Gas prices expected to climb as oil prices drop below $65 a barrel. What?

Strikes in Nigeria, storms, memorial day weekend driving, and your gas prices...



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The Slurpr WiFi aggregator: up to 324Mbps broadband for "free"

Oh my, the 5-0 won't like this one bit. Meet The Slurpr, a WiFi access point which aggregates up to six "available" (read: unprotected) 54Mbps WiFi channels into one bigazz, "free" connection. It's the latest invention by Dutch hacker, Mark Hoekstra and his new sidekick (of is it the other way around?), Boris.



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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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