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May 6 2008 1 2 3 4 5 6 7135 diggsThe ad follows the fortunes of an unknown teenager who is plucked from a youth team game by Arsene Wenger and ends up starring for Arsenal and Holland. 186 diggsTeacher Jim Piculas does a magic trick where a toothpick disappears and then reappears. Only guess what he's charged with... 226 diggsVodafone's just got a tiny, minor, insignificant announcement to make this morning: it's signed with Apple to sell the iPhone in ten markets, including Australia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Italy (so much for Telecom Italia), India, Portugal, New Zealand, South Africa and Turkey. Expect the phone later this year -- that's all we know for no 259 diggsEven when Windows routinely gives you the Blue Screen of Death all may not be lost. We'll show you how to restore both your data and your sanity. 334 diggsSomali government troops are out of control, as are their Ethiopian allies and other armed groups says human right's group Amnesty International. It says the situation is "dire" in central and southern Somalia, with civilians completely at the mercy of armed groups on all sides. 304 diggsThe Daily Show - Hillary and Obama are pulling out all the stops to win North Carolina and Indiana. Very funny. 292 diggsThe 3rd annual Maker Faire here this weekend had all the key ingredients: tools, geeks, BBQ. Equally celebrating creativity, innovation and the future of science education, this backyard on steroids deployed hundreds of the country’s top tinkerers—including this handful of genius minds whose creations could someday upstage the corporate competition 153 diggsNEW YORK (Reuters) - NBC Universal, a unit of General Electric Co, plans to say next week that the entry price for a 2009 Super Bowl 30-second ad will be $3 million, the Wall Street Journal said on Tuesday. The $3 million mark has never been the... 164 diggsTerrified passengers claim their plane had to dodge another jet by suddenly climbing 10,000ft because their pilot was "showing off" to a boy in the cockpit. The pilot of the flight to Paris suddenly pitched left at 33,000ft and the crew allegedly announced the Airbus A380, with 143 passengers, had got "too close" to another plane. 249 diggsStephen Colbert may have already earned the title of "Greatest Living American" but now he can add "Webby Person of the Year."Colbert's use of the Internet, including challenging the "truthiness" of Wikipedia, attracting 78 members per minute to the Facebook page for his candidacy for president earned him the award. 197 diggsOn the eve of the Indiana and North Carolina primaries, we reached another incredible landmark: the 1,500,000th person made a donation to this campaign. 74 diggsA number of psychological experiments over the years have yielded terrifying conclusions about the subjects. No, not the occasional psychopath who turns up. We're talking about you. 418 diggsHe's Doing What George Bush Could Never Do. And He's Not Even President Yet. 303 diggsIf you falsely your lover of rape and you're husband kills him, YOU are going to jail! 127 diggsDeb Richardson from Mozilla has written up her latest introduction to Firefox 3's upcoming new features, this time describing the "Site Identity" button. Is this the death of the padlock? 328 diggs“We decided to prepare for tomorrows potential new re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-definition by compiling the guidelines offered so far,” Keith Olbermann said on Monday’s show. “By the time we finished, it seems the only yardstick they had not yet offered was ‘Ladies First.’” 305 diggsBillions of pounds spent on Britain’s 4.2 million closed-circuit television cameras has not had a significant impact on crime, according to the senior police officer piloting a new database. Detective Chief Inspector Mick Neville said it was a “fiasco” that only 3 per cent of street robberies in London were solved using CCTV. 198 diggsThe largest randomized study of breastfeeding ever conducted reports that breastfeeding raises children's IQs and improves their academic performance, a McGill researcher and his team have found. 193 diggsIndian officials have accused China of methodically attacking the country's servers for the past 18 months. Detecting attacks, however, is one thing—proving they originated from the desks of government-sponsored Chinese hackers is quite another. 230 diggsA drunk was talked out of jumping and just as they brought out a fire truck to lower him down he slipped and slammed into the firetruck and face-planted on the ground. Good thing the firetruck broke his fall! 129 diggs"There isn't any greater potential threat to the status quo than the discovery of extraterrestrial life, which is why some people would prefer we didn't try." 237 diggsThe Strong Spirit Can Help You Save Money and Reduce Chemicals. 144 diggsI saw this last night. It's unbelievable. 145 diggsCraigslist asks eBay - who is calling the kettle black? CEO Jim Buckmaster says in a blog post that many of the protections that Craigslist has implemented were used by eBay themselves in the past years. 324 diggsHillary's campaign tactics backfire - Obama will most likely win NC and its the last big delegate-rich state. The math for Hillary gets worse. 120 diggsLive from Sony's PlayStation Day 2008 in London, David Reeves has just announced Killzone 2 for February 2009, ending speculation that the game would arrive this fall. 238 diggsReleased on a open source BSD license! * Reach breaking point step by step * Debug the DOM * Spot your errors * Redefine your style * Think open and free * Debug your phone or TV * Always up to date 264 diggsOne way Hollywood interfaces with others through the internet. 120 diggsIf you're using a consumer grade point-and-shoot Canon digital camera, you've got hardware in hand that can support advanced features way beyond what shipped in the box. With the help of a free, open source project called CHDK, you can get features like RAW shooting mode, live RGB histograms, motion-detection, time-lapse, and even games on it 235 diggsArmed only with fond memories, refined taste, and that sweet YouTube extension for the Firefox search bar, we've selected the finest tunes ever to grace any movie about extraordinary, gaudily dressed individuals solving problems through violence. So feast your ears on the eleven songs listed below: They're really freaking good. 524 diggsMourning is a strange thing, and different cultures deal with it in vastly different ways. But there’s a reason people associate the Victorians above all with morbidity and death. These postmortem photographs were taken more than any other kind of photograph in the Victorian era, especially in the U.S. 82 diggs"With nearly 70 categories... Some are beautiful to look at and interact with. Others are a testament to usability and functionality. And a handful excel across the board. To be selected among the best is an incredible achievement worthy of praise -- and perhaps a little bragging." 372 diggsThis monster was built in the Legoland Windsor theme park in the U.K. of 500,000 LEGO bricks, and stands just shy of 100 feet high. 147 diggs"AT&T, in conjunction with some 10-15 incumbent telecom carriers — British Telecom, Deutsche Telecom and NTT among them — is plotting to launch a Skype competitor, according to a research report issued this morning by ThinkEquity analyst Anton Wahlman." 285 diggsMicrosoft is teaming with the Companions in Courage Foundation to deliver Xbox 360 kiosks to children's hospitals across the country, the company announced today. Each kiosk will include an Xbox 360 packed with select games, movies, television content and access to a private network that allows hospitalized children to play games and chat. 353 diggsTheda Ki Makes Its mark with guns / drugs / Etc 208 diggsJimmy on Artie Lange: “It is sometimes hard to believe that such a gluttonous mess both physically and emotionally can be so sharp comedically, but Artie is.” 155 diggsBatman is darker, has a tortured soul, rubber pants, and all those sexuality issues with Robin, but come on, does he have a stripper pole in his private plane? Of course not. And what about all the rest? Can he make his own gadgets without having to go run for help to daddy's company? Can he let girls do their make-up while they look at his... 354 diggsTesla production is still ramping up to meet their current demand (with about a year and a half waiting list), so don’t expect to be able to walk into the store and buy one on the spot. But, if you do happen to visit the new LA store you’ll at least be able to see one in person. And, there’s always the dream of the test drive. 124 diggsRockstar's flagship title has been called a lot of things by a lot of people - but does the latest installment of this "murder simulator" actually have something morally meaningful to say about the grittier side of urban life? 180 diggsWho wants to buy it ? 385 diggsA tour operator in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, unwittingly stumbled into the history books this weekend when he, his boat captain, and four tourists were in the right place at the right time to make the first recording ever of Orca whales hunting dolphins. [Photo] 176 diggsRecycling is often such a boring and easy task that it’s hard to get people to change their ways, in order to make them do it. If the blue or green trash bin is just like the black one, only I can’t put everything I want in it, it’s easier to use the black one, right? Well, what if you make recycling fun? 103 diggsCould this be the first FPS that actually uses parkour effectively? 137 diggsIf this is the future of casual gaming, motion controls, and Wii, count me in. Boom Blox may not be the best Wii game, depending on your proclivities, but it's definitely the best use of the Wii yet. It's immensely accessible, wonderfully tactile, and stands as one of the best treatments of gaming in a 3D space. 320 diggsAfter a four-race winning streak, Eight Belles galloped past the Kentucky Derby's finish line to snag second place. The glory was shattered as the racehorse collapsed on the track. She had broken bones in both front ankles — a lethal injury for a horse. 159 diggs"Purchase a new PC or motherboard soon, and the chances are good that it will come with two built-in network interfaces -- either two Ethernet jacks or one Ethernet and one Wi-Fi. Tossing in a second adapter is an inexpensive way for the manufacturer to add another bullet point to the product description -- but what exactly are you supposed to..." 301 diggsAs the House Committee on Energy and Commerce considers the Internet Freedom Preservation Act, testimony from the interested parties reveals that opinions on 'Net neutrality may tell us more about those doing the testifying than what a neutral 'Net entails. For the ISPs, at least, it appears that neutrality is a threat to their ability to innovate 303 diggsRock Port, Missouri is the first 100% wind powered city in the US. Loess Hill Wind Farm, with four 1.25 MW wind turbines is estimated to generate 16 gigawatt hours (16 million kilowatt hours) of electricity annually. 317 diggsThe White House acknowledged in a court filing last night that it no longer has backup tapes of email from between March 1, 2003 and May 22, 2003, a period that includes the beginning of the Iraq war. How convenient! 403 diggsAfter watching me play for GTA IV for hours, I wondered if my wife wanted a turn. She was sitting on the couch next to me, so I extended the controller to her and asked, “You wanna drive around for a bit?” She replied, “Sure, why not.” My wife somehow figured out how to suck all of the fun out of GTA IV and managed ruin one best games of all time. 67 diggsFor those watching Compiz-Fusion recently, many folks have been waiting for quite a while for there to be a plugin to replace the cube with a sphere. We got a cylinder, and then a deformed cylinder, and finally the developers have put the code for a sphere together! Thanks onestone! [Please note that this is in the development version only.] 218 diggsFrom one of the most qualified people in the field of online digital music distribution comes this great summary blog post: "What he’s doing doesn’t just take balls, it takes awareness and intelligence. Congrats, man. Keep it comin’." 389 diggs Rockstar sells 6 million units of GTA IV in 5 days (by Louie July) 85 diggsAfter the first activation, SecuROM requires that [Mass Effect PC] re-check with the server within ten days (in case the CD Key has become public/warez'd and gets banned)," said French in a post on the BioWare forums. 127 diggsI can see why it's banned... thought it was pretty funny though. 478 diggs“They asked me what it would take to get my vote and I said, I don’t think I heard you right," Dr. Council told RAW STORY Tuesday. "I know I didn’t hear you imply that my vote was for sale. Oh no, [they said], that wasn’t what I intended to say at all...then what the hell do you mean?” 1330 diggsK Rose made a mistake by posting this on Twitter a little early. :) 270 diggsMusic video for Denver hip hop band the Flobots. 245 diggsGuerilla marketing can be a very risky business. Some guerilla marketers who have crossed the line have caused everything from Olympic belly-flops to city-wide bomb scares and have been punished with anything from modest jail time to millions of dollars in fines. Here are five very colorful examples of guerilla marketing gone very very wrong. 335 diggs"the gold price suppression scheme was the cornerstone of Secretary Treasury Robert Rubin's 'strong dollar' policy", and "Treasury Secretary Paulson, a key member of the President's Working Group on Financial Markets (popularly known as the Plunge Protection Team)" who chillingly said, "The United States will do what it takes to calm markets" 101 diggsThere's more blue and green everywhere, but not many changes to functionality or usability from the end-user perspective. If this is all Microsoft could pull together after working on the new update for so long, I understand why Ballmer wanted Yahoo so badly. 286 diggsCannibals, dancers, and pheromone emitters—some of the largest (and endangered) insects in the world are nurturing mothers in the wild, wearing poison as perfume, and crawling up human backs as friendly pets. 90 diggsTUAW has info on the latest version of the iPhone SDK firmware (beta 5). Join us as we liveblog about new information as we get it. 249 diggsWhen you only have three seconds to argue your need for spare change, you have to stand out and get a little creative. 212 diggsMitch Hedberg's time machine might only go forward at regular speed, but the one here allows you to go back in time to interact with versions of yourself to solve some pretty mind-bending puzzles. 212 diggsWhat makes for an appealing workspace? The envelopes they leave in your mailbox every two weeks. But after that, it comes down to design and amenities. Also, we like windows and brick. Lots and lots of brick. After spending some time on Office Snapshots, we present the ten best-looking offices in tech, below. 326 diggsWow, this thing is tiny, and I'd be scared as hell to ride in it, but it's coming out in 2010 and if the Smart car is any indication of what people are willing to drive to save gas and the environment, I bet we'll see this thing out on the roads too. 120 diggs...uses the sound effects from those switch-hits and Koopa Troopa stomps to make beautiful music. My untrained ears can pick out but a few recognizable tunes—Mega Man 2 and Super Mario World.. 195 diggsIt's time to unite the party and move on to the general election. 150 diggs12:02 AM! 478 diggsHillary Clinton canceled her scheduled appearances on the morning shows tomorrow.It's a sign of weakness she can ill afford at a moment when questions about whether she can continue are mounting. 109 diggsSen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) stepped in front of a group of tech executives in Washington this morning to deliver a caffeinated and surprisingly sharp defense of network neutrality. Pledging to use "every ounce of my energy to protect network neutrality," Wyden had a message for ISPs who might be pondering new charges for various forms of access: "think t 116 diggsThe gegenschein is sunlight back-scattered off small interplanetary dust particles and is seen 180 degrees around from the Sun in an extremely dark sky. 279 diggsGovernment advisers are to recommend that cannabis remains a class C drug, despite government concerns over its affects on crime levels and health. In a report, the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs will say cannabis is not harmful enough to be upgraded to the more serious class B. 282 diggsTim Russert, on MSNBC, points out that after the Indiana and North Carolina Primaries, 'We now know who the Democratic Nominee Will Be.' 345 diggsThe new state of the democratic race after the NC & IN primaries. A must read for election 2008 addicts.
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