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September 3 2008 1 2 3 491 diggsA couple of questions Businessweek.com had a chance to ask Sergey Brin, Google’s cofounder and president of technology, after the demo at the Googleplex today. I had trouble with editing software, so there’s a piece of a question before my two questions, then a couple more from other reporters. 282 diggsInvespBlog has published what it claims is an interview with a top Digg user - someone who has a 34% success ratio in getting submitted stories to the home page of Digg. The Digg user isn’t named - he or she says “I have a reputation to withhold” (we know what they meant). (It ain't Mr. BabyMan, for the record.) 912 diggsMore skeletons come out of Palin's closet. Since the McCain campaign apparently didn't even bother Googling Sarah Palin before picking her to join the Republican ticket, we've taken it upon ourselves to compile some important -- and terrifying -- revelations about Palin. 452 diggsWe know what you're thinking -- it's Windows Mobile 6.1 fool, we've got the developers kit already. True, but not the SDK that allows developers to create custom, interactive panels for the touchscreen QWERTY's Panel Interface. 221 diggsRip Van Winkle wakes up to find out that his only son grew up to become Vanilla Ice. He's not dealing with it well. 254 diggsThe world's first free-running world championships are taking place in London in the UK on Wednesday evening. One of the event's promoters, 'Ez', explains the history behind the sport and the aim of the contest. Among those competing and appearing in this clip are Cali, from France, Skipper, one of several representing the US and Sarge, from Mexico 305 diggs1938 underwater photography by Bruce Mozertom. 267 diggsSnow Leopard's across-the-board leap to 64-bits, from the kernel to all of its bundled apps, will do more than just make more memory available. It also exposes a great PC swindle and highlights Apple's lead in 64-bit computing. Here's why. 258 diggsAfter playing with it for a while, it’s too early to say that I’m blown away, but I must admit that I’ve stumbled onto some impressive feats which show that the team that built Chrome was intelligent, mature and forward-thinking. Here they are, in no particular order. 200 diggsThe Creative Artists Agency represents about 130 N.F.L. players. Among them are four of the first eight picks from April’s draft and four of the past five first-overall choices. 285 diggsFrom getting hitched to saving the environment, here’s proof you can still be a busybody long after you kick the bucket. 172 diggsUnder every video on YouTube, story on Digg or even right here on Cracked, there is a mini-culture that forms down in the comment section. The hit-and-run nature of the comments means it's fertile ground for some really annoying personalities to thrive. Here are the eight most obnoxious (and common) personality types. 187 diggsPakistan's top security officials on Wednesday were searching for clues that a "moderately important terrorist target" may have been hit when U.S. and/or NATO forces attacked three houses in a remote part of the country's border region with Afghanistan. 549 diggsScientists say atoms are the building blocks of life. But ask any 8-year-old, and he'll tell you the truth—LEGO blocks are the building blocks of life. Even before LEGO started grabbing the license to kid-friendly properties, kids were happy enough to build cities, medieval kingdoms, pirate coves and more. Here are the 10 greatest LEGO sets ever. 232 diggsWhile attendees at the Penny Arcade Expo didn't see much new from StarCraft 2, the demos given to the press and public sent a strong message: you will be getting more of what you love. 488 diggsLooks like the runner is related to Devin Hester or Barry Sanders. Either way, very embarrassing for the catcher. 415 diggsAfter a successful run on PBS with "Bill Nye the Science Guy," the multi-hyphenate comedian-TV host-science educator-mechanical engineer is now finding out how "Stuff Happens" on Planet Green's new half hour show. In it, Nye traces where the things we eat, wear, and use come from, and what impact that has on our entire planet. 229 diggsNow that technology is everywhere and ever evolving, people don’t know how to conduct themselves in public. The gizmos themselves are innocent, but the users are not. Here we list five gadgets that should be banned until people learn to use them. 670 diggsPalin fired the whole state Agriculture and Conservation board in July 2007, and replaced it with her loyalists. As a result, the dairy lost more money than it had in twenty years. The dairy, an Alaska icon, closed two months later. Millions of dollars in dairy equipment ended up, at a steep discount, in the hands of a local Palin ally. 437 diggsSwedish company Home Energy recently revealed an innovative wind turbine that spins in a spherical formation. 996 diggs 439 diggsThis week, Yahtzee hits the final frontier in search of a truly different MMO. Instead, he finds Eve. 410 diggsLooks like he still prefers IE8. 787 diggs 415 diggsWe've previously put the major browser releases to the speed test, but today we're measuring Chrome against the second beta of Internet Explorer 8, as well as the beta of Firefox 3's next iteration, 3.1. We tested tomorrow's browsers on startup and page-loading times, JavaScript and CSS performance 293 diggsThree times in recent years, the Arizona senator's lists of 'objectionable' pork spending have included earmarks requested by his new running mate. 796 diggsJohn McCain's campaign on Wednesday angrily called for an end to questions about Sarah Palin's background, calling it a "faux media scandal designed to destroy the first female Republican nominee" for vice president. 644 diggsOver five years since it began, the war in Iraq continues, but with some recent notable progress. Here are some scenes from around Iraq (and a couple from here in the U.S.) over the past several months. 254 diggsWith his choice of Sarah Palin -- the Alaska governor who has advocated drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and does not believe mankind is playing any role in climate change -- for vice president, John McCain has completed his makeover from the greenest Republican to run for president to just another representative of big oil. 147 diggsNew research from Telegeography only confirms what we've been saying for some time: the Internet backbone isn't drowning beneath any kind of exaflood. In fact, backbone capacity has grown faster than Internet traffic in the last year—for the second year in a row. 411 diggsMost of these signs are the creation of local and state governments that seem to lack the time or sophistication to make clear ones. Although these are the 10 most confusing traffic signs we could find, feel free to add photos and descriptions of awful signs you've found in your own travels. 504 diggsA new source comes forward w/this info: (this is consistent w/everything I've heard)iTunes 8 includes Genius, which makes playlists from songs in your library that go great together. Genius also includes Genius sidebar, which recommends music from the iTunes Store that you don't already have. [...] 316 diggsPassed by the Congress and signed by the president more than a month before Palin took office in December 2006, critics on both sides of the aisle deemed it a federal power grab 155 diggsKevin Smith may have won the war a few weeks ago when he successfully appealed his new film’s rating from an ‘NC-17′ to a commercially viable ‘R’, but he’s apparently lost the battle. The MPAA has officially rejected the new poster for Zack and Miri Make a Porno for its sexually suggestive imagery, and EW.com caught up with Smith to get his thought 418 diggsWhile we've seen countless story regarding children using Grand Theft Auto as their inspiration to do wrong, it's extremely rare that we see news about GTA being cited as a cause for good. It happened on August 27th around 9pm, as the Norris family of five was heading to Diamond, Illinois to visit relatives. Their 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee swerved o 313 diggsI just liberated a comic character. All hail freedom for the fictional! 250 diggsI have just found some applications that are so mind-numbingly useless but after playing with them for a while, I’m starting to enjoy them. These sort of applications probably gets ignored by most people but bear with me here, hang on to them and they might brighten your day or impress some friends! 381 diggsAlgae fuel is getting another boost with the announcement of a $3 million grant to create kerosene-based aviation fuel derived from the substance. 710 diggsWhat would Google do? 405 diggsA video that explains your options as an unskilled player. 698 diggsDilbert offers the best definition of management I've read so far. 339 diggsAs the debate over the teaching of evolution in public schools continues, a new controversy over the science curriculum arose Monday. Scientists from the Evangelical Center For Faith-Based Reasoning are now asserting that the long-held "theory of gravity" is flawed and they have responded to it with a new theory of Intelligent Falling. 263 diggsA pair of Modesto police officers who stopped to help a motorist Tuesday morning ended up helping the man's wife give birth to a baby boy, who was later named, Jesus. After the mother and baby were transported to the hospital, the two officers thought the logical next step would be to buy Jesus some gifts. =) 592 diggs 618 diggsNow, Google tells Ars that it's a mistake, the EULA will be corrected, and the correction will be retroactive. 526 diggsFrom incognito browsing and the streamlined download manager to URL highlighting and improved search, let's take a look at how you can bring some of Google Chrome's best features to Firefox. 76 diggsAfter being denied access to the stage at the Ripple Effect festival, a day-long event held today on the MN State Capitol's Upper Mall to promote non-partisan progressive politics in the shadow of the Republican convention, Rage picked up a megaphone and sorta said f-it, we're doing it live. Rage was supposed to be the surprise closer of the fest. 1455 diggs2 conservative commentators forget the Mic is still on, and get caught saying what they REALLY think about Sarah Palin..... 199 diggsWhat has happened is a clear evolution of a community that has grown up and produced intelligent, cutting-edge technologies with an eye on making computing faster, smarter and cheaper for corporate users. Companies like Openmoko are challenging the mobile device market with its notion that users should control what applications are installed. 376 diggsMozilla CTO and JavaScript creator Brendan Eich has posted the results of benchmarks which indicate that Firefox's new TraceMonkey JavaScript engine outperforms Google's new V8. 270 diggsSecurity guards break in their nightsticks on a banner-waving soccer fan running across the arena, prompting players and fans to storm the field and beat up the guards. Great justice. 163 diggsJohn McCain's presidential campaign is threatening a lawsuit against the National Enquirer over a print edition story the tabloid ran today alleging that Gov. Sarah Palin has had an extramarital affair with her husband's business partner. 110 diggsJason Choi tries to Ollie the famous Canadian Embassy 21 stair in Washington, DC. but can't quite stick the landing. Better luck next time! The guy had more stones than most to even try it. 161 diggsCitigroup Inc. will pay nearly $18 million in refunds and settlement charges for taking $14 million from customers' credit card accounts 302 diggs 226 diggsAlaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her Republican supporters held back little Wednesday as they issued dismissive attacks on Barack Obama and flattering praise on her credentials to be vice president. In some cases, the reproach and the praise stretched the truth. 232 diggs
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