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May 15 2008 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20139 diggsThe Flash Player 10 beta features a brand-new Just In Time (JIT) engine to load pixel bite code into the Flash Player engine. Flash Player 10 will also extend support for Linux to Ubuntu versions 7 and 8, going beyond the current Red Hat, SuSE, Mac OS/X and Windows. 370 diggsSome people go fishing on their day off. Yves Rossy likes to jump out of a small plane with a pair of jet-powered wings on his back and loop the loop above the Swiss Alps. The self-built contraption took the former fighter pilot five years to build and perfect - and yesterday he gave it its maiden flight. 183 diggsAlmost overnight, pomegranate is appearing everywhere.The pomegranate (Punica granatum L.), is popular because it is being touted as a miracle food. Curly tops may have noticed that it now is a key ingredient in beauty products, including shampoos and conditioners. 115 diggsFor 10 years, Barbara's gut told her she needed to get a new doctor for her daughter, and for 10 years, she didn't listen, even as her daughter got sicker and sicker. 215 diggsList of the top 5 games that should be ported to the consoles. Interesting! 95 diggsWith the news this week of Justine Henin's and Annika Sorenstam's retirements, SI.com recalls some of the biggest names who have already retired or plan to retire in 2008, beginning with Favre. 178 diggsThe neurotech industry is engaged in a $2 trillion race to fix your brain. Many players will fail, but the payoff will be huge for those who succeed. 80 diggsIt's been almost 20 years since he last wore the crumpled fedora, but Harrison Ford was not suffering from any last-minute nerves in the lead up to the world premiere of Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull in Cannes. 276 diggsSeveral times I’ve been called upon at a moment’s notice to troubleshoot a misbehaving PC system either at work or at a friend’s or relative’s home. Being the “go to” guy for these sorts of problems is both a curse and a blessing, but I guess that is besides the point. 111 diggsWASHINGTON – Drug cartel attacks against Mexican police have become so violent and so common that some Mexican police chiefs are seeking safety in the United States. 136 diggsHaunting picture of the man who had to strap his wife's corpse to his back to take her to morgue. 77 diggsHe's about as heavy as a family car - and costs almost as much to run. Duke the shire horse stands 19.3 hands, or around 6ft 5in at the shoulder. 185 diggsDoctors say a 9-year-old girl who went to hospital in central Greece suffering from stomach pains was carrying her embryonic twin. 272 diggsIn Brief:a)The brain of an addicted smoker treats nicotine as if it is essential for survival.c) Genetic traits may predispose some smokers to stronger addiction.d) Most smokers try to quit unaided, resulting in a high failure rate. 185 diggsThat's the uncomfortable verdict for PCMall and PCConnection rendered this morning by the just-released "ForeSee Results Top 100 Online Retail Satisfaction Index." PCMall and PCConnection not only bring up the rear among computer and electronics sites, they bring up the rear, period -- just as they did last year. 321 diggsCBS has announced plans to acquire CNET for $1.8 Billion. CNET would become part of CBS Interactive. 111 diggsTwenty-two (22) U.S. Navy F-14D Super Tomcat fighter jets aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) on March 10, 2006, in the Atlantic Ocean. Photographer: Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Chris Thamann, U.S. Navy 100 diggsWHEN Nintendo released the Wii 18 months ago, it upended the notion of what video games could be. Moving beyond the sunlight-deprived young men at gaming’s core, Nintendo appealed to the rest of the world with an intuitive, family-friendly entertainment experience. 127 diggsAchieving sexual climax requires a complex conspiracy of sensory and psychological signals—and the eventual silencing of critical brain areas. Testosterone, a hormone ordinarily produced by the ovaries, is linked to female sexual function, and the women in this 2005 study had undergone operations to remove their ovaries. 137 diggsAccording to Einstein's theory of general relativity, black holes are regions of space where gravity is so strong that not even light can escape. In the 70's Stephen Hawking asserted that any information sucked inside a black hole would be permanently lost. But now, researchers have shown that information can be recovered from black holes 351 diggsThe internet is responsible for many terrible things, which the world tolerates as long as these terrible things stay on the internet. But some internet memes become so popular they spill out and infect the real world in ways that simply cannot be tolerated. 707 diggsPresident Bush has said repeatedly that he would not insert himself into the presidential race, but that stance changed dramatically today, when he compared Barack Obama to Nazi appeasers during his trip to Israel. 65 diggsPolice in Manchester have released CCTV images of up to 200 football fans chasing officers and attacking one of them after the Uefa Cup final. 81 diggsWell, not quite. But the rocker is just one of the stars of Discovery Communications' tacky-yet-shrewd Planet Green network. 114 diggsIt's great to keep in touch with your friends and colleagues, but does the price have to be spam, zombie bites, and friend invitations from people you've never heard of? 312 diggsFloating wind turbines take advantage of air currents along the length of their shaft to generate electricity. Selsam’s prototypes produce 6000 watts in 32.5 mph winds - six times more power than a similarly sized seven foot single-rotor turbine can produce. 129 diggsThe message from many Indians over the past two weeks has been stark: Americans should stop blaming others and start eating less... 94 diggsDuring the week Ryan Samuel, 30, is a married man working in the energy market in Richardson, Texas. But on the weekends he lures men away from their homes, wives and children with beer, camaraderie, power tools and "The Ponderosa." 218 diggsIt's a pretty well known fact that most women - attractive women - will happily date ugly men. We see it on TV -- in shows like King of Queens, though I would probably argue that Kevin James is kind of a stud, and really, that's exactly the point I plan on making-- and we see it in our friends. 152 diggswe've decided to present you with the strangest grills conceived by man. Vegetarians may want to turn away. 97 diggsThe designer, comrade Sanfirov tries the rigid-wing skydiving system on an airfield in Moscow, 1935. Unfortunately, the history is silent about the fate of comrade Sanfirov and his invention, but the dream of flying solo is still alive. Just few days ago the "rocketman", Yves Rossy flew over Alps with a rigid-wing and jet-pack strapped to his back. 221 diggsBest Riff: Stewart on the little boy who sold his bike and video games to give money to Hillary: "And [she] took it. And then as the boy who sold bis bike and video games looked on, Hillary Clinton's campaign blew his entire donation on confetti. Food for thought [for the boy] as he walks to school, and then home again, to not play video games." 318 diggsAdvice from the R. Kelly trial 97 diggsCorrections Canada has launched an internal investigation to find out how prison pictures of notorious child killer Clifford Olson made their way onto the social networking website MySpace. 212 diggsThat’s right folks; the long wait is finally over. Has your newborn already outgrown those Ronald Reagan ‘Trickle-Down Diaper Covers’ that were hand-me-downs from your cousin? If so, you can now wrap your newest neo-cons in the soft organic cotton of the John McCain ‘Onesie.’ 280 diggsSouth African amputee Du Toit made Beijing by finishing fourth in Sunday's 10km world championships in Seville. Britons Cassandra Patten and Keri-Anne Payne also qualified for the open water events at the Olympics. 238 diggsExonerated P2P defendant Tanya Andersen was awarded $107,834 in court costs and attorneys' fees for her successful defense against the RIAA's copyright infringement charges. It's the largest fee award so far against the RIAA, and over triple what the RIAA argued it should pay. 139 diggsA first ever look at the man behind the camera that set off Bill O'Reilly's Inside Edition tirade 266 diggsThis is a no brainer, no secret, Americans are wakeing up! And ready to elect Barack Obama for President. 74 diggsGoogle added some new features to Insight. One is a new demographics tab that displays view count information broken down by age group (such as ages 18-24), gender, or a combination of the two, to help you get a better understanding of the makeup of your YouTube audience. 187 diggsVaynerchuk has been remixing his fave sneakers with his fave web brands. Here comes his digg love. Either the boy has too much time, or too much love to give. None the less.... Enjoy! 116 diggsAs far as mistakes go, the one Janet Gordon recently made didn't seem like a big deal. She booked an airline ticket from Toronto to London under the name "Jan." 370 diggsOld-school game tricks to help you get your retro on 391 diggsNick Evans, a former intern at The Galveston County Daily News, was cleared of his misdemeanor from refusing to stop photographing an arrest during Mardi Gras 2007. His acquittal extends further than Galveston, Texas, however, as it makes strides for photographers' First Amendment rights everywhere. 347 diggsA team of scientists at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Science, as well as scientists from 10 other institutions have linked physical & biological impacts since 1970 with rises in temperatures during that period. Including changes to physical systems, such as glaciers shrinking, permafrost melting, and lakes & rivers warming. 101 diggsFans of digg who own a Chumby can now keep a visualization of digg's activity scrolling by on their desk, coffee table, or nightstand all day long! 200 diggsHe compares the potential multiplicity of life forms in the universe to that here on Earth, and goes on to speculate that such alien life forms could even be “free from Original Sin … [remaining] in full friendship with their creator.” 260 diggsDemocrat Joe Biden called President Bush’s comments accusing Sen. Barack Obama and other Democrats of wanting to appease terrorists "bulls–t” and said if the president disagrees so strongly with the idea of talking to Iran then he needs to fire his secretaries of State and Defense, both of whom have pushed to sit down with the Iranians. 503 diggsThe California Supreme Court ruled today that same-sex couples should be permitted to marry, rejecting state marriage laws as discriminatory. 252 diggsSAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The California Supreme Court has overturned a ban on gay marriage, paving the way for California to become the second state where gay and lesbian residents can marry. 438 diggsLast month a US court ruled that border agents can search your laptop, or any other electronic device, when you're entering the country. They can take your computer and download its entire contents, or keep it for several days. So how do you protect yourself? By hiding your data. 389 diggsGeorge W. Bush is unworthy of the presidency. He is a disgrace to himself, our Nation, and the high office he holds. 252 diggsKeep these simple rules in the back of your mind so that next time somebody tries to get in your face, you can slice them deep (all the way to the white meat). 308 diggsAn ambitious player unlocks Valve's new weapon before intended. 199 diggs#20 {Bloodsport}: 'Why It's On The List:' Jean Claude Van Damme stomps on every opponent including the roided out Chinese guy who killed his friend in battle. 'Memorable Man Quote:'Chong Li: You break my record, now I break you, like I break your friend. 177 diggsVenus Express has detected the molecule hydroxyl on another planet for the first time. This detection gives scientists an important new tool to unlock the workings of Venus’s dense atmosphere. 211 diggsAs more stores and record labels abandon digital rights management, Apple may have an alternative plan for subscription services 53 diggsYou may be surprised by some of the stuff that's endangered. (Some of these photos are really cute, too!) 53 diggsStudies of how cancer cells spread have led to a surprising discovery about the creation of cells with adult stem-cell characteristics, offering potentially major implications for regenerative medicine and for cancer treatment. 259 diggs11 images of one of the cutest animals. I can't believe that we have allowed these guys to become a "threatened species". Have you ever seen them swim? So incredible! 67 diggsBarkley's Gambling Dumb-Assery May Have Finally Caught Up To Him. Charles Barkley's love of gambling has reached a breaking point for one Las Vegas casino, which is now suing him for $400,000 in unpaid debts. 468 diggsDisney/Pixar has developed a mobile animatronic version of WALL-E to roam the Disney amusement parks. /Film Twitter friend Jeremy C spotted the robot in the streets of Los Angeles and was able to capture this video footage of the droid in action. 397 diggsNew data on Comcast’s interference with BitTorrent traffic shows that the company misinformed the FCC this February. Comcast has always argued that BitTorrent upstream traffic was only blocked during periods of heavy network traffic, this turns out to be a lie. 78 diggsScientists are preparing for "seven minutes of terror" as a Nasa spacecraft makes a nail-biting descent to the surface of Mars. 231 diggsHardcore fans can be quite the conundrum. When you’re going to a sporting event, a raucous crowd can really add a lot to the experience and make the game a lot more exciting. They put together 139 mistakes that have occurred in The Simpsons. 332 diggsLA grand jury indicts Missouri woman in MySpace cyber-bullying case. 186 diggsHilarious remake of the Classic Citreon Transformer commercial 126 diggsSorry, no scientific visualizations on the preplanned explosions or the molted steel or the controlled demolition style fall of the buildings or even how WTC 7 fell all by itself. This is just a computer animated plane crashing into a computer animated building. 253 diggsGen Y is taking over. The generation of young adults that's compromised of the children of Boomers, Generation Jones, and even some Gen X'ers, is the biggest generation since the Baby Boomers and three times the size of Gen X. 165 diggsOnce again, McCain has demonstrated a complete lack of knowledge about foreign policy and American history. First he got confused over Sunnis and Shiites, now this. McCain seems to be forgetting something kind of important that happened during the Reagan administration. It's called the Iran-Contra Scandal. 164 diggsIn honor of Yves Rossy, the Swiss man who flew over the Alps on a personal jet-powered wing Wednesday, We were inspired to search for some of the other strangest devices that have carried men aloft. 135 diggsIn a month of horrific natural disasters it's instructive to consider what one of the biggest UNnatural disasters in memory looks like. That is the decline in America's position in the world from where we were when George W. Bush inherited power on Jan. 20, 2001. 113 diggsNext time you get nagged to install Apple's Safari browser keep this in mind: The company's security team has dismissed research that shows a simple way for miscreants to use the browser to litter an end user's machine with malicious files. 219 diggsGeorge Bush's grandfather, the late US senator Prescott Bush, was a director and shareholder of companies that profited from their involvement with the financial backers of Nazi Germany. Prescott Bush arranged loans for Hitler and owned stock in companies that profited from slave labor. 101 diggsWith the deal, CBS says it will triple its interactive footprint and will become one of the top 10 biggest internet properties. While that all sounds very promising, CBS is acquiring a very troubled business. When they said in 2006 that they wanted to find "the next YouTube" to acquire, no one could have guessed that they meant CNET.... 358 diggsMcCain endorser John Hagee preaches that Jews have "dead souls", are cursed by God, and that God sent Hitler and the Nazis to commit the Holocaust. 47 diggsEveryone’s favorite Madden factory is growing, but it’s profits aren’t following suit. 1250 diggsWe’re excited to launch the new Comments system – we’ve listened to your requests and feedback and have incorporated many of your suggestions. 96 diggsHeaded for burnout at work? Incorporating these quick and easy healthy habits into your life will help you recharge your batteries. 189 diggsWhen we first listed tech's 10 best workspaces, we downplayed the importance of design and amenities. The crowd disagrees. It favors beer. Digg's beer, to be exact. 1,505 voted in our poll, and 28 percent chose the social news site's workspace and its fridge full of beverages as the best workspace in tech. 447 diggsHillary, today in Rapid City, South Dakota, defended Obama from President Bush's apparent comparison of him to Neville Chamberlain, Ken Vogel reports. She told reporters "President Bush’s comparison of any Democrat to Nazi appeasers is both offensive and outrageous on the face of it, especially in light of his failures in foreign policy." 213 diggsBiologist Frank Fish discovered that these bumps, called tubercles, are this creature's secret weapon, allowing a whale the size of a school bus to make tight turns and capture prey with astonishing agility. "This can be applied to any lifting surface, like airplane wings or windmill blades or sailboat masts," he says. 91 diggsFascinating photo essay portraying life literally on & atop active volcanoes. Among Indonesian villages. Beautiful, powerful shots -- of volcanoes as well as village life & impact volcanoes have on people who live there. [If interested, accompanying article provides good context.] 395 diggsIt's hard to believe a Google Street View van elicits this kind of rock groupie reaction! 50 diggsThe problem arose when Yahoo decided as an anti-spamming measure to stop any emails going through the servers, which it runs for its partner BT, that did not have a matching BT/Yahoo address in the From: field 179 diggsAnd the two will become one.....a nice little story about people who are NOT celebrities. 173 diggs"I personally respond to logos..." 336 diggsThe worlds most famous public access painter Bob Ross is alive and well! And hes much darker than I remember him being. 83 diggsThe Tribune's Alex Rodriguez writes that Soviet symbolism and displays of martial power have helped to revive nationalistic fervor in Russia 181 diggsSome drinks just make sense. Take a Tom Collins: gin, freshly squeezed lemon juice, a drizzle of sugar syrup, and some carbonated water to taste. But other drinks defy logic and good sense. Here are some of the weirdest drinks, ranging from stupid (Diet Water) to scandalous (beer for kids) to reportedly sensational (Bacon Martini). 71 diggsA graduating New York University student was ejected from his commencement at Yankee Stadium yesterday after he was caught trying to steal home. 135 diggsYou have got to see this one! Kevin James was made to admit he doesn't know what he is talking about and then throws a fit. 309 diggsIndiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is one of this summers most highly anticipated movies. But all the focus is on the ageing star of the film, Harrison Ford, and recent interviews have once again shone light on his ability to adlib some of history’s greatest and most recognizable cinematic lines. 159 diggsI didn't even know there was a syndrome called "WereWolf" It's sad that somebody would have to go through something like that. I wish the kid goodluck 473 diggsChris Matthews shreds right wing radio host Kevin James on Hardball who can't tell him what Neville Chamberlain did wrong even though he's trying to use Chamberlain as a right wing talking point. 133 diggsIn the second round of this year's NBA playoffs home court advantage seems to be a huge asset, 19 of 20 games played in the second round the home team has come out on top which is leading the last three series (Spurs/Hornets, Jazz/Lakers, Cavs/Celtics) to possible game sevens. The only loss was by the Orlando Magic against the Detroit Pistons. 548 diggsThe traumatic experience of being a self-aware snowman. 350 diggsThis is part of Jackass + Matt Hoffman's tribute to Evel Knievel. I know this is how I hope to be remembered. 717 diggsPresident Bush went on foreign soil today, and committed what I consider an act of political treason: Comparing the candidate of the U.S. opposition party to appeasers of Nazi Germany -- in the very nation that was carved out from the horrific calamity of the Holocaust. 65 diggsIt’s a response to the gushing critical use of the word “gobs’’ to describe wines of overwhelming power and fruity sweetness, as in the phrase “gobs of hedonistic pleasure,’’ or “explosively rich with gobs of crushed blackberries and raspberries and a texture bordering on syrupy.’’ If you like blockbuster portlike wines formidably endowed... 121 diggsOpening an article comments page on the newly redesigned Digg.com site crashes the browser back to desktop. 78 diggsAfter hugely successful launches in Japan and Europe, Nintendo's Wii Fit exercise game is coming to the United States May on 19th, where it is sure to find sales success. But Wii Fit is hardly the first example of an attempt to meld videogaming and exercise — it's not even the first fitness offering from Nintendo. 510 diggsSo wrong on so many levels. 390 diggsWith immigration reform less of an issue with gas prices and economic troubles on people's minds, a study released by Pew Research Center says that Blacks, Whites and Hispanics believe immigrants work harder than Whites and Blacks. Since 1986 less Whites believe immigrants work harder than Blacks, only 55%, while more Blacks, 64%, think it's true. 140 diggsGiven his own position on Hamas, McCain is the last politician who should be attacking Obama. Two years ago, just after Hamas won the Palestinian parliamentary elections, I interviewed McCain for the British network Sky News's "World News Tonight" program. Here is the crucial part of our exchange: 347 diggsRichard White said he was shocked when he got a subpoena in the mail requiring his 1-year-old son, Jacy, to appear in Rockingham County General District Court next Tuesday over a $391 chiropractor bill. 289 diggsMobile home driver speeds up to 60 mph. Outstanding! (A plane is also involved somehow.) 111 diggsIf your kids are suddenly getting active and eating their veggies, you may have a man from Iceland to thank. That man is Magnus Scheving, the 43-year-old creator of the hit show LazyTown. 134 diggsBetween a quarter and a third of the world's wildlife has been lost since 1970, according to the Zoological Society of London. Populations of land-based species fell by 25%, marine by 28% and freshwater by 29%. Humans are wiping out about 1% of all other species every year in one of the "great extinction episodes" in Earth's history. 245 diggsTwo years ago, in an interview with James Rubin for Sky News, Sen. John McCain expressed a willingness to negotiate with the terrorist group Hamas -- the very group that McCain has been relentlessly using to smear Sen. Barack Obama over the last several weeks. 409 diggsIt sounds like the plot of a farfetched science fiction movie. Unfortunately for the residents of Texas, it is very much a reality: billions of tiny reddish-brown ants have arrived onshore from a cargo ship and are hell-bent on eating anything electronic. 272 diggs'Our techs are working on it,' says an agency spokeswoman 281 diggsWhen Adm John S. McCain, Jr., Commander in Chief, United States Naval Forces, Europe, ordered the cover-up on the attack of the USS LIBERTY it was a sure act of treason perpetrated on the American people and the crew of the LIBERTY to hide the true facts surrounding the unprovoked attack by the Government of Israel on our ship, the USS LIBERTY. 137 diggs 79 diggsWe cannot go back in time and stick a thermometer in the early universe, but astronomers have done the next best thing, using an indirect technique to find out what the universe's temperature 204 diggsUsing biomimicry as the guiding design principle, the Australian firm BioPower Systems has developed Biowave: an ocean power system that harnesses energy by mimicking the motion of underwater plants in the ocean currents to generate electricity. 276 diggsThis is beautiful. It connects to your rain spout, stores rainwater in a tank, and waters the plants via cotton wicks and capillary action. 181 diggsTrustworthy reader "Sebastian" managed to go to a screening for Paul W.S. Anderson's remake of Roger Corman's cult classic "Death Race." After reading the review it seems Paul W.S. Anderson might be the actual right person to helm "Spy Hunter" 360 diggsLimbaugh searched Google, found among the top results an essay entitled “The Main Causes of the Great Depression.” He quotes the essay and refutes each of its claims He doesn’t pull any punches either. Those words would be harsh if they really were for a Harvard lecturer. But that’s not who wrote this essay. It was my friend ...in 10th grade. 264 diggsSex does a body good in a number of ways, according to Davidson and other experts. The benefits aren't just anecdotal or hearsay -- each of these 10 health benefits of sex is backed by scientific scrutiny. 272 diggsThe 'Million Dollar Question': what should you be doing now when you're young to make sure you can live in style when you stop working? 118 diggsThis is a stop action photo of a device at Sandia Labs releasing its capacitors' charge. It is about the size of a basketball court. It has achieved temperatures of 3.7*10^9 K (highest man-made temperature ever). During the 100 ns discharge, the power output is 2.9*10^14 W, equal to 80 times the power output of all the power plants on earth. 147 diggsBOSTON (AP) — The One Laptop Per Child project is about to find out whether Microsoft Corp., a rival the nonprofit group once derided, is the solution to its problems in spreading inexpensive portable computers to schoolchildren.
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