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March 16 2010 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18293 diggsToday's youth are generally not the self-centered, antisocial slackers that previous research has made them out to be, according to a provocative new study co-authored by a Michigan State University psychologist. 185 diggsWhile most of the world happily enjoys Internet’s free services such as Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and Google, in China these are either inaccessible or might become so in the following months. 135 diggsThe Internet loves animals, and it loves photoshop. Worth1000.com decided to harness that double love and start a Photoshop contest to see who could create the coolest robotic animals on the web. 123 diggsMichael Jackson, like Elvis Presley before him, may make more money in death than in life. Sony (SNE) has signed a deal with the departed singer's estate worth as much as $250 million. The Wall Street Journal reports that With 10 albums over seven years, the deal will involve a mix of previously unreleased songs and new packages of familiar ones. 174 diggsSeveral weeks ago, President Obama announced that $8 billion in government-loan guarantees would be made available to Southern Co. to begin construction of two nuclear reactors in Georgia. 249 diggsWeb sites dealing with subjects such as the Tiananmen Square protests could all be accessed through Google's Chinese search engine Tuesday in defiance of Beijing's censorship rules. 218 diggsA light earthquake occurred at 4:04:00 AM (PDT) on Tuesday, March 16, 2010.The magnitude 4.4 event occurred 2 km (1 miles) ENE of Pico Rivera, CA. 352 diggsThough Toyota has reaped endless benefits from California, the company is shutting down a plant in Fremont, Calif., firing 4,700 employees. 117 diggsThe sulphur compounds that litter the surface of Mars may contain the signature of life 187 diggsMark Roth studies suspended animation: the art of shutting down life processes and then starting them up again. It's wild stuff, but it's not science fiction. Induced by careful use of an otherwise toxic gas, suspended animation can potentially help trauma and heart attack victims survive long enough to be treated. 187 diggsSo you're filling out your bracket for the men's NCAA basketball tournament and you're itching to pick some upsets. We're here to help. To better understand upsets, and to find the best way to predict them, The WSJ looked at a few of the biggest NCAA tournament upsets since 2004... 208 diggsCheck out a video introducing Opera Mini 5 and Opera Mobile 10 Now.If you're a user of Opera Mini, chances are you've already switched from Opera Mini 4.2 to Opera Mini 5, ................................. 195 diggsNew Hampshire dance collective Pilobolus and photographer John Kane took four days to run through the full 26 positions. 287 diggsThis image of the open star cluster NGC 7380, also known as the Wizard Nebula, is a mosaic of images from the WISE mission spanning an area on the sky of about 5 times the size of the full moon. 141 diggsMore than 50 villagers suffering from lead poisoning have been in custody for six months after the bus taking them to the doctor was stopped by police. Chinese authorities have defended the six-month detention of lead poisoning victims who were seeking medical care, saying the punishment was necessary for "public education". 275 diggsA mother, Carol Frazer, left unable to smile after a botched operation has criticised the NHS for employing the surgeon for 20 years despite a series of errors. Fazer said the mistake had left her young daughter scared of her and resulted in her leaving her job. 221 diggsPayPal's new iPhone application promises to make it easier to exchange money without cash or checks. 228 diggsDemocrats have broken up with the Olympia Snowes and Christie Whitmans of old. But even in this polarized political moment, there are five Republicans they have learned to love. 167 diggsIt's official -- playing Farmville and tagging friends in photos (and consequently untagging embarrassing photos of yourself from your friends' photos) has become more popular than actually trying to find things on the internet. 176 diggsAccording to the Montreal Gazette, a new study has found that chemicals commonly found in bananas are as potent at preventing HIV as two current synthetic anti-HIV drugs. Researchers think the findings could lead to a cheap new component for applied vaginal or anal microbicides, to prevent HIV from being sexually transmitted. 200 diggsOn last night's Daily Show, to explain Congress's endless cycle of hypocrisy, Wyatt Cenac brought out Mick Foley, who demonstrated that Washington politicians are really no different from pro wrestlers. 55 diggsMen who start going bald at a young age are up to 45% less likely to get prostate cancer in later life, a study has found. 256 diggsDigital rights management for PC games is getting more stringent, but history shows us that publishers eventually scale back the protections over time or after user outcry. 150 diggsWhen you vote, does it have to be at your local church or school? Would you travel a little farther to a larger voting center? A pilot project in three counties in Indiana suggests such arrangements would save the states' 92 counties tens of thousands of dollars in each election. 191 diggsWith St. Patrick's Day imminent, it's time to prime yourself with some basic facts and amusing anecdotes about Ireland's most popular pint: Guinness. 155 diggsIn an address to theater owners at ShoWest, Sony Pictures Entertainment chairman/CEO Michael Lynton emarks took a surprising turn when he focused on movie theater concession stands that he claims are making kids obese. "I suggest you consider adding a few healthier items to your existing menu. I believe it's the right thing to do..." 187 diggsFlurry compares sales of Apple iPhone vs. Google Nexus One vs. Motorola Droid over their first 74 days, in which Apple sold 1 million units. 162 diggsSearching through the drawers in a Drew University student's dorm room, FBI agents turned up letters signed by five presidents, some dating back to the 1700s and worth as much as $12,000. 88 diggsSeems like a perfect reason to vote NO! 91 diggsMany people have experienced the swaying sensations that occur just after a boat trip. But for those with mal de debarquement syndrome, that feeling doesn't let up; it persists with varying degrees of severity, causing everything from clumsiness to the inability to walk without some kind of support. 107 diggsHollywood gets revenge for all the terrible videogame versions of movies. 127 diggsIn a statement Tuesday, Tiger Woods said he will play at Augusta National after a four-month hiatus because of a sex scandal. 182 diggsBusiness Pundit assembled - and debunked - this list of 12 pervasive myths about running a small enterprise. 30 diggsA 28-year-old man who assaulted a female police officer with his penis in Aberdeen is fined £600 by a sheriff. Fiscal depute Elaine : "The accused got to his feet and was standing over the police officer exposing his penis and thrusting it in her face, forcing her to take evasive action to avoid getting struck." 110 diggsWill the vast majority of TV viewers will have a 3D TV in their home? Maybe. But it's more likely that there will be no compelling reason to upgrade your entire TV set-up to watch 3D movies. Why will you buy a 3D set-up? You’ll probably buy a 3D-capable PC for gaming before you buy a 3D-capable TV. 129 diggsRegrowing amputated limbs, broken backs and even damaged brains could one day be a reality after scientists discovered a gene that is key to the almost magical ability. 291 diggsWe want girls with brains,(and beauty, if possible). Here are some specimens who not only made it in the ranks of professional chess, but also make for a nice swimsuit calendar, if Sports Illustrated will finally ever get to the chess/swimsuit issue we’ve all been hoping for. 106 diggsAre we ready for 3D? As CG supervisor and avid moviegoer, I'm sad to say that I'm not convinced we are. Yet. And the worse is yet to come, as studios try to milk us all for these half-baked goods. 212 diggsAnnouncing on its official site, the NHTSA has clearly stated to use its statutory authority to obtain documents from Toyota to determine if the automaker conducted three of its recent recalls in a timely manner. 166 diggsFrom Nirvana to a 13-minute record by The Dwarves. and 20 other classic albums from Sub Pop bands. 161 diggsThe charity WeQuit has launched a stop smoking program in partnership Facebook to help people give up tobacco in a way that is a bit more interesting than enduring the inevitable withdrawal symptoms in solitary misery. 194 diggsSound crazy? Click through to see what his name USED to be. 193 diggsMicrosoft has released the Windows Internet Explorer Platform Preview for Web developers to start playing around with Internet Explorer 9. Microsoft is promising to update it approximately every eight weeks with the latest IE9 builds. 254 diggsResidents at a Manhattan apartment building have been ordered to stay off their balconies after Connor Donohue fell 24 stories to his death early Sunday morning. The building was hit with a partial vacate order ("FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BALCONIES AS PER CODE. STOP ALL USE OF ALL BALCONIES AND 3FL SETBACK, PROVIDE PE REPORT"). 228 diggsIn June, President Obama called for the creation of an agency that would be "independent," with "broad authority" and the power to "combat the worst abuses in mortgage markets." The agency would "have an independent seat at the table in our financial regulatory system." Well, that was before the banking lobby went into action. 110 diggsThat's it folks -- the heat is on. Today Google's Nexus One has hit the virtual shelves equipped for 3G action on AT&T and Rogers networks... free of any contracts or nasty carrier locks. Developing... 137 diggsDespite criminal charges in both states, Dr. Lawrence Egber, the head of a radical right-to-die, insists his work is compassionate and necessary. 266 diggsUndercover reporters claim they saw her perform pole dances in a black basque, stockings and suspenders, strip to perform naked behind a translucent screen, pole dance and take a man for a private dance in a separate cubicle. 109 diggsBefore the arrival of The Snuggie, we never knew we needed a blanket with sleeves. However, the Snuggie is a rip off of a lesser known blanket-with-sleeves, the Slanket. Mo Rocca recently profiled both companies, sitting down the founders of each. It's Snuggie Vs. Slanket: The Great Sleeved Blanket Debate. 169 diggsHere's a collection of actresses that are “strange” looking. Now, that’s not to say that many of them aren’t hot, as most actresses are to some degree, but there’s just something about them that’s almost…unreal. 200 diggsSitcoms, exhausted and presumed creatively dead just a few years ago, are staging a comeback on the web. Shorter and darker than the half-hour comedies that ruled TV for five decades, the new wave of net-based series draw from documentary-style breakthroughs.. 115 diggsBut beyond even that, they’re ones you’ve heard of. We tried to avoid movies which were made for TV, were “so bad they’re good”, and the vast reams of mediocre sci-fi from the 60s and early 90s. Instead, most of these films had big budgets, decent actors, and studio backing. And they all blew goats. 231 diggsNetwork and producers meeting, developing concept that will bring "a return to the franchise's space-opera roots." 219 diggsHeder stars as a man chasing big dreams — even as he loses his job and moves back in with his parents. Sanz will play one of his pals, an ex-convict, with Parnell as another friend, a burned-out teacher.on 239 diggsBarack Obama must really want health care to pass. 272 diggsScranton just got 40 times hipper. (This will bring joy to even the staunchest "British Office Only" fans. Mindy Kaling, please write this into the finale, xoxo.) 194 diggsResearchers have yet to find evidence that an orca in the wild has ever killed a person. But they aren't surprised that the world's biggest, most powerful and possibly smartest predator, captured and kept for years in a tank, cut off from the influences of an extended family, could have a fatal encounter with a human. 217 diggsSeconds after crossing the finish line of a 13.1 mile half marathon in Texas, 32 year old Mark Austry dropped dead. 135 diggsThe launch of the WiFi iPad is only a couple weeks away, but only two of the advertised accessories will be available on that day. The rest have been delayed until May, and one seems to be missing from the store altogether. 169 diggsInternet Explorer 9 is 'crazy fast' according to Microsoft, but the Sunspider JavaScript results published by the company show that the latest browser from Redmond still lags behind many of its rivals. 145 diggsTime was, like most kids, you loved board games. You bugged your parents and your aunts and uncles and your grandparents to “play a gaaaaame” until they finally gave in, picked up the dice, and proceeded to let you win. Except the uncles; they thought losing built character. And, let’s be honest—they also sort of got a kick out beating you! 138 diggsAmong the highlights: 1) You are more likely to encounter a webcam featuring no person at all than one featuring a solo female and 2) 1 in 8 spins yield something R-rated (or worse). 126 diggsAccording to a Charter Communications rep, starting May 1st, cable companies will have total, FCC-sanctioned control over streaming video and will take down all competing services. 92 diggsA U.S. researcher suggests vitamin D supplements have different effects based on patients' race. 85 diggsA bulldog made four cars â�� as in real-deal automobiles â�� into chew toys this weekend. And two of the cars happened to be police cars. 179 diggsViolence erupted in Jerusalem after Hamas called for a "Day of Rage" to protest the consecration yesterday of the restored Hurva Synagogue in the Old City of Jerusalem. 80 diggsMost of us expected this to be another SNL dud, but judging by the crowd response at the premiere it is going to be exactly the opposite. 112 diggsVint Cerf, vice president and chief Internet evangelist at Google, is the person most often called "the father of the Internet." His contributions have been recognized repeatedly, with honorary degrees and awards that include the National Medal of Technology, the Turing Award, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. 162 diggsYou wouldn't think that so many different forms of children's entertainment could contain so many adult stereotypes. But they do. 332 diggsIs Microsoft on a come back? 91 diggsFormer New York Rep. Joe DioGuardi on Tuesday announced his bid for the U.S. Senate seat held by Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand, returning to politics less known as a former GOP congressman than as the father of American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi. 224 diggs-.- 81 diggsSometimes its tough to know how to drink on St. Patricks Day when youre not Irish. This video brings you 8 tips on on how to celebrate St. Pattys Day like the Irish. 147 diggsThe Vigilant Citizen declares Lady Gaga "a pawn of the Illuminati and a peddler of the occult. Her music video "Telephone" is a brazen attempt at recruiting teenagers into mind control programs." 150 diggsBasically, this was a brainstorming session on how to market “solutions” to global warming more effectively. The emphasis on packaging reminded me of the controversial proposal... that scientists need to become more adept at “framing” issues such as global warming to win the debate. 161 diggsAfter years of literary investigation, a professor at the University of Nottingham said Tuesday he's certain "Double Falsehood, or the Distressed Lovers" was born out of "Cardenio," a play Shakespeare scholars believe existed. 170 diggsConfidential Justice Department presentation on social-networking sites says undercover work can help agents 'communicate with suspects' and 'gain access to nonpublic info.' 176 diggsFrom 2000 to 2050, the U.S. will add another 100 million to its population, based on census and other projections, putting the country on a growth track far faster than other major nations in the world. With that growth -- driven by a combination of higher fertility rates and immigration -- will come a host of relative economic and social benefits. 176 diggsUnited States regulators are moving to freeze the assets and trading accounts of a Russian accused of hacking into personal online portfolios and manipulating the price of dozens of stocks listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market and New York Stock Exchange... 165 diggsIn an attempt to drive out Thailand's ruling party, protesters Wednesday splashed government offices with human blood collected during an all-day needle drive. Roughly 100,000 followers of an anti-establishment movement known as the "Red Shirts" have gathered in Bangkok amid heavy deployments of soldiers and police. 143 diggsTiger Woods will compete in the 2010 Masters tournament next month, returning to golf from his five-month hiatus. If you want to see him play, you'll be able to do so in a new way: Comcast will stream live video of the Masters in addition to its traditional cable broadcast of the event, and both will be available in 3D. 242 diggsBefore it became associated with the Nazis, swastikas had been used for hundreds of years as a symbol of good luck and prosperity. 151 diggsAn idea long overdue: a Mike Tyson reality show. 125 diggsUsing his preteen alter ego, "Little Billy," author Bill Geerhart wrote to both the famous (Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas) and the infamous (convicted murderer Charles Manson) -- and received replies from many of them. 92 diggsSan Jose, California is not yet Los Angeles, where pot clubs became a runaway train before that city council imposed restrictions. The San Jose Cannabis Buyers Collective received an eviction notice from its landlord last week, after city officials declared it a "public nuisance." 319 diggsI can't make heads or tails of the various whip counts floating around. Friends who report on politics assure me that Nancy Pelosi still has plenty of leverage to twist arms . . . but what? It doesn't seem all that likely that Ms. Pelosi is going to be in charge after November, so what exactly does she have to hand out to wavering members? 97 diggsOne of the more interesting things you can do with the iPhone is use it as a remote control for other devices. Since the iPhone App Store launched almost two years ago, developers have created hundreds of remote control applications. 149 diggsChris Jarvis is a member of the International Church of Jediism - based on the famous Star Wars films - whose doctrine states followers can wear hoods. 97 diggsAs the features on computer chips become increasingly smaller, finding ways to fabricate the chips has become a big challenge. In a new study, researchers from MIT have demonstrated that certain molecules can be deposited on mostly empty chips, where they arrange themselves into patterns ... 165 diggs"We have no interest in just increasing the time you spend on the Twitter site -- if anything we'd like to decrease it," said Twitter CEO Evan Williams. "We want to make Twitter a tool for you that helps you get stuff done." 321 diggs“In 2009, PETA euthanized 2,301 dogs and cats -- 97 percent of those brought in -- and adopted only eight, according to Virginia state figures. A total of 681 dogs, 1620 cats and 51 other companion animals. Why? According to Daphna Nachminovitch, vice president of cruelty investigations at PETA, money can’t buy a good home. 133 diggs[VIDEO]. And who knows? Maybe your next PC will be cooled by streams of water flowing freely inside the case. 144 diggsFred Rogers died in 2003, and while many children nationwide no longer see his TV show, images and memories of him abound in the city where he lived and worked. 227 diggsTreehouses bring us closer to nature, and appeal to the kid in all of us. 124 diggsMicrobes living under ice sheets in Antarctica and Greenland could be churning out large quantities of the greenhouse gas methane, a new study suggests. 135 diggsBut as far as I was concerned, the deal was sealed the moment I saw real estate agent Mary T. Ellington looking back at me from that Re/Max sign, her face just barely visible over the rampant weeds growing in my new front lawn. There's nothing like a poorly lit photograph to let me know that I'm working with a friend. 139 diggsSteve Jobs' master plan of killing flash is slowly starting to work. 181 diggs 116 diggsMan jailed for 10 years on marijuana charges after cops respond to call of "screams" at his home -- the screams were loud sex. 89 diggsEngineers from the University of Cincinnati devise a foam that captures energy and removes excess carbon dioxide from the air thanks to semi-tropical frogs. 99 diggsTreasury Department Numbers Show Debt has Increased More Than $2 Trillion to $12.6 Trillion Read more by Mark Knoller on CBS News' Political Hotsheet. 198 diggs 142 diggsIf he wins, America will absolve him. If he loses, the event is big enough that other golfer stars will attract the spotlight. And if he wants to avoid the paparazzi, there's no better place. The Masters is famous for its airtight security and highly-restricted media access. So what makes Tiger's decision something less than a "masterful stroke"? 97 diggsReady for another long, drawn-out copy and paste controversy to overtake your every waking moment for a year or two? Good. Microsoft has you covered. 91 diggsSexual addiction, also called sexual dependency, hypersexuality, nymphomania, compulsive sexual behavior and sexual compulsivity, refers to the phenomenon in which individuals report being unable to manage their sexual behavior. 154 diggsA new infrared image from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, shows a cosmic rosebud blossoming with new stars. The stars, called the Berkeley 59 cluster, are the blue dots to the right of the image center. They are ripening out of the dust cloud from which they formed, ... 245 diggsDid you see the "Hot Sexy Dorito Lady" yet or the little guys who says keep your hands off my Mamma AND keep your hands off my Doritos? LOL ....5 quick about 1 minute videos 448 diggsWhen technology leaps ahead of business models, it's often bad for profits. Cisco's new router poses just such a threat to the titans of movie making. 241 diggsThe best thermal images of Jupiter's Great Red Spot yet captured have revealed surprising weather and temperature variation within the solar system's most famous storm. 293 diggs"It was a giant penis with water shooting out," said downtown merchant Stefani Olivieri, whose store is directly across the street from the historic train depot where the sculpture was built. "It was not appropriate. There were a lot of children around." 249 diggs 75 diggsA man armed with a high-powered gas pistol tried to break into Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin's tomb on Red Square in Moscow, shooting a policeman in the process. 85 diggsA survey released yesterday shows just 34 percent of the public is worried a "great deal" about the environment, down from 40 percent the year before. A second poll reveals Americans are less troubled about pollution, global warming, deforestation, and animal and plant extinction than at any point in the past 20 years. 196 diggsWho was the first man to walk on the moon? Apparently, 1 out of 10 UK school children thought it was Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear, and not Neil Armstrong, who took that first one small step for Man... 396 diggsIT admins that manage mixed-platform environments agree that Macs cost less to support than Windows PCs. In fact, 66 percent plan to increase the number of Macs in the coming year.(Mac/PC flame war commencing in 3..2..) 133 diggsA new look at general relativity finds that it passes with flying colors at length scales never before tested, while its leading competitors come up short. Ever since relativity's first confirmation in 1919, when Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington observed that the light from distant stars was shifted by the mass of the sun, direct tests have been... 168 diggsDetails of Windows Phone 7 and the development environment are coming to light at Microsoft's MIX10 Web developer conference. 238 diggsA little Luck of the Irish! 80 diggsWould-be lawyers at a British university are taking a lesson from the Starship Enterprise and boldly going into the potential legal conundra of outer space. 183 diggsPerformance monitoring service Gomez has released its annual list of major websites with the best overall responsiveness as measured by Gomez over the entire year 2009. Surprise winner: IRS.gov, a site that uses images sparingly and pushes off large documents to PDF format for downloading, rather than trying to serve them as Web pages. 122 diggsWomen who live in communities where poor health is the norm are attracted to more masculine-looking men, researchers in Aberdeen have found. The lower the level of health in a country, the more women are likely to prefer faces with masculine traits, such as a bigger jaw, or heavier brow line. 209 diggsObject: Save your Girlfriend? He tries to save her but he's in for a surprise when he sees her! 91 diggsKurt M. Keller, the boys' basketball coach at Kilpatrick, a juvenile detention center in Malibu, always wonders what will happen when rival gang members from the Crips and the Bloods are brought together on the same team. Sometimes they cooperate, sometimes not. 157 diggsThe ratio of 10 people handling 300 cases a year did not go over well in some quarters. “It seems like an extraordinarily paltry effort, given the scope of the crisis,” said David Clohessy, the national director of the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests. 108 diggsA NEW lipstick has gone on sale that shows when women are in the mood for sex. The saucy slap changes from clear to deep crimson as the wearer feels frisky. It works by reacting with a girl's body chemistry. And each £12 tube comes with a colour chart so men can work out how randy their partner is feeling. The Mood Swing Emotionally Activated Lip 239 diggsPassengers on a Virgin America flight from Los Angeles to New York spent more than six hours stranded on a tarmac, received little food or water, and had to take the last leg of their journey by bus - arriving some 14 hours after they departed. A flight attended roared, "You are really getting on my freaking nerves! You need to shut the hell up!" 163 diggsI just don't know for sure what it is. 125 diggsTreadmill on wheels offers the same fat burning benefits as a conventional treadmill without the expensive gym membership fees. 126 diggsThe one and only Al Pacino is playing Jack Kevorkian, Dr. Death himself, in an HBO original film called You Don’t Know Jack. Whooo-ha! 84 diggsAnti-obesity campaigns scored a direct hit today when PepsiCo said it would pull its sugary drinks from schools around the world. PepsiCo, No. 2 worldwide to the Coca-Cola Co., set a 2012 date for removal of all of its full-calorie, sweetened drinks from schools in more than 200 countries by 2012. 147 diggsDiving into one of Rome's most famous fountains is a great way to anger the gods...and the local police. 122 diggsDear Microsoft, you did a good job at out-Appling Apple with the Windows Phone 7. At least on paper. But instead of trying to beat them completely, it seems that you want to screw it all with two stupid decisions. 411 diggs 261 diggsComing attractions include a giant wooden penis....and a vagina shrine, too. (Article includes slideshow) 240 diggsI wonder if he will try for a banana appeal. 246 diggsIt's been a rough day for Google's Android phone, the Nexus One. First we learned this morning that initial sales have been far weaker than the iPhone saw ...and now this 229 diggsEvery day hundreds of desperate Scots teenagers log on to DIY self-harm websites. Filled with self-loathing, they swap tips with other depressed users - some as young as 12 - about the best way to mutilate themselves. 232 diggsMarijuana traffickers are taking advantage of our national postal service like never before, according to new statistics from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service... The agency, which handles everything from mail fraud to parcel theft, reported a 400 percent increase in seizures of marijuana packages between 2007 and 2009. 220 diggsDICE is releasing a patch with an enormous amounts of bug fixes and improvements, but one most noticeable for players on Steam is that the SecuROM DRM will be removed. 275 diggsToday, Microsoft released the developer preview of Internet Explorer 9. The preview is bare-bones: after playing around with it, I can tell you that it doesn't have much in terms of user interface. This is more of a proof-of-concept than a web browser. Still, it provides a good glimpse into what we can expect from IE9: a complete reboot. 104 diggsWhen I entered the show room, walls lined with production art and live action stills, I could literally hear the Wendy Carlos TRON score playing in my head. 153 diggsI'm not really sure what I'm allowed to tell you about what I saw in Toy Story 3 this morning at ShoWest. So at the risk of Disney's wrath, I'll tell you this: Toy Story 3 fits perfectly in line with the Pixar legacy, and almost definitely represents the 11th hit in a row for the remarkable studio. 369 diggsDid we mention that many legitimate Assassin's Creed 2 owners are STILL being boned by Ubisoft's dead servers, while the pirates that cracked the DRM have been able to play the game from day one? 158 diggs 65 diggsThe image tag is incomplete, but the page remains! 115 diggsBeck is a huge star at Fox News, but not everybody there loves him. Is the explosive host becoming more trouble than he's worth? 258 diggsZombies FTW! 144 diggsBetween their recent problems with The Wolfman being pushed to Land of the Lost and Funny People basically being ignored, out of the billions of dollars spent at the cinemas very little of it went to Universal in 2009. 132 diggsIt wasn't just that the entire world (or so it seemed) had viewed the pictures. They were there in perpetuity for her future kids to see, and their kids ... 191 diggsAccording to Edge, a "trusted US publishing source" has told them that Gears 3 is expected to be released in April 2011, with a debut trailer set to hit next month, on April 8. They also claim that we'll then see a full reveal of the game at this year's E3 in June. 183 diggsAn Australian woman has given a tearful account of how the Church of Scientology allegedly coerced her to have two abortions, as a fresh attempt was being made for a Senate inquiry into the organisation.
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