162 diggsFacebook launched its own IM system, FbChat, back in April 2008. Since then, it’s been working hard on adding features: It arrived on mobile phones last year, added friend lists in May and even has been experimenting with video chat. Now, it looks like that work is paying off in a big way.

308 diggsThe photo above is of her kissing Liam Hemsworth for their roles in “The Last Song”. What she’s kissing in the other photo is something…else.If it’s her, then we are totally mortified for her.Click here to see the NSFW photo!

102 diggsThe newest service from Opera.

54 diggsOpera today unveiled Opera Unite, a new technology that shakes up the old client-server computing model of the Web. Opera Unite turns any computer into both a client and a server, allowing it to interact with and serve content to other computers directly across the Web, without the need for third-party servers.

56 diggsStumped on a tough decision? New Web sites are there to help.

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126 diggsAlcohol-related deaths, heavy drinking episodes and drunk driving have all been on the rise on college campuses over the past decade, a new government study shows.

77 diggsFor some scientists, the question will not go away. No study, these critics say, has ever proved a causal relationship between moderate drinking and lower risk of death.

103 diggsThe family of the first person in Europe to die after being diagnosed with swine flu has suffered a double tragedy with the death of her baby.

159 diggsWhile an Asus EEE PC is perhaps not best suited for full-on intensive music production, it does have values which make it an ideal solution for portable recording.This tutorial will show you how to install and setup a linux recording environm

209 diggsHoly shit.I've been looking at these ski jumps all morning and still can't believe how awesome they are.

103 diggsThis is why people love this guy...

187 diggsThe Internet has made everything easier for everyone. Not the least of which involves hurting yourself in increasingly imaginative ways.

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102 diggsTake your StarSpeeder 3000 on a trip down memory lane when Disney and Lucasfilm teamed up to give fans the adventure of a lifetime with Star Tours.

88 diggsThe US National Academies of Science has looked at the potential for renewable power in its home country, and determined that current solar and wind technologies could probably scale to supply 20 percent of our electricity. Beyond that, however, we're going to need to fix the grid.

187 diggs"Soon after his release, Moore embarked upon a truly brilliant criminal enterprise: He did his taxes. It may not sound like much of a crime. But "X-Large" Moore -- one of several aliases he used, including Dammon Green and Tyrone Moore -- wasn't exactly noting a few dependents and asking for a refund."

107 diggsSome would say our cell phone bills are high enough already. But two emerging start-ups are hoping to make mobile devices a hub for one of the hottest trends on the Web: micropayments.

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158 diggsGeneral Motors announced that it had reached a tentative agreement to sell its Swedish unit, Saab Automobile, to a consortium led by the sports car maker Koenigsegg Automotive.

68 diggsThe 15-in. model now comes in three varieties, all of them with 4GB of RAM .The most obvious change to the MacBook Pro line is the loss of the ExpressCard/34 slot. It's been replaced by an SD card slot.

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81 diggsWhen it comes to moving hybrid cars off of dealer lots, it seems that cheap gasoline still matters more than cheap cars. Honda now figures it will miss 2009 sales targets for its new Insight hybrid.

126 diggsWikipedia, the online encyclopaedia written by volunteers, has been turned into book which is 5,000 pages long and 1ft 7ins thick.

292 diggsGermany is on the verge of censoring its Internet: The government – a grand coalition between the German social democrats and conservative party – seems united in its decision: On Thursday the parliament is to vote on the erection of an internet censorship architecture.

215 diggsSeveral studios are currently taking legal action against Australian ISP iiNet. They accuse iiNet of failing to take steps to stop its subscribers from sharing files by disconnecting them from the Internet. Now iiNet has been ordered to hand over the personal details and logs relating to twenty alleged pirates, to anti-piracy group AFACT.

96 diggsThe automobile did not come to dominate American transportation by chance or by public choice. It happened as part of a plan by auto makers to buy up and destroy mass transit companies. General Motors led the way...

171 diggsCooking up new elements is an arduous process—years of wrangling over exactly what was really in that messy aftermath of atomic collisions that resulted in milliseconds of success. Here are 10 of the geekiest DIY elements that researchers have created so far.

151 diggsSeriously, if Ben Roethlisberger ever runs head-on into another car with a motorcycle, call this guy!

120 diggsYou know, the little grabby-arm used for wiping your ass. Well it doesn't work.

118 diggsFounded in 2007, Coulomb is looking to crack the chicken-and-egg riddle that bedeviled the hydrogen fuel cell industry. Without a refueling infrastructure, consumers won’t buy vehicles. But no one invested in refueling stations without potential customers on the road.

342 diggsDirector Rupert Murray and other main experts explain why the European Union is one of the worst offenders in the global crime of overfishing.

120 diggsThe plan would give the government new powers to seize key companies whose failure jeopardizes the financial system, as well as creation of a watchdog agency to look out for consumers' interests. The Obama administration this week will propose the most significant new regulation of the financial industry since the Great Depression, including a new

68 diggsA short while back we thought we had the green light on BioShock’s production - Gore Verbinski was discarding the Pirates 4 project and everything looked set to go. Shortly after Universal put the project on hold because of spiraling budgets of +£160m

177 diggsSparkling like underwater fireworks, this six-inch-wide (15 centimeters) Olindias jellyfish at California's Monterey Bay Aquarium displays an extravagantly curled and colored armament of tentacles loaded with stinging cells. Click to enlarge... (Photo: Frans Lanting)

138 diggsIt's nice to bump into someone you haven't seen for a while.

196 diggsThe Federal Reserve, already arguably the most powerful agency in the U.S. government, will get sweeping new authority to regulate any company whose failure could endanger the U.S. economy and markets under the Obama administration's regulatory overhaul plan.

138 diggsIf you've been watching The Daily Show in recent days, you've caught a few glimpses of Jason Jones's trip to Iran. Well, starting next Monday, you're in for an entire week of reports from Persia with Jason Jones in Iran: Access of Evil.

115 diggs "The restoration of the large blue butterfly to Britain is a remarkable success story, illustrating the power of ecological research to reverse damaging environmental changes..."It is, moreover, a tribute to the dedication of many practical conservationists who have skilfully recreated its specialised habitat in our countryside."

163 diggsWho wants to argue with that?

134 diggsWHERE does your food come from? A few years ago, most consumers were satisfied with a sticker showing the country of origin. But concerns about fair trade and the environment, as well as food safety, are now driving a wave of projects aimed at tracking food from farm to shopping basket.

78 diggsThey managed to break the record, with a total of 440 fans playing along to Motorhead’s “Ace of Spades.”

188 diggsJK Rowling and her publisher are being sued for 500million for allegedly copying Harry Potter from an earlier children's book, also by an English writer.

190 diggsThe Church of Scientology has launched a deeply creepy advertising campaign. They're buying spots on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360, and seem to have stolen the ad playbook from their arch-enemies in the pharmaceutical industry.

121 diggsMike Irwin of KFSM in Fayetteville would just like to talk about Arkansas baseball, but some slack-jawed SEC fans just can't resist a chance to be on the teevee.

80 diggsWhile "Hills" star Heidi Montag has declined to directly confirm reports that she has posed for Playboy, she told MTV News that such a decision wouldn't conflict with her Christian beliefs — in fact, she said she thinks posing for the magazine would be a "huge honor."

90 diggsSome of the biggest names in video games placed in head to head battles, from Beatles Rock Band to Madden, see which of your favorites will come out on top.

173 diggsIf you're going to try to raise goats - you had better keep them entertained. They're smart and will jailbreak their pens. They love to climb so why not build them a Tower of Baaaaabel? Sorry. I had to do it.

99 diggsSomeone actually married this guy?

137 diggsMichael Phelps is set to announce his first endorsement since the furor over the photo began. Phelps and H20 Audio are entering a multiyear partnership for the company's line of waterproof sports headphones and accessories.

434 diggsThe latest news, photos, videos, and tweets on the election unrest in Iran.

78 diggsFoodborne illness is nothing to sneeze at in America: Each year there are an estimated 87 million cases, leading to 371,000 hospitalizations and 5,700 deaths. Produce-related food poisonings are on the rise...

129 diggsWendy Northcutt, the creator of the Darwin Awards, goes over her rules as to how you can win a Darwin Award, and it's a little more complicated than just being a dumbass.

280 diggsSocial-networking sites are great for when you want to connect. But what about when you split?

307 diggsComedy Central's not tooting their own horn here or anything ... Andrew Sullivan said that someone else said it first. Basically, the Daily Show has treated the Iran elections as if they were ... well, news.

135 diggsIn one of the most tragic and unusual finishes in auto racing ever, NASCAR Mexico driver Carlos Pardo was involved in a terrible accident with only a few laps remaining, leaving his car in hundreds of pieces, ending the race, earning himself the victory, and eventually taking his life.

71 diggsA look back at famous movie makeup jobs that have maintained their power to scare the bejeezus out of viewers.

122 diggs"We are sure some of us are big fan of Super Mario Brothers. Here we have selected some of the Unusal and Stylish Super Mario Brothers Artworks for your inspiration. We hope the following artworks can bring you the memories of the good old days as well."

194 diggsIn an unprecedented scientific endeavor — and what may be one of the coolest space missions ever — NASA is preparing to fly a rocket booster into the moon, triggering a six-mile-high explosion that scientists hope will confirm the presence of water.

93 diggsOne week after declaring that the United States “cannot afford” the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq “financially or spiritually,” Ohio’s Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich, a staunch anti-war crusader, took aim at Congress for not taking a more active role in any of the war on terror fronts.

99 diggs2009 has been the year when the US Domestic air carriers have really begun to step up their in-flight entertainment systems. We are no longer in the post-WWII era where airlines can cling to an occasional projector movie during longer flights. Here is a look at what each airline has to offer.

146 diggs107 hula hoops twisting around Aleysa Gulevich's body for 3 seconds is all she needed to break into the Guinness Book of World Records. The beautiful and supposedly ageless Russian circus girl prides herself on her talent and started very young. She has held the title before, but will obviously do anything to keep it in her name.

379 diggsThis list hopes to pick out the icons that not necessarily look the coolest or the most beautiful, but are recognisable and punchy like the Nike tick.

154 diggsImagine dropping your quarters into a vending machine and having a raccoon face pop out instead of your drink. That's what happened to some residents at an apartment complex in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

165 diggsMark Malkoff is scared of flying. Or was. He's halfway through a 30 day stayaboard AirTran planes in an effort to conquer his fear of flying. How fardoes his dedication extend? He's "showering" in the freaking lavatory.

95 diggsA bizarre African mushroom that triggers snarky laughter and double-entendre jokes, has brought dubious fame to an eminent Bay Area botanist and his colleague working on a tiny cluster of African islands far older than Darwin's fabled Galápagos. The fungus, a new plant species called Phallus dreweseii, is named for herpetologist Robert Drewes.

129 diggsYou probably know people with cellphone inferiority complex. I have seen quite a few and this comic is a ditto description of them.

79 diggsIn this article author going to present you 15 free Social Icons Sets that you can use for your blog for bookmarking. These Icons are free.

92 diggsA new type of nuclear reactor that is designed to be manufactured in a factory rather than built at a power plant could cut construction times for nuclear power plants almost in half and make them cheaper to build. That, in turn, could make it possible for more utilities to build nuclear power plants, especially those in poor countries.

101 diggsPraises file-sharing for making it easier to discover lots of “obscure,” classic music that makes today’s music “richer as an artform,” and calls artists who complain about illegal downloading “petty.”

136 diggsThese 12 machines were purpose-built to kill and destroy while saving American lives in the process. It may be an ugly idea, but it works.

63 diggsHTML 5, a groundbreaking upgrade to the prominent Web presentation specification, could become a game-changer in Web application development, one that might even make obsolete such plug-in-based rich Internet application (RIA) technologies as Adobe Flash, Microsoft Silverlight, and Sun JavaFX.

184 diggsWe’d heard rumblings that another Indiana Jones sequel might be in the works, but we dismissed them instinctively; after all, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull took nearly twenty years to get off the ground, and it seemed unlikely that another decade or so of George Lucas script vetoes would lead to anything fruitful. And yet...

89 diggsHaylie Hocking, 27, only found out that strapping 30-year-old fitness fanatic Jason Brake made adult films just weeks before the big day. A friend organising her hen night searched online for a male stripper and spotted Jason with a woman in a porn movie.

106 diggsMatthew Fox plays Dr. Jack Shepard on “Lost,” and as the sexiest and most important character (sorry, Sawyer) on the show, he’s the only actor so far to have learned how the series will end at the conclusion of Season 6. And he makes it sound pretty good.

62 diggsThese are some of the greatest players that the NFL has ever witnessed. Besides their great abilities & personal success, these players have something else in common - a gigantic void in their career resumes. This void is caused by an inability to win the biggest game of the year: The Super Bowl.....

231 diggsThe popular desktop application is making it's way to the iPhone and Kevin Rose has exclusive screenshots...

227 diggsChina appeared to cave in to public pressure Tuesday by announcing that computer users are not required to install Internet-filtering software -- though it will still come with all PCs sold on the mainland.

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131 diggsAn 18-year-old Belgian girl is suing a Romanian tattoo artist over the 56 stars on her face. Kimberley Vlaminck says she requested three small stars, but the tattoo artist didn’t understand her French and English.

89 diggsDigg introduces some additions to the Digg API and helps developers create even more useful applications using Digg data.

161 diggsYou may remember this Simpsons regular from such memorable quotes as these.

126 diggsMySpace, once the undisputed leader in social networking and the most popular topic on Mashable, announced it is cutting nearly 30% of its staff today.

170 diggsHollywood Reporter- HBO's second season premiere of "True Blood" earned a series record-setting 3.7 million viewers, making it was the most-watched program on the network since "The Sopranos" finale two years ago.

106 diggsIt’s true that structures that incorporate “green” design elements are inherently inventive, since they often utilize state-of-the-art technologies in order to have minimum impact on the environment.

56 diggsWhy Michael Moore may jump the shark with his upcoming movie.

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81 diggsWe all know about the "Madden Curse." But after some snooping, we discovered this trend is not limited to a single game franchise, or a single sport. We compiled this list of athletes who showed great promise, only to bust faster than a water balloon on a bed of nails.

102 diggsA short while from now, Twitter will go down for maintenance due to extraordinary circumstances: The #IranElection Controversy. Originally scheduled to perform maintenance last night, the work was moved to 2 PM PT today so that Iranians could tweet about the crisis.

114 diggsSammy Sosa is among the players who tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug in 2003, according to lawyers with knowledge of the drug-testing results from that year.

261 diggsThe new iPhone operating system, iPhone OS 3.0, which is coming out Wednesday June 17th, gives the iPhone tons of new features. While some of them are brand new, others are just small little additions which change the way you iPhone. The following list details every cool new feature and describes exactly how to use each one.

103 diggsWii Fit continues to sell strongly a year after its release in western markets. As a result, the game has topped 20 million units in sell-through worldwide

141 diggsAlthough the conventional wisdom has been that Christopher Nolan would be back to direct Batman 3 after helming his next film, Inception, the rumor mill now suggests that Nolan's involvement with the sequel to The Dark Knight might not be a given after all.

126 diggsNgmoco, publisher of hit games for the iPhone and iPod touch, has named Simon Jeffrey, former president and COO of Sega (and LucusArts) to the post of Chief Publishing Officer for its newly created Plus+ Publishing group.

84 diggsThough Tehran has largely shut down communication outlets, protesters are getting out snippets of text and stealthily uploaded photos in a guerrilla-style Internet game of strategies and slogans.

120 diggsWebmasters use certain programs, such as Google Analytics or Awstats, to complete this job for them. These programs obtain a wide variety of information about visitors to a site. They find page views, visits, unique visitors, browsers, IP addresses, and much more.

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177 diggsCleveland Browns wide receiver Donte' Stallworth took full responsibility for killing a pedestrian while driving drunk in Florida and began serving a 30-day jail sentence Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to DUI manslaughter.

247 diggsRecording industry lawyers dodged a bullet today after the judge in the Jammie Thomas-Rasset retrial threatened to throw out the complete testimony of an important expert witness. Not disclosing new information to opposing counsel makes federal judges very, very grumpy.

132 diggs"Robotic missions are much cheaper and may provide more scientific information, but they don't catch the public imagination in the same way, and they don't spread the human race into space, which I'm arguing should be our long-term strategy." -- Stephen Hawking

101 diggsVicarious Visions has released its second 3D screenshot of the upcoming Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 mash up. This second batch of screenshots features ‘Deadpool’ (one of my favs) and ‘Iron Fist’. The cool thing about these 3d screenshot is that it rotates around. Ok.. just check it out and be amazed…

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156 diggsThe most major one being that the company has let up on its use for commercial applications, meaning that developers will be able to create services that take advantage of Digg's content and community without first having to ask for permission from the company. This includes pulling in content from the service and either charging to do so, or ...

81 diggsEver wonder what the inside of a question mark block looks like?

193 diggsOver the past few months, I’ve felt like my job was merely to report which films were getting remade. And a lot of the victims come from the 1980s. After dropping news that Footloose, Karate Kid, Conan the Barbarian, Short Circuit, Flight of the Navigator, Little Shop of Horrors, Masters of the Universe, Bright Lights Big City, They Live...

113 diggsRepublican Sen. John Ensign of Nevada is admitting he had an extramarital affair with a member of his campaign staff. An aide in Ensign's office said the affair took place between December 2007 and August 2008, with a campaign staffer who was married to an employee in Ensign's Senate office.

82 diggsRomo apparently got the message &, following a meeting in which he was told directly to shape up, has upgraded his conditioning, etc.

125 diggsOdds are you're going to walk out of a darkened theater all excited to play something that feels like what you just saw, instead of that disappointment, here are games that should keep your cinematic buzz going.

119 diggsManagement is all about connecting with the people on your team. So how do you effectively manage a team? With common knowledge, of course. These are a few back-to-basics rules that will help you develop management skills that really matter.

211 diggsEggzactly!

123 diggsSeries of NASA satellite shots of recent eruptions in the Kuril Islands and the effects. [Pics enlargeable w/descriptions.]

301 diggsSaying that it is time for change to come to Arizona, President Barack Obama on Tuesday formally announced that he will run for Senate against John McCain in the 2010 election.

112 diggsThe latest cost estimates for health care legislation in Congress are around $1.6 trillion over 10 years, two Senate sources said Tuesday as concerns mounted over the price tag for the sweeping overhaul.

563 diggsPretty impressive hand eye coordination. I would have liked to see Reagan try that.

185 diggsWe've featured countless apps or all sorts over the years, but if you just want a quick look at the best free downloads for your Mac, this post's for you. This is the 2009 Lifehacker Pack for Mac OS X.

241 diggsAs the world begins to adjust to the mobile phone as a computing platform, we have to recognize the fact that for many people the device is bound to become the complete substitute for all computing needs. But not quite in the form we see it.

172 diggsSince the release of the first draft in 2008, most major browsers (yes including IE8) implemented some of the features proposed in this draft and it is already generating a lot of interest from developers.

182 diggsRare are those instances in which entire economies are disrupted to the point - typically as a result of rampant inflation, or hyper inflation - that an entire form of currency is discarded, reformed or replaced. But it does happen.

103 diggsMidway Newcastle may be on the verge of closing its doors, but that hasn’t stopped it from announcing its development on its newest IP, Necessary Force. However, its announcement isn’t a lost cause, the studio hopes that it can end its seek for a buyer with it.

235 diggsStraight fromThe Last Airbender set, legendary producer Frank Marshall chatted up his future genre projects, including whether we'll be seeing the NeverEnding Story continue — and what are the chances of another Jurassic Park movie?

127 diggsPBS goes deep behind some of the scenes of what led to the financial crisis. The documentary explores the transactions that went on between Bank of American and the SEC.

137 diggsCritics of Google's book-searching agreement with publishers and authors were cheered when antitrust regulators in the Justice Department set their sights on the search giant's publishing deal, demanding more information. Goliath Google facing off against a legion of librarians and, possibly, the U.S. Justice Department — now there's a fight.

128 diggsThe 60,000-year-old Neanderthal fossil is the first confirmed specimen to be found undersea anywhere in the world.

230 diggsAs the situation in Iran becomes increasingly volatile, we take a look at the players in Iranian society.

194 diggsEnergy-efficient LED light bulbs may be more expensive than CFL’s, but Sharp’s new DL-L60AV LED could be worth the high cost. The tricked-out bulb comes with a remote control that features a dimming function as well as the ability to select seven different shades of white… so your guests can never complain that they don’t like the ambiance.

128 diggsManchester United have made a long-term decision not to sign any players aged 26 or above for large transfer fees because of new financial stipulations that have been put in place at Old Trafford to shape the club's recruitment policy.

176 diggsthe two fought a bitter eight-year war, and more recently, since the U.S. toppling of Saddam Hussein, Iran has taken an active — and some would argue malign — interest in its neighbor to the west. But while Western leaders and pundits wring their hands over Iran's disputed election, there's been little anguish in Baghdad.

163 diggsPresident Barack Obama, under growing criticism for not seeking to end the ban on openly gay men and women in the military, is extending benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees. Obama plans to announce his decision on Wednesday in the Oval Office, a White House official said Tuesday.

395 diggs"Joseph Carnevale chopped up three stolen orange and white traffic barrels from a construction site to create a massive sculpture of a roadside monster thumbing a ride"

186 diggsMany notable people have been prematurely declared dead, and the list continues to grow.

218 diggsHollywood Reporter: CNN's Wolf Blitzer interviewed Bill Maher today, following up on the comedian's Friday night monologue that detailed his disappointment with President Barack Obama. Maher elaborates on his feeling about Obama below, and also takes on the David Letterman-Sarah Palin flap.

94 diggsPenn is officially out of both the Farrelly Brothers' Three Stooges movie and the drama Cartel. Paul Giamatti, Adrien Brody , Simon Pegg and even Zach Galifianakis could all be up for the part.

201 diggsShout it from the mountain top, copy and paste has arrived on the iPhone. After you've gotten your fill of pasting links into your favorite Twitter app and Facebook, here are some tips to make using iPhone OS 3.0 just that more exciting.

118 diggsLet's not sit idly by and allow tyranny to rule unchecked.

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217 diggsThe State Department asked social-networking site Twitter to delay scheduled maintenance earlier this week to avoid disrupting communications among tech-savvy Iranian citizens as they took to the streets to protest Friday's reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

289 diggsI averaged the time spent on each of the (rather ominous) categories of human activity over seven days of the week (that time includes less "active" men who didn't engage in said human activity at all). So don't blame me if these numbers make you abhor the state of our country. Blame Uncle Sam.

182 diggsMale and female baboons form platonic friendships, where sex is off the menu. Having a caring friend around seems to greatly benefit the females and their infants, as both are harassed less by other baboons when in the company of their male pal. But why the males choose to be platonic friends remains a mystery.

150 diggsMexico's navy has seized more than a tonne of cocaine stuffed inside frozen sharks, as drug gangs under military pressure go to greater lengths to conceal narcotics bound for the United States

196 diggsPalin Defenders Trash Letterman's "Bastard" Child, "Slut" Wife

117 diggsThe 21st century is predicted to be the Century of Biology, a shift from the previous century dominated by physics. Authors say cosmology misses the big picture unless it includes biology.

180 diggsThe story that Shia LaBeouf may be down for another Indiana Jones sequel got me thinking: Are today’s stars too franchised out? LaBeouf already has a three-film commitment to Transformers, while Christian Bale was all too willing to add several Terminator movies to his already hefty Batman obligations. So who’s stayed sequel-immune? The answers...

151 diggsAlcohol goes to your head in just six minutes, scientists revealed on Tuesday.

155 diggsIn the coming months, Microsoft plans to significantly scale back Soapbox, the video site it once hoped might take on YouTube in the user-generated content arena. In an interview on Tuesday, Microsoft Vice President Erik Jorgensen said Soapbox is one of the areas that Microsoft is pulling back on in the wake of a tough economic environment.

338 diggsShouldn't cause any nightmare issues. Nope. None at all.

135 diggsSorry, Fanboys, but after all the debating, only simple fact tips the scales in Lucasfilm's favor: The new 'Star Trek' movie is, we hate to say it, just a 'Star Wars' remake.

199 diggsRogert Ebert, the movie guy, completely PWNS Bill O'Reilly (yes, I said 'pwns').