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80GB Enhanced Fifth-Generation iPod, unboxed iLounge has posted the first unboxing photos of Apple's new 80GB "enhanced" fifth-generation iPod, with brand new shots of the new device. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 9:33 p.m..


HUGE Russian street fight caught on tape After seeing the massive scale of the groups, I thought there was no way that they would end up fighting each other. To my surprise however, they did. Apparently it was all over soccer (football). SHOCKING vid nonetheless From digg on September 14, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Wii: 11.19.2006 The official release date. Nintendo has finally put up a release date, right in the center of Nintendo.wii.com. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Does an OS have to be costlier than the hardware on which it is run ? This insightful article looks at the obvious mismatch of the pricing between the propritery OS and the hardware on which it is run. And goes on to state why it is prudent to choose GNU/Linux over the propritery OS. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


What's inside an iPod Game? Ben Sinclair has done a little digging inside the files that are in an iPod game and made some interesting discoveries. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Microsoft Zune video in Action! Video of Microsoft Zune in action. In this video you will see how the navigation works along with menus, size and video. For me the 30GB hard drive is a big loss for Microsoft. Also the sharing idea is nice but we were just informed that you can share content with a friend for 3 days or 3 times listening to the track. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


You can't get rich testing games Real game testers start at about $10-15 an hour, and while with experience you can make more, it is in no way a job that's going to get you a nice house and that car you've been drooling over ever since you watched Tokyo Drift. The idea that anyone can make $80 per hour testing games is silly. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Confirmed: Wii Opera Browser Free until June 2007 In addition to supporting flash (making this a step up from the DS browser), the browser uses the Wiimote to zoom in and out. The browser will normally cost money, but Nintendo will make it available for free download until June of 200[7]. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Kevin Mitnick's first time on the net in 8 years! Great movie about Kevin Mitnick getting on the internet for the first time in 8 years. Even starring Kevin Rose ;) From digg on September 14, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Boot a Dead PC with Nothing but a Thumb Drive The USB key drive—also known as a flash or thumb drive—is most commonly deployed as a storage or backup utility. But with a few simple conversion steps, you can transform any key drive into a full-blown rescue and recovery tool. In this Recipe, I'll take you through those steps. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


A sinister microscope A recent development has been photonic crystals or metamaterials, which have some very odd properties, one of which is that, like some metals, they can have a negative refractive index. When light hits such a material it bends the opposite direction to that observed in normal materials, thus there are implications for optics. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


My Dream Screw-Up Apple adding CoverFlow to iTunes 7 sent the My Dream App people scrambling because they had a CoverFlow knockoff set to go as one of the finalists. At least the guy ended up with a nano. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Apple To Hold Sept 24th Special Event (Photokina) Apple will be hosting a special event on Sept 24th at Photokina. All indications are of an Aperture update. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..


Bush Tells Reporter Capturing Osama Is 'Not A Top Priority' Weekly Standard editor Fred Barnes appeared on Fox this morning to discuss his recent meeting with President Bush in the Oval Office. Barnes said that Bush told him capturing bin Laden is "not a top priority use of American resources." From digg on September 14, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..


I'm a Mac...oops, nope, I'm a PC I'm a PC that wishes I were a Mac. Sad. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..


This has to be the best windows error message ive seen! I was playing around with Windows Vista, and started with an "upgrade". After that completed, the os was pretty much unusable because explorer would do nothing but crash. Something else happened though, and i had to SS to amuse the rest of you tech geeks out there. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..


Now THIS is the Worst Web Site EVER The bermuda triangle site has nothing on this people. "WE DO NOT CONSULT WITH CLIENTS - WE UNLEASH THE PROJECT. WE WILL MAKE YOUR CARDS", and with frames to boot. I feel like I lost a part of my web design soul just by viewing this site. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..


Mozilla hacker responds to "611 Defects, 71 Vulnerabilities in Firefox" FTA - A few days ago Slashdot trumpeted the headline "611 Defects, 71 Vulnerabilities Found In Firefox", based on a post by Adam Harrison who had applied his company's static code analysis tool to the Firefox code." Robert O'Callahan responds: "The problem is Klocwork, like most other static analysis tools, reports false positives" From digg on September 14, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..


Nintendo Press Conference Coverage(with bandwith) Nintendo is expected to have a bonanza of news in store for the gaming public and reporters today, tomorrow and the next day as Nintendo of Japan, Europe and America are all having Press Conferences during this time frame. We expect news to flow from the Japanese Press Conference first rendering the American and Europe press conferences useless as From digg on September 14, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..


Liquid-cooling system keeps your PC frosty It's long been established that liquids and PCs don't play well together, but the newest exception to that rule is controlled cooling. At this week's CEDIA Expo in Denver, CoolIT Systems, maker of the USB beverage chiller, unveiled its first cooling system for Media Center PCs. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..


Dog the Bounty Hunter, Duane Chapman, arrested Along with two family members while on the hunt in Mexico, bra. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..


Mother: Father Killed Child Over Video Game Father allegedly killed his daughter because she knocked down video game console while he was playing. The child was beaten and then thrown over a chair, according to the mother. The mother is pregnant with second child at this time. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..


The Daily Show: Bush's Is Fooled Too Easily "Fool me once, shame on...shame on you... Ifolmuh can't get fooled again." From digg on September 14, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..


Why Johnny can't code | Salon Technology Interesting piece on the absence of BASIC on machines, and how it impairs children's learning to program. I remember writing in BASIC for extra credit in 7th grade math. So fun! From digg on September 14, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..


NVIDIA's PureVideo HD Interview & Experiences Looking for HD on your PC or HTPC? What video cards, displays, hardware, software? We ask some pointed questions of NVIDIA about making this happen and then tell you about our experiences with HD-DVD and NVIDIA's PureVideHD technology. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 7:30 p.m..


iTunes 7 ... memory hog? My iTunes has typically been using over 600 mb of ram since I upgraded to version 7. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 7:30 p.m..


8GB black 2G iPod nano gets unboxed When Apple says "available now," they mean it. Just one day after the revamped nanos were announced at the "It's Showtime" event, some drool-worthy shots of the green and blue 2G nanos managed to surface, and now we're graced with a photoset containing the esteemed 8GB black-only model. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 7:30 p.m..


Terrible Remnants from the Birth of the Internet With technologies like PHP, AJAX, RUBY and Flash9 all the rage today, it helps to realize just how far we've come. Google "WELCOME TO MY WEBPAGE" and see what the Internet wants you to forget. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 7:30 p.m..


Ten Worst Places to Vote In America "American democracy's glaring weak spots include machines that count backward, slice-and-dice districts, felon baiting, phone jamming and plenty of dirty tricks." Who can vote, where people cast ballots, and how and whether their votes are counted depends on dubiously qualified local officials and those who built the voting machines. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 7:30 p.m..


LETTER: Powell Says Bush Plan To OK Torture "Would Put Troops At Risk" ThinkProgress has the actual letter. "The world is beginning to doubt the moral basis of our fight against terrorism. To redefine Common Article 3 would add to those doubts. Furthermore, it would put our own troops at risk." From digg on September 14, 2006 at 7:30 p.m..


Baghdad Violence Death Toll Reaches 100 in the Last 24 Hours Nearly 100 people were killed or found dead in a series of bloody incidents throughout the Iraqi capital over the past 24 hours. At least 62 unidentified bullet-riddled corpses--all bearing signs of torture--have been found throughout the city since Tuesday. Attacks on police patrols killed an additional 27 people Wednesday morning, officials said. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 7:30 p.m..


Becoming a free software developer, part III: Programming for the impatient I finally began learning python. I wrote my last program in the 80s in Apple Basic, and here I am again starting to learn a new language. I can already guess what my biggest problem will be. I am incredibly impatient. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 7:30 p.m..


The War Over Salt "Sprinkled into everything from bread to cheese, soups and breakfast cereal, just about every fast-food restaurant meal and now even fresh cuts of meat, salt is ubiquitous in the American food supply. And according to government data, Americans eat far too much of it." From digg on September 14, 2006 at 7:30 p.m..


Girl vs. computer task A clip from a norwegian reality show where a girl has been tasked to switch a PC's PCU. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 7:30 p.m..


Decriminalize Pot: Prison Room Needed for Pedophiles & Politicians Texas Ind. gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman for the decriminalization of marijuana to avoid further clogging state prisons with nonviolent offenders. "We've got to clear some of the room out of the prisons so we can put the bad guys in there, like the pedophiles and the politicians," said Friedman, a humorist and author. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 7:30 p.m..


Killing Five Myths Against Linux For people who aren't sure of Linux because of hearsay. Five Myths squashed like a bug, not like the fruit? (possibly vegetable?...) From digg on September 14, 2006 at 7:30 p.m..


Warrantless Wiretapping by Bush Approved by Senate Committee "This bill is all about authorizing the President to invade the homes, e-mails and telephone conversations of American citizens in ways that are expressly forbidden by law," Sen. Patrick Leahy (Vt.), ranking Democratic member on the committee, said in a statement released by his office today. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 7:30 p.m..


The first Bionic Arm, a New Life Is Within Reach A first-generation bionic arm "has changed my life dramatically," said Claudia Mitchell of Ellicott City, who lost her arm in a motorcycle accident. She can now do "all kinds of daily tasks." From digg on September 14, 2006 at 7:30 p.m..


Official: Charges Possible in HP Scandal California's attorney general could file criminal charges within a week in the boardroom spying scandal at Hewlett-Packard Co., a spokesman said Wednesday, and experts say the company's top brass and third-party detectives are all possible targets. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 7:30 p.m..


Mastering Ajax: Build DOM-based Web applications In previous articles in this series, you've examined the concepts involved in Document Object Model (DOM) programming -- how the Web browser views a Web page as a tree -- and you should now understand the programming structures used in the DOM. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 7:30 p.m..


Charlie Kaufman's new script is amazing, and he'll be directing "Charlie Kaufman's (new) screenplay on my desk. I've read it - no, lived it. I've been moved and astounded by it. And I'm tortured by the dilemma of what I should or should not say about it here. I feel a bit like Frodo palming the One Ring." "Ambitious doesn't even begin to describe the sublime and scary head-trip that is "Synecdoche, New York". From digg on September 14, 2006 at 7:30 p.m..


Official Wii Press Kit Site Password Cracked User: "guest" Password: "nintendo" From digg on September 14, 2006 at 7:30 p.m..


Tecmo Super Bowl, Updated for 2006 Say good bye to free time! Some dudes took Tecmo Super Bowl and updated a ROM of it for 2006. Reggie Bush, Baltimore Ravens, and ... wait, QB Patriots?!? (No, that last one is a joke.) From digg on September 14, 2006 at 7:30 p.m..


Science Fiction or Science Fact - Photograph I don't know about you, but this hi-res image from NASA of two astronauts building the Space Station looks like something from a science fiction film. Of course it's real. The two STS-115 mission specialists are translating along the side of one of the station's trusses. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 7:30 p.m..


Montreal shooter Kimveer Gill's profile page on VampireFreaks Thanks to Google cache (so look at it while you still can), you can view the online profile of Kimveer Gill, who opened fired on students at Dawson College in Montreal yesterday. Some chilling stuff here, including a picture of a gravestone with his name on it. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 7:30 p.m..


8-year-old teaches grown-ups how to play Halo for $25/hour A shy 8-year-old Long Island boy wonder is making money hand over fist by teaching grownups how to master Halo. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 7:30 p.m..


Tontie (Flash Game) Fun little game where you smack creatures. great for teaching your fingers how to use the number pad. I have only made it to lvl 3 but it is fun! From digg on September 14, 2006 at 7:30 p.m..


EXCLUSIVE: Engadget interviews Microsoft's J Allard Engadget's Peter Rojas and Ryan Block got a chance to talk to the one and only J Allard about the Zune, digital media, fair use and DRM, and the direction Microsoft is taking things in what could be their most public marketplace battle since the browser wars. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 7:30 p.m..


Manufacturing Memories You can actually train a maggot to associate an aroma with food. In a recently released paper, however, a group in Germany managed to train the maggot without ever having exposed it to food. In short, they manufactured a memory. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 7:30 p.m..


Computers Sought to Perform Petaflops On the horizon now are computers of greater than a "petaflop," or 1 quadrillion computations per second. The National Science Foundation is seeking to fund such a computer, one that can sustain one to two "petaflops" with occasional peaks of about 10 times that amount. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 7:30 p.m..


MS Sued over Live "Microsoft has been sued over their Xbox Live online gaming platform in a Texas district court. A company called Paltalk Holdings Inc. are suing MS for breaching their patent, 5,822,523, which covers “multiplayer games conducted over wide area networks generally involve difficult technical issues”." From digg on September 14, 2006 at 7:30 p.m..


Jay-Z Ends His Retirement and Gives Details to Entertainment Weekly In the upcoming edition of Entertainment Weekly, Def Jam President Jay-Z will finally break his silence about his new album. In the cover story titled "Jay-Z Returns," the Brooklyn rapper-turned-exec gives details about coming back to music after retiring three years ago. "It was the worst retirement, maybe, in history," Jay tells EW. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 7:30 p.m..


Accessorize your Zune! The Zune Home A/V Pack is centered around a dock (obviously), which you connect to your home theater gear through the bundled AV cable, and control with the included wireless remote; this pack also includes a sync cable and AC adapter. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 7:30 p.m..


EA Says Madden for the Wii Challenges Xbox 360 on Graphics "There has basically been no loss of features at all for Madden Wii. In fact, because of the Wii-only content in Madden, I'd say that Madden Wii is the most feature rich version of Madden that's out there. we've done a whole host of things that put the game...better than the Xbox. And in some cases, we're challenging the Xbox 360 on graphics." From digg on September 14, 2006 at 7:30 p.m..


WTF!!! is he talking about?!?!?! (Video) Sorry for the title, but that's how it's labeled on the site. This is a hilarious video where most of the words spoken are not understandable. The second half of the video in particular sounds like a foreign language. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 7:30 p.m..


Google adds Tabbing to personalized pages . . . If anyone has a Google account and uses the personalized homepage, they've added tabbing to your page so you can load different feeds on the same page. Just go to the Google homepage and sign-in. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 7:30 p.m..


Spock, Kirk Get "Closer" The sexual tension between Spock and Kirk is explored in this slash music video, with music provided by Nine Inch Nails. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 7:30 p.m..


Wine 0.9.21 Released OpenGL restructurations, improvements to wintrust, msi improvements, and several other changes. Posted because I've found these announcements to be quite useful in the past. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 7:30 p.m..


DON'T Play With Live Grenades! But if you're going to, definitely don't pull the pin with your teeth, hold in your hand and stare at it. Throw the damn thing. We'll call him Mr. Lucky! From digg on September 14, 2006 at 7:30 p.m..


New iPod Nano Disassembled "Just got our new 'remastered' Nano today, and we immediately took it apart and posted photos online. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 7:30 p.m..


What if the Internet were a Real Place? Dave Chappelle's looks at what it would be like if the Internet were a real place. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 7:30 p.m..


More Computer Voting Problems in Ohio. Diebold Dismisses Reports In the first thorough study of a paper-backed computer system -- often seen as an answer to concerns about touch-screen voting -- the nonpartisan Election Science Intistute found that about 10% of the paper ballots sampled were uncountable. The machine manufacturer, Diebold, has dismissed the ESI reports as "severely flawed". From digg on September 14, 2006 at 7:30 p.m..


NSA Bill Radically Expands Warrant-less Gov't Eavesdropping A bill radically redefining and expanding the government's ability to eavesdrop and search the houses of American citizens without court approval passed a key Senate committee Wednesday, and may be voted on by the full Senate as early as next week. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 7:30 p.m..


MySpace, YouTube targeted by Universal Music Group YouTube and MySpace may be next on the music industry's hit list, according to Universal Music Group CEO Doug Morris. Labelling them "copyright infringers, From digg on September 14, 2006 at 7:30 p.m..


Nintendo's Incomparable Wii Console Launches Nov. 19; MSRP $249.99 From Nintendo.com From digg on September 14, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


Hutchison Effect Anti-Gravity Video For those of you who don't know what the Hutchison Effect is, It's a science of anti-gravity. Things are made to levitate with the use of Tesla style magnetic fiends. Levitation isn't the only thing that happens with the Hutchison Effect, Another effect of the Hutchison Effect is the melting of metal at room temperature. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


Microsoft Launches the Zune Today! WiFi, 30GB of HDD, built-in FM, a 3-inch screen and the basic music, pictures and video playback. They also finally let slip the screen res -- an unsurprising QVGA -- and some better news on the codec front: the Zune supports h.264, MP3, AAC and WMA. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


Firefox1.5.0.7 For you NOW, Update yours immediately suggested! BUG FREE! From digg on September 14, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


Wii packaging revealed: Wii Sports bundled Had enough Wii yet? Yeah, we thought not. So now that you know how much it's gonna cost you ($250, $280 Canadian for our friends up north) and when you have to gather your loot up by (November 19th, December 2nd in Japan), you're probably wondering what the game store clerk will be dropping into your sweating, anticipatory paws. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


Apple iTV a Stab in The Heart for Microsoft For nearly two years, since the launch of Windows Media Center XP 2005, Microsoft has tried unsuccessfully to convince consumers that they should stick their PCs in the living room. The unveiling of Apple's coming iTV product yesterday was the final stab in the heart to Bill Gates' vision of doing for consumers what he did for businesses. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


Is PHP The Cure For The 'Broken' Web? "The Web is broken and it's all your fault," Rasmus Lerhdorf creator of PHP. He went on to say that the current state of the Internet includes a litany of broken items, but with a little help from PHP there may well be some hope for the Web yet. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


The Daily Show: Can you say anything if you just ask? Jon Stewart analyzes the use of the question mark in TV news channels, and reveals that some (you know who) use it just to say things that otherwise would be considered biased slander... are segments like these the reason they got an Emmy Award? From digg on September 14, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


WTF? George Clooney to Address UN Security Council. It's been said that Hollywood's hottest marriage is the one between actors and Africa. That'll be true Thursday when Oscar winner George Clooney is scheduled to address the United Nations Security Council on the crisis in Darfur. That's right, not some small media conference, but the actual Security Council. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


How To Get Your Dream Gadget Use this tip sheet to help you find your electronic booty. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


World porn search statistics Search engine publishes data on adult searches by country. Some are really funny: onion booty (US), rectal rooter (US), fart hammer (US), i shot myself (Germany), german pee (France), penis enlargement (Japan), cumshot circus (Egypt). Shows what we have in common (and don't). From digg on September 14, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


Videos of new Wii interface Many videos from Nintendo showing the UI for the Wii. Including photo browser, weather map, and Opera web browser (which appears to support Flash and Ajax!) Looking incredibly slick! From digg on September 14, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


Microsoft deliberately blocking disc burning software in Vista says Alcohol It's no coincidence that none of the major DVD burning apps work properly in Vista yet: Microsoft is blocking the drivers needed for them to work, according to Alcohol Soft, the company behind the popular Alcohol 120%. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


US Wii Site Goes Live Nintendo has just taken the US version of their Wii website live. Check it out! From digg on September 14, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


21 Great SEO Tips From Google Engineer Matt Cutts SEO Egghead has Tracked most of the Interesting things Google Engineer Matt Cutts has said about SEO and getting your site to rank in Google in the past year. These SEO tips may be better than what you can get from any so called "Expert" because they are coming right from the horse's mouth. . . From digg on September 14, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


Bittorrent User Pleads Guilty Scott McCausland pleaded guilty today to "conspiracy to commit copyright infringement" and "criminal copyright infringement". McCausland was a vivid member of the "private" BitTorrent tracker Elitetorrents that was taken down by the FBI May 2005. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


Wii VIDEO Tailer - Shows Wii Sports Boxing and more! Boxing looks sweet! From digg on September 14, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


Making wireless work in Ubuntu One of the greatest new features for laptop users in Ubuntu is network-manager. With this shiny new application it is finally easy to connect your Ubuntu system to any wireless network. Where previously you had to jump through hoops to do WPA or 802.1x authentication, network manager makes this completely transparent. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


Perspective: How not to name your company - CNET News.com CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos riffs on one craze that the Internet bubble unfortunately could not kill. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


Nintendo Wii Coming to US NOV. 19th ! Live feed from Nintendo press release in NYC. Confirms $249 price tag, packaging, included features, launch numbers. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


500kv Switch Opening At Power Station A video of a half million volt switch being opened at a power station resulting in quite an impressive lightning show. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


iTunes 7 turning out to have major glitches iTunes 7 a "lemon" ? "Both Mac and PC users appear to be affected by the glitches being reported, and numerous different threads on the Apple discussion forum have described a range of technical issues." Oh, and did we mention that many professionally produced podcasts -- From digg on September 14, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


Wil Wheaton: Apple (iTunes) gave me back all my lost music, free of charge After being frustrated by all of his music being eaten by the new version of iTunes, Apple regains his favor through a one-time restore of his entire purchased music library. And, lo, there was much rejoicing. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


Sun continues its efforts to open source Java Sun has made efforts in the last year or two to open source more of its products. In June 2005, Sun launched its Glassfish project, providing access to portions of Java System Application Server Platform Edition 9 code under the Java Research Licence. In June of this year the company committed more Java to open source. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


Neanderthals' 'Last Rock Refuge' Our evolutionary cousin the Neanderthal may have survived in Europe much longer than previously thought From digg on September 14, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


Like popping the air bubbles in bubble wrap packaging? Feed your addiction A virtual bubble wrap popping time waster for when your bored at work. The best part is when you click "new sheet" button and a girl who sounds like homer simpson goes "must have moooooore". Welcome to the lowest point of your day... From digg on September 14, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


Blair attacks Europe's "mad anti-Americans" British Prime Minister Tony Blair launched a withering attack on Thursday on what he called "mad anti-Americanism" among European politicians. Blair, who is Bush's closest ally in the so-called war on terror, said the world urgently needs the United States to help tackle the globe's most pressing problems. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


Researchers: 'Extremely Serious' Vulnerabilities in US e-Voting Machines Princeton computer scientists said they created demonstration vote-stealing software that can be installed within a minute on a common electronic voting machine. The software can fraudulently change vote counts without being detected. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 11:33 a.m..


KDE launches first KOffice 1.6 beta The KDE Project on Sept. 10 released KOffice 1.6-beta1, the first beta release for KOffice 1.6, which the project team said is scheduled for full release this October. The release is meant for testing purposes only, not for deployment on production systems, according to the team. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


Linux Quick Hacks How often do mounts and umounts fail because you can't determine what is using the device? How many times you cannot eject a CD because something's got it "busy"?, These and many others tips that will raise your Linux-fu. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


The Ultimate Mac Software List “Everything shown here are the best apps that could put Mac users on the right track towards productivity. I’ve judged their functionality for the average Mac user, and all apps listed are Universal binaries — so they’re future-proof. I know many will enjoy them, because most are free.” From digg on September 14, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


OpenDocument XML.org announced by OASIS OASIS announced yesterday in Lyons, France, that it has launched a public Website "designed to serve as the official community gathering place and information resource for the OpenDocument Format (ODF)" sponsored by IBM, Sun Microsystems and, interestingly, Intel as well. According to the brief press release, readers are encouraged to contribute. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


A Helicopter Tries to Fly...But Falls Apart This is what happens when the military doesn't take care of their equipment. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


Bahamas official calls death of Anna Nicole Smith's son 'suspicious' The chief inspector of the Bahamas coroner's office on Wednesday called the death of Anna Nicole Smith's 20-year-old son, Daniel, "suspicious," and scheduled a formal inquiry that could lead to criminal charges. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


Man charged with keeping dead body in home A man kept a dead body in his Coconut Grove home four days after the woman apparently died in her sleep following a night of partying, authorities said. When Angel Pichel, 41, discovered the woman died, he wrapped her body in a comforter and left her in his living room, police said. "He just continued going to work like nothing at all." From digg on September 14, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


iPod accessories: iKaraoke, iTalk Pro, and TrueCenter Griffin just slipped three new iPod accessories into the Apple Expo showroom: the iKaraoke, iTalk Pro, and TrueCenter From digg on September 14, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


Liriano leaves first start in over a month with elbow pain "(Twins starter Francisco) Liriano came off the disabled list earlier this week after being shelved since Aug. 8 with a strained ligament in his throwing arm. The Twins hoped his return to the starting rotation would be the boost they needed to carry them to the postseason." From digg on September 14, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Video demonstration of Diebold voting machine hack Princeton security researchers Ariel J. Feldman, J. Alex Halderman showed that they could easily install software on the machine that would allow an attacker to steal votes from one candidate and give them to another -- they showed that this would be undetectable, and easily done. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


10 Ways to Promote a Video RSS Feed A great, simple list of ways to promote an internet TV channel, video RSS feed, video podcast, video blog, etc (they're all the same thing!). From digg on September 14, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


2 Girls are about to get it on, see what went wrong these 2 girls look like they're filming for some porn movie but oops.. watch out where you're heading! From digg on September 14, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Artist Draws 'Clean' Graffiti from Dirty Walls British authorities aren't sure what to make of the artist who is creating graffiti by cleaning the grime of urban life. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Steve Jobs interviewed on CNBC - even talks about Stock Option Probe (3 min 3 sec Video) Steve Jobs interviewed on CNBC after the September 12 2006 Apple media event. He relates iPod sales and stock-option probe From digg on September 14, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Wii for 25000 yen on 12/2 in Japan Famitsu is reporting a December 2 launch and 25,000 yen ($215.51) price for Japan. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Great anti RFID site News related to RFID privacy issues and resources. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Issues with immersive gaming A long, long, time ago, in a country far, far, away, I played a game (or was a member of the community, if you will) called LambdaMOO. LambdaMOO was a blend of techno-utopian escapism, procrastination and hacker wizardry. Building on role-playing traditions, you connected to a text-only virtual world where none of the constraints of your mundane life applied. Fifteen years later and a new wave of commercial virtual worlds sweeping the Internet in the form of --> From StuartYeates's blog on September 14, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


IGN on Wii release date and price "We're still waiting for "official" word" The Wii will also include a "Photo Channel" which will allow users to use their Wii to share digital photos via their television. In addition there will be news and weather channels. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 5:32 a.m..


Wii.com is live! Wii.com has finally gone live. Check it out. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 5:32 a.m..


World's Coolest Tux (Linux) Cake A guy who is a regular of our Linux User Group (Provo Linux User Group) made a cake for the 10th anniversary of the group. It's absolutely amazing!! From digg on September 14, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Mandatory Alcohol Detection Bracelets The bracelet monitors vapors from the skin and sends them to a modem for data collection. It also monitors skin tone to ensure it is being worn by the correct person. The device includes two gray wallet-sized boxes attached to a band and is worn all day, insuring 24/7 sobriety. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


GWN is live-blogging OLD Japanese Press Conference "It appears that GWN is posting based off of last years video, the wrong one. Stay tuned for more info." Please note, many other live blogs are referencing GWN. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Why The Wisdom Of Crowds Fails On Digg This article explores why the wisdom of crowds fails on Digg. The idea is explored through Surowiecki's book (which coined the term) and through Malcolm Gladwell's "The Tipping Point'' From digg on September 14, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Only 18% of World's Oil Supply Has Been Tapped The world has tapped only 18 percent of the total global supply of crude, a leading Saudi oil executive said Wednesday, challenging the notion that supplies are petering out. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Truck Bomb: Too Easy? Two undercover NYPD cops in a sting operation used $7,000 and the Internet to build a truck bomb big enough to blow up a skyscraper, officials revealed yesterday. In what was dubbed "Operation Kaboom," every purchase the cops made was legal - and aroused little suspicion - even driving their simulated truck bomb throughout the city. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Half-Life 1 Remake, Black Mesa: Source Creators Interviewed... While Pluto has been discarded as a planet, Planet Half-Life has grown larger, changing the look and feel of it for the better. Amongst many new additions, the Black Mesa: Source interview is hard to miss. The developers of Black Mesa: Source talk about what changes they are willing to make, and additionally, there are 3 brand new screenshots... From digg on September 14, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Family Day Care Scheme Locator Family Day Care Australia provides a listing of all family day care schemes in Australia. Each scheme services a geographic region that is wider than just the postcode in which they are located. Users can simply click through to find an alphabetical listing of schemes in each State or Territory. From EdNA Online on September 14, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


Family Day Care Australia Family Day Care Australia (FDCA) is the national peak body for the Family Day Care program, providing information and dissemination services, membership support, resources, co-ordination, advocacy and representation, and research and policy development for members, the Family Day Care community and other interested parties. From EdNA Online on September 14, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


National Playgroup Day 2006 This national celebration promotes the value of playgroups to all families and the community. Families with young children will find lots of free, fun play activities on this eventful day during Children's Week (October 21-29). Celebrations will be held in every State and Territory of Australia. From EdNA Online on September 14, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


NASA Learning Objects: Fingerprints of Life Solid and advanced website that deals with concepts specific to astrobiology. Good interactives. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on September 14, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


Casting Oedipus The Greek Theatre of Sophocles and Euripides used three actors to perform all of the named character roles. (This does not include the Chorus or supernumerary, non-speaking roles.)  These three actors used masks and costume changes to transform themselves from one character to the next.While we often think of the onstage action of Greek plays, we don’t take into account how those three men played a variety of roles. For example, in Oedipus, there are 8 characters...The task in this exercise is to determine how to use three actors (let’s call them ACTOR From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on September 14, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


Engineering Video Lectures This is a personal collection of engineering video lectures from MIT of Berkeley recent years. Subjects of  the updated lectures are Circuits and Electronics,  Linear Integrated Circuits, Digital Integrated Circuits, Integrated Circuits for Communications, Advanced Analog Integrated Circuits, Advanced Digital Integrated Circuits, Principles o From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on September 14, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


NASA Learning Objects: Metric Converter Nifty place to convert your stuff to metrics! From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on September 14, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


The Freakiest Lab Animals Some genetically altered creatures are loaded with human cells and even organs. Others glow. Vote for the freakiest. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


359 Free Unix/Linux Books The best collection I have ever found. It's Google's #1 rated too: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=free+computer+books&btnG=Google+Search From digg on September 14, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


Top 10 Unique, Crazy Game Controllers When it comes to game design, there is only so far you can go with a gamepad. A few talented, brave and frankly bonkers designers have managed to convince their corporate paymasters into creating a special add-on controllers solely for their game and Bit-Tech has rounded up ten of the best of them - including maracas, guitars and vibrators. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


62,006 People Killed, 4.5 Million Refugees Created by Bush's War on Terror Five years later, according the British newspaper, the Independent, the Bush administration's Global War on Terror has resulted in, at a minimum, 20 times the deaths of 9/11; at a maximum, 60 times. It has "directly killed a minimum of 62,006 people, created 4.5 million refugees and cost the US more than then the sum needed to pay off the debts.... From digg on September 14, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


Don't You Wish Your Girlfriend/Wife Could Do This??? Beautiful Flexible Girl From digg on September 14, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


60 Second Previews of Internet TV Channels The Channel Channel is a new site that shows 60 second trailers of internet TV channels (video rss feeds, podcasts, etc). From digg on September 14, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


Is the whole internet wrong?! Nintendo conference at *2PM* Japanese time! This press release (translated by Google) clearly says Nintendo's conference is at 2pm Japanese time - 3 hours from now!! It seems the whole internet is completely wrong. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


The Coming RIA Wars: A Round-up Of the Web's New Face | ZDNet Despite massive hype and a lot of promise, Ajax isn't the ony game in town. Read about the future Web applications and Flash-based development platforms including Flex, Laszlo, WPF/E, Java Browser Edition, and much more. A (mostly) complete and informative list of the latest RIA technologies... From digg on September 14, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


Five Great Comedians who have lost it an entertaining look at 5 great comedians who have lost much of what once made them great From digg on September 14, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


Wii Sports disappears from preorder lists With the Japanese Wii event only hours away, even old rumors are new again. There have been rumors about Wii Sports being bundled with the system for as long as we've known about the sports games set, and now those rumors are looking a lot more like facts. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


iPod phone evidence in iTunes 7 iPod phone evidence in iTunes 7 From digg on September 14, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


One Small Step for Robots -- Jumping Toyota has said it has developed a robot leg that can jump like a human's, an evolution from today's stiff-jointed machines. The one-meter (3.3-foot) leg has a joint on its toe letting it jump as high as four centimeters (1.6 inches) by bending and stretching its toe and another knee-like joint, Japan's top automaker said Wednesday. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


Wired magazine: Hair Club for Geeks The Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists is all about finding the best formula for luscious locks. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


Bush: America in "Third Awakening" of Religious Devotion... Bush noted that some of Abraham Lincoln's strongest supporters were religious people "who saw life in terms of good and evil" and who believed that slavery was evil. Many of his own supporters, he said, see the current conflict in similar terms. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


What are they adding to the Space Station? This week, the Space Shuttle Atlantis added a piece to the International Space Station (ISS). In a series of three spacewalks, Atlantis astronauts assembled and connected a new power and communications module, which they had carried into space onboard the Space Shuttle, to the ISS's port side. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


There's Never a Good Time to Give Up Liberty: What Not To Do (9/14/01) Suddenly, after the attack, all of our wealth and all of our freedoms are up for grabs, and not only by foreign terrorists, but by our own government and its uncritical cheerleaders. Is there a limit to how much liberty can be compromised in the name of security? How much spending Congress should authorize? How much money & credit should the Fed... From digg on September 14, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


Wii Japanese Conference Coverage - All The Links You Need - 9PM EST ^ click for live typing - IGN Wii live typing: http://wii.ign.com - More live typing: http://www.codenamerevolution.com - Live Chat: http://www.codenamerevolution.com/pjirc/chat.php - IGN live chat: http://livechat.ign.com/chat.aspx - More live: http://justpause.com/fullNews.php?newsId=53 From digg on September 14, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


The Question Never Asked This article points out that discussions of 9/11 never ask why the terrorists attacked the U.S. It considers and dismisses official explanations such as "they hate our freedom" and concludes that the terrorists dislike our middle east policies, just as they have said they do. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


The REAL Wii Info Feed Turns out everyone was watching an old newsfeed. If the real conference will be streamed, it will be streamed here. Keep an eye out at ~1 AM EDT. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


Optimizing method calls: Ruby and Strongtalk A proper implementation of a duck typed language will get method calls down to a single jump plus a single compare, 95% of the time. There’s no vtable indirection needed, which means that it’s generally faster than C++, because branch prediction works and the pipeline doesn’t stall. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


How “Superman: The Movie” Should Have Ended Awesome cameo by Batman at the end. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


iriver s10 Slam Dunks the shuffle One Day Later To hell with that Cupertino Fruit Company, if you want a full-featured portable audio player check out the iriver s10, not much bigger than the iPod shuffle but bringing a 1.15-inch 128x96 OLED screen and FM recording, too. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


A closer look at Microsoft's Volume Activation program for Vista With the release of Windows Vista and Longhorn Server coming relatively soon, Microsoft is looking to try a new form of product activation with its volume licensing customers. Through Volume Activation (VA2), Microsoft customers will have two possible ways to activate Windows Vista and Longhorn Server. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


Book: How to do everything with PHP and MySQL If you're planning to take a stab at being an open source programmer then there are harder ways to do it than to start with PHP, MySQl and Apache. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


Call Dwight Schrute's Office Voicemail: 1-800-984-DMPC (3672) If you get a free second, use the company phone to dial 1-800-984-DMPC (3672). The phone number can be found in The Office: Severance Package DVD set, which you can pick up at Best Buy. The set comes with a Dunder-Mifflin notepad, Post-Its, a calendar and a business card for Dwight Shrute, which includes this number. [via tv squad & pop candy] From digg on September 14, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


The Daily Show - 2006.09.12 - The misappropriation of 9/11 The Daily Show comments on the Bush's misappropriation of the events of 9/11. lol the little richard part is funny. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


Lost City of Chernobyl Picture Tour These photos are made by George Borman while participating in a tour of the abandoned city of Chernobyl. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


PS3 Controller Named 'SIXAXIS' 1UP.com reports that Sony's trademarked the name SIXAXIS for its PS3 controller -- which can no longer be called the "Dual Shock" since it doesn't rumble. The phrase 'six axis' appears numerous times in official Sony PR describing the controller's functionality -- is this the new name? From digg on September 14, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


Seattle PI Leaks Nintendo Announcements Details include a November 19th release date, $250 price point, and a Wii Sports pack-in. These annoucements were expected to be released tommorow, September 14th, at the Nintendo conference in New York, which matches the date on the article. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


How to throw a screwdriver like a Ninja When you just can't carry shuriken, you can always use a screwdriver. This is a nicely done instructional video. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


Firefox 1.5.0.7 & Flock 0.75 Release Tomorrow, Firefox 2.0 RC1 On Sept. 19 The latest update to Flock 0.75 will be released tomorrow. Also, Firefox 1.5.0.7 update is set for release tomorrow, along side the update to Thunderbird. And if all goes well, Firefox 2.0 RC1 will be released on September 19th. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


Apple's Phone Revealed One reliable MacRumors.com source has provided a more detailed description of one of the prototypes for the upcoming Apple Phone. The description has yielded this artist's rendition of the phone. The phone offers a familiar look to iPod owners, with the preservation of the iPod click-wheel. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


Ohio woman jailed for 24 days without being formally charged with a crime. It all began as simply expressing her opinion at a city council meeting, an act clearly protected by the First Amendment, speaking at a public hearing and questioning how a public officer, and in particular Erie County prosecutor Kevin Baxter, could have a financial interest in a contract before the council. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


Google Earth gets Featured Content Initial Featured Content comes from the likes of National Geographic, the Jane Goodall Institute, the US National Park Service, Discovery Networks, and the United Nations Environmental Program. The overlays have been developed using Google's Keyhole Markup Language, an XML file format aimed at modeling and storing geographic features. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


iTunes Icon History Not much to say about this, other than check it out: A Macteens gallery member posted a pictorial history of Apple's iTunes icons, starting from the wonky multi-note CD to the slick blue one gracing us now. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


Live.com and Yahoo! bulk up for local search brawl A hefty list of new features were added to both Microsoft’s Live Local Search yesterday and just tonight to Yahoo! Local. As both rivals get stronger, you can’t help but wonder what’s going to come after coupons for Google’s local search. Both Yahoo! and Live Local are looking good. From digg on September 14, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


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