Breaking: Clinton calls for Rumsfeld's resignation

"I just don't understand why we can't get new leadership that would give us a fighting chance to turn the situation around before it's too late," the New York Democrat told the Associated Press. "I think the president should choose to accept Secretary Rumsfeld's resignation."

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Really Cool Photo of Lighting Striking a Skyscraper in Toronto

shot from this user's kitchen...

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Iran threatens to send oil prices skyrocketing if sanctions are approved.

Iran's Foreign Relations Vice Minister Manuchehr Mohammadi warned on Venezuelan state TV that oil prices will hit $200 a barrel if sanctions against Iran are approved.

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Iran's plan to stop the war in the Middle East: Destroy Israel

TEHRAN, Iran � Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday the solution to the Middle East crisis was to destroy Israel, state-media reported.

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How Popular is YOUR Last Name?

How common is your surname in America? Find out by entering your name into a searchable database of more than 50,000 surnames culled from the Social Security Index.

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Hackers Clone E-Passports

A German computer security consultant has shown that he can clone the electronic passports that the United States and other countries are beginning to distribute this year.

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DiggFiltr.com: Create a custom digg feed in seconds...

You can build a feed that contains the exact stories you are interested in from Digg.com. You can filter by: description, category, submitters, number of diggs, and number of comments.

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GM To Build its First Hybrid Full-Sized Trucks - 2007 Release

"Both the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra are capable of using the new hybrid system. It is unclear which truck will be the first to get the hybrid system � or whether both will get it at the same time. However, because of the hybrid's anticipated expense � at least $3,000 more than the gas-powered versions of the trucks"

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A Subwoofer You Have NEVER Seen Before! NO CONE! It Looks Like A Table Fan!

Want to hear what 5Hz sounds like? A new woofer technology unlike any other and a new product category for home audio. This is the first home audio woofer delivering true response to DC. The Thigpen rotary woofer is the worlds first true infrasonic home audio or home theater woofer. Conventional subwoofers roll off rapidly below 20Hz.

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Microsoft Flight Simulator X (Gorgeous screenshots)

On July 31st, GameSpot added new screens for Microsoft's Flight Simulator X, Microsoft's latest in the 25 year series. Although the game was designed for DirectX 10, it will run on version 9 with slightly less detail. My money's on v10 for these amazing screens!

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New Firefox 2 Theme Previews

The new Firefox 2 theme will be making its debut in a nightly build sometime this weekend. Get a sneak peek at the very latest screenshots of the largest visual update to Firefox since 1.0!

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Don�t believe BusinessWeek�s bubble-math

BusinessWeek cover story features a beaming Kevin Rose from Digg. Across his chest it says �How this kid made $60 million in 18 months.� Wow, now that sounds like a great success story. Too bad it�s a blatent lie.

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Introduction to 90 Online File Storage Services

"You can use them to send big files, or backup your documentations. Some services can be accessed from your web browser, others may have a client program for you to auto-backup your hard drive."

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Messy network pics: be glad your network doesn't look like this

I'd hate to be the guy made to do some of these cleanups.

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[Confirmed] Apple providing Leopard Preview to attendees at WWDC

Apple has released demo code that has a build requirement of "Leopard Preview". Check out the link.

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Learn How to Develop Firefox Extensions!! - A step-by-step Tutorial

What is your dream firefox extension? Don't wait, Do-it yourself!! This tutorial has been created for individuals wanting to develop full-featured extensions for the Mozilla Firefox browser. The tutorial has been constructed as a step-by-step guide providing many examples, explanations

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Photo of Kevin Rose's Cube After Being Featured in Business Week

Digg's 15 employees covered Kevin Rose's cube with copies of the Business Week cover.

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Photo of Kevin Rose's Cube After Being Featured in Business Week

Digg's 15 employees covered Kevin Rose's cube with copies of the Business Week cover.

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Computers just can't seem to get past Go

Chess is a doddle compared to this ancient oriental game of strategy that has programmers and scientists scratching their heads... Even the lure of a US$1 million prize for the first program to beat a human professional went uncollected after the deadline passed in 2000.

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FCC Supports Broadband over Power Lines

"The Federal Communications Commission decided Aug. 3 to reaffirm its stance on the deployment of broadband-over-power-line technology." "By adpting this order, the FCC rejected requests by several groups, including the amateur radio community, the aviation industry and broadcasters, to either limit the service or to disallow it completely. "

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The REAL Stephen Colbert: Interview on 60 Minutes

See the real Colbert. This is part one of the 60 Minutes interview with Stephen Colbert. Part 2 is located at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R-rBwrTHss

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How To Beat a Lie Detector

Good how-to about cheating on a polygraph test.

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The Me Generation becomes the We Generation

As the baby boomers age, they are becoming less self absorbed and more generous. There's probably no better example than Bill Gates morphing in the worlds greatest philanthropist. Many boomers seem to be focusing on doing something meaningful with what's left of their time on earth.

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Amazingly High Resolution, Yet Very Rapid Video Streaming

This site hosts an extremely high quality video on the main page that starts playing after mere seconds and plays straight through perfectly. This video distribution mechanism is amazing.

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Apple readying "dizzying amount" of new products

Former Microsoft blogger Robert Scoble says big things are in store for Apple's August 7th press event. "I wish I could say more, but that'd get me sued by Steve Jobs and I don't need that kind of heck right now."

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An elegant approach to Web services: REST on Rails

As Ruby experiences increasing success, developers are seeking to integrate their Ruby applications with applications written in other languages. Rails provides excellent support for Web services. This article introduces Web services in Rails and focuses on a strategy known as Representational State Transfer (REST).

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First Blu-ray drive for Mac unveiled

Logitech has unveiled its LBD-A2FU2/LBD-A2U2 drives, the first Blu-ray disk drives to support Mac OS X.

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WWDC 2006 Banner Revieled... With possible hints at new products?

"We �ll have to wait until Monday, for the conference to start, before we find out about all the new goodies, but I think this banner may provide some clues..." Is that 64 bits I spot?

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Five common PHP database problems

Discover five common database problems that occur in PHP applications -- including database schema design, database access, and the business logic code that uses the database -- as well as their solutions.

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Dell Lying in TV Ads?

"The TV ad said, 'Whatever you need a PC for, Dell has the one you want for less than you might expect. Right now get this Dell Inspiron notebook featuring an Intel Celeron processor for only 299.' A website address and a phone number were displayed on the screen at the same time." There were 23 complaints the laptop was actually 349 online

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Rambus deceived chip markets, says FTC

The Federal Trade Commission dealt a severe blow to Rambus Inc. Wednesday, ruling the company has unlawfully monopolized the markets for computer-memory technologies incorporated into industry standards for dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips.

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Top 10 Websites for Students

"You've checked the course schedules, bought your sheets and towels, shopped for a laptop, gotten in touch with your new roommate--you're all ready for college, right? Wrong. Your campus orientation isn't complete until you get a little Internet orientation, too."

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College art students school Yahoo engineers in creativity

From framed spit balls to baby dolls driven by lollipop licks, Yahoo had college artists from as far as Britain and Brazil on display to inspire its engineers.

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Claims of inaccuracy of MacBook hack are inaccurate

A follow up by the author of the Washington Post article about the MacBook wireless hack. "he also admitted that the same flaws were resident in the default Macbook wireless device drivers, and that those drivers were identically exploitable. And that is what I reported."

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9/11 Live: The NORAD Tapes

How did the U.S. Air Force respond on 9/11? Could it have shot down United 93, as conspiracy theorists claim? Obtaining 30 hours of never-before-released tapes from the control room of NORAD's Northeast headquarters, the author reconstructs the chaotic military history of that day�and the Pentagon's apparent attempt to cover it up.

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Hijacking a Macbook in 60 Seconds or Less

"We're not picking specifically on Macs here, but if you watch those 'Get a Mac' commercials enough, it eventually makes you want to stab one of those users in the eye with a lit cigarette or something," Maynor said.

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Microsoft's secret record of every website visited on your PC!

Windows creates invisible, undeletable files listing all the websites the PC has visited. Not only every URL but also all of the email that has been sent or received through Outlook or Outlook Express is also being logged. This information is untouched by clearing history, internet cache folder and temporary internet files. Link shows how to remove

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Israel hacks into Hezbollah TV

"ISRAEL today hacked into the television station of Hezbollah, emblazoning images on the screen showing pictures of corpses and claiming the Shiite militant group's leader Hassan Nasrallah was a liar." Israel = 733t

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About Time: AOL Goes Free

After much speculation, AOL announced today that it would finally bite the bullet, and become a free portal, complete with free AOL email addresses for anyone who wants one. The company says it now wants to exploit the "explosive rise in broadband usage and online advertising", though, of course, it's already missed out on much of the explosion.

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Toyota passes Ford as No. 2 carmaker in the U.S.

"The declines at GM, Ford and Chrysler marked the fourth- straight monthly drop for the U.S.-based automakers. Asian automakers, led by Toyota and Honda, gained U.S. market share for a 12th consecutive month."

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Social Networking Website Leads To Discovery Of 2,000 Pot Plants.

The Sherburne Sheriff �s Department destroyed more than 2,000 marijuana plants as a result of an investigation that rose out of information gathered from a social networking Web site.The departments drug task force gathered enough information off the Web site to execute a warrant after a juvenile girl indicated there was pot growing at her house.

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Israeli Airstrikes Resuming

"Israel said it would resume air strikes after a 48-hour partial halt. The Israeli security cabinet on Tuesday unanimously approved widening Israel's ground offensive in Lebanon. [...] Mr Olmert said it was not in Israel's interest to declare an immediate ceasefire."

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Her Teeth Are Purple and the Sun Will Kill Her -- It's a Medical Mystery

"Can you imagine what life would be like if you could only come out at night? If ultraviolet rays � even from a light bulb � could be dangerous, perhaps fatal? Kasey Knauff, 5, of Bellefonte, Pa., faces this reality. Her strange symptoms began the day she was born: April 10, 2001. "

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Macbook Pro Battery Recall (15")

Apple has initiated a worldwide battery exchange program for certain rechargeable batteries that were sold for use with 15-inch MacBook Pro computer systems from February 2006 through May 2006. The affected batteries have model number A1175 and a 12-digit serial number that ends with U7SA, U7SB or U7SC.

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AJAX Developer Resource Center

Great source of AJAX info from Sun. Your first stop for AJAX related material. Obligatory quote: "Get ahead of the curve and start developing AJAX applications today. This is your source for Java tools, technologies and expert advice."

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The smart egg that shows you when it's boiled to perfection

A self-timing egg imbued with the powers of heat-sensitive invisible ink that turns black the minute that it is ready. All you need to do is decide whether you prefer your eggs soft, medium or hard-boiled, and buy accordingly.

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Enhance Your Mac's Visibility With This Cool Application -It's FREE-

It's AWESOME. YOu must see screenshoot before you decide. It permits one to dim the background of the foremost application thereby enhancing its visibility. You can switch it on or off very quickly from the menu bar, and set the level of dimness."

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How iPod Hacks Work

Intrepid technophiles have found ways to hack iPods, giving them the ability to do much more than play music. In this article, we'll explore why iPods can be hacked, which hacks are our favorites and where to go to learn more.

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TiVo 80 Hour Series2 DVR for $83.40 with Box and 1 Year of Service

TiVo is having a promotion where for $83.40 you get the 80 hour box with a full year of service. You can also get the 80 hour dual tuner box with 1 year of service for only $155.40. This is a great deal for people looking to get a Series2 TiVo.

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CNN Asks Audience For Help with User Generated Content

Another company has jumped on the user generated content bandwagon. "As part of an effort to incorporate more user-generated content in its news reports, CNN said Monday that it has created a Web site where viewers can send in video and audio clips pertaining to breaking news."

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How to Bypass Most Firewall Restrictions and Access the Internet Privately

Want to surf at work but can't because of a firewall? This is a complete resource of literally EVERYTHING you need to know when it comes to getting around pesky work firewalls. If your technically inclined you should have little trouble understand most of the material on this site. Enjoy.

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DIY Direct Current Converter

To have a Direct Current Converter on your work bench increases greatly your capability of experimenting within an ample range of electronic components that need over 100 volts to be driven

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The new Web 2.0: Tech startups combine frat culture with venture capital.

Tucked away on a leafy Palo Alto street lined with manicured, multimillion-dollar homes is a low-slung apartment building that houses the Meetro commune. Not a commune in the Haight-Ashbury sense. Meetro is six guys and an Internet startup crammed into a three-bedroom walk-up.

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10+1 Free Ways to Beautify your Desktop

Who said you cannot enjoy a stunning desktop without paying? Although a lot of software to customize your desktop is commercial, there are a lot other ways, with which you can enjoy the most gorgeous desktop ever. Free.

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Using the Emergency Brake to Steal a car?

Ignition keys equipped with signal-emitting chips were supposed to put car thieves out of business. No such luck � but try telling that to your insurance company.

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What the Internet Really Looks Like

Pull back the curtain on the Internet, and you'll find something straight out of the Industrial Revolution: Huge diesel generators, enormous electrical switches and fat, concrete pipes all occupy big swaths of space in data centers.

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Boston plans to have nonprofit run citywide Wi-Fi network

BOSTON (AP) - The city is considering an unusual approach to creating a citywide, low-cost wireless Internet network: putting a nonprofit organization, rather than a private service provider, in charge of building and running the system.

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Thorough C++ Tutorial for Noobs

This is a great tutorial for learning C++. If you have any experience with other languages or possibly no programming experience at all this tutorial will explain the ins and outs of C++ very well.

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The Upgraded Dragon Speech Recognition Software: Almost Perfect

Nuance Communications promises its Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 will transform the PC-user experience. A test of the software indicates that while that's a fragile promise, it does hold some truth.

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YouTube Overtakes MySpace

YouTube has established itself at the top of the league of the new generation of community websites by becoming even more popular than MySpace, according to research. According to Nielsen/NetRatings, YouTube's American user base grew by 297% in the first half of the year.

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Four countries order 4 million OLPC laptops

Nigeria, Brazil, Argentina, and Thailand have EACH ordered a million Linux laptops from the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, DesktopLinux.com reports.

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Top 25 PHP template engines

The top 25 PHP template engines. My personal favorite is Smarty.

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Great Photos of the Big Dig House - Gorgeous

It is an amazing looking home with a Frank Lloyd Wright feel. The site includes time lapse photos of the construction as well.

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High-Performance Flexible Silicon

A new way to make bendable high-speed silicon devices could result in advanced circuits on virtually any surface.

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What Dell Should Do

The growth engine that Dell once was is sputtering. The degree of its troubles was made plain �yet again�on July 21, when the company said this quarter's earnings would fall far short of analysts' forecasts. Sales won't meet expectations either.

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Real Gaming Challenge Rematch: Intel vs. AMD

No $1000 CPUs. No dual $500 graphics cards. No insanely high or ridiculously low graphics settings. No timedemos. This time we take a typical mass-market system and play games normally to find the fastest processor.

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New speaker design allows for small sub-woofers.

Good sub-woofers generally require a large enclosure, but Tymphany has figured out how to make a speaker case that's only 5 inches in diameter. The key is using two opposing drivers. That brings another advantage (or disadvantage if you like to feel the bass) it cuts down on vibration which means the vibrations won't damage sensitive circuits.

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3 out of 4 women now prefer a plasma tv to a diamond... THANK YOU GOD

i think 100 out of 100 men agree with this

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Top iTunes Add-Ons

There's no disputing that iTunes boasts an excellent feature set right out of the installation package. However, if you really plan to stretch its powers to the max, you may want to think about downloading a few third-party applications.

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7-31-06 Colbert Report results in Wikipedia crash.

Last night on his show the Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert did a bit on wiki and encouraged his users to post erronerous info about elephants. Later last night wiki's servers crashed.

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Lego Mindstorms NXT Launches Today!

On Aug 1, 2006, the next generation of Lego Mindstorms is now available for sale in North America. Mindstorms NXT is a robotics toolset that allows you to build and program robots for various purposes. It combines the power of the Lego technic building system and an all new intuitive software environment powered by National Instruments LabVIEW.

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HD DVD Ahead of Blu-Ray, by a nose

"The unfortunate cropping of the Blu-ray image, coupled with more noticeable compression artifacts and an overall darker cast, can't compete with the more consistently pleasing presentation of the HD DVD."

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Forbes: Mozilla Gains On Microsoft

Mozilla �s Firefox Web browser continues to burn a path into Microsoft�s house--the PC.

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20.1-inch HD DVD Laptop Released

Starting at an astronomical price of $2,800, the 20-inch Acer Aspire 9800 lets you take your HD DVD anywhere, as long as you can lift 17.2 lbs. Not for the weak of heart, wallet, or back, the Aspire 9800 has a Core Duo T2600, 2GB of RAM, Geforce Go 7600 graphics card, 240GB hard drive and an HD DVD drive.

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How to create a Ruby extension in C in under 5 minutes

Many coders will reach a situation where developing a C extension makes sense, whether for doing 'heavy lifting', diving into assembly language, interfacing with other C code, etc. Luckily, developing a basic Ruby extension in C is easy.

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The Web's New News Thing

Looking to spot the next MySpace? Consider Digg.com, a "social news" site caught up just now in a scrappy battle with AOL. "Social news," you ask?

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Apple patches 26 security flaws

Of the patched security holes, 17 could expose the user to an arbitrary code execution.

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What Made TechTV Different

Chris Pirillo talks about what was so darned good about TechTV.

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"Lost" Lands New Star, Reveals Numbers

The Lost Experience, the online interactive game launched last spring to give fans clues to the island, will spill the meaning behind Hurley's lottery numbers--4, 8, 15, 16, 23 and 42--which are prevalent throughout the show. Their importance will be revealed to gamers who complete the third phase of the challenge.

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Scenes from Unfinished Terry Gilliam, Johnny Depp Film

Six minutes of footage from Terry Gilliam's unfinished fantasy epic based on Don Quixote. Taken from a documentary called Lost in La Mancha, which chronicles the making of this doomed, almost cursed project.

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How to Win Against the RIAA in Court

This techdirt article suggests that the RIAA "will drop cases if you point out that an IP address isn't a person," and links to actual cases where the defendants won using this strategy. The logic behind this is that an IP address only points to who paid for the internet access, and not to who used it.

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Quick Reference to Where You Can Watch TV Online

Jeff Pulver provides a comprehensive list of places you can watch TV online, including descriptions of content and prices where applicable.

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The Top 50 Movie Endings of All Time

What films had the most outstanding finales? Some old favorites and some surprises can be found in this top 50 list.

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The Swirling Vortex of Doom, Lake Peigneur, Louisiana in 1980

Early in the morning on November 21, 1980, twelve men decided to abandon their oil drilling rig, on Lake Peigneur, on the suspicion that it was beginning to collapse beneath them. Unbeknown to the crew, they drilled through the lake bottom to a salt mine below. After three hours, the lake was drained of its 3.5 billion gallons of water.

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Bulldozer destroys town, police helpless to do anything but watch.

A crazy welder, who's business was ruined by city hall, decides to weld himself an armored bulldozer + assault rifles. Can anyone stop him? (No they can't)

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Psychic Uri Geller busted on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show!

"Self-proclaimed psychic Geller embarrasses himself big time when he realizes his pre-bent spoons and other props have been switched before the taping of the show.

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Brainiac shows you how to beat the Crane Game

Brainiac shows you how to beat the Crane Game. i need to try this next time

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David Letterman and Bill O'Reilly go at it.

An interesting conversation from two of America's biggest blow hards. Who do you think had the upper hand?

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Exxon Mobil profit's jumps 36 percent totaling $10.36 billion for 2Q.

Exxon Mobil said Thursday it earned $10.36 billion in the second quarter, the second largest quarterly profit ever recorded by a publicly traded U.S. company. The earnings figure was 36 percent above the profit it reported a year ago. High oil prices helped boost the company's revenue by 12 percent to a level just short of a quarterly record.

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Update: Chavez to boost Russian arms orders to S3 billion

Chavez has added helicopters, surface-to-air missiles, it's speculated that they added a submarine to the deal. U.S. officials hoped to talk Russia out of the arms deal, but senior Kremlin officials said that they see no reason to take advice from the United States.

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Things you won't see on CNN - Superb photos

See the following superb photos.. photos like blue angels planes in flight collision.. container ship run aground on beach.. ocean wave washes over big ships deck and small plane caught in power lines.. don't miss

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How Legalizing Drugs Will End the Violence

If Steven Soderbergh's gritty 2000 film "Traffic" caused you to squirm in your seat, the real-life story of Mexican drug dealing is even more disquieting.

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Israel Hits 130 Hezbollah Targets in Southern Lebanon in Massive Strike

Israel struck as many as 130 Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon, using planes and artillery. The targets, including rocket launchers, were hit during the night in the city of Tyre, the eastern Bekaa Valley, and in southern Lebanon.

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The Technology of War

In their current conflict, both Israel and Hizbullah have employed a surprising array of weapons.

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Audit Finds U.S. Hid Actual Cost of Iraq Projects

The State Department agency in charge of $1.4 billion in reconstruction money in Iraq used an accounting shell game to hide ballooning cost overruns on its projects in Iraq and knowingly withheld information on schedule delays from Congress.

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Major environmental disaster in Lebanon due to oil spill caused by Israel

A black coat of oil now covers the Lebanese capital's once-beautiful sandy Mediterranean shore, spilled from a power plant that was knocked down by Israeli warplanes two weeks ago. Fishermen say hundreds of oil-coated fish have been washed ashore in what is the country's worst ever environmental disaster.

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A List of The World�s Forgotten Territorial Disputes

It�s why Indians and Pakistanis continue to quibble over Kashmir, and why Israelis and Palestinians can �t seem to see to eye to eye. But these are just the two most-publicized disputes over land. FP takes a look at the most important border conflicts the world forgot.

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Las Vegas: Don't Feed the Homeless

Soup kitchens serving the homeless have been banned in the US city of Las Vegas with fines coming into force for anyone caught giving hand-outs in its parks. Under the new law, which takes effect on Saturday, anyone offering food or drink to a homeless person will risk a $1,000 fine and six months in jail.

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Exclusive: Photos Proving Hezbollah Waging War In Suburbia

These pictures, smuggled from behind Lebanon's battle lines, show that Hezbollah is waging war in residential areas.

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U.S. Prepares Biodefense

On the grounds of this military base an hour's drive from the capital, the Bush administration is building a massive biodefense laboratory unlike any seen since biological weapons were banned 34 years ago. The lab will be making and testing small amounts of weaponized microbes and, perhaps, genetically engineered viruses and bacteria.

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Millions of Children to Be Fingerprinted

British children, possibly as young as six, will be subjected to compulsory fingerprinting under EU rules being drawn up in secret. The prospect has alarmed civil liberties groups who fear it represents a 'sea change' in the state's relationship with children resulting in a whole range of consequent privacy and personal security concerns.

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Laser Could Create Dark-Matter

By the end of the year, physicists at the DESY laboratory in Germany may have caught a glimpse of an exotic dark-matter particle known as an axion. Andreas Ringwald and co-workers are planning an experiment at the lab �s FLASH free-electron laser, a device that generates extremely bright beams of high-frequency light by accelerating electrons.

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MIT researchers watch brain in action

For the first time, scientists have been able to watch neurons within the brain of a living animal change in response to experience.

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Mathematician May Have Solved 100-Year-Old Problem

Perelman is a mathematician at the Steklov Institute of Mathematics in St. Petersburg, Russia, who may have solved a 100-year-old math problem known as Poincare's Conjecture. If Perelman succeeded, he could be eligible for a $1 million prize. This is arguably the most famous unsolved problem in math, and has been for some time.

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Drug Reverses Aging Effect on Memory

A drug made to enhance memory appears to trigger a natural mechanism in the brain that fully reverses age-related memory loss, even after the drug itself has left the body. This is a significant discovery. Results indicate the exciting possibility that ampakines could be used to treat learning and memory loss associated with normal aging.

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Farming The Sun: $600,000 A Year

Here on Mr. G ärtner�s 200-acre pig farm, the fields are now covered with 10,050 solar panels, which soak up the sunshine and convert it into electricity. The ambient hum in the air is not the sound of insects but of transformers carrying a high-voltage current to the villages nearby. Mr. Gärtner makes more than $600,000 a year.

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Mathematician May Have Solved 100-Year-Old Problem

Perelman is a mathematician at the Steklov Institute of Mathematics in St. Petersburg, Russia, who may have solved a 100-year-old math problem known as Poincare's Conjecture. If Perelman succeeded, he could be eligible for a $1 million prize. This is arguably the most famous unsolved problem in math, and has been for some time.

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Electricity Speeds Wound Healing by up to 50%

n preliminary lab tests, researchers showed that by controlling the weak electrical fields that arise naturally at wound sites, they could direct cells to either close or open up a wound at the flick of a switch. By making the cells move faster, they were able to speed up wound healing by 50%.

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The Body Farm

When they need to see what happens to a body run through a wood chipper or to someone buried in a shallow grave; they turn to the body farm. Kept in a secret location with a privacy fence surrounding it, the body farm is an important resource to scientists looking for answers to life's morbid questions. (it's like Myth Busters Extreme)

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Britain's teeming sea

Global warming is providing a record number and range of exotic sea life to Britain.

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WinRAR to be free this Sunday, July 30

"In order to thank everyone who voted for us and made it possible for us to win this prestigious award, we are offering the WinRAR 3.51 single user license non upgradeable version this Sunday the 30th of July 2006 from 00:00 until 24:00 CET for absolutely FREE."

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Fingerprint tool guards multimedia content

Researchers at the University of Maryland have developed a digital fingerprinting technology that they say can better protect multimedia content from unauthorized copying and distribution. "Sony is very interested in this and has donated over US$120,000" toward equipment for a multimedia lab. Hollywood movie studios are also interested.

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Digg Labs: A Glimpse of Real-Time Possibilites on The Web

After I received an email from Kendall of The Wharton School I looked at the new services on Digg Labs. He described them as offering a glimpse at the possibilities to deliver a real-time experience to the web. As I look at both stack and swarm I think he's right. it could be a very big 1st step in the evolution of how we interact on the web.

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Microsoft Live Labs: Photosynth (Awesome!)

Ever wondered what it would be like to walk through your digital photos in 3D or see what hundreds of other people shot at the same location? See Photosynth in action and hear how Live Labs is exploring new ways to change the way you think about the web.

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The World's Most Photorealistic Vector Art

If I didn't know it already, I wouldn't discern that the gallery is made up of drawings. Yes! They are NOT photographs.

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Pentagon Watching Youtube Closely

The Pentagon is keeping a close eye on what its troops post online, with special attention being paid to videos that show the aftermath of comba

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Make your own buttons : Google style

Custom Buttons are by far my favorite feature in the new Google Toolbar, which comes out of beta today. Clearly I �m not the only one, either -- we have over 600 buttons in the gallery, with new buttons being added every day.

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Opinion: 'Perfect Storm' of Mac Sales May Be On Horizon

"A family in my neighborhood has been all PC since the PC XT. But the eldest son is going off to college and says he wants a Mac. It's the vanguard of a new generation gap. He's never owned a Mac but he's gotta have one � a good sign for Apple."

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An AJAX enhancement for WordPress blogs

"This is cool. AjaxWp is a lightweight JavaScript enhancement that adds AJAX functionality to WordPress blogs speeding up load times, increasing the responsiveness of the user interface and giving the blog an overall cooler look."

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Digg.com 4th most linked to site on the web!

Forget Alexa. Based on links Digg.com is the 4th most popular site on the web. Beating even AOL.com and cnet.com. Netscape.com, newsvine.com and reddit.com don't even come close. Digg on...

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Amazing Retro 1950's Ads (Really Cool)

The Ad*Access project consists of hundreds of retro ads from the 1950's. They are grouped into five categories: Beauty & Hygiene, Radio, Television, Transportation & World War II. These subjects were chosen for their broad popular appeal and proven interest to students, faculty and researchers.

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Segway Centaur

These things look really cool, hopefully they do decide to go ahead and sell them.

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Review: Apple's wireless Mighty Mouse

A review of Apple's bluetooth Mighty Mouse

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Flying Windows, Bad Ass Mac Screen Saver

If you own a Mac you definitely want to check this out. This screen saver will take which ever windows you have open and fly them around your screen, flip, twist and twirl them around in an impressive eye candy way. Those around you will most likely want to find out where in the world you found those. Best of all, freebie....

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Amazing GUI Idea: Foldable Windows!

"Fold n' Drop is an interaction technique being developed for seamlessly dragging and dropping between overlapping windows using gestures. You can fold back and sort through a stack of windows like they were paper. After you drop the object, your window layout is instantly restored to normal. Try the Java demo.

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Macbook Pro Battery Recall (15")

Apple has initiated a worldwide battery exchange program for certain rechargeable batteries that were sold for use with 15-inch MacBook Pro computer systems from February 2006 through May 2006. The affected batteries have model number A1175 and a 12-digit serial number that ends with U7SA, U7SB or U7SC.

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Ze Frank, YouTube, and Making Money

The brilliant Ze thinks there is a coming of age happening online, as demonstrated by the recent debate among blogs kicked off by Wired News and Boing Boing about YouTube's terms of services. As more people invest more time into these videos, and the prospect of making money actually begins to become real for many of these contrubutors.

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