Digg is Named #1 of the 5 Most Successful People-Powered News Sites

Netscape came in waaay behind at #5.

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Apple unable to meet rising MacBook demand

Apple Computer is once again facing a problem that it has become all too familiar with -- not enough supply of its most popular products to meet growing demand.

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Microsoft Mouse is 'Not for Noobs'

Microsoft's notfornoobs.com teaser site has turned out as expected, promoting a new gaming hardware partnership between the Redmond company and Razer. The first joint product to hit the market will be the Habu mouse, designed for serious gamers. The mouse features a 2,000 DPI laser engine, on-the-fly DPI adjustment for changing sensitivity...

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A hidden iTunes feature you should know about

If you're tired of opening up the iTunes window every time you want to pause, start, or fast forward iTunes check out this nifty built in feature very few people know about.

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Call users from your Gmail

A new feature for Gmail being rolled out right now allows you to call contacts from within your Gmail account. Currently you must be signed into the Google Talk application for it to show up, but hopefully soon the feature will be available to users who don't have the instant messenger installed.

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HTML Color Codes Matching Chart (Pantone, CMYK, RGB Hex)

Here�s a Quick Way to select colors for your projects.

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TiVo Coming To Cox

As with Comcast �s Motorola 6412 boxes, TiVo software will be a download option for select Cox DVRs when available in 2007. I assume the TiVo brand name, advertising features, and patent portfolio helped secure this deal.

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Tivo Series 3 Information is Now on Tivo.com!!

Tivo.com now has a page with a signup for the mailing list to stay informed on the Series 3. They also have a FAQ on Cable Card. Hopefully this is an indication that this box will be coming in the next couple weeks!

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Tips for new Mac converts

Big picture, you'll love it. But going to a Mac does come with its own unique set of challenges.

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New Ruby 2.0-ish Redesign

The Ruby website has gotten a redesign. You can see and try it out here. Report any bugs if you find them. That is all.

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A Flying Segway? The Personal Helicopter

Unlike traditional helicopters the GEN H-4 has 2 sets of coaxial, contra-rotating rotors (like a KA-52 Hokum) which eliminates the need of a tail rotor for balancing. It is powered by 4 lightweight 125cc 2 cylinder engines which use standard gasoline. It can fly to an altitude of 1000 meters at a top speed of 59 mph for up to 30 minutes.

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Sophos Offers Free Rootkit Detection Tool..

Called Sophos Anti-Rootkit, the software will detect and remove both known and unknown rootkits, and it will warn systems administrators if removing the software might harm operating system integrity.

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A CSS Hack to steal your browser history in Firefox

Jeremiah Grossman has demonstrated an interesting way to sniff out browser history via CSS hacks. IE7 RC1 is smart enough to block the site, but FireFox lists my history without any complaints. Spooky.

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Toyota puts eyes in back of drivers' heads

The Japanese carmaker claimed today to have pioneered the first system in the world to warn drivers of possible collisions from behind.

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Why Firefox counts down before letting you install an extension

The reason why Firefox has a count down before letting a user install an extension is because of security. By doing this it prevents malicious software from automatically installing on your system.

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How to create a successful start-up

This panel of five Silicon Valley entrepreneurs discussed the challenges and critical success factors necessary to create a successful start-up.

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Classic video games expertly animated with stop-motion. Unbelievable!

Stop motion video reenacting classic video games, using house hold objects. Astounding accuracy

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CNN - bush Violated 1st & 4th Amendments, Oath, & Lied

Watch the whole video. The first part has Jeff Tobin (aka legal expert) pushing for Congress to make warrantless wiretaps legal. But then, after that, Jack Cafferty rips Bush a New One and tells it like it is.

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The US Empire Is Broke

The financial and trade imbalances that are now severely stretching the US are changing the balance of power in China's favor. George Bush's recent Asian trip was not for a new political initiative but a search for money. With US net foreign debt of over $4,000 Billion approaching 40% of GDP the US is seeking financial support from China.

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Starwood Hotels Tests Its Hotel Prototypes in Second Life

The owner of the Westin, Sheraton, and W chains is testing out a new loft-style hotel with prototypes in the suburbs and in virtual reality. Starwood will use both prototypes to help determine what design elements most appeal to consumers before the company actually finalizes and builds the hotels.

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USB Powered BBQ ...

This is one hell of a mod. Using 30 USB ports spread out over five USB PCI cards, this barbeque was created. The PC is still functional, too. Enjoy cooking a 1 ounce steak on that tiny grill......

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Apple, Dell & Lenovo working on new battery standard TOGETHER

Leading notebook makers Apple, Dell, and Lenovo will hold a summit meeting in San Jose, Calif. next month to begin development of standards for the manufacture of lithium ion batteries for portable and handheld electronics. Perhaps these ones won't explode so easily.

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Apple pays $100m to Creative in patent lawsuit settlement

Remember all that talk of Creative beating Apple to the punch with patenting various elements of the iPod's UI? Today these talks came to an end, with Apple whipping out the checkbook, and Creative (I'm assuming) throwing a party. That's right: Apple has shelled out USD $100 million to Creative for a paid-up license.

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Radius IM

radiusIM is all about location. It �s a free web service that shows you who�s around and let�s you IM them.

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How to provide a web API

What are a few simple rules for providing a web API? 1. Keep it clean and simple 2. Stick to standards 3. Make it about data 4. Keep it working 5. Design for updates

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"Bush Misled America" - John McCain

Republican Sen. John McCain, a staunch defender of the Iraq war, on Tuesday faulted the Bush administration for misleading Americans into believing the conflict would be "some kind of day at the beach." Bush's rush to war, and misrepresentation of the situation on the ground has led to thousands of unnecessary US casualties.

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North Korea threatens attack due to war drills

North Korea said it was considering a pre-emptive attack to counter a U.S.-South Korean joint military training drill that Pyongyang sees as a "war action," its official media reported on Tuesday. The drills were a violation of the truce that ended the 1950-1953 Korean War, it said.

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Anti-Telemarketing Script

This script creates an imbalance in the conversation between the marketer and the consumer. It is this imbalance, most of all, that makes telemarketing successful. The EGBG Counterscript attempts to redress that balance.

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Bush : Pull out of IRAQ & Terrorists Strike USA

Bush's new assertion -- and it is apparently going to be his central message in the run-up to the November elections -- is that pulling out of Iraq would embolden terrorists and lead them to strike here again.

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US thinks of sticking RFID chips inside troops

The Florida company which makes implanted RFID chips is lobbying the US government to stick them under the skin of 1.4 million US soldiers. According to the DC Examiner, VeriChip is hoping to convince the Pentagon to allow them to insert the chips under the skin of the right arms of military personnel instead of the traditional dog tags.

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How to create a StyleGuide for your HTML & CSS

for any medium sized or larger project, be sure to create a style-guide. This is just one example and gives a few reasons why it will help you tremendously.

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Web 2.0 Colour Palette

Web 2.0 is about finding new ways to interact on the internet and collaboration, at least to a certain extent. Those of us in the know realise what Web2.0 is really all about � putting things on super shiney tables and painting them with gradients and candy colours and shiny silver and stuff. Here's a list of Web2.0-friendly colours.

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Business Week Opens Polls for Best of Web Voting

I'm not going to say who I voted for in the tech news category, but you can probably guess.

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Gmail Time Management

GTDGmail is a Firefox extension trying to help people Getting Things Done by adding certain features to Gmail... like advanced labels, task lists, and the ability to save specialized searches. Note that using such extensions may be against the Gmail ToS, so use this at your own risk...

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Segways Banned From British Streets, Sidewalks, Roads

It was supposed to launch a revolution in personal transport but has been stopped in its tracks by a strict interpretation of a 170-year-old law.

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Zimbio - Web 2.0 Network of Public Portals

Zimbio goal is to help people learn from others on the web. You can quickly get down the learning curve on any topic of interest by seeing what other people are reading, saying, and recommending about the topic.

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The Mother of All Windows XP Tweaking Guides

The TweakGuides Tweaking Companion Version 3.1 is the complete system optimization guide for Windows XP users. It contains an enormous amount of detailed descriptions and resources together in one free 175 page downloadable PDF file.

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Gmail Audio Player

Gmail has a built-in player for MP3 attachments. If you receive emails that include MP3 files (maybe a podcast or a public domain recording), you can listen them directly from Gmail.

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NASA's World Wind giving google earth a run for its money!

What could be better than google earth? How bout being able to track real time weather, fires, floods, sandstorms all across the globe by the click of the mouse! Also super maps of Saturn, the Moon, EVEN A DEEP SPACE VIEWER! WOW is all I can say. NASA has out done itself with this one, I can't believe this hasn't been covered more on digg...

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Blogging for Dollars

With Internet-like speed, blogs have gone from self-indulgent hobbies to flourishing businesses. Real businesses, with real revenue streams from real advertisers, not overhyped next big things. Some of the most popular blogs, long the bane of the mainstream media, are now themselves becoming mainstream.

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Hacking Into Almost Any Windows XP Machine, With Just A Few Tricks.

Ever wanted to gain Administrator access, on a XP machine with ease. This guide will show you how to do it. Assuming you have the brains to use either the Command Prompt, or the registry.

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Cheat Sheet: Web 2.0

Web 2.0 is one of those phrases which we're hearing a lot about currently. Everybody says they're very excited about it but do they really know what it is?

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Watch your favourite TV channels in your browser - FREE

Watch more than 150 TV channels for free. Here is a collection of more than 150 free legal channels that you can watch from your browser. Includes HBO, ESPN, Playboy TV, Bloomberg, ABC News, AL Jazeera, E-Music, Deejay TV, Deluxe Music, Fashion TV, Horror Channel, Comedy Channel, Sci-Fi Channel, Lifestyle Network, 16 Adult channels and a lot more.

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First XBOX Modchip Released

The NME-360 enables your XBox360 to play backups of your highly valuable original games. NME-360 is a universal solution for ALL currently available XBox360 Consoles on the market. Forget crazy dual mods with 30+ wires or even bricking your DVD drive by flashing corrupt/wrong firmware files. Your original firmware stays untouched and intact at any

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Top Ten Rock Movies

Seeing as how this week marks the 29th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley, as well as Madonna's 48th birthday, IGN decided to spotlight the Top Ten Rock Movies. The movies selected for this list are not concert films or documentaries but rather narrative films about rock and roll.

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The 5 Most Obviously Drug-Fueled TV Appearances Ever

Date, evidence, and drug(s) they were probably on...

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If Drugs Were Legal (video)

BBC documentary about what would happen to the world if drugs were legalized.

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Car Drifting gone HORRIBLY wrong!

This guy sets the cruise control and actually gets out of his car while in a drifting contest. The result: His own car goes postal and heads straight for the take-down!! Darwin award candidate for sure.

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FOLED - Flexible OLED Display (video demonstration)

We have seen the future of displays, and it �s �FOLED,� which basically are �organic light emitting devices that are built on flexible substrates such as plastic or metallic foil.�

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Jon Stewart Slams the Media on JonBenet Ramsey Coverage

Jon Stewart takes the mainstream media to town on their ridiculously sensationalistic coverage of the recent break in the JonBenet.

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The Best Of: AOL's Seach Logs

SomethingAwful brings us round two of the funniest (and sometimes, most horrific) of AOL's search logs.

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10 things you shouldn't buy new.

Why waste money on shiny packaging and a fancy store when you can find it online and 'pre-owned' for a fraction of the cost? Here are your best buys.

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The FDA's Marijuana Problem

The FDA has recently claimed that there are no medical benefits to marijuana use. Yet at the same time, the FDA has approved synthetic versions of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main active ingredient in marijuana, for use in high-priced prescription drugs. Surprisingly, the FDA also lists marijuana to be as dangerous as heroin & PCP.

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United Nations: The World's Scapegoat

Why does the World expect so much from the U.N. when the five veto holding members of the U.N. Security Council cripple it during every crisis? I'd say it's time to scrap it like the equally ineffective League of Nations, but the five would never agree to a replacement.

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How Americans View Hillary: Popular but Polarizing

Most Americans agree that Hillary Clinton is intelligent (81%) and that she's politically moderate (67%). She's the Dem. nominee they'd support the most if she runs for President (leading the field with 46%, just ahead of Al Gore's 41). And a majority (53%) agree that she makes a generally favorable impression. They don't agree on much else.

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Bush: Iraq Had �Nothing� To Do With 9/11

President Bush was in the midst of explaining how the attacks of 9/11 inspired his "freedom agenda" and the attacks on Iraq until a reporter, Ken Herman of Cox News, interrupted to ask what Iraq had to do with 9/11. "Nothing," Bush defiantly answered.

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Virginia Tech campus shut down as police search for escaped inmate suspecte

Virginia Tech shut down its campus Monday and ordered everyone to remain inside as authorities searched for an escaped inmate suspected of killing a hospital guard and a sheriff's deputy.

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Massive search for autism genes begins.

Scientists at 11 Boston-area institutions, including MIT and the Broad Institute, will use new tools to analyze DNA samples from thousands of autistic people and their families. It is expected to be the largest search to date for the genetic causes of autism and may yield candidate genes in as little as six months.

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The U.S. Is Home To a Super Volcano!

Well, it seems that there are volcanoes so big, so massive, that when they erupt it effects the climate of the entire Earth. You would have over nine inches of ash over 1,000 miles away. The area effected by the blast would be more than 2,000 square miles. And when this one blows, it will be 2500 times bigger than Mt. St. Helens. And where is it?

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The U.S. Is Home To a Super Volcano!

Well, it seems that there are volcanoes so big, so massive, that when they erupt it effects the climate of the entire Earth. You would have over nine inches of ash over 1,000 miles away. The area effected by the blast would be more than 2,000 square miles. And when this one blows, it will be 2500 times bigger than Mt. St. Helens. And where is it?

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Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon Produces Missing Apollo 11 Footage

Peter Clifton was sitting watching television when he saw NASA was searching for original Apollo 11 footage. He had forgotten that in 1979 he ordered footage from The Smithsonian for use in The Dark Side of The Moon demo film. He had all but forgotten a pristine 16-millimetre film of the moon landing was part of his vast personal film catalogue.

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New 1080p HDTVs Compared

"Here's a look at three 2006 big-screen HDTVs that have the highest-available native resolution, known in the industry as 1080p. These sets have their work cut out for them competing against the 2005 models, despite all sharing the ability to accept 1080p sources."

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12-Foot Inflatable Home Theatre, Minus The Theatre

The kit includes an inflatable 12-foot (144 inch) screen, repair kit (bad omen), some ground stakes, PVC, plastic ground sheeting and we're bored. In the end, you're getting a functional screen and 30 feet of RCA cable.

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AmateurIllustrator nails niche social networking

If you want to see a great site for niche social networking, check out AmateurIllustrator.com. This Lincoln, Lincolnshire (UK) based site launched today and I think there�s a good chance it�s going to thrive.

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The Robots Are Coming!

The robots are on the move--leaping, scrambling, rolling, flying, climbing. They are figuring out how to get here on their own. They come to help us, protect us, amuse us--and some even do floors.

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Dream Up a Killer App for Macs in "My Dream App" Contest

Phill Ryu on Monday announced My Dream App, a new competition that invites contestants to submit their best ideas for a �killer app� for Mac OS X. Contestants can earn prizes including Macs and iPods, and will have their ideas judged by industry luminaries including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.

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Crucial Mac Apps: College Edition

By a college student, for college students. A list of apps to help the school year get started off right.

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Crazy Egg - visual heatmap of where visitors are clicking on your site

Crazy Egg is a program that shows you a visual heatmap of where your users are clicking. It tracks clicks on links, ads, flash and Ajax and more.

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Plasma TV stand EXPLODED!

This is a warning about the Avdeco line of plasma and TV stands.

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Parallel�s planning on bringing FULL speed Windows gaming to OS X

Parallel's plans on adding full speed DirectX and OpenGL support in an upcoming beta. This will allow OSX users to fire up the latest Windows games and play them right from their OSX desktop without rebooting into Boot Camp.

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How do you get a price cut? just ask

Most people don't think twice about bargaining when it comes to something big, like a new car or home. But getting a price cut on smaller things, cable bills, doctors' fees, electronics goods, can be surprisingly easy: Just ask.

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Top 10 Cameras Used On Flickr

It is tough to find the really nice cameras out there but maybe it isn �t quite as bad anymore. The Yahoo! Shopping Blog just released an article that gives you a list of the top 10 used cameras on Flickr:

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Apple Special Event - September, 25.

The UK press has received notification of a special Apple presentation happening at Photokina on September 25.

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VIDEO: Optimus mini keyboard in action!

I got my hands all over the first Optimus Mini Keyboard you remember, that one with screens inside each button. Here's the first video of the little fella in action. I set the buttons up to show world time, control firefox and WMP. Then I set it up as a slot machine. Jackpot!

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Playstation 3 User Interface- Direct Feed

GN Weekly gives us a first look at the PlayStation 3 �s user interface via direct feed, going over all the features in detail.

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Check you website's popularity on social networking websites

Social meter scans the major social websites to analyze a webpage's social popularity. Currently they scan Del.icio.us, Digg, Furl, Google, Jots, Linkroll, Netscape, Reddit, Shadows, Spurl, Technorati, and Yahoo My Web.

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Web2.0 bullshit generator

I've always known there is something irritatingly similar about all of this, just couldn't put my finger on it - well here you go - Web2.0 bullshit generator.

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How Apple�s Firmware Leapfrogs BIOS PCs

Apple is a generation ahead of other PC makers in adopting Intel's modern EFI in its new Macs. Here's why that matters! An interesting look at the architecture of new Macs, plus how different versions of Windows work with GPT drives, the rivalry of Itanium vs PowerPC, the Itanium Killer, and Boot Camp utilities: Daniel Eran @ RoughlyDrafted

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See the Origin of Truthiness - The First Episode Ever of The Colbert Report

"Open wide baby bird, cause mama has a big fat nightcrawler of TRUTH!" Great find for anyone who missed the beginning!

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Hugo Chavez: Venezuela captured 4 U.S spies

CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez said Friday that Venezuela has caught four people spying for the U.S. government and has turned them over to the Americans. "I've caught four of their spies, four, and I've put them back in their hands. Not long ago we caught a very beautiful woman in Valencia, taking photos," Chavez told the rally.

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First Amendment apparently doesn't cover the "F" word

A kid holding a sign on a sidewalk with the words "Fuck Bush" on it is first given a citation, then when the cops notice a cameraman filming they arrest him and take him away. Since when did we lose our freedom of speech?

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The 'Reallionaire'

Farrah Gray began contributing to his family's financial support at the age of 6, and he made his first million by the time he was 14. His success made a lot of people change their thinking about where life in the projects of Chicago's South Side could lead. Secret to Your Success? Ask Yourself Three Questions...

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Apple firmware update runs fans nonstop

According to users commenting on Apple's own discussion groups, the MacBook firmware update makes a notebook's fans run continuously, albeit at a low speed. When necessary, the fans will speed up to move more air through the case.

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5 free apps for any Mac user

A list of 5 free applications any level Mac user can, and should, use and why.

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Could this invention be the Holy Grail of free energy production?

"Steorn, an Irish company, claims to have produced a groundbreaking (we do not use this word lightly) technology which is based on the interaction of magnetic fields and produces free, clean and constant energy. "

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Dell & Sony knew about battery problem 10 months ago

Dell and Sony knew about and discussed manufacturing problems with Sony-made Lithium-Ion batteries as long as ten months ago, but held off on issuing a recall until those flaws were clearly linked to catastrophic failures causing those batteries to catch fire.

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Digg Card, Get your digg profile on your site

This takes your Digg profile and makes it into a card that you can display on your website. Basically its like the xbox live gamer card but for digg. I am interested in getting some feedback on this. It is very easy to use.

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