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Seinfeld Horror Spoof Seinfeld recut into a horror movie. This has to be the most amazing editing job I've ever seen for one of these spoofs, really well done and funny! From digg on December 13, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


Original 2001 TechTV iPod Review Video Interesting look back at a review when the iPod first came out... From digg on December 13, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


Skype unveils yearly long distance package for PC-to-phone Promo deal for $14.95 for one year of long distance. The promotion will also include 100 minutes of SkypeOut for International calls and over $50 worth of coupons for purchasing Skype-certified hardware products. After January 31, the yearly fee will increase to $29.95. Free LD kaput. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


Woman leaves her 2 year old in her BMW while she shops with her dog. A mother faces child endangerment charges after a valet called police to report she left her 2-year-old son alone in her BMW while she shopped with her dog at Scottsdale Fashion Square. I personally am embarrassed to live in the same state as this ignorant bitch From digg on December 13, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


Over 2 million Wii's now sold Nintendo have announced today that over 2 million Wii's have already been sold to eager gamers around the globe. In other good news, DS has now sold over 30 million worldwide and is course to hit 35 million by the end of the month with weekly sales now in excess of 1.25 million - a record. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


Geek to Live: iTunes power tips We've posted boatloads of iTunes hacks, workarounds, features, screenshots and tips over the past 2 years. But today I'd like to highlight some of the lesser-known but super-useful iTunes features available in the latest version. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


The Secret Nintendo Song -Video #3 You're very lucky if you've heard this already: a super-secret song hidden deep in Nintendo games including Mario Land 2, Zelda: Link's Awakening, and Pikmin 2. It's so well hidden that a new in-game instance was uncovered this month in a game that's been out for years. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


The XNA Game Development Studio for Xbox 360 and PC Microsoft has officially released the final version of the XNA Game Development Studio, which aims to make writing games easier than ever before. We'll see if the days of the basement coder have come again. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


Debian: server yes, desktop no I recently decided to retire Red Hat 7 after seven years of loyal service as a firewall/router-OS on my home LAN. Like a red-headed stepchild grown old, it had become cranky from extended neglect, and no longer would even shutdown or reboot without issuing nasty messages. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


*NEW* Futurama's David X. Cohen interview - new episodes 2008. COHEN: Within the new season, we will definitely feature more continuity than in the past. We will also be shedding light on several lingering questions from the original run, including hitherto unknown facts about Nibbler, dark matter and Seymour the dog. By the way, that was my first use of the word “hitherto” in an interview. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


Google liberates the Google Web Toolkit Google has released the source code of GWT under the open source Apache 2.0 license. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


Star Wars Tunisia image galler - hundreds of tatooine pics! Today's story about the Star Wars set location in Tunisia was useless without a photo gallery. So here are a ton of Flickr pictures that do the story justice. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


How to spend your Christmas money on tech - a guide to shopping A British based guide on how to spend £125 ($250) on Christmas. It explains what the best graphics and RAM there is to buy, why you should invest in dual monitors, the best games to buy and setting up the best racing PC on a budget! From digg on December 13, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


Rumors abound: Fidel Castro is dead Spanish Radio said to have reported Castro dead. Miami police on alert. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


Why Browser War 2.0 Will Heat Up in 2007 We wrote recently about the renewed web browser war between Microsoft and Mozilla (and some other, smaller, usually very innovative players). Our theory is that in 2006 a lot of the ground work for a major battle was laid out. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


Interview: Wil Shipley of Delicious Monster (Delicious Library) Wil Shipley of Delicious Monster has been a busy guy, working on releasing Delicious Library 2 soon, getting involved in charity, and participating in now-controversial events such as MacHeist. We had a chance to chat with him about all of this, and more. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


Freak accident restores eyesight to WWII vet who lost it in 1942 "I've been in a lot of fights,'' he thought, "but I've never been hit that hard." Last time he was hit with such might was on that Navy ship 64 years ago. Karkos got home that night, still a little woozy. He walked down the hallway of his Monticello home, rubbing his good eye. Wait. What was happening? "Holy ——!" said Karkos. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


IBM to give birth to 'Second Life' business group Big Blue plans to launch a virtual reality project next month, and some of its now-private islands will open to the public soon. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


Your City Here: Bad Slogans Across America We don't know if they were trying to be funny, or if these towns' planners were really serious when they adopted some of the worst catchphrases, slogans and mottos that we've ever come across. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


It’s Official(ish): MySpace Is Biggest Site on Internet The November Comscore numbers show the inevitable: Fox Interactive (mostly MySpace) now has more page views than the combined Yahoo sites, taking the no. 1 spot for the first time. This was less to do with MySpace growth than with a 9% dip in overall Yahoo traffic (total Internet traffic for all sites in November dipped just 3%; Google was up 5%). From digg on December 13, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


66% Think U.S. Spies on Its Citizens Two-thirds of Americans believe that the FBI and other federal agencies are intruding on privacy rights as part of terrorism investigations, but they remain divided over whether such tactics are justified, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll released yesterday. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


Fable 2 announced December 12, 2006 - Havok announced today that Lionhead Studios have licensed Havok Complete for use in the upcoming Xbox 360 exclusive RPG, Fable 2. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


The 8 Ways The Tech Industry Tries To Screw Us — And How To Avoid Them It may come as a shock to some people that tech companies are corporations–charged first and foremost with making money. Still, it sometimes seems like it wouldn’t hurt Big Tech to treat us just a little bit better. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


YouTube is almost entirely written in Python! Guido van Rossum, the creator and BDFL of Python programming language says that YouTube is almost entirely written in Python. Oh! think of the scalability of a Python based system. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


Nintendo Wii Crushes Competition for Online Searches Hitwise stats show that searches for the Nintendo Wii overtook searches for all other gaming consoles and even overtook the perennial favourite, iPod, to become the most searched for toy in the lead up to Christmas. Check out the graph... From digg on December 13, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


Homer Simpson pops up on medical marijuana packaging San Francisco resident "Tremain Calm" shares this scan of a legally-obtained bag of medical marijuana, featuring the presumably illicit use of Homer Simpson's likeness. Although -- who knows? Perhaps Homer, too, is a card-carrying member of that club, which would explain in part the character's penchant for donuts. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


Skype 3.0 Released The final version of Skype 3.0 was released today. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


Young Frankenstein - Puttin' on the Ritz (Video) In memory of Peter Boyle. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


Apple Computer Building Floods After Water Leak..."100 Gallons per minute" California Water Service Co. crews are cleaning up what's left of a major water leak that left more than a foot of water lining the floor of an Apple Computer Inc. building in Cupertino early this morning. At one point more than 100 gallons of water per minute were flooding into the building from a leak under the first floor From digg on December 13, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


Sony Fesses Up on Viral Site, What else can they do wrong? Just about everyone has pointed out just how painfully obvious that the "All I want for Xmas is a PSP" website is really just a bad marketing ploy for Sony. Well everyone, but Sony.Today Sony joined the club and apologized for the marketing deception: From digg on December 13, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


THIS Wiimote is goin' nowhere We knew the straps were a little weak. This user decided to protect his loved ones and shiny TV set in the most authorative way he knew how... From digg on December 13, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


BREAKING:Senator Johnson reportedly suffers stroke; Senate power might tip "MSNBC is currently reporting that Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) has suffered a stroke." If he is unable to continue, a republican governor will decide who will be the next senator. This could tip the balance of power in the senate. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 7:31 p.m..


GOP Leaders Fail Pop Test on the Difference between Sunnis and Shiites However his Democratic counterpart failed the same inquiry. So who are these guys, and why did they get appointed to such lofty post w/o a basic understanding of the differences between Sunnis and Shiites. "A curse on both of your houses" From digg on December 13, 2006 at 7:31 p.m..


Big Wave Riding: Not Your Average Surf Wave The wave is freaking huge...heart stops just watching it. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 7:31 p.m..


Xbox 360 Compare: DVD vs. HD-DVD "The difference between HD DVD and regular DVD is astounding, and really offers a true next gen experience. The price, at only 200 bucks, is a steal, and the fact that it comes with a great movie makes it even sweeter." From digg on December 13, 2006 at 7:31 p.m..


Xbox 360 Backward Compatability Update Leaked? Microsoft updated their Xbox 360 backward compatability list on the official site, only to retract these games moments later. Did someone hit publish a little too soon? From digg on December 13, 2006 at 7:31 p.m..


The 15 Best Places to Waste Time on the Web It's first thing in the morning and you're at the office. You're sipping your coffee and sifting through e-mail, but you're not quite ready to delve into the real work of the day. So what are you gonna do? Fire up your Web browser and distract yourself by wasting time on the Internet. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 7:31 p.m..


SC: 13/12 Microsoft withdraws MS Office patch for Mac OSX Microsoft has announced that the Mac OSX security update issued on Tuesday 12th December for the Mac version of Microsoft Office was posted in error; Microsoft has encouraged consumers to uninstall the patch, which is still being tested ... From MCS Safe Computing Bulletins on December 13, 2006 at 7:31 p.m..


FreeMind: free mind mapping software FreeMind is mind mapping software written in Java, used both as mind mapping and knowledge management software. As a productivity tool it has fast one-click operation and navigation and 'follow link' operations. It is available in two versions: minimum version is 3 MB instead of 8 MB. The maximum version contains additional plugins and features including exporting to Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), exporting to Portable Document Format (PDF), reminders that can be attached to nodes, and help for FreeMind. From EdNA Online on December 13, 2006 at 7:30 p.m..


edna Sandpit The edna Sandpit is a place for road-testing new and emerging technologies and evaluating their potential to deliver value for education. The sandpit is a free space for groups within the Australian education and training community who wish to explore applications such as web conferencing and social networking applications and podcasting. From EdNA Online on December 13, 2006 at 7:30 p.m..


Italian language school: Giacomo Puccini Centre Giacomo Puccini Centre is a language school in Viareggio, Italy, offering a range of different Italian language programs from the standard language course to individual tuition and the Italian Diploma course (AIL Exams and CILS exams). From EdNA Online on December 13, 2006 at 7:30 p.m..


Process Tamer: Download of the Day (Windows Only) Windows only: Freeware system tray app ProcessTamer is a lightweight CPU usage monitoring tool that watches your computer for CPU hogs and "tames" them before they freeze up your computer. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


Fugitive Caught After Checking His Myspace Page man who escaped from a Georgia jail over the summer was captured thanks to the Internet and a public computer. Darren Bates, 35, was arrested in Philadelphia after police learned that he regularly checked his Myspace.com account at a public library there, said Capt. Chris Spires of the Baldwin County, Ga., Sheriff’s Department. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


European 360 site caught selling Halo 3 beta codes Numerous European gaming websites were given Halo 3 beta codes to hand out. These codes were to be distributed by each site, in most cases as part of a promotional contest. It seems, however, that one of these sites saw the codes as an opportunity to make some Euros, and decided to sell them instead. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


Mark Shuttleworth calls for an Open Source Second Life "I think there’s going to be a need for innovation around the ways we blur the lines between real and virtual worlds, and this is again one of those places that I think the free software community cold steal a lead on the proprietary world." From digg on December 13, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


The Father From "Everybody Loves Raymond" Had Died Peter Boyle, the father in TV's "Everybody Loves Raymond" passed away in New York on Wednesday. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


The Top 10 Gamer Cakes Here's a collection of the 10 hottest looking gamer cakes around. They look so deliciously delectable and just in time for the holidays too. There's nothing I would rather be doing on Christmas, than drowning my sorrows in a troth of gamer cakes. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


Police Find $400,000 Worth Of Cocaine On Beach Investigators are looking into why almost $500,000 worth of cocaine washed ashore at a Hollywood beach. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


Computers learn to parse natural human language A company in Israel claims to have solved the problem of enabling computers to parse natural human language. Linguistic Agents says its "NanoSyntax" technology translates normative human language into a formal computer language, potentially improving search interfaces, application interfaces, text-message-based network APIs, and phone trees. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


Hilarious Family Guy Spoof Seth MacFarlane takes us through the origins of Family Guy. Semi-Starring: Snoop Dogg, Dane Cook, Queen Latifah, & Kathy Griffin. From Mad TV. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


Pauly Shore video a fake!!! The Odessa, Texas Police Department claims that an officer "had met with Mr. Shore prior to his set, and was asked to participate in the skit. The officer stated that the skit went as designed and that Shore was not injured in the designed skit." From digg on December 13, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


Coming soon: DIY laser hair removal It looks like its booming days for the hair-removal business, with Philips recently scoring a patent for its light-based razor technology and Palomar now snagging the all-important FDA approval needed to market its StarLux laser hair removal system for home use. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


The mortal enemy of the Wii: Christmas trees? Ben Kuchera talks about his experience with the Wii and how his Christmas tree caused the Wiimote to not respond properly. Apparently there was some sort of electrical interference. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


Apple may be its own Wireless Carrier for iPhone to be sold in Apple Stores Apple Computer Inc. may serve as its own wireless carrier if it delivers an iPod-based cell phone next year and rely on the company's network of retail stores to sell service contracts for the device, UBS AG said From digg on December 13, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


A brief summary of 99% of the people you will ever meet in college The kind of people you may meet in college. Which one are you? Leave a comment. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


Google unveils unorthodox stock option auction | CNET News.com Google plans to start an unorthodox stock options program in April that will allow employees to sell their vested options on an online auction, the search giant announced late Tuesday. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


Battles Being Waged Over "Iconstan" - Social Network Icons On Blogs "You won't find this mythical land on a map, as Iconistan exists only at the bottom of blog posts. It's where that little crowd of icons gathers, begging you to post a bit of news to Digg, Reddit, del.icio.us and various other social news and community sites." From digg on December 13, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


Ars Technica's first look at Firefox 3.0 The recent release of Firefox 3.0 Alpha 1 provides insight into the future of the popular open source web browser. With the new Gecko 1.9 rendering engine, Firefox 3 now leverages the powerful Cairo vector drawing library and passes the Acid 2 test. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 12:31 p.m..


PS3 looks like crap when running old and new PS2 games!!! This video has a side by side movie of FFX with both the PS2 and the PS3 running at the same time. I just bought FFXII and I own a PS3 and im upset that i will have to rehook up my PS2 just to play it! Sony please for the love of all that is good FIX IT!!!!!!!!!!!! From digg on December 13, 2006 at 12:31 p.m..


Google Patents Search Result Page Looks like Google filed a patent for their search result page design (see the image). While this may seem silly, that’s the state of software patents – patent an obvious or semi-obvious idea yourself, or expect to be sued by someone else who decides to try patent it (and sometimes, only a mixture of patents can force a stalemate situation From digg on December 13, 2006 at 12:31 p.m..


Top 3 Internet Speed Test Sites If your Internet connection seems slow, the first step is to actually benchmark it at an Internet speed test site. An Internet speed test can give you a fairly accurate indication of how much bandwidth is available to you at the current time. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 12:31 p.m..


PS3 future going the way of the Jaguar Atari was set to market the Jaguar with a $3 million advertising budget, a telephone support line, and promised support from over 20 third party developers. However, retailers and the media were still skeptical that Atari could deliver quality software and keep all of its promises. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 12:31 p.m..


A Molecular Condom Against AIDS University of Utah scientists designed a "molecular condom" women could use daily to prevent AIDS by vaginally inserting a liquid that would turn into a gel-like coating and then, when exposed to semen, return to liquid form and release an antiviral drug. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 12:31 p.m..


Migrate Visual Studio C and C++ projects to Eclipse CDT With most C/C++ projects on Windows® developed with Microsoft® Visual Studio®, it is essential to study the migration of these projects to Eclipse, the open source IDE. This article provides a brief step-by-step procedure for migrating Microsoft Visual Studio C/C++ (MSVC) projects to Eclipse. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 12:31 p.m..


Microsoft patches zero-day Windows Media flaw Microsoft on Tuesday released seven security updates with patches for 11 security vulnerabilities, most of which affect the Windows operating system. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 12:31 p.m..


Insane Detailed Back To The Future Timeline Very detailed wikipedia entry that shows the timeline of the movie series. Seriously check this out. (And For Good Measure) GREAT SCOTT! From digg on December 13, 2006 at 12:31 p.m..


Zelda brings out the best in people! A Zelda fan gives his copy of Twilight Princess to a child who wasn't as fortunate. Great story. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 12:31 p.m..


By Popular Demand: 50 More ’80s Commercials Seems that Giant magazine forgot more than a few entries when they compiled their list of the 50 top commercials of the 1980's. After a lot of user submissions, they present the 50 most requested (and missing) ads! From digg on December 13, 2006 at 12:31 p.m..


Diamonds.. what De Beers doesn't want you to know. How the most effective advertising campaign in history emerged to fabricate the preciousness of diamonds out of thin air. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 12:31 p.m..


Tiger Woods wins Player Of the Year for eighth time Woods was named the PGA Tour player of the year on Tuesday for the eighth time, capping a season during which he won eight times, including the British Open and PGA Championship to raise his career major total to 12, and led the Tour in earnings with more than $9.9 million. He ended the season with six straight wins and raised his career victory to From digg on December 13, 2006 at 12:31 p.m..


Google Earth Reveals Penis On Top of School Pranksters drew a penis on the roof of a top school that was so large it could be spotted from space. But it went unnoticed until it was seen on Google Earth. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 12:31 p.m..


Old Power Tool Mods: My Sander Can Whup Your Grinder In cities everywhere, old power tools are getting a new life: drag racing each other down 60-foot tracks. The rules are simple: Build something that gets its drive from a handheld power tool (loosely defined). Each race pits two rigs against each other on wooden tracks, 60 feet long and one foot wide. The winner is the first to reach the end. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 12:31 p.m..


Consumers Prefer Movie Rentals To Downloads Watching short clips is the rage on the Web, but when it comes to full-length movies, many consumers would rather stick with cable and satellite TV offerings and video rental stores, a market research firm said. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 10:31 a.m..


New Research Shows That Tea Can Help You To Focus Tea can make a difference. Had a bad day, fancy a chat with friends or really need to crack that tricky problem? What do you do? Put the kettle on of course. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 10:31 a.m..


Your Wii can now play DivX files: The pr0n floodgates have opened The homebrew scene is already taking off for the Wii! From digg on December 13, 2006 at 10:31 a.m..


Official Google Blog: Nifty Toolbar upgrades for Firefox Well, we've been hard at work on a new version of the Toolbar for Firefox -- Google Toolbar 3 Beta -- that lets you access your bookmarks from any computer, add custom buttons to your Toolbar, and share web pages via Blogger, Gmail, and SMS. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 10:31 a.m..


Iran President: Israel Will Be Wiped Out "Iran's hard-line president said Tuesday that Israel will one day be "wiped out" as the Soviet Union was, drawing applause from participants in a conference casting doubt on the Holocaust." Doesn't this idiot realize that Israel could easily wipe them from the map. All this posturing and to what end? From digg on December 13, 2006 at 10:31 a.m..


Exploring Google's Hidden Features Here are 15 cool ways to use Google Search, including tracking packages, converting units of measure and getting local weather. Even some Goggle veterans might find here something useful! From digg on December 13, 2006 at 10:31 a.m..


Wii Virtual Console cross region purchasing A video that shows how to buy VC games from other regions. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 10:31 a.m..


How to Grow Your Own Bonsai Potato If I told you the ancient bonsai masters trained potato plants into beautiful shapes for the gardens of the Ming emperors it would be a complete lie. The idea was that bonsai potato would be a way to gives kids a bonsai. I thought the potato plant would grow in a way conducive to bonsai. Turns out it, the plant had other ideas. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 10:31 a.m..


Is Google buying another Office Suite Company? The Korea Times reports that Google discussed the possibility of buying ThinkFree, a subsidiary of a Korean company. ThinkFree is a software that wants to emulate Microsoft Office. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 10:31 a.m..


How to Install Two Versions of IE (IE6 and IE7) on One Machine Like most Web designers, I need to test my Web designs on as many versions of as many browsers as I can, so that they display correctly for all my customers. Internet Explorer makes that very difficult because IE is built into the Windows OS - and so even if you use a hack, it doesn't display the same as on a stand-alone system. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 10:31 a.m..


Bush approval hits 21%. A poll released by CBS News on Monday showed that Bush had his lowest approval rating ever on the war, with just 21 percent of those surveyed saying they approve of his handling of Iraq. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 8:31 a.m..


Cop who shot PS3 thief freed on paperwork error Officials dismissed a murder charge Tuesday against a sheriff's deputy accused of shooting and killing an unarmed teenager who authorities believed had stolen video game consoles. A grand jury foreman said he had checked the wrong box on the indictment paperwork, triggering the dismissal. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 8:31 a.m..


1849 shipwreck found in Lake Ontario After more than 160 years, the twin masts of the Milan still stand erect - all the more remarkable because the commercial sailing ship sits in the dark depths of Lake Ontario. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 8:31 a.m..


Ten Bad-Ass Bots, with eight bad-ass videos Robots like Cylon centurions, RoboCop's ED-209, Tom Servo, and the toughest of the Replicants, all in action. I defy you to find a bot more bad-ass than these. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 8:31 a.m..


VIDEO: Self-Parking LEGO Car So you’ve seen the self-parking Lexus and BMW, now check out the LEGO Mindstorms NXT version. There’s still a few bugs in the program that need to be worked out, but it gets the job done. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 8:31 a.m..


Florida Sues AOL And Wins The Florida Attorney General has successfully sued America Online for their abusive customer billing practices. The State's Attorney office received over 1,000 consumer complaints about cancellation requests being ignored, erroneous charges and unauthorized account reactivations. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 8:31 a.m..


Great White Shark BBC Planet Earth. Simply breathtaking. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 8:31 a.m..


Mozilla Thunderbird 2 Beta 1 Out Now! From digg on December 13, 2006 at 8:31 a.m..


Ukraine: Healthy newborn babies may have been killed for stem cell harvest Healthy new-born babies may have been killed in Ukraine to feed a flourishing international trade in stem cells, evidence obtained by the BBC suggests. Disturbing video footage of post-mortem examinations on dismembered tiny bodies raises serious questions about what happened to them; claims that stem cells are also being harvested from live babies From digg on December 13, 2006 at 8:31 a.m..


New Zealand finally gets local loop unbundling After far too long, it looks like Telecom New Zealand, the incumbent monopoly telecommunications provider in New Zealand, is being forced into local loop unbundling. Part of the reason it's taken so long is that Telecom is New Zealand's biggest public company and holds a great deal of implicit leverage. Personally I think that splitting the company into three means they'll do far better in the medium term, simply by growing the market, somethi From StuartYeates's blog on December 13, 2006 at 8:31 a.m..


SC: 13/12 Microsoft December Updates released for Windows and Mac OSX Microsoft has released its December update package for Windows computers, including seven security updates that patched 11 vulnerabilities, almost half of them judged "critical"; some 78 patches have been issued by Microsoft in 2006 ... From MCS Safe Computing Bulletins on December 13, 2006 at 8:30 a.m..


Man thwarted in EBay auction of rare record to try again A disappointed Warren Hill says he's going to try again to sell his fabled acetate of the Velvet Underground's famous first recording, despite being thwarted by a prankster EBay bidder. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 4:34 a.m..


Nike+ iPod Sport Kit AnyShoe Adapter Have a hankering for the Nike+ iPod Sport Kit, but don't feel like shelling out nearly 100 clams for those special Nike shoes? Now you can attach the SwitchEasy RunAway AnyShoe Adapter to the shoelaces of any ol' shoes and slip that little sensor inside, for under 12 bucks. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 4:34 a.m..


Xbox 360 Backwards Compatability List Updated: Psychonauts Finally Playable Another back compat update has been issued by microsoft! Finally some good original Xbox games have been brought to the 360 From digg on December 13, 2006 at 4:34 a.m..


In Light of IE7 Gate, A Look at Yahoo's History of Copying Google Matt Cutts goes down memory lane with some chronology of the Google-Yahoo UI Effect. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 4:34 a.m..


Default Password List Updated today :) Enjoy From digg on December 13, 2006 at 4:34 a.m..


The Nissan boob commercial This commercial really helps me understand the workings of vehicle suspension better than any mechanical engineering book I have ever read. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 4:34 a.m..


Zelda: Twilight Princess Limited Edition Guide unpacked... Best guide ever? From digg on December 13, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..


Guild Wars: Factions named "Multiplayer Game of the Year 2006" at DEMMX Guild Wars FactionsTM, the second chapter in the free-to-play Guild WarsTM MMORPG franchise and one of the year's most-popular online games, took home the award for 'Multiplayer Game of the Year' Wednesday at Billboard Magazine's prestigious Digital Entertainment Marketing and Media Excellence (DEMMX) awards gala. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..


Google Earth interface for Wii remote. Tilt to move around. Press B and tilt to rotate. Press Plus and Minus to control zoom. Press Home to return to an overhead view. Press One for a full-screen view. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..


Apple iPhone could be on shelves January 15, according to tipster BloggingStocks received a reliable tip that the Apple iPhone would have a release date of January 15. Many had rumored a January unveiling so it's worth hoping! From digg on December 13, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..


Green Lantern Creator Dead at 91 Martin Nodell, the creator of Green Lantern, the comic book superhero who uses his magical ring to help him fight crime, has died. He was 91. Nodell was born in Philadelphia and studied at art schools in Chicago and New York. Besides Spencer Nodell, survivors include another son, six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..


Where are the broadband price wars? Jupiter analyst Joseph Laszlo uses broadband subscription numbers to make the point that broadband growth has been steady but never explosive in the US. Laszlo's graph shows only linear growth in broadband over the last six years, not the "hockey-stick" model some have suggested. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..


Let Google Create Your Rounded Corners for You Whenever I see pretty rounded corners used in webpage design, I rightclick and view them, or check 'em out in detail in xmag. I want to know if they're javascript, GIFs, PNGs. I want to see how nice the antialiasing is. I want to see if someone made them by hand or if they look auto generated. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..


Kid Gets Lightsaber for Christmas, Lops Off Grandma's Torso Funny advert for MTV UK. I love the nostalgic quality of the video footage -- straight out of the 70s -- makes the special effects that much more believable. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..


Why Teens Do Stupid Things Teens smoke, take drugs, have unprotected sex and ride with drunk drivers, not because they think they are invulnerable or haven't thought about the risks, says a new Cornell study. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..


Red Hat Joins the NYSE Don't be surprised if you see a lot, and we mean a lot, of news about Red Hat in business publications on Dec. 12, when Red Hat moves from the Nasdaq to the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange). From digg on December 13, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..


Clinton handles heckler with ease You almost miss what it was like to have a charismatic, well-spoken leader. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..


Flickr's excellent Xmas easter egg Flickr's got an awesome Xmas easter-egg: if you add a photonote called "ho ho ho hat," Flickr draws a Santa-hat on your pic; make one called "ho ho ho beard" and you get a snowy white beard. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..


GTA Creator Nabs $31 Million David Jones, creator of two of gaming's most successful series in Grand Theft Auto and Lemmings, has managed to pull in $31 million in funding from New Enterprise Associates for a new gaming endeavor called Realtime Worlds. Expect to see their first titles, Crackdown and All Points Bulletin, for release in 2007. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..


Craigslist "Delightfully Communist" - Wall Street Completely Confused One company that doesn't care about money: "Ben Schachter wanted to know how Craigslist plans to maximize revenue. It doesn’t, Mr. Buckmaster replied (perhaps wondering how Mr. Schachter could possibly not already know this). “That definitely is not part of the equation,” he said, according to MediaPost. “It’s not part of the goal.” From digg on December 13, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..


11 Tips for Time Management in a Web Worker World How often do you get to the end of your day and feel like you’ve worked so hard and have nothing to show for it? Specially if you work alone, remotely, or freelancing, you may want to follow some practices to make sure you do you work on time From digg on December 13, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..


OpenOffice 2.1 is here! Lots of new features and bugfixes apparently - get it today! From digg on December 13, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..


Flickr Gives Everyone a Gift, Of Upped Limits! Pro users now have UNLIMITED space, and regular users now have 100mb a month! I love you Flickr! From digg on December 13, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..


Writing research across borders This conference brings together the many writing researchers from around the world, drawing on all disciplines, and focused on all aspects of writing at all levels of development and in all segments of society. This will be an opportunity to learn from different research traditions, share our findings, seek common agendas, and lay the groundwork for future communication and alliances. From EdNA Online on December 13, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


ThinkQuest Competition ends The ThinkQuest Competition is a project-based learning challenge in which Teams of students and teachers from around the world compete to create the best educational websites. Teams can compete in one of three age divisions: 12 and under, 15 and under, 19 and under. The Teams who create the winning websites are eligible for prizes, and winning website entries are published in the popular ThinkQuest Library, as are other successfully completed sites. The Competition is sponsored by the Oracle Education Foundation, an independent, non-profit corporation. From EdNA Online on December 13, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


Australian International Hotel School (AIHS) The Australian International Hotel School (AIHS) is an university-level provider of hotel management education, located in Canberra, Australia's National Capital. The AIHS is now one of the founding members of the global alliance - ORION Hotel Schools. From EdNA Online on December 13, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


GradStats & GradFiles 2006 released Two recently released reports show Australian graduates are in a stronger employment position than ever before. GradStats 2006 and GradFiles 2006, released by Graduate Careers Australia, present the preliminary findings from the 2006 Australian Graduate Survey. Early analysis of results shows that: new bachelor degree graduates found employment more readily in 2006 than in recent years; graduate starting salaries have increased by 2 per cent; fewer new graduates are unemployed. From EdNA Online on December 13, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


Climate change learning resources This edition of WWWTools for Education presents an organised selection of learning resources, with a view to helping students and teachers gain a better understanding of these issues. From EdNA Online on December 13, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


The heat is on: the future of energy in Australia The report recognises that managing climate change is the biggest challenge facing the energy sector and the sector is best served by providing investor confidence through decisive policy action. It features modelling by CSIRO and ABARE that reveals Australia can make deep cuts to its greenhouse gas emissions in concert with the international community with little impact on the economy. The report is supported by five separate reports outlining the major bodies of research undertaken as part of the project: Social uptake of alternative energy futures; What might the future hold? Exploring qual From EdNA Online on December 13, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


More than 140k sign up for Halo 3 Beta on first day. Today, Microsoft revealed that more than 140,000 people signed up for the North American beta within the first 24 hours. During that period, halo3.com was bogged down with requests and for many the sign-up page would not load. Registration is still open to the public. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..


LCD makers probed for pricefixing LCD makers are somewhat alarmed that LCD prices are falling faster than expected, but were they so alarmed that they decided to pricefix their products to combat it? From digg on December 13, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..


Amazing! Snowflake magnified from 93x-36000x in 8 increments. Low temperature SEM magnification series for a snow crystal. Really cool, has 8 images of a snow crystal continually zoomed in until 36000x From digg on December 13, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..


Unofficial USB Ethernet Adapter for Wii! [video] Someone on the Nsider forums discovered a working USB Ethernet adapter for those who wish to use a Wired Connection rather than a Wireless one. The adapter is a: KINAMAX USB 2.0 to RJ45 Fast Ethernet 10/100 Base-T Network Adapter which can be founded at newegg.com for roughly $20-25. Awesome for those needing a cheap adapter! From digg on December 13, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..


Stephen Hawking Reflects on Life Stephen Hawking showed off his sense of humor Monday, telling an Israeli TV interviewer that "the only advantage of my disability is that I do not get put on a lot of boring committees." From digg on December 13, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..


The evils of Viva Pinata Everyone keeps talking about Bully and how it got away with a teen rating despite its violent context, but little do they know that there is one game that corrupting our youth day after day and it got away with an E for everyone rating. That game is Viva Piñata. Sure, it looks innocent enough from a distance, but once you play the game... From digg on December 13, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..


Sen. Obama makes important announcement on Monday Night Football. When I saw Barack Obama on MNF I knew it was a skit, but a part of me was hoping that this is where he would announce his presidential bid. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..


A Theory on Why Digg's Commenting System is "broken" Article states what could be the reason that Digg commenting rarely results in a useful conversation, while Slashdot still maintains some level of conversation on stories. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..


Adobe Photoshop CS3 Beta Available for Download on Friday Adobe will make Photoshop CS3 available for download on Friday. The release is said to be a "screamer" on the new Intel-based Macs. From digg on December 13, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..


Video: ColecoVision - The PS3 of 1982 Memories.... From digg on December 12, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Wii is Fastest Selling Console - Ever! Wii is the first home console in history to sell over 100,000 units over the UK launch weekend, shifting 105,000 in just two days. Robert Saunders, Nintendo’s UK PR manager, jubilantly said “Don’t forget the 110,000 DS sold too” From digg on December 12, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


waking up a drunk friend that's what friends are for From digg on December 12, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Oakland fingerprint unit has been closed for 7 months due to lack of funds Stunning as it may sound, Oakland's Police Department - which handles some of the toughest crimes in the country - doesn't have anyone who can read or match fingerprints. Cops dust crime scenes, but often don't even bother to submit the prints for analysis because they know it's useless to do so. There is no staff and a backlog of 162 cases. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Stable kernel 2.6.19.1 released The first stable update to 2.6.19 is out. It has a fairly long list of fixes, a couple of which are security-related. Interestingly, it seems that the fix for the core dump vulnerability, applied in 2.6.17.4, did not really fix the problem; hopefully the 2.6.19.1 version will be more successful. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Easy Shell Scripting Shell scripting can be defined as a group of commands executed in sequence. Let's start by describing the steps needed to write and execute a shell script From digg on December 12, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Do the math: iTunes sales aren't collapsing according to a marketing firm "The bottom line: anyone who claims iPod sales are collapsing can't do basic math. The rate of song purchases is going to change month-to-month" From digg on December 12, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


The 10 Gadgets That Changed the World The wheel. The plow. The gun. The electric light. The radio. The chip. The untidy march of human ingenuity and innovation has led you here, to our list of the 10 most life-altering devices of the modern era. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Google Pimps Results with Maps Plus Box Look at cool new Google feature which integrates Google Maps and Local information into the normal Google organic results in an easy one step 2.0 style format. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Large Hi-Res Photograph of Mars Water Deposits reported last week The same crater on Mars is shown as photographed in 1999 August and again in 2005 September. The unusual deposit is visible only on the more recent photograph. Apparent tributaries near the bottom bolster the leading hypothesis that water gushed out of the crater wall, flowed down the crater, and soon evaporated into the thin Martian atmosphere From digg on December 12, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


TONIGHT - Fark tries to DIGG-Destroy 15,000 Controllable Christmas Lights Digg has recently destroyed several controllable websites. With three webcams and 4 dedicated 100 Mbps Apache/Linux servers, I was able to handle the DIGG Effect two weeks ago. I was just told that Fark.com will greenlight my 15,000 X10 controllable Christmas lights at 4:30PM MST. Should be fun. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Little Known Deep Discount Home Improvement Stores: Great Deals - ReStore ReStores are stores that are run by Habitat For Humanity and are stocked with excess supplies from the houses they have built and from donations gathered from local businesses. You can kind of think of them as a home improvement supply Good Will store. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Puppy chews off infant girl's toes A puppy chewed off four of a baby girl's toes next to her sleeping parents, who were then booked on charges of child desertion and criminal negligence, police said. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


All hail the king, baby! Bruce Campbell back in "My Name is Bruce!!" This movie looks all sorts of badass. It's about Bruce Campbell being mistaken for his heroic one-handed character, Ash, from the Evil Dead flicks and ends up being recruited to fight a monster in Oregon. Feels like GALAXY QUEST but with Bruce "F*cking" Campbell. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Group of Lions Marooned on an Island 'Evolve' into Super Lions A group of lions were marooned in a small island fifteen years ago when the course of the river changed. Instead of perishing, they’ve learned to swim and became strong (as well as large and smart) enough to hunt the only prey available: the giant buffalo. Thus, the island has become a unique, ecological experiment. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


What Apocalypto Got Wrong: A Whole Lot According to one University of Texas professor, Mel Gibson's Apocalypto is a big fat pack of Apoca-lip service. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Fallout MMO in development! Interplay, the developers of the original Fallout series of CRPGs, have made an SEC filing indicating that they will start work on a Fallout MMORPG at the beginning of 2007! From digg on December 12, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


How to Take a Punch Taking a punch is very important if you are fighting. If you can't take punches, you will more likely lose in a fight. Here are some instructions you can use to help you take a punch. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


POT Refridgerator Uses NO Electicity & Prevents Food Spoilage How a VERY VERY simple invention saved the Crops of Poor Third World Areas From digg on December 12, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Hacker attack at UCLA affects 800,000 people The attacks on the database began in October 2005 and ended November 21 of this year, when computer security technicians noticed suspicious database queries, according to a news release posted on a school Web site set up to answer questions about the theft. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Google and Yahoo Meddles with Advertiser Accounts Stacy Williams reveals in a short video interview three examples of search engines making arbitrary changes to advertiser campaigns causing increased spending, unavailable ads and unintended creative to be used. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Laser-etching coming to a laptop near you New company in New York will emboss gadgets with custom artwork, and they're going to give away the business plan. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Scammers take Web-mail hostage After a visit to a cybercafe a Hotmail user returned to an empty Web-mail account, except for a note demanding payment for the return of e-mail and address book, a security firm said Monday. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


The Rules of Photography At this point, you’re getting pretty comfortable with your camera. You know how to operate it and you know how to make use of some of those newfangled professional features such as manual focus, shutter, aperture, and ISO. But you aren’t quite done yet. You’re now at the Point of No Return, the Twilight Zone, or where the magic happens… From digg on December 12, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


HackThisSite Founder Convicted Jeremy Hammond was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of no contact with HackThisSite.org, similar sites, or anarchy related groups in the Chicago area. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Open Source Moves Deeper into Product Development Business resources just became easier to find. “What citizen journalism and YouTube have done for media, CrowdSpirit hopes to do for product development,” according to this post on Springwise, a blog on future business ideas. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Who has the power to arrest the President? On the final show for "24" last season, the U.S. attorney general ordered federal agents to take custody of the president. Is this legal? Who has the power to arrest a sitting president should he or she commit a crime? From digg on December 12, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Listening for ET’s Television The widespread use of television on Earth is a phenomenon of the last half-century. But the cosmos is three times as old as our planet. So there could be galactic civilizations that have been churning out sitcoms for thousands of years or more – time enough for the signals to reach our world From digg on December 12, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


30 Amazing Things You Can Do With Widgets 1. Browse Digg in pictures, 2. Read 4 rss feeds in tabs, 3. Grow virtual flowers . . . From digg on December 12, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


A look inside Nintendo Wii Literally From digg on December 12, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Yahoo’s “Project Fraternity” Docs Leaked Yahoo's long running courtship of Facebook has lasted at least as long as this year, and is internally referred to as “Project Fraternity.” Leaked documents in our possession state that an early offer was $37.5 million for 5% of the company (a $750 million valuation) back in Q1 2006. This was rejected by Facebook. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Craigslist thumbs nose at Wall Street True-believers might argue that a capitalist's pursuit of maximized profit is, by its nature, a noble one, and likely to create benefits for the greater social good. Unfortunately, today, the pursuits of personal, financial rewards and broader, societal betterment are too often mutually exclusive. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Time Presents: The Best Photographs of 2006 Time Magazines presentation of "The Year in Pictures". From the Tour de France, to the bloodshed in Lebanon. A compilation of photographs of the events of 2006. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Psychic caught up in her own BS! Watch as psychic Sylvia Brown gets caught red-handed trying to worm her way out of a hole she digs. The reactions are priceless all-around. Those who prey on the spirits of the vulnerable should be exposed for the frauds they are! From digg on December 12, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Greatest Video Game Collection Ever This person probably owns every game, console, and accessory in existence. Lots more pics after the jump. From digg on December 12, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Visual Database Explorer in Ruby A how-to for a quick visual database explorer in Ruby. Learn how to build a quick threaded web-server, access SQL databases from Ruby, and how to create SVG graphs on the fly. The result.. A dynamic visual browser to help you find that needle in the haystack of information hidden away in your databases! From digg on December 12, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


DIY The Hand-made radioactive monitor. "It appears they they borrowed a street sign, melted the radium paint down and painted their own display. In the end, they wired it up to a Sinclair Z80. Funky. Thanks" Via HackAday From digg on December 12, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Nuckin' Futs - JibJab's 2006 Year in Review Video! JibJab just released a funny video called “Nuckin’ Futs”. Its a crazy recap of 2006 -- set to "Jingle Bells", it includes appearances by Britney Spears, Mel Gibson, Saddam Hussein, George Bush, Brangelina, e-Coli, and more! From digg on December 12, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Defence Force School of Signals redevelopment The Defence Force School of Signals at Simpson Barracks, Watsonia, Victoria will be redeveloped to establish the School as a world leader and centre of excellence in Defence Training for Communications and Information Systems. Budgeted at $101.3 million, the proposed redevelopment will upgrade the facilities of the School, significantly enhancing the capacity of the School to train soldiers, sailors and airmen at the cutting edge of communications technology. From EdNA Online on December 12, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..


Victoria's Year 12 results released Victorian students obtain their Year 12 results this week, with other states and territories due soon. A total of 48,282 students completed the Victorian Certificate of Education this year, a completion rate of 96.6 per cent. Students can access their results via sms, internet, telephone or mail. Minister of Education Media release, 8 December 2006 From EdNA Online on December 12, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..


Graduate employment reports positive 82.4 per cent of Australia's tertiary graduates found full-time employment within four months of graduation according to reports released by Graduate Careers Australia, presenting the preliminary findings from the 2006 Australian Graduate Survey. A further 12.2 per cent were working on a part-time or casual basis while seeking full-time employment. The employment results for disciplines such as engineering, medicine and nursing were particularly high with 100 per cent of mining engineering graduates gaining full time work within four months, as did 98.2 per cent of medicine graduates and From EdNA Online on December 12, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..


Internet Detective Tutorial This is a free online tutorial designed to help students develop the critical thinking required for their Internet research. The tutorial adopts a film noir detective metaphor to offer a light-hearted guide to developing Internet skills to help with studying and research. It takes around an hour to complete and covers: the need to develop advanced Internet skills for university and college work; why information quality is an issue on the web; Internet hoaxes and scams; hints and tips; practical exercises; the dangers of plagiarism, copyright and incorrect use of citations and referencing. From EdNA Online on December 12, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..


St Lucia Day St Lucia, with her escort of singing girls and boys, symbolically opens the door to Christmas. The Swedish Lucia is celebrated in a variety of ways but the most common is the Lucia procession consisting of a group of young girls and boys singing traditional Lucia songs. From EdNA Online on December 12, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..


BETT 2007: the educational technology show BETT is a leading educational information & communications technologies (ICT) event, attracting a large number of educational suppliers and bringing together the global teaching and learning community for four days of innovation and inspiration. From EdNA Online on December 12, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..


Iraq: when school isn’t a safe place anymore From schools to universities, the education system in Iraq is suffering because students and professors alike fear for their safety. From Global Education on December 12, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..


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