After a full quarter of sales, some trends are emerging: Nintendo maintains its dominance while Microsoft shows strength in software. Sony is buoyed by the performance of the PlayStation 2 as the PlayStation 3 struggles to find its niche.
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April 21, 2007
First quarter console sales: Nintendo rules the roost
After a full quarter of sales, some trends are emerging: Nintendo maintains its dominance while Microsoft shows strength in software. Sony is buoyed by the performance of the PlayStation 2 as the PlayStation 3 struggles to find its niche.
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In honor of 4/20...Homer Simpson and Peter (Family Guy) on Weed
In honor of National Pot Day...Who's funnier when high? Homer or Peter Griffin. Watch for yourself and decide.
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Outsource your dry cleaning and dog walking with DoMyStuff
Kramer from Seinfeld had the right idea when he got an intern for his daily tasks, and DoMyStuff is looking to help busy people find assistants online for any variety of tasks.
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Motorola tries Digg and Delicious to launch new product
Motorola has decided to try Digg and Delicious to spread news about their new phones. Now their product pages feature "Digg it" and "Save to Delicious " buttons
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April 20, 2007
Top 10 Reasons Why You Should See "Hot Fuzz"
"If you are like me, then you don’t need many reasons to go see Hot Fuzz when it opens here in the states this weekend. If you are not like me, then I will be happy to provide you with 10 Good Reasons why you should go see Hot Fuzz this weekend. They are as follows..."
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Vermont votes to Impeach Bush
Vermont's senate in an honorable and patriotic move, voted to Impeach Bush Friday
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Free Hi-Res Watercolor Photoshop Brushes From Bittbox
I am happy to announce BittBox’s first set of Photoshop Brushes (Free). The set contains 18 brushes. The smallest Brush in this set is 1989px!
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30 Killer Resources Every Good Web Designer Should See
Roundup related to design; Web design, Typograhy, Code Snippets and Interesting Articles - we have dugg out the best for you ...
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Alec Baldwin’s Threatening Voicemail To His 11-Year-Old Daughter
An enraged Alec Baldwin unleashed a volcanic tirade of threats and insults on his 11-year-old daughter, Ireland, calling her a "thoughtless little pig," and bashing her mother Kim Basinger. TMZ has the whole thing unfiltered and raw. Should I feel guilty for loving his character on 30 Rock?
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9/11's free speech casualties
Two journalists who questioned Bush's leadership weeks after the attacks lost their jobs and faced threats.
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VIDEO: Jon Stewart Calls Out Bush’s Rhetorical Bull$*
We will fight them in the flowcharts, we will fight them in the spreadsheets! TO VICTORY!
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Exclusive: Cheney impeachment articles due Wednesday, April 25th
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), the former mayor of Cleveland who is seeking the 2008 Democratic nomination for president for the second time, has selected a date to introduce articles of impeachment against Vice President Dick Cheney. A source who asked to remain anonymous told RAW STORY that the articles of impeachment would be introduced next week.
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Design secrets revealed - 35 Pro designers asked 5 must know questions
35 professional designers disclose their favorite CSS technique, how they prioritize their designs, their favorite font, their most read design-related book and the design magazine that they read religiously.
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The Perfect Setup - Ubuntu Feisty Fawn (Ubuntu 7.04)
This tutorial shows how to set up a Ubuntu Feisty Fawn (Ubuntu 7.04) based server that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters: Apache web server (SSL-capable), Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and TLS, BIND DNS server, Proftpd FTP server, MySQL server, Courier POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc.
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Best Skins of 2006
WinCustomize.com has compiled a list of the 10 best skins made last year. Skins are used to customize everything from media players to the entire Windows GUI. This article is a great way to instantly get up to speed with what's been happening in skinning.
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The perfect network server
So you need a server? Not a web server of course, you rent someone else’s for that. No, you need a file server, print server, intranet, mail server and more. Can free software provide the answer? Of course it can.
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Google Announces Plans to Track Everything You Do On The Web!
Google's Search History feature, which was switched on as a default option for many Google searchers in February, has now been renamed Web History to reflect how it has expanded to track what Google users do as the surf the web.
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April 19, 2007
"Thank God for Trent Reznor"
Music megaproducer Bob Ezrin slams the music industry in a biting letter, which uses Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails as an example of how an artist might skirt the system on one's own terms—and with integrity intact.
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Smite Your Enemies With The Biblical Curse Generator
Whatever your religious views are, the fact of the matter is, the curses and insults from the Old Testament kick major ass. Have them generated instantly for you with this nifty tool.
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Intelligence drugs could be 'common as coffee'
It sounds like the stuff of science fiction: a new generation of drugs that make people more intelligent.
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Amazing HDR Photo "The Magic of Disney"
Digg's favorite photographer Stuck in Customs strikes again. This was taken at night at MGM Studios in Disney World. Check it out.
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Threadless T-Shirt designs transformed into awesome, 3D cakes (Pics)
See what happens when more than a dozen folks transform their favorite t-shirt designs into cake form. Tasty, 3D, and damn impressive.
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McCain sings 'bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran'
Sen. John McCain, in a "what was he thinking?" moment threatens Iran to the tune of "Barbara Ann." Is McCain is becoming the Sanjaya of this Presidential race?
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Sony admits, fixes problem with DVD DRM
Sony has fumbled again with trying to implement DRM on its media, this time with a handful of DVDs that the company has now agreed to replace.
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Screenshot Tour: Watch TV over the internet with Joost
One of the loudest buzzing apps of late is Joost, a TV-over-the-internet program (Windows and Mac) promising to bring a full-fledged, high quality television experience to your computer without the need for a capture card or any other hardware. All you need is an internet connection and a copy of Joost. Now I'll let you know how Joost worked for me
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Nine Inch Nails Tells RIAA To F*ck Off?
Tech Amok took the time to translate the binary on the back and it brought them to Exterminal, which is a “neat little commentary that I think is at least partially directed at RIAA.” The site also seems to host a bonus track. This really is some pretty neat stuff and Trent Reznor is a fave of mine.
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April 18, 2007
12 secrets your car insurer won't tell you
Getting a good deal on auto insurance is hard enough. Keeping your premiums from rising? That can feel like playing a game where the rule maker refuses to tell you the rules.
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Stealing from Dealers: your guide to car negotiation
Don't drive to a dodgy dealer before you've dealt with the dangers of double dealing. Walking into a dealership with a fist full of money and an uninformed approach, is like swimming with the sharks with shorts full of fresh meat. Learn why your technique for buying your last car was completely wrong, and what points you should be negotiating on.
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Choose room color to influence your mood
Yellow captures the joy of sunshine and communicates happiness. It's perfect for kitchens, dining rooms, and bathrooms, where a happy color is energizing and uplifting. In halls, entries, and small spaces, yellow can feel expansive and welcoming
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Eye Exams Can Now Identify Serious Diseases
The windows to the soul can provide physicians with an extraordinary look at your overall health. Diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol are all diseases that eye care specialists can detect from an eye exam.
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A CSS Sticky Footer
" We've all tried to use a sticky footer one time or another, but they never seem to come out right, do they? Well, the days of a hard to understand CSS-based sticky footer are thankfully over. In just a few simple CSS classes with minimal extra HTML markup, I've fashioned a sticky footer that even beginners can get a handle on."
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Google Launches StumbleUpon Competitor
On the same day that the news breaks that eBay is acquiring StumbleUpon for $40ish million, Google announces that they are building strikingly similar functionality into their Toolbar. Google (along with AOL) were reportedly in the running to acquire StumbleUpon until very recently.
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Colbert Does Damage Control For His Own On-Air Racial Slur
Don Imus isn't the only one embroiled in controversy for making insensitive remarks. Stephen Colbert explains his own controversial racial slur to Matt Lauer on "Today."
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Is 17-year Old Hayden Panettiere of "Heroes" the New Hollywood Bad Girl?
Judging by this picture of Hayden in a compromising position with another girl, I'd say so. Lindsay Lohan better step up her game!
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LOLLAPALOOZA LINE-UP LEAKED
thanks to a full-page ad in Time Out Chicago...Pearl Jam Daft Punk Ben Harper Muse Iggy & The Stooges Modest Mouse Interpol My Morning Jacket Satellite Party yeah Yeah Yeahs AND MORE
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Scarlett Johansson Has The World’s Sexiest Body (again)
Scarlett Johansson has topped yet another poll. This time it’s Glamour magazine’s “Sexiest Body In The World." I'm not so sure I agree...I mean, c'mon...alba? Biel? But Johansson is pretty smoking, so bravo, little miss. Bravo.
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Lawrence Kasdan will bring back Clash of the Titans
One of the biggest cult classics of all time, "Clash of the Titans," is getting the remake treatment…by one of Hollywood's living legends, "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and "Empire Strikes Back" scribe Lawrence Kasdan!
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The Worst Movies by the Best Directors
Keep in mind that many of these films are quite good, in their own rights: they just suck when compared to some of the better work by their respective director.
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What Makes a Great Sitcom?
This article takes a look at the falling-off of the 4-camera sitcom format, and the five elements that combined to make all the great shows of the past. Where'd they all go?
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Stephen Colbert Declares War on Google
In the q&a before the April 11th taping of The Colbert Report the discussion of Google bombing came up and Colbert told the audience he would like to be known as the "greatest living American" and asked everyone in the audience to link to him using that text. Will he be able to shakeup Google like he did with the Wikipedia?
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Kate Beckinsale Is BARBARELLA
Kate Beckinsale has landed the lead role in the remake of "Barbarella". Reports are that Sienna Miller, Angelina Jolie, and Halle Berry were also considered. Beckinsale has also starred in sci-fi films such as "Underworld" and "Van Helsing".
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37 Famously Stupid Celebrity Quotes
Are celebrities really dumber than the rest of us, or do they simply have more opportunities to prove their intellectual deficiencies for everyone to see? Whichever it is, it takes a special sort to show up on this list more than once, an honor reserved for the likes of Britney Spears, Jessica Simpson, and the President of the United States
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7 Little Known Ways To Drastically Improve Your Learning
Whether you’re heading into exams or haven’t seen the inside of a textbook in years, how you learn is going to have a big impact on your life. Unfortunately most people have pretty ineffective strategies for learning. Here are a couple tips for how to maximize the amount you learn so you can use more of it later.
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Fox News Presents Malicious Obit for Kurt Vonnegut
I suppose it shouldn't be surprising but Fox did a spiteful obit for Vonnegut that is distasteful at best.
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Wal-Mart dethrones Exxon on Fortune 500 MegaSuperGiant Company List
With more than $351 billion dollars in revenue, the magazine ranks Wal-Mart slightly ahead of the energy giant. Wal-Mart is on top for the fifth time in six years.
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