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Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Google Rolling Out GMail 2.0 [Pics]

Google is starting to roll out their new and improved GMail 2.0 to a few selected users. Find out how to check if you are a "selected user".

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2009 Toyota Corolla debuts!

The Toyota Corolla is actually the best-selling car of all time, and the Japanese automaker just unveiled the newest version for North America at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas. It's actually the same one that's already on sale in Australia.

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Tropical Storm Noel Kills 48 in Caribbean

Floodwaters and mudslides spawned by Tropical Storm Noel killed at least 48 people in the Dominican Republic and Haiti, officials said Wednesday, raising the death toll as the storm's center spun slowly across Cuba.

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Britney Spears Slammed By Catholic League For Blackout's Photos

They shared a kiss at the VMAs and have both dabbled in Kabbalah despite a Christian upbringing. But now Britney Spears is literally taking a page from Madonna's playbook by including suggestive, religious-themed photos in the booklet for her new album, Blackout.

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Google gets more social with new network

Google is setting up a distribution network for social networking applications, adding a new twist in the Internet search leader's brewing rivalry with rapidly maturing startup Facebook.

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Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Eye-Fi Adds Wi-Fi to Almost Any Digital Camera

The Eye-Fi. It's an SD memory card that adds Wi-Fi to any camera. Plus the free Eye-Fi service supports automatic uploads to 20 different web photo sites (like Flickr) as well as a computer on your home network.

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Google Unveiling Gphone Plan In 2 Weeks, Wants to Change Cellphone Industry

"Google-powered phones will come already configured with a bundle of the most popular Google services, such as Google Search, Google Maps, YouTube and Gmail. But that would just be the beginning..."

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Top Digger Banned From Digg

"I'm sad to announce that one of the top Diggers (cGt2099) have been officially banned from Digg. It really sucks because he is one of the few who actually submitted good quality contents."

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7 Steps To Improving Your Financial Situation

There are many different ideas and strategies when it comes to saving, investing and financial planning. Here are seven things you can do today to improve your current financial situation.

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Vinyl May Be Final Nail in CD's Coffin

As counterintuitive as it may seem in this age of iPods and digital downloads, vinyl—the favorite physical format of indie music collectors and audiophiles—is poised to re-enter the mainstream, or at least become a major tributary. Talk to almost anyone in the music business' vital indie and DJ scenes...

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Jive Dumps Kelis After Her Milkshake Failed To Bring The Boys To The Yard

Kelis released just one album on Jive records, in 2006, having previously been signed to Virgin and Arista. Her manager Jeff Rabhan says, “It was a case of being in the ever-shrinking world of the record industry and finding herself on a label she wasn’t signed to....."

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Daniel Craig Returning as James Bond in 4 More Films

We already know Daniel Craig will be returning as James Bond in the 22nd film that's currently shooting and due out next November, but that's not all. MGM president Harry Sloan has confirmed that they're bringing back Daniel Craig for four more James Bond films, making him the star in at least five total. How does he shape up to the other Bonds?

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Top 10 Wildest Car Concepts in 2007

Many Concepts were present at the Tokyo Motor Show 2007. See the top 10 car concepts presented there. Incredible pics and videos!

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The 25 Secret Perks of Working at Google

The following list of lesser-heralded employee perks should provide an idea of just how far Google goes to keep the human pistons of its search engine pumping contentedly.

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GAP Caught Using Child Labor To Produce "GAP Kids" Clothing

A freelance journalist has caught the GAP using child labor to produce hand embroidered clothing for its GAP Kids line. The children, who are as young as 10, are quoted as saying they were sold to the factory by their families and cannot leave until their debt is paid.

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Best Buy Sells You A Box Of Bathroom Tiles Instead Of Hard Drive, No Refund!

Sam says that he went to BestBuy.com and bought a hard drive for in-store pick up. What he got was a box of bathroom tiles. Now Best Buy is saying he'd better take it up with manufacturer and that they're not going to issue a refund and that Sam should just take his loss.

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Apple sells 2 million copies of Mac OS X Leopard in first weekend

Apple said Tuesday that it sold over two million copies of Mac OS X Leopard since its release on Friday, far outpacing the first-weekend sales of Mac OS X Tiger, which was previously the most successful OS release in Apple's history. Sales included copies sold at Apple's retail stores, Apple Authorized Resellers, the online Apple Store...

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'Whois' May Be Scrapped to Break Deadlock

Like a "411" for the Internet, Whois contains information such as names and phone numbers on the owners of millions of ".com" and other Internet addresses. Law-enforcement officials, trademark lawyers and journalists, as well as spammers, use it regularly. But some privacy advocates are proposing scrapping the system entirely.

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The 10 Biggest Web Annoyances

In its relatively short life, the World Wide Web has already made many of our most mundane, tedious tasks quicker and easier to perform. But there are still a surprising number of activities--from helping us buy concert tickets to protecting our privacy--that, for one reason or another, the Web still can't get right, stirring the ire of even the most patient users. We look at ten of the worst of them.

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New version of Gmail starting to roll out

Just today, some people started seeing the new version of Gmail — the improvements (like being much faster) are mostly under the hood, but there are a few noticeable changes. The most obvious is the improved contact manager.

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Monday, October 29, 2007

McCanns Accused of Using Madeleine Fund to Pay Their Mortgage

Utterly disgusting! A spokesman for the McCann family has refused to comment on allegations they used some of the Madeleine fund to pay their mortgage. The statement comes after the Daily Mail reported that the family’s spokesman, Clarence Mitchell, confirmed: "part of the donations ... had been used to help with mortgage payments".

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Official Apple iPod Touch Ad (Created by a Student)

In an unusual move, Apple will be airing a new television ad that started as a student project, according to The New York Times. The new iPod touch ad will began airing on Sunday.

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Google's Response to Facebook: “Maka-Maka”

Google may have lost the bidding war to invest in Facebook, but it is preparing its own major assault on the social networking scene. It goes by the codename “Maka-Maka” inside the Googleplex (or, perhaps, “Makamaka”).

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11 Essential Tips for Taking Photos at Halloween

The key to capturing subjects at Halloween is no different from the normal elements of good composition in photography. As you take pictures, you'll need to keep in mind some of the basics of good digital photography. Here are 11 mini-tips which should be helpful if you're going out or staying in with a camera this Halloween.

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Britney Spears' Mom Writing a Parenting Book!

I hope the title is "What Not To Do!" As lawyers for Britney Spears and her ex-husband fought a court battle over custody of their two young sons, a publisher said on Friday that the pop star's mother is writing a book about parenting.

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Chevy makes Jay Leno a special 600 HP Corvette

Chevrolet made Jay Leno a special 600 HP Corvette just for him. The super car, powered by E85, will be revealed tomorrow in Las Vegas at the SEMA show.

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Rumor: iPhone coming to Canada on December 7th?

According to a 'Boy Genius Report' that shows an alleged leaked advertisement, Rogers could be launching the iPhone on its network on December 7th.

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Office with a View [Pic]

What a beautiful view!

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Top 10 Cities for Job Seekers

None of the major U.S cities like New York, Los Angeles or Chicago made the top 10.

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12 Products From Hell

"12 products I wish I'd never, ever seen."

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Longest Living Animal? Clam -- 400 Years Old -- Found In Icelandic Waters

A clam dredged from Icelandic waters had lived for 400 years - is this the longest-lived animal known to science?

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Can Microsoft Make Vista More Compelling?

Although Windows Vista has been on sale for nearly nine months, Microsoft has yet to seriously market the operating system, letting a certain rival control public mind share on a number of fronts. That's all about to change, as the Redmond company attempts to make Vista more compelling to consumers.

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Sunday, October 28, 2007

Turn Thunderbird into the Ultimate Gmail IMAP Client

If IMAP's got you curious but you're not sure what desktop application to use with Gmail, consider the extensible, fast, cross-platform and free Mozilla Thunderbird, our beloved Firefox's little sibling. Here's how to get the full Gmail experience in Thunderbird with IMAP.

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Friday, October 26, 2007

Amazing California Fire Disaster Photos

An amateur photographer -- Chris Mesaros -- captures amazing before and after shots of the wildfires tearing through Northern Los Angeles County.

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Donald Rumsfeld Formally Charged with Torture in France

Former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's jaunt to France was interrupted today by an unscheduled itinerary item -- he was slapped with a criminal complaint, charging him with torture.

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Apple OS X Leopard: First Hour Impressions

"Stepping through OS X Leopard's final build for the first time, and giving impressions. What do you guys want to know?"

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Digg Adds Back The Ability To Search Your Own Diggs

"No official word on this yet. Check it out for yourself. Hope it works better than the global search."

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50 Cent Raves About Acting Alongside Robert De Niro, Al Pacino

Reports that rapper Curtis Jackson assaulted a co-star on the set of his new film "Righteous Kill" are untrue, he told MTV News.

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Expert: Pakistan cricket coach was murdered

The pathologist who carried out Bob Woolmer's autopsy maintains the Pakistan cricket coach was murdered.

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Quandary: Is Windows Desktop Search Installing Itself?

At least two independent, private network administrators have reported on their blogs since yesterday that their Windows Server Update Service has downloaded and deployed to their network clients the most recent update to Microsoft's Windows Desktop Search engine, even though those services are set up not to deploy updated software automatically.

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Poll: One-Third of Americans Believe in Ghosts, UFOs

It was bad enough when the TV and lights inexplicably flicked on at night, Misty Conrad says. When her daughter began talking to an unseen girl named Nicole and neighbors said children had been murdered in the house, it was time to move.

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Weird And Bizarre Plants: 8 Freaks Of Nature! [PICS]

Nature's Gone Wild! Beautiful and bizarre.

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Thursday, October 25, 2007

Microsoft’s U.S $30 Billion Vista Bump

It turns out someone does like Windows Vista, along with Office and the other stuff Microsoft sells. Indeed, the company sold U.S $1.1 Billion more of that stuff in the second quarter than analysts expected. The company’s profits rose by 23 percent. In after-hours trading today, investors bid up Microsoft’s shares by 12 percent, to nearly U.S $36.

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Why Microsoft Overpaid for Facebook

At first blush, it may seem like Microsoft got the short end of the deal when it paid $240 million on Wednesday for a puny 1.6% stake in the social-networking site Facebook. While Facebook is probably the most talked about destination on the Web today, the company will be lucky to clear $30 million in profit...

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Ten Kick-Ass Facts About Bruce Lee

Ten fascinating facts about the only man capable of schooling Chuck Norris.

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The Wizard of Oz as you've never seen or imagined: TIN MAN

"Tin Man" is a miniseries coming to the SciFi channel in December. It is a complete re-imagining of the world of "The Wizard of Oz". A dystopian urban fantasy world. Be sure to also check out "The Infinite OZ" at the link; it's a very impressive flash presentation. This could possibly be one of the best films/miniseries to come to TV this year.

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Top 10 Google Products You Forgot All About

We give Google's front-running applications a lot of ink (or pixels, as it were), and the rest a passing mention in the fast-flowing river of news. Today's top 10 pays homage to the little brother and sister Google products that you forgot all about.

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Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Facebook goes mobile - look forward to more damn friend requests!!!

Worse is to come with the release of the new mobile version of Facebook at m.facebook.com...

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'Dallas' Movie On Again

John Travolta's still attached, but in yet another revamp of the planned adaptation of the '80s soap classic 'Dallas,' the plan to make the movie a spoof has been ditched, and producers are going decidedly less A-list to fill out the rest of the cast.

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Turn your PC into a Password Cracking Supercomputer

Russian outfit Elcomsoft has just filed for a U.S patent which leverages GPUs to crack passwords. Their approach harnesses the massively parallel processing capabilities of modern graphics cards to make minced-meat of corporate-strength password protection.

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5 Expenses You Can't Afford If You Have Credit Card Debt

In order to get out of debt you need to curb your monthly expenses. Getting out of debt will make you feel better than watching TV in a new pair of shoes ever could.

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10 Smartest Ways to Live Beneath Your Means

"There are no secrets to this strategy. It's just common sense. Here are my 10 favorite ways to live beneath your means."

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Dell's XPS One leaked: Watch Out Gateway

Meet Dell's unannounced all-in-one 'XPS One'. What we're seeing here is a 22-inch display flanked by stereo speakers, topped off by a webcam, a slot-loading Blu-ray burner along the right bezel, a 2.66GHz E6750 Core 2 Duo, integrated or ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400 graphics, and up to 4GB of RAM.

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RIM rolls out Facebook for BlackBerry

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd has launched Facebook software designed especially for its smartphones to make it easier for users to browse the popular social networking Web site.

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How To Cook Food on Your Car Engine

"Have you ever watched a movie where people cooked food with their car? An easy way to do this is to place a piece of meat directly on your motor and watch it cook, but it probably won't taste right. Here is how you can cook food with your car in a way that will actually make you want to try it out."

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BlackBerry edging into China

The model 8700 smartphone will arrive on Eastern shores later this year.

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Eye Test

It's okay if you want to cheat - grab a pair of glasses from someone!

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The Ultimate 5 Page Entrepreneurs Guide to Success

Excellent Guide! This has everything any entrepreneur needs to know about making big money. Just wait till you get to #1 on the list. Nice in-depth resource.

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New Trailer for Will Smith's "I Am Legend"

The new 'I Am Legend' movie trailer is now online. The new look is less mysterious, and more forthcoming. The vampire/zombie-like creatures look less scary and more like bat boy from Weekly World News. But that isn’t to say that 'I Am Legend' doesn’t look to be a kick ass science fiction film. Check out the full trailer...

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How To: Properly setup Gmail IMAP for the iPhone & Apple Mail

Following the recommended settings provided by Gmail will get you basic IMAP support, but the settings will not sync your Sent Mail, Drafts, Trash, or Junk properly. Here are the basic settings to ensure that your email clients don't create unnecessary Gmail labels during synchronization.

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Who's Investing In Facebook: Google Or Microsoft?

The title might come to you as some surprise, since the rumour mill focused on Yahoo’s possible acquisition of Facebook has been hard at work for over a year. However, the New York Post now claims that Google and Microsoft are battling to invest in Facebook (if you can’t buy it, invest in it), both looking for a 5-10 percent stake.

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Your Mission: Spread Firefox One Giant Sticker at a Time

Mozilla, and specifically a group of Marketing interns, has began Operation Firefox, a contest that puts 3.5 foot Firefox stickers in the hands of its community and looks for creative new ways to share Firefox with the world. It's goal is to get 50 great photos of the Firefox logo in situations that promote the browser's defining characteristics.

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Best hacked website ever? [PIC] [NSFW]

Someone came across this website and immediately took a screenshot in case it was taken down.

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Gmail gets IMAP

Google's Gmail has just integrated IMAP. However, its only appearing in select accounts at the moment.

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Tuesday, October 23, 2007

MySpace + Zazzle = Tila Tequila T-Shirts?

Silicon Alley Insider is reporting that MySpace and Zazzle will be announcing a partnership later this month to sell t-shirts on the social networking site. According to the report, the partnership will likely focus on allowing bands to create custom merchandise using Zazzle that they can sell to their tens of thousands of MySpace friends.

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General: Bush ordered Guantanamo 'torture' tactics himself

More than 100,000 pages of newly released government documents to demonstrate how US military interrogators "abused, tortured or killed" scores of prisoners rounded up since Sept. 11, 2001. President Bush gave "marching orders" to Gen. Michael Dunlavey, who asked the Pentagon to approve harsher interrogation methods at Guantanamo, the book says.

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World's Most Expensive Scotches

Costing more than a luxury Mercedes Benz for just one bottle, Scotch is a true collectors item. To track down that purest-form product of single malt Scotch Whisky in its most expensive bottles, we researched the findings of numerous Scotch experts, including distillery owners, auction-house specialists and spirits sommeliers.

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Hilton Booed at Awards Show

Paris Hilton was booed as she went onstage to present a preview a clip from her upcoming horror movie at the 2007 Scream Awards in Los Angeles on Friday night.

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BREAKING: Experts say "IRAN STILL 3-8 YEARS FROM A NUCLEAR WEAPON"

"Iran would need another three to eight years to make a nuclear bomb, the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said in an interview published on Monday, warning against any rush to use force to curb its nuclear ambitions. Why is the U.S. hellbent on starting a war with a country who is clearly not close to doing what they're accused of?"

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Apple Is Now Worth More Than IBM

After Apple's phenomenal earnings report this afternoon, AAPL is up over 7 percent in after hours trading to U.S $186.02. This marks Apple's market cap at U.S $161.8 Billion -- above IBM (U.S $154.23 Billion) for the first time ever. Feeling a little blue, IBM?

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Five iPod Touch Disappointments

"After playing with the iPod Touch for just under a month now, along with some positive things I've discovered about the device, I've also come across a few things which bug me to no end. Lets take a look."

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Apple Exceeds Expectations, Mac Sales Soar

Little was surprising about Apple's quarterly numbers surrounding the iPhone, as sales met expectations and forecasts. However, Mac sales surged to record levels and the company posted far better revenue numbers than expected. The company, known to be conservative in its forecasts, had forecasted $5.7 billion in revenue for its fiscal Q4.

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Britney Spears' Fans: Who Exactly Are They?

Forget the head-shaving, the custody drama, fender benders, trips to rehab, wardrobe malfunctions, divorces and all of Britney's non-music-related train wrecks. When it comes to her true fans, the wait for 'Blackout' has been harder than any tabloid travail.

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Images: A look at TasteBook

TasteBook, a new Web site that allows people to search the Web for recipes and print out hardcover cookbooks, is set to launch Tuesday. Users can use TasteBook's iTunes-like interface to pick recipes and create a customized book...

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BlackBerry to sport limitless music

Beginning next month, Research In Motion's BlackBerry phones come with a cheap, unlimited music service for the first time, marking the latest foray by a handheld-device maker into a burgeoning music arena. Rob Lewis, CEO of British mobile music provider Omnifone, told Reuters on Tuesday his firm had inked a deal to supply the BlackBerry...

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50 Cent Talks Akon, G-Unit, Next LP From Set Of 'I'll Still Kill' Video

"I'll Still Kill" is one of the most aggressive records from Curtis, and the G-Unit bossman barks at anyone having issues with the content.

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Monday, October 22, 2007

25 Skills Every Man Should Know - Ultimate DIY

These days, you can outsource almost any job—but some things you need to know how to do yourself. Study our master list with step-by-step tips from the experts, and test your DIY aptitude each step of the way.

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AC/DC finally become masters of their domain

After years of trying, Australian power rockers AC/DC have finally obtained acdc.com from a porn company that used the site to redirect many an unwitting fan to sites offering filthy photos of bondage, water sports and other types of kink.

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8yr old has Mom Arrested for Drunk Driving

A woman has been arrested for investigation of drunken driving and other charges following repeated calls to 911 from her 8-year-old son, who was in the car, Clark County sheriff's deputies said.

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Quagmire Kills The Simpsons!

Deleted scene from 'Family Guy'.

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Start YELLING! It's CAPS LOCKS DAY!

Do you know what day it is? DO YOU? IT'S INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY! YAY! This little-known holiday, according to geek lore, is an ironic little tradition stemming from the perceived overuse of capital letters in online conversation.

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Funny Signs and Signpost Pictures

Hilarious!

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Bush Asks for $46 Billion for Iraq, Afghanistan, National Security Items

President Bush asked Congress on Monday for another $46 billion to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and finance other national security needs. "We must provide our troops with the help and support they need to get the job done," Bush said. The figure brings to $196.4 billion the total requested by the administration for operations in Iraq...

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SanDisk Enters Online-Video Market With USB Bridge

Flash memory maker SanDisk Corp. on Monday will debut an online video service and a USB flash drive that can carry television programs and videos from a computer for playback on TVs. The Sansa TakeTV video player — an ensemble of an oversized USB drive, remote control and a small dock that connects to a TV — and its accompanying video service...

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Breaking: Osama bin Laden Calls for Iraqi Insurgents to Unite

Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden speaks in new audiotape about Iraq aired on Al-Jazeera television.

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Top 51 Free & Useful Downloads

Once upon a time you actually had to pay for great software or use illegal cracked versions...

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U.S. Air Strikes in Baghdad Kill 13 People, including toddlers

U.S. air strikes in a Shi'ite stronghold of Baghdad early on Sunday killed two toddlers, Reuters TV footage showed, in clashes that police said left a total of 13 dead and 69 wounded. The bodies of the toddlers, one in a nappy, lay on crumpled blankets in the morgue of Imam Ali hospital in the poor district of Sadr City.

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Top 7 Ways To Speed Up Your Website!

The time taken by your site to load greatly affects the experience for your visitors.

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Women's Heart Attack Symptoms Different from Men's

Research by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) indicates that women often experience new or different physical symptoms as long as a month or more before experiencing heart attacks. Among the 515 women studied, 95-percent said they knew their symptoms were new or different a month or more before experiencing their heart attack.

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Bizarre Christmas Albums Are Rolling In (And It's Only October!)

We're still more than a week away from Halloween. It's currently 74 degrees in in New York. Turkeys of North America walk unafraid, knowing their fate won't be determined for more than a month. If all that isn't enough to get you in the Christmas spirit, well, then we don't know what is.

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Kid Rock Arrested For Assault After Waffle House Scuffle

Kid Rock (real name: Robert James Ritchie) was arrested on charges of misdemeanor battery early Sunday morning (October 21) in DeKalb County, Georgia, after he and his entourage allegedly beat up a man at a Waffle House, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Rock was released later Sunday after posting a U.S $1,000 bond.

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Sunday, October 21, 2007

Officer called to son's death crash

A police officer called to a fatal road accident discovered his son was one of two teenagers killed in the crash. Very sad.

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Why The 'Digg Shout' Is Not Good Advertising

Ever since Digg announced the recent changes to their website, people have been leveraging one of its features, the 'shout,' to spam other users. However such a method does more bad than good.

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Top 10 Dumbest Celebrity Quotes

Tara Reid: "I make Jessica Simpson look like a rock scientist."

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Google - Who's looking at you?

It wants to know everything about you. It wants to be your best friend — or your Big Brother. Are your secrets safe with Google?

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Republican debate tonight on FOX News at 8pm EST

8 candidates will be there: Tom Tancredo, Duncan Hunter, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, Rudy Giuliani, Fred Thompson, John McCain.

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Pictures: A Pharmacy in Iraq

Let's hope that it never gets hit by an earthquake.

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Nasal Spray Will Help You to Socialize and Speak Better in Public

A nasal spray containing an antibiotic used to treat tuberculosis may help people to overcome their fears of public speaking, attending work parties or even performing karaoke. Psychologists found that sprays emitting D-Cycloserine (DCS) significantly reduced the symptoms of people afflicted with chronic social phobias.

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70 punished in accidental B-52 flight

The Air Force said Friday it has punished 70 airmen involved in the accidental, cross-country flight of a nuclear-armed B-52 bomber following an investigation that found widespread disregard for the rules on handling such munitions.

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What Were His Parents Thinking? [Pic]

Poor guy!

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The Complete Guide to Mac/Windows Interoperability

You've got a household full of PC's and you've stopped yourself from getting a Mac because you don't want to deal with incompatibilities. Eight years ago that would've been understandable, but today Mac OS and Windows can work together in harmony on the same home network. Here's a primer on how the two systems inter-operate.

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Ford sells pink 30GB first-gen Zune, donates 100% to breast cancer research

This particular device means a touch more to the cause than most, as both Ford and Microsoft are teaming up to donate "100-percent of the purchase price" to Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

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Apple fires 800 thieves - from their own company!

Christmas came early for employees who had serviced the fruit company for a year or more before the launch of the iPhone as Apple gave them all a free iPhone. Then came that whole fiasco where early adopters were enraged due to a iPhone price drop. How did Apple resolve this? - they handed out generous U.S $100 rebates...

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15 Unreasonably Useful Websites

A list of 15 websites that are either useful or entertaining.

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Out Of A Coma, Into The Apple Store!

Geoff Evila miraculously recovered from a four month coma after a near fatal car accident and realized he'd missed the launch of the iPhone......

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Default Manufacturer Passwords for a Ton of Devices - Use it Wisely!

This list was made for use by System Administrators or other people who have lost their password or for some reason want to know the default password of the device. Comprehensive and quite handy.

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Universal Installer For Linux Coming Soon?

A universal installer for Linux could be in the works that would allow you to install software on almost every Linux Distribution. Nixstaller is an Open Source project that allows users to create user friendly and flexible installers that work on various UNIX like systems.

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Japanese Urban Camouflage (PICS)

A vending-machine dress, inspired by a trick used by Japan’s ancient ninja, who cloaked themselves at night under black blankets, could offer a woman walking alone a way to elude pursuers.

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How to Make Fake Blood for Halloween

Real human blood is thicker than water and begins to coagulate as soon as it's exposed to air. That's why fake blood needs to be sticky and goopy. Solution: Start with 1 cup of...

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Saturday, October 20, 2007

'Mythbusters' to Test Cockroach Radiation Myth

After a nuclear holocaust, would cockroaches really be the last creatures standing?

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Matt Damon to be 'Jason Bourne' Again?

A couple months back, Matt Damon was going around telling people, press, and anyone who would listen, that he would not be returning for a fourth Jason Bourne movie. Well something has apparently changed his mind, and Damon now seems to be considering the possibility of a fourth film.

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Did GOOG beat estimates by shortchanging publishing partners?

"Last week Google beat financial analyst forecasts and its shares rose. I looked at the third quarter 2007 results, in particular, its traffic acquisition costs (TAC), and noticed something very interesting and something which no one else had written about."

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Flickr To Add Online Photo Editing Tools

Currently, you can rotate photos on Flickr, but the editing stops there. They just announced a new partnership with Seattle-based Picnik to integrate Flash photo editing tools directly into Flickr.

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Lance Bass thought bandmates in 'NSync were also gay

The frosty-tipped singer has spilled his guts to GQ magazine in a revealing new interview, in which he tells of his desperation to regroup with Justin Timberlake (who he also says dreamed of starring in a gay movie), the fact he originally came out of the closet to BritneySpears, and that he's reached out to help the troubled pop-tart...

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6 years later - the evolution of the iPod (Pictures)

Sunday will mark 6 years since Apple first released the iPod. This gallery takes a look at the evolution of the iPod and the changes that have been introduced throughout the last 6 years, culminating with the Touch.

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TVLinks Shut Down, Owner Arrested!

It's a sad day for streaming video fans everywhere as news has been reported that TVLinks has been shut down and the owner, 26, from Chelteham, was arrested.

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The Ultimate Facebook Notifier: FizzBoost

"If you are one of those Facebook addicts (you aren't? yeah.. right), and want to get Facebook alert notifications even when your browser is closed, I recommend that you to use FizzBoost. I've been using other notifier application in the past but this one works much better."

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53 Ultimate Photoshop Tips

Perfect for Photoshop users!

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J. K. Rowling Reveals Dumbledore is Gay

At a reading at Carnegie Hall, J. K. Rowling revealed that one of her most beloved characters is gay!

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An Inexpensive Cross-platform USB 2.0 Dock for SATA 2.5 and 3.5 HDD

What's not to like about this thing? It is hot swappable. It mounts easily. It uses both form factors of SATA HDD.

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Apple's iPhone the No. 4 U.S. handset during third quarter

Sales of Apple Inc.'s iPhone ranked No. 4 amongst all U.S. handset for the third calendar quarter of 2007 and is on track to potentially take over the No. 1 spot sometime in the next two quarters. Nearly 1.1 million units of the sleek touch-screen handset were delivered to U.S. consumers through the combined AT&T and Apple outlets...

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Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.8 fixes 10 flaws, makes it Leopard-ready

The new Firefox 2.0.0.8 is also compatible with Mac OS X 10.5, a.k.a. Leopard, Mozilla said. However, some issues remain under the new operating system, which is set to go on sale next Friday, including problems with some media player plug-ins.

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Friday, October 19, 2007

MySpace platform finally opens up

Chairman Rupert Murdoch has announced to the world at the Web 2.0 Summit that MySpace will have an open platform "within a couple of months."

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What do 16,000 people do at Google?

"I'm beginning to think that besides search advertising, hiring is the thing Google does best. On Thursday, the company reported gains of 50 percent or so in quarterly profit and revenue from a year ago, beating analyst expectations."

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Thursday, October 18, 2007

[PIC] Funniest police pursuit you have ever seen

Worst cops ever. It's like a kind of dance or something.

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"BMW Welt" Customer Delivery Complex Opens in Munich (video)

German carmaker BMW unveiled the "BMW Welt," a giant car delivery center, recreation and exhibition complex, located in Munich, Germany. The steel and glass building covers 10,000 square meters and was designed by Austrian architect Wolf Prix. Clients are able to view their vehicles at the center, tour the BMW factory and visit the new BMW Museum.

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The 20 Hottest Women Of The 90’s

The 20 hottest women from the decade when flannel was king, and boy bands roamed the earth.

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Star Wars TV Series? George Lucas says Yes!

The Force may soon be coming to a television near you.

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Amazon's 1-Click patent picked apart by US Patent Office

The US Patent Office has dealt a blow to Amazon over its controversial "1-Click" shopping cart patent. The patent, which Amazon filed for in 1997, was used in Amazon's case against Barnes & Noble in 1999, wherein Amazon accused the competing bookstore of patent infringement.

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Google Docs Mobile Released

Google Docs Mobile went live now, after traces of it were spotted a month ago. It’s a minimalist reformatting of the “Google Office suite" for cellphone display. What you will see is a search box as well as recent documents – word processing, spreadsheets, or presentations – below it. You can also navigate through your different folders in this stripped-down version of Docs (which might make a decent Google gadget, too).

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Worst iPhone Accessory Ever!

Seriously outrageous.

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Screenshots Out for Microsoft Office Live Workspace

Microsoft has been sharing with bloggers today some screenshots of the forthcoming Microsoft Office Live Workspace. The company made its most recent major announcement about the online collaboration suite that integrates with Office at the end of last month. Interested users can now pre-register for the free service's launch later this year.

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How Top Bloggers Really Promote their Websites

Simple question: “If you had 2-hours a day to devote to no-cost, off-blog (even off-line) marketing for your blog, what would you do?” I posed this very question to a collection of some of the world’s top bloggers and social network marketers…and here’s what they revealed.

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Wednesday, October 17, 2007

16 Coolest New Features In Mac OS X 10.5 That You Didn’t Know About

By now, everyone has heard about the major new features in Apple’s new operating system, Mac OS X 10.5 — code-named Leopard. However, there are several little known new features that are actually quite cool. Here's a compilation of the sixteen coolest little known new features of Mac OS X 10.5.

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Tiger Woods to have his own Gatorade drink

Tiger Woods will have his own brand of sports drink next year under an endorsement deal announced Tuesday with Gatorade that marks a couple of firsts for the world's No. 1 golfer -- his first U.S. deal with a beverage company and his first licensing agreement.

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Apple Set to Ship Leopard October 26

Apple has finally set a date for the next release of its Mac OS X operating system, said to include some 300 new features. Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard" will go on sale through Apple retail stores and resellers on October 26 at 6:00pm local time. Additionally, the company will accept pre-orders for the new OS beginning Tuesday (16th Oct).

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Kevin Rose in new Captain America comic??

A figure wearing a DiggNation t-shirt that looks suspiciously like Kevin Rose is on the cover of 'Captain America: The Chosen #6' holding Captain America's shield! The cover is by artist Mitch Breitweiser - a Digg fan?

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Stephen Colbert for President?

Stephen Colbert announced that he's officially considering whether he will announce that he's running for President of the United States on 'The Daily Show'. He said he might be trying for the ticket in his home state of South Carolina at the very least as both a Republican and a Democrat!

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Tuesday, October 16, 2007

U2's 'Joshua Tree' Blooms Again

To celebrate the 20th birthday of its landmark album "The Joshua Tree," U2 is reissuing the set in four different incarnations on Nov. 20 via UMe. The album will be available as a remastered single CD, a 2-CD set, a 2-CD/1-DVD collectible box and a double-vinyl package.

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The Top 10 Hottest Celebrity Girls Next Door....EVER!

You all know the “Girl Next Door”. She doesn’t look like Pamela Anderson in her prime, she looks like a real woman. The kind of girl you could take home to mom, but still be blown away with just how smokin’ hot she is.

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55 Must See Movies of 2008

What movies will you be seeing in 2008? It’s a pretty simple question, but a very complex answer. Most consumers don’t plan their movie viewing habits that far in advance, but that doesn’t stop us from trying.

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'iTunes Plus' Adding Indie Labels, Dropping Prices to 99 Cents

After months of a catalog limited to EMI and priced inexplicably higher at U.S $1.29, Apple is adding indie labels as well as dropping prices in their DRM free store.

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Some grumble that Google isn't model citizen

Some residents worry about how disconnected Google seems from the community. The company occupies a private oasis on the other side of Highway 101 from downtown. The city has installed more traffic lights and is considering adding more sidewalks and bicycle lanes on highway overpasses to accommodate Googlers who might want to head downtown.

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[Humor] Google.com designed for Google

What would Google.com look like if it had to be designed for Search Engine Optimization.

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Britney Spears Booked On Traffic Charges

Just weeks after finally getting her California driver's license, Britney Spears turned herself in to Los Angeles police Monday night in connection with a pair of minor traffic offenses. Reuters reported that a gum-chewing Spears; wearing a black minidress, leather jacket and large designer sunglasses; spent 45 minutes being fingerprinted and photographed...

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Google Earth Banned in Iran

An Iranian businessman trying to download Google Earth in Iran got the following message: "Thanks for your interest, but the product that you're trying to download is not available in your country".

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T.I. To Remain In Jail, Set To Appear In Court Friday On Weapons Charges

In addition to the guns that T.I., 27, allegedly tried to purchase through an intermediary and collect on Saturday — which, given his status as a convicted felon, he is not allowed to do — police found a number of additional weapons at his Atlanta-area home during a search, including some in a walk-in safe that required fingerprint access...

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Motorola, Sony Ericsson to Push Open Phone OS

Although its RAZR handsets set a new standard in mobile phone design and sold tens of millions of units, Motorola's dirty little secret is beginning to impact sales: its horrible phone user interface. The company is now endeavoring to resolve this by partnering with Sony Ericsson on building an open platform for phones.

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The 16GB iPhone? Nope, don't be a fool

While we're pretty certain a 16GB iPhone is on the way given the recent emergence of the 16GB iPod touch -- this ain't it. Posted in the user forums at MacRumors and making its way around the interwebs is this supposed 16GB iPhone purported to have just arrived at an Apple store.

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Is this Pope John Paul II Waving from Beyond the Grave? (Spooky Image)

This fiery figure is being hailed as Pope John Paul II making an appearance beyond the grave. The image, said by believers to show the Holy Father with his right hand raised in blessing, was spotted during a ceremony in Poland to mark the second anniversary of his death.

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World's Most Expensive Homes 2007 [PICS]

Along Australia's Gold Coast and across the French Riviera, they sit above the beach offering extraordinary views of the sea. In the U.K. they are palaces that humble the Queen's Belgravia mansions.

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Monday, October 15, 2007

Zune Hits New Record Low of U.S $100

Yes, you only get to pay U.S $5 for shipping, best deal ever! If you like the Zune, that is...

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13 Reasons Your Facebook Account Will Be Disabled

To help people avoid having their accounts disabled, I've listed the most common reasons why people report having their accounts abruptly turned off.

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AOL to cut 2,000 jobs

AOL is cutting its global work force by an additional 2,000 jobs as it continues a transition from internet access provider to online advertising company.

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Nanotech revolution hints at 1TB iPod

Your storage worries could be all over -- nanoscale hard drive technology developed by Japanese researchers could soon see a quadrupling of the current storage limits on devices such as laptops and iPods.

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Facebook Founder named most influential person in tech industry

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has today been named the most influential person in the high-tech industry by a panel of experts in the eighth annual Agenda Setter’s poll by silicon.com. The Agenda Setters Top 50 focuses on the people driving and shaping the tech industry in 2007 and is a barometer of success within the IT industry.

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The Vision and Reality of Wearable Computing

Computing's next wave could unleash small devices that increasingly augment everyday activities with digital intelligence.

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Meet the 5-Watt, Tiny, Fit–PC

Meet the Fit-PC, a tiny 4.7 x 4.5 x 1.5-inch PC that only draws 5-watts, consuming in a day less power than a traditional PC consumes in one hour.

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250+ Tools and Resources For Coding the Web

We’re all living on the web, and we all seem to be starting our own websites, so it’s time we all learned the languages that make it run. We’ve gathered over 250 resources to help you get going.

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Nokia ships top-end phone with 8GB of memory

Nokia said Monday it had started shipping a new version of its top-of-the-range mobile phone model N95 with 8GB of memory and improved battery life.

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6 Steps to a Perfect Living Room

Discover great tips about how to create a perfect living room!

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Cutllery Made from Potatoes

Say goodbye to plastic cutlery and hello to SpudWare...

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How does Google Map the World?

We interviewed engineers at Google and at ­DigitalGlobe, the company that supplies Google's satellite photos, and did a little bit of reverse-engineering to figure out how it works.

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Top Blogs On Google Reader

Google recently made it fairly easy to determine the number of Google Reader subscribers around a particular blog. Here's the list.

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Pets Hurled Off Bridge in Puerto Rico

Animal control workers seized dozens of dogs and cats from housing projects in the town of Barceloneta and hurled them from a bridge to their deaths, authorities and witnesses said Friday. Mayor Sol Luis Fontanez blamed a contractor hired to take the animals to a shelter.

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How to track the originating location of an email via its IP address

Need to figure out where an email you received was sent from? Follow these simple steps and you'll be able to figure out the original starting location of a sent email! No need for email tracking software.

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Top 10 Fastest Cars in the World

AutomoBlog.net lists the Top 10 fastest cars in the world.

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21 Facts About The Internet You Should Know!

You probably use it every day but how well do you know your Internet? Ever wonder how all this foolishness got started in the first place and why?

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Saturday, October 13, 2007

The Ultimate Gadget That Can Say You've Had Enough of Computer Work

For those who just can't call it quits, a team of researchers at Tufts University has developed a head adornment which can determine when you've been overly stressed, bored or simply numb to the world around you when using your computer.

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6 Most Popular Athletes According to Google

Study shows the 6 most popular athletes based on Google's searh results.

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Music industry: five alternative business models

With the news that Madonna, along with Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails, has jumped ship and abandoned the major record labels - it clear that the recording industry is in trouble. If the old way of doing business is defunct, what will replace it? Last100 presents five alternative business models for selling music.

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Stephen Colbert Announces as a Candidate for President -- of Both Parties!

Appearing on Larry King's CNN show Thursday night, Stephen Colbert was accused by the host of using the publication of his new book as a platform to run for president. Colbert happily confirmed this, saying that he would seek the nomination from both parties.

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Become an Online Power-Shopper

If you're a die-hard bargain shopper, you can spend tons of time looking for deals on the internet—and you can be very successful. But if you don't have an abundance of time to dedicate to bargain hunting, you can still save buckets of cash by following just a few simple tips.

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Windows XP Easter Eggs!

Windows XP has hidden easter eggs or features in certain applications, games and operating system tools. Here are a few of them.

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How Autopilot Works

In this article, we'll look at how autopilots work by examining their main components, how they work together -- and what happens if they fail.

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Released: Google Desktop for Linux 1.1 Beta

"Desktop for Linux now supports many more image formats and will show better thumbnails for them in your search results. You can also customize the hotkey used to launch the quick search box. And most importantly, Desktop for Linux now searches the content of Microsoft Office documents - our most requested feature."

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MSN Admits Zune is Ugly

"I saw a post on the homepage of MSN today for the top design disasters of the tech world. Guess what made the list? Our friend, the brown Zune. Good to see Microsoft has some humor in itself, even if it is a stretch from one of their affiliate companies."

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Apple’s growth leading to bad customer service?

"It must be tough being Steve Jobs. Mr. Jobs, CEO of a company called Apple (AAPL), that makes computers and iPods, is having a hard time keeping all of his customers happy."

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Better Gmail gets even better

If you're tired of waiting for Google to make some much-needed improvements to Gmail, Better Gmail has been adding useful functionality to the e-mail client since earlier this year.

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8 Cool Concept Designs at the L.A. AutoShow Design Challenge

Here are some weird, interesting, fascinating, sci-fi, futuristic, exquisite, whatever you want to call them, concept designs at the L.A. AutoShow Design Challenge from car producers like: Toyota, Honda, GM, Mercedes.

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Google vows to increase Gmail storage limit

People using Google Inc.'s Gmail service are sucking up storage space faster than the company can add it. Google said on Friday it is speeding up the rate at which it adds storage space for its Gmail Web-based e-mail service due to the increased storage requirements for attachments such as photos.

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Vehicle Towed With Toddler Inside

A toddler left alone in a sport utility vehicle was found after the SUV was towed on Wednesday afternoon.

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60% Of Lipsticks Contain Lead

The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics tested 33 brand-name lipsticks, including brands like Cover Girl, L'Oreal, and Christian Dior, and are reporting that "61 percent had detectable lead levels of 0.03 to 0.65 parts per million (ppm)." One-third of the lipsticks tested had levels higher than 0.1 ppm, the FDA's safety limit for lead in candy.

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7 lottery winners who lost their millions

Having piles of cash only compounds problems for some people. Here are sad tales of foolishness, hit men, greedy relatives and dreams dashed.

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Make a cool hologram illusion!

This instructable will show you how to easily make a convincing floating head hologram.

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Nissan to introduce world’s first "Around View Monitor"

Nissan Motor Co. Ltd will introduce the world’s first "Around View Monitor", which offers the driver a bird’s eye view of the vehicle and its surroundings in real-time.

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Al Gore on Apple Homepage

"Al has put his heart and soul, and much of his life during the past several years, into alerting and educating us all on the climate crisis. We are bursting with pride for Al and this historic recognition of his global recognitions."

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Friday, October 12, 2007

Radiohead Fans Feel Duped By In Rainbows' Poor Sound Quality, Possible Ulterior Motives

When Radiohead announced last week that they would be releasing their seventh album, In Rainbows, via their official Web site, there was much fanfare and some honest-to-goodness debate about the future of the music industry, the validity of major labels and just how people consume music.

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Google Billionaires Get Another Jet

The fun thing about having lots of money is you can buy as many toys as you want. Over at Google it's a veritable playground. A company controlled by Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page and CEO Eric Schmidt, with the strange name of H211 LLC, has an agreement to land four jets at Moffett Field, according to documents...

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PHSYCO CAT [Amazing Pic]

Be afraid, this lovely kitty-cat could be your pet!

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Al Gore wins Nobel Peace Prize

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change....

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Thursday, October 11, 2007

Hasselhoff treated for alcoholism

Former Knight Rider and Baywatch star David Hasselhoff has been treated in hospital for a relapse into alcoholism.

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Call of Duty 4 PC Demo Now Available - Working Link

That’s right, it’s here. If you’ve been waiting for the Call of Duty 4 Demo to finally make its way to PC, your wait is now officially ended. The upcoming Infinity Ward foray into modern combat is now available on FileFront. Don't wait for Yahoo to fix their servers when you can download the demo right now!

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Oasis and Jamiroquai Might Follow Radiohead and Give Away Music

Some of the music industry’s biggest names are considering offering their music free online following the success of the experiment by the band Radiohead to let fans download their new album without charge. Now Jamiroquai and Oasis, two major names not contracted to record labels, might be following Radiohead and giving their music for free as well.

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66 Celebrities that Blog

Think evil gossip mongers are the only ones blogging? Think again! Your favorite celebrities are also blogging. Here are 66 of the best.

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And The Walls Came Tumbling Down: Madonna Dumps Record Industry

According to reports, Madonna has signed a U.S $120 Million deal with L.A. based concert promotion firm Live Nation to distribute three studio albums, promote concert tours, sell merchandise and license Madonna’s name.

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Add calendar events on your iPod Touch

Apple disabled calendar events. You can re-enable them. You need a jailbroken iPod Touch and a Text Editor. Add two lines to a property list file and you can start adding events on your Touch.

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A Visit to the Set of Indiana Jones 4

"I just got off the set of Indiana Jones 4, where a small group of online press including myself were able to sit down with Steven Spielberg. We got 20 minutes with the man behind some of the greatest films of the last 30+ years."

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Best 404 Messages Found on the Web

Links to the best 404 Not Found errors on the web, researched and categorized for your surfing enjoyment. Add yours!

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Secret Service shot at car of agent protecting Ahmadinejad

The U.S Secret Service is investigating why one of its agents shot at the car of an agent said to be protecting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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Rudy Giuliani Resoundingly Booed by New Yorkers at Yankees Game

"I was there and Giuliani was booed not once but twice, the second time during God Bless America, which he did not appear to know the words to."

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Vodka Drip-feeding Docs Save Man's Life

Doctors plugged an Italian tourist into a drip-feed of vodka to save him at a hospital in Australia that ran out of the medicinal alcohol it would normally have used for treatment.

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36 Reasons Flickr is a Photographer’s Best Friend

As if you needed more reasons, here is a comprehensive list of reasons why Flickr is the ultimate tool for any photographer or wannabe photographer.

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iPod Touch now running Mail and more

iPod Touch now running Mail, Google Maps, and more.

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New Features Discovered in Windows XP SP3: Is It Better Than Vista?

The principal reason given for the tremendous under-the-hood changes to Windows unveiled early this year in Vista was the need to overhaul the security model. Indeed, Vista has proven to be a generally more secure operating system, though some vulnerabilities that apply to ordinary software impact Vista users just as much as any other.

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Mozilla Plans Mobile Version of Firefox

After successfully changing the game in desktop web browsing, Mozilla now has its sights set on the mobile market with a version of Firefox to appear for mobile phones as early as 2008.

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What the hell is going on here? [PIC]

I can't even come up with a description for this one...

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Wednesday, October 10, 2007

The Birth of The Simpsons

It may be the most popular prime-time cartoon in history. But how did such an outrageous show make it onto the air in the first place? Read on.

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Six Ways to Catch Your Favorite TV Shows

With the fall television schedule in full swing, many of us are back in the habit of plopping down in front of the tube at night to catch the latest installment of your favorite show when it's scheduled to air. That means clearing your schedule to watch the show...

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MoFuse Creates Mobile Version of Your Website

MoFuse is a new service that many publishers today have a need for. MoFuse stands for "Mobile Fusion" and it enables you to create a mobile version of your website. It's similar to Winksite, a mobile conversion and community service that counts BoingBoing among its customers. However MoFuse is simpler, in that it doesn't offer community features.

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Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Fuser Puts Gmail, MySpace and Facebook Mail in One Place

A new beta product called Fuser (www.fuser.com) might save you some time and login hassles when you're reading your email. If you're like me you've collected several email and social networking accounts over time, and it takes a little work to log in to all of them and collect the mail.

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Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3 due in Q1 '08

The first service pack for Windows Vista is on its way, and PC Magazine has a preview of an early private beta version.

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Girl gets iPod for birthday, finds rocks inside

You unwrap your gifts fervently and you hit pay dirt. The iPod you wanted—no, you needed! You open the packaging with great anticipation, only to discover that there is no iPod. Only rocks. Not even good rocks, or iRocks, just rocks.

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