Digg is Named #1 of the 5 Most Successful People-Powered News Sites

Netscape came in waaay behind at #5.

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Apple unable to meet rising MacBook demand

Apple Computer is once again facing a problem that it has become all too familiar with -- not enough supply of its most popular products to meet growing demand.

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Microsoft Mouse is 'Not for Noobs'

Microsoft's notfornoobs.com teaser site has turned out as expected, promoting a new gaming hardware partnership between the Redmond company and Razer. The first joint product to hit the market will be the Habu mouse, designed for serious gamers. The mouse features a 2,000 DPI laser engine, on-the-fly DPI adjustment for changing sensitivity...

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A hidden iTunes feature you should know about

If you're tired of opening up the iTunes window every time you want to pause, start, or fast forward iTunes check out this nifty built in feature very few people know about.

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Call users from your Gmail

A new feature for Gmail being rolled out right now allows you to call contacts from within your Gmail account. Currently you must be signed into the Google Talk application for it to show up, but hopefully soon the feature will be available to users who don't have the instant messenger installed.

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HTML Color Codes Matching Chart (Pantone, CMYK, RGB Hex)

Here�s a Quick Way to select colors for your projects.

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TiVo Coming To Cox

As with Comcast �s Motorola 6412 boxes, TiVo software will be a download option for select Cox DVRs when available in 2007. I assume the TiVo brand name, advertising features, and patent portfolio helped secure this deal.

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Tivo Series 3 Information is Now on Tivo.com!!

Tivo.com now has a page with a signup for the mailing list to stay informed on the Series 3. They also have a FAQ on Cable Card. Hopefully this is an indication that this box will be coming in the next couple weeks!

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Tips for new Mac converts

Big picture, you'll love it. But going to a Mac does come with its own unique set of challenges.

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New Ruby 2.0-ish Redesign

The Ruby website has gotten a redesign. You can see and try it out here. Report any bugs if you find them. That is all.

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A Flying Segway? The Personal Helicopter

Unlike traditional helicopters the GEN H-4 has 2 sets of coaxial, contra-rotating rotors (like a KA-52 Hokum) which eliminates the need of a tail rotor for balancing. It is powered by 4 lightweight 125cc 2 cylinder engines which use standard gasoline. It can fly to an altitude of 1000 meters at a top speed of 59 mph for up to 30 minutes.

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Sophos Offers Free Rootkit Detection Tool..

Called Sophos Anti-Rootkit, the software will detect and remove both known and unknown rootkits, and it will warn systems administrators if removing the software might harm operating system integrity.

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A CSS Hack to steal your browser history in Firefox

Jeremiah Grossman has demonstrated an interesting way to sniff out browser history via CSS hacks. IE7 RC1 is smart enough to block the site, but FireFox lists my history without any complaints. Spooky.

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Toyota puts eyes in back of drivers' heads

The Japanese carmaker claimed today to have pioneered the first system in the world to warn drivers of possible collisions from behind.

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Why Firefox counts down before letting you install an extension

The reason why Firefox has a count down before letting a user install an extension is because of security. By doing this it prevents malicious software from automatically installing on your system.

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