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The 7 Greatest Robots of the Pre-Modern World
Did you know Leonardo da Vinci made a Terminator? LEONARDO DA VINCI MADE A TERMINATOR.
Killer NIC Xeno Pro, Worth The Coin for Lag Free Gaming?
The original Killer NIC was a PCI-based device that featured an on-board network processor, that was supposedly able to lower in-game ping times and free up CPU resources, which could increase framerates. BigFoot Networks is ready with a completely re-vamped PCI Express version of the Killer NIC, dubbed the Xeno Pro but is it worth the investment?
Obesity Surgery Linked to Thinning Bones
A study performed by the Mayo clinic leads doctors to believe that patients may be twice as likely to break a bone after undergoing bariatric surgeries such as gastric bypass.
F1 teams drop breakaway bombshell
Formula One has been thrown into chaos after the Formula One Teams Association (Fota) carried out its threat to set up a rival championship in 2010.
Pixar grants 10 yr olds dying wish with home viewing of Up
Colby Curtin, a 10-year-old with a rare form of cancer, was staying alive for one thing ? a movie.
Health Insurers Still Want to Cancel Sick People's Coverage
As the federal government debates health care reform, the health insurance industry has some news for us. They're not going to stop canceling people's policies after they get sick. Nope. No way.
Young Iraqi gays find safe haven in Turkey
In Baghdad, he led his life in secret, without the knowledge of his family. In a country where homosexual acts are punished with up to seven years in prison, only his closest friends knew he was gay..For now, he is enjoying living in a secular Muslim country where he does not feel his life is at risk every day.
Strange Geographies: The Salton Sea
As someone with more than a passing interest in ghost towns, abandoned buildings and the apocalypse, the Salton Sea has long been high on my must-visit list. This week I finally had the chance to make the three-hour drive from LA, and my morbid curiosity was not disappointed.
Eco-Warrior Evicted from Cave Dwelling Lacking Fire Exit???
An eco-warrior has been evicted from the cave he lives in on his allotment patch in Brighton, East Sussex, because it doesn't have a fire exit.
Michael Cera: What I've Learned
On the Arrested Development movie being delayed: "People want to make a movie. There are articles on the Internet that center me out as the reason it's not being made. I don't know where that stuff comes from. It could always fall through, but I think everyone wants to make it."
Turn Your Home Computer into a Web Server in 2 Minutes
Before getting into the actual process, let?s look at a couple of real-world situations that explain why you may want to turn your home computer into a web server.
Coffin Shelves: Furniture for Life (and Death)
In certain cultures, it?s customary for the dead to be buried with their possessions. For a change, how about being buried in your possessions? That?s the twist that William Warren put on his cheeky Shelves for Life, which function as sleek storage space during a person?s life and transform into, well, an equally sleek coffin for the owner.
Jail Sentence for Hentai Owner Raises First Amendment Issues
An appeals court ruling which affirms that owners of obscene comics can be sent to prison raises troubling questions for aficionados of extreme art. Critics fear that the tentacles of big government are wrapping around our private lives.
Outlaw nonconsensual human experiments now!
"Today, in a country that for the last eight years has been defined by questionable intelligence-gathering techniques and interrogation methods, the U.S. government is no more restricted in carrying out nonconsensual, classified research on human subjects than it was after World War II. Some officials still have the power to waive regulations..."
Guy Lafleur To Have A Criminal Record
Hockey legend, Guy Lafleur, to have criminal record after getting fine and suspended sentence
Thomas verdict: willful infringement, $1.92 million penalty
Jammie Thomas-Rasset's federal retrial concluded today as a jury found her liable for willful copyright infringement, awarding the record labels nearly $2 million in damages.
U.K. City Powered By Poo
Manchester, U.K. has announced an ambitious scheme to convert sewage produced by city residents to biomethane in waste water treatment plants.
Chaotic Multiplayer APB Will Make You a Smarter Criminal
LOS ANGELES ? It?s easy to imagine a massively multiplayer Grand Theft Auto where every cop and every criminal in the city is played by a human being. It?s more difficult to imagine such a videogame being anything more than nonstop chaos.
10 Fun Father?s Day Gift Ideas for the Man's Man
Father?s Day has a habit of sneaking up on you, never earning the hype of Mother?s Day but always requiring a little more ingenuity in the gifting department. These are 10 ideas for making your old man happy this Sunday.
Newspaper Adult Classifieds Up 400% Since Craigslist Move
After law enforcement recently pressured Craigslist to be more vigilant in keeping prostitutes from advertising on the site, CEO Jim Buckmaster turned the tables: He began accusing alt-weekly newspapers of unfairly benefiting from Craiglist's misfortunes.
PETA Explains Criticism Over Obama Fly Swat
President Obama killed a fly that was buzzing around the set. In response, many news outlets reported that PETA was publicly condemning Barack for his actions. But that?s not really the WHOLE story.
IBM's Freeware Symphony Suite Takes Aim At MS Office
The kicker: Lotus Symphony is a free business productivity software suite. In this economy, might companies looking to shave pennies any and everywhere might look closer than usual at freeware, especially freeware developed and supported by IBM.
Want a city job? Give us all your usernames and passwords
Officials in Bozeman, Montana -- perhaps setting a new standard for privacy invasion in the name of public safety -- are insisting that job applicants cough up their usernames and passwords for all social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook and MySpace, or any online forums in which they participate. Reason: background checks.
100% Electric Airplane Sets New World Speed Record
On June 10, astronaut Maurizo Cheli set a world record while piloting the fully electric SkySpark. During an eight-minute flight at the World Air Games 2009 in Turin, Italy, he hit a top speed of 155 mph. A record speed for a 100-percent electrically powered aircraft.
Man Lands 575-Pound Salmon Shark in Alaska
This catch was large even by Alaska standards - an article in Fish Alaska magazine says the salmon shark averages 200 to 400 pounds.
Linux : GAP for GIMP 2.6 released.
GAP is a collection of GIMP plugins that make it possible to create animations as sequences of single frames. The result can be saved as animated GIF, AVI or MPEG file (external libraries are used for this).
The New Firefox Icon
With the release of Firefox 3.5 quickly approaching, Mozilla's user experience team has locked down the design of the new Firefox icon. The icon was created by Anthony Piraino at the Iconfactory.
Breaking News: Pilot dies midflight, FAA says
A captain on a Continental jet died Thursday midflight while flying from Brussels, Belgium, to Newark, New Jersey, the Federal Aviation Administration and Continental Airlines said.
Senator questions firing of 3 inspectors general
-- He was appointed with fanfare as the public watchdog over the government's multi-billion dollar bailout of the nation's financial system. But now Neil Barofsky is embroiled in a dispute with the Obama administration that delayed one recent inquiry and sparked questions about his ability to freely investigate.
Sewage Sludge Fouls White House Vegetable Garden
A brand of sewage-sludge-based fertilizer that has been known to contain high levels of lead was spread on the White House's South Lawn through the '90s. Now, the National Park Service has found higher-than-normal lead levels in the Obama's "organic" vegetable garden. Coincidence? Probably not.
Stickleback Fish Learn Like Humans, Despite Tiny Brains
A tiny fish common in European streams may learn in a more sophisticated way than has ever been recorded among animals and which mimics human learning. In a study published in the journal Behavioral Ecology, scientists found that the nine-spined stickleback fish used the success and failures of their peers to gauge where they should seek food.
8 Movies Where Talk Show Hosts Tried to Act
Even though they left out on one of my favorite gems - Jon Stewart in The Faculty - they found a bunch that I didn't even know about.
Anonymous Joins Fight Against Tyranny In Iran
Anonymous is not going to pull any punches, they have never done so. Under the guise of Anonymity, their numbers are strong. Cells of Anonymous are willing and prepared to fight this fight, they do not let tyranny go un-punished or unreported. Many journalists and US supporters of the protests have reported they have been threatened by the Iranian
Scientists capture the first image of memories being made
The ability to learn and to establish new memories is essential to our daily existence and identity; enabling us to navigate through the world. A new study by researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (The Neuro), McGill University and University of California, Los Angeles has captured an image for the first time of a mechanis
Researchers Conclude Piracy Not Stifling Content Creation
File-sharing, to the extent that it involves copyright infringement, has affected the music business. But, as a pair of academic researchers happily point out in a working paper they've posted online, copyright law was never meant to protect the music business in the first place?instead, it's intended to foster creative production in the arts.
Missy Giove, ex-biking champ, arrested over 400lbs of pot
Former downhill mountain biking world champion Melissa "Missy" Giove has been arrested on drug charges after authorities say they seized hundreds of pounds of marijuana from a truck she was driving in upstate New York plus 200lbs more seized elsewhere.
Iranian security forces raided universities across Iran
An Iranian student told The Times how five of his friends had been attacked in their dormitories after a protest outside Tehran University: ?They broke the door and entered the dormitory. They hit my friends while they were asleep. They brought them to the yard and hit them again. They arrested about 200 ? five or six were killed."
Digg Dialogg with Bruno
Digg announces next Digg Dialogg with Bruno. Start submitting and voting on questions now!
NKorea plans to fire missile toward Hawaii
North Korea may fire a long-range ballistic missile toward Hawaii in early July, a Japanese news report said Thursday, as Russia and China urged the regime to return to international disarmament talks on its rogue nuclear program.
Lizards, Rodents, Vicious Chihuahuas = Service Animals?
In San Francisco, snakes, lizards, chickens, pigeons, and rodents have all been declared service animals, hauled onto public transportation, housed legally in city apartments, and, essentially, given the full run of the city.
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