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May 1 2008 1 2557 diggsTruly unbelievable cock up by Dell. Brand, spanking new Vostro 1310, almost completely unusable due to keyboard mis-alignment. Did I get a faulty unit or are they all like this?! 33 diggsFacebook Awareness...... you gotta be careful....... BBC exposes a fatal flaw in popular social networking program. 142 diggsIt's the psychedelic drug that inspired Hendrix and The Beatles - and shaped the music, art and literature of a generation. As the world bids farewell to the bicycling Swiss chemist who created LSD, John Walsh explores his mind-altering legacy 362 diggsFrom poor marketing to missing components, here are my reasons why Vista will forever fail. 49 diggsOrcs, elves and 10 million paying subscribers: World of Warcraft is a PC gaming phenomenon. Three years since its release and the online game is still riding high, but could 2008 finally see it face some competition? 106 diggsYour genes, not your parents, are the reason you think that parachuting out of planes is fun, or, conversely, that you feel sick to the stomach at the mere idea of doing such a crazy thing voluntarily. You can’t do much about your personality, though you can tweak it a bit with cognitive therapy. 142 diggs#1. In the early 1990s, current Denver Nuggets NBA star Allen Iverson played myriad positions for Bethel High School’s football team in Hampton, Virginia. According to a local newspaper at the time, “Iverson the quarterback passed for 1,423 yards with 14 touchdowns. Iverson the runner gained 781 yards with 15 touchdowns. 112 diggsPhysicists have realized a quantum gambling machine using optical elements. From a helium-neon laser, a polarizer generates a single photon in a definite polarization state (horizontal or vertical). Then, Alice uses half wave plate 1 to transfer the definite state into a superposition state to alter the probability of the photon’s destination. 262 diggsAmerica's favorite working-class hero reminds us of her $109 million post-White House windfall in this revealing moment on Falafel Bill O'Reilly's teevee show. (Plus a bonus clip!) 96 diggsNot wasting any time! A little more than a month after New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer announced his resignation, Penguin Group imprint Portfolio will be publishing a book about his career "from start to finish," president and publisher Adrian Zackheim told CNN. 171 diggs"We knew that there was a motorized, fully-articulated R2-D2 projector with built-in DVD, iPod dock, all kinds of digital media inputs, and Millennium Falcon remote control, but we never—EVER—imagined it would be so amazingly drooltastic as this video shows." I can't believe this. *must*resist*buying*impulse* 170 diggsThe planet is getting skinned. 65 diggsWith competitive pressures mounting, the phone company may cut the iPhone's price to boost demand—and cement its relationship with Apple 79 diggs"The handset maker went to citizens of Mumbai, Rio and other megacities for new ideas—and got designs that find graffiti, test water, and emit peace vibes" 151 diggsStarbucks, faced with a sharp drop-off in customers, reported on Wednesday that earnings declined 21 percent during the second quarter. 818 diggsWow. 116 diggsThe Open Screen Project is working to enable a consistent runtime environment – taking advantage of Adobe® Flash® Player and, in the future, Adobe AIR™ -- that will remove barriers for developers and designers as they publish content and applications across desktops and consumer devices 70 diggsPaulette Dean Daly, wife of professional golfer John Daly, is the latest alleged liaison of former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens, a source told Newsday. 152 diggsA game called Grand Theft Auto IV came out a couple of days ago (you can Google it). It took years to make and reportedly cost $100 million. We don't know what ideas came and went during development, but we're betting some of them were pretty retarded. 96 diggsXiaonei, the company that likes to call itself the “Facebook of China” has raised a whopping $430 million from financial backers, VentureBeat has learned from the company’s investors. The backing gives it a larger financial warchest than Facebook itself, and sets the scene for a showdown with the American company. Facebook has just started to get s 339 diggsHot on the heels of last week’s report from ABI Research noting that many consumers may not see the picture quality difference between Blu-ray and standard DVDs comes the latest Blu-ray sales figures from NPD Group. According to NPD, sales of Blu-ray standalone players plummeted 40 percent from January to February, then rose a scant 2 percent.... 76 diggsA city outside California has for the first time been named the sootiest in the nation, one of the categories the American Lung Association uses to determine the most polluted cities in the country. 83 diggsThe Internet is setting a new standard for celebrity. Fame is no longer about getting "15 minutes," it's about becoming famous to 15 people. 131 diggsOn new book by Philipp Lenssen: "My verdict? It’s really good. Part of my job is to know obscure things about Google, yet several of the hacks in this book discussed tricks that I didn’t know." 68 diggsBabies are dropped several stories for good health and good luck at a shrine in Solapur, in Maharastra, India. 104 diggsThe thumbnail is an HDR of the Masjid Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah.Oddly the photo I wanted to use, an April 19th shot of the same didn't show up as an option. 149 diggsThis little monkey is missing her mummy so to make sure she's not losing out zoo keepers have given her a teddy bear to cuddle. Conchita is a three-week-old white-naped mangabey monkey who is being hand-reared at London Zoo. The tiny primate keeps hold of her teddy bear companion while her mother recovers from a caesarean. 31 diggs“Plays well with others.” That popular phrase on a T-shirt is being taken to a whole new level in higher education these days, as experts in a variety of fields increasingly must work together to address some of society's biggest challenges, from a warming planet to cancer. 197 diggsTime Warner Inc's AOL unit, RealNetworks and Yahoo Inc could stand to pay up to $100 million in royalties owed to thousands of songwriters and publishers, after a federal judge established a formula for determining the payments. 100 diggsJosef Fritzl, the Austrian man who held his daughter and children captive in a windowless cellar under his house, had told his victims that they would be gassed to death if anything happened to him, investigators say... 137 diggs The world’s data centers are projected to surpass the airline industry as a greenhouse gas polluter by 2020, according to a new study by McKinsey & Co. 258 diggsIn two states where US attorneys are already under fire for serious allegations of political prosecutions, seven people associated with three federal cases have experienced 10 suspicious incidents including break-ins and arson. 128 diggsAfter the terrorist attacks of 2001 deflated the economy, Mr. Lauder noticed that his company was selling more lipstick than usual. He hypothesized that lipstick purchases are a way to gauge the economy. When it’s shaky, he said, sales increase as women boost their mood with inexpensive lipstick purchases instead of $500 slingbacks. 166 diggsThe giant was caught by a fishing boat off the coast of Antarctica in February 20007. At 26 feet (8 meters) long, it is believed to be the largest squid ever captured. Experts froze the animal, a female, soon after its capture to preserve it for study, here are the exclusive pictures. 243 diggsDarl McBride entered a courtroom to assert his rights regarding legacy System V code, which he still contends exists within Linux. This despite years of discovery turning up zero evidence to support the assertion. Ars reports from the scene of the Novell v. SCO trial. 333 diggsThere are six new engine technologies that, if implemented, could improve efficiency enough to seemingly get us all the way to CAFE 35 MPG by 2020 goal. Some are currently being phased in, others may still be a few years away, but they're coming. 85 diggsKotaku used to be the best gaming blog going but these days, the site is full of non game posts. Have a little fun at their expense and point this out and you'll be banned. Stay in line Kotaku Kids! 183 diggsA leader of the Democratic Party under Bill Clinton has switched his allegiance to Barack Obama and is encouraging fellow Democrats... 109 diggsGeologists searching for diamonds have stumbled upon a shipwreck loaded with gold and silver coins, ivory and cannons to fend off pirates. 157 diggsTime magazine's fifth annual list of the world's most influential people: leaders, thinkers, heroes, artists, scientists and more. What is interesting: The descriptions of each person on the list was written by other famous people and not just the writers at Time. 63 diggsPostcards, toys & objects taken at the location. 412 diggsTUAW readers have found a hidden Apple parody on GTA IV's fake internet, and it is funny. 113 diggsScientists are conducting experiments that reveal not only that humans are born with a range of innate skills, but that our prejudices are formed within the first few months of life Great philosophers have mused for millennia about human consciousness and how it makes sense of its surroundings. Like any good scientist, Spelke has 137 diggs25,000 lightballs, each containing 12 LED’s. It can display 16 million colors and 25 images per second. 119 diggsPittsburgh Beats Out Los Angeles as U.S. City With Worst Air Pollution 229 diggsToday I am announcing my support for Senator Barack Obama for President of the United States of America. I am changing my support from Senator Clinton to Senator Obama, and calling for my fellow Democrats across my home State of Indiana, and my fellow super delegates across the nation, to heal the rift in our Party and unite behind Barack Obama 49 diggsThere are those in the industry who say that it is easier to go from acting in a drama to acting in a comedy than it is the other way around. Yet, as you will see, there are plenty of comedic actors who have jumped from the world of comedy films, stand-up comedy, and television sitcoms into the more serious world of drama. 107 diggsA Houston-area trainer, Shaun Kelley, who once employed Roger Clemens' stepsister says he took and passed a polygraph test administered by the FBI, which included questions of whether he knows Clemens and whether he's ever given the seven-time Cy Young Award winner performance-enhancing drugs. 47 diggsFemales spiders more often “chose” males that reflected UVB. They confirmed that the difference in the mating behavior was not influenced by the overall brightness or by UVA. 300 diggsMy 3rd (I think) slide compilation for you guys. Enjoy. If not press Alt-F4 and that will return you to where you need to be. 138 diggsThe 27-storey skyscraper being built in Mumbai by Mukesh Ambani, the richest person in India, could be the world's largest and costliest home with a price- tag nearing two billion dollar, according to Forbes magazine. 84 diggsThe second funny commercial featuring the *spacious* car and friendly monsters 113 diggsLife for lab flies just got more interesting, thanks to an interactive virtual-reality system developed by Swiss and US researchers. They have built a wind tunnel for flies with changing scenes or images projected onto its walls. A camera tracks the fly in 3D, making the images move in response to it flying around inside. 736 diggsTaken by Veronica Belmont at last night's live Diggnation at Mighty. 142 diggsA woman who police believe to be Deborah Jeane Palfrey, known as the "D.C. Madam," was found dead in Florida Thursday, according to Tarpon Springs police. 123 diggsSimilarities between half-billion-year-old and recent food webs point to deep principles underpinning the structure of ecological relationships. 186 diggsCompanies would no longer be able to use genetic information like a person's predisposition for breast cancer, sickle cell or diabetes to make insurance or job decisions under a bill passed by Congress on Thursday. The House voted 414-1 for the legislation a week after it passed the Senate on a 95-0 vote. The bill would bar health insurance... 356 diggsA woman police believe to be convicted Washington escort service operator Deborah Jeane Palfrey committed suicide officials said Thursday... 109 diggsThis is the first shocking image of Elisabeth Fritzl as she is today - 24 years after she was first locked up in a dungeon by her own father, Josef. 171 diggsBeing a CEO these days is like playing on a kiddie soccer team; everyone gets a prize... even the worst player. 140 diggsGreat B&W collection, over 200 pics, from National Archives. Pics from Yosemite,Tetons, Glacier Park especially strong; many are beautiful, striking, classics. Adams was a pioneer. Most pics were taken as part of a gov't commission to chronicle beauty of the wilderness then protected by the U.S. Parks Service. 163 diggsHere’s the metaverse mystery of the week: This strange new private island with a very familiar name recently emerged on the server grid of virtual world Second Life... 178 diggsUpdate on Digg’s latest DataPortability enhancements (XFN, HCard, RDFa). Although the enhancements are not visible on Digg.com, if you use Digg together with other social networks, these enhancements can make the Web more fun and useful. 547 diggsSee what's been discovered by Liberty City locals! Check the categories on the right to show markers for just about any person, place or thing in Liberty City. First to find something? Right click on the map location and choose "Add Marker" to share your original discovery. 98 diggsFrankly I don’t know what is more suprising. 1) Three-year-old Brady Arneson rocking one of the finest mullets I have ever seen. 2) Minnesota has a statewide mullet contest. 3) Brady’s older brother won first place in the mullet contest back in 2005. 156 diggsJohn Cusack is outraged over the Iraq war, so the U.S. actor channeled his anger into a low-budget political satire -- complete with a chorus line of scantily clad female amputees -- that he hopes will offend. 183 diggsHomer Simpson, rendered using nothing but CSS. Very very cool. 203 diggsOut of 155 countries surveyed, U.S. gas prices were the 45th cheapest, according to a recent study from AIRINC, a research firm that tracks cost of living data. The difference is staggering. As of late March, U.S. gas prices averaged $3.45 a gallon. That compares to over $8 a gallon across much of Europe, $12.03 in Aruba and $18.42 in Sierra Leone. 102 diggs...a discovery that sheds new light on why younger people are more creative. This adds to evidence that young animals are born with circuitry to make them explore the possibilities of their vocal apparatus and to make sense of the world. This idea that there are circuits in the brain that drive exploration is also exciting 86 diggsEFF: HOWTO keep your laptop from being searched at the border 185 diggs5 Megapixel phones from Nokia and Sony are no match for the growing popularity of the iPhone....and this is before 3G! 223 diggsanti Obama attacks by Clinton surrogate 66 diggsShawn Elliot and co. explore the link between Games and our "real" selves..intro {margin-top: 0;}.dots... 427 diggsAt a town hall forum in Iowa today, Sen. John McCain was asked about a story from Cliff Schecter's controversial recent book, The Real McCain, which alleges that during a 1992 campaign stop, McCain angrily called his wife a "trollop" and a "c**t" in front of aides and reporters. 59 diggsGuess who just joined Alex Rodriguez and Jorge Posada on the disabled list? 348 diggsThe finished table runs OS X and displays xkcd comics. Created by a 17 year old for science fair too. Learn how to create your own Microsoft Surface. 102 diggsFor Rick Maida, radio-controlled planes are not a hobby. "It's my life. It has been since I was 8 years old." Unfortunately, his "life" is now missing; stolen from outside his Morgan Hill home Monday night. 51 diggsHoly Cullens! Hold onto your seats, all you Twilight fanatics. This is the first official group shot of the cast of Twilight in character (yes, we know there are unapproved test shots that have been leaked, but this one is straight from Summit, to us, to you, the fans). 154 diggsNo one can dispute that TF2 is one of the most unique looking FPS games out there. In fact, I think they forged the way for style to Team Fortress 2 : Bare Naked FPS Strategy exist in the genre, and proved that FPS games don't need to be photorealistic to work. 171 diggsPick almost any American newspaper company and you can tell a similar story. The ABC reported that for the 530 biggest dailies, average circulation in the past six months was 3.6% lower than in the same period a year earlier. 75 diggsA company that develops cameras, FullView, that produce 360-degree videos is suing Microsoft for alleged patent infringement in its RoundTable conferencing product.FullView's patent, which builds on other patent applications dating back to 1995, covers a camera system that combines the fields of view of several cameras to form a continuous 360-deg. 124 diggsMaster stuntman David Blaine set a world record Wednesday by holding his breath for 17 minutes at a live taping of The Oprah Winfrey Show. TIME asked Blaine about it and to rate the difficulty of his previous stunts on a 1-10 scale. 133 diggs"One might think that the United States' nuclear weapons--the cornerstone deterrent in the country's arsenal--would be treated with the utmost precision. This comfortable illusion was shaken on Aug. 31, 2007, when crews loaded six live nuclear warheads onto a [USAF] B-52 bomber...cruising over the nation's heartland." Now for "the ugly truth." 170 diggsVirginity in young women is prized highly in Nigeria, but is this only because the society is male dominated? 80 diggsInmates in 58 county jails across New York are getting playing cards with the pictures of missing persons in hopes the photos will jog memories and help solve cold cases. 56 diggsCEO Eric Schmidt describes the simple principles driving the company's steady stream of innovations 181 diggsCanseco said the foreclosure was not a difficult issue emotionally. But he sympathized with the millions of other Americans who have already lost, or face losing their homes, because of soaring interest rates on sub-prime loans. 115 diggsDark shapes with bright edges winging their way through dusty NGC 6188 are tens of light-years long. The emission nebula is found near the edge of an otherwise dark large molecular cloud in the southern constellation Ara, about 4,000 light-years away. 69 diggsThe last time Oscar De La Hoya was in a steppingstone fight, he almost tripped. In a non-title welterweight matchup Saturday, only Stevie Forbes, a former junior lightweight titlist, stands between De La Hoya (38-5, 30 knockouts) and a Sept. 20 rematch with Floyd Mayweather Jr. 135 diggsCreationists are pushing "academic freedom" bills in state legislatures that guarantee science teachers will not be disciplined if they choose to critique evolution. 85 diggsAre you bare there? With summer just around the corner, you may now be thinking about joining the ranks of the totally shaven. 268 diggsActor Michael Rosenbaum is leaving the CW's "Smallville" after seven seasons with the show. Rosenbaum, who plays Superman's nemesis Lex Luthor, will be replaced by two new villains. 66 diggsDespite a drumbeat of bad economic news, the stock market is up, and for the first time in months, Wall Street analysts and executives sound upbeat. 79 diggsFew 77-year-olds could hold thousands of people in rapt attention for five hours. Sean Connery, maybe; Clint Eastwood, perhaps. Warren Buffett? Definitely. Buffett will be the center of attention on... 99 diggsLONDON (Reuters) - Annie Mole's blog about the London Underground rail system began as a New Year's resolution to teach herself how to make an Internet Web site and has blossomed into a popular slice of commuter life.The criticisms, witticisms and daily observations posted on her "London Underground's Blog" www.london-underground.blogspot.com 99 diggsEmployers reject lots of new graduates because of lack of experience. But there are still companies who hire new graduates.Check out the list and info of the companies who are hiring new graduates for 2008. 85 diggsLou Holtz, Billy Cannon and Troy Aikman were among 15 former players and coaches elected Thursday to the College Football Hall of Fame. 242 diggsThe Chinese language Economic Daily News is reporting that Pegatron, an OEM subsidiary of ASUS, has won the order from Microsoft to assemble the Xbox 360 with Blu-ray Disc ROM drive -- shipments are expected to being in Q3 of this year. 128 diggsThis week, the world marks an anniversary that has changed the face — and other anatomical regions — of email inboxes everywhere: the first known spam email was sent 30 years ago on Saturday. 90 diggsThe Premier League club is worth $1.8 billion, a $347 million increase (24 percent) from last year's valuation, Forbes said Thursday.
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