Fantastic Vintage TVs (pics)

As flat screen TVs become ubiquitous, vintage TVs look more and more interesting and unusual. From early mechanical TVs consisting of a spinning disk and lens, to Sony’s original transistor TV and portable LCD sets from as early as the 80s. Here are some of our favorites from collector sites around the world.

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Fantastic Vintage TVs (pics)

As flat screen TVs become ubiquitous, vintage TVs look more and more interesting and unusual. From early mechanical TVs consisting of a spinning disk and lens, to Sony’s original transistor TV and portable LCD sets from as early as the 80s. Here are some of our favorites from collector sites around the world.

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A New PlayStation 2 in Japan to be Released

The 7 year old console is still going strong. The new model will have a few more features, and plans to outsell the PS3.

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Top 10 Most Fuel Efficient Cars

Here's the top 10 most fuel efficient cars, according to the 2008 Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Energy's fuel economy guidebook, published this Saturday.

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10 Hacks NOT to inflict on your Bike [PICS]

Welcome to the world of bike modding, where bicyclists get creative and turn their two-wheelers into rolling works of art.

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We got more information with a game of chess than they do today, w/torture

"We got more information out of a German general with a game of chess or Ping-Pong than they do today, with their torture," said Henry Kolm, 90, an MIT physicist who had been assigned to play chess in Germany with Hitler's deputy, Rudolf Hess.

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Huge Stockpile of Oxygen Found Deep Inside Earth

The key to the abundant oxygen storage is the mineral majorite, which exists deep below Earth's surface in the mantle. Without the oxygen stockpile, Earth would probably be a barren planet hostile to life.

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Nintendo giving away Anti-Slip Remote Jacket

Nintendo have announced they'll be giving away an anti-slip jacket for your Wii Remotes. Which are obviously far too slippery.

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The 10 Rarest Animals in the World

Last year, studies shown that there are at least 35 different animals with world populations of under 1000. But which are the rarest, the animals on the brink of extinction?

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James Bond's Miss Moneypenny has died

Actress Lois Maxwell, who starred as Miss Moneypenny in a string of James Bond movies, has died aged 80. Maxwell starred alongside Sir Sean Connery in Bond's first movie outing, Dr No, in 1962. She played the role until 1985, when she appeared with Roger Moore in A View To A Kill.

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How To Explore Internet Memes

This is a compilation of some of the more famous of these memes. This list is in no way exhaustive, but it does provide a good cross-section of internet oddities.

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Apple posts iPhone Human Interface Guidelines

Apple has released a new iPhone Human Interface Guideline document, offering developers more resources for getting their iPhone web apps just right. It also throws in some "interesting" language into the introduction.

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19 year old speed skater to appear in Playboy [NSFW-PIC]

Nicole Begg stripped off in an attempt to lift her international profile and that of her sport by undressing.

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7 Underground Wonders of the World [PICS]

What motivates humankind to burrow deep into the Earth? From London to Paris, Budapest to Moscow, the USA to Australia, the world is filled with strange underground wonders, some centuries old or older. Check out these amazing images of tunnels, caverns, labyrinths from major cities around the world. Some of them might be right under your feet

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[pic] The African iPod

I'm impressed with how the battery is ballanced as well.

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Worst book cover ever! [PIC]

You could arrange a boy holding a pile of wood, and a cowboy staring knowingly into his eyes all day long and not get a more suggestive pose than this.

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Study Links Diabetes and High Fructose Corn Syrup Found in Soda

A new study released Thursday suggests sodas sweetened with high fructose corn syrup may contribute to the development of diabetes. The study from researchers at Rutgers University, shows sodas sweetened with high fructose corn syrup contain high levels of compounds that previous research suggests may play a role in the development of diabetes.

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5 Hottest Celebrity Goths

The word “goth” has almost been phased out in popular culture, replaced with “scene,” “emo,” and the like. This is rather unfortunate, all things considered: for while many goth males are irritating, pretentious, and pathetic, goth women have the potential to embody a very special, very unusual sort of hotness.

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Google Earth Captures Blunt Message Aimed At Bush

A message that was mowed into a field in a Boston suburb lives on the Internet with Google Earth.

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Nintendo Necklace for Girl Gamers with Style [ Pic ]

A perfect gift for a gamer girl ...

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What Doctors Don't Say About Obesity

If there's one place where it's a good idea to come clean, it's the doctor's office. Patients with an ache, a symptom or a bad habit like smoking do no one any good if they keep it to themselves. Yet there's one time doctors are often less than forthcoming: when they have to tell patients they need to lose weight.

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World's Highest Escalator [Images]

The Umeda Sky Building is the seventh-tallest building in Osaka City, Japan, and one of the city's most recognizable landmarks. It consists of two 40-story towers that connect at their two uppermost stories, with bridges and an escalator crossing the wide atrium-like space in the center.

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10 Reasons Why You Should Be Curious

Do you want a rewarding life? Then be curious. The more curious you are, the more possibilities you will open throughout your lifetime. Open your eyes and look around. How many blind assumptions have you made? What do you want to know more about?

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YouTube Implements New Comment System

And it's a hell of a lot like Digg's! Thumbs up and thumbs down system.

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YouTube Implements New Comment System

And it's a hell of a lot like Digg's! Thumbs up and thumbs down system.

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American Gladiators is Back!

NBC is getting into the ring with "American Gladiators," which has been revived by the Peacock for midseason.Could they possibly top the original?

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American Gladiators is Back!

NBC is getting into the ring with "American Gladiators," which has been revived by the Peacock for midseason.Could they possibly top the original?

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10 Habits of Highly Effective Brains

The LA Times just completed a wonderful 4-part series on how learning and memory work. The NYT re-emphasized the importance of physical exercise for neurogenesis (the creation of new neurons). To put this news in better perspective, let's review some good lifestyle options we can follow to maintain, and improve, our vibrant brains.

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Catching your boyfriend with porn on his computer: Guys should read this!!

Written from a woman's perspective, a very embarrassing tale of confronting the boyfriend after finding porn on his computer. "Every one does it. It is normal." Haha, you'll have to do better than that!

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5 Benefits of a Blog Redesign

With so many blogs getting face lifts lately, here's a look at 5 benefits of almost any redesign.

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Earth and Mars are Converging at 25 Miles per Sentence

By the time you finish reading this sentence, you'll be 25 miles closer to the planet Mars. Earth and Mars are converging, and right now the distance between the two planets is shrinking at a rate of 22,000 mph--or about 25 miles per sentence.

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Dell takes huge hit as Apple laptop sales soar

'Halo effect' generated by demand for iPhones has caused a transformation in Apple's laptop sales

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Show Soccer Skills on Youtube; Get Recruited by Manchester United!

Manchester United has recruited a 9-year-old soccer prodigy based on video footage featuring his skills. The length of the YouTube clip is 4 minutes and features Davis's dribbling, stepover and goal-scoring skills – been viewed more than 800,000 times on the site.

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Top 10 Worst Sci-Fi Shows Ever! (With Videos)

We present to you the 10 WORST Sci-Fi Shows of all time. Complete with video of each horrible, horrible, television mistake.

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Is sugar more addictive than cocaine?

Although quantifying substance addiction is difficult, if the answer to this question turns out to be definitive and "yes," it's likely that few people will be surprised.

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5 Summer Sex Positions That Could Get You Hospitalized. Or Arrested.

"Some of these would challenge the acrobats of Cirque Du Soleil, let alone a 30-something couch jockey with a bum knee."

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Katrina Victims Screwed By Insurance Companies Because Of God

A federal appeals court ruled Thursday against Hurricane Katrina victims who argued their insurance policies should have covered flood damage caused by levee breaches that flooded 80 percent of New Orleans. policies did not distinguish between floods caused by an act of God — such as excessive rainfall — and floods caused by an act of man.

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Russia plants flag on North Pole seabed

Russia today planted a flag on the North Pole's seabed in an attempt to declare sovereignty of the unclaimed land. The journey to the bottom of the sea began at an ice hole near the North Pole and the two Russian submarines dived to more than 4200 metres, according to the Itar-Tass news agency.

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How to Write a Business Plan: Ten Questions with Tim Berry

These two are the ones that i most admire. this article is an important stuff; knowing that entrepreneurial attitudes & methods to start even to grows are changing, as the world becomes flat. l-o-v-e-i-t!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks again Guy Kawasaki for this great article & thanks Tim berry for your passion to teach entrepreneurs!

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Nude woman buys smokes in German gas station, leaves in Ferrari

Thank you, come again!

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Boys face sex trial for slapping girls' rear-ends

Two middle-school students in Oregon are facing possible time in a juvenile jail and could have to register as sex offenders for smacking girls on the rear end at school.

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Is a second black hole lurking in the Milky Way's heart?

Is a second black hole lurking in the heart of the Milky Way? The evidence to date is inconclusive, but astronomers say a relatively simple test could settle the matter: look for a pair of stars fleeing the galaxy at break-neck speed.

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Next major PC company to go Linux will be HP

HP will soon be joining Dell in offering at least one Linux desktop line in its SKU sales listing, at least in the opinion of this knowledgeable Linux columnist.

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Popular "Political News" site EXPOSED! Admits: "IT WAS DISHONEST."

Capitol Hill Blue’s “spectacularly hateful” hit pieces against Ron Paul are just the tip of the iceberg. An investigation into CHB uncovered plagiarism, bogus stories, fake sources, fictitious “sock puppet” reporters, and 300+ stories that had to be deleted/changed. Owner Doug Thompson even created fake employees to ax as scapegoats for his antics.

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How Many Europeans Believe in God? (picture)

You'll be quite surprised...

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Solar Powered WiFi Bionic Turtles Lurking in Swamp

scientists have built the turtlenet to track turtles in swamp

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World's Best Job? Condom Tester!

One of the lucky 200 testers will win a $1000 bonus. "With this job on your CV, it really will be a chance to brag to your mates about the special skills you possess, not to mention that your new role will work wonders with the opposite sex," - Durex.

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Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles Official Trailer

The trailer shows a lot of promise and it seems like this won’t be a simple romp in the Resident Evil world. All of the characters from the past Resident Evils make a brief cameo in the trailer, and they sure do love to shoot at barrels. Whatever happened to the good old days of popping a zombie in the head and being done with it?

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Can you see the hidden image part 2!

Each digg this story receives will add a moving ball which will eventually reveal (another) hidden image! Based of code by Gary Carstensen.



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$175 Fee If You Cancel iPhone, Even Though You Paid Full Price

You better frickin' like your full-price iPhone because if you don't, AT&T plans on charging you the full $175 early termination fee, even though the phone's cost isn't at all subsidized under a long-term-agreement.



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Who Will Be The YouTube Of Live Video?

The growth of Youtube and it’s subsequent $1.65 billion buyout left behind a bevy of competing video sites. Since then competitors have been seeking to differentiate themselves by focusing on longer videos, higher (bitrate) quality videos, professional content, and paying their users.



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Top 5 Tiniest Tiny Houses

May we all live in one some day!



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USB Thumdrive from China

This is like the extension cord for the USB cut and put inside, how did they even think of doing this?



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Top 20 Magic Trick Tutorials Of All Time

Be the life of the part, or get the interest of that girl. These are the 20 most amazing magic tricks tutorial videos that you will find anywhere.



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We should be able to take our friends with us

The future of social networking is an open standards based decentralized networks in the People Agrregator mould, with something like OpenID being the single point of entry. Dave Winer says a centralized system like Facebook or Linked-In will result in explosive unbundling of (decentralized) services.



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Deleted Emails: "Most Serious Breach of the Presidential Records Act"

"The Committee has obtained evidence of potentially extensive violations of the Presidential Records Act by senior White House officials... These violations could be the most serious breach of the Presidential Records Act in the 30-year history of the law."



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iPhone Application List

iPhone Application List With Live Previews!



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Awkward Friendships

Touching photos of unusual animal friendships.



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No Sex Tonight?

Not getting any tonight? Well if you do what this guy did, you just might increase your chances significantly...



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Norton AntiVirus is A Virus

The most precompiled program in all new computers IS a virus to anyone who knows anything about computers.



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A Program That Can Fix Dead Pixels On Your LCD Screen

I found this two programs to locate and fix LCD screens dead pixels ...



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The Ten Most Common Photographic Mistakes

Learn how to take better photos by reading about the 10 most common mistakes most people make. Some are obvious some aren't.



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Do You know Self-effacing People are Secretly Confident? Study reveals

No matter how meek they might appear, most people are endowed with the same self-confidence, new research reveals. For some, however, that confidence is buried deep inside. “A given person with high implicit [or inner] self-esteem may be outwardly self-promoting or may be outwardly very modest,” said study team member Anthony Greenwald



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Prisons Of The World

An article about the most interesting prisons on earth - smallest, most valuable, strangest, most secure etc - with photos, videos, links.



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How children lost the right to roam in four generations

When George Thomas was eight he walked everywhere. It was 1926 and his parents were unable to afford the fare for a tram, let alone the cost of a bike and he regularly walked six miles to his favorite fishing haunt without adult supervision. Fast forward to 2007 and Mr Thomas's eight-year-old great-grandson Edward enjoys none of that freedom.



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Call of Duty 4 Developer Disses LIVE Anywhere

Grant Collier and the team over at Infinity Ward are hard at work on Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. At one point along the way they were contacted by Microsoft, who attempted to spur the inclusion of LIVE Anywhere support in the multi-platform title. Infinity Ward "actively rejected" this offer. Grant Collier tells the story:



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25 Alternative Uses for Olive Oil

Olive oil also has plenty of uses around your home, outside of the sauté pan. There’s no need to waste your expensive Greek or Spanish Extra Virgin for these tasks, just grab a bottle of inexpensive, domestic olive oil for around-the-house use and start using it to shave, lubricate, and stop snoring.



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5 Year Old Thinks Heroin is Candy, Passes It Out At Daycare

Earlier this week, a Daycare Center in Buffalo was closed because six children at a local daycare center were given heroin by another student who thought it was candy. Teachers quickly learned the child was actually doling out heroin and called police immediately.



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Air breathing rocket reaches Mach 10 in tests

Scientists hope the engine will ultimately propel the next generation of supersonic planes, with predictions a flight between Sydney and London could take just two hours.



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Facebook Hammers MySpace on Almost All Key Features

When you think of social networks you probably think of MySpace. But recently, Facebook has been gaining popularity - since it opened up beyond college users, it has enjoyed a flood of new users, boosted further by the launch of Facebook apps. It’s time these two social networks fought it out.



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How did corporations get so much control over us?

The truth should make you mad. They used the 14th amendment, which was added to free slaves, to say that corporations were entitled to the same rights under the Constitution that individuals were.



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"30 Days Of Night" Trailer Hits The Net

This is the story of an isolated Alaskan town that is plunged into darkness for a month each year when the sun sinks below the horizon. As the last rays of light fade, the town is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires bent on an uninterrupted orgy of destruction.



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RIAA and MPAA Fund Anti-Piracy Politicians

Over the last month or two, we have seen congressional investigations started and bills proposed to deal with file sharing. Not surprisingly, these politicians receive a fair amount of money from the RIAA and MPAA. Doesn’t it make you wonder – Are these politicians for hire?



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The Lost Arcade Games of the Soviet Union

A group of Moscow geeks have opened a museum of Soviet-era arcade games. The physical design of these things is incredible -- heroically ugly, radiating un-fun like a potato studded with razor-blade splinters. I want a laptop that looks like this.



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A Brutal Review of a Brutal Movie-Hostel II

Geek on the scene Dr. Royce Clemens gives us the lowdown on Eli Roth’s latest torture-fest Hostel II. Be warned, this review is almost as brutal as the movie itself.



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3 million iPhones waiting on stock for 29th of June

29th of June will be a historical day for every Apple fan and it seems Apple is trying hard to have full warehouses for the first shipping day.



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Top 10 Drunk Multiplayer Games

So, the only real choice when it comes to drunk gaming is to invite some buddies over, crack open a few cans and get your system of choice going! Here is a list of top games to play drunk with friends. Feel free to try these out.



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Google Maps Street View: Invading Your Privacy? Not Anymore!

The picture of the girl whose underwear showed up on Google Maps Street View has been removed. It turns out that you can report inappropriate images to Google. Awww...



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5 Women Who Make Timeouts OK

Educated and hot, these ladies are not only easy on the eyes, but they usually seem to know something about the sports they are covering. We like to think of them as the second best thing to happen to sport -- after cheerleaders, of course. So, without further ado: over to you, ladies!



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'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' deluxe artwork released

Scholastic, the US publisher of the Harry Potter books, has released the cover art for the deluxe edition of the American "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." According to Scholastic, it is "set during a highly dramatic sunset, Harry, Hermione, and Ron--clothes in tatters--cling atop a flying dragon."



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The biggest digger in the world (Pic)

Please no "I digg it" jokes.



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First look: Firefox 3 alpha 5

The fifth public alpha build of Firefox 3 has been officially released. The new alpha build, which is codenamed Gran Paradiso, features early components of the revamped Places system, a cohesive storage framework that will unify bookmark and history storage.



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Paris Hilton ordered to return to court

Hours after Paris Hilton was sent home under house arrest Thursday, the judge who put her in jail for violating her reckless-driving probation ordered her into court to determine whether she should be put back behind bars.



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Scientists attempt to grow meat in a lab

What do you think — meat grows on trees? Maybe not, but how about in Petri dishes? Scientists in the Netherlands and the United States are working (separately) to create edible meat in the lab from animal stem cells.



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WIRELESS Electricity from MIT - WiTricity

We always knew Tesla was right: MIT physics professor Marin Soljacic and his team of researchers behind the latest wireless electricity scheme have reportedly demoed their magnetically coupled resonator technology on a 60-watt lightbulb that wasn't plugged in.



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Windows Vista: under the hood

Windows Vista has seen significant changes to its security model, networking capabilities, storage support, and more. In our continuing technical exploration of Vista, we explain and assess these improvements, plus we look at what didn't make the cut, and why.



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RPG Style Map of America [PIC]

How Japan Sees the USA ...



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Why HD DVD combo format discs suck

The HD DVD combo disc may look like an innovative and interesting idea at first glance, but in reality, it simply adds more cost to an already higher priced HD DVD movie title. The worst part of this deal is that most combo format titles are not available as a ’standard’ HD DVD, which means that you are forced to cough up the extra $5-$10.



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"There's a problem. It's called Net Neutrality"

AT&T CEO Ed Whitacre to step down, but it is still business as usual. Net Neutrality will continue to be assaulted under the guise of deregulation.



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$189 laptop

Asus chairman Jonney Shih sprang a surprise during Intel's Computex keynote today with the announcement of a $189 laptop.



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Man sues over permanent erection

A New York man has sued the makers of a health drink, saying it has given him a permanent erection for the last two years



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XP vs. Vista - A Tale of Framerates: Part II

[H] recently ran an article showing a significant framerate discrepancy on popular gaming titles between the two Microsoft operating systems on NVIDIA hardware. They've since gone back and done the same thing with ATI hardware and the new 158.xx NVIDIA drivers. While ATI did better than NVIDIA, there's still a disturbing overall trend.



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Giant Geoglyph Ad Visible From Space - The World’s Longest Geoglyph

"Next time you float past Hokkaido, look down upon the town of Urahoro. There in a field you will see a giant geoglyph that spells out the words “Smart Loop.” This crop circle message is the work of a highly advanced race of aliens Pioneer, which has taken shears to grass to promote its latest Smart Loop car navigation system. "



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Map: Science’s Family Tree

The bigger a node is, the more papers it contains. Heavily cited papers appear in more than one node. Black lines connect any nodes that contain the same papers; the darker a link is, the more papers the connected nodes have in common. These links create the structure of the map and tend to pull similar scientific disciplines closer to one another.



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Road House - Secretly a Brilliant Film

While many view the 1989 Patrick Swayze-starrer as a laughable joke of an action film, Road House is in fact, secretly, a brilliant film. Don't agree? Read on, you skeptical son of a…



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Maybe a contract-free iPhone is NOT out of the question

Something is missing from the latest iPhone commercial--namely the bit about "2 Year Activation Required". And today AT&T launched new pay as you go Feature Packages. Could this be leading up to the pre-paid contract-free iPhone that we all gave up on when the iPhone commercials debuted this week?



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[PIC] Where does mario go when he dies?

Couldn't be more obvious.



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Easiest Clock to Read EVER.

Very cool clock that I can't wait to use with the new widget feature in Leopard.



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Some VERY Interesting iPhone Developments

- iChat WON'T make it to the launch build- there is no way to access the sim card or the battery :(- it WILL have a vibrate mode- it WILL support tabbed browsing- You will be able to interact with it thru iPhoto....click on for more



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Apple’s iPhone ad slip up reveals mystery app (Screenshots)

...there is an odd shot in the “How- To” ad, where the screen goes from the traditional 11 icon view, to a new 12 icon view. Apparently some mystery app has pushed the icons down 1 slot, but we cannot see what it is. This brings us to 2 questions. First, what is the mystery app that has bumped all these apps down one spot? And second...



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"Have you had sex with a member of Congress?"

A full-page advertisement taken out by Larry Flynt's Hustler magazine in Sunday's Washington Post $1 million to Congressional mistresses who come forward.



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Why Are There So Many Suicides in Japan?

Japan's agriculture minister hanged himself Monday amid allegations of bid-rigging and padding government expenses. The following day, an executive linked to one of the scams leapt to his death. In 2005, 32,552 people killed themselves in Japan—one of the highest suicide rates among industrialized nations. Why are there so many suicides in Japan?



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Mass Effect Does for Games What Star Wars Did for Films

Now BioWare, based in Edmonton, is ditching George's franchise for its own epic space opera, which will have episodic interludes available for download in between the three major releases. Mass Effect, the first title in this ambitious new trilogy, is due to arrive as early as June. The game casts players in the role of Commander Shepard........



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Hi-5: Five Women With Expiration Dates

Some women are like wine...they get better with age. Sofia Loren, for example. Call me? But some hotties like, say, Britney Spears, were once fresh but now have gone more rotten than a case of year old eggs. Well who are the top five hotties who will one day in the near future become sour? Check it out...



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The next-generation Mars rover (Video and Pictures)

"Go to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory website and check out the newest video showing the Mars Science Laboratory mission, and you'll see the latest and greatest design for a roving mission to Mars. I've clipped and posted a few screen caps below. "



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Another bio-fuel plant discovered: more oil, less efforts

Another plant, which can be used to get bio-fuel, has been discovered. It provides more oil and requires less fertilizers, etc to grow. So far, only farmers only growing it have expressed interest.



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India's richest man builds 60-storey home

The building, named Antilla after a mythical island, will have a total floor area greater than Versailles and be home for Mr Ambani, his mother, wife, three children and 600 full-time staff.



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The 10 Best 'Head Wounds' in Movie History

Head injuries will always get a wince out of your audience because it’s the most visceral injury a human being can watch. So whip out the Band Aids and wear an extra thick helmet because here are the movies’ 10 best cranium crackers…



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How to: Do A Background Check On Yourself

Companies can order all sorts of reports on you and make judgments about you, from banks, to landlords to employers. Here's how you can see the data they're seeing and make sure the record is right.



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Top 25 Video Game Heroes of All Time

Longer lists are definitely better than shorter lists - especially when it comes to video games! Here is our list of Top Video Game Heroes of All Time - with enough spots on it to ensure at least a few surprises. Think we gave too much credit or committed some grave injustices? Speak and be heard!



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Why you should always obey clearance signs

It was just six inches. That was what made the difference at 4:40 a.m. yesterday as Gilberto Cantu, a truck driver from Texas, approached the New Jersey entrance of the Lincoln Tunnel in his big rig, loaded with bathtubs, toilets and plumbing fixtures. The truck was 13 feet 6 inches high. The tunnel has a height limit of 13 feet...



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New Fantastic Four Trailer

As you can see, they've snuck in some "comic relief" scenes from the film into the preview (mostly involving Jessica Alba…aww she makes jokes, how cute). We've heard from people who've seen early screenings that the flick sucks, but it looks about 40 times better than the first one already, so who knows. PS Alba.



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Sergeant Pepper, Forty Years On

I know every other music pundit in the biz will get into the act over the next few days, doing a job on the 40th anniversary of the release of Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. I’m not much for hopping onto media bandwagons, but this one — I can’t resist.



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Pharma Wont Fund Cancer Cure, But You Can. Cant Donate? DIGG!

DCA is one of the most promising leads to cure nearly all types of cancer. Yet is not receiving funding from the pharmaceutical companies because its inexpensive and not patentable. Don't allow this to cure fade from the headlines into obscurity, help FUND the cure directly by digging this site! it donates all revenue to funding the cure!



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Dude! Where Can I Park My Car in China? (PIC)

A brilliant illustration how low are your chances to park competing with other 11.5 million private cars, just as they do in China.



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Sex, Lies, LeMond and Landis

It remains to be seen whether three-time Tour de France victor Greg LeMond's sensational testimony against accused 2006 Tour winner Landis will have any significant impact on a fight that most likely will pivot on deep science, not the deep and twisted roots of a three-way feud between the only U.S. riders to win cycling's most famous event.



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Why people really don't switch to Linux

Hint: It's the same reason we keep driving SUVs while gas prices zoom by $3 a gallon.



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CT Teacher's Fate Postponed Again

Julie Amero has hung in limbo since January waiting for the Connecticut DA to either put up ( and put her away for up to 40 years ) or shut up and let her return to picking up the pieces of her shattered life. Her conviction on 4 felony counts came after an unprotected classroom computer running Windows 98 began spewing porn pop-ups.



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Hewlett-Packard garage given national landmark status

The garage where budding entrepreneurs Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard set up shop nearly 70 years ago has now been designated a national historic landmark, according to the company that now bears the pair's initials. Widely considered to be the birth of SIlicon Valley, the garage (along with the rest of the property) was snapped up by HP in 2000



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Starcraft 2, Blizzard's New Game

Link to Blizzard Sitehttp://pc.ign.com/articles/788/788627p1.html for live updates of the convention.



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Woman had bullet in head for 64 years

A Chinese grandmother who went to hospital with a headache was found to have had a bullet in her head for 64 years.



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Simply Google - all of Google's hidden features in one webpage!

Google accounts, maps, blogs, pack, desktop, pigeonrank, talk, toolbar - WOW they've made a lot of stuff!



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Scientists find a way to help office workers lose weight on job

Obesity experts have developed a vertical workstation which helps employees take exercise and shed weight as they work.



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Shaping the Future

Charles Stross talks about his personal predictions when it comes to the next 20 years of Technology, What it will bring us, limitations and expectations.



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Shaping the Future

Charles Stross talks about his personal predictions when it comes to the next 20 years of Technology, What it will bring us, limitations and expectations.



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10 Tips: Save your Money by Saving the Planet

Individually, all alone,you can decrease production of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases by thousands of pounds each year.In doing so, you’ll end up spending less.Here are some simple steps you can take.



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NASA's Close-Up Look at a Hurricane's Eye Reveals a New 'Fuel' Source

In the eye of a furious hurricane, the weather is often quite calm and sunny. But new NASA research is providing clues about how the seemingly subtle movement of air within and around this region provides energy to keep this central "powerhouse" functioning.



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Free-Internet Plan Gets San Francisco Controller's Office OK

The San Francisco controller's office issued a favorable review Friday on a proposal by EarthLink and Google to provide the city with free wireless Internet access.



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14 rules for fast web pages

"Steve Souders of Yahoo's "Exceptional Performance Team" gave an insanely great presentation at Web 2.0 about optimizing website performance by focusing on front end issues. [...] the Web 2.0 talks have just been put up and the ppt is fascinating and absolutely a must-read for anyone involved in web products."



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Woz Explains Apple Fanboyism

Here's another clip from my interview with Steve Wozniak yesterday. This time, he's talking about what about Apple makes people so fanatical.



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What will really happen when the Final Fantasy series goes to the Xbox 360

[PICTURE]: Remember, always practice safe gaming!



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40 New PlayStation Home Beta Images

New screenshots of the PlayStation Home "Closed Beta" have surfaced including images of the Home Theatre and somone's private studio apartment. Just a reminder, Sony plans to have an Open Beta in July and the Public release of PlayStation Home in October.



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YouTube's New Inline Ads: Screenshots

YouTube is experimenting with inline ads, showing a text ad at the bottom of its player as a video is playing. If a user clicks on the text, a video ad expands and appears layered on top of the player. See what it looks like here.



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Has Hubble found dark matter? NASA press conference May 15

NASA Updates Plans for Hubble 'Ring Of Dark Matter' Briefing



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Sales of Sex Toys in British Nightclubs "Going Down Well"

The introduction of sex toys into nightclubs across the UK is going down well according to the UK's largest nightclub operator. And all we have is breath mints and old condoms...



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Sex Sells, Especially on Digg!

But the after effect is the Digg popularity. Digg is a breeding ground of young horny geeks and in the same fashion that Marvel Comics uses in making Jean Grey or Mary Jane sexier and bustier from year to year.



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Scientists create 'plastic' blood

Scientists have developed an artificial plastic blood which could act as a substitute in emergencies.



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Hollywood movies made with Linux

Did you know that Disney, DreamWorks Animation, Industrial Light & Magic, Pixar, Sony Pictures and many other studios use Linux?Would you like to know more? Check this out!



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Google buys a start-up once every few days, or around one a week

"Chief Executive Eric Schmidt told reporters at a briefing at Google headquarters that the Web search leader remained open to buying larger companies, as it has done twice in recent months, but that these were meant to plug holes in businesses."



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34 short videos that destory popular myths about food

"Is my metabolism to blame for my weight?", "Does sugar make kids hyperactive?", "Do aphrodisiacs really work?", and others....



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Secrets of a lost world

Of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the Great Pyramid of Giza is the only one still standing. Built around 4,500 years ago to house the body of the fourth-dynasty Egyptian pharaoh Khufu (or Cheops), it stands testament to a lost world's technical expertise.



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Numbers follow a surprising law of digits, and scientists can't explain why

Does your house address start with a 1? According to a strange mathematical law, about 1/3 of house numbers have 1 as their first digit. The same holds true for many other areas that have almost nothing in common: the Dow Jones index history, size of files stored on a PC, the length of the world’s rivers, the numbers in...



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Apple iPhone: more secrets revealed; Mini iPhone and 3rd Party Applications

...It also looks like the iPhone that's set to launch stateside next month won't be the only mobile from the company. Apple has made an application ( number 0070103454 ) to the US Patent & Trademark Office. It reveals a smaller iPhone, this time with a display on both sides of the device



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New Sleep Pods for Powernapping [pics]

Its pretty cool looking: You hop in the EnergyPod, the pod reclines, a privacy shield descends, and then you powernap for 20 minutes, whereupon the pod will wake you up with a combination of an acoustic alarm and a gentle vibration.



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What Spiderman's mechanical webshooters would have looked like

The filmmakers apparently did toy with the idea of giving Peter Parker a mechanical web-slinger. At the 2001 E3, Activision displayed the webslingers at their booth. I'm not sure what I think about them, but seeing the web-slingers as real objects and imagining them on my wrists is actually kind of cool.



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The 20 Greatest Spider-Man Villains

Spidey has plenty of awesome villains. These are the best of the best.



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New Spinal Tap film available free online

Director Rob Reiner has created a fifteen minute sequel to his mockumentary classic This is Spinal Tap. While the short film was featured at the Tribeca Film Festival in April, it won't be released in theaters any time soon. It is available, however, online.



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11 Celebrities Who Shouldn't Have Any (or More) Children

See the typicals you'd expect (K-Fed, Paris) but also some helluva funny write ups on Flava Flav, Dustin Diamond, Carrot Top and more. I'm fearful that two of the people on this list already have seven children each...



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WALL STREET sequel to be made - MONEY NEVER SLEEPS

A sequel to classic 1987 film Wall Street is to be made with Michael Douglas returning as money-crazed mogul Gordon Gekko. "Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit." - AND - "Lunch? Are you joking? Lunch is for wimps."



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Spider-Man 3 made $59m (£30m) in North America on Friday

Spider-Man 3 has set a new box office record for first-day takings, earning $59m (£30m) in North America on Friday, according to its film studio Sony. The movie beat the previous record of $55.8m (£28m), set by Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest last year.



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Apartments in Dubai - What you get for $10 Million

They will each be reached by their own private voice-activated elevator. All apartments come with a maid’s room and every apartment will have its very own swimming pool, personal gymnasium and steam room. I put this in Entertainment > Celebrity - since that's the closest digg category.. That and I'm sure that's who they're catering to.



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Spiderman 4 Villains Revealed? And prospective choices.

Some websites are claiming to have the inside word on what villains will be included in Spider-Man 3. FreezeDriedMovies claims that The Lizard, Carnage, and Black Cat will be featured in the upcoming fourth film. Call me a little skeptical, but I think this is bogus. From what I’ve heard, no development has even begun on the fourth film



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Lost to End in 2010 - 3 Short Seasons with EIGHT MONTH BREAKS twixt them

According to USA Today (via The Tail Section) Lost is set to end (yay!) in 2010 after 3 seasons of 16 episodes each (boo!) running from February to May (boo!). By my calculations that's enough to cut off some fluff and have two full seasons...way to go ABC.



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Talk Show Hosts In Hiding After Police Threat

Until this week, the only people who really hated the Jersey Guys were corrupt politicians. Now, corrupt state troopers hate them, too.



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Paris Hilton Gives New Meaning to Cell Phone

"Poor Paris. She was really shook up on Friday when Judge Michael T. Sauer sentenced her to 45 days in county jail for violating her probation and “alcohol-related reckless driving.” She tearfully told the paps “I don’t deserve this.” Apparently, she thinks she’s different. Maybe she is. Maybe she won’t have to go to a commoner’s jail."



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Above the law? 5 years, 6 albums and still no trial for R. Kelly

Since being charged with child pornography five years ago for allegedly videotaping sex acts with a young teenager, R. Kelly has had six best-selling albums, three nationwide tours, a multitude of hits and awards -- but no trial...



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Huge Kites to Harness the Jet Stream for Power

"Scientists are eyeing the jet stream, an energy source that rages night and day, 365 days a year, just a few miles above our heads".



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2 seconds in Second Life: FFVII Midgar created. Player charged with rape?

The cool news always comes coupled with bizarre news with online game Second Life. Players have (seemingly without permission from Square Enix) recreated Midgar from Final Fantasy VII, with sim like RPG missions to play through. Also, law forces are now faced with the concept of rewriting rape laws due to underage people "raping" adults online.



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How throwing two eggs turned into...you guessed it: A bomb threat

I find myself expelled from school with four weeks before graduation for throwing a pair eggs at a wall.



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Pioneer's LCD-Killing Plasma Tech Leaked

Project Kuro ("Black" in Japanese) HDTVs from Pioneer are going to kick the crap out of LCD. have a black level 80% deeper than 7th generation Pioneer plasma. Without any sacrifice in brightness, according to our sources. That means the 1080p TVs are good for a 20000:1 contrast ratio.



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Australia's Great Barrier Reef Suffers 'White Death' as Ocean Warms

Warmer sea temperatures are linked to the severity of a coral disease, according to a study on Australia's Great Barrier Reef that offers a dire warning about global warming's potential impact on the world's troubled reefs. In some locations, scientists found a 25-30% loss of coral and centuries-old corals were killed.



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Top 10 Video Glasses!

These top video headsets are specially designed to give the real virtually-immersing experience. This awe-inspiring technique of watching videos is fast catching up…check out which one is made for ‘For your Eyes Only’.



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Bored Mathematician Discovers An Unusual Numerical Pattern While Doodling

The Ulam spiral is a simple method of graphing the prime numbers that reveals a pattern which has never been fully explained. It was discovered by the mathematician Stanisław Ulam in 1963, while doodling on scratch paper at a scientific meeting. Ulam, bored that day, wrote down a regular grid of numbers...



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Australia's Great Barrier Reef Suffers 'White Death' as Ocean Warms

Warmer sea temperatures are linked to the severity of a coral disease, according to a study on Australia's Great Barrier Reef that offers a dire warning about global warming's potential impact on the world's troubled reefs. In some locations, scientists found a 25-30% loss of coral and centuries-old corals were killed.



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Secure your laptop with the LaptopLock

Free data protection and computer recovery service LaptopLock can keep sensitive files safe and prevent identity theft or worse after your computer's been lifted. As soon as you report your computer stolen on their web site, the free Windows-only LaptopLock agent can wipe sensitive files into oblivion, encrypt files, launch programs, and more



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Google Talk in iChat 4.0

In the newest build of leopard, iChat 4.0 has a Google Talk option for account types.



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How to be a Great Dad - 12 Awesome Tips

12 Great tips on how to be a great dad



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PHOTO: Nothing but a bunch of naked people. 18,000, to be exact!

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A record 18,000 people took off their clothes to pose for U.S. photographic artist Spencer Tunick on Sunday in Mexico City's Zocalo square, the heart of the ancient Aztec empire. Tunick, who has raised eyebrows by staging mass nude photo shoots in cities from Dusseldorf, Germany, to Caracas, smashed his previous record of



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Virtual Rape Is Traumatic, but Is It a Crime?

Last month, two Belgian publications reported that the Brussels police have begun an investigation into a citizen's allegations of rape -- in Second Life. If it is a criminal offense to sexually abuse a child on the internet, how can we say it is not possible to rape an adult online?



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Top Ten Letterman Top Ten Lists

And now, from the home office in Wahoo, Nebraska, it's the top 10 Top Ten lists of all time...



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The Ten Worst Spiderman Tie-In Products

When Peter Parker was bitten by a radioactive spider, he learned that with great power comes great responsibility. But I don’t think he ever expected…toothbrushes.



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Amazing: The Woman with 11-Stone Legs [PICTURE]

Although she was born with abnormally large legs and feet - which continue to grow - her body is of average size.



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Fox news - Still not covering impeachment movement, same 'ol tricks

Some of us thought that if and when the Democrats won the House and the Senate back they would cease the hyperventilating and foaming at the mouth and spewing about - George W. BushGuess what buddy.



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India working on $10 laptops

The ambitious one laptop per child (OLPC) project may actually have some competition, thanks to an Indian alternative that wants a price tag of $10 for each computer.



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Butterfly won't get species protection

A butterfly found only at a popular Nevada off-road vehicle site won't receive federal protection as a threatened or endangered species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decided Wednesday.



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The impeachment train is starting to roll.

The impeachment train is starting to roll. Last week, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), started things off by filing a three-article bill of impeachment against Vice President Dick Cheney. Initially largely ignored by the mainstream media, and even ridiculed by some leading Democrats in Congress, that bill, HR 333, today garnered two co-sponsors, Rep.



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New Spinal Tap film available free online

Director Rob Reiner has created a fifteen minute sequel to his mockumentary classic This is Spinal Tap. While the short film was featured at the Tribeca Film Festival in April, it won't be released in theaters any time soon. It is available, however, online.



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Great Online Multiplayer tactics game...best one i've seen!!

Your goal is to create an army of 100 points and send that army into battle against other 100 point armies. Choose the army suited to your fighting style. This is a fair fight and the winner can only be determined by who has the most skill. The way you attack affects the outcome, you can attack from high ground, at point blank range.



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Daily Show: Time to Rename the Iraq Timetables

Jon Stewart has a great idea for how to get Bush and the Republicans to agree on timetables for withdrawal from Iraq — rename them "glory goals!" Who can disagree with "glory goals?!"



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What Google Needs (great list!)

Although Gmail, Gcal, Google Reader, et al. are great apps, they're not perfect. Here's what Google needs to do to improve.



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Don't be afraid, Linux isn't just for geeks

It came out earlier this week that Dell will soon offer computers running Linux instead of Windows. Not all of its machines, obviously — the company wants to stay in business — but Linux will be an option on at least two desktops and one laptop models.



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This is a $10,000 bottle of whiskey, and you can't buy one

Why? Because it was created as a gift for the British queen. No, not Elton John. Queen Elizabeth II, in honor of her visit to Churchill Downs for this year's Kentucky Derby. Crown Royal blended this batch of whisky, (they spell it without an "e"), expressly with Her Majesty in mind.



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How-to: Use your TiVo Series3 eSATA port to add an external drive

Ever wish you could use that friggin eSATA port TiVo taunts you with on the back of your Series3? If so your moment has finally arrived -- and not a moment too soon for many a DVR-loving TV fans whose drives are filled to the brim with HD programming. Best of all: you don't even have to crack open your box or nothin'.



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Final Fantasy Creator Slams Sony

Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi has criticised Sony’s Playstation 3 console insisting that it is too difficult to develop for, and accused Microsoft of failing to promote the Xbox 360 efficiently in Japan.



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Final Fantasy Creator Slams Sony

Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi has criticised Sony’s Playstation 3 console insisting that it is too difficult to develop for, and accused Microsoft of failing to promote the Xbox 360 efficiently in Japan.



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Final Fantasy Creator Slams Sony

Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi has criticised Sony’s Playstation 3 console insisting that it is too difficult to develop for, and accused Microsoft of failing to promote the Xbox 360 efficiently in Japan.



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Why Women Love Spider-Man

Women love the Spider-Man. Us guys never thought too much about it; to us, he was just a nerdy sex pot. But now, thanks to at least one hour of research on Google, scientists have found a multitude of reasons why “the wimmins” love Spider-Man. This article was made possible by Wikipedia and a dash of misogyny.



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Oil Goes Into More Than Just Gasoline

When the price of oil goes up, the first thing that we think about is having to pay more for gas. While a large percentage of oil goes towards making gas, it isn’t the only thing that oil is used for. Right now you’re probably using many products that have derived from oil, meaning you're going to pay more for them as oil prices continue to rise.



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Put your ideas where your rebellion is

"I want everyone who is opposed to DRM to start offering some options on how to fix the problem and then start doing something about it. Organize a protest, call your senator, get on the news, kick up some dirt - but start using all this technology at our disposal to help things move forward. "



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CONTACT NUMBERS for the ENTIRE MEDIA!!!!

I found this site when looking for MSNBC's contact number and found WAY more than expected.NBC Washington Bureau Address 4001 Nebraska Ave NW, Washington, DC 20016 Tel 202-885-4200 Fax 202-362-2009 Letters world@msnbc.comDC Bureau Chief Tim Russert tim.russert@nbc.com 202-885-4548



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Iraq war price tag will soon top $500 billion.

“The bitter fight over the latest Iraq spending bill has all but obscured a sobering fact: The war will soon cost more than $500 billion. That’s about ten times more than the Bush administration anticipated before the war started four years ago, and no one can predict how high the tab will go.”



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Gladiator graveyard found

Scientists believe they have for the first time identified an ancient graveyard for gladiators. Analysis of their bones and injuries has given new insight into how they lived, fought and died.



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World is walking 10% faster - New York 8th Fastest City

The pace at which city dwellers walk has increased by 10 per cent in the last decade, a new study has shown.



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Man dies of thirst during survival test

A man died of thirst during a wilderness-survival exercise designed to test his physical and mental toughness, even though guides had water. They didn't offer him any because they did not want to spoil the character-building experience.



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Yes! Coffee Really is Good For You

Drinking coffee can help ward off type 2 diabetes and may even help prevent certain cancers, according to panelists discussing the benefits — and risks — of the beverage at a scientific meeting.



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So How's That War on Terror Going?

Terrorist attacks worldwide shot up 25 percent last year, particularly in Iraq, where extremists used chemical weapons and suicide bombers to target crowds, according to a new State Department report....



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So How's That War on Terror Going?

Terrorist attacks worldwide shot up 25 percent last year, particularly in Iraq, where extremists used chemical weapons and suicide bombers to target crowds, according to a new State Department report....



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There Will Be a SpiderMan 4!

After the premiere in NYC last night, Fox 411 reporter (Roger Friedman) got the inside scoop, director Sam Raimi said "There will be a SpiderMan 4"



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YouTube Shocker: Chase Bank Records Found In Trash

A new YouTube video flaunting the personal information of Chase Bank customers is getting a lot of attention. The video shows a person holding numerous confidential financial documents of bank customers, and pointing out information that is supposed to be protected by the bank!



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HD-DVD key fiasco is an example of 21st century digital revolt

It's the most circulated number of the week. Sixteen hexadecimal digits that unlock the wonder of most currently released HD-DVD titles from the surly clutches of the AACS revenue content protection system. Sixteen digits that have been posted in so many places -- and in many cases, removed only to be reposted -- that they're hard to avoid.



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The 10 Best SNL Digital Shorts

Well, Technically There's Only 10 That Are Actually Funny...



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A Good Color Scheme

Digg hope you learned a lesson.



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BREAKING: DELL DUDE LANDS ON MOOn!

also 09-F9-11-02-9D-74-E3-5B-D8-41-56-C5-63-56-88-C0



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HOW TO USE THE CODE

This is what it does and how to use it.



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Even the Church Doesn't Like the MPAA!

Pictures speak 1,000 words! Viva la Digg Revolt '07



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Have we been burying live people? How Doctors are redefining Death!

Consider someone who has just died of a heart attack. His organs are intact, he hasn't lost blood. All that's happened is his heart has stopped beating—the definition of "clinical death"—and his brain has shut down to conserve oxygen. But what has actually died?



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Saying "Hi" to Space

A group of Russians decided to say “Hi!” to all other Google Earth lovers around the world in their own, very Russian way. They painted on their rooftop a word that is very popular in Russia and yet the most well known curse word (as popular as “f”-bomb in the US).



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Proposals would turn highways into wind farms

Clogged highways and frustratingly waiting while your gas needle plummets to empty usually doesn't conjure up thoughts of green, but it seems like these very roads could become the source of a lot more energy. Several recent student designs have proposed that major roadways be retrofitted with various forms of wind energy collection devices...



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Google turns over goverment information to the public.

It is a common misnomer that "everything is available on the web." You'll also here people say that the answer to any question is just a Google search away. Neither of these ideas are true, but hopefully over time they'll become more and more the reality. Today came news that we're one baby step closer to that reality.



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Top 20 Celebrity Drug Confessions

I think it is an illicit passion.



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Behind the Scenes Spider-Man 3 Videos

"SuperHeroHype clued us in on some very cool videos that are circulating around the web this afternoon. The videos are captures from a Behind the Scenes feature of Spider-Man 3 last night on Starz. Check out all three parts below..."



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Top Ten Most Ridiculous, Asinine, Crazy Lawsuits of All Time

Some people will try anything to make a million. Ever thought of suing someone because they look like you? Check out this and other frivolous lawsuits for a laugh, but don’t try them yourself because they usually get thrown out of court and up costing the plaintiff! These were all thrown out of court. Also, learn about the "McDonald's Coffee" myth.



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Sexual Threats Stifle Some Female Bloggers

"As women gain visibility in the blogosphere, they are targets of sexual harassment and threats. Men are harassed too, and lack of civility is an abiding problem on the Web. But women, who make up about half the online community, are singled out in more starkly sexually threatening terms, a trend is now moving to the blogosphere."



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Dell to choose Ubuntu

Several sources within Dell have told DesktopLinux.com that Dell's desktop Linux pick is going to be Ubuntu, and that Ubuntu 7.04 will be available preinstalled on three Dell desktop and notebook lines by the end of May.



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Boy George Arrested For Sexual Assualt of Male Escort?

Escort said he was grabbed by the singer and another man and chained to a wall after the star invited him to his pad in Shoreditch, East London, to pose for photos.The escort fled in his pants after wrenching the hook from the wall.Check out creepy pic of "Boy George"



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One man writes Linux drivers for 352 USB web-cams

One crazy guy who wrote 352 drivers alone by himself!



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Spread This Number. Again.

09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0. It's the HD-DVD processing key you can use to decrypt and play most HD-DVD movies in Linux. Movie studios are going ballistic over this leak, so Digg the story up and make it reach the front page. The first time, the story got removed.



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MySpace Information Distribution Plot

My final year project in information design [...] the functions used, as well as additional information such as age, educational background, family status, gender and how often they are logged in. So, all demographic data which are available from every member's profile.



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Moderate coffee drinking reduces many risks

A panel is suggesting that moderate coffee consumption (3-5 cups per day) may be associated with reduced risk of certain disease conditions. I thought moderate was 10-15 cups per day!



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How to Pass Common Field Sobriety Tests

... if you make a few uncoordinated moves, you’re off to the station. A good way to pass is to know what you are up against. Here are some common Field Sobriety Tests, the signs of intoxication, and how to beat them ...



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Filler Responsible For Pet Food Deaths Is Open Secret in China

As American food safety regulators head to China to investigate how a chemical made from coal found its way into pet food that killed dogs and cats in the United States, workers in this heavily polluted northern city openly admit that the substance is routinely added to animal feed as a fake protein.



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City of Lies

Lies and faulty memories (Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testified under oath 71 times that he could not recall or recollect) should not be tolerated even by this pathologically tolerant society. Mistakes can be forgiven, but deliberate lies are hostile acts. The liar is trying to subvert your mind and manipulate you into a position favorable



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Americans travel to china to farm IRL WoW Gold

A group of American World of Warcraft players made the trip to China this weekend to compete with all the gold farmers for $30,000 in the first WoW tournament. Sadly, the team bears an uncanny resemblance to Kenny/Kyle in the WoW Southpark episode.



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How to Avoid Library Fines

If you are one of the few people who still uses the library, here is a cool hack to avoid paying fines for late books.



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Why are there so few women on digg?

I joined digg a year or so ago after my boyfriend kept showing me interesting things he had dugg. At first I started to wonder where the other intelligent, geeky girls were, but never have I seen an explanation of why. Since this is something that is complained about by users, I assume that they would prefer it if this were to change...



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The Real China [Pics]

Real China, in photos



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10,000+ may be on Washington, DC escort list

The demise of a call-girl ring and pending trial of an alleged madam claiming thousands of clients has the US capital riveted by the chance powerful men may now be caught with their trousers down, with a senior state department official apparently first to fall.



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Estimate fuel costs with the Fuel Cost Calculator

Planning on a road trip this summer? You might want to visit the AAA's Fuel Cost Calculator first to get a sense of how much you might have to pay for gas.



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South Park has a silent partner

Trey Parker writes and directs every episode. So what does co-creator Matt Stone do?



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The Largest Star the Hubble Can See Looks Like a Space Explosion (+ pic)

Eta Carinae is a highly luminous hypergiant star. Estimates of its mass range from 100–150 times the mass of the Sun, and its luminosity is about four million times that of the Sun.



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PICTURE: Chinese Fake Brands

Fake brands are rampant in China sold with unreasonably low prices at marketplaces. Foreign companies have frequently complained of trademark violation. Check out these 19 fake brand pics,



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The 100-Year-Old Electric Car

Jay Leno: "My Baker Electric dates back nearly 100 years — and it's a late model. By then, the company had been selling electrics for more than a decade. Unlike other early cars, the Baker Electric needed no cranking, had no gasoline smell and was essentially maintenance-free. Not surprisingly, it was marketed to women."



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Did You Know? Global Warming has Proved lucky for Fishermen!

Climate change is affecting the growth of fish, with those living in warmer, shallow waters growing faster and species in cooling deep ocean waters growing slower.



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WOW! Man Pulls His Entire Eye Out of its Socket and Looks Around

Freakishly cool



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Kung Fu Jimmy Chow

Anime Parody at its best



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idiots trying to make a fire :-)

The biggest idiot I ever seen



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A crazed sheep attacks a swing.

A recent study showed that 65% of sheep will do this.



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April 27, 1981: Say Hello to the First Personal Computer Mouse

1981: The first integrated mouse intended for use with a personal computer makes its appearance with the Xerox Star workstation.



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10 Signs You're a Blog Addict

> 4. You get inspiration for new blog posts at the strangest times - in the Jacuzzi, sitting on the toilet, during marital activities (cough, cough)... <If you have the capacity to contemplate blogging while being "marital", someone is clearly doing something wrong. :P



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Cool Tool to Determine the Average Color in a Photograph [pics]

Just upload your picture (or enter the id of a flickr photo), and the tool will calculate the average color of the entire image. (yes photoshop will do this for you, but only for a small set of pixels)



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The Real Mouse, Mouse

Enjoy taxidermy? Yeah, me too. This is a real mouse, gutted and fitted with parts from one of those small laptop mice. PETA members may want to look away, or go jump off a bridge, but I'm sure the mouse died from natural causes.



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6 Common Myths about Sleep

It is a common myth that as you age you require less sleep to function properly. This is not exactly the case...



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6 Common Myths about Sleep

It is a common myth that as you age you require less sleep to function properly. This is not exactly the case...



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MySpace's "Tom" Mistaken for Internet Pervert

Clueless parents really just don't know any better.



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