Analyzing 20,000 MySpace Passwords In a day where browsers are coming out with anti-phising tactics, I can’t believe how many people still fall for phising. It’s all over the news, and most email clients display warnings. So when I got an email from “Admin@MySpace.com” I kind of chuckled. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Wii-mote Hands-On Gamespot tried the latest build of the enormously anticipated Zelda sequel now that its controls have been revised further for the Wii remote. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 10:26 p.m..
DivX set to go public next week DivX, the video-compression company that went from public enemy No. 1 in Hollywood to a trusted partner, will hold a public offering next week. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 10:26 p.m..
NYC Cop seen playing solitaire in his NYC Squad Car Niceto see they run windows, but do these computers do anything else besides solitaire? :-) From digg on September 16, 2006 at 10:26 p.m..
Games Blamed For Montreal Shooting Once again, video games are being blamed for violence. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 10:26 p.m..
The Ninja Text Generator Enter your text and have a ninja write it out with his katana then you're provided with a phpBB code or HTML code so you can easily copy and paste the image into a forum profile, website or MySpace profile. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 10:26 p.m..
A snake catching, killing and swallowing a deer. Camera shows inside view of being swallowed. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 10:26 p.m..
Bloggers help Obama pass Senate pork bill Barack Obama and Republican Tom Coburn have succeeded in getting a bill passed to create a searchable database of all government contracts. This is the bill that opposed by once "Secret Senators" Ted "Tubes" Stevens and Robert Byrd. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 10:26 p.m..
Apple: CNET iTunes 7 Review! The Good, The Bad, The Bottom Line! From digg on September 16, 2006 at 10:26 p.m..
Kazakhstan Launches Propaganda Campaign Against Borat The President of Kazakhstan is so enraged with the racist view of his country portrayed by the comic character Borat in a new film that his government is to pay for educational advertisements ahead of Nursultan Nazarbayev's trip to America this month. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 10:26 p.m..
Tactical Gaming Done Right - The Best of the Genre This in-depth article deals with the best features of the tactical gaming genre and the outstanding games that have been created for it. It is filled brimming with pictures and embedded video to help illustrate the various topics. Anyone interested in FPS games with an emphasis on realism will enjoy it. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 8:47 p.m..
£1,000 gadget means you'll never lose at roulette again Professional gamblers are rushing to buy £1,000 devices that they believe will enable them to win millions of pounds in casinos when the gambling industry is deregulated next year. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 8:47 p.m..
Make an Anti-DRM Video and Win a Neuros Portable DVR from FreeCulture.org FreeCulture.org wants you to make an anti-drm video and upload it to any video-sharing site. We'll then choose the 5 best videos and award the creators of each a Neuros OSD (a $230 value). Preference will be given to videos licensed under CC or the Free Art license. DefectiveByDesign.org will then run select videos during the week of October 3rd. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 8:47 p.m..
The ID Chip You Don't Want in Your Passport "If you have a passport, now is the time to renew it -- even if it's not set to expire anytime soon. If you don't have a passport and think you might need one, now is the time to get it. In many countries, including the United States, passports will soon be equipped with RFID chips. And you don't want one of these chips in your passport." From digg on September 16, 2006 at 8:47 p.m..
Humans, the stupidest species on Earth! I am embarrassed to be a human after watching this.... From digg on September 16, 2006 at 8:47 p.m..
Rob Levin AKA Lilo of Freenode Dead Tragically the death of freenode's founder, Rob Levin, known to many on the network as "lilo" was announced earlier this evening by staff members via a notice: "[Global Notice] On the 12th September Rob Levin, known to many as Freenode's lilo, was hit by a car while riding his bike. He suffered head injuries and passed away on the 16th From digg on September 16, 2006 at 8:47 p.m..
Apple iPod Nano Users Complaining About New iPod Nanos Already It hasn't even been a week and people who bought the new iPod Nanos are complaining about blemishes on the finish. Blemishes? C'mon. First it was scratches on the first-gen Nanos, now blemishes on the second-gen? Some people are even saying dust is getting into the finish, which makes it an uneven color. Are Apple users just too picky? From digg on September 16, 2006 at 8:47 p.m..
Awesome NEW Red steel Trailer Spectacular new trailer showing graphical and technical improvement. Sword-play improved! Throw granades with nuchuck! Also, with a completely new eviorment, stages and new characters too! A MUST WATCH! From digg on September 16, 2006 at 8:47 p.m..
first Microsoft.com homepage, as of April, 1994 A low-res screenshot of Microsoft.com, using one of the first versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer. Screenshot as of April, 1994. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 8:47 p.m..
GOP Strategy 2006: Save Yourself, Blame Bush As for Republicans, their only chance of survival is blasting the president for mistakes of the past and attacking the Democrats for their failings of the future. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 8:47 p.m..
Top 10 Notorious Prisons The horror stories that have leaked out of these international prisons will be enough to scare you into becoming a law-abiding saint. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 8:47 p.m..
Apple's Free TV Show iTunes Playlist Hidden in iTunes is this secret playlist displaying the T.V. shows that can be downloaded for FREE. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 8:47 p.m..
Vietnam-era Marine deserter arrested at border A man who deserted the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War was arrested as he entered the United States from Mexico. Officers checking 63-year-old Victor Aguirre's car and papers discovered there was a felony warrant issued by the Marines outstanding against him since 1966. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 8:47 p.m..
New Apple Earbuds Available From Store Now for the first time ever, you can purchase the same earbuds that ship with the iPods. Perfect for replacements or spares - for the *cheap* price of $29.00. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 8:47 p.m..
Scientists Have Found a Way to Make Argentina Ants Kill Each Other Argentine ants, those aggressive unstoppable pests that invade homes and farms throughout California and many other states, live in peace and harmony with each other inside their enormous colonies, but scientists are finally discovering how to make those ants destroy their own relatives in spasms of chemical warfare. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 8:47 p.m..
Why Bush Protects Bin Laden Video explaining the ties between Bush and Bin Laden. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 8:47 p.m..
Dutch: Earth's Tallest Humans In the last 150 years, the Dutch have become the tallest people on Earth, and experts say they're still getting bigger. It is a tale of a country's health and wealth. Many Dutch are much taller than average. So many, in fact, that four years ago the government adjusted building codes to raise the standards for door frames and ceilings. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 8:47 p.m..
Sony introduces VAIO LA-Series Experience the latest evolution of home entertainment technology with today’s launch of the VAIO LA-Series. This unique all-in-one media center is not simply a physical convergence of PC and TV but literally the combination of Sony’s commitment to technological innovation, cutting-edge design and consumer insight. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 8:47 p.m..
Video of Ukranian Girl Raised by Dogs This video is a documentary on feral children: children raised by animals and totally deprived of human contact. Don't watch this if you get freaked out by psychological stuff. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 8:47 p.m..
Experimental drug given to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan Soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq are being used as guinea pigs with an experimental blood-clotting drug that has not been fully tested. Because randomised controlled trials have not yet been carried out into the drug's effectiveness, it is impossible to know whether it is doing more harm than good to injured soldiers. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 5:54 p.m..
How to upgrate Mac Mini to Core 2 Duo (with pictures) It seems that the Mac Mini can run on the new 64 bit core 2 duo chips because it has a socketed CPU. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
Attack on US Soil Since 9/11 Perhaps the single most common refrain from the White House is that there have been no terrorist attacks on U.S. soil since 9/11. That's incorrect — about a month after 9/11, weaponized anthrax was sent to two Democratic senators and several news outlets. Five Americans were killed and 17 wounded. Five years later, the perpetrator is still free. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
HOW TO knit a pair of Converse All-Stars "A Crafster community member made a pair of Converse shoes and sewed them onto a set of Converse soles whose uppers had worn away. After sewing on the Chuck Taylor All-Star ankle patches, the outcome was a dementedly fabulous pair of frankentennies." - Cory Doctorow/BoingBoing From digg on September 16, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
Possible Gamestop EB Games Wii reserve details (this will make you angry) if this is the future of pre-orders we are all screwed According to GoNintendo.com: GameStop will start accepting pre-orders for the PS3/Wii on MONDAY SEPTEMBER 18. This will last for ONE WEEK only. Any store can and will stop taking pre-orders at any time (most likely when their limit is reached). From digg on September 16, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles announced by Capcom for Wii Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles for Wii is a game that ties up all loose ends throughout the series. Similar to Outbreak, it’s split up in different chapters; you will be able to play as the main Resident Evil (RE) protagonists from the main series (from RE Veronica to RE4, prologue to RE5], as well as unlock additional characters. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
Walmart preparing to offer movie downloads Reports are coming out that Walmart is gearing up to offer movie downloads in the coming months. The impact of the move on pricing could be big; Walmart sells almost half of the physical DVDs bought in the US and the company could be a major player in the increasingly crowded movies-on-demand space. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
Wii video cable cleared up It comes with one standard, composite cable. Not component, composite. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
Morning-After Pill Failing to Cut Abortion Rate Making it easier for women to get emergency contraception has not reduced abortion rates in the country, an expert said on Friday. Despite increased use of emergency contraception in the UK, abortion rates rose to 17.8 per 1,000 women aged 15-44 in 2004 from 11 per 1,000 in 1984. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
Napkin changes colors when wiped over viruses The napkin will contain nanofibers that are bound to certain antibodies, and when those antibodies latch on to specific elements the cloth will change colors. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
A study on RSS - XML DOM RSS, today someone asked me, "what is this?" Well, I know what it is, but at that moment the words failed me, especially the "non-programmer" words, so as to explain to "the common folk" the true meaning of it and some of its uses. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
Exclusive Screenshots from Adobe New Apollo Applications Luis Pollanco presented during the session “Building Killer RIAs? Meet: Adobe’s Next-Gen Technology” today for Adobe Developer Week and gave demos of some Apollo applications that the team has been working on. All of the demo applications were built using Flex Builder. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
Xorg X11 and Transparency This guide is going to show you how to get X.org 6.8 up and running on Linux (the emphasis will be on using Gentoo, but it should work on any other Linux distro as well). From digg on September 16, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
How to run µTorrent in Mac OS X A guide and some tips on how to run the popular Windows BitTorrent client, µTorrent in OS X. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
Guitar Hero II's final boss revealed, all 11 solos of it Joystiq puts two and two together to figure out that Guitar Hero II's final challenge will be Megadeth's face-meltingly (?) difficult song, "Hangar 18" ... "Hangar 18" has eleven guitar solos in it. My fingers hurt thinking about it. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
First Looks: Apple Computer iPod nano Dock (Second-Generation) As before, its smaller-than-standard-iPod-Dock casing includes only a line-out audio port and a Dock Connector port for data transfers, and does not include a video port (unused by the nanos), an IR remote sensor, or any ability to work with other iPods. Even the prior iPod nano doesn't fit inside. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
Borat Loves MySpace One of the Toronto International Film Festival's most buzzed-about films will be hitting the internet next Wednesday, but only for those who are members of the MySpace community. As part of the site's brand new Black Carpet screening series, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan will be made available. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
Just Who's Leading the Battle to Re-Legalize Drugs? Economists... In recent years economists have led the fight to legalize actually, to "re- legalize" drugs. The Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman has been the outspoken leader of the re-legalization forces. His open letter to "Drug Czar" William Bennett, published in the Wall Street Journal, is just his latest salvo against the prohibitionist.... From digg on September 16, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
Senate Republicans kill proposed $2bn for sick 9/11 heroes Senate Republicans killed a bid for nearly $2 billion to help sick 9/11 responders yesterday, blocking the measure without letting it come up for a vote. People suffering the effects from 9/11's toxic dust were outraged by the move."How could they just throw this out?" said Laura Picurro whose husband was disabled after volunteering at ground zero. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
In Gamble, California Tries to Curb Greenhouse Gases California is betting that it can reduce emissions without wrecking its economy, and inspire other states to follow its example. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
10 QBs on the Hot Seat in NFL (SI Photos) Coach Jon Gruden and quarterbacks coach Paul Hackett publicly ripped Simms for his three-interception performance against the Ravens. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
Are CableCards Doomed? Alan headed out to CEDIA in an effort to see how manufacturers are responding to the entire CableCard situation, and determined that interest is less than stellar for a few reasons: 1. Consumers are either unaware or not all that interested in the technology 2. Cable companies are making it difficult for consumers to get CableCards because... From digg on September 16, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
The New Link Between Designer and Developer The idea of a "good" experience has never been as mainstream as it is now, and that is part of the appeal of Rich Internet Applications. We now have the tools to bring that kind of rich experience to the web. We can have the sophistication of the desktop and the power of the web. The roles of designers and developers become increasingly closer. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
ThinkPad explodes at LAX, ignites bomb scare In a time when you're not even allowed to say the word "bomb" in an airport (hey, it's for good reason), it's got to be like, really freaking embarrassing to have to run up the jetway at full speed, shoving other passengers out of the way as your flaming laptop explodes on the ground From digg on September 16, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
Pa. Woman Missing 10 Years Sues City Tanya Kach, 24, told police that she ran away from home 10 years ago and had been living in the house of Thomas Hose who threatened to kill her if she left his home. Kach filed a federal lawsuit Thursday, Sept. 14, 2006, against Hose, the city and the school district, claiming that they failed to prevent or properly investigate her disappearance. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
Oct 3rd - Zune DRM! We see the stories everyday and we know DRM sucks. But us knowing isn't enough so it's time to take action. DefectiveByDesign have opened the gates for "Oct 3rd - Day Against DRM". Add your action now and get others to join you, or join others in their actions (meat space and virtual)... Oct 3rd, does your mother know? From digg on September 16, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
Damn it, I said it before, Have you read the 9/11 Commission Report? I'm not giving up on you Diggnation, Colbert Nation, 42 Nation, whatever nation you're in. I want you to watch this, and pay close attention. It's 30 minutes that could change your life. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
Microsoft nastygrams site for hosting FairUse4WM "I refuse to take down this file until they can prove to me they own the copyright to this file (yeah right....) or a court system makes me. If the line is not drawn in the sand here, then they will keep bullying everyone around." Our hats go off to you, sir. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
iTunes 7 DRM Already Cracked It's only been a day since Apple updated iTunes to version 7, but the folks over at the Hymn project have already posted a new version of a program that can be used to remove the DRM from songs purchased from it. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
10 ways to avoid outrageous hospital overcharges Profit-hungry hospitals are overcharging consumers an estimated $10 billion a year. Some deliberately work to keep bills indecipherable. Here's how to fight back. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
Iraq-Qaeda Link Known False Before War - CIA Former Foreign Minister Naji Sabri, told the CIA that Iraq considered al Qaeda a longtime enemy and had "no past, current or anticipated future contact." The CIA did not pass that along to policymakers because ***CIA officials concluded the Iraqi official's comments on al Qaeda were nothing new.*** From digg on September 16, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
Nine Year old Boy on LSD Where the hell were this kids parents? Probably they were the ones giving the drug to this poor kid. Likely he didn't have a "choice", in that pressure from his parents forced him to partake. He seems so sure of himself and his actions. Wonder what state his mental health is in today? From digg on September 16, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
Over 100 Top FREE PC Games! The users at the Whirlpool Broadband forums (yes, the same ones who brought you the "$100 XP Trick") were feeling in a slum over good quality PC games. They pooled together and researched as many 'FREE", but decent PC games as possible. Ending up with a list of over 100 FEE PC games. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
Available! Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft) Knot 3 After a slight delay, the latest beta of Ubuntu Dapper 6.1. Get 'em, test 'em, provide feedback for the best possible final release. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 1:19 p.m..
Dumbest girl on a game show, EVER. This girl has to match famous landmarks and the countries they are in, and the decade in which historic event occurred. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 1:19 p.m..
PS3 passes FCC tests News has just surfaced stating that the PlayStation 3 has passed FCC approval tests and that the final clock speed of the Cell processor is 3.2GHz. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 1:19 p.m..
Apple Keynote Bloopers (video) Like all computers, Macs do have their own problems. Even the biggest mac fanatic (I'm a pretty big one) have to admit, while they are pretty sweet, their not PERFECT. Watch as Steve fumes and heads roll. How many jobs do you think these flubbs cost? From digg on September 16, 2006 at 1:19 p.m..
9/11 Toxic Dust Whistle blower Raided By SWAT Team If you think we aren't in civil liberties crisis, check out this story. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 1:19 p.m..
The Linux Gamers' Game List A list of 209 free and awesome games to kill time on your Linux-driven machine with links to download them. Downloads include Armagetron, glTron, glChess, gnomeBoyAdvance, GooSNES, Racer, SuperTux, and Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 1:19 p.m..
CIA Learned in '02 That Bin Laden Had No Iraq Ties, Report Says On Sept. 25, 2002, just days after the CIA received the source's information, President Bush told reporters: "Al-Qaeda hides. Saddam doesn't, but the danger is, is that THEY WORK IN CONCERT. You can't distinguish between al-Qaeda and Saddam when you talk about the war on terror.". From digg on September 16, 2006 at 1:19 p.m..
German Web Music Store Uses Watermarks, Not DRM A German company is offering MP3 files for download, unencumbered by digital rights management (DRM). Instead, Akuma discourages copying by adding a unique "watermark" to each download. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 1:19 p.m..
NYPD Allows Protest During Bush Visit "In a stunning turn of events, the NYC Police Department has reversed its previous decision to deny the United for Peace and Justice alliance of protest groups a permit to march near the United Nations on Sept. 19th during Bush's visit. The protest will start 9am at 6th Avenue and 37th Street." From digg on September 16, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..
Yankees may ditch their Triple-A team "The New York Yankees might end their 28-year affiliation with the Columbus Clippers and align with another Triple-A team." They just built a brand new $55 million dollar stadium too! From digg on September 16, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..
Wii Is NOT region free. Nintendo of Europe say Nintendo of America was wrong. The Wii will not be region free. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..
The Role Of Tags In Social Bookmarking Tags have become a staple of web 2.0 sites, and especially social bookmarking sites, as they allow a user to sift through large amounts of information and locate exactly what the user is looking for, very efficiently. Here's a look at how to use tags, and the advantages of tags over the more traditional, predefined categories. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..
Parents: The Weakest Link in the Childhood Obesity Epidemic Parents have a monumental effect on their children's health. The problem is that many young parents have learned their eating habits from the fast food culture and pass them down to their children. Parents should do their part in fixing the obesity epidemic by teaching their children sound, healthy lifestyles. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..
sexy, geeky, woman likes to draw the digg guy on her belly. Artist Statement: "This photostream was created to show the beauty and femininity in technology. As an artist and a geek, I wanted a way to combine the two (artistically)..." -Female Tech From digg on September 16, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..
FX To Test New Ad To Combat DVR Viewers Ad shows single image on screen for 30 seconds and thus retains "sales message" when viewed at 12-times speeds. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..
How Plasma TV's Work : Drink Deep, or Taste Not, the Plasma Spring Ever wonder how plasma TV's work? Well, I did, and decided to figure it out! From digg on September 16, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..
del.icio.us turns 3 today. Happy Birthday!!! Del.icio.us is three years old today! It's started making friends and will hopefully be out of diapers soon. For those of you in the Bay Area, we're planning a birthday bash for early October - keep an eye out! From digg on September 16, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..
University dumps Cisco VoIP for open-source Asterisk SHSU is in the process of moving its 6,000 students, faculty and staff off of Cisco CallManager IP PBXs and a legacy Nortel Meridian PBX over to Linux servers running Asterisk, which includes call processing, voicemail and PSTN gateway functionality. The driver for this project was cost. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..
Nissan experimenting with safety system to beam driver warnings Drivers worried about missing a red light or being hit by cars darting out from hidden alleys in Japan may receive assistance from new technology being developed by Nissan. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..
38 US Reps Support Impeach Bush Resolution The bill, sponsored by US Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), would create a Select Committee to look into the grounds for impeaching President Bush over misleading the public on the need to go to war; retaliating against public officials who disagree with him; and encouraging torture. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..
Night of The Living Dead - Entire Movie on Google Video Our favorite cult classic is now on Google video, due to it falling out of copyright. THEY'RE COMING TO GET YOU BARBARA! From digg on September 16, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..
AppADay.com Software Jedi ONLINE NOW From the site "I plan on writing an application everyday for 30 days straight. May the world benefit from the purposeful destruction of my personal life." From digg on September 16, 2006 at 10:30 a.m..
Use Gmail as a Linux filesystem This article is excerpted from Google Hacks, 3rd Edition, by Rael Dornfest, Paul Bausch and Tara Calishain. GmailFS puts your gigs of Gmail storage to work for just such a purpose. It provides a mountable Linux filesystem and repurposes your Gmail account as its storage medium. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 10:30 a.m..
Funniest Game Show Blooper Ever!!! The game is Catch Phrase from the UK. You reveal part of the puzzle. In this case the revealed sections of the puzzle left a LOT to the imagination! From digg on September 16, 2006 at 10:30 a.m..
Video: Xgl / Compiz - Motion Blur As we all know, Xgl gets far too many stories about it along with generic videos. Before you gripe, this does not involve moving wobbly windows around or spinning the cube (intentionally), but rather demoing a bleeding edge build with motion blur and a few other minor patches with a run time 1m. Youtube (Low Quality) & 1080p versions listed. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 10:30 a.m..
Matt Damon Curses up a Storm on Jimmy Kimmel Live Obviously it was a joke, but was Matt Damon in on it? I guess he really is a great actor. I'd love to see Ben Affleck try and pull this off, he would probably just end up with Jimmy on his lap and making a bunch of weird sexual comments. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 10:30 a.m..
PC World Names MySpace the #1 Worst Site on the Net! MySpace (surprisingly) tops the list! From digg on September 16, 2006 at 10:30 a.m..
Wife of ReiserFS filesystem creator goes missing According to police in Oakland Calif., Nina Reiser, the estranged wife of well-known open-source programmer Hans Reiser, has been missing since Sept. 3rd. Han Reiser is the creator and primary developer of the highly popular ReiserFS Linux filesystem. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 10:30 a.m..
Niveus Media Launches The Summit Series Media Centers "The 2007 Summit Series line will include the re-introduction of the Rainier Edition featuring HD DVD and upgraded components for the Denali Edition line including Intel’s Core 2 Duo processor, Nvidia GeForce 7 Series graphics, and HDMI." From digg on September 16, 2006 at 10:30 a.m..
How to Use Eclipse for C and C++ Development Mike McCullough reviews briefly on the history of the Eclipse framework and provides details and perspective on new additions to the Web-based IDE, such as Eclipse Plugin Central (EPIC), Callisto, BIRT, and CDT From digg on September 16, 2006 at 10:30 a.m..
Default Password List for Hundred's of WAP's and Routers. You are entering the lands of packets, brute force and misuse of trust. This is a dark land. Full of problems and choices. Be carefull when you use your knowledge. Be also carefull with your tools and weapons. Never underestimate your enemy. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..
Top 10 Vehicles Owned by Billionaires If your pockets were as deep as Bill Gates’ what would you drive? A new Porsche or a seven-year-old one? Each year, Forbes magazine compiles a list of the world’s wealthiest people. Now, ForbesAutos.com gives you a look at the vehicles driven by the billionaires at the top of the 2006 list. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..
Bush Rejects Colin Powell's Advice & Pushes for Terror Legislation Warning that "time's running out" for Congress to act, President Bush urged lawmakers today to pass legislation that would create special military tribunals to try terrorist suspects and allow the CIA to continue a program in which captured al-Qaeda leaders have been held and interrogated in clandestine prisons abroad From digg on September 16, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..
Don't answer your cell phone is this prof's class Hilarious. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..
10 Most Beautiful Cars of All Time Here is an interesting list of the 10 most beautiful cars of all time. Which ones are your favorites - odltimers or modern cars? From digg on September 16, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..
Muslims demand apology for Pope's speech. Muslim leaders have condemned remarks on Islam by Pope Benedict XVI and many say he should personally apologise to dispel the impression that he has joined a campaign against their religion. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..
Microsoft, SanDisk overstating accessory support Following recent, separate announcements by SanDisk and Microsoft that certain prominent iPod accessory makers would be producing accessories for their iPod competitors, Sansa and Zune, iLounge has confirmed that two of the iPod’s top supporters were listed as SanDisk or Microsoft development partners without having actually agreed to develop any From digg on September 16, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..
The Most Innovative DDR2 System Memory Ever: Corsair's Dominator Thanks to a custom PCB, redesigned heatsinks, meticulously binned chips, a unique cooling apparatus and their patent-pending DHX Technology (Dual Path Heat Xchange), Corsair has created a 2GB memory kit that can run with tight 4-4-4-12-2T timings at an impressive 1.11GHz. This article details the tech and mechanisms at work in this impressive kit. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..
Creative Technology Unveils Zune Rival Creative released the Zen Vision W video, photo and music player the same day partner-turned-rival Microsoft unveiled details of Zune. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..
MySpace 0wned Again. Hack to Download Any Song for Free! So they are going to start selling music on myspace? Well, this hack allows you to download any song on myspace--even if the songs are not meant to be downloaded. Quick, easy, and simple. Hurry before myspace patches this again! From digg on September 16, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..
Arteries, veins, and blood in bats This research project is designed to further knowledge in the fields of hemodynamics, angiogenesis and biomedical engineering, utilizing the wing of a pallid bat (Antrozous pallidus) to achieve the objectives. Video of bat wing blood circulation can be accessed for instructional purposes from this site. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on September 16, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
3D rotation with JavaScript This is a demo of a script that emulates a 3D rotation of an object space using javaScript to change the position, z-index, size and opacity of different elements in space. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..
10 Programming Languages You Should Learn Right Now Knowing a handful of programming languages is seen by many as a harbor in a job market storm, solid skills that will be marketable. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 3:31 a.m..
Every Web 2.0 Company On One Page Go2Web20.net is a very nicely designed Flash page with logos and basic informatioin for most web 2.0 companies. Click on a logo to see an overview of the company and links from blogs discussing it. It’s also sortable and searchable. Very nice. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 3:31 a.m..
Nintendo: The Dark Horse of Video Game Console War While Microsoft and Sony storm the video game market with super high-tech consoles priced significantly higher than previous models, Nintendo Co. Ltd is stealing some of their thunder by keeping its price low and offering a new, game-changing controller From digg on September 16, 2006 at 3:31 a.m..
Mozilla Falls To RSA Forgery Attack Marius Schilder of Google informed us of Daniel Bleichenbacher’s recent presentation of a common implementation error in RSA signature verification, a failure to account for extra data in the signature. For signatures with exponent 3 it is possible for an attacker to make an altered message appear to be correctly signed. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 3:31 a.m..
Ford Restructuring Slashes $5 Billion in Costs Ford Motor Co. will cut one-third of its white-collar jobs, offer its 75,000 hourly workers packages of incentives to leave the company and sell or shut down all of its underperforming parts-making plants over the next 16 months as part of a turnaround plan that the No. 2 automaker says will slash operating costs by $5 billion. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 3:31 a.m..
DVD chips 'to kill illegal copying' DVDs will soon be tracked with embedded radio transmitter chips to prevent copying and piracy, according to the company which makes movie discs for Warner, Disney, Fox and other major studios. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..
Hacker Discovers Adobe PDF Back Doors David Kierznowski, a penetration testing expert specializing in Web application testing, has released proof-of-concept code and rigged PDF files to demonstrate how the Adobe Reader program could be used to launch attacks without any user action. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..
Wii developer kit shot in the wild, many Luigi-green with envy While it's bad news that the Wii won't be region-free, we hope that these new snaps will lift your spirits. An anonymous tipster just sent us five photographs of the Wii developer kit, and we only have one thing to ask our friends at Nintendo: did ours fall off the back of a FedEx truck? From digg on September 16, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..
The Stanford Prison Experiment 24 college student volunteers, paid $15 a day, are divided by a flip of the coin into prisoners and guards. In just a few days, the 'prisoners' stop thinking of themselves as people but instead as numbers, and the 'guards' stop treating the prisoners as human. Sci-Fi movie? Nope, a real psychology experiment you have to read to believe. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..
Nasa Lunar Robot Runs Red Hat Linux The K-10 is controlled wirelessly, via a PCMCIA-based 802.11g interface connected to an 8db 2.4GHz antenna via an RF cable. The control application runs on the control laptop as a single, multi-threaded userspace application. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..
Lease a Bugatti Veyron for $24K a month $400,000 down, $23,595 a month, 2,500 miles/year, 60-month lease. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..
An Interview with PopCap Games: Now on the Apple iPod Recently, Apple announced gaming on the iPod. Two games, Bejeweled and Zuma are on the list for your hand-held player. We got a chance to set down with PopCap, the game designers... From digg on September 16, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
77% Americans Believe Iran going "Nuclear Soon” Most doubt that anything can be done to prevent such a development. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
Why Digg is bad for your blog Yeah, everyone salivates over going from 100 hits a day to 10K hits a day but what happens when your CTR goes from 5% to 0.005%! Why you see your advertising revenue drop to the floor! Diggers may bring in the hits, but they don't bring in the clicks! From digg on September 16, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
Police confiscate 40,000 bootlegged discs and scores of burners The Recording Industry Association of America and the Motion Picture Association of America, both of which helped police, said authorities uncovered among the largest CD burning labs and movie pirating labs in the country. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
Zelda: Twilight Princess new control mechanics in action The updated control mechanics for The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess in action...finally sword fighting by swinging the wiimote. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
Tom Cruise Sent Scientology Goons to Intimidate Paramount Execs Redstone may have let Cruise off easy, particularly in light of allegations the actor dispatched goons from the Church of Scientology to intimidate Redstone's studio chieftan, Brad Grey. Grey, walking to his car in the Paramount lot, suddenly found himself surrounded by more than a dozen Scientologists, who pressured him to ease up on the actor... From digg on September 16, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
Math for Geniuses Simply amazing. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
Lost Secrets Revealed Online Fans of ABC's hit SF series Lost who played this summer's alternate-reality game The Lost Experience got a big payoff if they stuck with it: the secret to Hurley's numbers (4, 8, 15, 16, 23 and 42) and revelations about the Dharma Initiative and the Hanso Foundation. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
Silicon Valley's Golden Past Tarnished by the Latest Probes Silicon Valley has long been the stuff of dreams, a place where gawky entrepreneurs create billion-dollar companies in their garages, their innovations sometimes bending the rules but forever changing the way we live. But lately, it seems, the valley has shifted from a shiny beacon of capitalism's promise into a shadowy target for investigators. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
Zune's Viral DRM Violates Creative Commons License Yesterday Microsoft revealed that Zune's highly touted wireless file sharing will infect otherwise unprotected audio files with proprietary DRM. If users are sharing songs that are covered by a Creative Commons license, this would be a clear violation of that license. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
Airport security tries to take final Harry Potter book from JK Rowling J.K. Rowling says she won an argument with airport security officials in New York to carry the manuscript of the final "Harry Potter" book as carry-on baggage. "A large part of it is handwritten and there was no copy of anything I had done while in the U.S." From digg on September 16, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
Digg: Kevin Rose talks 'The Real Deal' in exclusive interview Exclusive interview with Kevin Rose in "The Real Deal” CEO interview series at Digital Micro-Markets Blog. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
Apple's Chief Designer, Jonathan Ive, iin Business Week Who Is Jonathan Ive? An in-depth look at the man behind Apple's design magic From digg on September 16, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
GOP Rep. Bob Ney agrees to guilty plea in corruption probe Rep. Bob Ney agreed Friday to plead guilty to federal criminal charges he made false statements and conspired to commit fraud and violate federal lobbying laws in the congressional corruption probe spawned by disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Ney, had defiantly denied the charges for months, now he faces up to 10 years in prison. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
Gas Prices Down, Inflation Pressures Ease, Stocks Up Big The market cheered news from the Labor Department that the consumer price index rose 0.2% in August, after a 0.4% gain in July. Core CPI, which excludes food and energy, also increased by 0.2%. Economists surveyed by MarketWatch, on average, had been expecting CPI to rise 0.3% and core CPI to be up 0.2%. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
Spinach blamed for e.coli outbreak An outbreak of E. coli in eight states has left at least one person dead and 50 others sick, federal health officials said Thursday in warning consumers not to eat bagged fresh spinach. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
Republican Voters Dismayed by Biggest Spending Rise Since 1990 ``We've strayed a long way from the principles the party was founded upon,'' said Representative Jeff Flake, an Arizona Republican.. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
How a Malformed Installer Package Can Crack Mac OS X There exists a pretty significant interface problem with the Apple Installer program such that any package requesting admin access via the AdminAuthorization key, when run in an admin user account, is given full root-level access without providing the user with a password prompt during the install. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
Nissan considering anti-drunk driving technology The technology would utilize "breathalyzer-like devices" to detect the blood alcohol content when you got behind the wheel, and if it finds that you're over the legal limit, From digg on September 16, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
Mozilla fixes several Firefox flaws Mozilla released Firefox 1.5.0.7 to address flaws that could expose systems to man-in-the-middle, spoofing and cross-site scripting attacks. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
Lonelygirl15 admits she is a fake on Jay Leno Lonelygirl15: "My name is not Bree. I am not from California. I am not 16 years old...". What a scam. oh well, at least she puts on a sexy little dance in the end! From digg on September 16, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
8 steps to serving better (X)HTML 8 steps any web designer can take to make their code better. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
T.E.D.D.Y. (Draw in 2D - Outputs in 3D) Teddy is a Java-Applet Drawing Program that takes the 2D images you draw and renders them in 3D. The alogrithm adds shading according to the strokes and connections between the lines. This is truly a cool program for anyone and everyone! - Video and Software Download Link included in Post. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
Virgin Atlantic tells travellers to remove Apple, Dell laptop batteries Virgin Atlantic has become the third airline to restrict the use of Apple and Dell laptop batteries on its flights. Passengers who want to take their Inspirons, Lattitudes, iBooks, PowerBooks, MacBooks or MacBook Pros onto the carrier's planes are asked to remove the battery first. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
Tea's got a brand new bag "At age 100 or so, the old bag is increasingly being filled with fine whole leaf tea, the kind connoisseurs brew in their teapots, and the bag itself has been redesigned in shapes that are not only elegant but constructed to allow those flavorful leaves to show what they’ve got." From digg on September 16, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
Laura Bush Keynote Speaker At Clinton Conference Another member of the Bush family is getting cozy with former President Clinton. First lady Laura Bush joins the former president as a keynote speaker opening his three-day Clinton Global Initiative in New York next week. [This country could use some bipartisanship] From digg on September 16, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
The Colbert Report: John Lennon's Spirit Is A Broken Record Colbert discovers that John Lennon's spirit is a "broken record." From digg on September 16, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
Optimus Keypad is shipping! (pics inside) The guy pre-ordered the thing in February, and after waiting through delays, it appears this thing is finally shipping. I for one am waiting anxiously for the full-size keyboard From digg on September 16, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
Alternate iTunes 7 UI? I was browsing through the Apple support site for a few pointers on how to update my iPod's software to version 1.2, and I stumbled upon an intriguing screen shot of iTunes 7 with a slightly different UI. It's at the bottom of the page. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
Nude girl + Video game stoof = slightly NSFW gaming pics Interesting, provocative, artistic, 'eww', and intriguing all at once, a woman takes dozens of pics of herself nude, yet is covered by technology in different artisitic ways. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
Family Guy - Black to the Future Pure blaxploitation movie starring Rufus Griffin. Damn that's funky! From digg on September 16, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
Web 2.0 Statistics and Trends "PornoTube Breaks into Alexa Top 300 within 2 Months" was promoted to the homepage about 12:30 pm, 9/4/2006. Includes browser versions, screen resolutions, platform versions, connection speed, network location, java enabled and screen colors. From digg on September 16, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
Mad at Nintendo over Wii Conference Day? Blame yourself and the media To recap: Nintendo is wrong because it delivered exactly the price point it always promised; making a profit on their console from day one is wrong; and launching when they said they would at a price point hundreds less than the competition is not wise. Sound about right? Sounds pretty stupid, says one blogger, who rips apart the media in this post From digg on September 16, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
(Photos) Russian Space Shuttle Did you know that there was a space shuttle built in Russia, which has made a few successful flights but then the research project was closed due to lack of funding after the collapse of Soviet Union? From digg on September 16, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
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