'Studio 60' New Orleans version of "O Holy Night" song free for download A group of New Orleans musicians led by Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews played the new version of the Christmas classic as part of "The Christmas show" episode's storyline. It's now available for free download. This was a great arrangement and a must hear. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 6:56 p.m..
How to run Windows and Mac apps side-by-side with Parallels The Parallels beta includes a new feature, called Coherence, that hides the Windows desktop and allows you to run Windows apps in their own windows on your Mac desktop. The result is that you can intermingle all your Mac and Windows apps on the same desktop. I know what you're thinking: Disgusting! Unnatural! From digg on December 12, 2006 at 6:56 p.m..
A Gamer's Wedding Cake There's this wedding cake that's an Xbox 360, an Xbox, a PS2 and a GameCube on Top. Crazy Awesome. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 6:56 p.m..
The NEW "MacBook Thin" Revealed - SPECS INCLUDED We've been talking about a "MacBook Thin" since before Apple transitioned its laptops to the Intel platform -- and it looks like the long-awaited Macintel ultra-thin, ultra-portable speed king is heading to market at last! From digg on December 12, 2006 at 6:56 p.m..
One-legged spy who ran rings round the Gestapo A one-legged American woman who spied for British Intelligence in France during WW2 will finally receive the public recognition that she denied herself when she was alive. At the time “the woman with a limp” was regarded by the Gestapo as “the most dangerous of all Allied spies”. They circulated posters offering a reward for her capture. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 6:56 p.m..
Dan Marino Freaks Out During Taping of Inside the NFL Dan botches a line, then lets us know how he feels about it. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 6:56 p.m..
How to gracefully reboot your Ubuntu/Debian system if all else fails There you are, staring at a crashed Gnome session, CTRL-ALT-BKSPC does nothing. ALT-CTRL-F1 won’t bring you to a terminal. In short, your choices seem to be limited to holding down the power button and chancing file system corruption or nothing. But wait! There’s two more options that you may not have known about. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 6:56 p.m..
Saudi Ambassador Abruptly Resigns, Leaves Washington The abrupt departure is particularly striking because his predecessor, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, spent 22 years on the job. The Saudi ambassador is one of the most influential diplomatic positions in Washington and is arguably the most important overseas post for the oil-rich desert kingdom. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 6:56 p.m..
Microsoft wants to put Linux on the Zune! "Microsoft gave me a free Zune to pass on to a developer who wants to put Linux on it or make a utility that will allow it to interact with a PC running Linux." From digg on December 12, 2006 at 6:56 p.m..
Sony Claims Wii Is "More of a Novelty" Despite Wii Sales Doubling PS3 Sales U.S. retailers estimate that nearly 1.5 million Wiis will be sold before Christmas, about twice as many as the PS3. Sony's response? "We feel very confident that the PlayStation fan is going to wait until they can get a PlayStation 3...If they do pick up a Wii, it's as more of a novelty." From digg on December 12, 2006 at 6:56 p.m..
Blind may get right to hunt in Texas Only in Texas could they hope to pass a law that would allow the blind to hunt. It's bad enough that the Dick Cheney can't shoot straight, but it's just insane that a State Representative would even introduce this bill. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 6:56 p.m..
Do We Need An Apple Home Server? Tech Analyst, Tom Rowley, is claiming that there is an immediate need for a consumer version of the Apple Xserve, with massive storage to corral and backup all of our photos, music, and videos which is forever increasing in size. [via gizmodo] From digg on December 12, 2006 at 6:56 p.m..
How-to: Moving music off the iPod When you’re in the business of writing about the iPod for fun and profit, the question most often thrown your way is: “How do I get my music off the iPod and onto my computer?” From digg on December 12, 2006 at 6:56 p.m..
The 22nd Annual Macworld Editors' Choice Awards Every year, Macworld reviews hundreds of products, everything from Apple’s newest desktops and laptops to smaller utilities from smaller developers that do things you never thought you needed done. But which ones were the most useful or innovative? Which ones will we still be using a year from now? Which ones were really the best—in terms of both q From digg on December 12, 2006 at 6:56 p.m..
Soy is "devil food" and is "turning our kids into homosexuals" James Rutz, chairman of Megashift Ministries, claims soy makes kids gay: "Soy is feminizing, and commonly leads to a decrease in the size of the penis, sexual confusion and homosexuality. That's why most of the medical (not socio-spiritual) blame for today's rise in homosexuality must fall upon the rise in soy formula and other soy products. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 6:56 p.m..
Dell 'repairs' laptop, sends it back still broken Inside there's a note -- "Sent back unrepaired... thanks!". Dell's customer service has clearly degraded over the past serveral years. Can there yet be a happy ending to this sad tale? From digg on December 12, 2006 at 6:56 p.m..
VIDEO: Jon Stewart Says Goodbye to the 109th Congress Last night Jon Stewart and the Daily Show team put together a touching farewell to the outgoing 109th do-nothing-Congress. The "where are they now?" part at the end is classic. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 6:56 p.m..
Why girls are not allowed to play with action figures [image] Action figures belong to the males. You can have all the dolls you want but PLEASE don't touch my super hero action figures!!! From digg on December 12, 2006 at 6:56 p.m..
How to resize pictures in PHP A tutorial and guide on how to dynamically resize pictures using PHP. Includes all source code necessary with comments and performance tips. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 6:56 p.m..
Borat Wins in Court! Judge made no room for racist bigots. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 6:56 p.m..
Michael Jackson Mii Tutorial Make your own Michael Jackson Mii with this tutorial from MiiLikeWii.com From digg on December 12, 2006 at 6:56 p.m..
Universal Binary VLC 0.8.6 for OS X supports WMV 9 VLC updated their popular OS X media player this week with Universal Binary support, as well as a slew of other additions. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 6:56 p.m..
30 Bizarre Beards - A facial hair extravaganza A collection of photos of some of the strangest beards you've probably ever seen From digg on December 12, 2006 at 6:56 p.m..
A list of Things You May Or May Not Know Money isn't made out of paper; it's made out of cotton. The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottle represents the varieties of pickle the company once had. Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks - otherwise it will digest itself. Others... From digg on December 12, 2006 at 6:56 p.m..
New hope for net neutrality as Stevens telecom bill dies The Congressional attempt to update the nation's 1996 Telecommunications Act died with the pounding of the gavel that recently ended the 109th Congress. Ted Stevens (R-AK), the aging senator whose grasp on the technology in question was definitely "old school," won't be chairing any committees when the next Congress is sworn in.... From digg on December 12, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Why is Apple filing a iPodcast Patent? "Apple has recently filed a patent that covers the menu selection process for what looks like a new menu item within the iPod called iPodcasts. This makes my eyebrows raise considering the fact that they have thus far shown an inclination to go after podcast directories..." From digg on December 12, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
The Best JavaScript Example Page I have Seen Yet!!! clean design with great easy to follow examples. don't miss this one From digg on December 12, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Behind the Scenes of Family Guy Watch as the voice actors of Family Guy create an episode! From digg on December 12, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Why a hydrogen economy doesn't make sense In a recent study, fuel cell expert Ulf Bossel explains that a hydrogen economy is a wasteful economy. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Eddie Van Halen confirms asking David Lee Roth to rejoin Van Halen Guitar legend Eddie Van Halen is saying that former Van Halen singer David Lee Roth has definitely been asked to rejoin the group, and that they are awaiting his decision. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Bears' Hester sets NFL record for TD returns Chicago rookie Devin Hester ran back two kickoffs for touchdowns for his fifth and sixth return touchdowns of the season, an NFL record. This guy is fast! From digg on December 12, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Bush - “I’ll be dead when they get it right.” President Bush, on how his legacy will be viewed, according to a “recent visitor” to the White House who says Bush is “still resolutely defiant, convinced history will ultimately vindicate him.” From digg on December 12, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Chasing the iPhone As a reporter who’s covered the Mac beat for years, I’ve found few things as challenging as keeping tabs on Apple. The company is one of the most secretive out there, almost never providing any insight about what it has planned for the future. And nowhere is that more evident than this rumored iPhone device... From digg on December 12, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
XBOX Screams That Month Old Unit's 90-Day Warranty Is Expired This guy called Xbox customer support after his month old Xbox 360 died. The service rep tells him that his month old unit's 90 day warranty has expired and then proceeds to shout at the guy."I don't care if you bought your console yesterday, we still show your warranty is expired." From digg on December 12, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Businesses to Slow on New Technology Spending in 2007 As a new report from Forrester Research indicates, businesses are expected to be less willing to open their wallets for new technology in 2007. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
World’s oldest person dies at 116 Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bolden, recognized as the world's oldest person, died early Monday, the administrator of the nursing home where she lived said Monday. She was 116. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Top 25 Food Hacks Hacks...tasty, tasty hacks... From digg on December 12, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Wii - Wireless Sensor Bar = $24.99 Don't have two candles, and hate wires? If you can spare 25 bucks then this isn't to shabby... Third party company so hopefully they can handle digg traffic! From digg on December 12, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Java 6 Released - Best "Out of the Box" Performance Ever his was the first version of the Java platform developed under Sun’s Java Research License, designed to permit a high degree of openness and transparency even during the earliest pre-release stages. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
New User Interface coming to Apple's Leopard, dubbed "Illuminous" Relatively unknown Apple Gazette is claiming that Apple will be replacing Aqua with a new user interface supposedly dubbed "Illuminous," which will be previewed at MacWorld 2007. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Dr. Phil gives a Wii to everyone in audience. video a little off sync. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Enron's Skilling won't have to report to prison - give me a break U.S. appeals court will allow ex-Enron Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling to stay out of prison while it considers granting him bail, according to a report published on the Wall Street Journal's Web site on Monday. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Calacanis: Top Digg Users Are Getting Paid By a PR Firm According to Jason Calacanis, "a significant PR/marketing firm has confirmed that they had a number of the top 50 users on digg now on the payroll." From digg on December 12, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Pepping up OOo Writer documents with sparklines Big graphs are not the only way to visualize data in a text document. Using a couple of tricks, you can spice up your OpenOffice.org Writer documents with sparklines -- word-sized graphs embedded into text. Sparklines provide a simple yet effective way of visualizing data directly in the text body of the document. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Ben Stein's take on Christmas icons I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees Christmas trees. I don't feel threatened. I don't feel discriminated against. That's what they are: Christmas trees. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Where's Jesse and Al on this one? Hate crime against 3 girls in california. I would have an ounce of respect for Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton if either would show up when hate crimes are commited by blacks against whites. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Anti-fat weaponry - Inventions to help you keep your News Year's resolution A portion plate that will help keep you in check by weight with statements like "Where's your willpower?". A belt that beeps when your stomach meets max expansion. Contact magnet for the fridge that says "are you here because you are really hungry, or is it just your emotions?". From same inventor as musical condom w/ motion sensor. No really. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Why You Don't Play Around With Alligators (warning: extremely graphic) If you ever wondered if things go wrong at those alligator shows, the answer is yes. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Wii Prices Approaching (And Surpassing) PS3's On EBay Bet this burns the suits over at Sony....The Wii costs less than half of (the 60gb) PS3, launched with more than six times as many units, yet it is now in significantly more demand than their "next gen" system based on the free market on EBay. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
How much did Nintendo pay for Wii.com? Care to Guess? Although it is completely unknown how much Nintendo payed for Wii.com, a site owned once by Weyerhauser Corporation, a new report suggests that Nintendo may have paid around 5k-250k just for the domain name. It is expected that hte price may even be a bit higher as three letter words for domains are costly and can cost around 600k-1Mil. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Microbots Designed to Swim Like Bacteria A remarkable micromotor will allow tiny robots to swim like an E. coli bacterium, which uses its flagella to move around. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Mac OSX startup key sequences Handy list for troubleshooting and various startup options. Did you know that you can boot your mac from an iPod? From digg on December 12, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
People still living in George Lucas' Star Wars set in Tunisia Nowadays, the poor desert people of Tunisia are the inhabitants of the futuristic houses built by George Lucas and company. The Skywalker ranch houses a few dozen people; meanwhile, three hours away, "Troglodytes" live in houses dug vertically into the ground, a couple of stories deep, complete with doors and staircases, but no windows. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Resistance: FOM developer Q&A including "who's the bigger a$$hole?" - AUDIO Ryan Schneider and Mike Stout from Insomniac tell it like it is. They comment on Blue Ray, the Wii and 360, Sony PR gaffs, PS3 curing cancer, and one caller asks.."Who's the bigger asshole, David Jaffee or Cliffy B?" The interview starts about 15 minutes in after Gaming News with Jessica. Lots of great questions and a lot of laughs in the interview From digg on December 12, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Take iSight snapshots during invalid login attempts "With the new MacBook Pro's including built-in iSight cameras, I thought it would be useful to take an iSight snapshot of anyone trying to break into my laptop. This is done by tailing /var/log/asl.log for invalid login attempts." From digg on December 12, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Assassins gun down children of Palestinian official Gunmen in Gaza City opened fire Monday on the car of a senior Palestinian intelligence official, killing his three children as they were being dropped off at school. Witnesses of the shooting said the gunmen fired dozens of rounds, causing panic at the school, and were chased away by Hamas policeman who returned fire. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Overclocking Guide Part 1: Risks, Choices and Benefits Who overclocks? Why should anyone consider it? Before looking at the finer details of the technique, we first consider the benefits and risks with respect to a few main components. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
openSUSE 10.2: the best Linux desktop yet? First impressions are important, and openSUSE 10.2 made a strong enough impression with me that I may be making openSUSE 10.2 my new desktop OS. I installed openSUSE 10.2 RC1 soon after its release in late November, and I've been kicking the tires on the final release since it was made public last Thursday. Here's my report. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Blu-ray shows promise THE WAR BETWEEN two high-definition standards has been anything but boring. Sadly, both standards are showing heavy DRM infestation when it comes to movie reproduction politics. It seems that Hollywood really thinks that all of its consumers are thieves, but we'll leave the socio-political rant at that. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
humping dog usb memory stick Video of a humping dog usb memory stick.... I want one! From digg on December 12, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
The Top 10 Goofiest Twilight Princess Characters "For those still pining for more Tingle, there are more than enough characters in Twilight Princess that have bits of Tingle's "charm" in them. With one of the biggest and best Zelda adventures in a while, we can't help but think Nintendo's designers didn't want to let Tingle go, either." Here are the weirdest Twilight Princess characters. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Libertarian Party turns 35 The Libertarian Party was officially founded on December 11, 1971 in Colorado by a group of disillusioned Republicans, Democrats and political newcomers. This video offers a great historical retrospective. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Can Turtles live forever? “Turtles don’t really die of old age,” Dr. Raxworthy said. In fact, if turtles didn’t get eaten, crushed by an automobile or fall prey to a disease, he said, they might just live indefinitely. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Some of the most extreme Trials bike riding you've ever seen Compilation of clips from some of Andrew Tonkery's vids throughout the years. Features several former and current world champs From digg on December 12, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Congress outlaws pretexting A bill passed by the outgoing 109th Congress makes pretexting illegal. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 10:32 a.m..
Computers that digest the news to change trading The information provider will make available today a tagged version of its news feed — which provides 8,000 news stories a day — to make them easier for computer-based trading systems to digest. It describes the effort as generating “machine-readable news”. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 10:32 a.m..
U.S. Government officials cover up murder to save political careers This is the amazing story of DEA Special Agent Sandalio Gonzalez who--after discovering that the ICE kept using an informant after he committed dozens of murders--was threatened with bad performance evaluations if he didn't retire. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 10:32 a.m..
Does the PS3 have a higher tolerance for scratched discs? All the discs that the 360 choked on, the PS3 played without a problem. While I was talking about this with some of the other Ars editors, it turns out that Ken has noticed this as well. Does Sony have the secret sauce or is Microsoft skimping on the DVD drive in the 360? From digg on December 12, 2006 at 10:32 a.m..
AMD On Track For Shift To 45-Nano Manufacturing Last manufacturing switch took 26 months, but at least one analyst says AMD will make its current deadline. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 10:32 a.m..
Q&A with Microsoft about Windows Vista "..I got the chance to hear about Windows Vista and other new MS creations, like the Xbox 360 and Zune music player. There were 'softies from all different parts of the enormous company presenting at different times and quite a few questions to be asked, so I'm going to paraphrase from my notes all the tidbits I gathered.." From digg on December 12, 2006 at 10:32 a.m..
iTunes sales 'collapsing' iTunes, has experienced a collapse in sales revenues this year according to Forrester Research. While the iTunes service saw healthy growth for much of the period, since January the monthly revenue has fallen by 65 per cent, with the average transaction size falling 17 per cent. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 10:32 a.m..
Short Stroll in a Chinese National Park A stroll to get your adrenaline pumping. Don't look down! From digg on December 12, 2006 at 10:32 a.m..
Good news on Korea-Australia science co-operation In an important new move to strengthen scientific research linkages between Australia and the Republic of Korea, the key scientific bodies of both nations have signed a letter of intent with a main focus on early-career scientists and improved information exchange. The action follows identification of a need to do more in both countries to raise awareness of the other's exceptional research capabilities and potential. AAS Media release, 7 December 2006 From EdNA Online on December 12, 2006 at 10:31 a.m..
Christmas Activities Site includes printable templates for Christmas crafts for preschool, and primary aged students. A letter from santa template is also available, but suitable for parents only. From EdNA Online on December 12, 2006 at 10:31 a.m..
Leopard’s Illuminating Graphical User Interface: Illuminous Is the user interface used in Apples Aperture and other 'pro' applications the rumored new Illuminous GUI replacement for Aqua? From digg on December 12, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..
Nokia steals iTunes logo Apparently Microsoft's not the only one stealing Apple icons for their site. Take a look at the icon Nokia uses for their "music software" - it's the second one under "PC Software." It's the iTunes logo, copied and pasted. I guess piracy is ok as long as you're in Europe? From digg on December 12, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..
Google Base Has a New Interface Google doesn't like to do small things. When I saw the new interface for searching Google Base, it seemed to be the perfect answer for a Computer World story that said: "Google to boost product search in time for holiday season". From digg on December 12, 2006 at 8:55 a.m..
Sony Says ALL PS3 Manufacturing Problems Fixed Good news everyone! Sony's communications boss David Karraker says the company is on track to ship 1 million consoles by Year end—that's three weeks from now—since all their manufacturing problems have been fixed. SURE... From digg on December 12, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..
Hour of daily exercise cuts bowel cancer risk Whether is it jogging around the park, pumping iron or swimming, an hour of vigorous exercise a day can lower the risk of bowel cancer, a study said on Monday. Even cleaning the house, or two hours of less strenuous activity can make a difference, according to the study of more than 413,000 people in 10 European countries. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..
Memory chip breakthrough for electronic devices Scientists from IBM, Macronix and Qimonda said they developed a material that made "phase-change" memory 500 to 1,000 times faster than the commonly-used "flash" memory, while using half as much power. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..
The worse possible way to get your girlfriend pregnant JD on Scrubs tries to describe how he got Kim (his girlfriend) pregnant. Includes dirty talk, friendly fire, and an air strike. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..
Netherlands pulls plug on analog tv, first nation to switch to digital only Dutch government will save around $14 million annually from the switch, the cost it used to pay to broadcast the free antenna service that was used by only 74,000 households. In US, whose digital target is 2009, about 21 million people use antenna service, & another 20 million would need digital converters. I say bring on IPTV! From digg on December 12, 2006 at 7:32 a.m..
Canadians Reject Prison Tattoo Plan The program was revolutionary in that it sought to curb the spread of Hepatitis and potentially AIDS among inmates by creating tattoo parlors within prison walls that follow strict hygiene rules, as opposed to the status quo of shared needles or other sharp implements being passed around, bloody and infected. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 7:32 a.m..
Abrupt ice retreat could produce ice-free arctic summers by 2040 The recent retreat of Arctic sea ice is likely to accelerate so rapidly that the Arctic Ocean could become nearly devoid of ice during summertime as early as 2040. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 7:32 a.m..
Red Hat tools for SELinux Mayank Sharma writes about some of the features that Red Hat is rolling out to support SELinux on the desktop. SELinux is an NSA-developed security system for locking down Linux. The new tools are GUI tools which allow end-users to configure, examine and analyse an SELinux system. SELinux is unlikely to be suited to non-technical users and still looks to be a significant administration burden even with the new tooStuartYeates's blog on December 12, 2006 at 7:32 a.m..
New insights into the origin of life on Earth In an advance toward understanding the origin of life on Earth, scientists have shown that parts of the Krebs cycle can run in reverse, producing biomolecules that could jump-start life with only sunlight and a mineral present in the primordial oceans. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 6:30 a.m..
After Lung Cancer Surgery, Nearly Half of Patients Resume Smoking More than a third of smokers who had surgery to remove early stage lung cancer were smoking again within a year, a new study finds. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
Digg, Facebook and Newsvine link up with The New York Times Readers of NYTimes.com will now be able to add headlines and a small portion of text to the social media sites by clicking on the logos of Digg, Facebook and Newsvine. Those logos began appearing next to The Times' stories today in the same box as the print and e-mail tools, although they're initially hidden until users click the "Share" link. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
Sega nabs rights to Alien(s) movies With no firm word yet on platforms (other then PC and "next-generation" consoles) or even a date beyond "2008", we can expect an RPG and a First Person Shooter (FPS) from Sega based on the Aliens universe - but not on the movies directly. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
10 Promising Treatments for World's Biggest Health Threats "Treatments for diabetes, smoking, Alzheimer's disease and lung cancer are just a few of the potentially lifesaving cures Scientific American has chosen to highlight in this year's roundup of drugs you've never heard of, despite their potentially huge impact on global health." From digg on December 12, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
Mac Sales 4X faster than Global PC Market; closing in on 3rd Place in U.S. Apple's Macintosh unit sales are growing more than four times faster than the global PC market and have Apple closing in on 3rd place in the U.S. PC market. While iPod sales contribute nearly 40% of Apple's revenue, Mac sales still kick in more than half, which means the product's renewed vigor is goosing Apple's sales and bottom line. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
Car chase teen pledges to drink and drive again A teenager whose high-speed drink-driving left his girlfriend in hospital is promising to drink and drive again. His girlfriend was pulled injured from the car and remains in hospital. "I would do it again but with no-one in the car besides me. I would drink and drive again with just me in the car," he said. His younger sister was also injured. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
Pauly Shore Gets Knocked Out on Stage (video) DEC 2006, Texas.. Pauly Shore responds to a heckler, the big cowboy gets on stage, and knocks him down. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
New legislation: sex offenders must register e-mail addresses A new bill introduced by Senator John McCain last week would require all registered sex offenders to give their e-mail addresses, IM screen names, and chat room handles to the government. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
Microsoft gives up trying and starts blatantly copying… This is way more than “inspiration” here. This is some kid at Microsoft going to the Apple site, saving the image to the Microsoft server, and then bragging to his boss that he just whipped up the icon. Pathetic From digg on December 12, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..
Street Pranks Pictures Real life practical illusion pranks on streets. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..
Creating a page curl in Photoshop Today’s tutorial was a request by Kirk from Smallest Photo. As you all know, the way I do or show it isn’t the ‘only’ way, it’s just my way and I’m open for any other tips or suggestions. As always I had fun doing this and I’m always happy to share stuff like this. So here it goes… From digg on December 12, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..
Microsoft launches XNA Game Studio Express Today Microsoft officially announced the release of the XNA Game Studio Express and XNA Creators Club. The program allows anyone with a Windows XP-based PC to create and develop their own games. The software is based on Visual C# 2005 Express Edition and Microsoft .NET Compact. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..
Henry Rollins - America Is Under Attack Best. Rant. Ever. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..
2006 Web Technology Trends Read/WriteWeb has an overview of high level Web technology trends from 2006. Included in the list: 2006 - the year of the social network, the mainstreaming of RSS, Web 2.0 overhyped, the consumerization of the enterprise, online video growth, widgets, and more. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..
Vista to generate $70 billion in revenue for IT industry and increase jobs "A research study released today by International Data Corporation and commissioned by Microsoft shows that the Vista operating system will drive significant economic growth in the United States in its first year of shipment." What a (funny) press release from Microsoft! Maybe they mean more jobs at the anti-virus companies... From digg on December 12, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..
India's Outsourcing Problems One of the most controversial aspects of the global economy has been outsourcing, and no one embraced it like India. Of late, there are problems: engineers skip projects after only a few months and salaries are rising by 14% per year. It is no surprise then that companies are leaving India. Will Ho Chi Minh City be the new Bangalore? From digg on December 12, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..
30 things that should be added to the Nintendo Wii Mii creator The WiiWii.tv team come up with another doozie, this time the top 30 things that should be incorporated into the Mii creator on Nintendo's Wii console. These include boobs (Because the Wii world needs Dolly, Jordan and Anna-Nicole in their FULL glory); peg legs (Mainly for pirates, and Heather Mills); and slogan tshirts (FRANKII SAYS WIILAX etc) From digg on December 12, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..
So What did TomDelay.com Look Like Before He Started Deleting Comments? A tribute to the 75-minute period where tom delay actually received feedback from America. The experiment has now ended, but, this blog has taken a snap-shot, just for you... From digg on December 12, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..
Change and resistance. An international conference on social transformations and education The conference will create a forum for debates on current processes of learning, adaptation and resistance taking place in rapidly changing societies. From EdNA Online on December 12, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
Zam's Quest A unique website surrounding wildlife and environmental issues with links to video's and an interactive comic making tool. From EdNA Online on December 12, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
New Enterprise Incentive Scheme (NEIS) This scheme helps eligible unemployed people to start up and run a new, viable small business. From EdNA Online on December 12, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
Zam's Quest This interactive comic book maker includes 9 frames in which you can choose backgrounds, characters and speech bubbles. On completion students can share, print or email the completed work. From EdNA Online on December 12, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
JISC welcomes Gowers review of Intellectual Property JISC broadly welcomed the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property, published by the Treasury last week, which provides a review and evaluation of the issue of intellectual property (IP) in the digital age. JISC News, 11 December 2006 From EdNA Online on December 12, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
10,000 miles and 8 wishes Please digg my video its for a good cause and I think you will enjoy the video! Thanks,Paul Sanchez From digg on December 12, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..
Small Nuclear War Would Cause Global Environmental Catastrophe A small-scale, regional nuclear war could disrupt the global climate for a decade or more, with environmental effects that could be devastating for everyone on Earth, researchers have concluded. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..
Australian Military Bans Blogging THE Australian Defence Force has banned soldiers from writing online journals and has deleted blogs from troops serving in Iraq. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..
How to Turn an Ordinary Photo Into an Extraordinary Photo A simple Photoshop tutorial that will show you how to liven up an old image and transform it from ordinary picture to an Extraordinary photo! From digg on December 12, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..
Gettin Sideways Iraq Style Middle Eastern fun in a Nissan SUV. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..
2006 Holiday Buyer's Guide: Geek Watches "..I’m a traditional watch geek, one who slobbers over mechanical watches in the $500-$100,000 range, so if we sat down to discuss this over a beer I’d tell you to buy a nice mechanical automatic watch instead of a quartz one.." From digg on December 12, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..
Britain's Mass Exodus According to a report for the BBC, some 5.5m Britons 'opt to live abroad' for a variety of reasons. Can the last one out turn off the lights? From digg on December 12, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..
Wii Virtual Console cracked: F-Zero released A file has been released on bittorrent and newsgroups, which contains a binary image of the F-Zero NTSC game. The game has to be copied to a SD card and then copied on the Wii from the SD card to the Wii memory. Seems to work only on US consoles for now. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..
FEMA Wants Payback from Ineligible Aid Recipients Thousands of people who received money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency after Hurricane Katrina are now being asked to pay the money back. FEMA fraud has been highly publicized, but many people who are facing collection say they gave FEMA correct information and followed its rules, and they should not have to pay. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..
DMCA Scammer's Attempts to Silence Critics Could Hurt Us All According to the author: Going beyond the Church of Scientology's misuse of takedown notices, Michael Crook serves notices on images he doesn't own the rights to. The resulting legal reactions could lead to problems for webmasters and publishers, and those who wish to limit scraping, content theft and plagiarism. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..
Iran students heckle Ahmadinejad Iranian students have disrupted a speech by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at a prestigious Tehran university, setting fire to his picture and heckling him. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..
How to encode DIVX, MPG and MOV videos on your Wii With a tool the Wii can play DIVX movies! The video shows the 300 trailer and an episode of Red Vs Blue playing through the Wii's photo channel. Download the tool and start watching movies on the wii. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..
How to solve a rubik's cube in your head "The intention was that I would memorise the starting piece positions of a given cube, put on the blindfold, and then think about how to solve it. However, a lot less mental effort is required if I think about how I am going to solve it before I put on the blindfold. So I developed a better technique..." From digg on December 12, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..
Wireless Wii sensor bar available A third party company has released a wireless Wii sensor bar, available for purchase over the net. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..
Sony apparently hurting for PSP sales. Makes stupid lame website. Some marketing genius for Sony has made some lame website that is apparently written by a couple of hipsters about how much they want a PSP. Problem is, the domain is registered to some lame marketing company. Way to go Sony! The Winnar Is You! From digg on December 12, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..
Blu-Ray for the PS3 was a "mistake" Forcing PS3 punters into buying a Blu-Ray format player with their consoles might be backfiring on Sony. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..
Dec 11, 1984: George Lucas Divorces.....making Steve Jobs a Billionaire Where Mr. Lucas wanted to retain control of the Lucas businesses, Mrs. Lucas was willing to settle for cash. The quandary led George to approach Apple to buy what would later become Pixar--a pitch the company rejected. Steve Jobs was intrigued and later bought the company for $10 million. The divorce that eventually made Steve Jobs a billionaire From digg on December 12, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..
5 Guitars You Can’t Buy Everything from a touch screen guitar to the obligatory gun-guitar. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..
Night Owls Are More Creative Not a morning person? Take solace — new research suggests that "night owls" are more likely to be creative thinkers. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..
Google Blatantly Copies Yahoo!? Jeremy Zawodny catches Google stealing a page from Yahoo's site. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..
YouTube Adds a Layer of Filtering to Be a Little Nicer YouTube has changed its layout for some videos posted by CBS, placing user comments on a separate page instead of directly beneath each video. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..
IBM touts 'Flash-killer' IBM has built a prototype storage device with two partners that they claim is 500 times faster than Flash. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..
Using an XHTML Sitemap to Get a Site Deep-Indexed by Google Typically, WordPress archive pages (and other CMS archive pages, for that matter) do not contain links to all of your internal pages and available syndication feeds. Chris Pearson reveals how to serve GoogleBot all of your juicy content morsels using XHTML. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..
New York City Recreated in SimCity Ongoing New York City recreation project in SimCity4. From the Empire State Building down to even the cabs every detail of the Big Apple is being transfered into the game. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..
Apple's number of 'new-to-Mac' buyers growing A recent survey of twenty Apple Specialist retailers shows that approximately 25 percent of customers buying Macs are new to the platform and that the figure is likely to keep rising due to the iPod "halo effect" and Apple's Boot Camp software. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..
Details on the Diverse Discovery crew Aside from 2 members, most of the crew are rookies. They are also a diverse bunch: two members are African-American — the first time two black astronauts have flown on the same mission. Another was born in England, and a fourth in Sweden. Commander Williams, of the Navy, is half Indian. Check out the article for more details on each crew member. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..
Beer experts: 137-year-old brew tastes “absolutely amazing” The recently-discovered cache of 1869 ale should have been undrinkable, given the conventional brewing wisdom that even the best beers are supposed to last no more than a couple of decades. Beer experts say the brew tastes “absolutely amazing”. The Victorian beer was part of a cache of 250 vintage bottles found in the vaults of White Shield. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..
Windows Development Chief: 'I'd buy a Mac if I didn't work for Microsoft" Longtime Windows development chief James Allchin wrote in a January 2004 e-mail to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and company co-founder Bill Gates that the software vendor had "lost sight" of customers' needs and said he would buy a Mac if he wasn't working for Microsoft. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..
Review: SUSE 10.2 This time SUSE was in a very good position. Ubuntu 6.10, Fedora Core 6 and Mandriva 2007 were released in October, and this gave SUSE nearly two months to inspect them, learn from their respective innovations and make SUSE 10.2 the best desktop Linux distribution available on the market. Had they done so? From digg on December 12, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..
Google Expands to Radio Ads Google Inc. announced late last week that it has begun testing its new radio advertising service, a move that represents the company's most elaborate attempt to expand its operations beyond the Internet. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..
Top Ten Free Linux Games "If you think that there are no great games for Linux, think again! We are taking a look at 10 of some of the most popular Linux games... that just so happen to be completely free!" From digg on December 12, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..
101 Ways to use Google's New Website Optimizer Google has just released a powerful tool that allows you to test changes to your website. Here are 101 tips to improve your web site based on the information it reveals. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..
Final Fantasy XIII Level Modelling Video See how the pros at Square Enix make next-gen magic. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..
Mozart's entire musical score now free on Internet Mozart's year-long 250th birthday party is ending on a high note with the musical scores of his complete works available from Monday for the first time free on the Internet. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..
Lessons From the Center of Collective Intelligence Why has collective intelligence become such a big deal? With the rise of social media (wikis, social bookmarking sites and socially driven news and content aggregation sites), it seems that everyone wants to get on the bandwagon. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..
Opinion: Evolution is a Foundation of Science The misconception is that a theory is something shaky and might at any time be disproven. In biology that is not true. Evolution as a theory is not on shaky ground at all. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..
Piratebay strikes back - blocks Swedish ISP! The Swedish ISP that decided to block allofmp3.com a couple of days ago didn't know what they had coming. Now they're being blocked by Piratebay and The Pirate Party are calling for other sites to do the same. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..
Gadgets Built to Fail Someday, much sooner than you'd like, that shiny new toy you just bought will break. When it happens, you'll swear, you'll cry -- then you'll sigh and open your wallet. You've been here before, with the jammed Walkman, the DOA answering machine, the fritzed digicam, the blue screen of death. Why do our beloved gadgets die so young? From digg on December 12, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..
Have "hooligans" taken over Digg? From the article:"I've noticed that user comments have gotten out of control. These days, it's hard to find an article submission that isn't full of offensive comments and blatant disrespect for other users. Some threads are more about bashing other users than they are about commenting on the articles" Agree/disagree? From digg on December 12, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..
Close Call - Skydiver Nearly Gets Hit By A Plane Guy jumps out, opens his parachute and almost gets hit by a passing plane. (NSFW language) From digg on December 12, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..
Legal database expands to Asia An Australian vision to provide free public access to law resources over the internet continues to spread with the launch of the Asian Legal Information Institute, a gateway that allows simultaneous searching of more than 100 databases. AsianLII, the latest LII to be spun off from the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII), allows users to search national databases containing legislation, case-law, law reform reports and legal journals from 27 countries. The website, www.asianlii.org, gives visitors unprecedented access to resources from the Philippines, Indonesia, Japan, Pakistan, From EdNA Online on December 12, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..
Writing centers and academic advising: towards a synergistic partnership This article introduces academic advising as an important and useful role academic writing centers can fulfill. Academic advising can not only influence students' academic and career choices but can also play a critical role in creating and facilitating a productive academic culture within a departmental and university-wide context. In this article, the authors examine the role academic advising plays within colleges and universities. The authors aim to start a dialogue about the connections between academic advising, writing instruction in academic discourse, and the mentoring roles facu From EdNA Online on December 12, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..
Robot Oympiad held in Brisbane Six hundred students armed with 150 robo-athletes from 15 countries converged on the Gold Coast for the 8th International Robot Olympiad. Hosted by Griffith University's School of Information and Communication Technology, this is the first time the event has been held in Australia. Participants included teams from Canada, China, Israel, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, Thailand and the USA as well as local Australian teams, who did battle to show off their technological expertise and creativity across a number of contests. From EdNA Online on December 12, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..
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