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Which Google Webmaster Tools Do You Want? Submit your requests for Google's Webmaster Tools here: "Google’s Matt Cutts told me he’ll be reading along for inspiration, so who knows, your wish might trigger something..." From digg on September 19, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


Twilight Princess Box Art A first look at the Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess box art for the Wii. If it ain't real, it's damn convincing! From digg on September 19, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


T-Mobile Wins Large Chunks of 3G Spectrum, What Does This Means To You? In a recent auction hosted by the FCC, T-Mobile won a large chunk of the 1700MHz and 2100Mhz band, which is used 3G data communications. What does mean to you? From digg on September 19, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


Motorola to buy Symbol Technologies for $3.9 bln Motorola Inc. on Tuesday said it agreed to buy Symbol Technologies Inc. for about $3.9 billion in cash to expand its enterprise capabilities. The acquisition is expected to close in late 2006 or early 2007. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


Wal-Mart strides into election fray Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest employer, is planning to launch a voter registration and education campaign this fall targeted at its 1.3 million employees in an effort to combat growing criticism from Democrats and labor unions. By doing so, the world’s largest retailer is striding into the national political arena. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


Creating your own WordPress TagCloud Learn how to construct a simple class that can generate and update your WordPress tagcloud every time you post an entry. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


FOX: Ignore McCain Since He ‘Was So Traumatized’ By P.O.W. Experience Former New York Senator Al D’Amato and Bill O’Reilly debated Sen. John McCain’s insistence that the U.S. follow the Geneva Conventions in its treatment of all detainees. D’Amato said McCain should receive “a pass on this” because he was “so traumatized by the events that took place” during his captivity in the Vietnam War. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


Want to avoid file-sharing apps? You can find entire albums - using Google Just replace the word "band" (keeping the quotes) with the band or artist you want to find. Should give you entire folders of music. Yes, I know--it's an old trick, but I've lost this link many times and figured many others had, too. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


More Zune details At least four members of the Zune development team have their own blogs at this point, creating a stream of new information, such as:the Zune will handle high bitrate wmv videos, but if you try to load an incompatible movie, the Zune will transcode it for you. Also, one member of the dev team is taking suggestions for new Zune accessories. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


Engadget's Relaunch Giveaways: Let's Start With a Zune So what the hell, let's kick this thing off with a Zune. As you may or may not have heard (and we do sincerely hope you fall in the first camp), that's Microsoft's new vertically integrated portable media player device (and platform) centered around "connected entertainment." You should know by know From digg on September 19, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


Despite Rumors, Black Hole Factory Will Not Destroy Earth Scientists could generate a black hole as often as every second when the world's most powerful particle accelerator comes online in 2007. But don't worry, they say. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


Students send Camera to the Edge of Space for less than $2000 via Balloon Carl Morland, Henry Hallam and Robert Fryers attached the tiny camera to a helium balloon, which flew to nearly four times the height of Everest. Throughout the flight it took images which show the curvature of the earth. The flight lasted about three hours, producing more than 800 images From digg on September 19, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


Family Guy: Darth Vadar as MeterMaid Darth Vader as a Metermaid on Family Guy... From digg on September 19, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


Cool, Free ultimate digg.com screensaver. There were times when it was pretty cool having that fancy starfield screensaver on your computer, back then. Now, if you know where you can get quality news, then you're most probably aware of Digg.com. Get rid of that aquarium, dump that 3D Boxes and remove your Playboy screensaver, they've become obsolete. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


First Impressions: 24-inch iMac Today I bring to you my first impressions (a pseudo-review) of the Apple 24-inch iMac, joining my first impressions of the Intel Mac Mini and MacBook. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


Google just sent an email to Writely users. Release from Google very soon?? Check link for image of the email. Google and Writely merged quite a while ago, and they're just now alerting users that they're merging Google and Writely accounts. Something probably coming out of the GooglePlex very soon. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


New Picture of the Space Shuttle Mystery Object A piece of debris is seen near the orbiter Atlantis. The photo was taken by the STS-115 crew today. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


Photo: 'Real' Donkey Kong? I'm sure that this was Photoshopped but pretty cool nonetheless From digg on September 19, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


Bush Official Blocked Scientist From Discussing Glbl Warming/Hurricane Link Emails released today by Rep. Waxman show that, one month after Hurricane Katrina, Bush officials blocked a NOAA scientist from discussing the links between global warming and hurricanes on TV. ThinkProgress has the emails. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


Israel to withdraw all troops from Lebanon by weekend Israel's military chief told lawmakers Tuesday that it plans to withdraw all its remaining troops from Lebanon by this weekend, meeting a key requirement of a cease-fire that ended the 34-day war against Hezbollah guerrillas. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


Manage source code using Linus Torvalds's "Git" Git is the open source revision control software that Linus Torvalds developed to help manage Linux® kernel development. You can download it yourself and use it for your own kernel hacking -- or for software development projects of your own. This article shows you how to get started hacking Linux with the Git tools. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


The Daily Show - Jason Jones & the Gay Translator Jason Jones examines the dangers of allowing "the gays" in the military. Specifically working in the crypto-linguist division. "I know I'd rather die in a terrorist attack than suffer through an uncomfortable shower with a gay....know what I'm saying?" Ha! From the September 18th 2006 episode. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


3D ball rolling game, awesome graphics for a flash game!! This game is addicitive, roll the ball in a 3d space and try not to fall off the platform. The graphics is really good too. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


Nintendo WiFi.com attacked by Hackers. A group of hackers attacked Nintendo WiFi at roughly 7:50 EST, and since then the high score / leader boards have been down. Rumors say that the hackers have stated that they only wish for Nintendo to implement better security. Their identity is a secret to everybody. :moblin: From digg on September 19, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..


What happens when PSP gamers get mad! As if Sony's wild and controversial advertising techniques for the PSP weren't enough, looks like Namco is jumping onto the bandwagon with some pretty out-of-the-ordinary viral ads for Tekken: Dark Ressurection. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 8:31 p.m..


Move on google maps, a web 2.0 map service is here OpenStreetMap is a free editable map of the whole world. It is made by people like you. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 8:31 p.m..


Have you ever seen a frozen sea? Pics of sea water freezing as it flows! Amazing! From digg on September 19, 2006 at 8:31 p.m..


Sounds so incredible that you won't believe it's not real... Honda Civic Ad A choir was hired and spent months rehearsing for the commercial. The results are amazing. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 8:31 p.m..


Funny Office Slang A funny guide to business terminology for people who work in an office. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 8:31 p.m..


How Elecom's "gear drive" keyboard prevents typing errors f you're a connoisseur of keyboards then check the latest from Elecom of Japan. Featuring a new "gear drive system", the TK-U09FG is said to prevent typing errors. Available October in black and white just like Stevie and Paul for a cool ¥5,040 or about $43 when these hit Stateside. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


Use full video resolution on 5th generation iPods With iTunes 7, Apple updated the iPod firmware to 1.2 for 5th gen iPods. Besides being able to play games, the integrated Broadcom video chipset has been silently upgraded. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


Eminent Domain: A Devastating Precedent for Local Airports & Economies? For the first time, a local municipality in NJ is seeking to use eminent domain to seize almost all of the land of an airport including runway safety areas and runway end protection zones, to PREVENT any further improvements to the safety, security, and utility of the facility. It will cost local taxpayers millions in property costs & legal fees. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


Led Zeppelin, Babe I'm gonna leave you Zeppelin playing live; this is the exact opposite of idol and supernova, it is an example of what they can never produce. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..


RECORD Marijuana arrests exceed arrests for all violent crimes combined The total number of marijuana arrests in the U.S. for 2005 far exceeded the total number of arrests in the U.S. for all violent crimes combined, including murder, manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..


Excite Truck Only Supports Two Players For anyone hoping that Excite Truck would be a four-player Wii title along the lines of arcade-racer Off Road, Nintendo's official Wii site just brought your dreams to a screeching halt. According to the Excite Truck arm of the Wii site, the game will have multiplayer experiences capped at two-players. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..


FCC spectrum auction ends after 161 rounds We're sure that you've been following the FCC's blow-by-blow coverage of the AWS (Advanced Wireless Services) spectrum auction as closely as you would the "So You Think You Can Dance" competition, but just in case you've been busy for the last 161 rounds of bidding, we're here to let you know that the results are in...... From digg on September 19, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..


Why Not One Hundred MPG? So the question remains: Could manufacturers deliver a practical car that a typical American family could use as daily transportation, getting 100 mpg or better on every single trip? We asked some of the most inventive engineering minds in the country. We looked at designs, materials and drivetrains. The answer? Yes, it can be done. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..


How many virtual console games can you fit on the Wii? An astute Weekly Geek listener did a very detailed rundown of just how many VC games you can fit on the Nintendo Wii's built-in memory, and if you'd need to buy SD cards to support your retro gaming habit. Are his calculations correct? From digg on September 19, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..


Which these Photos were Manipulated or are Real? Take the Quiz Test your pop culture literacy by determining which are the hoax photos (i.e. those that have been manipulated in some way) and which are real. For each image, click either HOAX or REAL to begin scoring the test. When you're done, click the box at the bottom of the page to see your score From digg on September 19, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..


Israel's cluster bomb use "outrageous": U.N. Israel dropped at least 350,000 cluster bomblets on south Lebanon in its war with Hizbollah guerrillas. "The outrageous fact is that nearly all of these munitions were fired in the last three to four days of the war," David Shearer, the United Nations humanitarian coordinator in Lebanon, told a news conference in Beirut. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..


AG Gonzales Wants ISPs to Save User Data Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Tuesday that Congress should require Internet service providers to preserve customer records. Gonzales acknowledged the concerns of some who say legislation might be overly intrusive and encroach on privacy rights, but argued that prosecutors need them to fight child pornography. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..


Top 10 Free Linux Games For some reason, there is a constant mindset that there are not many games for Linux when in fact there are many. I don't mean the small ones that are included with GNOME or KDE, but full blown projects that deliver captivating and deep game play experiences. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..


Digg’s First Annual YouTube Awards ;-) These are the 10 most dugg YouTube videos of all time. They are listed in ascending order of diggs; the last one having the most at 8750. And the winners are… From digg on September 19, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..


Toshiba to recall Sony laptop batteries Toshiba is recalling 340,000 laptop batteries worldwide made by Sony Corp , the latest in a series of problems for the company. The defect is not directly related to the problem behind last month's recall of Sony batteries by Dell Inc. and Apple Computer Inc., which cited concerns that the batteries could overheat and catch fire. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


Famitsu: "Wii Could Be The Most Popular Of All Time" This gen's console king PlayStation 2 is going to be dethroned. And it's going to be the Wii that does it. At least, according to the president of Enterbrain and Editor-in-Chief of Famitsu, Hirokazu Hamamura. Hamamura states: "Non-gamers can see how fun it is just by looking at people playing it, and that's very different from the PS3 or Xbox 360." From digg on September 19, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


Why YouTube's Best Deal Will Be Its Death YouTube's new deal with Warner Music looks like the dot-com's salvation, but it could be its downfall. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


Is Antivirus Ready for Open Source? ClamAV claims that the open source process enables it to respond to new malware threats quicker than the commercial antivirus vendors. In fact, on any given day, the group will publish a dozen or so new definitions protecting its users against the latest viruses, worms, and Trojans. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


How To Create a Simple Timeline... with just Excel Not really news, but a cool way to use Excel. This is a good step by step tutorial on how to make a timeline in Excel. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


Apple slashes prices on refurb iPods Following last week's new iPod introductions, Apple has added a slew of refurbished iPods to the online Apple Store and substantially cut previous refurb pricing. Currently offered are iPod nanos for $99, iPod minis for $99, and video iPods starting at $179. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


Introducing Disco: Full-featured disc burning for real people The dev team behind AppZapper have finally released some screenshots of their "secret" new project, Disco. (Mac OS X only.) From digg on September 19, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


New Citizendium to correct Wikipedia's wrongs? Citizendium will begin life as a "progressive fork" of Wikipedia, taking all of its launch content from the infamous online encyclopedia. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


How Autopsies Work After the body is cleaned, the body is weighed and measured before being placed on the autopsy table for reexamination. The autopsy table is typically a slanted, aluminum table with raised edges that has several faucets and drains used to wash away collecting blood during the internal investigation. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


McCain's Stand On Detainees May Pose Risk For 2008 Bid Sen. John McCain's bid to position himself as the natural heir to President Bush as a wartime commander in chief and to court conservative leaders in advance of his likely 2008 presidential campaign has threatened to run aground in recent days, as the two men clash over how to detain and try terrorism suspects. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


Lockheed whistleblower posts second YouTube video Michael De Kort, who blew the whistle last month about Lockheed Martin compromising the security of Coast Guard vessels in a YouTube video has posted a second video where he gives an update on the situation and responds to some of the criticisms that have been thrown at him. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


Unaired Family Guy clip, NSFW! Clip that was removed due to obvious reasons. it was meant to shock a response out of seth green during screening. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


Sexiest Phone/PDA Ever Runs windows mobile, has bluetooth, wifi, 2 MP camera, and a 2.5 inch screen. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 4:51 p.m..


It's a start: one label offers one album without DRM Has the online music business gone crazy? Warner just announced a partnership with YouTube, even as Universal considered suing it From digg on September 19, 2006 at 4:51 p.m..


Few Black Churches Get Bush's Faith-Based Initiative Funds The Bush administration's faith-based initiative is reaching only a tiny percentage of the nation's black churches, most of which have limited capacity to run social programs, hampering the initiative's promise of empowering those congregations to help the needy, according to a study to be released today. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 4:51 p.m..


Spielberg May Direct Jurassic Park IV Himself! Word on the streets is Steven Spielberg isn't ready to take the "Jurassic Park" cash cow to the butcher quite yet. Apparently he may even direct part four, which after the rousing success of part three, seems really pointless. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 4:51 p.m..


GeForce 7950 GT: Nvidia's new $300 card The Nvidia camp extends its product line with a midrange graphics card. The new GeForce 7950 GT offers the same specs and features as the high-end GeForce 7950 GTX, but at a lower clock speed. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 4:51 p.m..


(Video) Base Jumping Gone Bad Ouch! From digg on September 19, 2006 at 4:51 p.m..


Reporter Drops F Bombs on Live TV I'm willing to bet this dude was canned shortly after...what a retard. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 4:51 p.m..


Hiker Hikes Appalachian Trail Barefoot More than 500 people hike the entire Appalachian Trail, which runs from Maine to Georgia, each year. Ron Zaleski has been trying to accomplish the feat barefoot. His goal is to bring attention to the need for combat veterans to receive counseling. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 4:51 p.m..


PicksPal Could Disrupt Sports Betting Markets "Tom Jessiman, the founder of PicksPal, stumbled onto something that could change the way we predict sporting event outcomes. And it could therefore have a big impact on sports betting markets." From digg on September 19, 2006 at 4:51 p.m..


Lock Pickin Business Card This business card will help you get into any lock you want! From digg on September 19, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..


Hezbollah Cracked the Code Using technology most likely supplied by Iran, special Hezbollah teams monitored the constantly changing radio frequencies of Israeli troops on the ground. That gave guerrillas a picture of Israeli movements, casualty reports and supply routes. It also allowed Hezbollah anti-tank units to more effectively target advancing Israeli armor. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..


What are the odds of a dead dinosaur becoming fossilized? "One in a million" is a number meant to be taken figuratively, the point being that the odds of surviving the rigors of deep time are extremely remote. Field paleontologists know that the earth is biased when it comes to giving up its dead--the odds of an animal being preserved and consequently exhumed are much greater in some settings than others. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..


Apple sells 125,000 movie downloads in first week Walt Disney chief executive Robert Iger said on Tuesday the company sold 125,000 movie downloads worth $1 million in revenue through Apple Computer's iTunes Store during the offering's first week. The entertainment conglomerate, which placed 75 movies for download on iTunes last week, expects the movie downloads to generate $50m in year one. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..


Chirac Urges World Powers Not To Refer Iran to Security Council French President Jacques Chirac has urged world powers not to refer Iran to the UN Security Council over its nuclear programme, at the same time calling on Tehran to give up uranium enrichment. It was the first time a European leader has clearly stated that the suspension of uranium enrichment is not a "precondition" for opening talks .. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..


Scientists 'teleport' two photons Scientists in Germany say they have successfully teleported the combined quantum state of two photons. That achievement is said to be the first for a composite system, and the researchers say their approach could lead to new ways to harness quantum effects for communication and computational purposes. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..


Elton John calls iPods "silly" On Tuesday's Tonight Show, Elton John told Jay Leno that he thinks iPods are "silly" and that he would prefer to buy a CD so he can listen to an entire album at a time: "I don't have a silly iPod. I like to go buy the whole artist's work..." From digg on September 19, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..


Allchin to developers: Get ready for Vista! "Windows Vista: Now is the Time!" Allchin takes the time to reassure developers that Vista is still on schedule for delivery to business customers by the end of the year and to the general public some time in January 2007, barring "any unforeseen quality issues such as bugs around data corruption, resiliency, or security." From digg on September 19, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..


USBCELL Batteries That Recharge Through Your USB Port Moixa Energy have developed the USBCELL as an environmentally-friendly alternative to normal AA batteries. The top of one side flips up to reveal a USB connector, and the battery simply plugs into an open port. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..


U.S. Uploads Anti-Drug Videos to YouTube this should work out splendidly...... The Bush administration is taking its fight against illegal drugs to YouTube, the trendy Internet video service that already features clips of wacky, drug-induced behavior and step-by-step instructions for growing marijuana plants. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..


Great Parking Job! Did You Do It? The new Lexus 460 features a new self parking feature. Great! They claim it takes 20 seconds to park. OK. So translated into non-carnut time, it would be more like 5 minutes. What a silly system. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..


School Trying to Silence Professor's Podcast A North Carolina professor who offered his course lectures as paid downloads has been asked to suspend the service while the school decides whether it is appropriate. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..


BREAKING NEWS: Ten tanks heading for central Bangkok: Reuters witness This just popped up on Reuters. It only has the headline and says that more news is to follow. Is China invading Thailand? From digg on September 19, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..


Best table centerpiece ever in the history of the universe Thanksgiving with the fam would be so much more bearable if Grandma were forced to pass the gravy around the front fender of a Lamborghini Gallardo. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..


Choose How Often Google Crawls Your Site Bigmouthmedia reports that Google Sitemaps has a new feature that allows you to choose how often Googlebot crawls your site. You can select from 5 values, from slowest to fastest, but you must know that a faster crawl uses more bandwidth. For the moment, this feature is still experimental, so you may not find it in your Google Sitemaps account. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..


The denial industry The oil giant ExxonMobil gives money to scores of organisations that claim the science on global warming is inconclusive - which it isn't. It's a strategy that has set back action on climate change by a decade, and it involves the same people who insist that passive smoking is harmless. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..


Canadian Was Falsely Accused and Tortured Canadian intelligence officials passed false warnings and bad information to American agents about a Muslim Canadian citizen, after which U.S. authorities secretly whisked him to Syria, where he was tortured, a judicial report found Monday. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..


All Thailand Coup Updates Under 1 Heading...... just a thought, instead of everyone submitting 100 different stories and updates about the developing thai coup, why not paste all updates into comments here and we can track the story. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..


Mystery object spotted below shuttle NASA engineers are checking into a baffling sight of a mystery object below the shuttle that mission control spotted at about 2:45 a.m EDT Tuesday with a video camera in the shuttle's cargo bay. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..


South Park Studio Version 2 Make your own SouthPark characters - Cool! From digg on September 19, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..


Motion Simulator Racing w/LFS featured on Fox News Full Motion Racing was featured on Fox News, which was based on the Force Dynamics 301 motion simulator and the popular Live For Speed. In Winter 2006, they are opening a sim-raced center in San Diego, CA. Get ready to check your mirrors, and drift the streets. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..


The Senate must not pardon President Bush for breaking the law This week, the Senate is planning to quietly hold a vote that would pardon President Bush for breaking the law by illegally wiretapping innocent Americans. So far, Democrats and some Republicans are holding strong against the bill, and there are good chances to stop it if enough of us speak up. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..


Google rejects piracy AVAST, ME HEARTIES. Google's traditional themed logos sadly do not, yet at least, extend to today's International Talk Like A Pirate Day. Altogether now: "arrrrrr." From digg on September 19, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..


Python 2.5 final released! This release includes conditional expressions, absolute and relative imports, unified try/except/finally, new generator features, the 'with' statement, new packages: ctypes, ElementTree, hashlib, sqlite, wsgiref. More details are here: http://docs.python.org/dev/whatsnew/whatsnew25.html From digg on September 19, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


MLB: New York Mets Clinch NL East Division The New York Mets ended nearly two decades of disappointment in their division and days of delay, clinching the NL East for the first time since 1988 with a 4-0 victory over the Florida Marlins on Monday night. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


Gas Prices in Perspective Gas prices haunt Americans. The price of a barrel of oil and a gallon of gas are daily news items. Drivers groan as they watch the gas pump price gauge count past $40 (or $50, or $100), although being able to punch in their phone number or swipe a card to get a three cent discount makes them feel like children on Christmas. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


The Linux Advantage in Web Hosting While companies may be drawn to the stability, savings, flexibility and other advantages of Linux in a Web hosting setting, they are still committing to a platform and road map that is far less defined when they choose Linux, according to Rackspace Vice President of Research and Development Paul Frouton. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


How To: keep your iTunes library on an external hard drive "After discussing how my iTunes library is set up with a few readers in the comments on my First Impressions/2G iPod nano post, I figured this might be a handy tip for readers who find themselves running out of room to store an expanding iTunes library. " From digg on September 19, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


Poll: Americans don't want net neutrality (or maybe they don't know what it is) A nationwide survey of 800 registered voters is being touted by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation because it purports to show that Americans are not interested in net neutrality legislation. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


So, where are our Core 2 Duo MacBooks? The funny thing that happened when Apple decided to make the switch to Intel was they couldn't any longer espouse the merits of their typically non-standard processor architectures as, um, apples and oranges with PCs. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


Bill Clinton On The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Bill Clinton made an appearance on the Daily Show Monday to share the heartwarming work of his Clinton Global Initiative, but the climax of the interview was more fun. Jon Stewart put the former President on the “seat of heat” and asked: “Mr. President, Hilary Clinton may be running for President. If so, what is the key to defeating her?” From digg on September 19, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


Myspace custom style remover works well! fixes those horrible profiles with poor layouts From digg on September 19, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


Fast food mums in showdown with head In the United Kingdom, two mothers caught passing fast food through the fence, despite healthy eating policies, will be facing the school's headmaster. From EdNA Online on September 19, 2006 at 2:31 p.m..


Survey of attitudes towards the study of languages The Australian Council of State School Organisations is conducting a survey to find out more about what people think about languages education in schools, and their views on the importance of languages to young people's learning and development. Whilst the questionnaire is primarily directed to parents in government and non-government schools, it also seeks to compare their views with those of students, language teachers, principals, curriculum officers and tertiary educators. From EdNA Online on September 19, 2006 at 2:31 p.m..


Drifting proteas or continents: Historical biogeography of the Proteaceae During this conference Dr Peter Weston will explore the world of proteas and the drifting continents to uncover clues about the evolution of an iconic plant family. Using modern molecular dating techniques and historical material from the likes of Joseph Hooker and Charles Darwin, Dr Weston will map the evolution of proteas across Australia and the continents. From EdNA Online on September 19, 2006 at 2:31 p.m..


Migrants' language classes 'short $60m' THE Commonwealth is under-funding English classes for migrant students by more than $60million a year. A report commissioned by the nation's education ministers, which surveyed state schools and Melbourne and Sydney Catholic schools, found the states pay $1121 more per non-refugee student, and $5907 more per refugee student, than the Howard Government towards the cost of teaching the students English. The Australian, 19 September 2006 From EdNA Online on September 19, 2006 at 2:31 p.m..


DEST - Australia-India Strategic Research Fund Round One of the Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST) Indo-Australian Science and Technology Fund and the Indo-Australian Biotechnology Fund will open on 25 September 2006 and will close 5pm (AEDT) on 24 November 2006. The AISRF provides funding support for Australian researchers to participate in strategically focussed, leading edge, scientific research and technology collaborations with Indian counterparts. Applications will be assessed on a competitive basis against specific criteria. Applicants should refer to the AISRF Guidelines - September 2006 and information available From EdNA Online on September 19, 2006 at 2:31 p.m..


NSW community languages schools: Schoolfinder NSW Community Languages Schools are community-based, non-profit-making schools, established by community based culturally and linguistically diverse communities to maintain and develop their first / heritage language and cultural heritage. They conduct classes in languages other than English on a part-time basis, outside regular school hours. Most Community Languages Schools are for school-aged children but some conduct classes for adults and pre-schoolers as well. The school finder search tool allows you to search for schools by language offered. From EdNA Online on September 19, 2006 at 2:31 p.m..


Stanley urges compulsory preschooling Former Australian of the Year Professor Fiona Stanley is calling for compulsory preschooling for children. Professor Stanley, who is the executive director of the Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth, says she is not surprised by the OECD report naming Australia as one of the lowest spenders on preschool education. The OECD report also found that just over half of the workers in childcare centres and private kindergartens actually held formal qualifications. Professor Stanely says that is unacceptable. "I think we do need to have people who are fully trained, particularly traine From EdNA Online on September 19, 2006 at 2:31 p.m..


Amazing footage of Iraqi Sandstorm I have never seen anything like this before, its pretty amazing how everything turns pitch black in the middle of the storm. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


Jon Stewart responds to Robert Novak After Novak made derogatory comments about The Daily Show on CSPAN (which were featured on Digg a couple of days ago), Jon tries his best to make peace: "I may have called you a douchebag... but I only said those things because I honestly think you're a horrible person!" From digg on September 19, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


New website design showcase There's a brand new CSS site gallery out that has some great sites. Really good resource for web designers in need of inspiration. Allows start-up sites to get the same attention that the big guys get. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


Original Apple I ad showing $666.66 Price Tag and Original Apple Logo If I knew that these would go for between $30,000 to $60,000 today, I would have sold my car and bought a shopping cart full of 'em... From digg on September 19, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


OLEDs With Solar Charging Capability Cornell University researchers have managed to build OLEDs that function like solar panels while retaining all the qualities and functionality of an OLED, including being thin and flexible. The researchers used reverse engineering to turn light back into electricity in the OLED itself. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


First penis transplant patient hated it A Chinese accident victim who became the world's first successful recipient of a transplanted penis psychologically rejected it and asked for its removal. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


Honda Fit Tetris Commercial Honda + Tetris = Awsome geek commercial goodness From digg on September 19, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


Iranian Leader Urges More Papal Protests In Iran, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei used the comments to call for protests against the United States. He argued that while the pope may have been deceived into making his remarks, the words give the West an "excuse for suppressing Muslims" by depicting them as terrorists. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


Bored? Try Chatting With Some Random Person! This cool little web app lets you chat with a completely random person on the web. A cool way to socialize off your workday! From digg on September 19, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


How Modern Computing All Began Supercomputers can handle absolutely enormous processing tasks these days and some will be approaching 1 PFLOPS (1 Peta Floating Point Operations). After a little research I found IBM’s Naval Ordnance Research Calculator (NORC) to be considered the first supercomputer. Taking a look back to the beginning of modern computing... From digg on September 19, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..


Windows Vista: The “choose your own adventure” UI "I have taken the liberty of taking 28 screenshots to compare the 4 different interfaces available in Windows Vista: Aero Glass, Vista Standard, Vista Basic and Windows Classic. These screenshots were taken on the same applications and layouts to give you a feel of the exact changes it makes to an user experience." From digg on September 19, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..


Silicon laser breakthrough augurs hyperfast computers Intel and the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) claim to have jointly built the world's first electrically pumped hybrid silicon laser using conventional chip-fabrication technologies. The breakthrough aims to enable low-cost, ultra-high-speed computing devices, including terabit/sec optical links between devices. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..


Tuesday September 19th is International Talk Like A Pirate Day Talk Like A Pirate Day is this coming Tuesday, September 19th. Founded by two guys in 1995 and popularized by humorist Dave Barry's syndicated column in 2002, this bizarre occasion probably would've been a one-ff if it weren't for the Internet's appetite for ridiculous humour. The page explains how to talk like a pirate and lists pirate vocabulary. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..


Newegg.com -- 99cent In House Promotion.. won't last long. 10 items with insane prices.. after rebates. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


Xbox Live is 'Bringing it Home' - TGS and X'06 Style In addition to all the videos and demos coming from both events Microsoft will announce a major franchise coming to Xbox Live Arcade. Discuss amongst yourselves... From digg on September 19, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


#1 Secutiry Threat: Cross-site scripting Web administrators beware: cross-site scripting vulnerabilities are now far more attractive targets than more notorious bugs such as buffer overflows. Buffer overflows have long been one of the most common types of bugs attacked by malware, with Intel and AMD even building in hardware support for an anti-buffer overflow technology. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


Wii Browser videos See the Wii browser in action. I don't remember seeing the browser in action, but now that I have seen it I am going to be getting it for my Wii. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


Bush Ratings Rebound: Approval at 44%, Highest in 2006 Amid falling gas prices and a two-week drive to highlight his administration's efforts to fight terrorism, President Bush's approval rating has risen to 44% in a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll. That's his highest rating in a year. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


Grandma shooting a MP40 Video of a Grandma in a wheelchair firing a full auto assault rifle! Funny! From digg on September 19, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


String Theory Hanging on by a Thread? String theory is on the ropes. After decades of prominence as the key to physics' elusive "theory of everything," challengers say the hypothesis is unraveling. Why? Because there haven't been experiments to prove it — and there don't seem to be any on the horizon. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


Time to Move the Mississippi, Experts Say Scientists have long said the only way to restore Louisiana's vanishing wetlands is to undo the elaborate levee system that controls the Mississippi River, not with the small projects that have been tried here and there, but with a massive diversion that would send the muddy river flooding wholesale into the state's sediment-starved marshes. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


Diebold Vote Hack - CNN Video CNN explores the possibility of midterm e-vote hacks. You should wonder why elections boards across the US aren't doing anything to address the numerous problems with paperless electronic voting machines. These machines, primarily made by Diebold, leave no paper trail, there is no way to verify votes! From digg on September 19, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


The Social Bookmarking Face Off The social bookmarking market is in a steady state with two dominant players - del.icio.us and StumbleUpon. The rest of the pack, including Yahoo MyWeb, appears to be substantially behind. Will they catch up? From digg on September 19, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


Xbox 360 (with Hardrive) $339 DealsPlus is reporting that the Xbox 360 (with Hardrive) has fallen to $339. Xbox 360 includes system with hardrive, headset, and one wireless controller. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


Officer draws weapon on 7-year-old girl She said at one point the officer got so angry he cocked his gun and said if Joshalyn moved again he would “blow her brains out.” From digg on September 19, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


Introducing the Picco Z: AWESOME indoor micro-helicopter for less then $30! A well crafted, well balanced, 6 inch long indoor flying helicopter. All cheap RC flight's a beautiful thing, but mini-helis mean you can fly inside. Though indoor RC mini-helicopters have been done before, the Picco-Z by Silverlit has several features that set it apart from competitors. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 10:32 a.m..


Macworld Eddy winner SuperDuper discounted for first time ever The excellent backup program SuperDuper! is now available at a 10% discount. This is the first (and possibly last) time a deal like this will be available -- so grab it now! From digg on September 19, 2006 at 10:32 a.m..


Why Google Loves The Little Guys What really excites Schmidt, and where he's putting some of brainy Google's best minds, are the smallest things of all: virtual golf games, flight simulators and hotties in a security box. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Ghosts of Nazi past A regional election in Germany saw a province dip back into the darkest parts of the country's past. In the end, the result was as bad as everyone had feared. Germany's neo-Nazis pulled off a widely anticipated electoral coup last night with the far-right exceeding the 5 % hurdle necessary to win seats. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


µTorrent Web Interface Goes Public Control your µTorrent client from infinity and beyond. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 9:23 a.m..


How to Create a Thumbnail Blogroll, a 20-minute hack "Yahoo! had one of its internal hack days today and while work kept me from devoting enough time to work on an effort on the scale of last time, an email at 9am this morning did give me the chance to show at least something at today's show-n-tell." From digg on September 19, 2006 at 9:23 a.m..


PeakStream unveils multicore and CPU/GPU programming solution Today marks the official launch of PeakStream, a software start-up that has been operating in stealth mode for over a year now while developing a new type of software platform aimed at making multiprocessor systems easier to program From digg on September 19, 2006 at 9:23 a.m..


Code cracking is the new pot of gold If you think the password protection on your MS Word file is keeping it safe from prying eyes, you're wrong. The time it takes to crack password-protected Microsoft Office files has tumbled from a 25-day average to a matter of seconds, thanks to a decades-old code-cracking technique that until recently was not viable. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..


An American Monarchy: What would our Founders say? Bush still believes he has "inherent" constitutional authority to act on his own in certain areas. The framers produced a Constitution that granted these prerogatives to Congress. 'Those who are to conduct war," said James Madison, 'cannot in the nature of things, be proper or safe judges, whether a war ought to be commenced, continued or conclude From digg on September 19, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..


Apple to Update MacBook & MacBook Pro in Time For Holidays Apple Computer plans to update both its MacBook and MacBook Pro lines of Intel notebook computers in time for the holiday shopping season, but may take some time before it does so, AppleInsider has learned. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..


The new iTunes 7 is FUN. A very good list about the wonders and new features of iTunes 7. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 7:31 a.m..


The worst school lunches money can buy It's September, which means parents everywhere are loading the fridge with healthy food, vowing that this year they will fix their kids a tasty, nutritious, made-with-love lunch every day. This usually lasts about a week. Slate chose nine prepackaged lunches that kids eat and ranked them on how bad they are. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 7:31 a.m..


What Can You Do With 400 Pixels? This is a simple web app I made that lets you draw a 20x20 pixel image in full color and share it with the world. Try it out and see what you can do with just 400 pixels. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 7:31 a.m..


A Gun and Guitar fused into one, the Escopetarras "Partnering up with musical instrument craftsman, Luis Alberto Paredes, he has been creating the instruments ever since. Initially made out of Winchester rifles, they are now made mostly from everyone’s favorite Cold War assault rifle, the AK47." From digg on September 19, 2006 at 7:31 a.m..


1000 words of advice for design teachers "Place insane demands. Then double them." From digg on September 19, 2006 at 7:31 a.m..


Eerie scene from an early Family Guy This clip is from the Season 2 episode called "Road to Rhode Island". This scene was originally shown on May 20, 2000 but was removed from later showings of the episode entirely. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 7:31 a.m..


PayPal co-founder funding research into immortality Peter A. Thiel, co-founder and former chief executive officer of the online payments system PayPal, announced Saturday he is pledging $3.5 million "to support scientific research into the alleviation and eventual reversal of the debilities caused by aging." From digg on September 19, 2006 at 7:31 a.m..


New Secret From The Original N64 Version of Super Smash Bro.(1999) It's been seven years since the release of Super Smash Bro. for the N64, and it was just today that a new secret has been discovered. You can actually play as Master Hand, using a strange and unbelievable method. It may sound impossible, but all you have to do is rotate your analog stick exactly 30 times while in the character selection screen. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 7:31 a.m..


Students warned to be wary of Wikipedia News article talking Credibility of wikipedia and why everyone everyone who uses it should do it with caution. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 7:31 a.m..


Google ads to hit the movie theaters Google ponders the idea of having ads display during movies and in return letting people watch movies for free. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 7:31 a.m..


LapLooks - Customize Your PC With Laplooks you can add your company's logo to the lid of your laptop, and use it as an inventive marketing tool for your business. From Read laptop reviews and notebook news at the laptops weblog - Laptopical on September 19, 2006 at 7:30 a.m..


MIT Designs 'Invisible,' Floating Wind Turbines An MIT researcher has a vision: Four hundred huge offshore wind turbines are providing onshore customers with enough electricity to power several hundred thousand homes, and nobody standing onshore can see them. The trick? The wind turbines are floating on platforms a hundred miles out to sea, where the winds are strong and steady. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 4:32 a.m..


How DIGG Works!! Cool segment on Howstuffworks.com on how DIGG.com works!! From digg on September 19, 2006 at 4:32 a.m..


The new iTunes 7 is FUN A very good list about the wonders and new features of iTunes 7. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 4:32 a.m..


Try this game! It reminds me of Qix. It is very Addictive. Don't waste your day here, you have work to do... From digg on September 19, 2006 at 4:32 a.m..


Posthumous Tolkein Novel Coming in '07 An unfinished tale by J.R.R. Tolkien has been edited by his son into a completed work and will be released next spring. Christopher Tolkien has spent the past 30 years working on "The Children of Hurin," an epic tale his father began in 1918 and later abandoned. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 4:32 a.m..


Semiconductor Manufacturing Tour This virtual tour provides an overview of the processes involved in the fabrication of a modern semiconductor chip.  The first half of the tour covers the chip fabrication steps including growth, epitaxy, photoresist, photolithography, etching, etching, and quality control.  The remainder of the tour provides a look at some of the efforts required once the chips have been fabricated including probing, memory repair, and packaging.  The tour's graphics focus on the creation of MOSFETs. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on September 19, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


Developing and Utilizing FARS Projects in Accounting Courses Three of our accounting faculty developed and integrated the use of FARS projects in our accounting curriculum to develop students’ basic search skills with this electronic database. The ideas in these projects are usable in only one course or in a series of courses such as Intermediate 1, Intermediate 2, and Advanced Accounting.  When you click on the website, go to Scholarship and Refereed Presentations and find the FARS presentation within the list.  The Word file is posted on the website. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on September 19, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


Survival Guide for First Year Teachers This index to .gov Survival Guide for First Year Teachers.  The site stressed the importance of support, and offers a wealth of resources for those who work with and/or employ first year teachers as well as for the first-year teacher. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on September 19, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


Metal Oxide Semiconductor FET Operation Gives a clear view of how the change in bias voltages causes the MOSFET to operate in different regions of operation. Along with the variation along the IV characteristic curve the applet also shows how the channel length vary with the change in voltages. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on September 19, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


Analog Switch & Transmission Gate Simulates CMOS TGate operation in both directions. This applet introduces how the Transmission Gate works and compare it with other analog switches. Contains background material, introduction, mathematical analysis, demonstration.tutorial applet, quiz, worksheet, spice/cad and other information. Interactive and informative.   From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on September 19, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


N-channel enhancement MOSFET interactive tour Gives a guided tour of how an N-channel enhancement MOSFET works.  Includes an interactive diagram of the MOSFET, as well as an interactive Id/Vds graph, circuit symbols, and a quiz. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on September 19, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


Semiconductor Manufacturing A good resource to understand different levels of semiconductor manufacturing. Describes different processes involved in semiconductor fabrication. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on September 19, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


Wii Are Believers - How One Wii Party Rocked The first Wii Party has ended in Los Angeles, and the Wii Ambassador, TSA, decribes how the great night turned out with the amazing Wii games. (Trauma Center, Wario Ware, Wii Sports, Zelda, Excite Truck, Rayman, Madden) From digg on September 19, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..


Eyeing the Future: Running a Web Server on a Mobile Phone Time and again, people have come up with innovative ideas. Sometimes these ideas are powerful enough to cause a revolution, such as the mobile computing revolution. In this article, we will look at how the desire to show in practice that current mobile phones have enough processing power to run a full-fledged web server... From digg on September 19, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..


"500 Suicide Bombers Ready to Rock" - Taliban The Taliban resurgence countinues, just when US troops are pulling out and NATO takes over. Seems to me like Bush handed NATO a lemon! "In a rare interview, the Taliban's top military commander told ABC News he has 500 suicide bombers at his disposal and could launch them at any time." From digg on September 19, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..


New Search Engine Can be Used for Creative Discovery When you ask a supercomputer to tell a story, you might not expect a creative outcome – or any. But a group of Virginia Tech researchers are using System X, the university’s supercomputer, to test a new search program that can tell the stories of life – the connections between gene sets, for instance, or the connections between discoveries. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..


HP Trojan Foiled by Linux HP-hired investigators searching for the source of boardroom leaks allegedly tried to plant a trojan horse program on a CNET reporter's laptop, but apparently the attempt failed because the reporter was running Linux instead of Windows, according to Groklaw's Pamela Jones. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..


Olbermann - The President Owe's U.S. People apology (Video) Olbermann, at it again. The man has a way with words. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..


10 ways to get the most pay out of your job Want a bigger paycheck? It may not be as hard as you think. A lot of people assume that more pay can come only from winning a promotion, or finding a new job elsewhere. But there are ways, large and small, to put more money in your pocket each week. Separately, these strategies may not be enough to change your life. But together they add up From digg on September 19, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..


Chasing 100ft waves - surfers ride watery giants The waves have been nicknamed Cyclops, Jaws and Dungeons and are the new life-and-death playground for a unique breed of surfers who ride gargantuan ocean waves as big as a seven story building. "The impact is full-on. You get rag-dolled, you do cartwheels and ripped around violently. You just have to relax and try and enjoy it." Right. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..


Pictures: iMac 17" vs iMac 24" vs 20" Display Check out these pictures of the brand new 24" iMac compared to it's little siblings, this machine is absoutely huge! From digg on September 19, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..


Google Trial Ties Ad Position to User Behavior A Google AdWords experiment that optimizes ads based on individual user behavior could raise rates for advertisers. Search marketing mavens have chattered about the premium listings changes, and now Google has confirmed it is exploring alterations to the way it promotes ads to the top of search listings. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..


Slackware Linux 11.0 RC5 Released The unexpected fifth release candidate of Slackware Linux 11.0 has been announced in the current changelog: "This is the last one, scout's honor." From digg on September 19, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..


How-To: Build a Quiet, Efficient Home Theater PC Noise is always a concern with HTPC design because it directly impacts the living room media experience. We used passive cooling where possible, and the quietest components we could find. Cooling and power consumption go hand in hand, so we selected efficient, low-power components where appropriate. We didn't want this HTPC to be a slug either. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..


Congress Considering Strip Searching Students Imagine an America in which school officials could strip search every student in their school based on the unsubstantiated tip that one of them might have a joint. Congress is voting on a bill Tuesday or Wednesday that could make these police state tactics more common. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..


Europe is *pissed* about waiting for the PS3. Someone created a site to expound on their disgust about the delay that Sony has forced on Europe. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..


Better fonts - over 10,000 fonts for free! This page kicks arse. No b/s, just problem free font downloads !! Love it. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..


How to Change Windows XP Product Key or Serial and Registration Information The Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder is a freeware utility that retrieves your Product Key (cd key) used to install windows from your registry and allows you to change windows product key or serial and registration information. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..


Avoiding the Most Common Software Development Goofs We have analyzed hundreds of millions of lines of code, seen programming errors from the very simple to the most complicated and heard first hand accounts of the bugs that killed development organizations. While it is an impossible task to relate all of the relevant and interesting anecdotes in this type of discussion. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..


A visual walk through of a couple of the new features in Vim 7.0 This informative article gives the readers a visual walk through of some of the new features found in the latest version of Vim 7.0. It gives a detailed explanation of some of the commands which allow one to use the new features to ones advantage. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..


Send SMS to Cingular users from the OS X Terminal Neat trick on how to send SMSes to Cingular users from the Mac OS X Terminal. Mac Nerdery forever! From digg on September 19, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..


BREAKING/Exclusive: Why FBI Raided Largest U.S. Islamic Charity Today Debbie Schlussel has been writing about LIFE for Relief and Development for years, and her columns (especially this one), have finally made a difference. Ditto for her complaints about LIFE to Assistant U.S. Attorney for counterterrorism, Ken Chadwell. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..


The New Breed of Monster Wave Surfers Using the internet to scour weather sites looking for waves, and jetskis to get towed onto the faces of waves previously considered unrideable because they were too big or too gnarly -- these bands of extreme wave riders are taking advantage of every new technology to get their thrill on and capture world-record purses. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..


How Paris Hilton Can Help Your Web Development (seriously) A surprisingly insightful article on why Paris Hilton is famous and what web developers can learn from that. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..


Steam Powered Gameboy A 1936-38 Jensen steam engine (flywheels from a later models are used in this video) runs a small generator that puts out the 3VDC needed to run a Gameboy color. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..


Why The Pope Has a Point: Tough Truth on Islam His take on Islam, however clumsy, raises tough truths about reason and religion From digg on September 19, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..


Lego Star Wars II: Entire game mapped out with all the secrets. some dude found all the minikits, all the lego studs, all the secrets you could possibly want in a lego's game. and if you're stuck somewhere along the game, the article has that mapped out, too. Also, you can find of secret tricks, like the emperor's super-duper double jump. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..


Bush defending himself on the issue of Interrogation and Torture David Gregory from NBC and Bush "interact" during a press conference From digg on September 19, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..


Amazing Korean Archery Two korean men perform some insane accuracy with a bow and arrow. Not just fluke shots! From digg on September 19, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..


Play this animation during your next security check Display this animation full-screen when they ask you to open your laptop during a security check on the subway. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..


Researchers Uncover a Secret of the Black Death Yersinia pestis, the bacteria that causes plague, is a sneaky little intruder with a remarkable ability to evade the body’s immune system. Upon entering an organism, Y. pestis employs a variety of strategies to slip below the radar of the innate immune response—the body’s front line of defense against invading pathogens. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..


Google plugs phishing hole Google has acknowledged the presence of a phishing hole on its Public Service Search application and has blocked access to the service until the problem is fixed. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..


TDK's 32GB Solid State Disk Samsung's been hogging the Solid State Disk limelight for months with their 32GB SSD first peeped at CeBIT. So it does our invisible hand some good to hear TDK launch their version of the 32GB SSD, albeit in sample quantities only for the time being. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..


How to Blow Up a Star Quite apart from being among the most dramatic events known to science, supernovae play a special role in the universe and in the work of astronomers: seeding space with heavy elements, regulating galaxy formation and evolution, even serving as markers of cosmic expansion. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..


Nintendo + Telltale Games = Sam & Max on Wii "Independent game developer Telltale Games have revealed that the company has begun talks with Nintendo concerning the possibility of bringing PC graphic adventure title Sam & Max to the Wii." From digg on September 19, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..


Dell Releases Keyboard With Movable Programmable Keys The new Dell Ergodex DX1, the first input device that features movable programmable keys, offers exceptional performance advantages for gamers, engineering professionals and artists, and other computer enthusiasts. The DX1 consists of a Pad on which you place Keys anywhere you want, and then you tell the computer what you want the Keys to do. From digg on September 19, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..


Four formats on a single disc? Does riding the DVD/HD DVD/Blu-ray Roller Coaster of Consumer Confusion make you queasy? Supporting three formats is giving the movie studios indigestion, but so far they haven't found the right antacid. From digg on September 18, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Armed man suicide attack at Capitol U.S. crashes through barricade An armed man crashed his vehicle into a security barricade at the U.S. Capitol on Monday, ran into the building and was arrested, forcing the complex to briefly be locked down, authorities said. From digg on September 18, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


FedEx Fights Missiles... A FedEx MD-10 freighter, equipped with Northrop Grumman's Guardian infrared laser jammer, is slated to become the first wide-body commercial aircraft in scheduled service flying with technology to counter terrorist missile attacks. From digg on September 18, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Most Impressive Gamer Winner (Pic) Winner to the contest. Has a ton of classic systems and modern ones. Really takes you back :) From digg on September 18, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Ret.Colonel: "We Are Conducting Military Operations In Iran Right Now" Video of an astounding interview this afternoon of Air Force Col. Sam Gardiner (ret.) by CNN's Wolf Blitzer. Gardiner says, "The evidence is overwhelming." From digg on September 18, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Ultimate Ubuntu Dapper Look Like OSX This is a tutorial to make Ubuntu Dapper 6.06 look like OSX. From digg on September 18, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


iTunes Remote Control (iTRC) is a network remote control for iTunes It allows you to control iTunes on a remote machine with full track changing support and basic but functional playlist support. All you need to do it enable Remote Apple Events on the computer with iTunes on it and remember its network name. From digg on September 18, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Yahoo: Free Coffee For Default Homepages Yahoo is going to run a promotion this Friday that gives everyone who sets Yahoo as their default search engine a free cup of coffee from Dunkin Donuts. From digg on September 18, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


The Next-Generation KDE Environment Review - Plasma MadPenguin has taken a quick look at Plasma, the next gen. KDE environment. 'Plasma is an ambitious project being pursued by the KDE 4 team which aims at providing a workflow-sensitive design of the user interface that improves productivity of an average KDE user." From digg on September 18, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Linux Eye Candy Lovers beware: compiz will fork to beryl! After an exchange of emails on the compiz mailing list (see http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/compiz/2006-September/000426.html) Quinn Storm, who is the author of the very improved packages for Ubuntu, decided to go for an amicable fork which will be called Beryl. While we wait for this new gem ;) the "old" packages are still being updated. From digg on September 18, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Exercise = Weight Loss, Except When It Doesn’t "People who exercise regularly give many reasons for why they do what they do regardless of life’s demands. They say exercise can improve their health, mood, strength and stamina..." From digg on September 18, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


15 Ways To Get More Out Of Pandora There's just so much you can do with music discovery engine Pandora. But listening to Pandora can be a drag on your system, and its song recommendations can go off the rails if you're not careful. Check out these 15 ways to get better music - and better performance - out of Pandora. From digg on September 18, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Senate Vote Will Pardon President Bush "This week, the Senate is planning to quietly hold a vote that would pardon President Bush for breaking the law by illegally wiretapping innocent Americans without warrants. According to Senator Leahy, the bill would '...immunize officials who have violated federal law by authorizing such illegal activities.'" That's from a MoveOn.org petition. From digg on September 18, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


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