Photoshop - A Simple Painting Method (Great tutorial!)

Learn one method of painting in Photoshop. A tablet helps a lot

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Xtorrent Public Beta 2

I ’m pleased to announce that Xtorrent Public Beta 2 is now available for testing. Xtorrent is an advanced torrent client that aims to bring a friendly interface and powerful features to the world of BitTorrent. The largest change in Beta 2 is an under-the-hood overhaul of the downloads pane.

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10 best extensions for Firefox 2

To use the potential features of the next version of Firefox today, install the Firefox 2 extensions that won the hearts of Download.com editors Seth Rosenblatt and Peter Butler.

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Apple preps for "Black Friday" Holiday Bonanza

Apple Computer is gearing up to launch its annual "Black Friday" sale next week, in which it will offer price cuts on various Mac and iPod products in a 24-hour bid to usher in the holiday shopping season with a bang.

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realistic CSS drop shadow (no images!)

Technique to build flexible CSS drop shadows applied to arbitrary block elements. Most of the existing techniques for creating element shadows use images, this one doesn't. IT uses plain simple CSS.

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Dailymotion Gaining Ground In The Online Video Market

DailyMotion.com, which is based in Paris, has more than 9,000 new videos posted each day, and its daily page views now exceed 16 million. Digg recently added static thumbnail previews for videos submitted from their site.

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Here comes the fastest storage in the world

TMS has produced what it claims is the fastest storage in the world, working at more than 600 times the speed of your normal disk drive.

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Over 125 Full length movies on youtube,google video, etc.

Over 125 Full length movies on youtube,google video, etc. Some of these are not out on DVD yet!

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Scientific Proof That Nickelback Sucks

Same beat, same breaks, same awful band. I submitted this story and it got buried. Shortly after it got 140 diggs. This is attempt #2.

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Read the Release Agreement Everyone Signed to Appear in 'Borat'

Two frat boys who appeared in the movie have sued the film's producers, claiming they were defrauded. Here is the release they (and everyone else) had to sign. Were they defrauded? You be the judge.

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Rolling Stone Interview: Sacha Baron Cohen -the Real Borat- Finally Speaks

In his only interview as himself, Sacha Baron Cohen talks about growing up kosher in London, inventing a new kind of comedy with Ali G and conquering Hollywood with Borat

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The 10 Greatest Punches

A collection of the greatest single punches in the history of film. Feel free to chime in with your favourites below.

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Simple way to multiply big numbers

this counting-based technique lets ANYONE multiply big numbers together without a Calculator. It uses lines with Representative multitudes of the value of the digits to criss-cross, forming a plaid-like pattern, one then adds the number of intersections in certain crossing points to get the product of two numbers, no matter how big...F'ing awesome!

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Student tasered at UCLA library for not having his ID 11-14-06 11:30pm

Don't you hate it when you forget to bring your ID to Library... and the CSO or UCPD end up zapping you like five times with a stun gun? what is happening in todays universities now a days? UCLA library is a 24/7 library only for UCLA students...

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Student tasered at UCLA library for not having his ID 11-14-06 11:30pm

Don't you hate it when you forget to bring your ID to Library... and the CSO or UCPD end up zapping you like five times with a stun gun? what is happening in todays universities now a days? UCLA library is a 24/7 library only for UCLA students...

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A Gunfighter Sends Liquor Store Bandits Running With POINT BLANK Shot!!

Wow, what awesome reflexes this guys has.

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16,000 Firecrackers Gone in 60 Seconds

Ever wonder how 16.000 firecrackers fired off at the same time would look like

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Video: Blackass

This is how Tracy Morgan does Jackass. Haha oh man, just watch.

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How To Obtain Techmeme Blog Coverage

Techmeme usually sends thousands of unique users per month to websites, dependent upon the percentage of breaking news stories and coverage. Loren Baker has a few words about it.

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Clear Channel Gets Bought Out; Will New Owners Mean New Ideas?

Radio giant Clear Channel has agreed to a $19 billion leveraged buyout by a group of private-equity firms -- a move that will take the company private and could spark significant change in how it does business.

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Windows Vista testers get free copy of RTM

Those in the vista technical beta (and who have submitted one bug or more) will be elegiable to download either Windows Vista ultimate or business editions. You ’ll get a free copy in form of a unique Connect invitation to a new sub-page with the build on. What a great thank-you present from MSFT!

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Red Hat's Fedora Core 5 for the Sony PlayStation 3 released

Two weeks before YellowDog Linux is scheduled to release, the creators of Fedora Core 5 have released an add-on disc to make their popular Linux Distro usable on the PlayStation 3. While neither form of Linux may be used until Sony releases their OtherOS installer, Sony is purported to be releasing it in the near future.

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Free long distance calls through Google?

On Google's new click-to-call functionality: "I got thinking about how else the service could be abused. Although it's almost certainly against the terms and conditions, the new feature could theoretically allow users to make free long distance phone calls to any North American number."

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Microsoft could save 45 mil. tons of CO2 emissions with a few lines of code

Microsoft has already announced that they will build aggressive, energy-saving technology into Vista. But that ’s not enough. Redmond should issue a software upgrade to every computer running Microsoft Windows worldwide to adjust each machine’s energy-saving settings for maximum efficiency. Energy savings would be worth $5 to $7 trillion dollars.

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The New Media Establishment - 50 people shaping online journalism

Who are the "new establishment" of online journalism? Who are the people shaping the latest developments in bringing journalism to new digital platforms?

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The New Media Establishment - 50 people shaping online journalism

Who are the "new establishment" of online journalism? Who are the people shaping the latest developments in bringing journalism to new digital platforms?

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Guy Photoshops his Baby to Look Like Famous People.

Here are some nice photos the baby will enjoy when he grows up.

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Uranium and Plutonium Traces found in Iranian Facility

VIENNA, Austria - International Atomic Energy experts have found unexplained plutonium and enriched uranium traces in a nuclear waste facility in Iran and have asked Tehran for an explanation, an IAEA report said Tuesday.

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The launch video of Al Jazeera English

The long awaited Al Jazeera English has launched! This is the official launch video through to the first story...

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Psychologist Produces The First-ever 'World Map Of Happiness'

A University of Leicester psychologist has produced the first ever 'world map of happiness.'

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Cool list of easter eggs in Mac OS X

Very cool easter eggs, check out "Lord of the Rings" and "Terminal Games"

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It's true: The Zune is incompatible with Vista

"I really couldn't believe the tip a reader sent in that Microsoft's Zune MP3 player would be incompatible with Windows Vista," writes veteran Microsoft follower Mary Jo Foley of ZDNet. "But on November 14, Microsoft rolled out the Zune player, which doesn't work with Vista."

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HOW TO - Make a DVD burner into a High-Powered laser

Stephanie has an *awesome* laser project, turn a DVD burner into a high powered laser - "The laser pictured above has a peak output measured at 225 mW (average output 200 mW). It's a visible red at about 650nm. It can light matches, pop balloons, cut electrical tape, and so forth.

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SiteTimer Will Pinpoint The Exact Reasons Why Your Website is Slow

OctaGate SiteTimer is a free online service that will tell you exactly how long it takes for a user to download one or more of your web site pages. Exactly what we wanted to improve the performance of our blogs/sites.

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Find out who gives away your email address with Gmail trick

When you give your email address to a website, you hope that they don't sell or trade your address to a bunch of spammers. Well if they do, here is a simple way to see what sites are responsible for what particular piece of email. This requires you have a Gmail account.

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New Technology Allows Wireless Recharging

In the future, we might recharge electronics the same way many people now surf the web: wirelessly. MIT scientists say they have figured out a way to transmit energy so that electronics can be powered without cords.

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Skype 2.5 beta for Mac released

* Send SMS messages to your friends from Skype. * Reach your friends instantly whether they are offline or on the move. * Talk with up to ten people for free with Skype conference calls.

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In Nintendo's "Duck Hunt," how does the TV know when you've hit a duck?

How exactly does the Nintendo game "know" where you are pointing the gun on the screen when you shoot ducks?!? Very mind-boggling!

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Geek to Live: Take better cameraphone photos

Another great Lifehacker post on taking pictures with cameraphones. This is useful because the cell phone manufacturers are including higher resolution cameras!

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Black Friday 2006 Buying Guide

You will have access to easy direct links to tons of these websites. Plus, the filter tool allows you to navigate thorough these websites, compare Black Friday Special prices, and obtain additional information for the shopper to save money such as rebate and early bird special.

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Ducati unveils the 1098 - the fastest Ducati ever

The 1098 will be the most powerful naturally-aspirated roadgoing twin-cylinder motorcycle available with the highest torque-to-weight ratio of any sport bike. The 381 pound weight makes it the lightest of any of the superbikes in roadgoing form and with a styling reminiscent of the 916, here’s hoping it fronts the grid in 2008.

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Tips for Smarter iTunes Playlists

If you're like me, you probably have all your songs on a single playlist in your iPod. Here's some tips for making your listening experience a more enjoyable one.

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Microsoft’s Zune Suffering Awful First Day Sales

Two boxed Zune players sat ignored on the top shelf of a Plexiglas showcase packed with iPod accessories in a Virgin Megastore and by mid-afternoon, the store had sold one Zune player and one other person had inquired about them.

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Cingular to offer mobile banking in 2007

No word yet on which banks they've been talking with, but the telecom company plans to offer banking on mobile phones in 2007.

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iPod manufacturer reportedly wins iPhone contract

Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision, which has long manufactured a number of Apple products including the iPod, has reportedly won a contract to manufacture 12 million mobile phone handsets for Apple, The Commercial Times reports.

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Ultimate Gaming Rig : Quad-Core Core 2 Extreme GeForce 8800 GTX SLI NF680i

Dubbed "The Ultimate Gaming Motherboard" by Asus, the Asus Striker Extreme, built around NVIDIA's new 680i chipset is nothing short of impressive when you look at the build quality and feature integration Asus brought to the table. With a chipset heat-pipe cooling system that looks like something out of a distillery.

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15 Instant Energy Boosters

Researchers pinpoint 2:16 p.m. as the time where most people lose energy at work, recommend ways to perk up your day. Suggestion No. 9: "Have sex"

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Scientists Developing Lung Cancer Breath Test

A simple breath test could someday help predict who's at highest risk of getting lung cancer. In preliminary research, the breath test was successful in finding cancer "markers," said senior researcher Dr. Simon D. Spivack, a pulmonologist at the Wadsworth Center, the public health laboratory of the New York State Department of Health.

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Here's why you hate Mondays

Todaty was yet another in a series of crappy Mondays at work. I finally decided to search the subject and I found this article: "Scientists have discovered a cure for the dreaded Monday morning blues - stop sleeping in on weekends." I dont know if the cure is worse than the disease!

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Believing You Can Get Smarter Makes You Smarter

Thinking about intelligence as changeable and malleable, rather than stable and fixed, results in greater academic achievement, especially for people whose groups bear the burden of negative stereotypes about their intelligence.

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Natural-born Painkiller Found in Human Saliva

Saliva from humans has yielded a natural painkiller up to six times more powerful than morphine, researchers say.

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Scientists design simple dipstick test for cocaine

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a simple "dipstick" test for detecting cocaine and other drugs in saliva, urine or blood serum. The test is based upon DNA-gold nanoparticle technology, and can be packaged in user-friendly kits similar to those used for home pregnancy tests.

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Contact lenses that check blood sugar

A scientist in Baltimore has developed a contact lens that can provide diabetics with a non-invasive way to monitor blood sugar. Instead of using blood, Dr. Chris Geddes of the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute has produced contact lenses that change color in response to the glucose level in the wearer's tears.

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Paint-on Polymer Kills Flu on Contact

A surface coated in spiky polymer molecules destroys the flu virus at a touch, according to a new report. The experimental substance, which can be applied like paint, might complement other germ control methods used in public spaces such as hospitals and airplanes.

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It heats. It powers. Is it the future of home energy?

Down in Bernard Malin's basement is a softly thrumming metal box that turns natural gas into hot water and generates $600 to $800 worth of electricity a year - a bonus byproduct of heating his home.

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How to write Greasemonkey scripts

Greasemonkey is a Mozilla Firefox extension that allows users to install scripts that make on-the-fly changes to specific web pages. Greasemonkey can be used for adding new functionality to pages.

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How To Get More Power From A Wireless Router

Need more range out of your Linksys wireless router? Consider adding a WiFi Booster Antenna. We tested one with our Linksys WRT54GC mini wirelss router and the results were impressive! Check it out!

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8 Vista Mythbusters

The goal is to debunk some of the nonsense (both from Microsoft and from its many detractors).

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What Is Digg Worth? Jay Adelson Has Some Ideas.

Video link to an interview with Jay Adelson on the net worth of Digg and its' explosive growth.

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Beatles Finally Available Online (on Microsoft Zune Marketplace)

The Beatles have finally allowed their music to be sold online -- they'll have 33 albums in the Zune Marketplace when it launches tomorrow. About time!

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Microsoft to Add Video Sharing to Zune, Ballmer Says

Microsoft Corp. plans to add a video-sharing feature to its Zune player and will eventually sell a model that combines the device with a phone, Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer said.

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The Pirate Bay has added a TV section.

The Pirate Bay has added a TV section where it lists TV shows.

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Hack Attack: Set up and host a blog on your home computer

If you want to host your own blog, you can purchase a plan at a web hosting provider for a few bucks a month - or you can set it up on your home computer for free. Today we'll set up a weblog on your Windows PC using the popular open source blogging software, WordPress.

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Google adds Skype to Google Pack

Google has added skype to Google Pack.

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Wii Gameplay Video From Engadget

Maybe you've been itching for some video of Wii gameplay? Watch as Veronica and I make total fools of ourselves playing Wii Sports (Bowling, Tennis, Baseball, Boxing, Golf). Also, we've got the first ten or so minutes of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.

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PS3 Back Compatability: Not Perfect

Sony boasted backwards computability for the PlayStation 3, but it's currently not much better than the Xbox 360's functionality. The PS3 is supposed to have all the requirements and hardware built for PS2 game playback, but reports are arriving from some reviewers and players saying "my games don't work."

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Canada Profs Win Right to Smoke Pot

The use of medical marijuana has given two Toronto professors the right to something that many students could only dream of -- access to specially ventilated rooms where they can indulge in peace.

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Universal Music CEO: iPod owners are thieves

"The CEO of Universal Music has called iPod owners thieves. In explaining that Universal required Microsoft to pay it vig on the sale of each Zune, Doug Morris said, "These devices are just repositories for stolen music, and they all know it." (via Xeni Jardin at boingboing.net)

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50 Helpful Blogging Resources

A list of 50 blogging resources with descriptions. Some of the resources include blogging platforms, how to design your blog, free themes, fighting comment spam, increasing your blog traffic, and creating content.

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Now You Need a Fingerprint to Hire a Car

Hiring a car can now mean leaving a fingerprint. And check-out staff are scanning the customers as well as the shopping. Biometrics are entering every day life.

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Apple may create their own Satellite Radio Service or acquire XM or Sirius

Apple could be planning to create their own satellite radio station linked to iTunes and even their iPods instead of using an existing satellite radio service. However, creating such a service and getting the user base could be a difficult task and thus Apple may be more interested in a purchase of an existing satellite radiio company (XMR, Sirius)

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Great Fonts for Web 2.0

Fonts are an essential part of design - but there are thousands of fonts out there, so knowing which ones to use can be quite daunting. Here's a roundup of some fonts that have found popularity recently.

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Zune Marketplace's Absurd Pricing Scheme

Plenty of people have credit cards and they understand the concept of purchasing items with them. So, how, you ask, could Microsoft screw this up? No, first you might ask, what is there to screw up? I mean, the system already works. All you need your customer to do is show up with a credit card? Right? Wrong!

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