148 diggsUp, up and away! Inspired superhero casting.

836 diggsIf you are undecided about the upcoming democratic presidential nomination, watch this video. It is very honest, and insightful. Gives a indepth look at each candidate, and the different campaign strategies. More insightful, and fair, than anything you are likely to get from the MSM.

303 diggsLook, I'm not normally one to get all hot and bothered by the stuff people that don't play games say about game. But this rant, by CNN's Glenn Beck? As a gamer I'm stumped.

107 diggsYesterday in this spot, we bemoaned the state of the summer blockbuster, and explored why the blockbuster-season films coming up in May and June might finally help kill off the blockbuster concept. (Or save it, but how likely is that?) Today, in true summer-movie style: the inevitable sequel.

209 diggsSomeone at channel 9 has absolutely no friggin' clue or is a genius prankster. Check out what's on the home page of that iPhone seen on the Friday 6PM channel 9 news in Melbourne. There's even a button for Parallels on the iPhone's dock which isn't even out for the iPhone until 2009. The image they lifted originally sourced from kottke.org

131 diggsInvented in 1975 by Steven J. Sasson. It weighed eight pounds, was the size of a toaster, and produced a 0.01 megapixel image that took 23 seconds to record onto a digital cassette tape.

146 diggsWhile Microsoft chases Yahoo, Eric Schmidt, Google's CEO and chairman is seeking a stronger relationship with IBM, something in which Big Blue's chairman and CEO, Sam Palmisano, appears very interested.

360 diggsMADISON, Wis. - A college student apparently called 911 from her cell phone shortly before she was killed but a dispatcher hung up, failed to call back and never sent police to investigate, authorities said Thursday.

55 diggsAkhenaten wasn't the most manly pharaoh, even though he fathered at least a half-dozen children.In fact, his form was quite feminine. And he was a bit of an egghead.So concludes a Yale University physician who analyzed images of Akhenaten

83 diggs"We're live, babe!"That's horse trainer Richard Dutrow Jr.'s stable-speak, his way of telling friends he expects his colt Big Brown to win the 134th Kentucky Derby on Saturday. For Big Brown, undefeated but having raced only three times, the Derby (4 p.m. ET, NBC; post time 6:04) is a chance to validate the hype

898 diggsBill Clinton Campaign Chairman and Hillary Clinton '08 Advisor Mickey Kantor tells George Stephanapoulos and James Carville: "Look at Indiana...it doesn't matter if we win. Those people are shit. How would you like to be a worthless white ni**er?"

178 diggsWhen a kite kicks your A$$ then maybe it's time to stick to video games.

179 diggsThis no-nonsense machine from EDR Solutions does exactly what its name says, destroying a hard disk in as little as 10 seconds. "It basically 'drills' through the hard drive's spindles which physically creates ripples in the platters making it impossible to recover any data," OhGizmo says.

240 diggsWell here's an interesting one. French iPhone blog iPhon.fr got these pics from an anonymous and unverified source, and while there's no way of telling if the shots are legit, they certainly have a truthy ring to them.

69 diggsThe casual encounters section of Craigslist is packed with requests for no-strings-attached nookie. Here are the ten least likely to get responses, and most likely to leave you wondering, 'What the hell is wrong with people?'

83 diggsShe was the 21st Duchess of Medina Sidonia, Spain's most ancient dukedom whose origins go back to 1297. She was a princess, a marquess and a three-fold Spanish grandee. But from childhood, Luisa Isabel Alvarez de Toledo y Maura kicked against the conventions of her lineage.

134 diggsAn amazing song, set to a fan-made slideshow.. it is very deep..don't let Van Helsing keep you down.

104 diggsA lava fountain shooting over a kilometer high has been discovered on Jupiter's moon Io.

102 diggsIn the past, Grand Theft Auto's been severely criticized for being too violent. The new version, it's been toned down a lot, I think in reaction to the criticism.I'm not sure it's better. Take a look.

66 diggsAn Antarctic fur seal has been observed trying to have sex with a king penguin.

100 diggs“Instant messaging, or IM, is not just bad grammar or a bunch of mistakes,” says Dr. Pamela Takayoshi, Kent State University associate professor of English. “IM is a separate language form from formal English and has a common set of language features and standards.”

141 diggsAn Antarctic fur seal has been observed trying to have sex with a king penguin. The South African-based scientists who witnessed the incident say it is the most unusual case of mammal mating behaviour yet known. Interspecies homosexual violent sex? Alriiight!

107 diggsRecreational fishers and biologist Zeb Hogan hold a live, 14-foot-long (4.3-meter-long) giant freshwater stingray the fishers caught in the Bang Pakong River in Chachoengsao, Thailand, on March 31, 2008.

81 diggsEnormously powerful online visualization software and community, which allows you to create and share custom interactive data visualizations in a wide variety of types.

221 diggs"Could we build our own Iron Man suit? Not just a costume, but a functioning apparatus that could perform the miracles the spectacular marvel in the movie does?"

129 diggsRising rates of the bacterial infection Clostridium difficile, known as C. diff, are sparking worries about a virulent form of the bug that can cause severe diarrhea — and death.

88 diggsThe last known survivor of a group of German army officers who tried to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1944 has died aged 90, his family says.

72 diggsLike the gooey center of a chocolate morsel harboring peanut butter and honey, inner Earth is far more nuanced than outward appearances would suggest.

141 diggsWhen I learned that Deborah Jeane Palfrey, the infamous D.C. Madam, was found hanging in a shed, my first thought was: Could she have been murdered?There is so much room for speculation!

64 diggsSEATTLE (AP) — A man who was denied a liver transplant because he used marijuana with medical approval to ease the symptoms of hepatitis C has died.

166 diggsAt concerts these days you have to brace yourself for an experience easily ruined by the fans themselves, who have become a rude and unruly lot entirely unaware of everyone else's personal space. Here are the ten rules of concerts that people blatantly disobey.

117 diggsHarper's February cover story was one of clear-eyed financial journalism. Eric Janszen explains Americas devolution from goods-production to paper shuffling. The FIRE economy (for Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate) concluding it can only survive by blowing ever-bigger bubbles. Veteran political analyst show government has systematically distorted

78 diggsA nationwide consortium led by the University of Washington in Seattle has completed the first sequence-based map of structural variations in the human genome, giving scientists an overall picture of the large-scale differences in DNA between individuals.

67 diggsElectricity prices in US rising even more soon. With the devaluation of the dollar, US electric utilities are going to have to compete against export coal sales. Approximately 50% of our electric power is generated from coal. Fortunately because utilities buy coal with long-term contracts, we will see our electric bill go up over time.

82 diggsLake Baikal is known as the “grand dame” of all lakes. UNESCO declared it a World Heritage due to its stunning bio-diversity. Most of its 2500 some odd plant and animal species, like the freshwater seal, evolved in pristine isolation and are found nowhere else on the planet. The 25 million year old lake predates humans, but it may not outlive us.

93 diggs... and China isn't happy. Why? Because AMD did not deliver what was ordered. Interesting one.

150 diggsThe world's first exhibition of 'extinct and impossible' smells is under way, from the metallic fallout of the first atomic bomb to the aroma of cloves and oranges from first aid kit of a medieval plague doctor.

91 diggsWilliam Holland was only thinking of the photograph. When he got to the top of Everest he planned to take the rolled-up flag saying "Free Tibet" from his rucksack, pose for posterity with the banner as a backdrop and then roll it away again before starting back down. He was not looking to make a scene...

445 diggsWe don't believe him! "A former aide to President Bill Clinton, and current informal adviser to Sen. Hillary Clinton, expressed outrage and shock on Friday after a videotape from 1992 surfaced apparently showing him describing Indianans as "white n---rs."

116 diggsTheft? Hookers? Melting down Iraqi gold to make cowboy spurs? All in a day's work for private military contractors in Iraq.

75 diggsAre obsessive fans really that different? Not really

70 diggsDon't get fooled by the alleged 3G iPhone photos. They are not real, just a pasted photo over another cellphone, probably a BlackBerry. "These photos have been up since 12:04AM central european time and it's now 7:04PM (10AM). That's 17 hours up with no Cease and Desist order from Apple Europe or Apple USA." Fake and UGLY.

81 diggsIt was May Day and the schools were out for the holiday but Tatenda Makura had come to St Peter’s Secondary School anyway, looking for the headmaster. He joined the queue of other boys in the corridor, hoping to win a place at the sought-after church school. “This is the only one that has enough teachers,” Tatenda explained...

89 diggsThe majority of people at the mall who did see a missing person sign also saw the young girl but just kept walking. Forbes said there was concern by shoppers that if they started a conversation, it would be misconstrued by a possible nearby parent.

74 diggsImagine what a pacemaker does to your heart—its electrical impulses regulate a heartbeat that's out of whack.

342 diggsGovernment agencies have outlawed these forbidden foods, but epicures love them. Here's what restaurateurs and other business owners around the U.S. have to say about culinary contraband.

203 diggsThe new trim and slim superbike

121 diggsThe Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory is sending a spacecraft closer to the sun than any probe has ever gone – and what it finds could revolutionize what we know about our star and the solar wind that influences everything in our solar system.

64 diggsCubans are getting wired. Computers went on sale to the general public on the communist island on Friday and potential consumers were lining up outside store windows to gawk and consider buying.President Raul Castro's government had authorized the sale of personal computers to average Cubans more than a month ago, but they were not available...

106 diggsFor most non-medical people, the term "apnea" is most familiar when coupled with the word "sleep," and refers to a dangerous condition in which people inadvertently stop breathing while asleep.

45 diggsIn the early days of PC gaming, trendsetters like Infocom and Sierra On-Line took game packaging from minimalist to majestic; in recent years, however, we've witnessed a decline in quality when it comes to common packaging practices. In This article, we examine a few of the most memorable (and notorious) PC game-packaging trends.

154 diggsThe Marvel icon's inaugural foray onto the big screen is not only Certified Fresh and Rotten Tomatoes' best-reviewed film of the year so far -- it's also potentially one of the highest-rated superhero movies of all time.

96 diggsHandful of beautiful shots by the master aerial photographer, G. Steinmetz. Physical, natural terrain as well as farms, residences. Part of Nat Geo Chinese expedition. Check out companion video -- more images there, along with narrative context provided by Steinmetz

171 diggsAutomatic updating of the WINEPREFIX directory, many RichEdit fixes, IME support improvements, more quartz fixes, implementation for many more Gdiplus functions, and as usual, lots of bug fixes.

164 diggsThere’s a program in the U.S. called Energy Star– it certifies homes and appliances for cutting their energy consumption anywhere from 15 to 40%. I don’t think they expected it, but we may have found the first entire city that qualifies: Juneau, Alaska, cut power consumption by 30% this month.

95 diggsReports from around the Internet as well as here on the forums indicate that EarthBound has been given an E-rating for the Wii at this time. Details are still coming in, but on the surface, this means one of two things: either EB is due for an imminent release on the VC, or the big N is tantalizing us yet again (like they did with Shining Force II)

84 diggsWe asked women around the country to share their tales of being the ultimate captive audience for aspiring comedians or just otherwise awkward practitioners of the vaginal arts. These are their stories.

187 diggsDC Madam: "No, I do not plan on committing suicide, I plan on going to court." But we already knew this didn't we? Dick Cheney was a client.

96 diggsWorries about an apocalypse unleashed by particle accelerators are not new, says Philip Ball. They have their source in old myths, which are hard to dispel.

67 diggsBefore pencils, Maestre was originally building with nails and a liquid rubber-type glue. She started to worry about inhaling all the toxic fumes, however, and began to experiment with different techniques until she settled on beading. Her method of choice? The peyote stitch.

83 diggsIt could be the very thing the Web has lacked all these years, even with its wealth of intermingled hyperlinks: a markup language for conclusively identifying context. Now, Digg is making the bold attempt to be its biggest "beta tester."

314 diggsThis week, a 30 year old man was sentenced to 30 months in prison for his involvement in the so-called pirate ‘warez scene’. In what appears to be some sort of bizarre parallel universe, it’s been revealed that another notorious pirate has an interesting job - he’s chairman of the San Diego Republican Party.

121 diggsApes display rudimentary traditions which could be interpreted as culture but are they really bright enough to develop a proper culture? The apes are all stars of a new film, Ape Genius, which gives a fascinating insight into the depth of intelligence of animals who share 99 per cent of human genes. In it they reveal the skills, reasoning powers

65 diggsImages of one of Christopher Conte's microbotic art projects.

81 diggsWashington Wizards reserve forward Darius Songaila was suspended by the NBA for Game 6 of a playoff series against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday night for hitting LeBron James in the face with his hand.

130 diggsCharles Babbage completed plans for an elaborate, all-mechanical calculator in 1849. His Difference Engine #2 was so complicated, with more than 8,000 separate parts, that it was never built during his lifetime. But now, Babbage's Difference Engine is on display in Silicon Valley...and it works!

133 diggsFeel the need for speed? These cars are sure to satisfy, but they'll cost you--a lot. And that's just the speeding tickets. All of these cars are street legal and currently in production. There's typically a two-year wait, but if you're willing to spend even more than the sticker price, your car could live up to its reputation and arrive a bit fast

81 diggsA new study from researchers at Duke University & Harvard University challenges the popular assumption that most technology entrepreneurs are college kids launching businesses from their dorm rooms.

117 diggsWeight-loss drugs don't work by themselves. It takes real commitment.

84 diggsIf you say that the iPhone is the greatest invention of your lifetime, few would bat an eye. But dare to claim that the iPhone is killing the Internet as we know it, you'd be laughed out of town. But that is the central argument of a new book "The Future of the Internet - and How to Stop It." Read this interview with the author & hear his argument.

101 diggsThis video should give you a sense of the scale of the Large Hadron Collider’s ATLAS detector...........

270 diggsA few years back, Marin Soljačić was driven from bed by the insistent beeping of his mobile phone. But it wasn’t beeping for him to answer it, it was beeping for him to plug it in. Since that night, the assistant professor of physics at MIT, has been thinking about ways to start his phone charging as soon as he enters his home - without the need fo

817 diggsFreakin' awesome. That actually does explain it all.

61 diggsGamers edition of the world record book

59 diggsA virtual guided tour of an orbit around the Earth.

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216 diggsBoris Johnson is the new Mayor of London. Ken is gone, yippee!

373 diggs"They claim to avert eyes when other one is dressing" and that it's "about friendship, compatibility, not sex."

151 diggs"Although the day started with difficulties, it ended with a successful 1000 foot space elevator test climb to a tethered 10-foot diameter balloon - LiftPort's first really significant climb. This was supposed to be a 1 mile climb test, but the FAA-required aviation orange paint - applied at 50 foot intervals to the ribbon - contained acetone,

452 diggs“I will have an energy policy which will eliminate our dependence on oil from Middle East that will then prevent us from having ever to send our young men and women into conflict again in the ME”McCain is essentially saying that our quest to “spread democracy” throughout the Middle East is a sham. Not about WMD or al-Qaeda. Only oil.

213 diggsSold in the UK and made from 80% pork and 20%... I dunno! There is supposedly another style that looks like a teddy bear. A sliced teddy bear.

384 diggsSIX days ahead of the North Carolina primary comes a story of real sleaze—not Jeremiah Wright-style buffoonery, but Nixon-style illegality designed to dupe and disenfranchise voters...

81 diggsUbiquity trumps piracy fears in the digital age

242 diggsGo ahead and say, if you like, that Hillary Clinton retains a serious chance of winning the Democratic nomination. If you say this, however, you must describe a set of circumstances whereby this could happen.

421 diggsThe second of NIN's new free releases has come out, through a FaceBook program. As with the previous song, "Discipline", the song file contains full lyrics, a cryptic image to accompany the song and the message "Go to www.nin.com on May 5th"

324 diggsPrecisely because she knows the destructive power of such assertions and how unfair they can be, she has sought for a quarter-century to hide and minimize her own activities, associations, student fascination, and personal history.Those associations are far more extensive than any radical past that has come to be known about Barack Obama.

132 diggsNow it seems the only question is whether the government will be able to turn the net into a controllable, monitorable and trackable pre-internet AOL-type service or whether the chaotic net will live on as just another frontier for the military-industrial complex to start an arm's race and rake in billions of government dollars.

183 diggsA Memphis high school principal, fed up with public displays of affection in the hallways, allegedly displayed a list of couples — including some who are gay — in the school, publicly outing the boys and violating their privacy, according to one of the students involved.

124 diggsAn amazing panorama of the Milky Way at night.

56 diggsThrow or attend a Derby party. There's enough info here to make you an expert in a few minutes.

113 diggsMy specially designed Tiger Woods TAG Heuer watch read 11:45 a.m. yesterday when I got back from the practice range. After washing up and shaving with my favorite Tiger Woods Gillette Champions razor and getting in a few rounds of EA Sports' Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08, I picked up the copy of Golf Digest on my coffee table—the one with my ad for...

113 diggsThis glorious picture of the sunset by Eschipul in Houston reveals a sky flooded with ozone, a form of airborne pollution. In fact, the American Lung Association just ranked Houston number 5 for ozone pollution in its annual list of most polluted cities. Pollution makes sunsets extra-beautiful, as you can see in these photos

196 diggsA Digg iPhone theme by Louie Mantia

47 diggsFive years after the deadliest cruise industry accident in more than a decade, Norwegian Cruise Line has agreed to plead guilty to criminal negligence in the SS Norway explosion.

76 diggsWell Deserved

367 diggsJust wanted to warn you all to stay put until after the film’s end credits have finished, because there’s an extra scene.

139 diggsThe bounceback e-mail messages come in at a trickle, maybe one or two every hour. The subject lines are disquieting: "Cyails, Vygara nad Levytar," "UNSOLICITED BULK EMAIL, apparently from you."

193 diggsAfter you make your decision, read on for an explanation....