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September 2 2008 1 2 3624 diggsSweet! 301 diggsThese guys just had way too much time one their hands. 315 diggsThe ultimate collection of Google tips to help you find what you want - fast! 308 diggsMariners have long told of rare nighttime events in which the ocean glows intensely as far as the eye can see in all directions. Fictionally, such a "milky sea" is encountered by the Nautilus in Jules Verne classic "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea." 338 diggsIt will undoubtedly open another exciting chapter for the digital era.This is the electronic book - the same size as your average paperback, but with a 160-novel memory, promising to keep you reading for much longer. 172 diggsThe GNU Project was launched in 1984 to develop a complete Unix-like operating system which is free software: the GNU system.GNU's kernel wasn't finished, so GNU is used with the kernel Linux. 227 diggsSpeaking to VG247, Sony worldwide studios boss Shuhei Yoshida has predicted that Media Molecule blue-sky platformer LittleBigPlanet will be the biggest PS3 game this year on a global level. “LittleBigPlanet is going to be the biggest title for Sony in all markets this year,” he said. Yep. That includes Japan. 339 diggsTIME photographer Callie Shell gets behind the scenes for the candidate's big night at Invesco Field with some amazing photos. 388 diggsThere is something quite unsettling about being turned on by a girl who could kick seven shades out of you. 429 diggsChristian-right leaders and conservative stalwarts have praised the decision of Bristol Palin, the daughter of Governor Sarah Palin, to carry her child to term. She is 17 and conceived this child out of wedlock. Now imagine she wasn't the daughter of a prominent Republican politician but an average person. Now imagine she was black. 144 diggsEA has been losing money for six quarters. This new game had better be good. 241 diggsFollowing on from the IFPI-inspired Italian blockade of The Pirate Bay, the MPAA’s President has been in Italy offering ideas on how to deal with the ‘problem’ of unauthorized file-sharing. Not wanting to flirt too much with originality, Robert Pisano is backing a 3 strikes-and-you’re-out policy. Just how far will the Italian government go in its c 124 diggsThe Rosetta spacecraft control room is buzzing with anticipation as Rosetta closes in on asteroid 2867 Steins. The fly-by timeline includes a series of critical events, culminating with closest approach - expected at 20:58 CEST, 5 September 2008. 117 diggsWomen over 50 are loving their age. Here are 50 great things about being over 50. 307 diggsHistory books tend to be kind to American presidents, often overlooking some pretty dick-ish behavior. It's a pretty tough job, so they probably deserve a break once in a while. But some historical anecdotes seem like they were omitted to avoid classrooms full of weeping, terrified children. In fact, it turns out that even the greatest presidents h 125 diggsWith a bump in sales, the LP is reliving a little of its glory days. 141 diggsPreviously unseen footage of screen icon Marilyn Monroe, taken while she was filming the 1959 hit Some Like It Hot, has been discovered in Australia. 183 diggsHe has done nothing but peddle miracle mops, chamois cloths, kitchen choppers and hundreds of other products ever since. Mays first worked for International Housewares, which in the '50s basically pioneered the form, content and style of the gadget pitch that would later evolve into the TV infomercial. 380 diggsVideo showing that the Alaska Independence Party was Palin's first political love, and that she switched to the GOP for tactical reasons -- to be viable in her run for elected office. 379 diggsIt's finally happened: The Dark Knight broke the $500 million barrier this weekend like a giant man in a well-armored, bat-themed outfit smashing through a skylight that just happens to be well-placed above a crime in progress. But what does that actually mean in the real world? We consider some possible implications. 433 diggsThe Intrade prediction market has opened trading on whether "Sarah Palin [is] to be withdrawn as Republican VP nominee before 2008 presidential election." At 8:55 am, Tuesday morning, the market is selling the prediction at 18 a share and rising. That means 18 percent of traders think Palin will be removed. 626 diggsIf a small-town mayor ever ruled with an iron fist — it was Palin. Eleven days after taking office in 1996, she mailed letters to each of the city’s top managers requesting that they resign as a test of loyalty. 336 diggsI was tempted to lead off with Porky Pig, but after Joe Biden’s public confession last week during the Democratic National Convention, it seemed timelier to kick off the list with him. 188 diggsChinese researchers have unveiled details of Godson-3, a scalable microprocessor with four cores (work in parallel) that they hope will bring personal computing to most ordinary people in China by 2010, with an eight-core version in development. 662 diggsAmerica asked Barack Obama about science, and Obama answered. Though unable to convince Obama and John McCain to engage in a full-blown science debate, ScienceDebate2008 winnowed 3,400 member-submitted questions down to 14 key challenges facing candidates and the country. Here are Obama's answers. 443 diggsColor film was non-existent in 1909 Russia, yet in that year a photographer named Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii captured hundreds of photos in full, vivid color. His photographic plates were black and white, but he had developed an ingenious photographic technique which allowed him to use them to produce accurate color images. 219 diggsOn October 4th 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I; it became the first manmade object to orbit the Earth. In celebration of Sputnik’s fiftieth anniversary, Andrew Impey’s compiled some of the more bizarre objects to be fired into the great beyond. (click on the links for the inside story) 147 diggsEverywhere in nature, biologists say, are examples of animals behaving as though they were at least vaguely aware of death’s brutal supremacy and yet unpersuaded that it had anything to do with them. Researchers have determined that elephants deserve their longstanding reputation as exceptionally death-savvy beings 234 diggsAfter the iPhone 3G launch, consumers want the original, hackable iPhone, and vendors are springing up to sell them—for a premium 327 diggsThat’s a stone cold fact. You heard it here first. Why are we so sure that Johnny Depp will play The Riddler in Batman 3? Because Johnny Depp recently briefly mumbled something desperately ambiguous about it possibly being quite fun to maybe play The Riddler during a local radio interview with his band. He's got a band?? 268 diggsToday's 20-something guys are less likely to read a newspaper, attend church, vote for president or believe that people are basically trustworthy, helpful and fair. The percentage of 26-year-olds living with their parents has nearly doubled since 1970. 110 diggsA powerful collision of galaxy clusters has been captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory. This clash of clusters provides striking evidence for dark matter and insight into its properties. 127 diggsThe unique moment was captured by a photographer at the Oltremare Aquarium at Riccione in Italy.Normally after a year-long pregnancy, captive dolphins give birth at night and away from the public gaze.But this Bottlenose dolphin unusually gave birth in broad daylight and close to a viewing window so that photographer had a grandstand view. 570 diggsAs the search giant pours open-source gasoline on the flames of a browser “war” and the next steps for cloud computing, is Google’s new software the sign of a digital transformation, or just a smarter window on the Web? 659 diggsAlready reeling from his hasty choice of Palin as VP pick, McCain and his campaign is trying to apply the breaks to any investigation into her Troopergate problems. The final report of the investigation was due right before the November election but panicked Republicans are throwing roadblocks in the way hoping to forestall the report post Nov 119 diggsA super-sophisticated space cube of technology - and this one isn't bent on our assimilation. That's probably because it's only five centimeters to a side, and Borg that you can hold in your hand aren't intimidating no matter how much they insist that "Size is irrelevant". 362 diggsComic books and graphic novels combine two things every designer aspires to meld: real meaning and pure, unadulterated eye candy. Here we introduce 20 of the best ever tuts on using Photoshop to create stunning comic-book style art. 412 diggsApple has sent out invites to a Special Event taking place on September 9, which is exactly one week for today. The invite features the iconic iPod silouette along with the tagline "Let's Rock." It will be taking place at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco—just down the street from the Moscone Center— at 10am next Tuesday. 133 diggsThe hundreds of herbal and vitamin concoctions promising to boost immunity and fight disease may leave you thinking that there's no limit to how strong the immune system can be. 980 diggsDon LaFontaine, the man who provided the sonorous voice for more than 5,000 movie trailers, died Monday at age 68.LaFontaine died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles of complications from a collapsed lung. He had been taken to the hospital Aug. 22 with a blood clot in the lung. 317 diggsIs it a coincidence that the introduction of high fructose corn syrup in the 1970's coincided with a marked rise in obesity in the United States? Thus, leading to speculations that there might be a causal connection between High Fructose Corn Syrup consumption and weight gain. 125 diggsLaFontaine's powerful tones appeared on more than 5,000 movie trailers and nearly 350,000 commercials. His website lists voiceovers for Terminator II: Judgement Day, Shrek, Minority Report and Dodgeball among his most famous work, and he had also worked as the in-house announcer at the Oscars and the Screen Actors Guild awards. 487 diggsThe Colbert Report featured an atheist lobbyist on Friday in the latest in a long line of segments exploring secularism. Here's that interview, followed by seven other classic heathenish clips from the show. 660 diggsHilarious and sounds real too! 278 diggsThree months before she was thrust into the national political spotlight, Gov. Sarah Palin was asked to handle a much smaller task: addressing the graduating class of commission students at her one-time church, Wasilla Assembly of God. 283 diggsSwedish researchers said Tuesday what women have suspected all along: that marital woes can often be attributed to men's genetic makeup, according to a study linking a common male gene to relationship problems. 386 diggsSometimes you just need some time to yourself -- to hit a museum, get drunk in the afternoon or play Wii all night without the sound of your boss's voice ringing in your ears. 375 diggsWith the help of an ex-Army captain, Charlie Northfield, 48, fled the capital Banjul and then evaded a series of police check points as he made an audacious dash through the West African jungle for the Senegalese border. He shaved off his hair and beard to evade authorities and hid in a series of vehicles on the 125-mile journey... 248 diggs[PIC--Not For Squeamish] Victims of African Civil War. Woman & her Child. Forced to choose between remaining in homes-huts & being burned by rebels or fleeing & being shot by them as they leave. Part of graphic gallery by terrific photographer whose pics are disturbing & at same time, in some cases, vividly beautiful. 131 diggsFor anyone who has seen "Smokey and the Bandit" or watched "Hee Haw" as a kid, you know and love Jerry Reed. RIP. 1653 diggsGoogle Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier. 130 diggsOnce in a while, when the light and the angles are just right, a skyscraper can come close to vanishing. That happened last Thursday, when the 52 floors of 7 World Trade Center faded into the cloud-flecked blue of a late summer afternoon. Its masonry neighbors (140 West Street and 90 West Street) stood out in contrast. 278 diggsSpore is arriving more than a year late, which EA attributes to the need to polish the game and work on features such as social networking. And besides development work, the company has been grappling with a tough marketing task: explaining what Spore is all about. 287 diggsAlthough everyone in Hollywood says that Fox only wants a cut of the money by suing Warner Bros. to stop its Watchmen movie, Fox doesn't seem to be on the same page. Now, the studio has gone on record as saying that it only wants to stop Warner's movie from ever getting released, and now 254 diggsI'm a huge fan of Line Rider, that's probably pretty obvious by now, and you regular readers probably know that I'm also a reluctant fan of the iPhone. So I was pretty psyched this morning when I saw that the inXile folks will br bringing their version of Line Rider to both the iPhone and iTouch for an absurdly low $3. 343 diggsCities are already buying these vehicles because they reduce fuel costs and air pollution, but as the buses generate more power and manage it better with onboard computers, San Francisco and other trailblazing cities could become models for a model for the hidden power of mass transit to disaster-prone urban centers like New Orleans, which has only 197 diggsListening to these songs will never be the same again. 333 diggs 305 diggsRepublican presidential candidate John McCain says his vice presidential pick, Sarah Palin, was already an experienced government official while his Democratic rival, Barack Obama, was working as a community organizer. She wasn't. Palin was finishing college when Obama was directing a church-based community group on Chicago's South Side. 331 diggsAP photographer Matt Rourke was covering the protest when he was swept up by police moving in on a group of protesters in downtown St. Paul. Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman was arrested as she asked police in riot gear about the status of two producers who had been arrested, one of whom she had heard was bleeding. Rourke still held on riot charges. 283 diggsThe Geological and Environmental Sciences Professor has invented a new type of cement that is carbon neutral—a huge innovation for a material whose production process normally spews vast amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere. 352 diggsNEW YORK (AP) -- Oil prices plunged to the lowest level in five months Tuesday, falling to within sight of $100 a barrel on signs that Hurricane Gustav only grazed U.S. energy infrastructure in the Gulf of Mexico. 530 diggsMcCain campaign did not know that both Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and her husband Todd Palin were long-time members of the Alaska Independence Party which promotes Alaska seceding as one of the United States and becoming it's own country! 407 diggsYesterday, Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) campaign spokesman Tucker Bounds appeared on CNN for an interview with Campbell Brown. Brown was tough on Bounds, refusing to let him spout typical campaign talking points. She repeatedly pressed him on Palin’s foreign policy experience and qualifications, asking him to name one decision that she made as command 457 diggsSince a browser is the linchpin of Web activity — the framework for our searching, reading, buying, banking and porn consumption — this is huge step that needed to wait until Google had come of age. Chrome is an explicit attempt to accelerate the movement of computing off the desktop and into the cloud — where Google holds advantage. 185 diggsWikipedia is an undeniably helpful resource for researching bands, with fairly accurate data that tends to be updated in near real time. Amazon hopes the same sort of thing will happen on its new SoundUnwound site, which borrows a page from Wikipedia's playbook by allowing users to edit information about any band, label, album or song. 286 diggsCritics who say the world's largest atom-smasher could destroy the world have brought their claims to courtrooms in Europe and the United States - and although the claims are likely to get further consideration, neither court will hold up next week's official startup of the Large Hadron Collider. 207 diggsThe final piece of the proposed concept art for the film based on the book by Eric Nylund 449 diggsThe Washington Post reports that in 2007, Alaska's division of corporations filed a "certificate of involuntary dissolution" against Anchorage Car Wash, LLC, in which the Palins between them held a 40% stake. 186 diggsRed band trailer for Kevin Smith's film that recently went from NC-17 to rated R thanks to an appeal. Looks hilarious... and sexual. Star Wars porn is genius. 214 diggs"Democracy Now!" host Amy Goodman questioned St. Paul's police chief this morning about why police arrested her and two of her program's producers Monday. 289 diggsEver heard of Michael Lee White? Chances are that you haven’t. Unless, that is, you happen to watch the Russian TV news, where Michael Lee White has recently played a starring role. Or more specifically his passport has, in a mysterious case that seems to come straight out of the Cold War. 238 diggsDisputes over line calls used to be one of the main joys of tennis—this, after all, is John McEnroe's game. But fans rarely see players explode in rage anymore. In high-profile matches (i.e., those broadcast on TV), human umpires have largely been replaced by a machine called Hawk-Eye 302 diggsWith its release of Chrome, Google is distributing a browser that will give the company direct access to the user, and more control over the data it gets. If Chrome catches on, the result would be a boon for Google's cash cow -- advertising. 392 diggsAdam Savage: "What I do see as a huge issue is a very anti-science vibe. That kind of attack absolutely is damaging science exploration across the whole country. And until we can get our head out of the sand and realize that science isn't about truth—it's why this debate about the 'theory of evolution' bugs the hell out of me." 316 diggsSo we're all getting pretty darned familiar with the arguments for and against biofuels. But what about bioplastics. Since we can, theoretically, do anything with corn that we can do with petroleum, wouldn't it be better to do it with corn? 162 diggsBecause punishing ignorant teenage girls is always the best policy! 179 diggsCapably demonstrating Richard Cohen’s thesis that John McCain’s VP pick was an elaborate ruse to force conservatives to make fools of themselves, neocon activist Frank Gaffney takes up the “Alaska is close to Russia!” argument for Gov. Sarah Palin’s foreign policy experience: 121 diggsTwo factors intervened to keep the storm from becoming a disastrous hurricane that would have devastated the U.S. Gulf Coast. 490 diggs"It's a continuation of something we started in the campaign," Paul told a news conference. "It was more or less something to satisfy the enthusiasm that had been built for the message." 198 diggsNow, it may be true that the bottom fifth is working fewer hours while the top fifth is working longer hours. The authors of the study in question claim no insight as to why this should be so and note that because the observed shift took place fully two decades ago, it "is not likely related to advances in communications technology... 155 diggsFor Mac users, one of the best pieces of news of the year was the announcement in January by Electronic Arts that it would be releasing a version of its long-awaited evolution game, Spore, on their beloved platform. 205 diggsMen like women who resemble dear old mom, and women like men who look like dear old dad, a computer analysis now shows. Scientists in Hungary investigated 52 university students and their parents. They also looked at the significant others of the volunteers and the parents of these significant others, for 312 faces total. 479 diggsGoogle's Chrome trounces Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Safari on speed tests for JavaScript, a key foundation for rich Web apps. 196 diggsThe story of developing BioShock is an epic one. It took a visionary to make the creative choices to guide the game, and an incredibly talented and hardworking team to bring that vision to life. 126 diggsYoung men who die suddenly after being arrested by the police may be victims of a new syndrome similar to one that kills some wild animals when they are captured. 443 diggsToday Google unveiled Chrome, an open-source web browser built for web apps. The release begs the question: What happened to its relationship with Mozilla, its Mountain View, Calif.-based neighbor and formerly close collaborator on Firefox, the open-source upstart trying (and to some extent succeeding) to take a piece out of Internet Explorer? 642 diggsThis new ad claims Obama and congressional Democrats plan to push forward "painful tax increases on working American families" and that they will bring about "years of deficits," "no balanced budgets" and "billions in new government spending." The ad is plain wrong about higher taxes on working families. 227 diggsThe motive isn't clear but sources say North Koreans likely are reassembling nuclear facilities at Yongbyon partly to protest the United States' delay in taking the country off its list of terrorist-sponsoring nations. 131 diggsThe spectacular new wing of London's Natural History Museum has been unveiled. The Darwin Centre Phase Two is designed around an iconic eight-storey "Cocoon", encased within a glass atrium. 342 diggsStalin acted ‘entirely rationally’ in executing and imprisoning millions of people in the Gulags, a controversial new Russian teaching manual claims. 298 diggsReferences to information at Wikipedia have shown up in various inappropriate places, from homework assignments to college term papers. But there's one place that it seems everyone can agree that it doesn't belong: the US court system. 288 diggsRussian and/or Soviet propaganda & advert posters [1917-1991] 282 diggsDetermined, at least for the moment, to avoid even a hint of replicating the forced withdrawal in 1972 of Vice Presidential nominee Thomas Eagleton, Republicans here are uniformly claiming that absolutely no one - except the press - has discussed, mentioned or even hinted at the possibility that John McCain may have to bump Sarah Palin 103 diggsOnly a handful of sunspots have marred the Sun's face during all of 2008 � the next 'breakout' will reveal how active the new solar cycle will be 198 diggs Paul blasted the government for what he considered overstepping its boundaries in many areas, including foreign policy, education and taxation.The crowd applauded feverishly when Paul said the country should do away with the Federal Reserve System. 239 diggsShit, shit, shit! 412 diggsISPs have long complained about the fantastic amount of traffic consumed by P2P users. The network providers have never been keen on having their bandwidth hit so hard, especially when much of P2P's bandwidth—let's face it—consists of copyright-infringing material. 63 diggsthis is called buggy rollin'. 243 diggsThere's no question what the word stands for and it's used gleefully, as many as 20 times in some episodes. The word is showing up everywhere -- on T-shirts, in sit-coms, best-selling novels and regular conversation. The word is insinuating its way into popular vocabulary for a simple reason. You can't get in trouble. It's a made-up word. 89 diggsForget those assholes, help me. 602 diggsBrickner, [Palin's church leader] also described terrorist attacks on Israelis as God's "judgment of unbelief" of Jews who haven't embraced Christianity. Palin was in church that day and did nothing. 423 diggsoogle launched its first foray into the browser wars today with the official release of Chrome, a new open source web browser that aims to push forward Internet innovation and elevate user expectations. Although Chrome is still a bit light on features, it is surprisingly polished and has an assortment of highly promising capabilities. 268 diggsBefore Senator John McCain delivers his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention on Thursday, Senator Barack Obama will make a marquee appearance of his own. Call it counter-intuitive. He will appear on "The O'Reilly Factor" on Fox News Channel. 104 diggsVanity Fair has unveiled its annual list of the world's 100 most powerful and influential people, what the magazine calls "the New Establishment", and topping the table for the first time is Vladimir Putin, according to reports.
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