Shuttle Launch Scrubbed Its offical. Launch scrubbed. Launch of the shuttle Discovery will take place tomorow, July 2nd. From on July 1, 2006 at 9:02 p.m..
Spy Agency Sought U.S. Call Records Before 9/11, Lawyers Say "June 30 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Security Agency asked AT&T Inc. to help it set up a domestic call monitoring site seven months before the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, lawyers claimed June 23 in court papers filed in New York federal court." Why would the NSA want to wiretap US citizens BEFORE any major acts of "terrorism"? From on July 1, 2006 at 9:02 p.m..
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: Triumph the Insult Comic Dog I have only laughed this much with Eddie Murphy's "Hilarious"! Best ever!!! Attack of the Clones. Opening night. From on July 1, 2006 at 9:02 p.m..
Researcher Jailed for Falsifying Research "For the first time in US history, a researcher has received jail time for falsifying research data to obtain federal grants. Eric Poehlman pled guilty to defrauding the government to the tune of nearly 3 million dollars by changing and making up research and was sentenced to a year in a federal prison work camp. From on July 1, 2006 at 9:02 p.m..
World's Highest Railway: China Opens 1st Train Service to Tibet The 710-mile rail line crosses mountain passes up to 16,500 feet high and large stretches of ground that is frozen year-round. Specially designed train cars have oxygen supplies to help passengers cope with the thin air and window filters to protect them from ultraviolet rays, while high-tech cooling systems keep the railbed frozen and stable. From on July 1, 2006 at 9:02 p.m..
Index of 1,000 Full Length Anime On YouTube There are no ads or garbage clips to weed through, just 1000 anime episodes and movies. This index includes The Animatrix, Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the Shell, Samurai Champloo, Serial Experiments Lain, Ultimate Avengers, and more. From on July 1, 2006 at 9:02 p.m..
Who's reading your e-mail? New plans to scan e-mails for illegal images of child abuse may give the appearance that children are being safeguarded but they may not be as effective as they first seem, argues Technology commentator Bill Thompson. From on July 1, 2006 at 9:02 p.m..
Liquid electromechanical imaging on a nano-level Scientists have demonstrated that electromechanical imaging techniques, when operated in a liquid environment, can provide a resolution of up to 10 times that of the resolution when imaging in air. This discovery has important implications for biological research and innovations in nanotechnology. From on July 1, 2006 at 9:02 p.m..
Writing Linux Scripts Compendium With the thousands of commands available for the command line user, how can you remember them all? The answer is, you don't. The real power of the computer is its ability to do the work for you. To get it to do that, we use the power of the shell to automate things. We write scripts. From on July 1, 2006 at 9:02 p.m..
Gnomdex: Digg 3.0: Who needs The New York Times? Today, at Gnomedex, while suggesting that Web 2.0 is not just an echochamber, Michael Arrington gave the example of Digg, which he said is “getting to the size of the New York Times.” From on July 1, 2006 at 9:02 p.m..
Crazy Optical Illusion!! Static .gif looks like it's animated! Try saving it in non-animated formats if you don't beleive it! From on July 1, 2006 at 9:02 p.m..
27 Of the Best Firefox Extensions Screenshots, reviews and links. From on July 1, 2006 at 9:02 p.m..
Top 100 Free E-Books Yesterday's front page digg on The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci has helped him take the top spot from Sherlock Holmes. There's a lot of classical literature here; some of them even have audio downloads - it's a great way to diversify you portable device. From on July 1, 2006 at 9:02 p.m..
10 Best Superhero Movies and 5 Worst of All Time "With "X-Men: The Last Stand" in theaters and Bryan Singer's "Superman Returns" hot on its heels, the time is ripe to take a look back at 10 good films devoted to larger-than-life champions." From on July 1, 2006 at 9:02 p.m..
Pomegranate juice can help fight prostrate cancer A daily glass of pomegranate juice can hold back prostate cancer and could even prevent men dying of the disease, new research has shown. Just one glass per day increased the stability period of prostate cancer four-fold. The effect was so pronounced it may allow older men to avoid dying from the cancer. (Can I at least put Vodka in it?) From on July 1, 2006 at 9:02 p.m..
How to Kill Blogs "PayPerPost is a new system that pays bloggers a bounty to write about products and services. Companies sign up for the network (currently there are offers to cover iTunes, Superman Returns, Match.com, and many other products) and pay bloggers when they cover their products. " From on July 1, 2006 at 9:02 p.m..
Lost on the Metro? Whip Out Your IPod Metro has a plan to help the confused, iPod-carrying tourist on Independence Day: The service has put a map with its Fourth of July schedule and service changes online, in a format intended for downloading and viewing on the popular digital music player. From on July 1, 2006 at 9:02 p.m..
Just One Word: Fructose Plastic could be made from a common form of sugar instead of petroleum if the industry adopts a new process developed by scientists at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. From on July 1, 2006 at 9:02 p.m..
The Ubuntu Podcast - ubuntuos.com Ubuntu has its podcast now, they talk everything ubuntu, kubuntu and etc.... From on July 1, 2006 at 9:02 p.m..
Digg Responsible for the April 2006 Alexa Tech Anomaly Technology sites across the web saw their Alexa rank double overnight and non-geek sites saw their rank mysteriously fall. This same night, Digg's Alexa reach tripled, and it appears that it was because so many of us installed their toolbar when our own Alexa ranking was Digged. From on July 1, 2006 at 9:02 p.m..
Games That Will Change The World We here at Gamers Daily have put together our ‘Most Anticipated Title’ and it is just an ugly coincidence that there happens to be 10 games featured. Make sure to tell us what your favourite up and coming game is! From on July 1, 2006 at 9:02 p.m..
Create Your Own Warning Sign Create your very own warning signs, and download. From on July 1, 2006 at 9:02 p.m..
Vanilla 1 released Vanilla is an open-source, standards compliant, multi-lingual, AJAXified and fully extensible discussion forum like no other for the web. The version 1 is finally out, as well as an add-on website and cool screencasts. From on July 1, 2006 at 9:02 p.m..
What to do with a Dead iPod For many of us, who have had iPods for several years, the time is fast approaching when our iPods will die. But even when your iPod is dead, you may find uses for it. From on July 1, 2006 at 9:02 p.m..
Howto: Install Windows XP on Ubuntu Dapper using Xen 3.0 VT This article describes how you can run Windows XP images on Ubuntu Dapper if you have a processor supporting Virtualization Technology, the new hardware based VM acceleration technology from Intel. Despite being extremely new it seems stable and quite usable for testing or dev. Very cool technology. From on July 1, 2006 at 9:02 p.m..
A Killing Machine Turns 30 This summer marks a grim anniversary of a Supreme Court decision to affirm the death penalty and create a bureaucratic killing machine that puts American justice at odds with the Constitution's underlying values. From on July 1, 2006 at 9:02 p.m..
Fun with a capture card This is what happens when you plug your video card into your capture card. From on July 1, 2006 at 9:02 p.m..
Four Legs, Good. Two Legs, Bad... But 100 Legs, Scary Centipedes are one of the quintessential creepy crawlers: fast-moving, sinuous, multilegged beasties partial to tropical forests and damp basements. They are not insects but arthropods of the class Chilopoda, and as such somewhat more directly related to lobsters and shrimp. From on July 1, 2006 at 9:02 p.m..
VisiCalc Developer Creates WikiCalc Variation Dan Bricklin indicated he's not expecting big financial returns from wikiCalc. "I'm just paying the bills and helping push open source," he said. From on July 1, 2006 at 9:02 p.m..
North Korea Accuses U.S. of Aerial Espionage North Korea accuses Washington of being hostile toward it and looking for a chance to attack it. The U.S. denies that..... for now. From on July 1, 2006 at 9:02 p.m..
England out of World Cup England are out of the world cup. From on July 1, 2006 at 9:02 p.m..
Thousands March for Democracy in Hong Kong Police said 28,000 people joined the pro-democracy event, while the organizers estimated that 58,000 attended. The protesters shouted, "Full democracy now!" and carried banners saying "Equality, justice, fight for democracy" as they strolled toward government headquarters. From on July 1, 2006 at 9:02 p.m..
Next Mac OS X to Have GPS Device Tracking Capabilities According to informants inside the Cupertino-based computer giant, the next version of Apple's operating system will let you track belongings through clever GPS and integrated mapping. From on July 1, 2006 at 9:02 p.m..
Fully Automatic Car: Can Drive Up To 150 MPH - All On Its Own German car giant Volkswagen has turned fiction into reality by unveiling a fully automatic car which really can drive itself - and at speeds of up to 150mph. It can weave with tyres screeching around tricky bends and chicanes, and through tightly coned off tracks - without any help or intervention from a human. From on July 1, 2006 at 4:51 p.m..
Portland Project betas common tools for GNOME, KDE The Portland Project, the collaborative venture of Linux vendors and developers to simplify the process of porting and integrating applications for Linux desktops, has announced the beta release of its first application tools for the Linux desktop's GNOME and KDE environments. From on July 1, 2006 at 4:51 p.m..
Are Toxic Politics Tearing the U.S. Apart? Is the United States coming apart? The idea of the status quo persisting forever cannot simply be assumed, especially when the national rhetoric is so divisive. From on July 1, 2006 at 4:51 p.m..
Can China clone Hollywood? China has had a few international successes, but its biggest difficulty is making movies that sell well at home. Their policies, designed to protect their film industry, are a very big part of what holds it back. Until China fixes that the answer is probably not. From on July 1, 2006 at 4:51 p.m..
Submachine...can you figure it out? Well done game that involves moving from room to room, picking up items and switching devices on/off. Good way to waste some time. From on July 1, 2006 at 4:51 p.m..
Jon Stewart Post 9/11 Speech wow...just wow. That was truly one of the most emotional videos i have ever seen. I admire him for his bravery. It had to take alot to do that. I dont think anybody else could have done a beter job at giving viewers the comfort they needed. He truly is an inspiration. From on July 1, 2006 at 4:51 p.m..
Gigantic Asteroid will almost collide with the Earth this weekend A half mile wide asteroid will have a close encounter with Earth this weekend, but astronomers say there is no danger of an impact (hopefully, not because there are spooks with guns telling them to tell us that) From on July 1, 2006 at 4:51 p.m..
Scamming the Nigerian scammer The tables have been turned on at least one Nigerian scammer after an online vigilante successfully played him at his own game with an intricately laid "anti-scam" operation. From on July 1, 2006 at 4:51 p.m..
Op-Ed by NY&LA times editors: When Do We Publish a Secret? Last week our newspapers disclosed a secret Bush administration program to monitor international banking transactions. We did so after appeals from senior administration officials to hold the story. Our reports — like earlier press disclosures of secret measures to combat terrorism — revived an emotional national debate. From on July 1, 2006 at 4:51 p.m..
Investing 101: Invest Like Batman In the comics, Batman solves crimes using a combination of tools: computer and surveillance equipment, disguise, stealth, and, of course, intimidation. As an investor, the Dark Knight would make use of a different set of tools, but with a similar aim: to solve the riddle of whether a stock is poised for generous returns. From on July 1, 2006 at 4:51 p.m..
The Ultimate Tailgate Party Wired Magazine picks this summer’s must-have gear from Grills to outdoor computers. From on July 1, 2006 at 4:51 p.m..
The Office 2007 demo and Linux Could it be that Microsoft doesn't want you to know that, if you really wanted Office 2007, you could do it from a Linux desktop and Firefox instead of having to buy into an all Microsoft solution? It looks like that to me. From on July 1, 2006 at 4:51 p.m..
Bike That Can Fly!!!! The Super Sky Cycle rests somewhere between a bike and a motorcycle. The flying bike though looks like made from the junk in your backyard, goes as fast as 70 mph in the air and 60 mph on the road and is fully safe! From on July 1, 2006 at 4:51 p.m..
As the World Melts "It's no secret that the Earth is getting hot. A recent National Academy of Sciences study finds that the warming of the northern hemisphere in the last decades of the 20th century was unprecedented in the past thousand years." From on July 1, 2006 at 4:51 p.m..
Google Dark Fiber what google will do with dark fiber From on July 1, 2006 at 4:51 p.m..
Common Music - an object-oriented music composition environment Common Music (CM) is an object-oriented music composition environment. It produces sound by transforming a high-level representation of musical structure into a variety of control protocols for sound synthesis and display. From on July 1, 2006 at 4:51 p.m..
Nativetext - Translates your Feed into Foreign Languages Here's something worth waiting for! Nativetext is a new free web service that's going to translate RSS feeds from your blog and podcast into foreign languages. From on July 1, 2006 at 4:51 p.m..
Today is the 65th Anniversary of Television Broadcasting The first scheduled television program was broadcast by the National Broadcasting Company from the Empire State Building in New York City 65 years ago today. From on July 1, 2006 at 4:51 p.m..
The Colbert Report: The NY Times want you and your family dead! Colbert takes on the fury that the right wing has unleashed over Bill Keller and the NY Times. He sums up the story quite easily. From on July 1, 2006 at 4:51 p.m..
Clever Japanese Ad This ad has a twist at the end that you may not expect. From on July 1, 2006 at 2:42 p.m..
Jim Baen knew you could make money by giving books away. Jim Baen passed away this week. Hopefully Baen Books will continue his legacy. This site has many free books and 12 editorials by Eric Flint, under "Prime Palaver", that explains why it works. He also rips on the industries that prefer to sue their customers, and the hysteria of comparing kids downloading songs to pirates. From on July 1, 2006 at 2:42 p.m..
Real Time Satellite Tracking on Google Maps This is very cool! Ever wished you could find out where your favorite satellite is? Now you can. Check this out. From on July 1, 2006 at 2:42 p.m..
Court Tosses Most of SCO Claims Over Linux Code A U.S. magistrate struck down most of The SCO Group's claims of copyright infringement in the battle over source code in the freely distributed Linux operating system. From on July 1, 2006 at 2:42 p.m..
"It's a' Me! Mario! Made out of cans of food!" - Pictures How about a 10 foot tall, 1.25 ton, Mario made out of cans of food, bags of popcorn, and foam? Yeah, I can't believe it took them this long either. From on July 1, 2006 at 2:42 p.m..
Paris Hilton as an old woman (photoshop) Would you still do her as an old lady? From on July 1, 2006 at 2:42 p.m..
Illinois governor signs violent crime registry into law. For now the Illinois violent crime registry will only cover violent crimes against youths. That is a step up from all such offenders being required to register as sex offenders. I wonder how long it will be before speeding will mean you must register as a traffic offender? From digg on July 1, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
SNL - Will Ferrel Bloopers A collection of Will Ferrell bloopers from saturday night live.7:02 From digg on July 1, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Witch school opens in midwestern town Starting next week, in the unlikeliest of places, a real witch school will open its doors to the public in a place known as the Sweet Corn Capital of the World. After almost five years of existence on the Internet, Witch School is expected to operate under normal business hours in the town of Hoopeston, Ill., about 100 miles south of Chicago. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Man sues women's website after learning he was publicly ridiculed Guy dates around, guy all of the sudden finds a profile about him online that has nothing flattering to say about him. Lawsuit ensues. Is a website devoted to giving women a chance to warn others about bad dates fair game? From digg on July 1, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
New enzyme efficiently degrades gluten in 'human stomach' environment A new enzyme originally developed for commercial food processing turns out to also quickly and nearly-completely break down whole gluten molecules as well as the T cell stimulatory peptides that cause celiac disease, a digestive disease with no current effective treatment other than avoiding wheat, barley or rye products. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
List of "Lost" words in English "Lost words" are words that were removed from dictionary since they were assumed to be out-dated or unfit for modern English.Here's a comprehensive list of such words From digg on July 1, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
California's lawn mower rules may go national The federal government may use California's strict pollution rules for lawnmowers and other small-engine machines as a national standard. While environmentalists and air quality regulators would welcome the development, it would be bad news for much of the small engine industry. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Locked in Guantanamo, Keys thrown away. Man locked up in Guantanamo waits 2 years because US Military couldn't find his witnesses... Good thing a British newspaper found them in 3 days. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Let's build a war clock Remember the famous Debt clock on 42nd street in NY that would display a running tally of the national debt. Why not build one to show the cost of the war? It should start at about $291,875,368,544, if it gets built soon enough. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
sexual assault on Australian Big Brother. @ Housemates kicked out.Ashley an Ashley and John of the Australian series of Big Bother have been escorted from the Big Brother house by security guards after sexually assaulting female housemate Camilla. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Radiohead mulls self-distributing upcoming album In an interview with Radiohead front man Thom Yorke, his response to whether they would distribute their next album, The Eraser, he hesitantly said yes. "We have two or three options and that's one," he said. "I would love for us to drop a chemical weapon within the music industry. But I don't see it as our responsibility, either." From digg on July 1, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Stephen Colbert tops MSNBC "IT" List like never before! There is a bug in the MSNBC "IT" LIST and guess who is the most popular celebrity? Stephen Colbert...a all 5 positions in the list. Classic bug! Catch it before MSNBC fixes it. He's so deserving with is work on the The Colbert Report. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Nine Ways To Make Your RSS Feed Useless Admittedly, making your newsfeed useless takes a lot of work and vigilence. But it appears that more and more bloggers have mastered the technique. That'll teach those filthy, money-grubbing aggregators... Right? Just don't lose sight of your blogging goals. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Great Space Quizzes: The Space Shuttle Test your knowledge on what may be the most complicated machine ever built. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Japan passes Italy as most elderly nation Japan said Friday it had surpassed Italy as the world's most elderly nation, fueling concerns over the effects of a rapidly aging population on the world's second-largest economy. People aged 65 or older accounted for 21 percent of Japan's population in 2005, the Ministry of International Affairs and Communication said in a preliminary report. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Prosecutors Seek $183M From Lay, Skilling In a court filing Friday, prosecutors asked U.S. District Judge Sim Lake to order the newly convicted felons to turn over that amount "in proceeds of the fraud conspiracy," which includes bonuses, Skilling's gains from stock sales, and Lay's use of loans from Enron to pay down much of his $100 million in personal debt in 2001. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Web 2.0 Solitaire Game – FUN! I guess every one know Solitaire, probably because it's the first game we've played on our first PC :) Well, this web 2.0 version is really nice and easy to play and have more value to it than the old version. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Dvorak's Opinion on Why Microsoft won't buy Yahoo "Thus the chit-chat around a Merrill-Lynch report suggesting that Microsoft buy Yahoo followed by a blogosphere eruption with actual living humans thinking this notion is in any way whatsoever a good idea." From digg on July 1, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
A model's Memoir -- Written in the Apple Store It broke yesterday that a model has written a memoir of her to-come success while homeless. She would blog about her experiences while living out of a suitcase and spending all her time at the Apple Store -- using their computers. Today she gets follow up questions via email. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Israel warns: free soldier or PM dies ISRAEL last night threatened to assassinate Palestinian Prime Minister Ismael Haniyeh if Hamas militants did not release a captured Israeli soldier unharmed. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Soccer's Dark Side British Journalist Andrew Jennings spent more than a decade investigating the International Olympics Committee. Now he's got his eyes on the beautiful game. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Rumsfield on the Daily Show Jon Stewart rips the piss out of old man Rumsfield for persistently asking inane, rhetorical questions. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Children's drawings of Winnie the Pooh, redrawn by talented artists Preschoolers drawings of Winnie the Pooh are handed off to professional artists who were asked to render the child's drawing in their own style and vision. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Bungie Is Now Doing Continuous Campaign Testing At this point, they're testing out the new AI and encounters as much as anything else. Lots of folks focus on what technology can do for the appearance of a game - but the 360's prodigious horsepower can also be applied to AI - the behaviors, movements and reactions of computer-controlled characters. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
10 Step Guide on How to become a Camcorder pro! From the nauseating Blair Witch Project to the impressive auto-biopic Tarnation, low-budget DV filmmaking has taken mainstream cinema by storm. Here's a ten-step guide to making your footage shine. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Kevin Rose "home rowing" people This is a clip from G4 of people getting home rowed (hit with a keyboard) by Kevin Rose. The best part is at the end. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Robin Williams: Rush Limbaugh’s just going fishing Robin Williams was a guest on The Tonight Show this evening and immediately went into one of his improvisational routines once Jay Leno mentioned Rush Limbaugh’s "Viagra Vacation." From digg on July 1, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Earth Observation satellites contribute to International Polar Year 2007-08 Thousands of scientists from 60 countries will be conducting research during International Polar Year 2007-2008 and will, for the first time during an International Polar Year, be armed with satellite measurements offering complete coverage of the polar regions, which play a vital role in the Earth's climate and ecosystems. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
U.S. exploring options for post-Castro Cuba An interagency group created by President Bush in 2003 known as Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba (co-chaired by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, a Cuban-American), notes that America needs to be ready to usher in a democratic Cuba when Castro dies or loses power by other means. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Asteroid to be visible Monday A huge asteroid will have a relatively close encounter with Earth this weekend but astronomers said there is no danger of an impact. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
New device helps patients to grow back own teeth SCIENTISTS have created a device that can make human teeth grow back. The tiny ultrasound machine fits into a patient's mouth on a braces bracket or a removable plastic crown, where it gently massages gums and stimulates dental growth from the root. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
X-Men: The Last Stand On YouTube It's divided into 10 parts; watch it while you can. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
MPAA Rating System Questioned: Christian Movie's Rating Worries Lawmakers This incident raises the disquieting possibility that the MPAA considers exposure to Christian themes more dangerous for children than exposure to gratuitous sex and violence," Blunt said in a letter to MPAA Chairman. After meeting with MPAA officials, Blunt said they remain concerned about the subjective nature of the ratings process. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Bad PS2 Rip-Off This type of thing is sad; this is what kids with dumb families get stuck with. "Hey Marge; Look it's one of them thar Funstations. Billy would just love one of those." From digg on July 1, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Microsoft Office Live: Powered by Apache/Linux Who woulda thunk it? The new Office 2007 Preview online demo is being served up from an Apache/Linux box! From digg on July 1, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Apple's Got a Secret EVERYONE knows about how much iPods cost. But how much does it cost Apple to make them? Apple will not say. Research Analyst, Mr. Renck, has a rare sell recommendation on Apple stock, mainly because of its "penchant for secrecy." The minimal financial disclosure by Apple makes it a "have faith, trust me" stock, he argues. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Theives SELLING OpenOffice for $49 via Adwords. How can we stop this? Using Google AdWords, this site is selling OpenOffice to people who don't know it can be installed for free. How can this be stopped? It is however pretty cool that our favorite office suite is worthy of being used for a scam! The Google ad said "100% Word Compatible" and "100% Excel Compatible" From digg on July 1, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Vandals brought down by their website bragging Three vandals who filmed themselves staging a mock battle between Jesus and the Devil after breaking into a church were caught when they posted videos of their activities on a Belgian website. A viewer who recognised one of the locations contacted a local newspaper, which told police. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
G.I.'s Investigated in Rape and Murder of an Iraqi Woman and Her Family The American military is investigating accusations that soldiers raped an Iraqi woman in her home and killed her and three family members, including a child, American officials said Friday. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Creating Ripped and Torn Edges - Photoshop This tutorial shows you how to use simple brush settings to create a ripped-paper-edge effect. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Microsoft demos Vista on a MacBook Pro "No, this isn’t some marketing goof up, where Windows is superimposed over a pice of Apple hardware with te logo removed. Microsoft actully loaded Windows Vista on a piece of Mac hardware and presented with it." From digg on July 1, 2006 at 8:30 a.m..
A Secret the Terrorists Already Knew Terrorists have employed nontraditional communications and money transfers involving couriers and a loosely linked network of money brokers precisely because they assume that international calls, e-mail and banking are monitored not only by the US, Britain, France, Israel, Russia and others. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 8:30 a.m..
Eon8 Reveals Itself Sorry guys, not Halo3: "The purpose of this project was to determine the reactions of the Internet public to lack of information." From digg on July 1, 2006 at 8:30 a.m..
Prank Phone Calls Geek Style Call any phone and play a message using a user defined voice. Great for pranks. 10 call limit so choose your targets wisely. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 8:30 a.m..
Convert your old TV into a fish tank WikiHow has a really cool project detailing the process of converting an old console TV into a fishtank.When I was a sophomore in college, I had the idea that I would do this exact same thing. I got as far as destroying the tube inside (which, as Lifehacker readers know can be very dangerous), and that's when my project ended ..... From digg on July 1, 2006 at 8:30 a.m..
Google: "Try a bunch of ideas, refine them, and see what survives." Marissa Mayer, Google's 31-year-old product-launch czar whose official title is vice-president of search products and user experience, recently spoke with BusinessWeek correspondent Ben Elgin about the search giant's efforts to branch into new businesses. Here are some excerpts. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 8:30 a.m..
Accidental Tech Entrepreneurs Turn Their Hobbies Into Livelihoods InformationWeek interviewed five accidential entrepreneurs, including the founders of del.icio.us and Digg, and the author of the blog Dooce, to find out how they freed themselves from the paycheck-to-paycheck grind. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 8:30 a.m..
Japanese developers' reaction to the PS3: meh Sony's delay of the PS3 and a lukewarm reaction to the PS3's price put the pressure on Sony to stay on top. One thing the company can count on, however, is wholehearted support from the Japanese market. Or can they? A recent survey of Japanese game developers puts even this in doubt. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 8:30 a.m..
[Breaking News] 2.50/2.60 Downgrader - v5 Beta Released A new PSP downgrader has been created by Dark_Alex with help from Yoshihiro and Mathieulh. This DOWNGRADES any 2.50/2.60 PSPs without a TA-082 mainboard. After 7 months of being told it's impossible, Sony now has a new problem on their hands with their PSP being downgradeable again! From digg on July 1, 2006 at 8:30 a.m..
Japanese PM does Elvis impression at Graceland While Bush and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi were at Graceland, the PM starting singing Elvis Presley songs during the press conference. If you check out the video of the press conference, he starts singing about halfway through. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 8:30 a.m..
NASA GPS software can predict tsunamis A group of university scientists using GPS software developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., have been able to predict, within minutes, whether an earthquake is big enough to generate an ocean-wide tsunami. Much faster than existing methods, a large quake's true size can now be determined within 15 minutes. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 8:30 a.m..
Microsoft Windows Kill Switch ...if they actually do it, the backlash could do more for non-Windows OSs than anything those OSs could do for themselves. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 8:30 a.m..
The Progress Bar The Progress Bar measures long terms goals or wishes, creating an emotional link to the passing of time. There's a model that runs for 18 years with each band represents one year. Other models span over a shorter period of time, like one month. The Progress Bar serves as a gentle reminder, requiring very little attention or upkeep. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 8:30 a.m..
µTorrent 1.6 Released One of the greatest BitTorrent clients around has released its newest version 1.6. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 8:30 a.m..
Flash Player UNIVERSAL binary released! Finally. From on July 1, 2006 at 4:29 a.m..
Office Max & Best Buy ending Mail-In Rebates! FINALLY! Office Max ending them now while BB is keeping them until 2007.... From digg on July 1, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
Should Prisoners Be Entitled to Video Games? There's a group of politicians and others who say that video games should be offered in penetentiaries, if only as a reward for an inmate's good behavior. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
Developers Everywhere Rejoice - Eclipse Callisto Released The Eclipse Callisto Project was just released - get it while it's hot! Callisto is a simultaneous release of 10 Eclipse.org open source projects, including the Platform (IDE) 3.2, Java Development Tools, Web Tools Platform, Data Tools Platform, and a whole lot more. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
Inside Google's New-Product Process The philosophy is, try a bunch of ideas, refine them, and see what survives, says Marissa Mayer, the search giant's product-launch czar. One thing is clear: Google is toiling to create some blockbuster successes beyond its Internet search engine. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
New Linux Filesystem: Ext4 There has a series of patches proposed in Linux kernel mailing list earlier by a team of engineers from Red Hat, ClusterFS, IBM and Bull to extend the Ext3 filesystem to add support for very large filesystems. After a longwinded discussion, the developers come forward with a plan to roll this changes into a new version - Ext4. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
Cool Ajax timeline of the Kennedy assassination Timeline is a DHTML-based AJAXy widget for visualizing time-based events. It is like Google Maps for time-based information. This is a live example that you can play with. Pan the timeline by dragging it horizontally. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
Kevin launched digg on a $99-per-month server + $700 for development cost "I was sitting around thinking about how this would play out," Rose says. "My background in school is in computer science. I wrote a scoping document to a friend, who is a developer. The friend said it would take two or three weeks to create and cost 700 bucks, so I said, 'Let's go for it.'" From digg on July 1, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
Nigerian oil dispute flares into full-scale revolt. The Ogoni people are one of Nigeria's indigenous tribes. They receive no benefits from their oil rich land. They are cut off from roads and the power grid, and deprived of schools and healthcare. The complaints of neglect have failed, so now they demand control of their resources, and are willing to shut down Nigerian oil to get it. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
Dilbert's Scott Adams puts flag burning controversy into perspective "I was delighted to learn that American politicians are trying to make it illegal to burn the American flag. That can only mean that my dedicated public servants have finally solved the problems of crime, drugs, war, poverty, terrorism, healthcare, immigration, and the mystery of why our children are such idiots compared to Norwegians." From digg on July 1, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
Have any millionaires ever been executed in the United States? If the expression "You simply cannot hang a millionaire in America," attributed to politician and orator William Bourke Cockran (1854-1923), is timeworn, Tim, it's not from overuse--Google turns up a big four hits. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
Stuck in July 4th Traffic? Maybe You Should Pay More. Better technologies might help reduce traffic congestion in the next 50 years -- but don't count on it. Creative new toll strategies might make more of an impact, a transportation researcher says. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
Scientists Expect Ozone hole over the Antarctic to recover by 2068 A model accurately reproduces the ozone hole area in the Antarctic stratosphere over the past 27 years. Using the model, the researchers predict that the ozone hole will recover in 2068, not in 2050 as currently believed. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
Google Denies ISP Rumors Rumors persist, but Google says it doesn't want to be your internet service provider. At least, not right now. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
PREY DEMO IS LIVE! Major Nelson posts the details. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
Open a beer bottle with another bottle Stuck with a couple of cold beers and no opener in sight? This (longer than it needs to be) YouTube video shows a technique for cracking open a bottle with another bottle. This hott bottle on bottle action may come in handy at the 4th of July BBQ this weekend. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
Dell releases monster 20 inch notebook. Detachable keyboard for desktop use More than just a notebook, the XPS M2010 is a revolutionary concept in mobile high-performance entertainment. Dual-core processing, a one-of-kind briefcase design and an impressive 20.1-inch mobile display put this system in a class of its own. The full-sized keyboard detaches from the system to give you added flexibility and comfort. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
List of Online and Desktop Backup Services Here is a helpful list of some free and paid backup online backup services. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
Switch to Ubuntu Remember those 'Switch' adverts from Apple? Well, the Switch is happening all over again. But this time people are switching away from Mac and onto Ubuntu. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
Stable Linux Kernel 2.6.17.2 Released Chris Wright has tagged the latest stable Linux kernel for release. Included alongside the usual round of bugfixes are a firewire (ohci1394) fix for suspend/resume and a horde of SCTP fixes. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
Antibiotic Could Cause Severe Liver Problems : Benefits Outweigh Risks ? The label of a novel antibiotic,Sanofi-Aventis' Ketek, will be updated to reflect reports of severe liver problems, including several deaths, associated with its use, the drug's maker and health officials said Thursday. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
Understanding the Zend Framework Great tutorial from IBM on using Zend; a PHP based, object-oriented, Model-View-Controller framework. From digg on July 1, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
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