Smart Girls Need Smart Porn

Violet Blue's new book inspires our columnist to search for the porn that best suits her tastes. The industry doesn't make it easy for an intelligent, female porn lover. Commentary by Regina Lynn.

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Media Transparency is Only Skin Deep

"Jeff Jarvis, (blogger and media critic), is a proponent of media transparency to bridge the gulf of credibility between journalists and the public" How can we trust journalists and what are the proper levels of transparency really?

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Syria Backs Hezbollah 100%

Syria said Israel and the United States "are trying to wipe out Arab resistance in every land under occupation"

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I Have A Plan To Destroy America

A true, fascinating speech by former Colorado Governor Richard D. Lamm on how to destroy America through multiculturalism. The audience sat spellbound as he described eight methods for the destruction of the United States.

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Missile, not drone, hit Israeli warship.

JERUSALEM - A missile fired by Hezbollah, not an unmanned drone laden with explosives, damaged an Israeli warship off Lebanon, the army said Saturday. "We can confirm that it was hit by an Iranian-made missile launched by Hezbollah. We see this as very profound fingerprint of Iranian involvement in Hezbollah," Nehushtan said

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Middle East Agendas: Any Chance for Peacemaking?

The flare-up in violence across Israel's border with Lebanon is a graphic reminder that none of the Middle East's individual conflicts can be isolated from the region's other flashpoints. Here's a quick look at the agendas of the various players in the latest conflict underscores the difficulty facing any would-be peacemaker...

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Lebanon calls for cease-fire under U.N.

BEIRUT, Lebanon - Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora called for a cease-fire under U.N. auspices Saturday, as Israeli warplanes hit central Beirut for the first time and smashed the Hezbollah leadership's main strongholds.Israel charges that Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards have 100 troops in Lebanon providing Hezbollah key support.

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Bush Will Be Given More Power to Eavesdrop With New Bill

The White House has brokered a deal with Congress that critics say gives it even greater flexibility to monitor phone calls electronically.

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Republican Senator Bashes Gays

After calling gays "the wrong kind of people," State Sen. Richard "Dick" Roeding continued his verbal barrage on homosexuals, calling a Republican group that advocates gay and lesbian rights "a bunch of queers."

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North Korea Immediately Rejects U.N. Sanctions

The U.N. Security Council unanimously passed a resolution Saturday demanding that North Korea suspend its missile program, and the North Korean ambassador immediately denounced the action.

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Antique Celestial Maps

A gallery of exquisitely detailed antique celestial maps. This particular atlas collection comprises a systematic display of the heavens in a series of thirty maps : illustrated by scientific description of their contents and accompanied by catalogues of the stars and astronomical exercises.

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Canadians may soon be able to drink their nicotine?

The distributor of a new type of bottled water that contains nicotine, the addictive agent in cigarettes, say the product may soon be coming to Canada.

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Sculpting Dreams With Sound

An artist, Luke Jerram, who has recently created the Sky Orchestra. Composed of seven hot air balloons each playing a different part of a musical score, he is releasing the balloons at dawn over different cities to see if they influence the sleep of local residents.

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Autism could affect twice as many children as previously believed

1 per cent of children in Britain are affected by the lifelong developmental disability that impairs the way people communicate with each other. More than three times as many boys as girls are affected.

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Heat Bearing Winds Are Melting Antartica

Heat-bearing westerly winds have picked up speed in the past 50 years are likely to be contributing to the melting of Antarctica's Larsen ice shelf, say scientists.

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First half of 2006 is warmest on record

WASHINGTON - The first half of the year was the warmest on record for the United States. The government reported Friday that the average temperature for the 48 contiguous United States from January through June was 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit, or 3.4 degrees above average for the 20th century.

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Lightscribe Adding Color?

The staff at TGDaily were flipping through the user's manual for one of their Lightscribe-equipped drives when they stumbled across a rather oblique mention of an upcoming color version of the current monochrome technology.

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Intel's New CPU Family Arrives!

Today Intel unveil their new Core 2 Duo or "Conroe" microprocessor family. OCAU have an in-depth review of the new high-end 2.93GHz X6800 and the 2.67GHz E6700, compared with the current top-flight Pentium D 955XE and AMD's A64 FX-62. Lots of info, loads of benchmarks and of course, some overclocking.

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Apple scores high marks in customer satisfaction

Apple Computer is among the top rated technology companies for customer satisfaction, according to a new report released by research firm Satmetrix Systems.

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Skype protocols opening up, ready or not.

Chinese programmers write their own Skype client, able to call directly to Skype. This means they reverse engineered the Skype cloud, the Skype session protocols, encryption, and negotiated the audio codec settings.

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Intel Core 2 Duo & Extreme Gaming Performance

HardOCP tests Intel's Core 2 Duo and Extreme using real-world gaming. Don't let a bunch of canned benchmarks lie to you about gaming performance, real gameplay experience tells a different story. Unless of course you game at 800x600.

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Library of free database models

The library includes hundreds of sample database schemas for tons of topics � ranging from �Airline Reservations� to �Organizations and People� to �Car Servicing� to �Pizza Delivery�.

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Stumbleupon picks up the pace

The application now has 1 million registered users from Mozilla Firefox, and next week, Stumbleupon will unveil a public version for Microsoft's Internet Explorer. All this comes months after receiving millions in venture capital.

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GoogleFi: Almost Live For Some

Google �s Mountain View WiFi network is ready to go, though not open to the public, but about 100 people are already starting to receive invitations to test the service. A few of the residents were saying that they could already see the SSID number when their computer searches for a WiFi signal. That made a Google spokesperson look a bit nervous.

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Paypal to open technology development center in Scottsdale, AZ.

The company plans on hiring 400, starting with about 100 product development, operations and infrastructure design, engineering, and support professionals. They already have a team on the ground.

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A design gallery just for logos

A well designed logo gallery that is described as "A Place To Fish For Ideas".

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Google sends blogger aspirin after complaining about Google headaches

After writing a blog post titled �Dear Google, You�re Giving Me a Headache�, Google sent the author a small pack of acetaminophen, with a message saying "I hope this helps you keep up with the many Adwords changes."

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Intel's New Core 2 Duo Processors Run Blazingly Fast in Tests

Tests show that PCs equipped with Intel's new Core 2 Duo processors, formerly code-named Conroe, set new high marks for desktop performance--they're the fastest we've seen by far. With this chip line, due to be formally launch on July 27 , Intel decisively reclaims the power desktop crown from competitor AMD.

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Messy iTunes library? go iEatBrainz!

This FOC program takes selected songs that have incorrect or missing information for Title, Artist or Album, and then uses the sound of each song to match it with the correct information maintained in the MusicBrainz Database (musicbrainz.org). Please contribute to musicbrainz however! This only works if cd information is contributed!

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Digg: Primary Way to find out Story in a Given Time Frame, CEO Jay Adelson

"Digg's approach is not to say, `Here's today's bit about entertainment.' Our approach is to say, `Within each category of news, here are what, in the last five minutes, people found interesting," says CEO Jay Adelson.

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IT Salaries - what do you get?

The IT workers respond... Where do you stand?

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Google Spreadsheets close to getting 'Charts' feature?

While the last update was good, this will truly help Google Spreadsheets become more of a competitor in the spreadsheet business.

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Will Printer Ink Ever be Cheaper?

"It �s somewhat of an open secret that the photofinishing industry relies on high-margin ink, toner and other supplies sales for profit. But consumers are starting to demand more for their money, according to a study announced today."

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Apple's Mac Pro to sport modified Power Mac enclosure (With Pics)

Contrary to published reports, Apple Computer does not plan to introduce new enclosures alongside its first Intel-based Mac Pro desktops and will instead employ only slightly modified Power Mac G5 casings, AppleInsider has learned. [INCLUDES ARTIST IMPRESSIONS]

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Make your own Web Photo Gallery � Japanese Way

It's an Awesome Flash based application. You can upload up to 20MB per month, and the uploading is very, very fast. After that you can tag the photos, add description, make some comments, choose your favorites entries/users and more.

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IT Careers in 2010: The IT Skills You'll Need

The skills required to land future technical roles in 2010 will be honed outside of IT. Some of these skills will come from artistic talents, math excellence or even a knack for public speaking -- producing a combination of skills not commonly seen in the IT realm.

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5 Tools To Bulletproof Firefox

Here are five essential tools for securing Firefox by disabling JavaScript and Flash, sniffing out suspicious sites, foiling phishing, preventing peeks at private data, and preparing powerful passwords.

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Nice CSS How-To and Template site

Good little CSS resource site.

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Stop PDF from freezing your Firefox

Yes, you can stop Firefox from trying to use this silly PDF plugin to open PDF files. Read how and become more productive.

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New Facial Analysis Software can Read Emotions

Developed by British scientist Peter Robinson and MIT, it can analyze people's facial expressions to read their moods and emotions. Potential applications are broad...and Orwellian.

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Smart Cars to Rule the Roads

It's been more than 20 years since Knight Rider hit the airwaves, but the next generation of KITT-style cars may be seen on freeways very soon. Autonomous "smart cars" is now on the agenda for both military and high-end automobile manufacturers. They would be able to recognize their occupants, understand driver and passenger needs.

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How A Scanner Darkly Was Done

This is useful for anyone interested in emulating the look of A Scanner Darkly. Here is an inside look at the artists' notes. This video is narrated by the movie's writer and director, Richard Linklater. The Rotoshop software might not be available to the public, but I'm sure one of you Photoshop/video-editing geniuses will figure it out.

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Hide Your Mac OSX Menu-Bar

Menufela is a haxie that let's you hide away the menubar and/or get rid of the spotlight menu item.

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In Pictures: BBC News shows off the new high-tech Boeing 747

The new plane will be larger, quieter, and more fuel efficient.

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800 Watt Hours A Day! The Most Efficient Modern House?

This house has the conveniences of a modern house, but consumes only 800Whr on average per day. Compare this to a typical U.S. suburban house that uses 45 kilowatt hours (kWh) per day. How is this reduction possible?

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In France you can get a PC and Broadband Wireless for a Buck a Day!

In 2004, the government sponsored a similar scheme to equip university students with a laptop for E1 a day. From September 2004 to September 2005, the proportion of students owning laptops rose from 8% to 22% with the project scheduled to continue until 35% of French students are equipped with laptops.

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Biro-Art: Fantastic Ballpoint Drawings

A gallery of some extraordinary sketches made with a simple (Bic) ballpoint pen on A4 laser printer paper. Biro is the British name for the ballpoint pen.

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CNN attempts to deceive the USA.

Just as important as what is reported on the news is what is omitted. This isn �t the first time CNN has chosen to omit certain facts in order to sway the public opinion on a certain issue.

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CNN attempts to deceive the USA.

Just as important as what is reported on the news is what is omitted. This isn �t the first time CNN has chosen to omit certain facts in order to sway the public opinion on a certain issue.

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BREAKING: Hezbollah Leader Vows 'All-Out' War on Israel After Home Hit

Hezbollah head Nasrallah kicks up the rhetoric, vowing all-out war on the Jewish state.

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Hezbollah's Deadly Arsenal

Lebanese militants had the ability to sew terror only twelve miles into Israel. That changed on Thursday, when Hezbollah launched a new weapon, the Ra'ad rocket, which hit Tsfat and, for the first time, Haifa, 20 miles from the border. 220,000 Israelis stayed in bomb shelters last night to avoid the missiles, Ha'Aretz reports.

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Xbox 360-Branded Ecstacy At UK Raves

There's a new "brand" of ecstasy (aka MDMA) making the rounds at UK raves and such, called Xbox 360.

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Great "LOST" map

HUGE "Lost" map and timeline with everything that's known to date. Pretty cool, dial-up beware

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Move over Slingbox - Now you can watch TV over Skype - with CHEAP hardware

Now via Skype with video - you can watch your home TV anywhere there is high speed Internet. Never miss 24 again. Just fire up your laptop and watch it at Starbucks. The software and hardware needed only cost $85. I hope this thing comes in English.

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Be a Movie Producer!

Spoke to this student filmmaker the other day and he sent me to his site for info on his movie. Come to find out he's producing a new science fiction film, and found an interesting way to raise money! In the days of buying pixels on website and banner ads, givin' a few bucks to be an actual movie producer is pretty cool. He's got my dollar!

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What was the # 1 Song / Single the day you were born?

Enter your date of birth (or any other date for that matter!) to discover what was at Number One at any week in the past 60 years! You'll also see a list of eminent musicians who share your special day.

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Indiana Jones has a daughter?!! And it's Natalie Portman?!!

Another juicy rumor involving that forever in the works INDIANA JONES 4. Karen Allen recently attended a screening of RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK and during the Q&A she was asked about the Indiana Jones sequel. What she said will raise eyebrows and fuel discussion amogst the fanboys.

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Minor alternatives to major labels; a crash course in free music on-line

Everything you need to know about low and no-cost music to fill your iPod or how to distribute your own music on-line. Fight the RIAA/IFPI system by supporting artists who exist outside the mainstream. Save the music, stop the labels.

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Natalie Portman is going to bare it all in her next movie

She is going to get naked in the movie Goya's Ghost a biopic on Spanish painter Francisco Goya in which she plays the artist's muse. Who is going to be there opening night? "Hey honey want to go see this artsy flick?"

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LOST Season Three Spoilers

The latest scoop on what is coming up in Season Three of LOST!

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Pearl Jam Offsets Climate Footprint of 2006 World Tour

Pearl Jam has promised to donate $100,000 to several groups that focus on climate change, renewable energy and other environmental causes as part of an effort to offset carbon emissions the band churns out on tour.

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Weezer is 'Done' - Again

According to this MTV interview with Weezer's Rivers Cuomo; WEEZER is done.

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Behind the Scenes: Family Guy

Behind the scenes of Family Guy, the best show on TV.

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The cure for "You know that song, it goes Dun Dun Duuuh..."

Musiclens lets you search for music using vague criteria like how loud it is or its tempo and mood. Pretty spiffy flash interface as well.

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NASA and the Wake-Up Tune

The songs may seem frivolous, but the astronauts welcome them as moments of good cheer during their hectic assignments.

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BREAKING: Iran Promises Retaliation if Israel Attacks Syria

Iran's President said that if the 'Zionist Regime' attacks Syria, it would be considered an attack on the whole Islamic world that would bring a "fierce response."

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Anti-DRM Children's Picture-Book!

The Pig and the Box is about a pig who finds a magic box that can replicate anything you put into it. The pig becomes so protective of it, and so suspicious of anyone that wants to use it, that he makes people take their copied items home in special buckets that act as... well, they're basically DRM.

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Following The Money of Web 2.0

VCs are still upbeat about the next wave of Web services. Web 2.0 may be a buzz word, but it's still attracting big bucks. Some of the novelty surrounding Web 2.0 has worn away since the term first gained traction in 2004, but venture capitalists in search of the next big thing are still pouring in money.

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MacBook so hot, you can cook eggs on it

Everyone knows that Apple's Intel powered portable lineup gets hot, but this is insane! An enterprising fellow figured out that it would be possible to actually fry an egg on the bottom of his black MacBook.

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Symantec admits Zero virus' for Mac OSX

Finally, straight talk from someone inside Symantec.

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Intel's New CPU Family Arrives!

Today Intel unveil their new Core 2 Duo or "Conroe" microprocessor family. OCAU have an in-depth review of the new high-end 2.93GHz X6800 and the 2.67GHz E6700, compared with the current top-flight Pentium D 955XE and AMD's A64 FX-62. Lots of info, loads of benchmarks and of course, some overclocking.

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Apple scores high marks in customer satisfaction

Apple Computer is among the top rated technology companies for customer satisfaction, according to a new report released by research firm Satmetrix Systems.

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How To Prevent Attacks Against Your Apache Webserver With mod_security

This article shows how to install and configure mod_security. mod_security is an Apache module (for Apache 1 and 2) that provides intrusion detection and prevention for web applications. It aims at shielding web applications from known and unknown attacks, such as SQL injection attacks, cross-site scripting (XSS), path traversal attacks, etc.

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Webmasters Can Watch What Visitors Do with AJAX-based Service

Unlike traditional web analytics that produce only pure statistics, ClickTale (www.clicktale.com) gives webmasters the ability to watch movies of users' individual browsing sessions. Every mouse movement, every click and every keystroke are recorded for convenient playback.

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Army enlists nanotechnology for vehicle armor

The U.S. Army has for months been searching for ways to improve armor on vehicles that have been a prime target for improvised explosives and roadside bombs in Iraq and Afghanistan. Nanofoil, a "reactive multilayer joining" of silicon carbide and titanium, might be the answer.

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Slingbox for Mac Beta

Sling Media is, at long last, readying a Macintosh version of the software that interfaces with the Slingbox, their �placeshifting� device that enables users to watch their TV programming from anywhere, using an Internet-connected computer.

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AJAX folder tree with drag and drop

An AJAX based menu in form of a folder tree with support for drag and drop. Nodes in the tree can be rearranged by dragging and dropping them as in file management programs.

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Talent isn't everything: 7 habits of highly effective junior designers

After working for the past three years at MetaDesign, I've noticed that talent has very little to do with the success of a junior designer who's just starting out. Instead, the ones who survive and last more than six months practice these 7 habits.

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Integrating Digg Within Your Website (w/digg icon pack!)

"With today's latest code push we have enabled two new methods for integrating digg directly within your website: submit to digg, and digg story button"

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Emurse : Create and Track Your Resumes

When finding your perfect career, don't leave the most important parts up to chance. Writing a great resume and keeping it up to date is essential. Getting your foot in the door requires an organized approach and maybe even a little bit of networking. Wouldn't it be swell if you could do that all from one place?

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University Implements GPS Tracking of Students

they gave all incoming freshman a cellphone that equipped with a GPS tracker but the system is an opt-in system. One of the safety features that was explained is a 15-minute Guardian. A little blip of you will pop up at the police station and the Guardian will remain on for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes it will remind you to turn the Guardian off.

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Automated Master Lock Crackers

Two machines designed to solve padlocks automatically.

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File Management With Vista Explorer

One of the most significant changes to Vista's interface is the new look of the Windows Explorer file management tool. Explorer has undergone much more than just cosmetic changes. It's now more intuitive and easier to use in many ways--although it may take a little getting used to for those who have become set in the ways of Windows 2000/XP.

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First high-res photos of Apple's Nike+iPod Sport Kit

Here are some pics of the new Nike+iPod wireless Sport Kit.

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Exclusive Photos of Google's Own Secret Area 51

Forget photos of baby Suri. Check out these close encounters of a Google kind in Oregon where rumor has it the Internet juggernaut is conducting a highly classified search for more extraterrestrial revenue-making products.

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DiggUpdate 2.5 Released

Don't miss a second of digg.com with DiggUpdate in your menu-bar. New version includes Growl Support, fade-away Digg Windows, Pause/Resume updates and more.

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How To: Hack A Toyota Prius & Get 100 miles per Gallon

A year and a half ago, the Monrovia, Calif., engineer hacked his Prius by replacing the battery with a lithium-ion version and adding a system that plugs into an ordinary 110-volt socket. After charging in the garage overnight, the souped-up Prius gets about ...........

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Google Spreadsheets updated, finally poses threat to competitors

The version number for Google Spreadsheet has been updated from 1.1.4b to 1.1.4d today � with it comes some new features that are now beginning to give Google a competitive edge against similar services. You can now right click in a cell to perform actions like cut/copy/paste and add borders to cells and load time has also improved.

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Automatically fetch iTunes album art

I love iTunes and my iPod, but I'm anal and I simply cannot abide with not having album art for my imported CDs. This handy utility integrates transparently with iTunes and automatically retrieves album art from Amazon among many other things. A complete thrill.

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Statistical Fallacy of Terrorist-Hunting Surveillance

Here's a neat statistical explanation of why NSA-style indiscriminate surveillance is useless for catching terrorists.

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CIA vs Congress vs White House: Who To Root For?

House intelligence committee chair Peter Hoekstra blasts Bush for being too secretive--but he still believes there were WMDs in Iraq.

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Art is Alive

A famous paiting by Seurat is re-created in a Wisconsin town. A really creative idea that was executed very well.

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Revealed: G8 Plan For Global Nuclear Expansion

World leaders are planning a massive expansion of nuclear power in their own countries and across the developing world.

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Chemical Warfare: Inside Britain's Toxic House of Horrors

Servicemen were deliberately subjected to lethal doses of poison in secret tests at Porton Down, an official report will admit this week.

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Breaking News: Blasts rock Mumbai rail network

At least 20 people have been killed in at least seven blasts on trains in the Indian financial capital, Mumbai (Bombay), police say.

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Breaking News: US detainees to get Geneva rights

All US military detainees, including those at Guantanamo Bay, are to be treated in line with the minimum standards of the Geneva Conventions.

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Alaska Decriminalizes Small Possession

It's now legal to possess under an ounce of marijuana in your house in Alaska according to a Judge's ruling. Apparently the State is going to appeal the high court, but it's great to see some sensible legislation regarding marijuana.

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Death in Big Dig Tunnel

A series of 3 ton ceiling tiles in a section of the I-90 tunnel in Boston, MA collapsed on Monday, killing one person. How many problems can this project have?

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Read this while it's still legal - the state of free speech

I realize there are arguments for all these clampdowns. Still, it ought to give us pause that in one Fourth of July week we had two magazines banned in the state, one song muzzled in a school district and a slew of words outlawed in the military. Would a confident people do this to themselves?

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Bush's New Hurricane Guidelines: "A Slap In The Face of Louisiana"

Republican Senator David Vitter called it "nothing more than another slap in the face of Louisiana" and said the Army "decided to gut the report and remove all substance."

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Gas Prices Reach Second Highest Level Ever

The average price U.S. consumers paid for gasoline jumped 3.9 cents over the last week to $2.97 a gallon, the second highest level ever, the government said Monday.

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List of Books Banned by the Catholic Church

This is a huge list of books banned by the Catholic church; in case any of you heretics wanted to start a reading list.

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Scientific American: Why do we dream?

The questions, "Why do we dream?" or "What is the function of dreaming?" are easy to ask but very difficult to answer. The most honest answer is that we do not yet know the function or functions of dreaming. This ignorance should not be surprising because despite many theories we still do not fully understand the full purpose of sleep.

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New model of brain sheds light on triggers of autism

A new model of the brain developed by Dr. Stephen Grossberg, professor and chairman of the Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems at Boston University, and Dr. Don Seidman, a pediatrician with the DuPage Medical Group in Elmhurst, IL, sheds light on the triggers of behaviors commonly associated with autism.

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UFO Research: Findings vs. Facts

"For decades now, eyes and sky have met to witness the buzzing of our world by Unidentified Flying Objects, termed UFOs or simply flying saucers. Extraterrestrials have come a long way to purportedly share the friendly skies with us." Here are some facts.

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Researchers Enlist Proteins to 'Switch On' Heart Tissue Repair

Researchers are utilizing a protein to �switch on� the ability to repair damaged heart tissue. By triggering the cell-cycle signal, researchers can manipulate cells in animal models to regenerate damaged heart tissue. If this research is someday successfully translated to humans, it could change the approach to treating heart disease.

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Earth's Population in Pixels!

To give you a clue about how many people there are on our earth this site has created a picture where every pixel represents a person. It's a pretty wide picture!

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Abortion drug could rapidly treat depression

RU486, a hormone treatment used as a "morning-after" drug to induce abortion could provide a rapid-acting treatment for depression. Most antidepressants take several weeks to take effect. The new treatments could be effective within days or even hours.

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Americans read food labels, then eat what they want, poll finds

It's not surprising, even a bit obvious, but why read them in the first place if it isn't going to affect your decision?

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The Gravity Tractors

Sooner or later, say astronomers, an asteroid will be discovered on a collision course with Earth. Humanity will then begin all-out planning to prevent an impact. But while there are already plenty of ideas about how to shove asteroids out of Earth's way, nobody knows whether any of them would work.

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Needle-free avian flu vaccine - new genetic technology

British vaccine maker PowderMed Ltd. could soon become the first company to sell a needle-free H5N1 vaccine for humans. The new vaccine is made using a technology that is entirely different from the conventional flu vaccines. PowderMed chose instead a genetic technology where fragments of the deadly H5N1 virus are enclosed in tiny gold particles.

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Bacterial Nanowires

When Yuri Gorby discovered that a microbe which transforms toxic metals can sprout tiny electrically conductive wires from its cell membrane, he reasoned this anatomical oddity and its metal-changing physiology must be related. Bacteria will, under particular environmental conditions sprout nanowires that can shuttle electricity to other cells.

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Rogue Giants At Sea

Off the coast of Georgia, early on Saturday, April 16, 2005, a giant, seven-story wave appeared out of nowhere. It crashed into the bow, sent deck chairs flying, smashed windows, raced as high as the 10th deck, flooded 62 cabins, injured 4 passengers and sowed widespread fear and panic.

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Growing New Brain Cells

While the adult brain was once thought to be a mostly static structure, scientists have discovered in recent years that some parts of the brain continually produce neurons, especially after injury.Recent studies have shown that many types of drugs - antidepressants, cholesterol-lowering drugs, even Viagra - spur growth of new neurons in the brain.

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Worlds First Hybrid School Bus

IC Corporation, North America �s largest school bus manufacturer, unveiled the nation�s first hybrid school bus today at the New York Association of Pupil Transportation (NYAPT) Show.

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Study: Ethanol won't solve energy problems

Ethanol is far from a cure-all for the nation's energy problems. It's not as environmentally friendly as some supporters claim and would supply only 12 percent of U.S. motoring fuel - even if every acre of corn were used.

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Psilocybin Mushrooms being used in medicine again. Profound results.

NEW YORK (AP) -- People who took an illegal drug made from mushrooms reported profound mystical experiences that led to behavior changes lasting for weeks -- all part of an experiment that recalls the psychedelic '60s.

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Microsoft's "Argo" / Xbox Wireless Portable Media Player Revealed!

We've had to sit on this one for a while, but it's about time we showed you guys at least one possible form Microsoft's Argo / Xbox-branded wireless portable media player could take.

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Perhaps The Coolest Bar Ever

Bar is a system for the interactive design of any bar-counter. Integrated video-projectors can project any content on the milky bar-surface. The intelligent tracking system of iBar detects all objects touching the surface. This input is used to let the projected content interact dynamically with the movements on the counter.

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$200,000,000,000 isn't enough. We need more money. Let's tax the Internet

The US government has paid the Telcos $200 billion dollars to build up the Internet's infrastructure to support 45mbps internet access due by 2006. We �re still waiting. Now, they want websites to pay as well. US residents tell your congress person to save the Internet from the greed of the Telcos. http://www.savetheinternet.com/

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Resdesign From Scratch - first in a series of 50 redesigns

This well known developer is taking 50 home pages and redesigning them while writing the good, the bad and the ugly about the website and what it needs. This is the first in a 50 part series so it should be a good tool and resource for aspiring web designers out there.

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Students used wigs to disguise the wireless gear used to cheat on exam

"Twenty students arrested after being caught wearing wigs to disguise the wireless gear they used to cheat on college entrance tests."

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Perhaps The Coolest Bar Ever

Bar is a system for the interactive design of any bar-counter. Integrated video-projectors can project any content on the milky bar-surface. The intelligent tracking system of iBar detects all objects touching the surface. This input is used to let the projected content interact dynamically with the movements on the counter.

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The 25 Greatest Calvin & Hobbes Comic Strips

Calvin & Hobbes ran from 1985 to 1995. Bill Watterson drew thousands of strips, and while I wish like hell that he would come back and draw more, it's probably best to reflect and be thankful for what he's done. Below we have showcased, in no particular order, some of our favorite Calvin & Hobbes strips of all time.

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TorrentSpy, IsoHunt, Mininova, and PirateBay all in one!

A very intuitive torrent search engine that cleanly displays search results from TorrentSpy, IsoHunt, MiniNova, and PirateBay all in 1 page. One stop shopping for that torrent you've been looking for. While it is only in beta stages, it works great.

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The Hyanide: Your Very Own Personal Tank

You may not have room in your garage (or budget) for a dirt bike and a snowmobile and a four-wheeler. But what if one vehicle could take the place of all three? That �s the idea behind the Hyanide, a wild concept vehicle created by German designers Oliver Keller and Tillman Schlootz for the 2006 Michelin Challenge Design. Top speed: 75�85 mph

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Why your HDTV doesn't look as good as it should

HDTVs are capable of spectacular video quality--but they aren't always perfect. You laid down serious cash for your new set, then you turned it on and tuned into a whole new era of disappointment. What went wrong and how do you fix it? This Popular Mechanics article should help.

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FBI Warns Job Hunters Of Online Scams

Be extra careful when looking for work in cyberspace. The FBI is investigating some cases that involve fake job interviews or offers of employment that are actually ways to lure people into helping crime rings.

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JUST IN: Microsoft Argo's Final Name: The Zune?

Gizmodo has gotten "word that the final product name that's been flying around is the "Zune"!"

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WHORYOU - Give your Email a Face!

A simple application that lets you upload a photo or other image to the service under the mail that you use. They call it an Email Buddy Image. Other users can now enter an email address and see the Email Buddy Image that has been uploaded by the email address owner.

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Taking the Segway Off Road

Ah, hiking in the great outdoors will never be the same. Segways are becoming popular with rural tour operators and tourists alike. They are an ideal option for rural tours because they're easy on trails and non-polluting.

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The Cure for "I'm terrible with names..."

"I'm terrible with names..." Well get un-terrible with Merlin Mann's collection of helpful hints!

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Photos: The 10 worst technologies in Quarter 2 2006

There's also a side of us that takes delight in seeing the other end of the technological spectrum. We love to hate something about these unlucky 13 products and downloadable duds from the past three months.

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Firefox Usage Passes 15 Percent in US

The open source browser commands a 15.82 percent usage share in the United States, and a whopping 39.02 percent in Germany. Australians are also big Firefox users, with the browser holding 24.23 percent of the market down under.

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Skype Announces Free International Calls for a limited time

How hard it must be to work at Vonage right now! What a good deal if you have family or friends or just want to see if they have running fridges in the UK!

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The WiFi Wars

Raise your hand: who here has ever booth-squatted for hours in a Panera, nursing that bottomless cup of coffee, using the restaurant's free WiFi connection the entire time? It's a common enough scenario that cafe and coffee shop owners, long used to offering free WiFi as a way to get customers in the door, are fighting back.

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Judge declines to rule on Google plane complaint

"A Santa Clara County Superior Court judge declined to issue an immediate ruling Monday on a request by Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin to bar an aircraft designer from talking about the famous duo's Boeing 767."

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Xboy's iPod murder plot exposed, will involve major online media service

Microsoft is indeed developing a digital-media player to compete with Apple's iPod, and there's much more to the story.

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How the "Microsoft iPod" Might Succeed

Apple may have an 80 percent share of the mobile media-player market, but that doesn't mean the iPod is unassailable.

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Hollywood Wins Legal Fight Against Sanitized DVDs

A federal judge in Colorado has order movie sanitation companies to stop creating and selling new "clean" versions of films. Cleanflicks and other companies that take the curses and "objectionable" content out of Hollywood films and sell the new copies to consumers and movie rental stores can no longer continue their practices.

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High Altitude Blimps to Replace Cell Phone Towers

"Not only would the technology, called High Altitude Platform Systems (Haps), make the current 1,000 earth-bound antennas redundant, it would drastically reduce radiation."

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Google Building Huge Research Center in Michigan

At an 11 a.m. news conference in Lansing Tuesday, Google will unveil plans to create a headquarters facility for its Google AdWords unit. AdWords offers "pay-per-click" ads that are triggered when Google users search for certain words. It is the company's bread and butter advertising product and its primary source of revenue

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Biometric Tool Works By Measuring Blood Vessel Patterns

Snowflake Technologies plans to bring to market next year a device to verify an individual's identity by reading vein patterns in the palms of people's hands.

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PirateBay, MiniNova Refute TargetPoint Rumors

ThePirateBay, MiniNova, deny TargetPoint has a financial or ownership claim; while TargetPoint denies they bought Empornium.

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Concept BMW 7 Series Parks by Itself

Using a windshield-mounted digital camera and a reflective strip installed in the parking space, the concept 7 series is able to automatically park itself after the owner has gotten out of the vehicle and told it to do so by remote control. (Video included)

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How to make ice that sinks

Ice is supposed to float, but with a little heavy water, you can make cubes that sink. You won't want to make much (it costs about $15 a cube), but you can probably make your costs back with the bets you will win.

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Theater Producers heavily utilizing the Internet to bring back audiences

More and more producers of plays both on and off-Broadway are using the Internet as a way to draw in fans through promotions, discounts, special downloads, emails, social websites, even text-messages.

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Bit Torrent signs deal with studios to release movies over the Internet

We've all heard the rumors about movie studios potentially releasing films over the Internet, now it's about to become reality with the help of bittorrent.

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Digg v3 Released To Public (beta period is over)

"This morning we squashed the last of the major digg v3 bugs and pushed them live to the site. We want to thank all of the digg beta testers for your bugs reports and time spent testing. The beta flags have all been lifted and all containers are now released to the public."

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iPod FM Transmitter Sends Artist and Song Info to the Radio

The $89.99 device transmits artist and song title information from the iPod to RDS-equipped car stereos. It�s expected to go on sale this month.

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How to PWN in the original Pac-Man

This guy has spent way too much time studying the workings of the original Namco classic. Here are strategic tips & patterns never to get eaten by that damn ghost again.

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Learn Unix in 10 Minutes

Quick Unix tutorial on one page, nice place to start learning Unix.

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E-Rope - The coolest power strip idea.

As we all know, the biggest problem with conventional power strips are the unconventional plugs with whom the ol' girl mates. These boys come in all sizes and shapes resulting in at least one or two unusable sockets due to overlap. Well no more dear reader...

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Seagate Launches Terabyte Storage For Home Users

Company says $899 drive is perfect for small businesses and tech-savvy home users who want more space.

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How to Pimp Out Your Adium Duck!

A nice tutorial on how to customize every facet of the venerable Mac chat program Adium. From the application icon to the toolbar icons and beyond. Phill Ryu's blog comes up with another informative piece.

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How to enable all extensions in Firefox 2.0

Firefox 2.0 disables all extensions that are not mentioned as compatible with 2.0 by their authors. Most should work with 2.0 though and the website explains how to make them all work in firefox 2.0.

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A DNS that fights back for you!

Anti typo-squatting (resolves craigslist.og to craigslist.org), a really big cache, several redundant/fast connections, and anti-phishing. Just by changing your DNS settings!

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Sony has the blues - Blu-ray delayed til' 2007

A report claims that members of the Blu-ray camp, including Pioneer, won't be ready to launch products in Europe until next year. Further reports show there's a problem producing enough laser diodes for Blu-ray burners, and consumers will have to wait till January 2007 before Blu-ray really kicks off.

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2007 International CES Announces Lineup of Keynote Speakers

The Consumer Electronics Association announced today that top executives from Microsoft, Disney and Motorola will deliver keynote addresses at the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show

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Apple's new iPod nano may sport metal jacket

"The next generation of Apple Computer's iPod nano digital music player may dip into iPod mini's wardrobe, AppleInsider has learned. In an effort to reduce the player's susceptibility to scratches, Apple has been experimenting with aluminum anodized enclosures similar to those used in the company's iPod mini digital music players."

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OS X Dashboard Doesn't "Phone Home"

Exactly how 10.4.7's widget authenticity feature works. "You've actually given away less information to Apple than you would when directly visiting the Apple webpage."

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A simple test that shows you where you really stand politically

This simple test will give a very accurate description of where you stand politically compared to major world leaders, both current and historical. The results may surprise some of you. I scored about equal to Tony Blair.

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Forget pirated movies, go get some pirated (or fake) EVERYTHING in Russia

Fake vacations, fake medical degrees, fake prescription drugs, fake `Siberian purebred' alley cats...Moscow has it all at can't-miss prices!

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Enormous New Dam Fails In Brazil

GIANT cracks have opened in one of the world's tallest dams, just months after completion. The cracks appeared after a tunnel collapsed on 20 June beneath the 200-metre-high Campos Novos dam in southern Brazil, and the reservoir rapidly emptied.

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George Bush debating 10 years ago

10 years ago George Bush, even without notes, had no trouble pronouncing even the biggest words and he didnt stumble over his words once. What happened?

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Smart Money Eyes Climate Change

Meteorologists aren't the only ones interested in weather patterns: Now financial analysts are calculating the impact of climate change.

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Smart Money Eyes Climate Change

Meteorologists aren't the only ones interested in weather patterns: Now financial analysts are calculating the impact of climate change.

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' Brightest Light In Universe ' To Examine Lung Cancer Cells

The Diamond synchrotron's predecessor had a hand in everything from designing the anti-cancer drug Herceptin to improving chocolate manufacture and working out whether Beethoven was poisoned. But because Diamond is a million times brighter it will allow scientists to look at tiny structure in much more detail.

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How Meditation Works

An introductory overview of techniques for mental development within the Buddhist traditions of Theravada, Tantra and Zen and including reference to Christian contemplative practice.

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Rush Limbaugh Caught Lying To Downplay Global Warming

The other day, Rush Limbaugh stated that he read that surface temperatures have been trending downwards in the last 4 years. Well he must have been reading the Liars Weekly Review. Busted.

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Green America: Why Environmentalism Is Hot [Photo Gallery]

With windmills, low-energy homes, new forms of recycling and fuel-efficient cars, Americans are taking convservation into their own hands.

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Why Knuckles Crack and Joints Creak

What's behind the bodily percussive symphony? And is it okay to crack your knuckles?

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Apes that can talk on the phone

"Kanzi and Panbanisha understand thousands of words. They use sentences, talk on the phone, and they like to gossip. In short, they use language in many of the same ways humans do." "Kanzi's favorite movie when he was very young was Planet of the Apes" They can understand everything a five year old can. I don't trust where this is headed!

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Chart Of Every Religion With Info On Each

This is a chart i found of every religion with info on each, i thought iw was really interseting. Laughed at the fact that there is from 3-100 million falun gong, pretty big range. Enjoy

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DNA extracted from a 43,000 year old mammoth

While not quite like Jurassic park, Researchers where able to extract DNA from a bone from a 43,000 year old Siberian mammoth. With this information, scientists are were able to determine that mammoths did indeed have different color furs.

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How To Get 50% Off Cable TV Bill

Article on how to get discounts on your cable bill. This applies to a lot of your current bills.

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8 cheap places you'd might want to live

Look for a strong economy, a college and low crime in your search for an area where you can afford to live.

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Office Max & Best Buy ending Mail-In Rebates! FINALLY!

Office Max ending them now while BB is keeping them until 2007....

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Top 100 Free E-Books

Yesterday's front page digg on The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci has helped him take the top spot from Sherlock Holmes. There's a lot of classical literature here; some of them even have audio downloads - it's a great way to diversify you portable device.

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Technology For Parents To Spy On Kids

A great article on the rise of technologies for parents who want to spy on their kids: web-bugs, car-trackers, and GPS-enabled cellphones that covertly or openly spy on kids and rat them out to their parents.

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Next-gen iPod will talk

Next-generation iPods are expected to have speech facilites, supposedly to enhance the device's hands-free capability. Apple state that their device will feature "voice talent", allowing users to have song titles read out by their favourite actor.

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Hack almost any Nokia cell phone

This site will give you the codes to unlock your Nokia cell phone, plain, fast and simple.

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Magnetic RAM a reality

For decades, we have put up with one form or another of drawbacks in RAM technology. DRAM requires power, and refresh. Flash has a limited lifetime. CMOS requires power and isn't very dense. MRAM steps up to the plate: No maintenance power, 100% retention, high density. Woot!

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Install MythTV on your Xbox!

Just get an Xbox 360, and have an old Xbox lying around collecting dust? Why not install linux and have it front-end for your MythTV box. You can hide your Myth box and use that old xbox to stream videos directly from it! Step-by-step guide

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Top 10 things they never taught me in Design School

Interesting read for all you aspiring designers out there on what it really takes to be a successful Designer.

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Computers Outperforming Investors

Many mutual funds that make their trades based on the recommendations of a proprietary computer model, known as quantitative or quant funds, have outperformed their benchmarks in the last three years. And investors have noticed.

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In the Future, Computers Will Use Your Eyes Instead of A Mouse

This is the start of something big. A ground-breaking new technology. Check it out...

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Hi-Tech Gloves Hold The Key To Fighting Knife Crime

Scottish police are running a trial of battery-powered Kevlar metal-detecting gloves. The gloves allow officers to scan an individual with the fingertips or the palms of the hands. If metal is detected, the glove starts to vibrate at the wrist. The Kevlar protects officers from being speared by sharp objects, needles etc.

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Why You Shouldn�t Run BitTorrent Over Tor

A quick story about the harm of using Tor to download torrents and what exit node operators and BitTorrent users can do to save the Tor anonymity network.

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How To Save YouTube, MySpace, Etc. Videos As .AVI's Using Free Tools

This tutorial shows you how to download any video from sites such as YouTube, GoogleVideo, iFilm, etc. and then convert them to .AVI files using only free tools (Firefox, VideoDownloader, and MediaCoder). Although this tutorial doesn't go through how to do it, you can later burn the AVI videos onto a DVD so you can watch them with a DVD player.

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Firefox Beta 2.0 to be Released Tommorrow

Firefox 2.0 Beta 1 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) can be downloaded from Mozilla's FTP site, although the official Beta 1 won't be released until July 11, according to notes published by the open-source developer.

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Political Candidates To Buy Profiles On Facebook.com

Starting in September, politicians will be able to buy profiles on networking site Facebook.com.

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Noam Chomsky Likens U.S. to Nazi Germany on Charlie Rose

Noam Chomsky, MIT professor, recently appeared on Charlie Rose where he asserted that the U.S. is a failed state due to its unwillingness or inability to protect its citizens and its decisions to ignore international treaties and norms.

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List of the Most Controversial Books Ever Written

A must-have website for any student (especially in high school or college). This is a thought-provoking list of banned books, the places in which they were banned, and the reason for their banishment. Make sure to check it out...

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White House kept "major program" secret from Congress

The Bush administration was running several intelligence programs, including one major activity, that it kept secret from Congress until whistle-blowers told the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee, the committee's chairman said on Sunday.

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Reason to Believe

A leading geneticist argues that science can lead to faith.

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Van Gogh painted perfect turbulence

Scientists have struggled for centuries to describe turbulent flow � some are said to have considered the problem harder than quantum mechanics. Van Gogh seems to be the only painter able to render turbulence with such mathematical precision.

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The Letters Of Albert Einstein

The last remaining trove of Albert Einstein's personal family letters is being opened to the public this week. They had been closely held by his stepdaughter Margot Einstein, who decreed that they remain sealed for 20 years after her death. Some of the letters are a revelation.

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Once A Day AIDS Pill A Milestone In Treatment

The first complete treatment for AIDS that is taken once a day as a single pill is expected to be available soon.

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Military-Grade PDA is Everything-Proof

Recon X-Series pocket PCs are the toughest we've ever come across. Both new models, the 200MHz 200x and the 400MHz 400x, are tested to stand up to even the toughest conditions, including drops, heavy vibration, extreme temperatures, dust and water that would turn many slicker devices into a shiny pile of junk.

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19 Rails Tricks Most Rails Coders Don't Know

Some good rails tricks for everyone who is interested in rails.

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Where are the root servers located ?

Root servers plotted on the global map. Whats weird is that 5 of the 13 root servers are located very close to each other.

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Microsoft Releases New Windows Standard Theme

Many Vista testers have complained that the "Standard" or Non-Aero theme was very badly design. For those who couldn't afford or simply didn't want all the eye candy were out of luck. The latest builds will feature and new, much improved theme. From a dull gray, to a nice hue of blue. Check it out.

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W3Counter: Internet Explorer 67%, Firefox 25% as of July 8, 2006

Just read a report about the market share of web browsers from W3Counter: Internet Explorer 67%, Firefox 25%, it looks that firefox is doing very well.

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How To Tweak Some Of Firefox 2.0 Beta 1's New Features

This guide will show you how to tweak some of Firefox 2.0 Beta 1's new features so that you are prepared when it gets released on Tuesday!

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Setting Up Your Own DNS

This article will describe Internet domain names and the structure of the DNS, followed by a brief tutorial about creating and maintaining the DNS information.

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Amazing new nano-projector will change the future of mobile devices

Amazing new nano-projector will change the future of how we use mobile devices. Explay an Israeli startaup has anounced a matchbox size projector, blowing away the competition. The picture shows the nano-projector powering a wallet size accessory projecting images from a mobile phone. This is for real not illustration images.

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ATM Machine Runs on Windows XP

I remember seeing such error at ATM 2 years ago, but they �re running IBM O/S2, am surprise that today�s ATM machinese runs on Windows XP. That is the biggest joke I�ve ever heard of, there are a few ATM manufacture in the world and one of them is NCR.

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Think Velcro isn't photogenic? Think again.

Today's photo of something you probably do several times a day without thinking of how cool it looks under magnification

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