Google Desktop Sidebar now has Purpose: A Digg Plugin!

A new digg.com plugin for the recent google desktop sidebar has been released. It reads the ten most recent stories from the homepage. Nice features like auto-refresh every five minutes. Finally a use for the sidebar other than weather!

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Tiger Secrets: System Settings

A handy guide to some not-so-well-known system settings on Tiger, for all of the Mac geeks out there.

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Tractor Beam Technology

A "tractor beam" that can reach out, trap and move objects has been developed by British scientists.

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Rebirth Synthesizer Software Free

Propellerhead Software, makers of Reason, have discontinued development of their Rebirth synthesizer simulator software. It is now downloadable for free.

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We've started fire with ice... now how about a bag of water?

It's time for the next step.

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How Apple Will Deal With The Intel Sticker

The Dreaded Intel sticker will be put on macs.. this is how apple users deal with it.

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Find what mpg your car gets.

Cool government website showing cars mpg and prices annually. Check out what your car "should" get.

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Survive a Fall From 35,000

Admit it: You want to be the sole survivor of an airline disaster. You aren't looking for a disaster to happen, but if it does, you see yourself coming through it. Let's say your jet blows apart at 35,000 feet. You exit the aircraft, and you begin to descend independently. Now what?

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Get Rounded Corners Without Images using CSS

Quite an old article but quite cool. Shows you how to get the nifty curved corners of content/nav boxes popularized by sites such as Blogger/Digg without the use of images.

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NPR Now Offers 130 Podcasts!!!

This link is not new on Digg, but the content has been updated. NPR now has 130 podcasts available on its site. Popular shows such as Whad'Ya Know? with Michael Feldman, The Motley Fool, All Songs Considered, and the daily news summaries are now available for download.

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Dude 24Mbps broadband is here!

This is sweet I guess we are heading into the right direction. faster file-sharing I suppose!

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Microsoft learns from their mistakes with Xbox360 security

(bottom of page) It's looking doubtful that the Xbox360 will develop the same homebrew scene that the Xbox has enjoyed through the use of modified security code. A Microsoft spokesperson claims that this time around, they worked for two years developing an uncrackable security system. Will Andrew "Bunnie" Huang rise to the occasion again?

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Winamp 5.1 *OFFICIALLY* released

Yes, folks. This is NOT a hoax. Winamp 5.1 is now at winamp.com

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The "Perfect" iTunes EQ setting.

I got this off of a "OS X tips" site, but this can also apply to Windows users. It's the right amount of bass, mid and highs that doesn't result in a very flat or abrasive sound. Give it a try.

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Wealth of new Xbox 360 information is revealed!

Everything from hardware to the new dashboard discussed and uncovered.

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Build a robot or twenty

A brief primer on what you need to know to build a robot. Good selection of links to services, apps, kits, and other resources. You can pretty much build anything you want these days, what with the internet and all.

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Best Buy's Perfect "SECRET" To Screw You!

(I recieved this in an email from a friend that currently works at Best Buy. He made a copy up at the logistics counter of his store and emailed it to me verbatim. Being a past employee myself, I would have to say that this is right along the lines of Best Buy's 'tactics')

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The most accurate broadband Speed Test on the internet.

The most accurate broadband Speed Test on the internet. Very easy to use. DSL, Cable, Dial Up, you name it, this one test covers them all. Results appear on the screen in a easy to understand format

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TRUE hi-res photos of Katrina

I have seen several stories about "high resolution" photos of Katrina. This is a real high resolution photo, 6200x8000 pixels. It's one of several photos of Katrina located in this gallery http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/

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Amazing (Time-Lapse) Hurricane Videos Shot From Space

Download QuickTime Movies of Hurricanes growing, rampaging and dying... All shot from the comfort of space.

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Gmail trick to getting free stuff... fast!

Have one of those givaways where you need diffrent email addresses to get another one? Gmail's got the hack. (Yes it my blog, but its orignal content! I hope..)

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Calculate Your Life Expectancy

Academics Dean Foster and Lyle Ungar at the University of Pennsylvania created a mortality calculator. Answer some questions about your lifestyle and family health history, and the calculator gives you an estimate for how long you will live.

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Scientists growing human lungs for transplant

Scientists have successfully converted human embryonic stem cells into lung cells, taking a first step towards building human lungs for transplantation.

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PS3 Game Pricing Revealed

The owner of Famitsu Magazine kicks us all in the balls by revealing the price range of PS3 games at the CESA Developers Conference in Japan. Holy crap are they expensive. :(

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Hurricane Katrina Slideshow

Here's a slideshow showing some of the devastation and destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina. It's absolutely sad. I grieve for all the families who have something...to everything in this storm. You're all in our prayers.

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Winamp v5.1 Leaked!!

Changelog:Winamp 5.1 Surround Edition * New: CodingTechnologies AACPlus encoder! The MP3 Killer! Awesome at low bitrates too! * New: Grand Prize Winner of the Internet Surround Music Project! KAJE - Hey Buddy (featuring Afrika Bamb......& more

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Apple poised to break 'major news'

Apple is preparing a major announcement next week, dropping hints of something as critical to the company's future as the release of the original iPod in 2001.

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Idea for Digg.com: Similar Articles

There is an abundance of links in comments, and stories that aren't quite duplicates but are very similar in topic. Perhaps there could be a 'similar articles' section on the side each article's page; it would thus be easy to quickly click to articles that are related to the subject.

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Great "IPTV" show listings website

This is a great website that lists many (if not all) of the "IPTV" shows available.. 27 shows as of this digg, the site lists updates on new show episode releases.. you can also subscribe to the sites news feed via RSS and be informed of when a new show episodes are out.. A great reference website for all the "bitcast" tv shows out there!

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Google Talk quietly updates itself to 1.0.0.66

It seems that Google Talk has the ability to update itself. My Google Talk restarted itself unexpectedly just now. The version number has increased from 1.0.0.64 to 1.0.0.66, and I still don't see any way of turning off the auto-update option in the new version.

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9 Days until Firefox 1.5 Beta

The lockdown for �Firefox 1.5 Beta 1� will occur at 11:59pm on Tuesday, Sept 6 in preparation for release on Thursday, Sept 8.

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ShrinkTo5 Nice Open Source DVDShrink replacement

ShrinkTo5 has been developed as a cross-platform engine available for free for anyone. To ensure a fast spreading to other platforms ShrinkTo5 is distributed as open-source. Still in development and it's open.

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Unbelievable Satellite Image of Hurricane Katrina (High Resolution )

Here's a remarkable image of hurricane Katrine from a satellite view. It's really an amazing view.

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US Air Force's teleportation study

Military examines 'beaming up' data, people Critics say its extreme computing, energy needs keep teleportation unlikely for now

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OpenOffice.org v2 Beta 2 Released

This is our second beta of OpenOffice.org 2.0. That means it probably has bugs; use caution. Download, test it out, and file bug reports with the QA Project. Note: If you are downloading the Windows version to test, please ensure that you obtain the file that includes the latest date, e.g., 050828.

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Magic Sand (Hydrophobic Sand)

Simply this is sand that will avoid water and water will not "stick" to the sand. Column like structures are formed when this sand is poured into water, this is so it minimizes the contact with the water. The sand will remain dry when in water. Take a look at the video to get a good idea of what its all about.

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Boycott RIAA using RIAA Radar

Everyone knows about RIAA and their ways, but boycotting them without any help is impossible! Fortunately, this website will help you learning which artists is directly or indirectly affiliated with the Recording Industry Association of America...

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Modding the Xbox in 10 Minutes

In-depth, specific and, most imporantantly, easy to follow guide to modding your Xbox in under ten minutes without even opening it up.

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Welcome to the real-time HTML editor!

Type HTML in the textarea above, and it will magically appear in the frame below.

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Revolution Unveiling Dated!

On September 16th Satoru Iwata will unveil the controller, a detailed outline of the hardware and exactly how the system will work. After that, several games will be demonstrated on the machine, headlined by Mario 128. nintendo rules, ps3/xbox360 can suck it!!! alert the masses

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Starry Night 1.5 Gigapixel Image!

This image is a photomosaic of the famous painting 'Starry Night'. The image is made with over 210.000 tiny photographs and a total size of over 1.500.000.000 points in other words it is a 1.5 Gigapixel Image. Click over the image (Zoom In) until you start to see the tiny images.

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Microsoft Leaks New Ergonomic 4000 Keyboard

Finally! An ergonomic keyboard from MS that has the Insert/Delete in the right place!

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Me as a graphic!

Want a custom caricature of yourself? Or of anyone for that matter of fact? You can now get an icon developed based on the picture provided by you for as little as $15…real good fun thing for the boss's birthday don't you think?

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Apple seals deal with Cingular

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple and Cingular have finally settled on an agreement that will have the carrier offering the Motorola ROKR music phone by the holiday season.

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Firefox Memory Leaks - Fix!

So if you've used Firefox you've probably noticed that it suffers from what can be described as a fairly harsh "memory leak". This is how you fix this "memory leak" problem. (It's not actually a leak, it just doesn't flush the cache it has.)

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"Coming soon to a Wal-Mart near you."

Robert Iger, CEO-elect of The Walt Disney Co., recently suggested the day could come when a DVD is released while the movie is still in theaters.

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Coffee Is Good For You

Study finds that coffee has several health benefits. Good news for all us coffee drinkers.

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CNN Weatherman Loses His Cool

This is a video of a CNN weatherman that loses his cool while covering Hurricane Katrina. Things seem a little "tense" for him.

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Free Video Editor / Compositor / Chroma Keyer

"ZS4, the new incarnation of Zwei-Stein, is an advanced video editing and compositing program with over 100 built-in video effects. It runs on Windows, Linux and OSX and is free for personal use. ZS4 is still in the alpha stage. Please help us progress by posting your feedback in the forum."

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NEW Google Earth 3.0.0529 Beta (August 26, 2005)

A new BETA version of Google Earth is now available as of August 26, 2005. (Minor Bug Fixes!)

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100 Most Annoying questions asked in a job interview

If you have ever been through a job interview, chances are you have been asked at least 4 of these questions. My personal favorite is #2.

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I'm the iPod girl

THE dancer whose silhouette has helped sell millions of iPods admitted yesterday: "I can't afford to buy one."

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List of Windows XP Commands

This site has a decent size list of Windows XP command prompt commands. Check it out!

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Lots of hacking videos / tutorials

Pretty good collection; couple of dead links but enough working links to make it worth checking out.

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Free Paper from HP

Just tell them where to send it.

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100 Terabytes on 3.5-inch Digital Data Disk

Nanotechnology will give us more space on a a small disc than we will ever need.

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The Innards of an Xbox 360

Come on, now. What's more exciting than looking inside a next-generation console? Not much, eh? I thought as much. Nerd.

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Overclocking Yourself

Late nights? Early mornings? Let's see if we can't get a bit more out of that v1.0 body of yours.

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Become a Photoshop Expert

Short list of online Photoshop Tutorial sites

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Systm & The Broken - Episode 004 Announced by Rev3

Rev3 CEO posts "Just FYI, message received. We'll see if we can put something together. Working on two episode fours right now, so stay tuned."

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CommandN episode #12

Amber & Jeff chat about Google Talk, the PSP firmware update, YouTube.com and more! Special DVD camcorder review by Brian McKechnie.

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Fill up your gas now!

Oil is going to take a huge jump tomorrow due to Katrina. There are a few refineries in the area where the hurricane is going to hit, most have already been shutdown also. We could see $70+ per barrel this week yielding gas price hikes nationwide.

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Slashdot Dead?

Seems the servers over at Slashdot are down

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Open Source Photo-Realistic Sky Generator in Real Time!

Stellarium is an open source desktop planetarium for Linux/Unix, Windows and MacOSX. It renders the skies in realtime using OpenGL, which means the skies will look exactly like what you see with your eyes, binoculars, or a small telescope. Stellarium is very simple to use, which is one of its biggest advantages: it can easily be used by beginners.

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Kevin Rose demystifies digg.com on the techPhile podcast

Kevin Rose joins Frank Linhares on the techphile podcast to talk about all things relating to digg.com. Kevin explains all of the technology behind digg, the people involved, and who the hell Jeremiah is and why digg.com is registered in his name.

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Watch Local Coverage of Hurricane Katrina

Local news channel WWL Channel 4 has a live web cast with coverage of the storm that will probably destroy New Orleans.

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MTV.com requires IE....

I never thought I'd see a "get IE" button...

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PS3 release on March 15, 2006

Amazon.com France has listed the PS3 for preorder with a price tag of 399 Euros, or around $492, and a release on March 15,2006. That is expensive and I can't wait that long!

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The 46 Best Freeware utilities EVER!!!

Here are the best freeware utilities ever made. it even includes fire fox. And a free spy-ware remover.

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Access your iTunes library via WiFi on your PSP!

Quick and easy 'how to' article on how to get any song from your iTunes library remotely on your PSP wherever you are, via WiFi internet.

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New Orlean's fate decided on Sept. 11, 2001

Read this article published 4 years ago, on Sept. 11, 2001 at that, saying that if a Category 5 Hurricane ever hit New Orleans, it basically means "No More Mardi Gras". Hello Hurricane Katrina, goodbye New Orleans.

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Sony making a PSP Web Portal

MAKE found this site, engineered with mobile versions of websites and demo videos of new games, the layout optimized for the PSP screen. The title of the site: "Test Page - Replace once site is working". See for yourself.

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"It's a miracle: mice regrow hearts". It should work for humans as well!

"SCIENTISTS have created "miracle mice" that can regenerate amputated limbs or damaged vital organs, making them able to recover from injuries that would kill or permanently disable normal animals"

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UPDATED: Live Louisiana Hurricane Katrina Coverage

The first link has gone down (the station closed the French Quarter studio and moved to Baton Rouge at Louisiana State University), so here is a new link. Should open directly into Windows Media Player.

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Linux 2.6.13 is Released

After 2 months, a new release of Linux is out.

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New Orleans web cams

Not to be a ghoul, and I do certainly hope and pray that everyone stays safe through Hurricane Katrina. That being said, if you're interested in seeing the fury of mother nature first hand, here are some working web cams in the area.

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