New and Promising BitTorrent Sites

BitTorrent is the most widely used P2P-protocol. New BitTorrent sites emerge regularly andt TorrentFreak we often get requests from people who ask us to write about their BitTorrent startup. Because it is nearly impossible to showcase all the new sites here on TorrentFreak, we decided to post a selection.



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New Screens From GTA IV

Rockstar released four new screens of GTA IV and they are looking really good. Each screenshot speaks volumes in their own way. From what I can tell from these screenshots, it looks like we're all going to be indoors a lot this fall when GTA IV is released. And that's a good thing.



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Theatrical Cuts vs Director’s Cuts

Which version of a film is better...a theatrical cut, or a director's cut? Some would say an artist's singular vision is always better than what any studio would have in mind. But tell that to the person sitting through the hours and hours of Apocalypse Now: Redux. This article tackles many of the famous cases.



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Your Personality Can Change (and Probably Should)

"Can a Type-A overachiever become a slacker? How about the guy who can't hold down a job to save his life-could he transform into an adrenaline-pumping go-getter? A leading expert in personality psychology says yes: Personality can change."



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Medical Marijuana One Step Away from FDA Development Process

Judge Submits Official Recommendation to DEA Urging End to 40-Year Barrier to FDA-Approved Medical Marijuana Research



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How to win a photography contest

One of the judges of a major photography contest writes at great length about the things he looks for in a competition winner. A very interesting read if you're into photography, or just curious how these things are judged!



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Let's Make Website Mashups, Like Netflickr, Figg (Fark+Digg) and BoingPress

This community blog throws Fark and Digg together, insuring that that 95 percent of all frat boys with laptops will be members. The two cantankerous communities can't possibly co-exist in peace, however, so this will be a fight to the death!



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20 Productive Ways to Use Your Free Time

If you’ve got a big block of free time, the best way to put that to use is to relax, have fun, decompress from a stressful day, or spend time with a loved one. But if you’ve just got a little chunk — say 5 or 10 minutes — there’s no time to do any of the fun stuff.



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Virtual Hallucinating Device shows what it's like to be insane

Being crazy is hard, but it's worth the effort. Especially if you're a cop, paramedic, or social worker who may someday need to deal with a person having a psychotic episode. At those times, empathy can be crucial.That's where Virtual Hallucinations comes in.



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Inside the Threadless headquarters

I recently visited the worldwide headquarters of Threadless in Chicago and took a boatload of pictures. I’ve been to the offices of many startups, but few compare to Threadless’s offices in coolness.



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101 Essential Blogging Resources

Heaps and heaps of resources for bloggers, from domaining to communication to monetization to statistics tools. This is a must have bookmarked list...



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intel unveils worlds thinnest laptop, almost as skinny as razr

Codenamed the Intel Mobile Metro Notebook, this prototype was designed by Intel along with Ziba Design, and it's a mere .7 inches thick and weighs just 2.25 pounds. It's no dumb blonde, either, packed with Intel's speediest and most efficient components, which will probably be plenty fast by the time this machine is manufactured, maybe even as soon



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(PICS) The most interesting and amazing houses from the world

Weird ,weird ,weird...



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reCAPTCHA -- An New Way To Fight Spam!

You've probably seen a CAPTCHA before. It's those funky letters you have to enter before you sign up for an account on almost any website. I'm proud to announce a new type of CAPTCHA -- called reCAPTCHA



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20 WordPress Themes That Don't Disappoint

We’ve compiled a list of 20 WordPress themes you might have missed, or that deserve a second look. All the themes are free to download.



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Open Source Cola

While Coke and Pepsi guard their formulas, a compendium of beverage makers have released their formula under GNU free for consumer use and modifications.



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Rodriguez to Direct Barbarella

Universal Pictures has just sign Desperado/Spy Kids mastermind Robert Rodriguez to direct an upcoming remake of 1968's Barbarella.



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NINE INCH NAILS Frontman Says His Record Company Is Run By 'Thieves'

It's a very odd time to be a musician on a major label, because there's so much resentment towards the record industry that it's hard to position yourself in a place with the fans where you don't look like a greedy asshole. But at the same time, when our record came out I was disappointed at the number of people that actually bought it.



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94 Ways to Keep Kids Busy for the Work at Home Parent

GREAT resource list for work at home parents who need to keep up their productivity over the summer while the kids are not in school!



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The Top 4 Ways People Waste Gas When They Think They're Saving It

With the price of gas up 40% since January, many people are trying to find new ways to save money at the pump.While many of these ideas are useful and worth the extra effort - adjusting your commuting time, cleaning out your car’s trunk, turning off your car at long stop lights - many of these ideas will actually cause you to needlessly waste gas.



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NYC: 100% Hybrid Yellow Cabs in 5 Years

The current standard taxi, Crown Victoria, gets about 14 mpg in the city. It'll be replaced by a wide variety of new taxis, from Prius, to Ford Escape hybrid SUV. 13,000 Taxis is a lot to replace, but apparently a 20% per year churn is about what taxi companies deal with in New York, so, basically, every new cab they buy will have to be hybrid.



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Gmail Doubles Maximum Attachment Size to 20 MB

Gmail upgraded the maximum attachment size from 10 MB to 20 MB. Gmail was quite forgiving and you could send more than 10 MB in some cases, but now it's possible to send at least 20 MB in one message.



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Automatically upload a folder's photos to Flickr

I love Flickr, but I'm terrible at uploading pics to my Flickr account. I need a way to monitor my pictures folder to upload everything I dump in there. Luckily a cross-platform script called uploadr.py can watch a folder of your choice for new pictures, then automatically upload them to your Flickr account. Here's how to set up uploadr.py.



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Hack My Son's Computer, Please

Can an elderly father give police permission to search a password-protected computer kept in his adult son's bedroom, without probable cause or a warrant? In April, a three judge panel of the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals said yes.



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7000 royalty free, high resolution stock photos

Browse and search their photo gallery of over 7.000 royalty free, high resolution stock photos, templates and logos to use in your personal and educational design projects



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34 Places to Get Design Inspiration - Online and Off

We've compiled a list, online and off to serve up everything from logos to icons to art to fashion to just inventive ideas to get your mind ticking. Kick back and let your senses run wild as we bring you 15 websites packed full of inspiration, 10 must-have books and 9 things to do to get inspired. Another goodie from FreelanceSwitch.



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Confirmed: Google paying $100mil for Feedburner

Rumors about Google acquiring RSS management company Feedburner from last week, started by ex-TechCrunch UK editor Sam Sethi, are accurate and are now confirmed according to a source close to the deal.



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First Look At New FiOS Media Guide

Coming to FiOSTV customers later this summer - The FiOS IMG is an innovative leap forward from ordinary onscreen TV program guides with powerful networked features intuitive navigation and vibrant graphics.



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Feeling Sexy Photo Contest: Hot and Humorous Pics

Photographers take on the theme 'feeling sexy?' in this photo contest: some aesthetically pleasing, some unquestionably hot and sexy and other plain hilarious results. Warning: may contain traces of nipples and a nice set of gluteus maximus...



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Technorati Gets All New Redesign

Blog search engine Technorati made significant changes to its data architecture and user interface this evening. CEO Dave Sifry outlined the details on his personal blog. The changes, Sifry says, are largely in response to Technorati’s changing user base - more and more mainstream Internet users are using the service.



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How to Photograph Silhouettes in 8 Easy Steps

Technical and composition tips for making your silhouette shots stand out.



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New superfast wireless broadband device prototype submitted to FCC

A third broadband pipe may be coming within two years to the white spaces between TV channels, but only if the FCC is convinced that it won't interfere. The White Space Coalition is trying to prove that it won't.



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Guide To Summer of 2007's Horror Movies

"For those of you that just can't wait until October when the horror season really kicks back into full swing, here's a guide to this summer's horror and thriller movies. We'll look at the line up this summer and help you choose what to or what not to see."



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"CIA officers 'crack' in 14 seconds during water boarding technique"

They say they are revealing specific details of the techniques, and their impact on confessions, because the public needs to know the direction their agency has chosen. All gave their accounts on the condition that their names and identities not be revealed.



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The Strangest Disaster of the 20th Century

The official death toll was recorded as 1,746 people, but that was only an estimate, because the survivors had already begun to bury victims in mass graves, and many terrified survivors had fled corpse-filled villages and were hiding in the forest. This bizarre story discusses what happened and how it is being prevented from happening again.



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How Psych Meds Drove My Autistic Son Crazy

"This is a story with a hopeful ending. Lucky, even. But be forewarned, you have to get through a lot of hopeless, unlucky crap before you find it. Here's how it all starts: My first-born son has autism. This pill, they said, would help him. Instead, he gained 30 pounds and began to lose his mind. "



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Mars bars get veggie status back

Mars has abandoned plans to use animal products in its chocolate, and has apologised to "upset" vegetarians.



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HUGE index Free Vectors!

New site with a ton of free vectors available for download.



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Give your photos a Hollywood effect (Photoshop)

At first glance there's a lot of steps here, but it's pretty straightforward, and the effect is very cool. It's an easy way to give your photographs a bit more visual impact, that's for sure. --via lifehacker.



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60 Elegant and Visually Appealling Designs

Another great list from SmashingMagazine where you’ll find 60 fresh, elegant, professional and visually appealling designs, which pay close attention to details and manage to remain simple, user-friendly and nice-looking.



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Tabbed Navigation Using CSS

This tutorial will teach you how to create low-bandwidth tab navigation on a web page using CSS. As an extra bonus you'll also learn how to switch tabs without loading the page more than once.



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Top 50 Logo Design Tutorials

This is E Logo Design's list of best logo design tutorials on the internet (in no particular order)...



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Cool Things You Can Do With Google

Smart Google users know how to turn Google into a quick calculator, translate foreign sites, create their own customized search engine, and search for movie reviews and stock quotes with special search queries. In this article, we’ll show you how to do all of that and more.



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