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New Products Can Be Obsolete in a Heartbeat
Last Sunday, I was lurking at the local Apple store, poking at laptops and feeling a mild bit of concern for my fellow shoppers.
Bizarro Analog TV People Get Killed By Digital
A group of enviro-activists dressed for Halloween dropped to the concrete to rather dramatically mark the end of analog television.
Kobe Bryant leads Lakers past Magic to team's 15th NBA title
Kobe Bryant finally gets his first ring without Shaq as the Magic coast past the Lakers to win the NBA Finals, 4-1.
Microsoft's Browser Unbundling Puzzles Europe
Microsoft's plan to dump Internet Explorer (IE) from Windows 7 for the European market is a move to discredit antitrust regulators by tying its proposal to a failed enforcement effort from 2005, a noted antitrust expert said today. Microsoft Windows internet explorer legal"It's sort of a puckish thing to do, when you think about it," said William
What of Ahmadinejad's challenger?
CNN's Christiane Amanpour asks Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on the status of his rival, Mir Hossein Moussavi.
'Resurrection bug' revived after 120,000 years
A tiny bacterium has been coaxed back to life after spending 120,000 years buried three kilometres deep in the Greenland ice sheet.
Mullets - A Worldwide Phenomenon
Business in the front, party in the rear - the mullet is a hairstyle that is seen the world over.
Microsoft Donates Eight Meals For Each IE 8 Download
Microsoft is donating the equivalent of eight meals to the Feeding America Network for every completed download of Internet Explorer 8.
G.I. Joe Looking Like a Bomb of Epic Proportions
If the rumors are to be believed G.I. Joe the scored the lowest test screening score ever from an audience in the history of Paramount.
Firefox 3.5 Preview Shows New Hope For Open Media Standards
"Firefox 3.5 will be able to smoothly resize videos on the fly within the page. The interesting part, though, is that these videos are in OGG format - in other words, entirely open"
Intel Hopes To Enter Smartphone Chip Market
Next year, Intel plans to introduce a new version of Atom thatis even more power efficient than the one we have today. CalledMoorestown, this upcoming chip will begin targeting the smartphonemarket. In 2011, Intel plans to introduce an even smaller and lesspower hungry version of the chip known as Medfield.
George Will: GM & Chrysler Good Cases for Judicial Activism?
Controversy about the judiciary's proper role is again at a boil because of a Supreme Court vacancy, and conservatives are warning against "judicial activism." But the Chrysler and GM bailouts and bankruptcies are reasons for conservatives to rethink the usefulness of that phrase and to make some distinctions.
The Revolution Will Be Twittered
Mock not. As the regime shut down other forms of communication, Twitter survived. With some remarkable results. Those rooftop chants that were becoming deafening in Tehran? A few hours ago, this concept of resistance was spread by a twitter message.
Legal quirk lets anyone sue over patents
Look carefully at the lid to your coffee cup or the handle of your disposable razor. A recent ruling on an obscure, century-old statute has opened the door for people familiar with the finer points of patent law to sue companies that stamp their products with expired patent numbers.
NYT's Nicholas Kristof Says Drugs Won the War on Drugs
This year marks the 40th anniversary of President Richard Nixon?s start of the war on drugs, and it now appears that drugs have won. ?We?ve spent a trillion dollars prosecuting the war on drugs,? Norm Stamper, a former police chief of Seattle told me.
Herschel telescope 'opens eyes'
Europe's new billion-euro Herschel space observatory, launched in May, has achieved a critical milestone. The telescope has opened the hatch that has been protecting its sensitive instruments from contamination.
20+ Best Tutorials to Convert Psd to Html/CSS
You?ve designed your site but you?re having a little trouble turning your design PSD into a coded layout. Here i?ve listed 20+ Best Tutorials to convert Psd to Html/CSS.These tutorial should help you learn how to find the best way to code it.
Search for life on distant planets gets boost
A new technique for detecting signs of life on distant planets by analysing light could soon lead astronomers to extra-terrestrial life.
A Reality Show with Terminally Ill People, That?s Too Far!
Each week, ?Live for the Moment?? will send a different person with a terminal disease diagnosis on an uplifting adventure related to an unfulfilled wish, like and exotic trip or hoped-for reunion. Having shot the pilot episode earlier this year, starring a man with Lou Gehrig?s Disease, Probst says, ?It?s the best thing I?ve ever been a part of."
Great themes for Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty jackalope
Great themes for Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty jackalope, are very nice and the installation quit easy , just add the repository and install the them by using the command apt-get install
The end of social media? Probably not....
Is the Twitpocalypse nigh? Is the end of Facebook right around the corner? And if so, how on earth are you going to fill eight hours a day at work?
The Five Sleaziest Wrestling Stories Of All Time
If you?ve seen The Wrestler, you?re probably aware that the world of professional wrestling is a wretched hive of scum and villainy. Well, truth is always stranger than fiction, and the following five real tales of grappling depravity would make Mickey Rourke pass out in his cheerios. It?s a dirty world in the squared circle ? read on and enjoy.
Metal Gear Solid: Rising Won?t Utilize MGS4 Engine
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is, undoubtedly, one of the best looking games of this generation, however, it seems that the upcoming Metal Gear title Metal Gear Solid: Rising won?t be utilizing the Metal Gear Solid 4 engine.
CSS Cheatsheet Wallpaper in Helvetica
A beautiful Desktop Wallpaper for CSS Developers.
6 Disgusting Ways Animals Can Improve Your Health
Nature is disgusting, but it also gives rise to medical breakthroughs that benefit mankind. Nauseating, repulsive breakthroughs.
Laser Cat Makes His Own Pet Door
Laser Cat shall not be constrained by your pathetic flimsy doors. PIC
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20 Creative and Unique Typefaces
We live in a world surrounded by Times New Roman, Arial and Helvetica, typefaces so functional that they have long since become boring. In this article, you will find very creative fonts that surely push the limits of uniqueness.
BBC Reports on Iran Elections American Media Remains Silent
While a massive uprising happens in Iran in the wake of a nakedly stolen election, CNN MSNBC and FOX all remain virtually silent.Here's an amazing report out from the BBC if you want to see what real journalism looks like:
Sixth-Grader Stabbed After Standing Up To A Bully
A 12-year-old boy?s lung was punctured when a fellow sixth-grader stabbed him after school Wednesday afternoon. The stabbing occurred after the victim was told the other boy, who is 13, had inappropriately touched a female friend of the victim. The victim confronted the older boy about the incident and told him not to touch the girl again.
Bee Decline May Spell End of Some Fruits, Vegetables
Save the bees!
Star Trek Online timeline shows where game falls in with TV
There is perhaps nothing that Star Trek content creators fear more than the collective power of Trekkie nerd rage when the universe's canon is altered. Cryptic Studios is well aware of this and wants to clarify where Star Trek Online falls in the IP's timeline, and they frame this in reference to the latest (and eleventh) film and the deviation fro
No Barney, Did Not Expect This From You! [PIC]
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How To Make an Awesome 80's Action Movie
We are huge fans of 80's Action Movies....HUGE fans. Over the years, we've noticed that most 80's Action Movies follow a certain recipe, and contain specific elements that really seem to make them work. By following these simple steps, you too can create your own 80's Action Movie
The problems with the Department of Homeland Security
The myriad problems at DHS means that the United States is no safer in many areas than it was before 9/11.
Mousavi Twitters His Arrest
Dear Iranian People, Mousavi has not left you alone, he has been put under house arrest by Ministry of Intelligence
Woman Killed By Anti-Aging Drug
A 22-year-old woman collapsed and died after being injected with an experimental anti-aging drug by her sister.
Ray Mercer needs just 10 seconds to knock out Tim Sylvia
In a huge setback, Ray Mercer walked out to the center of cage and dropped the ?Maine-iac? with a thundering right hand that sent the 310-pound Sylvia crashing to the canvas. It took just 10 seconds.
Alaska's Rat Island rat-free after 229 years
Alaska's Rat Island is finally rat-free, 229 years after a Japanese shipwreck spilled rampaging rodents onto the remote Aleutian island, decimating the local bird population. After dropping poison onto...
Wackiest Beds Around The World
They say that your bedroom says a lot about you as it is the place where all your belongings are kept, where you can shut yourself away from the rest of the world and be your true self?whatever that may be!
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