Xecuter Blaster360 Update and Install Preview

"We've been crazy busy since our last update on the Blaster360. After many many more tests we feel we finally nailed the problem regarding dumping game data. I think I will ship a number of samples out to the scene to get some hardcore feedback as I'd like it tested on multiple systems."

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StrategyWiki achieves longed milestone; 100 completed walkthroughs!

StrategyWiki, the collaborative wiki which seeks to become the free source for GFDL-licensed game walkthroughs, has reached the incredible milestone of 100 completed guides! Thanks to MediaWiki, fully-illustrated game walkthroughs and the death of plaintext walkthroughs are both feasible dreams coming to a harsh reality. Watch out GameFAQs!

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Greeks are worshipping the ancient gods again!

After a break of 16 centuries, a growing movement of Greek pagans, whose members range from elderly academics to young professionals, are worshiping the ancient gods again — despite furious opposition from the Greek State Orthodox Church. Helena Smith asks them why they're so keen to revive the old religion.

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25 signs that you're getting old

Title pretty much sums it up.

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12 second Cure for Hiccups. This comfortable method stops hiccups dead.

Forget drinking water upside down, holding your breath for 2 minutes, being frightened, meditation and all the other so called cures. This is finally a true hiccup cure that consistently works, stopping hiccups dead in as little as 12 seconds every time. Next time you get the hiccups just try this method and be amazed.

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New material created, even stronger than diamond

A material that is stiffer than diamond has been created by mixing particles of the mineral barium titanate and molten tin. Diamond was previously the stiffest material known.

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Exxon linked to climate change pay out

Think tank offers scientists $10,000 to criticize UN study confirming global warming and placing blame on humans.

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Get Around the Coinstar Fee!

So, you go digging through your couch and you find somewhere around $200 in loose change and you REALLY don't want to count all of that yourself. Fortunately, god invented CoinStar to do that for you. Unfortunately, CoinStar charges you somewhere around 9% for its services. This is why you want to learn how to hack a CoinStar.

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Web 2.0 Explained Through Inventive Video

The video titled, "Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us" was created by Michael Wesch, an Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University.

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Web 2.0 Explained Through Inventive Video

The video titled, "Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us" was created by Michael Wesch, an Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University.

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New Apple Earbuds: Not Just With Shuffles

iLounge has confirmed that radio remotes, too, are officially packaged with the updated earbuds. In other words, if you've been hankering for some radio and some new earbuds, you can justify the purchase.

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The 10 Greatest Moments in Letterman Show History

From Madonna's cigar smoking cursing tirade to Cher's thong reunion with Sonny to Drew Barrymore flashing Dave - they count 'em down in true Letterman fashion (with pics)...

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It's Official! David Lee Roth to Rejoin Van Halen

Break out your spandex pants, start practicing your karate kicks; David Lee Roth is officially returning as the front man for Van Halen.

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Cool things to do with your microwave besides cook

1 Get more juice out of lemons and limes, by softening them on high for 15-20 seconds. 2 Sterilise garden soil to make it fit to plant seedlings. Spread 400g soil on a flat dish and heat on high for 90 seconds or until steaming....

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Orange Snow falls in Russia (With Pics)

Yesterday a strange phenomena happened in Omsk region Russia. Pretty vast territory of Omsk region was covered with a snow that had an unusual color. It was orange. Now we have a few photos, mainly screenshots from Russian TV channels. There is still no one exact explanation about the origin of orange color of this snow.

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How to be a freelance journalist

"I more or less stopped being a full-time journalist a couple of years ago but I still do a bit to keep my eye in. You can see a list of most of my journalism on my personal site. These days I ’m writer-in-chief at Articulate Marketing and I spend my time writing about technology for clients including HP, Microsoft and eBay."

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Top 10 Big Brother Companies

The following companies have the largest consumer information databases in the world. Unfortunately, some of them are not always ethical in the way they use your data.

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Strange but True

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321. Most lipstick contains fish scales. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match. The electric chair was invented by a dentist. The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated. All polar bears are left handed. Question - This is the only food that doesn't spoil. What is this?

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Yesterday's flashmob at UC Davis LARGEST IN US HISTORY! 700+ People!

Yesterday's flashmob at the UCD Bookstore ATMs, organized through Facebook, was the biggest flashmob in US history! Guinness World Records will officiate the numbers and it should appear in the 2008 record book! Multiple videos and photographs are included. This having been the first flashmob at UC Davis, they can only get larger and better!

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Earth-shattering Proof Of Continents On The Move

Africa is being torn apart. And as Ethiopia's rift valley grows slowly wider, an international team of scientists is taking a unique opportunity to plot the progress of continents on the move.

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Scientists creat REVOLUTIONARY Nano-Machine: first step toward Nano-Engine!

"It is a machine mechanism that is going to take molecular machines a step forward to the realization of the future world of nanotechnology. Things that seem like a Harry Potter film now are going to be a reality." This nanotech might spark a series of scientific and engineering breakthroughs that could dwarf the harnessing of electricity.

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Top 10 Microphotographs of Living Things

Prize-winning microviews of everything from mouse retinas to slime mold. So cool...

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Digg, Netscape, Reddit: Strengths & Weaknesses Compared

The differences between the "Big Three" in social media and how they work.

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Awesome Windows Turn Into Mirrors at the Flip of a Switch

A fancy new glass has been developed in Japan, one that promises to cut down on the energy usage of buildings everywhere. It looks like a normal window regularly, but at the flip of a switch it turn to a mirror.

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How to Make Firefox Look Exactly Like Internet Explorer

Perfect for secretly replacing Internet Explorer with Firefox on your parents' computer. They will never know they're not using ie, and you won't have to clean out spyware as often.

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Digg Launches 'BigSpy' and updated 'Stack'

"Digg BigSpy places stories at the top of the screen as they are dugg. As new stories are dugg, older stories move down the list. Bigger stories have more diggs." Also make sure to check out the new version of Stack (which now displays digger names and story titles).

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Digg Launches 'BigSpy' and updated 'Stack'

"Digg BigSpy places stories at the top of the screen as they are dugg. As new stories are dugg, older stories move down the list. Bigger stories have more diggs." Also make sure to check out the new version of Stack (which now displays digger names and story titles).

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Ten Tell-Tale Signs of a Lazy Webmaster/Designer

"Through my years of browsing websites and coding them I have seen many things in common between them -- both the good and the bad. So as something that others may feel they are on common ground with, I present 10 tell-tale signs of a lazy webmaster/web designer (and I must admit, I've even fallen susceptible to some of these)..."

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Apple offers iTunes fix for Vista users

Apple late Thursday posted iTunes Repair Tool for Vista 1.0, a software update that fixes iTunes issues reported by new Windows Vista users. According to widespread reports, music purchased from the iTunes Store could not be played in iTunes on the new Microsoft operating system released this week. Users reported that they received a messag...

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Digg's Top User Weighs In - An Interview

DigitalGopher weighs in on the removal of Digg's "top users" list.

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Adobe Illustrator Tutorials

Few weeks ago we ’ve selected some of the best Adobe Photoshop tutorials we’ve found on the Web so far; now it’s time for Adobe Illustrator. Below you’ll find a list of hand-picked Illustrator tutorials you can use to achieve some special visual effects in your designs.

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The big question - to Vista or not to Vista?

One of the things MS chose to focus on in Vista is volume control. For starters, you can now control the volume levels of various applications and devices independently. That means you can watch a video in, say WMP 11, and listen to NPR online at the same time, and you can adjust the volume levels so you can hear both clearly.

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Guide to 120Hz HDTVs: Which Sets Have That Magic Number?

In the first part of this series we showed you how 120Hz technology will double up frames and make watching movies on HDTV even crispier than ever. Heck, with all those frames spewing forth, its butta-smoothness is almost like hyper-HD. Now, the first wave of these sets has arrived on these shores. We laid our own eyes on many of the 120Hz sets on

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Making a Good Favicon

"If ever there was a pet peeve of mine, missing or crappy favicons probably ranks pretty high (undoubtedly, higher than it should)."

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Cool software that reminds students about projects and homework - Gradefix!

This web app sounds really cool. Helps students to manage their workload. No contracts!

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iTheater, an awesome Mac Media Center, hits .1.3!

This beats Front Row any day. iTheater, the premiere Mac media center, hit version .1.3 today, enhancing the existing modules and even adding Wiimote support!

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tingelets - color your HTML!

tingelts is a new service for web designers and developers. It provides a set of helpful bookmarklets to add a tinge of color to tags, CSS classes or ids on the site you are currently visiting, giving you the possibility to compare web layouts in a large number of different browsers on the fly. If you're creating websites, check it out, it's free!

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The Ultimate Chain Restaurant Nutrition Guide: Who's Hiding Info, Whos Not

What does IHOP have to hide that Denny's doesn't? And what's so mysterious about Krispy Kreme? Why are they afraid to share information about their products, while competitor Dunkin' Donuts has extensive, easy to locate information on their website?

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Shell reports record $25 billion profit - Thanks!

Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has reported record annual profits of $25.36 billion.

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Exxon Mobil Corp. Posts the Largest Annual Profit in US History - $39.5B!!

Oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp. on Thursday posted the largest annual profit by a U.S. company - $39.5 billion - even as earnings for the last quarter of 2006 declined 4 percent.

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Math Shows that this is the Worst Week of the Year

Is this the suckiest week of the year? It ought to be, according to Cliff Arnall, a professor at Cardiff University. Arnall, an expert on seasonal depression, has authored the equation you see above, which calculates the "most depressing day of the year."

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Lost treasure of Roman Emperor discovered

Archaeologists in Rome have discovered the lost treasure of the last pre-Christian Roman emperor, Maxentius. Imperial standards, lances and glass spheres were found buried on the Palatine Hill, a treasure that the emperor hid before his battle with Constantine in AD312 at Milvian Bridge.

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How to buy an HDTV - a great guide from Fortune magazine.

Print this guide and take it to your electronics store - it's all you need to get the right HDTV

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The Ultimate Stoner Gadget: Hands-On the Volcano Herb Vaporizer

The Volcano is the Ferrari of tobacco and herbal vaporizers. Instead of burning, it atomizes. There's no smoke, and no carcinogens. Just sweet, sweet, vapor that is so efficient that your herbs will be 3-4 times more effective. Here's a review and tutorial.

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AnandTech's Windows Vista Performance Guide

An exhaustively comprehensive look at Vista (21 pages!). The big question that almost everyone is going to want answered is pretty simple: should you upgrade to Windows Vista now or wait awhile longer? It's a question we hope to answer by the time we finish this article, so without further ado let's take a look at some of the new features.

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Ars System Guide: Home Media Server

What's a home media server? A central place to put all that data you have, from e-mail to music to movies. With multiple PCs becoming commonplace in the home, the need to push data through every room in the house via Ethernet or WiFi combined with the proliferation of digital-only content mean the storage demands of home users are rising quickly.

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How hallucinogens work

New work by a team of researchers has shed light on why hallucinogenic compounds cause altered states in creatures. Hallucinogenic compounds have a high affinity for a receptor in the central nervous system. What has remained a mystery is why other compounds with a similar affinity for these 2ARs do not produce similar side effects...

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AskMen.com - Top 99 Women 2007

This year's most desirable women voted by askmen.com readers.

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121 Jobs That Don't Suck

Working is no fun. Or is it? Brewer, game tester, cartoonist, food critic, fishing guide, Digg programmer, roller coaster architect... yes, some jobs are actually pretty cool--here are 121 of them.

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Illegal Drugs Identification Chart: What the Top 20 Look Like & Do to You

Ever wonder what the top drugs look like and will do to you? From methamphetamines to ecstasy, find out what they are, what they can do to you, and where you can find them.

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BBC to Shake Up TV Industry with Internet TV!

BBC will offer ALL its TV shows from the past 7 days on-demand and over the internet and people can save them to their PC for 30 days. Its much like an automated DVR service. Other TV Networks are shaking in their boots as this threatens to change the whole TV model. Big thumbs up to the BBC. It will be called iPlayer -sounds like an Apple product!

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FTC finally settles with Sony BMG over rootkit, Sony gets off easy

Sony BMG does not need to pay a fine, but they are required to provide exchanges for existing DRM-enabled CDs until June 31, 2007, and pay up to $150 to anyone who spent money trying to remove the rootkit or repair any damage from it.

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Workaround Discovered For "Clean Install" With Vista Upgrade DVDs

"Just when everyone thought that all hope was lost when it comes to performing a clean install with a Windows Vista Upgrade DVD, a gleam of light can now be seen at the end of the tunnel. A new workaround proposed by Paul Thurrott (via Microsoft internal documents) has been confirmed to work by DailyTech."

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Windows Vista Tips Galore

All you need to get more from your Vista.

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Free WiFi router and beta access to Joost

GigaOm is giving away some cool stuff today, with no conditions. 15 invites to Babelgum, 150 invites to Venice Project/Joost, and 2500 FON routers. Sweet!

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How to build a PC for Windows Vista

The Tech Report has put together an in-depth guide on how to build a new PC for Windows Vista. The TR folks detail Vista driver support for each major component they recommend, and they also walk readers through picking between the four Vista editions as well as their 32-bit/64-bit and retail/OEM variants.

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Geek to Live: Windows Vista upgrade power tips

After weeks of test-driving Windows Vista full-time, there are several tips and tweaks I'd wish I'd known before I started. In the spirit of saving you the time when it's your turn, today I've got a selection of useful Vista pointers for power upgraders.

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Microsoft announces new Xbox Live Arcade titles

Word just came through the Intertubes and into our inbox on 10 new titles that Microsoft plans on rolling out starting in February for its Xbox Live Arcade service on the Xbox 360 -- no specific dates, or Wednesdays, have been announced. Virtual Console, eat your heart out?

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Famous quotes on Sex

Some of the better lines ever used. Everyone from Steve Jobs to Tom Clancy to Woody Allen

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Stephen Colbert Gets Definition of Reality Changed on Wikipedia

Hooray for Wikilobbying.

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It's Official: Police Reuniting for Grammys

"The Police will reunite to perform at this year's Grammys ceremony, the Recording Academy announced Tuesday." All I have to add to that is WOOOOHOOOO!

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Sony BMG settles FTC charges - will pay $150 to consumers!

U.S. regulators said Tuesday Sony BMG Music Entertainment agreed to reimburse consumers up to $150 for damage to their computers for selling CDs with hidden anti-piracy software.

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Town Declares Stephen Colbert Day

With the win of the Saginaw Spirit over the Oshawa Generals, the mayor of Oshawa has agreed to declare an official Stephen Colbert Day. Colbert bet the Oshawa mayor that the Spirit would win, and they did.

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Making a Poster for Every Book You've Ever Read (With Example)

"This guy made a poster of every book he's ever read. Now you can too. Making the poster requires a few different pieces of software, including some that you have to pay for, or steal, or use on a friend's computer." [via NOTCOT]

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10 Shopping Tricks That Stores Hate

Stores are always trying to get you to do what they want. But what if you refuse? What if you do what benefits you and not the store? Aside from outright fraud, what are the things that you can do to come out ahead? We've put together 10 tips that will help you save money, but probably won't help the store. That's why they hate them. And you.

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Bush Administration Turns Up the Heat on Iran

War may be a lot closer than we think.

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Pot Users and Sellers Finding Loopholes in Medical Marijuana Laws

I'm feeling a little queasy. How about you?

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BRILLIANT photo: Comet McNaught, starry sky, tree silhouette, sunset haze

This is the McNaught Comet over Big Swamp South Australia, as photographed by "johnwhite" on Flickr. Comet McNaught is the brightest comet seen by the Earth since 1965; it was discovered by Australian Robert McNaught in August 2006. Shot details: Canon 5D, 50mm focal length, 30 seconds, f4, 800 ISO

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How to Feel Like Eating Breakfast First Thing in the Morning

Breakfast fuels us for the day: 9 tips for motivating morning eating.

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Probably one of the Best Science Fiction Short Stories Ever Written

If you have a few extra minutes take the time and read this story. It is Isaac Asimov's personal favorite. A great story that should be read by everyone.

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Hubble's Primary Camera Shuts Down - What a great loss

The primary camera on the Hubble Space Telescope has shut down and is likely to be only marginally restored, NASA said Monday, a collapse one astronomer called "a great loss." While other scientific work can still be done by the aging observatory, the unit that failed, the Advanced Camera for Surveys, is the one most scientists depend upon.

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Savant Who Can Explain His Own Thought Process

"Daniel Tammet, unlike most savants, he has no obvious mental disability, and most important to scientists, he can describe his own thought process. He may very well be a scientific Rosetta stone, a key to understanding the brain." Memorized Pi to 22,000 digits...

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Scientists Find Cancer Cure, But Big Pharma Isn't Interested

The drug dichloroacetate appears to target cancer cells, causing them to die. It's potency as a cancer killing agent has been tested in tissue cultures and mice, with very promising results. However, clinical trials need to be run. Since the drug is not patentable and can be produced very cheaply, pharmaceutical companies won't fund those trials.

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Drugmaker to test fat-fighting marijuana drug

"Britain's GW Pharmaceuticals Plc said Tuesday it plans to start human trials of an experimental treatment for obesity derived from cannabis."

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If I Could Redesign Myspace: Part Deux!

255 days ago, I created a concept layout of what I dreamed myspace could be if they hired some decent designers to renovate the slowly dying website. Just yesterday I looked back on that layout and cringed with disgust on how outdated it looked. Who knew 255 days could be so long. So I tried again, and this is what I got.

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Cool Domain Name Search Engine

DomainsBot was built to solve a couple of the most annoying problems facing anyone who wants to start a website on the Internet - finding decent domain names; figuring out who to register them with; and keeping track of them once you do.

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Blogging for Money - A Passive Income?

The idea of passive income is obviously one that many people strive for - and it ’s a term that I’ve heard used many times to describe online income streams - including blogging.

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10 things you should know before submitting your website to Google

"The same way you clean up your house before your guests arrive, the same way you should get your website ready for Google's crawler, as this is one of the most important guests you will ever have. According to that, here are 10 things you should double check before submitting your website to the index."

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Imitate A Scanner Darkly in Photoshop

Very cool tutorial you can use to make any photograph look like it came from the movie, A Scanner Darkly.

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The worlds 1st Peer to Peer DVR!

To the best of my knowedge this will be the world's 1st P2P PVR. It's from NDS (the company that makes DirecTV DVRs) & is called ShareTV. It will allow users to share recorded video stored on their DVRs with other subscribers over a P2P network. Also you will be able to use any hard drive on a home network as the DVR's hard drive.

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The Pirate Bay Introduces Ajax

Torrent browsing gets a whole lot cleaner...

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Air Force Pursuing Antimatter Weapons

The most powerful potential energy source presently thought to be available to humanity is being researched/developed by the Air Force.

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Vista DRM Cracked!

Security researcher and ReactOS developer Alex Ionescu has successfully cracked Vista's Protected Meda Path and bypassed Vista's DRM.

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120Hz HDTVs: The Secret to Making Movies Look as Smooth as Butter

While the rest of the world is gawking at 108-inch LCDs and quad-resolution pixel counts, I'll let you in on a little secret: 120Hz HDTVs are going to help movies look better than ever on the little screen in your living room.

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Bill Gates on the Daily Show promoting Windows Vista

In case you missed it, here is Bill Gates on the daily show. He talks about Windows Vista, jetpacks, IPTV, robots, and other topics. He's no Steve Jobs, but I know you want to see this.

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See and learn all the controls on a 777 flight deck!

Ever wonder what all those buttons and blinkenlights do in a big plane? Now's your chance -- this pictorial atlas of the Boeing 777 flight deck lets you see all the controls, and even mouse-over and click on them for details by section and descriptions of what everything does.

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Pro guide to Google searches. Part II

As promised, here's the rest of the guidelines to Google searching. "As I was telling you in the first part of this article, I am glad that we ’ve got over the basics of Google searching so now we can look into more interesting search options.[...]"

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Burn almost any video file to a playable DVD

This week I'm going to show you how to burn those downloaded TV shows to a DVD you can play in your living room using the free (as in speech), open source application, DVD Flick. In a few simple steps, here's how to burn almost any video file on your computer to a playable DVD.

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I Was a Cybercrook for the FBI

For 18 tense months, a computer-savvy grifter named David Thomas runs a thriving online crime hub for bank heists, identity theft and counterfeiting, with the FBI paying the bills. Part one of a three-part series by Kim Zetter.

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Vista upgrade invalidates your XP key

If you choose to purchase an upgrade version of Windows Vista to upgrade XP, you will no longer be able to use that version of XP. Either on another system, or as a dual-boot option. The key will be invalidated, preventing activation.

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Microsoft's Vista Had Major Mac Envy, Company E-Mails Reveal

Microsoft executives in 2004 were awed by Apple's just-added desktop search and acknowledged that what they did in Windows Vista would be directly compared with Mac OS X.

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Buying OEM versions of Windows Vista: the facts

Thinking about saving a few bucks and buying an OEM copy of Vista? Here's what you need to know but were afraid to ask.

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Wal-Mart Creates It's Own Electricity Company, Eyes Wind Power

Recently, Wal-Mart quietly created its own electricity company in Texas, called Texas Retail Energy, to supply its stores with cheap power bought at wholesale prices.

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FBI turns to broad new wiretap method: 'Invasive Internet Surveillance'

The FBI appears to have adopted an invasive Internet surveillance technique that collects far more data on innocent Americans than previously has been disclosed.

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Everything You Wanted to Know About Vista's SideShow

The ins and outs of SideShow along with a showcase of SideShow-enabled devices.

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Inspire Yourself: 50 Remarkable Favicons

Let ’s take a look at 50 beautiful favicons you can inspire yourself from. You can click on favicons - they lead to a page, which uses the image as a page icon.

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Installing Multiple OS's Without A Floppy/CD/DVD/Etc.

This article explains how I managed to install over 50 various operating systems on my computer (1 hard drive) without having to burn the distro ISO to disk to boot from. (No floppy, usb, cd, dvd, etc. needed!)

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I know you hate American Idol. But this is AMAZING.

just watch it. you'll see

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The Coin Toss Con- learn how to 'flip' a coin so you always win

This video shows 2 methods of flipping a coin so that you are always in control of whether it will be heads or tails.

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Jon Stewart on the 2007 State of the Union

Brilliant Seinfeld reference.

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Will Ferrell's iPod Commercial - Take 2, HILLARIOUS!

This is the second part of a previous dugg story. Will Ferrell promotes the iPod in the first one and in this one he promotes the Apple Computer. Just as funny as the first, it's Will Ferrell for crying out loud!

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Frank Zappa Destroys Robert Novak on the Issue of Censorship (1986)

This is Zappa on Crossfire in 1986. Zappa's responses are absolutely brilliant as he shows the absurdity of government censorship. Novak gets really fired up. "I love it when you froth like that."

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Bohemian Rhapsody on a Single Guitar!!!

This is truly stunning, and yet all the many layers and voices of the original are still there. Watch it if you are a classical guitarist, and if you have the sheet music, please do share.

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Video explains the world's most important 6-sec drum loop

Kind of long but worth it for music people. This fascinating, brilliant 20-minute video narrates the history of the "Amen Break," a six-second drum sample from the b-side of a chart-topping single from 1969. This sample was used extensively in early hiphop and sample-based music, and became the basis for drum-and-bass and jungle music.

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Amazing tricks to Increase Your Wi-Fi Signal

Do you need a stronger wireless signal or greater network access? Mark Erickson, from Infinite Solutions will show you some tricks that can help you! I tried it at home and it really worked.

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Husband + Boredom + Camera = Mall Pranks

What happens when strangers overhear really embarassing cell-phone conversations at the mall?

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Kevin Rose laying the beat down.

HOMEROWED!

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Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie for Theaters

Insane trailer for the new Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie coming March 23rd. It looks even crazier than the show.

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Superman and Batman "how I know you're gay"

40 Year Old Virgin, re-edited for the Justice League. Just hilarious.

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'American Idol' Auditioner Tells All

"At the judging table in front of us sat two 20-something producers. One was a young woman with sunglasses so large, she could have been napping behind them. The other was a young man with his head propped up in his hands. He said nothing and looked bored."

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Craziest Laws in America

A collection of the craziest laws still existing in America, such as: In Arizona a man can legally beat his wife, but not more than once a month. Anyone under the age of 21 who takes out household trash containing even a single empty alcohol beverage container can be charged with illegal possession of alcohol in Missouri and many, many more!

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Photos of Dumbasses that don't know the meaing of "Safety First"

Some of these may have been 'shopped' but I've seen some of these before and many seem legit

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Missile Defense Shield Test Aced As Dummy Target Hit

The Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency shot down a dummy target missile over the southern Pacific Ocean during a test of the U.S. missile defense shield early Saturday, according to an agency spokeswoman.

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America to suffer the same fate as the Roman Empire?

In this article an economic historian draws some interesting parallels with the decline of Rome and the apparent similar fate of the U.S Some of the reasons (surprise surprise) : overstretched military, with a failing occupation of Mesopotamia, war with Iran, China draining the wealth of theRoman economy. Starting to see the picture :-s ?

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Microsoft To Set Up Online Payment System

"Microsoft Corp. is developing on an online payment system that will be cheaper than credit card transactions, making it possible for companies to charge small fees for Web-based content and services they now offer for free."

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Mapping New Testament Social Networks

Ever wondered how all the characters in the Bible's New Testament are connected? Here's a visualization. Your wish is the site's command.

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7 Things You Didn't Know About PETA

...all bad of course. Interesting facts.

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How nutritional science ruined the way we eat.

Thirty years of nutritional science has made Americans sicker, fatter and less well nourished. A plea for a return to plain old food.

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Gates says TV is doomed, Internet where it's at

What's stopping this all from happening immediately? Two things, monetization of content and a simple, ubiquitous TV/internet convergence device. For certain, any company who manages to solve either of those problems and catch the wave of public acceptance is headed for a big payday.

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Top Ten CSS Gallery/Showcase Websites

A round-up of the best CSS Gallery/Showcase websites around. Top 10 ranking is based on several factors including design, functionality, and overall originality. If you haven't visited one of these sites you should definitely have a look at them.

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Intel announces 45nm breakthrough

"Intel makes a surprise announcement that they plan to use a high-k dielectric in their forthcoming 45nm process."

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New Gmail features!!! Will Google Docs replace Microsoft Office?

Gmail users can now take advantage of Google's web word processor when viewing attached documents or composing email. Sounds simple and unremarkable, but Google's products are now becoming mature enough to compete with Microsoft. Follow this digg for screen shots, discussion of features, and some history in the making.

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"I'm a PC." "And I'm also a PC.": Gates vs. Hodgman on Daily Show tomorrow?

Turns out our old friend Bill Gates is going to be making an appearance on the Daily Show tomorrow evening to promote the launch of Windows Vista, an event which is interesting in and of itself, but which also raises the tantalizing prospect of him finally coming face to face with John Hodgman (AKA "PC" from those "Mac vs. PC" ads).

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How to find fake torrents uploaded by the MPAA

The MPAA, RIAA and several anti-piracy organizations are constantly trying to trap people into downloading fake torrents. These torrents are hosted on trackers that are setup to collect IP addresses of all the 'pirates' who try to download these files.

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I Want a Freeware Utility to...450+ Common Problems Solved

Extremely useful free utilities that do specific jobs really well and save time and money.

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Amazing HDR Image of Bangkok Nightscape

Look at the highways of Bangkok lit up like the veins of an artery. Looks like a scene from one of the neo-futuristic animations like AKIRA only this is real!

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Pro guide to Google searches - Part I

"Are the results to your searches always that relevant? Often you find irrelevant results and it takes you longer than it should to find what you want. But is this because of Google ’s faulty search algorithms or is it because sometimes our searches can be ambiguous?"

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Ninja.com -- The BLACK, energy saving, deadly accurate Google

I was listening to Diggnation and heard the story about an energy saving BLACK google search page. Check out NINJA.COM :] Deadly accurate AND energy efficient.

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3D display screens in development to revolutionize video gaming forever

A University of Tokyo technology genius has created a 'living' display screen that offers dimensional depth to the videos played on it. The screen pushes and pulls the depth of the screen surface using 72 air cylinders behind a flexible 39 x 24 inch screen to change the flat screen into a 3D object popping out at you in places.All consoles benefit!

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Microsoft May Lower Xbox 360 Prices, Revise Hardware

Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) slashed the shipments forecast of its Xbox 360 video game console yesterday, in a move some analysts believe will pave way for a future price cut and even an updated version of the game system.

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Charlie Brown Gone Anime

What would've happened had Charles Shultz been a fan of anime. An interesting perspective on the culture from before, translated into today's culture.

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Stephen Colbert Gets the Last Wørd on O’Reilly Showdown

Still reeling after his big interview with "Papa Bear," Stephen responds to Bill breaking his promise of "not talking about that thing they agreed not to talk about."

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The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: "Mr. Vice President, meet me on Camera 3"

Jon meets Dick Cheney at Camera 3 as the only person Cheney respects: Darth Vader!

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While you were sleeping (Bush took over the Government)

Bush stealthily took over the Federal Government last week through a new executive order last week that takes away all autonomy from Agencies.

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This fish is HUGE!

Straight outta Captain Nemo, this fish isi 2.4 metres long and 340 kilograms.

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You're 400% more likely to be attacked at Wal-Mart than Target stores

For the sample, the average rate of reported police incidents at Wal-Mart stores was 400% higher than the average rate of incidents at nearby Target stores. Enter your zip code to see how violent your Wally World is.

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President Bush: ‘I’m The Decision-Maker’ (VIDEO)

In remarks to reporters this morning, President Bush said he would ignore Congress ’ opposition to his escalation plan, saying, “I’m the decision-maker.”

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That will be 5 Sand Dollars please!

States in the US are allowed to have their own currency...as long as it is 1-1 to the dollar. This is a comprehensive list of states and some local currencies.

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How To Solve Any Physics Problem(pic)

Answer: No, there's an elephant in the way.

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Antarctica Erupts!

Dodging "lava bombs," an intrepid photographer documents the strange, icy world of the continent's most active volcano. (Also, watch the volcano erupt)!

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US answer to warming: smoke and giant space mirrors

The US government wants the world's scientists to develop technology to block sunlight as a last-ditch way to halt global warming, the Guardian has learned. It says research into techniques such as giant mirrors in space or reflective dust pumped into the atmosphere would be "important insurance" against rising emissions ...

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Ripping off the veil: The mysterious PS3 hardware scaler exposed

Beyond3D uncover details on the new hardware scaler functionality revealed by the latest SDK update for PS3 developers, which will let the console upscale to 1080i/p, a capability invisible to the developer until now.

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22" LCD Multimedia Monitor - $279.99 No Rebates

Killer deal. I know it's not like the $199 at best buy on black Friday or whatever, but this is still a good deal. Port Connectors: VGA Analog 15-pin D-Sub DVI/HDCP

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Leo Laporte announces his tech radio show is to be syndicated nationwide

"I'm pleased to announce that Premiere Radio Networks - the biggest radio syndicator in the US - has picked up my KFI radio show for syndication. We're signing up affiliates now, so ask your local talk radio station to give Premiere a call. KFI listeners: the show will continue exactly as always. There just will be a few more people listening in."

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Freakin Awsome : Your Desktop on Steroids.

You have to see this....

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Addicted to Digg? Here Are 5 "Must Have" Tools for You!

Like most of you, I myself, am also addicted to digg. I can easily spend hours going through the queues and front page stories while at the same time obsessively updating my submitted stories. Therefore, I have put together a list of applications that can help ease your digg addiction. These are awesome applications and tools.

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Digg’s Digs

Today I finally had a chance to visit digg, whose headquarters, like Laughing Squid, are also located in the Potrero Hill neighborhood of San Francisco. After lunch they gave us a tour of their offices, including Digg ’s new space that they are expanding into, as well as their rooftop with awesome urban views. Here are a few photos of our visit.

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Air traffic pattern visualizations as seen by the FAA - video

The Flight Patterns visualizations are the result of experiments leading to the project Celestial Mechanics by Scott Hessels and Gabriel Dunne. FAA data was parsed and plotted using the Processing programming environment. These are some amazing videos of air traffic over the USA as seen by the FAA.

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Official Google Blog: Controlling how search engines index your site

"I'm often asked about how Google and search engines work. One key question is: how does Google know what parts of a website the site owner wants to have show up in search results? Can publishers specify that some parts of the site should be private and non-searchable? The good news is that those who publish on the web have a lot of control..."

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Vista Firefox v4 Theme... Finally Out!

A decent theme for Firefox that integrates nicely to Windows Vista GUI. The only decent one around.

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10 Free Apps Every Mac User Should Have

"Finding freeware apps that don ’t end up just sitting on your hard drive can get pretty hard. This list is a collection of some essential freeware apps for OS X that I can honestly say I would pay for if they weren’t already free. If you’re a new Mac user and/or you haven’t tried these apps yet, I highly suggest you give each of them a spin."

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