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Top news on 23 August 2009 |
Young Guns: The Next Quarterback Superstars
Tebow, Bradford, and McCoy won't be around forever. There are always new superstar quarterbacks waiting in the wings.
Fan-Made Music Video Restores Hope In Music Video Kind
Remember music videos being important, and good? Neither does anybody I know, because our memory's been wiped by MTV and VH1's current slate of programming. And then there's this beautiful, fan-made music video of indie band Grizzly Bear's "Two Weeks."
It's Time to End the War on Sharing
When record companies make a fuss about the danger of "piracy", they're not talking about violent attacks on shipping.
The Rise of the Web Comic
Meet the cartoonists abandoning the written page for the online world.
Flores 'Hobbits' Walked Out of Africa
The identity of the tiny human-like creature discovered on the Indonesian island of Flores in 2004 has become clearer -- and more astonishing -- thanks to a new analysis by Australian and Indonesian scientists that indicates the small-brained, long-armed biped was the first human-like creature to walk out of Africa.
Bolt Gets Third Gold Again - Jamaica Sweeps Sprint Relays
The Jamaican men's team, comprising two of the world's fastest humans in Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell, made it look easy as they cruised to gold in a time of 37.31 seconds. Jamaica also won both the men's and women's 4x100-metre relays at the world track and field championships in Berlin.
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I'm Safe On Board. Pull Up The Life Rope
It is a moral imperative. I cannot enjoy health coverage and turn to my neighbor and tell him he doesn't deserve it. A nation is a mutual undertaking. In a democracy, we set out together to do what we believe is good for the commonwealth. That means voluntarily subjecting ourselves to the rule of law, taxation, military service, the guaranteeing ..
Top 10 Tricks MacGyver Would Be Proud Of
When they draw up the Complete History of Lifehacking, Angus MacGyver will certainly merit a chapter. We pay tribute to the creatively can-do secret agent this week with 10 tricks that make extraordinary use of overwhelmingly common objects.
NASA & AFOSR Test Environmentally-Friendly Rocket Propellant
"NASA and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, or AFOSR, have successfully launched a small rocket using an environmentally-friendly, safe propellant comprised of aluminum powder and water ice, called ALICE."
Stupidity in the First Degree
Police work is often grim and deadly serious. But every cop can also tell tales of cases so weird or criminals so witless, you just have to laugh. Here are a few recent ones. Scroll down to vote for the dumbest and the funniest.
Blizzard: No Diablo 3 Release for 2010
Much news and excitement has derived from BlizzCon today but a release for Diablo III next year is not happening. CEO Mike Morhaime has confirmed that the just-revealed World of Warcraft expansion Cataclysm and StarCraft II are the two titles the company expects to hit in 2010.
Is Gmail the World's Greenest Email?
Google's efforts to make its data centers as energy efficient as possible make for a compelling argument that Gmail is the greenest email of all.
This point ain't gonna cap itself!
"We thought you might be interested in seeing some of the "behind the scenes" work that goes on in Team Fortress 2. "
Gillian Anderson Says X-Files 3 May Happen
Gillian Anderson is giving hope to The X-Files fanatics everywhere that she and David Duchnovy may reunite for a third installment in the film series.
The 12 most annoying types of Facebookers
Facebook, for better or worse, is like being at a big party with all your friends, family, acquaintances and co-workers.
Aphids Saved From Gruesome Death By Virus-infected Bacteria
The research is the first demonstration that a virus that infects bacteria can help rather than harm the bacteria's animal host.
Taliban cut off fingers of 2 Afghan voters
Taliban militants cut off the ink-stained fingers of two Afghan voters in the militant south during the presidential election, the country's top election monitoring group said Saturday.
Japan Relaxes Human Stem-Cell Rules
A long-sought loosening of Japan's guidelines on human embryonic stem-cell research came into effect on 21 August. But some say the new rules are too little, too late for a struggling field that was once a source of national pride.
Florida Gators are No. 1 in AP preseason Top 25 poll
As Tim Tebow and the Florida Gators prepare to make a run at their third national title in the last four seasons, the defending champions have already made some history.
Botmaster Infects Thousands and Holds Summer Clearance Sale
An undercover Cisco researcher met an actual botmaster who ran a botnet and said his main job is to compromise a few thousand machines and then sell them off in bulk. The going market rate for a single bot is 10- to 25 cents a bot.
Kidney dialysis machine 'small enough to be worn as a belt'
Scientists have developed a kidney dialysis machine small enough to be worn as a belt which can allow patients to receive the treatment as they walk around. The battery-powered machine weighs around 10lb. Researchers hope that the device will give patients the freedom to have their treatment whenever and wherever they choose.
The History's Greatest Gadgets
It's not all about circuits, silicon and stock options: mankind's been making technology since the dawn of time. Here's ten of the most wonderful gadgets
Buying fake designer goods? You may get three years in jail.
Holidaymakers are being warned they could be fined thousands of pounds - or even jailed - for buying counterfeit designer goods when abroad.
Kids In The Hall Return For 8 Part TV Series
Fifteen years after The Kids in the Hall aired on CBC Television, the five original members of the Canadian sketch comedy team have reassembled in North Bay, Ont., to shoot an eight-part TV series.
Betsy McCaughey resigns as director of medical company
Betsy McCaughey, the healthcare reform opponent who helped tank the Clinton administration's plans and has been spreading misinformation about the current proposals, has resigned from the board of directors of a medical equipment company.
Zach Galifianakis & Steve Carell To Star In Comedy "Schmucks
Zach Galifianakis is negotiating to join Steve Carell and Paul Rudd in the comedy "Dinner for Schmucks."
Is the Human Brain a "Belief Engine"? A Galaxy Classic
Lewis Wolpert believes that mankind's "incorrigible and wholly irrational" religiosity is as human, and as explicable, as the flint axe and the computer. It is a tool for the soul. Religion and belief in a supernatural being is a natural...
Unleashing The Energy Power In Beer
Brewing beer creates tons of leftover used grains. But that waste can be turned into fuel, as developers have recently shown, providing energy for the breweries, cheapening their energy costs, and costs of transporting grain to farms.
Online Radio Service WINS Over Increased Licensing Fees
Will others follow? The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said LAUNCHcast did not offer its users so much control over selecting songs for personalized Internet radio stations that the users would choose those webcasts over buying music.
Cleaner Fish Wear 'Uniforms' to Advertise, Avoid Danger
Like police officers and nurses, cleaner fish on coral reefs wear certain colors and patterns to let "clients" know where to find them - and not to eat them - a new study says.
6 Innovative Banks That Change Online Banking
The following are six innovative banks whose technology is changing banking forever and restoring our faith in banking institutions.
Lifeguard Dogs Coming to Italian Beaches
This summer, a new breed of hero is protecting swimmers at Italy's beaches: dogs trained to spot -- and then save -- people who are drowning.
Top 10 Other Things Han Solo Shot that Didn't Shoot First
A remastered edition of Chad Meserve's classic, How George Lucas Screwed Up Star Wars.
Teen becomes first jailed in UK for cyberbullying
In Worcester Magistrates Court, England, an 18-year-old woman was allegedly sent to three months in a young offenders institute after being found guilty of posting death threats on Facebook, according to the Daily Mail. It's thought to be the UK's first jail sentence for cyberbullying.
Ex-model's breast implants were key to body's ID
The remains of a former model whose killing set off an international manhunt for a reality television star were so badly mutilated that investigators had to use the serial numbers on her breast implants to identify her.
Idaho GOP leader pulls .357 Magnum on delinquent homeowner
According to police in the Boise suburb of Meridian, resident Robert Lutes called officers just before 5:30 p.m. Tuesday to report McAffee had pointed a .357 Magnum handgun at him during a verbal confrontation. McAffee acknowledged he pointed the gun at Lutes, according to the police account. (His employer? A Wells Fargo contractor).
John Maddens Retirement Plans : Install nine 63" TVs
"I don't know how I'm going to watch them all," he said. "But I'm going to try."
As Space Station Nears Completion, It Faces End of Mission -
A number of times in recent weeks a bright, unblinking light has appeared in the night sky of the nation's capital: a spaceship. Longer than a football field, weighing 654,000 pounds, the spaceship moved swiftly across the heavens and vanished.
Unpublished Marijuana Book Makes Amazon.com Bestseller List
Yesterday, "Marijuana is Safer" hit number 14 on Amazon's bestselling book list, beating out heavyweights like Malcolm Gladwell's "Outliers" and the newest installment of the "Twilight" saga -- even though Mason Tvert's straight-to-paperback tome won't actually be released until September 15.
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