First Wii Sports Tennis glitch shown "The first glitch for Wii Sports: Tennis has come in and, when diving for an unplayable ball far to the outside of the court, the opponent Mii became stuck ..." From digg on December 15, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
F-35 Lightning First Production Flight F-35 Lightning First Production FlightPictures from out rooftop in west fort worth From digg on December 15, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
15 Things Apple Should Change in Mac OS X Two of Computerworld's top operating systems editors, a Mac expert and a Windows expert, compare notes on what Apple should reconsider as it develops Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. Mac OS X 10.4, or Tiger, is a noticeably better operating system than XP or Vista. But it's not perfect. OS X has its own quirks and flaws... From digg on December 15, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
The MOST INAPPROPRIATE commercial to ever air!!! You have to see this, its proof that other countries can get away with anything in regards to commercials.(Somewhat NSFW but nothing serious) From digg on December 15, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
How good are your eyes? "Can you find the C? (Good exercise for the eyes!)" From digg on December 15, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
Add OmniFind Yahoo! Edition to Your Web Site IBM and Yahoo! have partnered together to offer a free, downloadable search engine that is easy to set up and use. This article describes four methods using IBM OmniFind Yahoo! Edition search functionality to integrate a search engine into your website. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
If Programmers had to make Planes Video speaks to the hilarity of what programmers do! From digg on December 15, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
Linus won't ban binary kernel modules Linux kernel creator Linus Torvalds has personally rejected calls for an outright ban on binary kernel modules but says he wont stand in the way if other kernel developers can build consensus on the issue among major Linux distributors. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
"Al Jazeera English" gets a makeover from The Daily Show Islamic news network Al Jazeera launched a channel in english, but it seems that in their present form they dont appeal to the common american TV viewer. TDS' correspondant Samantha Bee to the rescue! From digg on December 15, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
Race to the Moon for Nuclear Fuel NASA's proposed 2024 moon base will be a steppingstone to Mars, but it may also be a mining outpost. The moon is an abundant source of helium-3, a potent fuel for next-generation nuclear reactors. Trouble is, China, India and Russia have their eyes on it too. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
The Weirdest Science Stories of 2006 Science routinely uncovers the surprising. But some stories are downright strange. Vote for your favorite. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
Reno Balloon Race 2006 Amazing Footage of a Hot Air Balloon Race From digg on December 15, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
Chainsaw Wake up Parents waking up kids with a chainsaw. Worst fucking parents but incidentally a great video. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
Taco Bell Recipe Released. Make your own Taco Bell Meat! Well if the E. Coli Scare Has You Staying Away From Taco Bell Here Is The Recipe For The Meet. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
Top 20% of Canadians now own 75% of all national wealth "The gap between rich and poor is wider than ever. The top 20% of Canadians now possess 75% of the country's national wealth, says a new report by Statistics Canada." And I thought all the greedy bastards were in the U.S.. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
Brutes will NOT be playable in Halo 3 says Bungie employee Bungie's community man Frankie flat out denies that we'll be able to play as Brutes in Halo 3. Doesn't deny the video though, just the Brutes rumor, so we're probably going to see a new Halo 3 movie soon. Setting the official a release date perhaps (read: I hope)? From digg on December 15, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
Worst firefighter EVER! This guy is the worst firefighter on Earth! He is trying to demonstrate a fire safety lesson and everything goes wrong! From digg on December 15, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
Video: Before CGI...Every Ray Harryhausen's Stop Motion Animmated Creature Long before CGI, there was Ray Harryhausen: Watch a compilation of every creature he had made using stop-motion animation....all in Chronological Order From digg on December 15, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..
Nevermind Wii straps - Nintendo recalls flammable DS power cords in Japan Over 200,000 power cords with the tag "JRC" have been recalled in Japan -- both DS and DS Lite customers are affected. This is an English translation of the press release of the Japanese web site. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..
Apple Releases New Holiday Ad Apple has just realeased a creative new holiday ad, one that doesn’t involve a Mac and PC bickering. What are your thoughts? From digg on December 15, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..
BadVista.org: FSF launches campaign against Microsoft Vista The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today launched BadVista.org, a campaign with a twofold mission of exposing the harms inflicted on computer users by the new Microsoft Windows Vista and promoting free software alternatives that respect users' security and privacy rights. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..
VOIP: Replacing your legacy phone system with Trixbox oice Over IP or VOIP seems to be the buzz word on everybody's lips at the moment and with good reason. Forwarding your calls over the internet instead of the phone lines can save you big money. As a communications consultant I have received many enquiries about VOIP as of late. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..
Marijuanalogues - The Vagina Monologues... for pot heads. "Marijuana.... Marijuana.... Marijuana.... There we said it - we say if because we want to be comfortable saying Marijuana, and not ashamed and guilty." ... "The world is pretty fucked up right now... shouldn't I be?" From digg on December 15, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..
NES Game Sold For $5,100 On eBay. This is for the orginal NES System. It is the Nintendo World Championships 1990 GOLD Edition. There were only 26 of these given out-and you had to win them to receive one. There are 90 Gray editions made. These are hard to find and is a great item for anyone who is a NES lover! From digg on December 15, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..
DiggStatus - How do you compare to the rest of the Digg community? "DiggStatus is a small utility that calculates the average usage statistics of Digg users and compares them to the statistics of a selected user. It utilizes PHP, MySQL, Flash, and XML." Type in your Digg user name and see how you compare to other Digg users, in terms of story submissions, Diggs, comments, friends, etc. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..
Another Benefit of Registering Your Wii All of us who've registered our Wiis are getting our VC games automatically registered on MyNintendo.com. And if the past is any indication, those of us burning through Virtual Console points may be getting a surprise gift in the mail as our collections grow. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..
"Would you like Semen on your Salad, Sir?" A teen from Wheaton High School in Illinois is in trouble for spiking the salad dressing in the school cafeteria with....his own semen. That's why the salad was salty! From digg on December 15, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..
New Xeons, Opterons compared in performance, efficiency The Tech Report put Intel's "Woodcrest" and quad-core "Clovertown" Xeons up against AMD's Socket F Opterons in a range of applications, including tests from fields like computational fluid dynamics and proteomics. They've also quantified power efficiency in terms of energy use over over time and energy use per task, with some intriguing results. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..
10 top RSS feed readers The Hunt for a New RSS Reader-A long review of ten top RSS feed readers and their handling of video, audio and images. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..
EXCLUSIVE: Leopard Coming Saturday March 24th New information shows a Leopard release date of Saturday, March 24, 2007. If accurate, this date would be exactly 6 years to the day (also a Saturday) of the official release of Mac OS X 10.0, and fall just in time for a 'Spring 2007' launch. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..
How do I get experimental drugs? On Monday, the Food and Drug Administration proposed expanding access to experimental treatments for patients with life-threatening diseases. Pharmaceutical companies and government agencies conduct thousands of studies every year to test drugs for commercial use. How can you get your hands on these new drugs? From digg on December 15, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..
Coolest fish ever is the hottest - fish that skips through lava! Scientists have witnessed the extreme lifestyle of tonguefish that like to skip across pools of molten sulphur. The animals - a type of flatfish - were filmed on three expeditions to undersea volcanoes in the western Pacific. Huge numbers were seen to congregate around the sulphur ponds which well up from beneath the seafloor. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..
Gravity-Defying Baseball Pitch Ready for U.S. American baseball fans are preparing to finally get a closer look at the "gyroball," a pitch that may or may not really exist, but one that has been steadily gaining notoriety over the past year. The gyroball was designed in a computer lab and breaks like a slider ignoring gravity. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..
The Villain Chair - Direct Henchmen in Style This is a must have. "Blofeld, Darth Vader, Dr. Evil, Lex Luthor, Dr. Claw. These were some of the absolutely lethal and diabolical bad guys from a few of our favorite films. The share evil genius, plans of total conquest, and slick knavish style. One common element of that style is the iconic Villain Chair." From digg on December 15, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..
Blogging Headed for the Slow Lane, Suggests Report The blogging phenomenon may have peaked, suggests a report by Gartner researchers, who note a slowdown in growth of the total number of blogs on the Internet. However, the elimination of many spam blogs, or "splogs," from the mix may reflect greater accuracy in documenting blogs rather than a drop in enthusiasm. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..
All a TV writer wants for Christmas A top 50 list of Christmas wishes, including one of my favourite bits of unobtanium; The Complete WKRP DVD set with the original tunes. Sadly there's some 4 letter Grinch preventing this from happening. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..
Affordable HP DV6000t It's easy to see why HP's attractive Pavilion DV6000t has been one of the best-sellers of 2006. You get a 15.4 inch glossy screen, core 2 duo processor, and a host of other multimedia bells and whistles at an affordable price. From Read laptop reviews and notebook news at the laptops weblog - Laptopical on December 15, 2006 at 7:30 p.m..
Valve's Steam servers are down A storm on the west coast is causing a wide spread power outage in the Seattle that is impacting Steam Server availability. Gamers trying to use a Steam powered game can not log in. There is no ETA for when the power will be restored. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..
Ten Jedi Ninja Ways to Get a Wii or PS3 Soon These are your ten best chances for getting a wii or ps3 without paying killing ebay prices for one. I picked up one for my son by using the "back of the line" method. I wish I had known about the target trick! From digg on December 15, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..
The worst website ever made. In early 2001, Dr. Kamran Afzal created the worst website in history. (Maximum appreciation can only be achieved by viewing & listening with IE.) From digg on December 15, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..
Gears of War sells 2 million in only 6 weeks According to Microsoft and Epic's press release, Gears of War has now surpassed the 2 million sold mark making it the fastest selling game on any of the next-gen consoles. What's even more shocking is that it only took them six weeks to accomplish this. Get ready for Gears of War 2, 3... From digg on December 15, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..
How to enable DVD playback : Ubuntu DVD playback is not a feature that is installed by default due to license restrictions. In my opinion the restriction is stupid, very restrictive and violates my rights (of course I am not a lawyer so don’t listen to my rants.) This tutorial will show you how to install DVD playback capability on your Ubuntu linux machine. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..
Third Stargate series in development A production source informs GateWorld that the new series is in the concept phase, and is being actively worked on by the Vancouver creatives behind Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis. No concept for the show has yet been revealed From digg on December 15, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..
The history of Clarkson's Ford GT Just a quick (11 minute) film showing some of the phases of Clarkson's GT and just how unlucky he is. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
Director Michel Gondry Solves a Rubiks Cube with his Feet Michel Gondry, director of "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" solves a Rubiks cube with his feet in under 2 minutes. I love teh internets! From digg on December 15, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
Heart Attack Grill in AZ is featuing an 8000 cal "quadruple bypass burger" "The barely year-old Tempe, Ariz., restaurant with its slogan "taste...worth dying for!" makes the "quadruple bypass burger," estimated to be 8,000 calories, and it is served by waitresses in "nurse" outfits." You've gotta see it to believe it and I thought Hardy's burger was bad. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
The Full Length Shrek The Third Trailer is Now Online Looks cool! From digg on December 15, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Video game foot soldier smackdown! An analysis of the most popular game enemies in use today. Nazis, ninjas, aliens, demons, and more, all scrutinized for toughness and satisfaction. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Cure for Diabetes? Diabetes breakthrough!Toronto scientists cure disease in mice. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Firm combines wine bottle with glass An all-in-one plastic wine bottle and cup has been produced by Australia's Hardy Wine Company, the country's largest wine producer. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Easy-To-Use, Free Web Conferencing (Share your Desktop) Yugma is a free web conferencing service that enables people to instantly connect over the Internet and to collaborate using any application or software, using both Windows and Mac. Online collaboration is great solution for businesses that need to share information with their employees and clients, regardless where they are located.. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Geek to Live: The best apps of 2006 2006 was another wild and wacky year in software and web development. Here it is December and you know what that means: time for a best-of-the-year list. Check out my picks for best new software and web applications that rocked our world in 2006. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Swedish Teen Hacks Microsoft Zune's DRM and WI-FI. (RIAA = owned) "Unconfirmed sources report that a young Swedish hacker named Nutzipper has defeated the Digital Rights Management on Microsoft's new mp3 player the Zune. Our source also indicates that the hacker has also compromised the Zune's Wi-Fi music sharing system. The Wi-Fi hack apparently allows users to secretly transfer music from any nearby Zune." From digg on December 15, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
FSF year-end fund-raiser - see Eben Moglen's video appeal Eben talks about stopping the Novell and Microsoft deal, GPLv3, softwarepatents, and FSF's campaign against DRM (DefectiveByDesign.org). Jointhe FSF now to help fund their campaigns in 2007 - their target is 300 newmembers. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
10 Ways to Trick out your Mac Customizing your Mac is easier than ever these days. I started combing the web looking for new ways to “trick out” my Mac, and found these 10 links. They offer a variety of ways you can make your Mac your own, increase functionality and ease of use, and Pimp out your UI. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
Physicist: Stars can be strange According to the "Strange Matter Hypothesis," which gained popularity in the paranormal 1980's, nuclear matter, too, can be strange. The hypothesis suggests that small conglomerations of quarks, the infinitesimally tiny particles that attract by a strong nuclear force to form neutrons and protons in atoms, are the true ground state of matter. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
User Data Stolen From Reddit Reddit has had a pretty rough week. After facing a complete site outage due to DNS issues, the site is now reporting that media containing a backup of a portion of Reddit’s database was recently stolen, possibly compromising the users’ email addresses: From digg on December 15, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
Google Apps: Now you can register Domains with Google. Google has partnered with GoDaddy.com and eNom, two leading domain registration services, to offer domains for $10 per year. Including private registration to protect your personal information. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
Gamespot Gives GC Version of Zelda 8.9 After 8.8 for Wii After giving Zelda:TP on the Wii an 8.8, Gamespot goes and gives the GameCube version an 8.9. The sound category is the one that got an extra point, but they seem to give the edge to the Wii version in the GC review despite the lower score in the end. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
"Eragon" Gets a Crushing 11% on Rotten Tomatoes Barely making it into the double-digits, "Eragon" has gotten only 4 / 36 Positive Reviews. No wonder that kid was crying about it. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
What the Cowboys' new $1 billion stadium will look like The Dallas Cowboys have unveiled the design of their new stadium, which is scheduled to open in 2009 in Arlington, Texas. The $1 billion facility will be state of the art but will also keep the distinctive hole in the roof that has become the trademark of Texas Stadium, the Cowboys' current home. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..
Car Crashes Into Mall A car crashed into the Altamonte Mall in Altamonte Springs, Florida. It fell from the second story down to the first, hitting an escalator along the way. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..
MacBook Pro 3.1 Mbps EVDO wireless with the Novatel U720 OS X users can now enjoy Rev. A wireless network speeds up to 3.1 Mbps with Sprint's recently released Novatel U720 USB EVDO modem thanks to a little help from Verizon Wireless. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..
US-Mexican Border Fence Building Firm Busted for Hiring Illegal Workers The Golden State Fence Company, which built part of the border fence that is used to keep illegal immigrants out of the US, has been fined almost $5 million for hiring illegal workers. Two executives may face jail time. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..
Are You Really Within 6 Degrees Of Anyone In The World? The theory is that anyone in the world can be connected to any other person by six people. A professor at Columbia is testing this theory and you can participate to help see if this theory is true. Interesting stuff! From digg on December 15, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..
MacHeist's final program unlocked: Textmate! $355 software package for $49, great deal. Go check it out :) More on www.mrfloris.com From digg on December 15, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..
Screenshots of NEW Photoshop CS3 Beta Sorry Mac guys, I've only installed this on my PC laptop. The new interface is sweet. Device Central is going to be an awesome development tool to have at a designer's disposal. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..
CNN compares Barak Obama to Mahmoud Ahmadineja by his clothing? CNN uses Barak Obama's dress to compare him to the Axis-of-Evil. Saying that a mans dress makes him a terrorist is this really what they wanted to say or is this really a racist bashing of Barak in disguise? From digg on December 15, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..
Xbox 360 HD DVD Peripheral sold 42K Units Technically, within the gaming universe the PS3/Blu-ray install base is nearly five times greater, but how many PS3 users got a PS3 for the Blu-ray? More than 42K? I doubt it. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
Ten million girls killed by parents, says Indian minister Ten million girls - seen as liabilities by many Indians, especially because of the banned but rampant practice of dowry - have been killed by their parents in India in the past 20 years, either before they were born or immediately after, a government minister said yesterday, describing it as a "national crisis". From digg on December 15, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
Pokemon ... For Your Calculator Daniel Thorneycroft (TiFreak8x) of the graphing calculator programming group TIFreakware has released info about his upcoming Pokemon clone. Written in TI-BASIC with both ASCII and raster graphics, this game promises to be a pleasure to play. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
First Online Footage for the Wii!-- Pokemon Here is a video of Pokemon Battle Revolution for the Wii online. This is the only game in Japan that has online play, and may be the first to do so in the west too. If you want to see what online play is like on the Wii, check out this video. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
How to take a Coke from 89 degrees to freezing in 2 minutes It takes about 20-25 minutes in a freezer. If you put it in a bucket of ice, that would halve that time. If you put water in that ice, it'd be cold (+- 5c) enough to drink in about 4-6 minutes, if you put salt in that water, you'd reduce the chill time to just over 2 minutes. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..
Drupal 5, RC1: Now with high performance CSS preprocessor The new release candidate is significantly more stable than the previous beta and has seen some major performance improvements. The CSS preprocessor takes the separate CSS files, aggregates them, strips white space, and serves the result. This cuts down on extra HTTP requests speeding render times and cutting server load. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..
Learn 10 good UNIX usage habits Adopt 10 good habits that improve your UNIX command line efficiency and break away from bad usage patterns in the process. This article takes you step-by-step through several good, but too often neglected, techniques for command-line operations. Learn about common errors and how to overcome them. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..
MERCEDES Drift game!!!!! I suck at this but I keep playing it..... From digg on December 15, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..
Very High Fequency Radiation Makes Dark Matter Visible The stars and gas which are seen in galaxies account for only a few percent of the gravitating material in the Universe. Most of the rest has remained stubbornly invisible and is now thought to be made of a new form of matter never yet seen on Earth. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..
Sarah Silverman on Leno explaining her bikini wax Sarah Silverman on Leno explaining her bikini wax experience to America. Her parents are in the audience and get brought on stage. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..
Miss USA Dethroned? Officials from the Miss USA pageant will make a "major announcement" today and may strip reigning Miss USA Tara Conner of her title due to inappropriate behavior, including her conduct at New York City bars. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..
"Borat", "Heroes" Snag Golden Globes Nominations While "Borat" earned nominations for Best Comedy Film and Best Comedy Actor, geek-favorite drama "Heroes" surprised with a nomination for Best TV Drama and Best Supporting Actor for Masi Oka (Hiro), in what E! Online calls a "breakthrough" From digg on December 15, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..
Live Free or Die Hard (Die Hard 4) Teaser Trailer When a criminal plot is in place to take down the entire computer and technological structure that supports the economy of the United States (and the world), it's up to a decidedly "old school" hero, police detective John McClane (Willis), to take down the conspiracy, aided by a young hacker (Long). From digg on December 15, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..
Official Nintendo Wii Replacement Wrist Strap Program Nintendo is offering to replace the original version of the wrist straps for the Wii Remote with a newer version. Fill out their online form to receive up to 4 replacment wrist straps for your remotes. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..
Man buying 400 POUNDS of pot gets 18 months. A 26 year old man tried to buy 400 pounds of marijuana for $455,000 in cash. He faced 40 Years in prison, but only got 18 months. Why? He's the police chief's son. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 10:30 a.m..
On an Internet powered by video, page views are passe There as a lot of commotion yesterday about MySpace's page view count passing Yahoo. But that metric means a whole lot less today than it did six to eighteen months ago. Why? Because new page display technologies [like AJAX] and the growth of multimedia have actually caused the number of pages needed per viewing session to decrease. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 10:30 a.m..
Grandma's Boy 'Demonik' movie videogame going to 360 - pics included The fake game they were developing in Grandma's Boy movie is actually being developed for the Xbox 360, under the name Demonik. Developed by Terminal Reality, and published by Majesco, Demonik doesn't have a release date announced yet, but since they can reuse the 3D models from the movie it shouldn't take excessively long to develop. Here's pics.. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 10:30 a.m..
Marijuana Reform Ads Thes are the latest Marijuana Reform ads refused in Washington D.C. “Marijuana Laws Waste Billions of Taxpayer Dollars to Lock Up Non-Violent Americans.” From digg on December 15, 2006 at 10:30 a.m..
Has the War on Drugs Spread to OTC Cold Medicine? Apparently some stupid kids were cooking pseudoephedrine and turning into methamphetamine. The government doesn't want people to experience euphoria on a regular basis and decided to do something to stop it. But does meth cause death? This "deadliest drug" has apparently killed a few hundred people in the last six years, so far as anyone can tell. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 10:30 a.m..
Man with NO PULSE Considered a Medical Breakthrough A 65-year-old Quebec man who received a new long-term mechanical heart last month is being described as the only living Canadian without a pulse.Canadian? How about HUMAN? From digg on December 15, 2006 at 10:30 a.m..
Microsoft launches redesigned homepage! On December 14 launched a new home page for Microsoft.com. The new page incorporates months of research, testing, customer feedback, and refinements. A much needed redesign in my opinion, looks great and goes well with a "Vista" theme. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 10:30 a.m..
iTunes Sales Are Surging: iTunes Revenue Grows a Robust 84% revenue from Apple Computer's iTunes digital media download service rose by 84 percent during the first three quarters of 2006 versus the same period one year ago as a result of a 67 percent increase in the number of iTunes buying transactions and a 10 percent increase in the dollars spent per transaction From digg on December 15, 2006 at 10:30 a.m..
Study Finds Bizarre Eating Differences in Men and Women An offbeat study of human nature reveals a bizarre consumption difference between men and women. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 10:30 a.m..
Those who can't teach gym, teach Introduction to Web Development at WTFU Gabrielle's grasp of "documents" versus "programs" was just as painfully embarrassing. After editing an HTML document, she'd always say, "OK, I'm now saving my HTML program and will run it in Internet Explorer." I won't even get into how much Gabrielle struggled with doing actual web development in PHP. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 10:30 a.m..
Microsoft patent hints at pay-as-you-go OS I don’t use or could potentially see the use for what half of the Windows operating system comes with. Why should I pay for HyperTerminal or IPv6 when I don’t use it? A modularized operating system may be the answer. As this patent describes .. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 10:30 a.m..
How to photograph Christmas Lights Photo-enthusiast blog Strobist shows you how to capture dazzling photos of Christmas-light displays. This tutorial isn't so much about the method of nighttime shooting as it is framing your shot well and shooting your scene at the optimal time: The problem with 98% of Christmas-lights photos is that most people wait until way too late... From digg on December 15, 2006 at 10:30 a.m..
Available Now - Adobe Photoshop CS3 Beta Download While playing around with Adobe Labs website download URL's and found this page to get the Photoshop CS3 beta before its officially released sometime tomorrow. Good luck, I already downloaded a copy of the Mac and Windows version. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 10:30 a.m..
Why Knuckles Crack and Joints Creak Some peoples' bodies play a percussive symphony of cracking and creaking, thanks to the large orchestra of noise-making human joints. But what's behind it all? From digg on December 15, 2006 at 7:32 a.m..
Monarch Computer's Going Bankrupt? Monarch Computer seems to have fallen on some hard times in 2006. They were not too happy with us when we evaluated a system of theirs back in May. They pledged then to fix all their support issues repeatedly, but we never saw that happen. We then saw constant complaints about Monarch’s customer service in our forums and at that time we decided to From digg on December 15, 2006 at 7:22 a.m..
Alternative theory of gravity explains the universe without dark matter In the standard theory of gravity—general relativity—dark matter plays a vital role, explaining many observations that the standard theory cannot explain by itself. But for 70 years, cosmologists have never observed dark matter, and the lack of direct observation has created skepticism about what is really out there. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 6:32 a.m..
Amazing finger-style guitarist Andy Mckee proves why you suck You have to see this if you have ears and a set of eyes, nothing short of amazing. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 6:32 a.m..
AMD thinks there's no future for the multi-core race While Intel intends to cram 10s to 100s of cores in future CPUs, AMD believes the core race is a repeat of the MHz race. Instead, AMD is betting it all on Accelerated Processing Units, chips that mix and match CPU cores and specialized processors according to market demand. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 6:32 a.m..
Nintendo recalls 3.2m Wii straps Japanese games firm Nintendo is recalling more than three million straps for its new Wii console. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 5:32 a.m..
Screenshots Of PhotoShop CS3 Tomorrow, Adobe will release a beta of Photoshop CS3. Here is a little on what ot expect. (Pictures included) From digg on December 15, 2006 at 5:32 a.m..
DivX CEO prefers Wii, thinks BitTorrent sites are a mess "Divx’s CEO Jordan Greenhall reached out to me and granted an interview to someone outside of the traditional press where I could ask some of the questions that I felt the business analysts and mainstream media were missing. As a result, I an excellent conversation with Greenhal, where we discussed all kinds of things." From digg on December 15, 2006 at 5:32 a.m..
100 things we didn't know this time last year Each week the Magazine picks out snippets from the news, and compiles them into 10 Things We Didn't Know This Time Last Week. Here's an end of year almanac. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 5:32 a.m..
Kant lecture tops the download chart A lecture on Kant by award-winner lecturer Susan Stuart has hit the top of the download charts. It probably helps that who research areas (and thus presumably her spin on Kant) are on the boundary of philosophy, cognition and computing—geeks have always loved that kind of thing. cheers, stuart From StuartYeates's blog on December 15, 2006 at 5:32 a.m..
Wisconsin Man Runs Over, Eats Seven-Legged Transgendered Deer The young buck had nub antlers — and seven legs. Lisko said it also had both male and female reproductive organs. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 4:32 a.m..
Will Digg Get Flanked? A pretty amazing article that analyzes structural and cultural problems in the Digg community and makes suggestions for the company going forward. Important read for all Diggers. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 4:32 a.m..
Apple could sell 9 million Macs in 2007 Even the most zealous Mac enthusiast might have a hard time believing that, if it weren't for the fact that last quarter Mac sales surged to 1.6 million, and it is looking increasingly possible that Apple could sell 2 million Macs this holiday quarter. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..
Microsoft to Alternate Gears and Halo If an yet to be published EGM article is to believed, it looks like Microsoft has found it's latest weapon against Sony... Alternating blockbuster game releases! Microsoft already does this with Forza Motorsport and Project Gotham Racing though neither of them are blockbuster level games. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..
Empty-Stomach Intelligence: Being hungry makes you smarter "Hunger makes the best sauce, goes the maxim. According to researchers at Yale Medical School, it may make quadratic equations and Kant’s categorical imperative go down easier too." From digg on December 15, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..
Strong Solar Flare Disrupts Communications, Astronauts A strong solar flare has forced astronauts in the International Space Station to take cover, disrupted Chinese shortwave communications, and played havoc with instructions beamed to a Martian satellite. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..
Gridlock - My girlfriend's favorite game Move the blocks around to free up your main block so it can get out of the jam. Can you reach level 40? From digg on December 15, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
Teen Expelled From School For Turning In Found Gun 13 year old black kid expelled for turning in a pellet gun he found. Real smart school system we have here... From digg on December 15, 2006 at 1:48 a.m..
Nintendo Controller Tops Hottest Game Accessories Nintendo's Wii controller was the most popular video game accessory for the month of November based on sales. It outsold the next hottest accessory by over 20,000 units. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 1:48 a.m..
Bad Pyschic Messes Up Again! Here is a clip of Sylvia screwing up again.Notice the total look of confusion from the poor parents as the vile Sylvia yet again desecrates the memory of a poor dead child From digg on December 15, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..
Linux disguised as Windows XP A project that tries to offer the same look and feel as Windows XP but on Linux. Who's copying who now? From digg on December 15, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..
Kid Tosses FULL PROPANE TANK Into a Bonfire Tremendous explosion, what is wrong with kids nowadays? The explosion is about a minute in... From digg on December 15, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..
Henry Gomez is new CEO of Skype! The eBay makeover of Skype is complete. Henry Gomez, a former eBay executive and a veteran marketing professional is the new chief of Skype. He takes over from Alex Kazim1, till recently the president of Skype. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..
"Logic Bomb" Backfires on Hacker Employee A former UBS PaineWebber employee was sentenced to eight years in prison on Wednesday for planting a computer "logic bomb" on company networks and betting its stock would go down. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..
2006's Top 25 People in Gaming Next Generation proudly presents our list of the 25 people we feel deserve recognition for their contribution to the game industry through 2006. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..
Top 25 Worst Album Covers of 2006 An exquisite, handpicked selection of some of the worst album covers of the year. Pitchfork staffers ponder the question, "How slight was the graphic design budget for that Pearl Jam record?" From digg on December 15, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..
BBC's 'Parallel Universes' Great documentary from 2002 featuring Dr. Michio Kaku. Imagine a cosmos containing multiple parallel universes, each with its own version of you, and its own laws of physics. If two collide, there's a very big bang. In 5 parts. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..
DiggDong! Stop Obsessively Refreshing Your Digg Submissions Dashboard widget to track your Digg submissions. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 12:12 a.m..
Wii For $200? More Colors? What's Nintendo's gameplan post-launch? A local Toys-R-Us manager may have let slip some yet-to-be-confirmed details for the Wii come Spring '07. From digg on December 15, 2006 at 12:12 a.m..
Which Is More Plausible--String Theory or Minimum Wage Economics? "Consider how differently the public treats physics and economics. Physicists can say that this week they think the universe has eleven dimensions, three of which are purple, and two of which are twisted clockwise, and reporters will quote them unskeptically, saying "Isn't that cool!""...but if economists talk minimum wage raising unemployment... From digg on December 15, 2006 at 12:12 a.m..
Microsoft Begins Work On The Next Version of Windows codenamed "Fiji" Microsoft has Started working on next version of Windows and it is Codenamed "Fiji". From digg on December 15, 2006 at 12:12 a.m..
Find Yourself on the Map of the Internet Not sure where you lie in the great wilderness that is the Internet? Wondering how far away your friends (or enemies) are along the TCP/IP pipes? Look no further — just use the Map of the Internet! From digg on December 15, 2006 at 12:12 a.m..
Disgraceful Media Coverage of Sen. Tim Johnson’s Medical Condition Let’s get a grip for a second here, folks. A man is fighting for his life right now, and that should be much more important than how this impacts who will control the Senate. Yet, just moments ago, this was the headline of an Associated Press article: “GOP governor has the power to appoint Senate replacement.” These were the first two paragraphs: From digg on December 15, 2006 at 12:12 a.m..
The Goog Life: how Google keeps employees by treating them like kids "It's about infantilizing people," she explained. "Give them free food, do their laundry, let them sit on bouncy brightly-colored balls. Do everything so that they never have to grow up and learn how to live life on their own." From digg on December 14, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
Adobe Releases Beta Version of Photoshop CS3 Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) will introduce a beta version of Adobe® Photoshop® CS3 software, the next release of the world standard in digital imaging, on Friday, December 15th. From digg on December 14, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
iPhone on monday (december, 18)!!! [gizmodo knows it] Brian Lam: I guarantee it. It isn't what I expected at all. And I've already said too much. From digg on December 14, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
New logo for Mozilla Firefox browser. Proposal for new Mozzilla Firefox logo is really nice. Check this out !. From digg on December 14, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
Whatever Happened to Online Etiquette? David Pogue: "The deeper we sail into the new online world of communications, the sadder I get about its future. I’m OK with criticism, I’m fine with disagreement, I’m perfectly capable of handling angry mail. ... But what’s really stunning is how hostile *ordinary* people are to each other online these days." From digg on December 14, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
$10,000 to anyone who creates an Open Source .Mac Replacement Service To win it, you will need to come up with "a free replacement to dotMac's client-based services that's easy enough for a first-time Mac user to install and so fully and transparently integrated that a long-time dotMac user wouldn't notice the difference." From digg on December 14, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
Wii is MORE THAN 3 times as popular as the PS3! Searches for Nintendo's Wii outnumbered those for Sony's PlayStation 3 as the holidays approach, according to figures released this week. Hitwise reported more than three times as many searches for the most searched-for gaming console, the Wii, than for PlayStation 3 during the week ending Dec. 9. From digg on December 14, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
Wil Wheaton becomes a Netscape Navigator We're happy to welcome Wil Wheaton to the Netscape team! From digg on December 14, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
Canada commits up to $500 million to the development a new stealth jet "Despite the misgivings of some allies, the federal government is spending an additional half-billion dollars for the final development of the Joint Strike Fighter, a stealth jet meant to replace Canada's aging CF-18s." - Go Canada!!!!! From digg on December 14, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
Microsoft tries to stop Vista piracy monster The software maker releases an update to the operating system designed to thwart a workaround dubbed "frankenbuild." From digg on December 14, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
10 Must Have Linux Applications Through my own process of trying out different applications I have come up with a list of 10 that I believe are a must have for any Linux user. Some are fairly obvious, some are just for fun, and some are very robust and useful. From digg on December 14, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
Father who murdered child over Xbox360 on trial Tyrone Spellman, the scum who beat his 17 month old daughter to death after she knocked over his Xbox360 is now in court in Philadelphia facing charges of murder, though some may argue that video games are on trial rather than this sad excuse for a human being. From digg on December 14, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
U.S. Mint makes law against MELTING pennies and nickels "The U.S. Mint has implemented a law against melting down pennies and nickels which, at current metal prices, could be worth more as metal than as currency. The new regulations authorize a fine of up to $10,000, or imprisonment of up to five years, or both, against violators." From digg on December 14, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
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