Hollywood stars of the 1990s have faded away this decade?
Against The Grain: 10 Creative Examples Of Plywood Furniture
Daring designers have long loved plywood?s easy-going nature and willingness to bend, flex and support. To celebrate their work, here?s a roundup of 10 creative pieces of contemporary plywood furniture.
Fungus Turns Ants Into Zombies
In a bizarre parasitic death sentence, a fungus turns carpenter ants into the walking dead and gets them to die in a spot that's perfect for the fungus to grow and reproduce. Scientists have no clue how the fungus takes control of the brains of ants so effectively.
Beck, Limbaugh : "Don't Know Much About History"
One of the things that is so pathetic about the demagoguery of Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck is that their understanding of history is so puerile that in any civilized debate they would be laughed off the stage.
Models With No Makeup
Photographer Peter Lindbergh captured eight models without makeup or excessive retouching for Harper's Bazaar's September issue.
Welcome to Area 5. Respect the Game. - Blog - CO-OP 0208 --
Creators of the popular video game show CO-OP now on Revision3
ET Text Home? Send SMSes to Outer Space
An Australian website is giving texting an intergalactic touch. Until Aug.24, people hankering for an out-of-this-world experience can visit www.HelloFromEarth.net to post messages no longer than 160 characters that will be transmitted to Gliese 581d, the nearest Earth-like planet outside the solar system likely to support life.
Baseball Uniforms Through the Years
The shorts need to come back for a retro night in Chicago.
Florida OKs First New Nuclear Plant in More Than 30 Years
The Florida Cabinet on Tuesday approved Progress Energy's controversial proposal to build a nuclear plant in Levy County, the first such plant approved in Florida in 33 years.
De-Mock-cracy In Action: Facebook's Open Governance
Following February's slew of complaints regarding Facebook's Terms of Use amendment, founder Mark Zuckerberg launched an "Open Governance" model and wrote, "If [Facebook] were a country, it would be the sixth most populated country in the world..."
Top 5 Scariest Meals Served in Self-Heating Cans
Meet HOTCAN, the self-heating can of food. In five steps and ten minutes, you can go from cold cans of Irish Stew, Sausage & Bean or Chicken Casserole...to toasty, hot versions of these potted delicacies. Sadly, the whole-chicken-in-a-can isn't available in a self-heating option.... yet.
Mobs, Intimidation, and Deceit at Town Halls
Before the spin starts to take hold on the consciousness of Americans, it is important to review what has happened recently at these town hall meetings to discuss potential health care reform in America. Right wing groups that have previously been throwing Tea Parties received astroturfing instructions from FreedomWorks ...
NY Fire Dept. Honors 5-year-old Boy Who Called 911 Saved Mom
A 5-year-old Queens boy saved his pregnant mother's life with a quick-thinking 911 call - and was amazingly able to pass on her medical history along with their home address.
Kids Welcome At The Bank Of Scrooge McDuck
Many children's savings accounts are now attracting record low interest rates of just 0.05%
Insults Are Better Taken Lying Down, Claim Scientists
Research showed that those who took personal insults while upright exhibited brain activity linked to attacking but this urge disappeared when they took the same insults lying down.
Death: Scientists Reveal What It's Like To Die
Most of us have probably wondered what it is like to die - so scientists have tackled the issue head-on and revealed the macabre yet fascinating truth.
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