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March 18 2010 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24284 diggs 118 diggsThe battle to dominate the smartphone OS market is heating up, as everyone looks to grab a piece of the pie. Here we outline the shifting landscape among the major players. 140 diggsThis month’s From the Vault focuses on some of the monsters from BioShock that might have been. These creatures were designed very early in the development of BioShock and lived on by making it into the game or helping to define the title. 167 diggsThe plan floats the idea of a "national broadband fee," paid for by taxpayers. 161 diggsCountries should be judged on their willingness to open up public data, the inventor of the world wide web tells the BBC. 188 diggsFor the past couple of years now, when talking about the Apple TV product, Apple likes to throw out the word hobby. It's as if they're ashamed of the device. And considering sales are anemic next to Macs, iPods, and iPhones, it's no big surprise that they talk this way. 269 diggsHTML5 new tag for video codec has brought up what’s about to become the new hot topic in developers’ communities - which codec will be chosen by W3C for the video playback purposes in HTML5. A lot of options, not much choice. 161 diggsThe nightmare never seems to end for Toyota (TM). In a letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Japanese car company requested a meeting about a stalling issue on 1.2 million Corollas and Matrix models. The issue was raised in a March 2nd notice to the agency. 120 diggsMiniaturized television aerials made from gold nanorods could provide a way to control light on a chip — opening up the channels of quantum communication. 140 diggsOver the years, Dave has done a stellar job of promoting and just plain giving time to some of the greatest bands of the last 30 years. So, with that, sit back and enjoy some absolutely amazing pieces of musical genius. 344 diggsLet's go exploring! 153 diggsA trucker drives along a motorway at 60mph unaware a car is trapped sideways on his front bumper. The scene was caught on a phone by people in another car. 144 diggsA TIME reporter writes undercover for Demand Media, the content-provider start-up that has quickly become the Web's least understood and most vilified juggernaut. 331 diggsTo be a successful con artist, apparently all it takes is some laziness and a stunningly retarded idea. 115 diggsThe atmosphere surrounding last night’s 10th annual Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate was a bit heavier than usual. “The Moon, Mars and Beyond: Where Next for the Manned Space Program?” the topic chosen by the directors of the American Museum of Natural History, was announced just before the Obama administration released its controversial NASA budget... 82 diggsThe term "pirates," meant to convey evil and mayhem, instead conjures up visions of a swashbuckling Johnny Depp, says an actors' group. Rupert Murdoch's son has an idea for a less-sexy word: thieves. Hasn't he seen "Ocean's 11"? 152 diggsAs the rhetoric battle between Google and Apple heats up, the search giant is showing that it will fight to defend its Android mobile OS from attacks from Apple. Here are 10 ways Google can defend its Android turf and take on Apple in the mobile market. 118 diggsHTC Corporation today outlined its disagreement with Apple's legal actions and reiterated its commitment to creating a portfolio of innovative smartphones that gives consumers a variety of choices. 218 diggsNintendo has always been one for Video Games, attention to detail and many fans, and this unofficial Nintendo Gameboy Papercraft really proves so and shows it in amazing and bright colors. 122 diggsWe’ve reported before about Peter Jackson talking up this summer as the planned start date for shooting The Hobbit. Now Gandalf himself – better known as Ian McKellen – has posted on his website that he’ll start shooting the first movie in July. 121 diggsTry explaining that one to the guys in jail buddy..... 102 diggsProving anyone can win an NCAA bracket, Paula Faris challenges her two-year-old daughter to a game of mother vs daughter. This video will melt your cold heart. 100 diggsUnder strict new ‘diversity guidelines’, Kent police officers have been banned from asking for people’s Christian names in case they offend those of different religions. The guidelines, revealed through Freedom of Information laws, also warns to refrain from using phrases such as ‘Evening all,’ ‘my dear’ or ‘love’ for fear it may cause offence. 193 diggsHow fans keep the memory of cult favorites alive. 114 diggsIt's conceivable that Republicans could win the House, but the wave metaphor that so many prognosticators tend to use is not very apt. There is plenty of enthusiasm among Republican voters, but the anti-party sentiment is driving some large portion of it. 160 diggsA British bus driver netted more than £2 million ($3.3 million) on the lottery a day after his divorce came through. 224 diggsIn this retrospective feature, we attempt to make sense of all the iPods and place them in a concise timeline. From the original iPod in 2001 to the d... 328 diggsBret Baier of FNC interviews President Obama. Clip is a montage of interruptions, and obvious (and often stated) frustrations of each of them... 92 diggsComputer games addicts are now able to receive treatment for their addiction, but there are stranger addictions out there. What is wrong with people these days? 262 diggsGood news, everyone! Or as Farnsworth would say, bad news, everyone! 133 diggsTwo attackers attempted to set fire to an internet café in the Moscow suburban town of Klin, but a brave security guard managed to thwart their plans. 123 diggsMost of the NCAA men's basketball championship tournament's games are played during daytime work hours, and many office workers will be filling out online tournament brackets, wagering in online betting pools and watching streaming video of the games when their bosses' backs are turned. 132 diggsThe National Federation of the Blind has partnered with Virginia Tech to develop a vehicle for the visually impaired. "For us, this is exactly the same as in 1962 when John F. Kennedy said, 'We are going to the moon.' " said Mark Riccobono, executive director of the federation's Jernigan Institute in Baltimore. 103 diggsThe technology blows away the competition by scanning 200 pages a minute... 164 diggsSony's refresh of the PSP isn't going so well & this is why... 194 diggsAn elusive cat is losing its habitat to plantations in Southeast Asia, a new study finds. 177 diggsWith news of 'Fable 3,' the latest installment of his adventure-based RPG series, Molyneux was brimming with thoughts on the PlayStation Move, social gaming, and how his influence has affected the way in which designers create choice-based games. 189 diggsWhere do Ghostbusters characters rank on an alignment chart? 145 diggsThe oldest pro wrestling trope in the book, nailing an opponent with a folding chair, could be no more in the WWE. Why? Politics, as usual. 159 diggsA team of scientists has succeeded in putting an object large enough to be visible to the naked eye into a mixed quantum state of moving and not moving. 126 diggsNo annual festival, conference, or party will ever be as good as the first year you went. 136 diggsChefs are the new rock stars — just look at their tattoos. 69 diggsA Malaysian golf resort has given 43,000 Malaysian ringgits (£8,500) to a golfer who was bitten by a crocodile during a game. 238 diggsBullWhip's plans are to have celebrities such as Angelina Jolie eating a hot dog or Eliza Dushku with two big slabs of Angus steak on her breasts. Britney Spears and Paris Hilton have also been contacted to fight in a tub of hamburger. BullWhip, a meat company from Southern California is in the fighting ring against PETA for the domain Sex.com. 191 diggsIt’s 64 teams (after the pesky play-in game) scheduled to be pared down over the course of three weeks until a national champion is crowned and the girl who hasn’t watched a basketball game since last March wins your office pool. It’s elegant, iconic and a hell of a lot of fun. Now add 32 teams to the mix. Where do they fit? Off to the side? 160 diggsTheir excellence in the field of malevolent business practices have set the standard for all other future evil corporations to follow... 84 diggsIn recent years the US has begun to lag in education for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), and a number of efforts are underway to address this issue. We know that giving kids hands-on experience is one of the best ways to spark and keep their interest in STEM-related fields 211 diggs 165 diggs Aaron Johnson and Christoper Mintz-Plasse ("Superbad") play high school kids who attempt to become crime-fighting superheroes in the new film "Kick-Ass". I sat down with them to talk about the perils of latex costumes and working with Nicolas Cage. 186 diggsWe’re lucky to live in modern times where stalking an ex is such an easy endeavor. Did you know that stalkers used to have to spend hours, sometimes even all day physically following “their only reasons to live?” 92 diggsThe census asks each of us to check a box called "race," perpetuating the notion that we're a nation of hyphenated people different from each other. Yet the very definition of race is "a family, tribe, people or nation... unified by shared interests." So why aren't we members of the "American race?" 297 diggsWell these are predictably gross: "Next time i see you, you better beg and if you don't do it right i will slap, spank, bite and f*ck you till mercy.." etc. Best one..."Have you ever had a golden shower done to you" 151 diggsAlbum covers can be iconic pieces of art. These are 12" of every shade of nastiness… 192 diggsGavin is four-years-old. He loves basketball, hates vegetables and can be yours for about the cost of a used Hyundai. 144 diggsLocation is heating up and Apple wants in on the action. 146 diggsTim Burton will direct a stop-motion animated film based on Charles Addams' original ghoulish cartoon drawings of The Addams Family. 165 diggsA bitter controversy is brewing over a captive colony of endangered Virginia big-eared bats, founded inNovember as a hedge against disease driving the species to extinction in the wild.Of 40 bats put in the colony, only 10 have survived. 176 diggsPro snowboarders in catastrophic crashes. 227 diggsPaul Souders is an American nature and wildlife photographer who has travelled extensively around the world. Here we present a series of his images taken in the Arctic, mostly in Svalbard, an archipelago halfway between mainland Norwway and the North Pole. 195 diggsAs FlashForward returns to ABC, here's an exclusive clip of what Olivia really saw in her flashforward. 307 diggsFacebook is considering installing a "panic button" on its site to allow users to report suspected paedophiles, it has confirmed. 213 diggsSure, there are more hangover remedies under the sun than spirits you can drink to bring one on -- but our favorite is drunk food. That medically-unproven carb fest designed to help soak up an unwise quantity of liquor in record time. 308 diggsSome new voices pronouncing predictions of peak oil have distinctly Arabic accents. Researchers from the University of Kuwait with the Kuwait Oil Company have published a new study that names 2014 as the fateful year when conventional crude oil production will peak. That's close to the 2015 date chosen by Sir Branson and his taskforce. 179 diggsMany video games focus on sexy characters to help keep the gamers interested. There is an allure in the fact that each time we power-up our consoles we get to escape into worlds filled with beautiful men and women. 158 diggsThe Supreme Court will decide the limits of free-speech protection and to rule whether a dead soldier’s family can sue religious protesters who picketed their son’s funeral with signs that said, 'Thank God for dead soldiers.' 189 diggsThe “Law on the Protection of Minors against the Detrimental Effect of Public Information” came into force on March 1 and restricts any public dissemination of information which affects the “mental health, physical, intellectual or moral development” of children under 18. The law prohibits any portrayal of marriage other than between man and woman. 231 diggsWhile big players like Oracle and Microsoft position for the next wave of innovation, companies like VMware and EMC are trying to get in. Competitive developments in the Fibre Channel business are intended to lock customers in and the bottom-line is users want something simpler. 190 diggsUnless Doug Powell can persuade USA Triathlon to change its rules, his time in the 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike ride and 26.2-mile run won't even count. The organization requires that disabled people complete the event, which Powell estimates will take him about 15 hours, with one partner, not one for each segment. 171 diggsKari returns to the show on March 31st! Slideshow of our favorite Mythbuster. 136 diggs 197 diggsSometimes you’re interviewing a comedy legend whose impressive career has spanned over sixty years, five Emmys and the respect of every person in Hollywood — and all you can think is, “I’ve gotta know. Does this chick put out?” 120 diggsAt least we assume the kids liked it. Then again: She was 52. 113 diggsCheap knockoffs aren't limited to Ray-Bans and Rolexes. Read on for a look at an imitation iPad, a pirated Palm Pre, and more low-budget copies of popular tech products--often with features not found in the originals. 101 diggsWarning that the powerful poisons can endanger dogs and cats, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will require new instructions and labeling for flea products. 148 diggsThe library service currently charges 15p a day for overdue books so if there was no limit, the borrower would have been liable to a fine of around £2,500 at today's rates. 90 diggsThe majority of the UK workforce do not really know what they are supposed to be doing while they are at work, according to new research. 170 diggsThe NFL playoffs could be in line for an overtime rules change. 110 diggsPresident Medvedev announced that Russia would build a high-tech hub near Moscow to spur modernization of the economy and reduce its dependence on oil and gas. The center, designed to develop five priority sectors -- energy, IT, telecommunications, bio-medical and atomic technologies -- will be built near a new business school in the Moscow region. 178 diggsAmazon has finally released a version of its Kindle ebook reading software for the Mac. The company previously released a Kindle app for the iPhone a year ago, and has plans for an iPad version of the software as well. 118 diggsState Senator Tom Dempsey (R - St. Peters) has proposed legislation that would ask Missouri women to provide a reason for why they're seeking an abortion. 252 diggsLess than a year before Viacom filed a $1 billion copyright claim against Google and YouTube, the parent company of MTV and Paramount Pictures was interested in acquiring the video-sharing site, according to claims made by Google in court documents. 168 diggsThis year, a Chinese dissident and a Russian human rights advocate -- recent nominees for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize -- are joined by an unlikely, nonhuman 107 diggsBowing to public and private complaints from lawmakers, President Obama decided Thursday to delay his overseas trip to Indonesia and Australia so that he can be in Washington for the culmination of his year-long effort to pass health-care legislation . 96 diggsRussian police have raided a datacenter hosting iFolder.ru, a huge Rapidshare-like site. Their paperwork allowed them to search and gather evidence against a user who uploaded illegal material to the site. Although staff offered 100% co-operation, the police cut the power and sealed the servers in the datacenter, putting iFolder completely out of o 110 diggsIf you're among the newly reported 43% of American workers who do not have more than $10,000 in retirement savings, you better keep reading. But even if that's not you, here are some immediate tips to get you on the right track toward life after work. The first piece of advice: Don't panic. 146 diggsIn the last decade, Kit Kat bars have appeared in over 200 flavors in Japan alone. 259 diggsRape is rife in the sprawling tent cities that have become home for hundreds of thousands of Haitians and men are demanding sexual favours in return for food and shelter............... 288 diggsIn the immortal words of lyrical poet LL Cool J, “don’t call it a comeback,” a bounce back season from these players will be critical for their team’s success this year. 196 diggsThe strange saga of the jinxed Sex.com domain name continued Thursday as its sale in a foreclosure auction was postponed just hours before the sale was to start due to drastic, last minute legal filing by the domain owner’s creditors. 122 diggsNEW ORLEANS -- Carleton Scott's 3-pointer rattled out in the closing seconds, and 11th-seeded Old Dominion delivered the first upset of the NCAA tournament when it stunned sixth-seeded Notre Dame 51-50 on Thursday in the South Regional. 190 diggsScooby-Doo never dies, no matter how badly he gets savaged. For this, I am grateful. As a diehard fan, having grown up in the ’80s with after-school reruns, I have raised my boys, ages 5 and 15, with those classics. This is why the latest direct-to-DVD entry, Scooby-Doo: Abracadabra-Doo!, is such a big deal for me. 219 diggsWachovia bank executives have admitted that the banking giant laundered millions of dollars for Mexican drug lords between 2003 and 2008. The bank has promised to pay $160 million in fines and penalties and to set up new safeguards within a year to prevent drug money from coming through the bank. 113 diggsGuy walks through door. Guy sees rail. Guy bypasses rail. 56 diggsLt. Dan Choi, one of the most visible opponents of 'don't ask,' was arrested while protesting the policy Thursday outside the White House 127 diggsGoogle looks set to leave the Chinese market. If, as is expected,Google shuts down its Chinese-language search engine later this month,it will be the culmination of years of tension between the onlinemedia giant and the Chinese authorities. Here's a timeline of what'shappened to date. 184 diggsIn a town where green building is latest rage among mega resorts and gaming palaces, the Las Vegas Sands Corporation has upped the ante on eco-friendly development. The Venetian, the expo center and the Sands' Palazzo-Hotel-Resort Casino are now the largest contiguous structure certified under the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED standard. 326 diggs***** 134 diggsYou can learn all sorts of interesting tidbits from legal documents. For instance, in one of the legal briefs unsealed today in the YouTube-Viacom dispute, such as the amount of money YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley made from the $1.65 billion sale of the company to Google in 2006. 178 diggsEuropean researchers have taken the world a step closer to fictional wizard Harry Potter's invisibility cape after they made an object disappear using a three-dimensional 'cloak', a study published Thursday in the US-based journal Science showed. 115 diggsVideo 42 diggsA teacher at a failing Rhode Island school where he and all his colleagues were fired hung an effigy of President Barack Obama in his classroom, apparently in reaction to Obama's support of extreme measures to ensure accountability in schools. 147 diggsApple Board member, and president and CEO of Harwinton Capital, Jerome B. York has passed away at the age of 71. 171 diggsBritish study indicates wild dolphins experience "incredible stress" at the hands of well-meaning human swimmers and that such interactions harm dolphins' feeding, sleeping and socialization patterns... 125 diggsFive years ago, after the levees failed, this area was 10 feet underwater. Now, on this bitterly cold morning early in March, it is a construction zone ringed by chain-link fences, and one of the richest men in America wanders around what will eventually be some family's home. 111 diggsIt’s perhaps one of life’s most dreaded moments – when you pull down your pants, rest your cheeks on the seat, and plop! into the toilet goes your phone. Instead of cursing your loose pockets and lack of brain, get that phone (iPod, whathaveya) into a bag of rice, STAT! 117 diggsIn this interview, conducted by Bruce LaBruce himself, Lagerfeld touches upon subjects that he's never before spoken on, like only having sex with people you don't care about (and mostly escorts) and gay marriage, among other things. 349 diggsA Pennsylvania appellate court upheld a preliminary injunction on Wednesday barring local prosecutors from filing felony child porn charges against a teenage girl who took a partially nude photo of herself with her cell phone. 166 diggsPennsylvania couple think they may have found Natalee Holloway's skeleton. A couple who went snorkeling on a vacation in Aruba have discovered among their photographs what appears to be the image of a skeleton on the ocean floor. 124 diggsPresident Obama's first executive action was the Open Government Memorandum calling for more transparent, participatory, and collaborative government. It is likely that one of the longest lasting effects of the current administration will be how much it changed the culture of Washington by opening government data and pioneering innovations. 175 diggsJapan, Canada and scores of developing nations opposed the measure on the grounds that ban would devastate fishing economies 260 diggsIf you can’t pitch the press, pay them. That’s the proposition some review sites have for publicity-starved iPhone developers. 215 diggsThe new GreenBox pizza box is made of 100 percent recycled content and designed to reduce waste. The top of the box is perforated so that it can be torn into 4 squares - to use instead of paper plates or dishes that would need to be washed - and the bottom can be folded in half for storing pizza instead of using aluminum foil or containers. 134 diggsYou can't help it. It's a reflex. You stick out your hand when you fall - it's better to stop the descent with your palm than your face, right? That's fine when you're ambling down the street, but add an extra 80 mph and the weight of a motorcycle to the momentum equation and the bones in your paw might not take the strain very well. 192 diggsThe nearly 20-year-old Hubble Space Telescope has taken many iconic images of the cosmos and is even the star of a new 3D IMAX movie that gives viewers a chance to fly through those snapshots. But does Hubble show us what the universe really looks like? 160 diggsStick that in your laptop. 184 diggsInsane video for their new song 'I Feel Better'. Directed by Peter Serafinowicz. 146 diggsFlying bears, robot bees, and psychic spies: Just three of the radical ways in which we've tried to capture the terrorist mastermind. 88 diggsGoogle announces the release a Google Buzz widget for Android phones that lets you post text and photos with a single tap. 120 diggsThe Planck space telescope, which is surveying the entire sky in four massive sweeps, has nearly finished its first scan. Rotating in orbit, Planck 130 diggsIf the team were as awesome as this network, the Cowboys would have won the Super Bowl. 121 diggsFess Parker, best known for playing Daniel Boone in a 1960s television series, died Thursday at his home near Santa Barbara, California, his publicist said. He was 85. 132 diggsSecretary of State Hillary Clinton emerged from a long afternoon of talks with her Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, to say "don't count your chickens before they hatch," when asked when the treaty, intended to radically slash US and Russian offensive nuclear arsenals, would be ready for signing. 167 diggsOn the one hand, if the Teabaggers are right, the health care bill will tear apart the very fabric of our freedom, throwing able-bodied citizens into forced labor camps and euthanizing everyone over 40. On the other hand, I've always wondered what soylent green tastes like. 104 diggsBlasting humans into the unforgiving vacuum of space is cool and all, but do you really expect us to buy into it without snazzy poster art? NASA's thinking exactly. Blasting humans into the unforgiving vacuum of space is cool and all, but do you really expect us to buy into it without snazzy poster art? NASA's thinking exactly. 95 diggsMarch Madness is here, officially! 226 diggsMeet a man that is obsessed with giving ladies some lovin'...as long as they have a bun in the oven. 233 diggsIs Digg defining a new direction for the curation economy? And could the new site help us cope with information overload? 159 diggsAnd you thought "Fear Factor" was bad. Zone Xtrême is reality TV taken one step further: the contestants, when they get answers wrong, are zapped with an electric shock. It is, in essence, a repeat of the famous 1960s experiments by Yale psychologist Stanley Milgram, who was studying people's obedience to authority. 362 diggsIt can't be good news for YouTube's $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit when plaintiff Viacom unearthed one YouTube founder telling another: "'jawed, please stop putting stolen videos on the site." But YouTube says that Viacom itself paid 18 different marketers to upload material to YouTube... and from Kinko's, no less. 156 diggsCheech Marin and Tommy Chong may be most famous for their weed-a-riffic movies, but there's a lot about the stoner duo that you probably don't know. 249 diggsProving you've been denied a job or laid off to make way for younger, cheaper workers isn't easy. The byproduct of a Supreme Court decision has increased the burden of proof to win, too. The recession just got tougher for those over 40. 172 diggsCAR-MAKER McLaren has unveiled its new supercar, designed to bring Formula 1 know-how to the road. 95 diggsA woman accused of strangling her daughter on a college campus apartment in Purchase, N.Y., told them she did it because the daughter was "disrespectful all the time," according to court papers. Police accounts filed with a murder indictment quote Stacey Pagli, 37, as saying that Marissa Pagli, 18, had "pushed my last button." 95 diggsThe Fed knew the risks, but didn't want to compromise growth. Guess who suffered? 153 diggsThe magical cloak featured in the Harry Potter series just took one step closer to reality. 109 diggsDeveloping countries often lack the appropriate infrastructure and trained personnel to enable lifelong learning or continuing education. Although broadband Internet is on the rise, it still requires a big funds investment. Currently the mobile infrastructure is the main access point for Internet communication ... 110 diggsIt's a safe bet that the millions of Americans who have recently changed their minds about global warming—deciding it isn't happening, or isn't due to human activities such as burning coal and oil, or isn't a serious threat—didn't just spend an intense few days poring over climate-change studies and decide, 153 diggsThe Federal Trade Commission has officially put companies on-notice. In a speech before an FTC roundtable yesterday, outgoing FTC Commissioner Pamela Jones Harbour called on Web services services like Yahoo!, Facebook and Hotmail to start using HTTPS/SSL encryption. 243 diggsThe 14th season premiere of Comedy Central's "South Park" was the most watched debut for the show since 1999. 152 diggsBefore Apple released the iPhone 3GS, a lot of people were hoping it would have ... 220 diggsPolice have mistakenly raided their home -----50 TIMES---- looking for crooks. Walter and Rose Martin said the NYPD have always been respectful and never crashed in, but...."I am fearful that if a no-knock warrant is issued with my address that my husband or I will end up having a heart attack," she wrote. 62 diggsThe turritopsis nutricula species of jellyfish may be the only animal in the world to have truly discovered the fountain of youth. Since it is capable of cycling from a mature adult stage to an immature polyp stage and back again, there may be no natural limit to its life span. 100 diggsOn Saturn's giant moon Titan, it is so cold that water is frozen as hard as granite. And yet there is a complete liquid cycle of methane and ethane. Scientists wonder whether there could also be life. 139 diggsThe FCC, determined to get good broadband data for the first time in its history, has rolled out Web, iPhone, and Android speed test apps, and it is contracting for a 10,000-home hardware measurement as well. Preliminary (and unscientific) results inside. The results? 155 diggsIn the last second your bodies each produced at least 1,500 sperm cells. Now researchers have unlocked just how this seminal feat is possible. 357 diggsShane Harris lays out the U.S. government's real-life efforts to see and hear more in the face of growing terrorist threats. He pays particular attention to Total Information Awareness, a post-9/11 research project spearheaded by John Poindexter, once President Reagan's national security advisor. 67 diggsWhile the United States is planning for alternative energy and considering a ban on offshore oil drilling, Russian oil platforms will go up in our backyard thanks to an offshore oil production deal with the Cuban government!! 369 diggsCrayons carved into the 12 symbols of the Chinese zodiac Artist Diem Chau usually works in porcelain, but she sometimes steps it up and uses crayons as her medium. This post has lots of photos showing her carvings of the 12 symbols of the Chinese zodiac. They're on exhibit at the Packer Schopf Gallery in Chicago. My favorite is the rat. 331 diggsVal Kilmer recently appeared at the SXSW premiere of MacGruber, and let’s just say he’s let himself go. 112 diggs 81 diggsAs most Twitter users know, a significant portion of the social network's value comes from all the interesting links that send users from one part of the Web to another. Market-research firm Hitwise recently decided to see where all those Twitter users go when they leave Twitter.com. The results, please... 95 diggsSend mobile notifications from your website to mobile phones by just adding a couple lines of code. You don't need to spend thousands of dollars to make your own iPhone app, you can simply use Notifo which is more than an App, but a mobile platform that any website can use to push notifications to users. 98 diggsBecause he's on a mission. 351 diggsWhat? Doesn't every boy dream of being a rock star with a rattlesnake-, bedpan- or pot leaf-shaped guitar? 121 diggsConnecticut State police on Friday announced an uncommon drug bust: a woman and her three sons accused of growing "magic mushrooms" in their home. The Richard family, police say, was producing mind-bending hallucinogens that are in the same class of illegal drugs as LSD and Ecstasy. 118 diggsOpen-source advocates at South By Southwest make a pretty convincing case that it could be sooner rather than later that the last closed-source Content Management System is developed. 210 diggsWhat? Why? How and WTF?!? are all valid questions you may have while browsing this gallery, questions, that we are unable and or unwilling to answer. A few of these questions however can be answered with the following answer: "Japan" 152 diggsFunny pic made by Mike DeHart from unitedcypher. 166 diggsModding artist, hardware sculptor and warranty wrecker, Ben Heck, told us that if the leaked Slim motherboard is legitimate, not only does he see no place for memory cards (lending even more credence to USB storage for data transfer), but he dropped on us the idea that it may also have an internal hard drive. 174 diggsThe latest proposal will cost $940 billion over 10 years, a cost that will be fully paid for according to budget estimates. Here's a look at how. 95 diggsUltimately, however, your health is your responsibility. Because physicians can't read your mind, it's your responsibility to take steps to get the most out of your visit. Here are 24 tips to maximize the time and results of your doctor's office visit. 156 diggsThose deadly alien hunters are back and they're even more badass than we remember. 201 diggsA new method for sustainable pest control using “super-sexed” sterilized male insects to copulate with female in the wild is being developed by agricultural researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The scientists are hoping to provide a new way of eliminating pests without the use of chemicals. 245 diggs The Fisherman's Friends have signed with Universal Music - whose roster includes Lady Gaga, Amy Winehouse and Take That - for an estimated Stg1 million ($1.66 million), news reports said........ 110 diggsAfter taking several different subscription services for a test-drive, however, I found that they provide a good — but still very flawed — experience. Here are five reasons why: 333 diggsA popular misconception is that dogs age 7 years for each calendar year. In fact, canine aging is much more rapid during the first 2 years of a dog's life. After the first 2 years the ratio settles down to 5 to 1 for small and medium breeds. For large breeds the rate is 6 to 1, and for giant breeds the rate is 7 to 1. Thus, at 10 years of age... 265 diggsCheck out the bar graph below to see where he ranks. (And nerds, before you go crying foul over the lack of Boba Fett ... come on, he got knocked into a pit by a blind guy and then eaten by said pit.) 126 diggsGoogle's upcoming set top box has great pedigree: It's Android-based OS, Sony and Intel are building the guts and design and Logitech doing what Logitech does best (input devices). So please, please, please don't screw this up. 220 diggsHer scientific name is Homo floresiensis, her nickname is "the hobbit," and the hunt is on to prove that she and the dozen other hobbits since discovered are not a quirk of nature but members of a distinct hominid species. 135 diggsThere's more to spring-cleaning than tossing out stained tees and moldy leftovers. Your mind could use freshening up. Maybe your relationships, too. 130 diggsABC has snagged CNN's chief international correspondent, Christiane Amanpour, to take over as anchor of its Sunday Beltway show, "This Week." 133 diggsMidge Hough makes a touching appeal to Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-IL) to stop blocking HCR. Midge lost her 24 year old daughter, Jenny and her unborn baby after they were not able to get health insurance because pregnancy is considered a 'pre-existing condition'. Dems who are wavering about HCR need to remember this bill is pro-life by definition. 221 diggsTonight, Jon Stewart opened The Daily Show with what was probably one of his greatest segments ever: a complete and utter destruction of everything Glenn Beck stands for and propagates. And Stewart did it as Beck. Inside, the full segment. 128 diggsOh, man. Not only does this infographic show how modern time-delay grenades work, it actually walks you through a bit of the history of the handheld explosive. All while setting a new standard for stick figure abuse! 219 diggsThe premiere for season 6 – and thus broadcast season 7 – is scheduled for 24 June, 2010 157 diggsIn recent months, protests over the severe illnesses caused by China's heavy industries have resulted in a crackdown on polluters. Leading the charge has been the state-run media, which the central government is now using to gain control over corrupt local authorities and powerful commercial enterprises. 348 diggsThe show sometimes seems custom made for HDTV viewers and PVR-pausers. 290 diggsMicrosoft's Bing is sharpening its knives over Google China's potential exit over the search-engine censorship issue, but so are the aggressive, ambitious companies Baidu, Tencent and Sohu.com 192 diggsHumor and what makes people laugh in general are very difficult qualities to quantify. Often, the very thing that makes Joe howl makes Jane groan (and maybe re-assess her opinion of Joe). It's that personal. 305 diggsMicrosoft really, really wants you to play in the Game Room a lot. There's less than a week left until it releases on March 24, so we'll see then if an enticement like this pays off. You'll get points every three medals, and even some points for just spending time in the arcade (36 hours total). 140 diggsA working replica of MIRI has just been shipped from the Science and Technology Facilities Council's Rutherford Appleton Laboratory to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Centre, bringing the Webb Telescope one small step closer to embarking on its journey into space where it will produce the sharpest images yet of the farthest depths of the cosmos. 123 diggsI am currently hip-deep in Final Fantasy XIII, and I can say with confidence that it has more Roman numerals than any Final Fantasy game I've ever played. 113 diggsIt was less than one year ago when acting U.S. DEA administrator Michelle Leonhart publicly declared that the escalating violence on the U.S.-Mexico border should be viewed as a sign of the "success" of America's drug war strategies. 118 diggsAs The Runaways hits theaters, a look back at 12 other pitch-perfect tributes to music legends 106 diggsThermal imaging, or infrared thermography, makes it possible for us to "see" the amount of heat given off by everyday household objects. In the image above, a tea bag is lifted out of a hot cup of tea. The colours show temperature variation. The temperature scale runs from white (warmest) through yellow, orange, red, purple and black (coldest) 165 diggsMobile phones industry is developing with gigantic paces: now we are surrounded by such a variety of models that it is easy to get lost in them 220 diggsOfficials from both countries have discussed a deterrent-sharing scheme but Britain has so far opposed the idea
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