December 16, 2006

Looking for a video? Search 60 video sites (YouTube, gVideo...) at once.

Metatube is programmed to search 60 video sites to find the video you want. So if something isn't on YouTube, you can search 59 other sites easily. Which is awesome when something you wanted to show your buddies gets taken off YouTube.

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Photoshop CS3 Preview - The New Interface

Photoshop guru Deke McClelland delves into one of the biggest changes in Photoshop CS3 - the new Interface.

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Time Person of The Year: It's You!

YOU were named TIME magazine 'Person of the Year' Saturday for the explosive growth and influence of user-generated Internet content such as 'blogs', video-file sharing site YouTube and social network MySpace... You -- YES, YOU -- beat out candidates including Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, China's President Hu Jintao, North Korean leader Ki

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By Popular Demand: 50 More ’80s Commercials

Seems that Giant magazine forgot more than a few entries when they compiled their list of the 50 top commercials of the 1980's. After a lot of user submissions, they present the 50 most requested (and missing) ads!

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Top 10 Movie Trailers of 2006

IFILM picks their top 10 movie trailers of 2006. Debate and discuss!

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Gonzo--Detailed Description/Review of New Hunter S. Thompson Book

Only 3,000 printed/$300 each. This brief article offers a glimpse of the beautiful and rare book. Intro by Johnny Depp.

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The Full Length Shrek The Third Trailer is Now Online

Looks cool!

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All a TV writer wants for Christmas

A top 50 list of Christmas wishes, including one of my favourite bits of unobtanium; The Complete WKRP DVD set with the original tunes. Sadly there's some 4 letter Grinch preventing this from happening.

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TuneGlue° | Relationship Explorer

Relationship mapping of bands/artists. On site type in an artist, and click the circle that pops up representing that artist. When you expand, tuneglue will generate a web of similar-sounding artists.

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Top 50 Viral Videos of 2006

iFilm picks the Top 50 for 2006, the Year of the Viral Video. Debate, discuss and be disgusted!

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Beat Any Parking Ticket! Don't Ever Pay Again!

This youTube Video demonstrates how anyone can contest any parking ticket that they get from when a parking meter runs out of time. This exposes a serious flaw in the parking meter system. City governments are being greedy and "Taxing" citizens unjustly with parking tickets that they don't deserve, learn how you can defend yourself.

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Buzz Aldrin Talks About UFO during Apollo 11

Apollo 11 is the mission that put man on the moon. About halfway into the trip, the astronauts spotted a strange object. Buzz Aldrin talks about what they did and having to hide it from NASA to stop any panic. We hear conspiracy theorists talk about UFOs all the time, but hearing someone as famous as the 2nd person on the moon is slightly different

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Have you ever wondered where the government spends all your money?

This giant detailed graph shows exactly where all your hard earned tax dollars are spent. Did you know the army spent 638 million dollars on bullets for 2007, and 10.2 BILLION on missile defense but only 11 million for the Office of Government Ethics? LOL pretty awesome.

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The rising use of SWAT teams is bad, but it's about to get worse.

In 2005, for example, Baltimore's Cheryl Lynn Noel, a mother and churchgoing woman, was shot to death when she mistook raiding police officers for intruders. She was holding a legal handgun when they kicked open her bedroom door. That raid was conducted after police investigators found marijuana seeds in the family trash.

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Largest Order Ever of Rolls Royce Phantoms Delivered (Pics)

"The Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong has been shuttling guests to and from the airport and around town in Rolls-Royce automobiles since 1970, when it took delivery of a then-record seven Silver Shadows. Today, the Peninsula outdid itself, taking delivery of fourteen long-wheelbase Phantoms built to custom specifications through RR's Bespoke program."

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Over 25% of Legislation Passed in 109th Congress Was Renaming Buildings

“Of the 383 pieces of legislation that were signed into law during the two-year 109th Congress, more than one-quarter dealt with naming or renaming federal buildings and structures — primarily post offices after various Americans.”

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Man buying 400 POUNDS of pot gets 18 months.

A 26 year old man tried to buy 400 pounds of marijuana for $455,000 in cash. He faced 40 Years in prison, but only got 18 months. Why? He's the police chief's son.

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Antidepressants to get new suicide warnings

Antidepressants can increase the risk of suicidal behaviors in people up to age 24, federal public health officials warned Wednesday as they decided to expand a drug warning label that now applies only to children and adolescents.

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Why Knuckles Crack and Joints Creak

Some peoples' bodies play a percussive symphony of cracking and creaking, thanks to the large orchestra of noise-making human joints. But what's behind it all?

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Marijuana Reform Ads

Thes are the latest Marijuana Reform ads refused in Washington D.C. “Marijuana Laws Waste Billions of Taxpayer Dollars to Lock Up Non-Violent Americans.”

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How do I get experimental drugs?

On Monday, the Food and Drug Administration proposed expanding access to experimental treatments for patients with life-threatening diseases. Pharmaceutical companies and government agencies conduct thousands of studies every year to test drugs for commercial use. How can you get your hands on these new drugs?

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Taco Bell Recipe Released. Make your own Taco Bell Meat!

Well if the E. Coli Scare Has You Staying Away From Taco Bell Here Is The Recipe For The Meet.

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How to photograph Christmas Lights

Photo-enthusiast blog Strobist shows you how to capture dazzling photos of Christmas-light displays. This tutorial isn't so much about the method of nighttime shooting as it is framing your shot well and shooting your scene at the optimal time: The problem with 98% of Christmas-lights photos is that most people wait until way too late...

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DiggStatus - How do you compare to the rest of the Digg community?

"DiggStatus is a small utility that calculates the average usage statistics of Digg users and compares them to the statistics of a selected user. It utilizes PHP, MySQL, Flash, and XML." Type in your Digg user name and see how you compare to other Digg users, in terms of story submissions, Diggs, comments, friends, etc.

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Photoshop CS3 For Windows Cracked!

Yep, it works just fine now, no trial period no nothing.

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Jot This Down! An Overview of Popular Note-Taking Applications

"The brain can only hold so much throw-away data at one time. In this age of digital overload, there ’s little room left over for temporary phone numbers, phone messages, notes from a conference call meeting, reminders that aren’t big enough to be full-blown tasks, etc."

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December 13, 2006

Ten Bad-Ass Bots, with eight bad-ass videos

Robots like Cylon centurions, RoboCop's ED-209, Tom Servo, and the toughest of the Replicants, all in action. I defy you to find a bot more bad-ass than these.

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The end of "The Real World" is near!

What was once an insightful, thoughtful exploration of race, class and gender is now nothing more than a big ol' 'ho camp. Witness the beginning of the end of The Real World.

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'Girls Gone Wild' Founder Sentenced for Filming Girls Under 18

'Girls Gone Wild' Founder Sentenced for Filming Girls Under 18

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The Father From "Everybody Loves Raymond" Had Died

Peter Boyle, the father in TV's "Everybody Loves Raymond" passed away in New York on Wednesday.

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Seinfeld Horror Spoof

Seinfeld recut into a horror movie. This has to be the most amazing editing job I've ever seen for one of these spoofs, really well done and funny!

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Roller Coaster Tycoon massacre!

remember when all you ever tried to do in this game is create as much havoc as possible?

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Amazing! Snowflake magnified from 93x-36000x in 8 increments.

Low temperature SEM magnification series for a snow crystal. Really cool, has 8 images of a snow crystal continually zoomed in until 36000x

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Why Teens Do Stupid Things

Teens smoke, take drugs, have unprotected sex and ride with drunk drivers, not because they think they are invulnerable or haven't thought about the risks, says a new Cornell study.

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Dr. Shameless: Why I take handouts from drug companies

"My drug-company habit started innocently enough —a pen here, a lunch there. But soon I hit the harder stuff: a trip to Italy in exchange for attending a symposium, tickets to a Mets game for my sons and me (and a chatty drug rep). Et cetera. There's a moment when each of us knows we have gone over the edge."

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Wicked Looking Fish Dredged Up From The Depths

"Many species of deep ocean fish have special adaptations to living in extremely high pressure, low light conditions. Viper fish are some of the most wicked looking fish dredged up from the depths. Some of them are black as night all over with light organs in strategic places on their bodies, including one on a long dorsal fin that serves as a lur

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Possible Fingerprint of Alzheimer's Found

Scientists appear to have found a fingerprint of Alzheimer's disease lurking in patients' spinal fluid, a step toward a long-awaited test for the memory-robbing disease that today can be diagnosed definitively only at autopsy.

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Sweet Periodic Table Picture

Very cool Periodic Table of the Elements picture. Let me know if anyone knows where I can get this one in poster form.

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New Forecast: Severe Space Storm Headed to Earth

Space weather forecasters revised their predictions for storminess after a major flare erupted on the Sun overnight threatening damage to communication systems and power grids while offering up the wonder of Northern Lights.

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11 Misconceptions About Marijuana

Analyzes the marijuana information presented on the Drug Free America's website and finds it to be factually, statistically, and logically flawed. The author provides sourced counter claims to disprove some of the most common fallacies concerning marijuana.

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iPod once again to be Top Selling 'Most Wanted' Holiday Gadget

8% of those polled expected to buy one of Apple iPod digital music players this holiday shopping season, with only 3% planning to buy a Nitendo Wii or Sony PlayStation 3, while just 2% have their sights set on Microsoft's Xbox 360. The findings suggest that for a second straight year, the iPod will be the top selling "must have" holiday gadget

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HP getting a little worried

MacBooks show up at HP meetings and their executives kind of freak out.

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If You Can Hum It, Nayio Might Find It

This morning, the music software and remixing company Nayio is launching its Humming Search feature in the U.S. This tool is supposed to be able to identify songs by listening to you hum a few bars.

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How to login to an expired Windows

Thanks to Microsoft, if you do not activate your Windows after 30 days of use, you will be locked out of your own computer! Find out how to bypass this and login without downloading anything!

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A MySQL Cheat Sheet

"The MySQL cheat sheet is designed to act as a reminder and reference sheet, listing useful information about MySQL. It includes a list of the available functions in MySQL, as well as data types. It also includes a list of MySQL functions available in PHP, and a list of useful sample queries to select data from a database."

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FTC says stealth marketing unethical

The Federal Trade Commission said in an official opinion that trying to build "viral" marketing campaigns by paying "ordinary people" to use products was a violation of the agency's endorsement guidelines.

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How to Have an Overnight Internet Success Story

The near overnight success of companies such as YouTube, Facebook, Flickr and Digg has motivated a slew of us into believing that we too can create the next big thing on the Internet. But does your idea truly have the potential to attract millions of monthly unique visitors in less than two years time?

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Ars Technica's first look at Firefox 3.0

The recent release of Firefox 3.0 Alpha 1 provides insight into the future of the popular open source web browser. With the new Gecko 1.9 rendering engine, Firefox 3 now leverages the powerful Cairo vector drawing library and passes the Acid 2 test.

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Top 3 Internet Speed Test Sites

If your Internet connection seems slow, the first step is to actually benchmark it at an Internet speed test site. An Internet speed test can give you a fairly accurate indication of how much bandwidth is available to you at the current time.

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Geek to Live: iTunes power tips

We've posted boatloads of iTunes hacks, workarounds, features, screenshots and tips over the past 2 years. But today I'd like to highlight some of the lesser-known but super-useful iTunes features available in the latest version.

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Xbox 360 Compare: DVD vs. HD-DVD

"The difference between HD DVD and regular DVD is astounding, and really offers a true next gen experience. The price, at only 200 bucks, is a steal, and the fact that it comes with a great movie makes it even sweeter."

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The 15 Best Places to Waste Time on the Web

It's first thing in the morning and you're at the office. You're sipping your coffee and sifting through e-mail, but you're not quite ready to delve into the real work of the day. So what are you gonna do? Fire up your Web browser and distract yourself by wasting time on the Internet.

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December 12, 2006

VIDEO: Jon Stewart Says Goodbye to the 109th Congress

Last night Jon Stewart and the Daily Show team put together a touching farewell to the outgoing 109th do-nothing-Congress. The "where are they now?" part at the end is classic.

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Time Presents: The Best Photographs of 2006

Time Magazines presentation of "The Year in Pictures". From the Tour de France, to the bloodshed in Lebanon. A compilation of photographs of the events of 2006.

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Group of Lions Marooned on an Island 'Evolve' into Super Lions

A group of lions were marooned in a small island fifteen years ago when the course of the river changed. Instead of perishing, they ’ve learned to swim and became strong (as well as large and smart) enough to hunt the only prey available: the giant buffalo. Thus, the island has become a unique, ecological experiment.

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How to Take a Punch

Taking a punch is very important if you are fighting. If you can't take punches, you will more likely lose in a fight. Here are some instructions you can use to help you take a punch.

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POT Refridgerator Uses NO Electicity & Prevents Food Spoilage

How a VERY VERY simple invention saved the Crops of Poor Third World Areas

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30 Amazing Things You Can Do With Widgets

1. Browse Digg in pictures, 2. Read 4 rss feeds in tabs, 3. Grow virtual flowers . . .

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Ali G - Who Wants To Win An Ounce

Ali G spoofing "Who wants to be a millionaire" .Pure genius work!

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First Amazing Gameplay Footage of ASSASSIN'S CREED on XBOX 360 (From X06)

The first live game footage of Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed, coming out in 2007. It looks truly amazing. Sorry for the QuickTime direct link, it had the best HD video quality. [note: was Submitted months ago in low-quality resolution from You-Tube with no fanfare; this video shows off the real experience.]

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How to deal with a heckler at a comedy show

Joe Rogan shows how to silence a heckler... Completely owns this woman and until she just has nothing to say...

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Magic Exposed

several different card tricks to impress your friends

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Saudi Ambassador Abruptly Resigns, Leaves Washington

The abrupt departure is particularly striking because his predecessor, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, spent 22 years on the job. The Saudi ambassador is one of the most influential diplomatic positions in Washington and is arguably the most important overseas post for the oil-rich desert kingdom.

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How to run Windows and Mac apps side-by-side with Parallels

The Parallels beta includes a new feature, called Coherence, that hides the Windows desktop and allows you to run Windows apps in their own windows on your Mac desktop. The result is that you can intermingle all your Mac and Windows apps on the same desktop. I know what you're thinking: Disgusting! Unnatural!

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The NEW "MacBook Thin" Revealed - SPECS INCLUDED

We've been talking about a "MacBook Thin" since before Apple transitioned its laptops to the Intel platform -- and it looks like the long-awaited Macintel ultra-thin, ultra-portable speed king is heading to market at last!

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Calacanis: Top Digg Users Are Getting Paid By a PR Firm

According to Jason Calacanis, "a significant PR/marketing firm has confirmed that they had a number of the top 50 users on digg now on the payroll."

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Add Text Bubbles To Videos (YouTube, MetaCafe, GoogleVideo and others..)

Brand new Israeli startup BubblePLY has created an easy tool for adding text or link comic-book style bubbles to videos from popular video sharing sites. Tell it the link to a video on YouTube, Google Video, Metacafe and others, and then add your own content. The video is saved and can be shared via a link or embedding on a web page.

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Most Amazing Guitars You Will Ever See!

From unconventional instrument luthier Brian Eastwood, comes a collection of some of the fanciest, creative, and most outlandish guitars ever built. My personal favorites, are the Benders, and the VoxAmp guitar.

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Muscle and Bone From an Ink-jet Printer

A Pittsburgh-based research team has used an innovative inkjet system to print unique "bio-ink" patterns that directed adult muscle-derived stem cells from mice to differentiate into both muscle cells and bone cells.

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Wicked scary walking table!!!

I found this thanks to the other crazy table that hit Digg today... This thing scares the crap out of me, I wouldn't want it anywhere near me!!

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Wikipedia Founder Giving It Away For Free

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales said on Monday his for-profit company, Wikia Inc., is ready to give away -- for free -- all the software, computing, storage and network access that Web site builders need to create community collaboration sites.

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The Librarian's Ultimate Guide to Search Engines

Most searchers are very inefficient, and use only a tiny fraction of the operators and tools available to them. This is a detailed guide to becoming a "power searcher".

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Mining the Deep Web: Search Strategies That Work

The Deep Web contains valuable resources not easily accessible by automated search engines but readily available to enlightened searchers. Here's how to become one.

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How to Turn an Ordinary Photo Into an Extraordinary Photo

A simple Photoshop tutorial that will show you how to liven up an old image and transform it from ordinary picture to an Extraordinary photo!

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101 Ways to use Google's New Website Optimizer

Google has just released a powerful tool that allows you to test changes to your website. Here are 101 tips to improve your web site based on the information it reveals.

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Blu-Ray for the PS3 was a "mistake"

Forcing PS3 punters into buying a Blu-Ray format player with their consoles might be backfiring on Sony.

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Piratebay strikes back - blocks Swedish ISP!

The Swedish ISP that decided to block allofmp3.com a couple of days ago didn't know what they had coming. Now they're being blocked by Piratebay and The Pirate Party are calling for other sites to do the same.

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iTunes sales 'collapsing'

iTunes, has experienced a collapse in sales revenues this year according to Forrester Research. While the iTunes service saw healthy growth for much of the period, since January the monthly revenue has fallen by 65 per cent, with the average transaction size falling 17 per cent.

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Top 25 Food Hacks

Hacks...tasty, tasty hacks...

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New User Interface coming to Apple's Leopard, dubbed "Illuminous"

Relatively unknown Apple Gazette is claiming that Apple will be replacing Aqua with a new user interface supposedly dubbed "Illuminous," which will be previewed at MacWorld 2007.

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