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Friday, April 27, 2007

Six Must-Know HDTV Facts

Disappointed by how fuzzy CNN looks on your new HDTV? Wondering why Jack Bauer looks so soft and plump on your new flat-screen? Maybe it's because you're not really watching HD on your high-def TV.

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L.A. Times sports writer reveals he's Transsexual

A veteran sports writer for the LA Times said in his column Thursday that he is a transsexual. Mike Penner told readers of his struggle to embrace his gender and said when he returns from vacation in a few weeks he will be known as Christine Daniels. He did not say whether he was having surgery or why he's changing his last name.

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FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2007

For the 2007 installment of FHM Online's 100 Sexiest Women in the World, we received thousands of votes for everyone from talk show hosts to supermodels to professional wrestlers. Did last year's winner Scarlett Johansson come out on top? Or was a new queen crowned? You’ll have to click to find out.

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Who's Digging You?

Who are you digging, and who is digging you? I've written a little script using Digg's new API to show who is digging whom and to browse around the giant Digg social network.

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Condom found in McDonald's Happy Meal

Now THAT is what i call a "happy meal."

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What Do 300 Calorie Meals Look Like?

"Here is a selection of meals that are in the 300-400 calorie range. The visual representation gives an idea of portion size."

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What Everyone Ought to Know About Parasites

Pictures and info on the most common parasites that humans can become infected with.

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Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Where Are All the Open Source Billionaires?

A good question with a good answer

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Spider-Man 3 Already Leaked in China

Chinese people get all the cool stuff early -- gunpowder, Communism, and now Spider-Man 3. What's the deal? Two weeks before slated for a US release date, pirates versions are already showing up on the Chinese black market. It's almost enough to make you want to move there.

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The Pirate Bay: "It's Coming!"

ThePirateBay's brokep made a cryptic post on TPB's blog a little over an hour ago. "It's coming" he tells us. If that post was made on any other torrent site, you might get a little bit of interest but of course this is not 'just another torrent site'. This is The Pirate Bay, the most infamous BitTorrent tracker on Planet Earth.

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301 Useless Facts

1 Americans are responsible for about 1/5 of the world’s garbage annually. On average, that’s 3 pounds a day per person. 2 Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels. 3 The ZIP in “ZIP code” means Zoning Improvement Plan 4 40% of McDonald’s profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.

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Funniest. Plane. Crash. Ever. [PIC]

Don't learn to fly here!

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Holographic Video is Coming To Your PC and Gaming Console

The tyranny of two-dimensional computer and TV displays could soon be over. A team of MIT researchers has proposed a way to make a holographic video system that works with computer hardware...

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Researchers Break Internet Speed Records

Operators of the high-speed Internet2 network announced Tuesday that the researchers on Dec. 30 sent data at 7.67 gigabits per second, using standard communications protocols. The next day, using modified protocols, the team broke the record again by sending data over the same 20,000-mile path at 9.08 Gbps.

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One of the largest panoramic images ever taken with Hubble's cameras.

In celebration of the 17th anniversary of the launch and deployment of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers is releasing one of the largest panoramic images ever taken with Hubble's cameras.

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Most EXPENSIVE movies ever made

And chances are you haven't even heard of the first one. Because it was actually made way back in 1963.

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