151 diggsA new sensor system is under development that runs on electricity generated by ordinary trees!

175 diggsFor whatever reason, Apple decided not to allow “landscape mode” on iPhone email. If you want to turn the phone when the web browser is open and get the larger keyboard that makes two thumb typing realistic, no problem. But the email app is portrait only.

127 diggsIt’s no big surprise that the art world tends to favor the left leaning candidate during a campaign, but what might be more surprising about this years election is the sheer number of artists who are rallying around and using their talents to support Barack Obama.

279 diggsParis Hilton seeks the advice of the most respected fake president of our generation. She's not afraid to drop some of her FoPo knowledge.

154 diggsDarpa, the Pentagon's blue-sky research division, now wants to ratchet that work up about ten notches, by developing a "neurally controlled artificial limb that will restore full motor and sensory capability to upper extremity amputee patients.

447 diggs'We need slaves to build monuments' A hidden army of exploited immigrant workers are building Dubai's skyscrapers.

269 diggsTo enable the Labs features, log-in to your Gmail account and click on “Settings”. There you should see the Labs tab. Click on that for a list of all the available features.

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216 diggsMake no mistake, after all the hype this mod is no lie.

122 diggsHoly Dark Knight Batman - can I have my cake and eat it too?

322 diggsHurricanes, floods and tsunamis are all nature's little way of letting us know that, deep down, it hates us. But sometimes nature is passive aggressive, and throws a horrifying curve ball out of the clear blue sky. Something that you could never see coming. Something that you probably didn't even know was possible.

306 diggsBacon chocolate-chip cookies, chicken-fried bacon, bacon-and-egg ice cream, and more creative uses for everyone's favorite meaty treat.

217 diggsTime for the eating contest!

339 diggsIf your relationship is so damn complicated that you have to identify it as such on your Facebook profile, get the hell off Facebook and go fix your relationship...

214 diggsAnyone picking up this week's issue of Action Comics may want to prepare themselves for a couple of major changes to the status quo of Krypton's final son. One of them may be familiar to those who've followed Superman's career in other media (or even his career in comics before 1986), but the other... well, that promises some strange days to come

218 diggsHumans have long been baffled by just what shapes sexual attraction. Why do we find some people beautiful and others not? And is there anything we can do to make ourselves more attractive?

266 diggsHAWTHORNE - The man found dead in a suitcase in Tibbetts Brook Park last week was a drug mule from the Dominican Republic who died from an apparent overdose after two packets of heroin leaked into his body, police said yesterday.

57 diggsDifferent wavelengths of light swirl together like watercolours in a new, ethereal portrait of a bright, active star-forming region. The multi-wavelength picture combines X-ray, infrared and visible light captured by ESA’s XMM-Newton space-borne X-ray observatory, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and the European Southern Observatory's New Technolo

195 diggsResearch into the mysterious green glow of a jellyfish earned three scientists this year's Nobel Prize for Chemistry, the Nobel Foundation announced Wednesday.

474 diggsThis construction worker is ready to nail your wife. Starring Nathan Fillion and Aria Giovanni and written and directed by James Gunn.

276 diggsNASA's Apollo 4 unmanned mission (AS-501) lifts off from launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA on 9 November 1967. This would be the first flight for the enormous Saturn V rocket that would eventually take humans to the Moon.

480 diggsThe FCC is asking former military officers for details on their participation in a campaign to promote the Department of Defense's Iraq policy on national news program without proper disclosure.

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164 diggsScientists have developed a mathematical formula for the perfect shower.

129 diggsJust over 12 months since one of Romania’s most popular BitTorrent trackers was raided by the police, Torrentbits.ro is suffering more problems. Customers of one of Romania’s largest ISPs, UPC, can no longer access the site.

330 diggsA new encryption system, which its creators say is unbreakable, got its first test run Wednesday in Vienna, scientists from the European Union project SECOQC announced.

293 diggsA married couple in Cambodia who had "finally had enough" of each other have gone their separate ways by literally cutting their home in half.

259 diggs241 (and growing)...a collection of bottlecaps to aid you on your next bout with nostalgia

178 diggsThis really just sort of blows my mind. I start thinking about the fact that I am holding a once-sensitized piece of glass, that contains the imprint of light that bounced off of these three men over 100 years ago. In a sense it is almost a "light shadow" cast by them and captured on this glass.

230 diggsA digital security reporter for the Washington Post weights in for Popular Mechanics -- with detailed profiles and interviews -- on the Internet's Top 10 Most Controversial Figures of 2008. From hackers to DNA decoders to copyright crackers, each of these elite members of the technorati have caused enough of a stir in the online community...

181 diggsLet's face it, the Democrats and Republicans are pretty much the same; that's why they always get along so great at debates and in Congress. And that's why God created third parties. And what God creates, The Daily Show cracks wise about.

286 diggsWhisper it softly - if you don't want to send all the eligible bachelors running for the hills. Women speak in a higher tone of voice when at their most fertile, making them more attractive to the opposite sex, scientists have found.

135 diggsThe Wildlife Conservation Society has identified the "Deadly Dozen" - 12 diseases that are likely to spread due to global warming. The group has been at the forefront of a movement to understand how environmental change affects human health. Their main focus is wildlife monitoring to predict the ecological changes that precede outbreaks.

480 diggsJoe Biden lashed out at Sarah Palin on Wednesday, calling her recent rhetoric "ugly" and "mildly dangerous," and expressing shock that she didn't interrupt recent rallies when supporters shouted hateful attacks about Barack Obama, including "treason!" and "kill him!"

219 diggsMost excitingly, there are talks of Captain Jack having a brother in the next movie, possibly to be played by Sacha Baron Cohen (perfect!) or Russell Brand (even more perfect!)

115 diggsThey were PAID to vote against YOUR wishes. Now its time to vote THEM OUT!

991 diggsIn a preamble to an official statement issued by the Foo Fighters, they talk of McCain using “a number of unauthorized theme songs” during his presidential bid, and mention how no permission was sought from “the band, its management, record label or publisher.”

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556 diggsThis week Zero Punctuation pushes around hapless Stormtroopers in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.

75 diggsThe International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) is the mission established by the UN Security Council in 2001 to secure parts of Afghanistan to allow the establishment of Hamid Karzai's new administration.

104 diggs...."all I need to do to intercept the messages from his girlfriend is to place the phone in emergency mode and wait 30 seconds for the next sickly sweet message," Kraft writes. Apple representatives did not return emails seeking comment.

289 diggsIf the last name sounds familiar, it's because it also graces the name of the Chicago education board where Barack Obama and William Ayers sat in the room six times together.

199 diggsIf you haven’t heard of a durian, its because they are banned in most public places because they smell absolutely horrible. They also are roughly the size of a football and look like the business end of some sort of medieval weapon. Some consider them delicacies. This guy doesn't.

300 diggsTwitter is an amazing service that we all love, everyday we notice a new twitter tool or service that makes using it more easy and fun. Today we wanted to highlight more than 60 of our favorite Twitter add-ons, tools and services that won’t resist. Let us know your favorite twitter tool and why you like it.

231 diggsIt wasn't a contentious topic at last night's presidential debate, but network neutrality is the hot-button issue on the mind of PM's senior tech editor. He explores the candidates' stands on the issue in a Geek the Vote edition of his biweekly trends column.

219 diggsOld Montana mining pit site--mined for decades, gradually filled with deeper water. As shot by NASA in 2006 depth of water in pit reached 900+ and site was on Superfund list for clean-up. [Pic can be enlarged.]

120 diggsTo Americans, Doctor Who is known as a cult science fiction TV series from the British Broadcasting Corporation. In Britain, it’s an institution, regarded with reverence. It originally ran for 26 years (from 1963 to 1989) and returned in 2005, becoming one of Britain’s top-rated shows.

267 diggsSesame Street- The alphabet has NEVER been so weird, funny, and James-Earl-cool.

191 diggsBlink 182's Travis Barker has spoken about his plane crash ordeal, saying he is "grateful to be here" after suffering burns after a Lear jet he was in crashed last month.

141 diggsWe all think Apple products are a little overpriced, but hey, you’re paying for the brand, quality and the tight integration.But considering you can install plain old vanilla OS X on a PC with similar hardware to the Mac, how much are you paying premium just for the Apple logo?

296 diggsA groundbreaking treatment for pain that is eight times stronger than morphine has been discovered by scientists. The revolutionary technique involves an injection that can combat serious discomfort for more than three days - 14 times as long as morphine.

249 diggsWhat digital locks will users be allowed to pick for the next three years?

159 diggsThe leaders of the most wired country on Earth are seeking to curb online anonymity and debate, with laws that many say will fail. All forum and chatroom users will be required to make verifiable real-name registrations, while internet companies will have to make their search algorithms public to improve "transparency".

333 diggsFinally, scientists have come up with a way to combine my two favorite things: music and sugar. Japanese researchers report in the latest issue of Energy and Environmental Science that they have created a biofuel cell that uses enzymes to break down sugars.

200 diggsDarpa, the Pentagon's far-out research wing, is launching a new, classified effort to find enemies by the phone they use. It's called Gandalf. Announced yesterday by Darpa, the program's program's goal is to employ "set of handheld devices" to track down a particular "signal emitter of interest," using "radio frequency geolocation."

250 diggsDid you know that a pagan winter festival was traditionally the most popular festival of the year in many cultures long before Jesus ever came to this earth? Did you know that December 25th was celebrated as the "birthday" of pagan gods such as Mithras and Sol long before it became Christianized?

217 diggsWant an ultra-portable touchscreen tablet mac? Don’t look to Cupertino for this one; the closest thing you can get your hands today, for a reasonable price at least, is a Gigabyte M912x netbook running the Mac OS X 10.5.5.

133 diggsThe link goes to Wikia Search's results for "Barack Obama". The third item? The last three Digg stories to mention Obama. The search results are part of Wikia's new application framework. Also included: News from the Washington Post, tweets from Twitter, Creative Commons licensed images. You can also build applications yourself.

123 diggsWork on the next class pack is gearing up, a little slower than we'd like. In the meantime, I thought I'd post some answers to the common email questions we receive.

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255 diggsSo what if he went back to some of his classic films, and remade them with the young star? "NONONONONONONOO"

129 diggsSeth Petruzelli, after going from nobody to national celebrity for punching out Kimbo Slice, went on the radio Monday. He delivered a shot potentially more powerful than anything he threw Saturday. “The promoters kind of hinted to me, and they gave me the money to stand and trade with him, They didn’t want me to take him down."

92 diggsThe American Mustache Institute (AMI) sponsors its annual Robert Goulet Memorial Mustached American Award on October 25, in St. Louis (home to the world's largest mustache - the St. Louis Arch). Nothing builds a resume like sporting America's best lip-fur.

134 diggsEngland vice-captain Rio Ferdinand has hit out at Fifa's approach to racist behaviour among fans, accusing world football's governing body of weakness.

172 diggsEveryone loves Bill Murray, but folks tend to forget these great performances in movies both good and horrible.

549 diggsSarah Palin thought it was a good idea to hire Liddy to promote drilling in ANWR. Did she know Liddy was convicted of conspiracy, burglary, wiretapping, contempt of court and contempt of Congress; was willing to kill a janitor and a journalist as part of the Watergate break-in; admitted plotting to firebomb the Brookings Institution? Kidnap plans?

160 diggsThough in-season NFL trades are a rarity, four team executives talked to Yahoo! Sports about players they believe should be dealt prior to the deadline next Tuesday ... 4 of which are on the Detroit Lions

205 diggsDon't worry about the banks, the crash, or the bailout. Yes, things will getworse. A lot worse. Worse than you ever imagined, probably. But you've been in tough spots before. Remember when you lost your job and went on unemployment for a while? This will be like that, only it will last for years.

334 diggsA small asteroid exploded over Africa this week following what astronomers said was the first firm prediction of an incoming space rock. It did not strike Earth. The asteroid was about the size of kitchen table, astronomers estimated, and they think the explosion left nothing but perhaps a few small bits to fall to the surface.

306 diggsThe following movies all had budgets under $1 million, some of them reaching as low as $7,000. Let this act as a reminder: you don't need to be backed by studio financing to make a great film.

557 diggsWeird Al Yankovic has just released a hilarious parody of T.I.'s chart-topping single, "Whatever You Like."

293 diggs"What appears to be a MacBook Pro casing carved out of a single piece of aluminum which is consistent with rumors that the new Apple laptops would use a new manufacturing process."

689 diggsThe last two years John McCain has spent on the presidential campaign trail seem to finally have transported the Republican candidate back to the Hanoi Hilton he called home for five and a half years. At a campaign stop in Pennsylvania Wednesday, McCain referred to his supporters as "fellow prisoners" in a botched attack on his Democratic opponent.

365 diggs"His Wi-Fi sneakers light up to indicate signal strength whenever you walk near a zone."

171 diggs"The 12-ounce beverage container has been so thoroughly perforated that the surface is more air than solid."

255 diggsSearch Engine Land has confirmed with Google a rumor that's been floating around the web lately...

406 diggsDuring a talk Wednesday about Iraq at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative Washington policy organization, Petraeus repeatedly made statements that bolstered the foreign-policy proposals of Sen. Barack Obama, McCain’s Democratic rival, or cut against McCain’s own lines.

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353 diggsIt’s no surprise Nintendo would alter Mario and Bowser as time wears on, especially when their first appearances are crude sprites that barely convey what they’re supposed to be. If you study the duo’s evolution over the course of 23 years, it’s just plain funny how much Bowser has shifted sizes, from roughly comparable to Mario to Godzilla.

143 diggsBeing a designer and a developer I have had to deal with the necessary evil that is Microsoft for years now and with Ubuntu picking up steam like it has past few years–the time was right to finally switch to Linux. The designer voice in my head says, “What about Photoshop?” and the developer in me says, “What about testing on IE6? What about Coda?”

190 diggsAfter 123 hours and 10 minutes of continuous movie watching (yes, that means zero hours of sleep), the Netflix Movie Watching World Championship in NYC's Time Square has come to a close.

163 diggsCheck out who Warner Bros. wants to play Hal Jordan in the upcoming Green Lantern movie.

125 diggsWhen a newly developed technology for producing hydrogen gas from biowaste is brought to commercial use – as researchers believe it can be – then it appears the world will have plenty of energy if it can just solve the stubborn shortage of sewage.

159 diggsCheck out two exclusive clips from the upcoming movie version of the hit video game "Max Payne" starring Mark Wahlberg. Say hi to your mother for me.

145 diggsPart Two of this amazing series after seven months from Smashing magazine.

94 diggsFoo Fighters joined the ranks of Ann & Nancy Wilson of Heart this morning by not-so-discreetly asking Sen. John McCain to stop using their music to rally his troops. We'd like to call on the McCain camp to do the right thing and pick a more appropriate Foo Fighters tune, such as "The Pretender" or these seven others...

383 diggsApple has patented the OS X Dock, nearly a decade after the operating system made its public debut with a new slant on the taskbar.The late arrival isn't due to a lack of initiative, however. Apple applied for the patent December 20, 1999, and it was approved by the US Patent Office only yesterday.

210 diggsThe Snake River is a major tributary of the Columbia River in the U.S. states of Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. The name "Snake" possibly derived from an S-shaped (snake) sign which the Shoshone Indians made with their hands to mimic swimming salmon. Picture taken by legendary photographer Ansel Adams.

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350 diggsThree weeks after an $85 billion bailout, AIG is turning to the New York Fed for additional funding. I guess they needed another $400k vacation for their executives.

150 diggsCampaigning in Indiana

246 diggsBoingBoing got a sneak peak at the South Park iPhone app and it looks amazing. All the episodes are already online for free streaming, so it seems odd the app can't do that, but it manages to pull off a large number of things (grab clips, give information, assign characters faces to contacts). Tt's clear that, as usual, Matt and Trey get it.

99 diggsMinimal movie posters which just advertise the brand product placements within them.

283 diggsThe Omaha Beach Scene from Saving Private Ryan with Team Fortress 2 voice-overs.

381 diggsNote - before I start I should say that you can probably teach a child too much about photography and ‘kill’ some of the playfulness that I think makes the images that a child can take special. My main advice would be to instill in your child the first lesson below - of experimenting and having fun

243 diggsMuch anticipated follow-up to Why So Serious.

134 diggsA 25-year-old man was indicted Wednesday on first-degree murder charges in the drive-by shooting death of Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams on New Year's Day 2007.

166 diggsSavvy Internet users know that downloading unsolicited computer programs is one of the most dangerous things you can do online. It puts you at great risk for a virus or another time bomb from a hacker.

368 diggsThe obesity epidemic in America has gotten worse in the last year, despite the many public service campaigns promoting physical activity and warning about the health risks posed by being overweight, according to a new study.

102 diggsA study released last week from the U.S. Geological Survey reports that geothermal power production could significantly add to electric power generating capacity within the United States.

205 diggsWith Max Payne about to hit the big screen on October 17, Fox has just released a new round images to get the party started right. Oddly enough, despite the pics of Prison Break’s Amaury Nolasco, he’s not listed in the official synopsis.

309 diggsRickroll the world

131 diggsThere are so many crazy ways to write the ABC's. It's a great creative exercise - it would do me well to try my own when I hit a creative slump. I'm amazed at the ingenuity of some of these. This collection of alphabets was gathered from the portfolios of artists, photographers and design students around the world.

138 diggsThese free programs will pimp up the abilities of your Windows Mobile.

123 diggsUnlike so many other pie-in-the-sky tech masturbation fantasies masquerading as projects that'll see the light of day, Terrafugia's Transition flying car amazingly looks like it really will go on sale next year, as its creators claimed three years ago. Gregory Mone from Pop Sci even got to sit in the $194,000 car, which is basically "a single-engi

270 diggsThe BlackBerry syncing situation on Macs is, to put it lightly, abysmal (from RIM anyway). But it looks they're finally realizing people who own Blackberrys might just use a Mac too! Boy Genius brings us the first look at their BlackBerry Media Sync for Mac, a clean, appropriately Mactastic version of their standard PC program that'll sync music, p

175 diggsReally, what more needs to be said.

419 diggs"These mortgage companies only see pieces of paper, not people, and don't care who's in the building," the sheriff said. "They simply want their money and don't care who gets hurt along the way ... On top of it all, they want taxpayers to fund their investigative work for them. We're not going to do their jobs for them anymore... It stops today."

183 diggsEvery year, every major Linux development, every major distribution release sparks a volley of so-called expert opinion of this being finally the year of the Linux.

243 diggsAs the 2008 campaign nears its conclusion, the presidential transition efforts of the two major candidates have become a study in contrasts: Sen. Barack Obama has organized an elaborate well-staffed network to prepare for his possible ascension to the White House, while Sen. John McCain has all but put off such work until after the election.

284 diggsMicrosoft has announced that the New Xbox Experience will release to Xbox 360's around the world (in 26 countries, localized in 11 languages) on November 19th 2008.

346 diggsStraight out of Microsoft's keynote address at the Tokyo Game Show comes confirmation of the new Halo 3 campaign. The expansion, Halo 3 Recon, will cast new recruits int he stell-tipped boots of an ODST recon marine.

727 diggsTens of thousands of eligible voters in at least six swing states have been removed from the rolls or blocked from registering in ways that appear to violate federal law.

178 diggsA new trailer for the upcoming RTS game, Halo Wars.

189 diggsThe new system, which is centered around an intuitive graphical interface and an avatar motif, is hoped to attract core and casual users alike.

139 diggsVideo games may still be seen as a hobby for the young or the young at heart, but what happens when games try to tackle truly mature subjects? Ars digs into the games that try to say something, and finds that not every princess can be saved.

486 diggsDylan Boom shows how to mix operating systems environments with style in his Mac Meets Windows Dual-Desktop. Dylan is running OS X with XP in a virtual machine, and each system is completely customized to form a beautiful transition between Mac and Windows.

171 diggsThe origins and purposes of Stonehenge have eluded academics and historians for centuries and been the subject of much debate. Now a team behind the latest dig suggest the standing stones were used for cremation burial throughout their history and not for healing.

366 diggsOne week after the September 11 terrorist attacks, former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld was quoted as saying, “We have a choice. Either to change the way we live, which is unacceptable, or change the way they live. We choose the latter.”