Most detailed pictures of Earth ever seen

These spectacular images are the most detailed pictures of Earth ever seen.

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50 craziest celebrity baby names

Names include Apple, Camera, Lark Song, Marquise, Suri, Moon Unit, Tallulah, Tiaamii...

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Nicole Richie Confirms She's Pregnant

"Yes I am. We are," Richie told ABC News' Diane Sawyer in an interview to be aired this week. "I'm almost four months."

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The Simspons: 'Please Don't Download This Movie Illegally'

Despite the pleas Bart writes on the chalkboard, the movie gets leaked on BitTorrent but still rakes in big bucks at the box office.

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Apple Mac event Scheduled for 8/7

The press are being invited to an Apple "product presentation for Mac" at Apple Town Hall in Cupertino on the morning of Tuesday, August 7th.

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iTunes Music Store sells 3 Billionth song

The iTunes Store is on a roll and not slowing down any time soon. Apple announced this morning that over 3 billion songs have been sold through its online music store. The milestone not only marks a major feat for Apple, but also for the digital music industry as a whole.

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Bush used in advertising [PIC]

A New Zealand pizza chain uses President Bush's picture on a billboard.

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Riot Breaks out in San Diego Comic Con

After two days of relative calm on Friday and Saturday, the Comic Con convention in San Diego exploded in violence on Sunday after what seemed a personal dispute spilled over into the crowd.

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17 ways to reuse your old NES console

It's amazing just how many DIY projects exist for old NES units.

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Report: Eminem sues Apple for copyright infringement

Rapper Eminem has accused Apple of copyright infringement in a multimillion-dollar lawsuit, according to a story in The Detroit News.

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Rap Takes A Back Seat On New Kid Rock Album

There's quite a bit more rock than rap on Kid Rock's upcoming Atlantic album, tentatively titled "Rock'n'Roll Jesus," which will arrive Oct. 9.

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Outbound Call from iPhone Without AT&T

This guy has successfully switched out the iPhone SIM...

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[PICS] USB Keyboard Bra by Angel Kitty (U.S $130)

Made in Japan...in case you were wondering.

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Led Zeppelin Finally Coming to iTunes

Veteran rockers Led Zeppelin, who have sold more than 200 million albums worldwide, are to enter the modern age and offer an album of specially selected tracks to download on the internet. If you know much about Led Zep, you know how protective they are of their songs and have seldom allowed them to be licensed and have long opposed digital music.

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Virgin Tycoon Sir Richard Branson: 'I took drugs with my son'

The extrovert billionaire says he smoked cannabis with model son Sam, now 21, during a surfing holiday in Australia. But anti-drug campaigners have blasted Branson's drug-taking as "highly irresponsible".

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Lindsay Lohan before and after DUI bust (pic)

A lot can happen in 3 days, apparently.

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Paris Not Being Locked Out of Hotel Fortune

A story published in the UK said the ex-con party princess was in jeopardy of losing her mega-inheritance because sullying the family reputation, saying that grandpa was cutting her out of the will.

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The Weirdest Stuff Homer Simpson Has Ever Eaten

It's not all donuts and Duff beer in the stomach of Homer Simpson.

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10 Rules for Writing Numbers and Numerals

How do you express numbers in your writing? When do you use figures (numerals, digits) and when do you write out the number in words (letters)? That is, when do you write '9' and when do you write 'nine'?

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Google's battle for wireless spectrum

An upcoming Federal Communications Commission spectrum auction is once again pitting search giant Google against the largest phone companies in the country in a public policy battle that could determine how Americans access the Internet in the future.

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Bill Gates: "I Still Plan to Leave Microsoft Next Year"

Despite the company being challenged on all sides by competition, Google especially, he still plans to move on.

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Taliban Claims to Have Killed Second South Korean Hostage

Taliban militants shot dead a male South Korean hostage on Monday, claiming the Afghan government was not listening to rebel demands.

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'Wonder Years' Actress Danica McKellar Tells Girls: Smart Is Cool

McKellar, who played Winnie on the 1990s television show "The Wonder Years," is coming out with a book, "Math Doesn't Suck," to encourage girls to get into math.

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Stephen Colbert Breaks Wrist On Set

The host of "The Colbert Report" revealed on Thursday night's show that he broke his left wrist while running around the New York studio before taping a recent episode.

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The New Incredible Hulk Revealed!

At the Marvel films panel at the San Diego Comic-Con, they revealed a new concept photo of the Hulk as well as spoke with Edward Norton about his role and his involvement in helping write the film.

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Google in Danger from Wikipedia?

Monopoly of Google as the largest search engine in the world is under severe threat by the plan of Wikipedia to launch a community based search engine.

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The 9 Most Typecast Actors of All Time

Actors who, for better or worse, are probably going to play the same part until they die.

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A Look At The Google Streetview Camera, the Ladybug2 [PICS]

This camera grabs its video with five CCDs facing in all directions as well is one pointing straight up, letting it snag 75% of the full sphere. Then it sends its video via 1394 to a compressor unit that's able to stream those images at 30 frames per second.

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Michael Vick's Co-Defendant Pleads Guilty in Dogfighting Case

One of Michael Vick's co-defendants pleaded guilty to dogfighting charges Monday in Richmond federal court, in a plea agreement with prosecutors.

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'Simpsons Movie' Rakes In The D'oh — Tops Box Office

All good things come to those who wait, and for fans of "The Simpsons," this weekend was nothing short of, as Mr. Burns would say, "excellent." After 18 years and 400 episodes, "The Simpsons" exploded onto the big screen, opening to U.S $71.6 million, and ensuring that for Homer, Bart, Marge and the rest of the gang, this was the "Best. Weekend. Ever."

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Usher And Fiancee Tameka Foster Cancel Wedding

Couple, who are expecting their first child in the fall, made the announcement Saturday.

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Italian Pens Novel Using Mobile Phone

In yet another sign of our increasingly mobile lifestyle, an Italian author has completed a 384-page science fiction novel without the use of a computer or pen and paper. Robert Bernocco wrote the entire book using his Nokia 6630 mobile phone by dividing the manuscript into short paragraphs.

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Mom Faces Neglect Charges After Thieves Steal Car With Baby Inside

Thieves stole her car and her baby, but now one Orlando mother is facing charges in the case. Police searched the area but said they have no suspects, no description and no witnesses. But it is the mom who now faces charges under a new Florida law that went into effect on July 1.

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Hotmail filtering Linux mailers: Emails marked as phishing scam

How bad can this get?

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How To Use Firefox

A pretty good guide to dressing up Mozilla Firefox for any occasion and the plugins that you should use to do it.

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Boy Dies in Washing Machine Spin Cycle

A 16-month-old boy has died after falling into a washing machine in a spin cycle despite the efforts of his 7-year-old brother to revive him.

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Computer Analyst Claims to Have Found Hidden Image in Da Vinci's "Last Supp

Slavisa Pesci, a computer analyst, claims that he has discovered a hidden image in Da Vinci's "The Last Supper" by superimposing a mirror image of the painting on itself. New figures including two knights and a baby reportedly become visible.

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Britney Spears' Bodyguard Ticketed in Scuffle With Photographers

A bodyguard for Britney Spears must face a battery charge after he scuffled with two men trying to photograph the singer and her young sons at a Las Vegas Strip resort, police said Friday.

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Falling Ice Chunks a Mystery in Iowa Town

Large chunks of ice, one of them reportedly about 50 pounds, fell from the sky Thursday in this northeast Iowa city, smashing through a woman's roof and tearing through nearby trees.

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TiVo Won't Cancel Your Account, Even If You Say You're Moving To The Moon!

"A TiVo CSR insisted that Jerry explain why he was canceling his account, so Jerry said he was moving to the Moon, an explanation that might earn sympathy from a company whose logo is a martian."

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10 Tips for Razor Sharp Concentration

"Writing to-do lists and keeping a schedule may keep you organized, but does it really help you get more done? I believe that organization is important, but what you really need is focus."

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Friday Rant - Things I hate about Windows Vista

"This is the happy, smiling face of Windows Vista where the operating system is in the background and you just get on with your work. But there’s another face, the angry face, the face where things don’t work and you spend hours (and a ton of cash) trying to figure out why things that should be working, don’t."

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FBI Chief Muddles Gonzales Sworn Testimony to Congress

The head of the FBI contradicted Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' sworn testimony and Senate Democrats requested a perjury investigation Thursday in a fresh barrage against President Bush's embattled longtime friend and aide.

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Leonard Nimoy to Reprise Role as Spock in 11th 'Star Trek' Movie

The 76-year-old actor will don his famous pointy ears again to play the role in an upcoming "Star Trek" film due out Christmas 2008.

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1 Dead, at Least 52 Injured in Wrong-Way Alabama Crash With Bus

An SUV traveling in the wrong highway lane collided head-on with a Greyhound bus early Friday, killing the SUV's driver and injuring several other people, the mayor said.

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Surprise? Pepsi's Aquafina bottled water is from a "Public Water Source"

PepsiCo Inc. will spell out that its Aquafina bottled water is made with tap water, a concession to the growing environmental and political opposition to the bottled water industry.

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Google Streetview Camera Vehicles Spotted All Over U.S [PICS]

"Google has its eye on us with its fleet of camera vehicles shooting pictures for its Streetview mapping service, so we decided to turn the tables and put our eyes on Google."

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Harry Potter author 'penning two books'

JK Rowling has said she is back at work, just days after her final Harry Potter book was published. In an interview with the USA Today newspaper, the author said she was sad the Harry Potter series has come to an end, but will not stop writing.

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The Real Traffic Numbers of The Top 30 Social Bookmarking Sites Revealed

Here are the 30 largest Social Bookmarking sites ranked by a combination of inbound links, Google Page Rank, Alexa Rank, and U.S. traffic data from Compete and Quantcast.

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BBC Launches Free Online TV in UK

The BBC launched its online television service on Friday, which is being called the biggest change to the way its viewers watch its programming in four decades.

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Ballmer: 1 Billion Windows PCs by Next Year

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer boldly touted the success of Windows at the company's annual Financial Analysts Meeting Thursday, saying that the number of PCs with Windows installed will surpass 1 billion by the end of Microsoft's next fiscal year on June 30, 2008.

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Google Earth Reveals Oddities and Secrets

The Editors at PC World spent some time using Google Earth to scour the surface of the planet, and they turned up some incredibly strange sights.

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Is this the new iMac keyboard? (Possible Leaked Photos)

That's the rumored, super slim, brushed aluminum keyboard said to be accompanying Apple's new iMac computer.

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Digg's Jay Adelson: Microsoft is "young", "innovative", "cutting edge"

"We at Digg couldn't think of a better partner to get to where we need to go," said Jay Adelson, the company's Chief Executive Officer. "They're a young ad service, they're innovative, they're willing to work with us on the cutting edge."

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The 8 Greatest Beverages in the World

What, no Mountain Dew?

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Tony Snow demands reporter change 'twisted words' in article

On Wednesday's briefing, White House Press Secretary Tony Snow took time out from answering questions to lecture a veteran reporter on journalism and demand that he change the "twisted words" in an article he wrote.

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Top 10 Free Services To Send Self-Destructing Emails

This is a list of 10 services that offer self destructing emails that vanish or become unreadable after a certain length of time or upon the request of the sender. They also help prevent printing, copying, forwarding, and saving of the email sent and auto expire after a predefined interval

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7 Clever Google Tricks Worth Knowing

"Below I have compiled a list of 7 clever Google tricks that I believe everyone should be aware of. Together I think they represent an apex example of the grand possibilities associated with Google search manipulation tricks and hacks. Although there are many others out there, these 7 tricks are my all-time favorite. Enjoy yourself."

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Apple's CEO Never Liked Buttons, Not Even on His Shirts

Buttons have long been a 'hot-button' issue for Apple's CEO. While many technology companies load their products up with buttons, Steve Jobs treats them as blemishes that add complexity and hinder their clean aesthetics.

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World's First Flying Car Enters Production!

In a moment we've been waiting for since the first time we saw 'The Jetsons', the first flying car has finally gone on sale. Just like the car George uses to drop off the kids, the Moller M200G Volantor is shaped like a saucer. To avoid the need to pass FAA regulations, the civilian version of the Volantor is restricted to heights of 10 feet...

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Jerry Seinfeld's productivity secret

"Years ago when Seinfeld was a new television show, Jerry Seinfeld was still a touring comic. At the time, I was hanging around clubs doing open mic nights and trying to learn the ropes. What he told me was something that would benefit me a lifetime..."

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The Largest Single Drug Cash Seizure the World has Ever Seen [Pic]

Police raided his luxurious Mexico City home in March, carting off what they said was $207 Million, most of it in $100 bills that had been stashed behind false walls and in closets.

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A CEO who got his job on Craigslist

"A friend told me about Craigslist. In late 1999, I put my résumé up on it, and founder Craig Newmark saw it and invited me in for an interview. I was hired as lead programmer."

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Digg: New ad provider

"We've signed on Microsoft as our new partner to sell and serve the ads on Digg. It's a deal similar to the one Facebook signed with Microsoft last year."

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9 Hacks That Will Make You the Master of Your iPhone

Only a few days after the iPhone went on sale, hackers were already kicking the wheels and checking under the hood to see if they could pimp out Apple's locked-down smartphone. After a month, they've made surprising progress.

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GIRLS with ASSAULT RIFLES buying ice cream in ISRAEL (PIC)

Title says it all. Priceless.

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Chinese pirates busted with U.S $500 Million of software

Chinese police and the FBI worked together to take down two Chinese piracy groups recently, which they credit with being in possession of counterfeit software valued at half a billion dollars.

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Toshiba Launches New Laser Printer

Toshiba's latest laser printer for individuals and small businesses costs U.S $449.

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Back up your Google Apps data

Face it: If you use Google services like Gmail, Calendar, Docs and Spreadsheets, Reader, or Blogger, you've got a life's worth of data on Google's servers. Unless you back up your stuff locally, Google holds the keys to your digital life and you're out of luck if and when Google loses or denies you access to that data.

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Harry Potter Magic: Book Breaks Sales Records

No other book, not even any of the six previous Potters, has been so desired, so quickly. "Deathly Hallows" averaged more than 300,000 copies in sales per hour (more than 50,000 a minute). The U.S $34.99 book, even allowing for discounts, generated far more revenue than the opening weekend of the latest Potter movie...

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Supermodels Make Too Much Money

"Forbes.com recently released a list of the 15 richest Supermodels on the planet. After reviewing the facts and figures, we’ve come to one conclusion: these women earn too goddamn much."

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'Man Vs Wild' exposed as more BBC programming frauds unfold

Bear Grylls was filmed building a raft by himself, whereas the crew had actually put it together and dismantled it beforehand, to ensure that it worked. And in a further episode, supposedly "wild" horses rounded up by Grylls had come from a local trekking facility. So why eat the bugs??

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World's First Ever Cloned Rabbit [Pic]

Here is the world's first cloned rabbit using a biological process that takes cells from a foetus. This rabbit was the world's first to be cloned using "fibroblast" cells from a fetal rabbit.

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Boys face sex trial for slapping girls' rear-ends

Two middle-school students in Oregon are facing possible time in a juvenile jail and could have to register as sex offenders for smacking girls on the rear-end at school.

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Tony Snow: Bush Isn’t 'Big On YouTube Debates'

This morning, a reporter asked Tony Snow whether the President’s remarks today would address some of the criticisms from the Democratic presidential debate last night. When Snow said they wouldn’t, the reporter asked: "Did he watch the debate?" Snow: "I don’t think so. I don’t think he’s big on YouTube debates."

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Harry Potter Fans Go Berserk Over Book's Missing Pages

My husband said, "Why are you screaming?"

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First clean shots of four-door Porsche Panamera

"The new four-door Porsche Panamera completely without camouflage. We can now see the rear hatch and the spoiler that lifts and extends outward from the base of the backlight glass. How very Mercedes SLR-like of Porsche..."

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Windows XP on Your Thumb Drive

The final piece fell into place when some other software authors helped resolve some of the most common remaining issues, so that XP-boot-from-USB now can work in many, many cases.

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Top 10 Gmail Tweaks

Here are the 10 most impressive Gmail plugins and tweaks. There's plenty more to choose from but these in particular will make your life easier and enhance your Gmail experience.

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Did JJ Abrams "Cloverfield" Project Just Get a Title?

Over on the ARG message board at unfiction.com, there's a poster who claims to have seen...a poster.

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12 Ways to Use Facebook Professionally

Let’s look at 12 ways Facebook can benefit the web worker, particularly those who are home-based. The more connected you are to your co-workers and clients without being intrusive, the better your working relationship.

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Apple Provides Tips for Longer iPhone battery life

One of the biggest criticisms of the iPhone is that, unlike many other mobile phones (particularly smartphones), it lacks a removable battery. This means that that once your battery stops holding a good charge, you have to pay for Apple to replace it. Perhaps in response to criticisms, Apple has put up an informative and rather amusing site to help.

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Power Outages In San Francisco Bring Down Major Websites

6 back-to-back power outages hit the SOMA neighborhood of San Francisco Tuesday afternoon causing major havoc with popular web services. 365 Main is down, along with Craigslist, Netflix, Technorati and SixApart.

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PC maker Acer hits out at Windows' Vista operating system

The head of Taiwan-based personal computer maker Acer, Gianfranco Lanci, hit out at Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system, saying that the "entire industry" was disappointed by it.

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Publish Your Outlook 2007 Calendar to the Web

You're just six instructions away from letting the world know your whereabouts.

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India’s 'Robin Hood' is shot dead after 30 years on the run

Police have shot dead India’s most wanted bandit, ending the 30-year reign of a criminal hailed by poor villagers in the north as the country’s modern-day 'Robin Hood'.

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11-Year-Old Gives STD to Two Preschool Girls

An 11-year-old boy forced two preschool-aged girls to have sex with him, infected them with sexually transmitted diseases, but will not be prosecuted by Western Australian authorities, according to a report.

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Rihanna launches Umbrella collection!

After a very successful single, "Umbrella", Rihanna probably decided that she knows a thing or two about umbrellas.

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The Ninth Album: Is there hope left for Metallica?

By early 2008, Metallica will have released their ninth album. While metal heads are eagerly anticipating this release, there are just as many who are somewhat concerned by its outcomes based upon the band's recent history. This is a history that is perceived by many as a band losing sight of both their roots and their fan base...

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Google Earth Finally Censores out parts of Washington DC

When Google updated its satellite maps of Washington in June, it had two options: Use the newest, most detailed aerial photos from a government agency that blocks such top-security spots as the White House and the U.S. Capitol, or continue to use older, less-detailed images from a private company that doesn't block out anything.

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Safari exploit gives hackers full control over iPhones and possibly PCs

Researchers at Independent Security Evaluators have used the vulnerability to take malicious control of the iPhone from rogue websites loaded with the exploit. Once in, researchers have full administrative access over the phone allowing them to listen in on room audio or snatch the SMS log, address book, call history, email passwords and more...

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It's a Google world! Search Giant Invests in Cellular Tech

'Femtocells', an emerging technology for improving cellular coverage in homes and enterprises, have attracted the interest of none other than Google Inc.

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Bush Outlaws All War Protest In United States

In one of his most chilling moves to date against his own citizens, the American War Leader has issued a sweeping order this week outlawing all forms of protest against the Iraq war. According to legal experts, the greatest concern to the American people are the underlying provisions of this new law...

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U.S troops leave Australian for dead in Iraq

An Australian private security operator was left for dead by American forces after he was seriously wounded during an ambush in southern Iraq. The U.S refused to provide a helicopter to evacuate the wounded man after being told he was Australian, News Limited reports.

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Why Women have a longer life Expectancy than Men

Series of pictures showing why the ladies have a higher life expectancy. And why men really never have a chance.

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New York Man Dead After Trying to Stop Girlfriend From Driving Drunk

A man trying to prevent his girlfriend from driving drunk after a party Saturday on Long Island was killed when he was dragged under her car while pleading with her to stop. "You're going to get arrested," the paper reported a witness overhearing Wiederer tell Vega, 27. "You can't drive like that!' But Vega told him, "Leave me alone!" and took off.

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Anti-Porn PSA From The 1960's

Simply amazing “Anti-Porn” PSA from the 60's. It starts out like any PSA would or should, but as it progresses, the images it shows are more suited for fans of porn than opponents of it.

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'$100 laptop' production begins

Five years after the concept was first proposed, the U.S $100 laptop is poised to go into mass production. Hardware suppliers have been given the green light to ramp-up production of all of the components needed to build millions of the low-cost machines.

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Apple Stores to Begin Charging Entrance Fee

If you want to see the iPhone at an Apple store, be sure to bring some cash. Large crowds flocking to see the iPhone and next generation iPods have forced Apple to begin charging a $5 entrance fee for Apple stores. Many analysts anticipated the move, and expect a positive response from customers.

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The BlackBerry Curve Review

It has been a big year for RIM. Their profits are up, their devices have been getting great reviews and their subscriber base is growing by the day. Unquestionably, the big hit for RIM this year was the BlackBerry Pearl - the 8100. They quickly followed it up with the 8800 - bringing a much needed redesign to their corporate clients.

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Top 10 Cell Phone-PDAs

These are the top cell phone-PDAs today, but ratings and rankings can change quickly due to pricing and technology changes, so check back frequently for the latest info.

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The strangest car doors you'll ever see! [PICS + VIDEO]

Nevermind those gullwing and suicide-style doors, this 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII concept car has the coolest doors you've ever seen.

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Security Firm Reveals iPhone Vulnerability

The NY Times reports that researchers at a security firm Independent Security Evaluators have announced that they have found a vulnerability in the Apple iPhone that allows them to extract personal information and "take control" of the device from a malicious website or WiFi connection. The company has setup a website which provides a video demo.

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Whoops! Nevada Governor accidentally posts Outlook password

If you ever wanted to be Nevada's governor for a day, it doesn't seem to be that hard. In what could be a whopping security hole, Nevada has posted the password to the Gubernatorial's e-mail account on its official state website.

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Final "Harry Potter" Sells 8.3 Million Copies (U.S) in 24 Hours [96/sec]

In its first 24 hours on sale, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," the seventh and final installment in the wildly popular series by J.K. Rowling that officially went on sale at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, sold a record 8.3 million copies in the United States, according to Scholastic Inc., the book's publisher.

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Man Rapes 7 Year Old Girl, Freed Because He Can't Speak English!

Even though detectives talked to him in English, he was freed when the court could not find a interpreter that spoke the language of his native, Vai.

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God's Inbox [PICTURE]

God uses a Mac?

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The world after George Bush: Bush's successor to clean up a staggering mess

Bush has not succeeded in rewriting the rules of statecraft. Proceeding from false premises, he came to false conclusions. His successor, whether a Democrat or a Republican, will need to revive the internationalist traditions of his predecessors to clean up the mess he is leaving behind.

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6th-Gen iPod UI video: Apple Legal Department Involved!

According to this MacRumors video -- which has since been pulled per request of Apple's legal department -- the new iPod interface will look a lot like the iPhone. Go figure. Of course, there's always the chance that this video might be a fake, but if that's the case, why is Apple so worried about it? See for yourself after the break.

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Fans Finally Get Hands on Final 'Harry Potter' Book

Anna Todd and Kelsey Barry, both 20, jumped up and down, screaming and hugging as they touched their Harry Potter books and smelled them as if handling a newborn baby.

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Florida Police Stun Marlins Pitcher Scott Olsen With Taser

Florida Marlins pitcher Scott Olsen was arrested early Saturday after refusing to pull over during a traffic stop and getting hit by a Taser stun gun during a fight with police officers, authorities said.

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International symbol of marriage [Pic]

True or false?

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Zoos kill healthy tigers for the skin trade

Zoos are killing healthy tigers and other endangered species and selling their skins to be stuffed and mounted as trophies for private collectors, an investigation has found. The skins are sold by the zoos to taxidermists who prepare them for clients in defiance of attempts by the government to stifle the trade in tiger products.

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Great Free Files: 20 Fantastic Open Source Downloads

They're free, but that doesn't mean these apps aren't powerful. Created by folks who welcome help and improvements to their work, many of these programs are superior to packaged software.

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India Elects First Female President

India elected Pratibha Patil as the country's first female president Saturday in a vote seen as a victory for the hundreds of millions of Indian women who contend with widespread discrimination.

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Myspace blocks the letter "i"

This is just bizarre: MySpace has started to filter out the letter “i” on MySpace blogs - all of them. No matter where the letter “i” appears in a word or sentence, it gets replaced with “..”. The only place where an “i” can be used is in the title of a post.

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6th-Gen iPod User Interface Redesign and Videos

There have been rumors that the next "6th Generation" iPod could be released as early as August 7th, 2007. According to some sources, the new iPod may still be housed in the traditional click-wheel design rather than moving to a full touch-screen design like the new iPhone.An anonymous sour...

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Buzz Andersen: Three Weeks with the iPhone

"One of the fun things about no longer being an Apple employee is that I'm now much more at liberty to speak my mind about Apple's products."

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Google's Top Legal Officer to Pay U.S $700,000 in SEC Fines

David Drummond, Google Inc.'s chief legal officer, has agreed to pay nearly U.S $700,000 in fines to the Securities and Exchange Commission for overstating the revenue of SmartForce PLC while he was the e-learning company's chief financial officer.

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Google Loses U.S $13 Billion

Google stock has plummeted on what the market is calling a bad earnings report, falling over U.S $46 in after-hours trading. GOOG fell from a closing price of U.S $548.59 to around U.S $502.47, an 8% drop that wiped out U.S $13 Billion in shareholder value.

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101 Greatest 'Simpsons' Quotes

Homer: "Oh, so they have Internet on computers now!"

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Jon Lovitz Beats Up Andy Dick!

Wow. Jon Lovitz, the comedian, puts a beat down on Andy Dick.

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First Spy Pics of Upcoming TiVo Series 3 Lite?

A tipster sent us these spy pics of what he says is the upcoming cheap version of the TiVo Series 3 personal video recorder, which is rumored to be a sub-U.S $300 HDTV digital recorder to be available this fall. The spy tells us this is a prototype of the forthcoming box, and if you squint, you can see two CableCARD slots...

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Google Docs & Spreadsheets tells you how dumb you are

Now there's a whole slew of new features, including character, paragraph, and sentence counts. But the really cool stats are under the "Readability" column. And that data lets Google use a few different formulas to tell you how easy or difficult your passage is to read.

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MTV's Ride Pimp-Slapped

"Pimp My Ride" sent to junkyard after this season.

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Google wants to do for TV what it did for the Web

With a little internet know-how, the TV industry can enjoy a brighter future, says the search giant. Google style.

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Hello...It's Your Plants Calling

We all know that we're supposed to talk to our plants to make them healthier, but now the plants are talking back. Using this system, your plants will call you on the phone when they need to be watered, and will even call you afterwards to thank you. They plan to have output to cell phone and email soon; you'll even be able to call and check in!

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PC Shipments Up 12% in Second Quarter

Both IDC and Gartner reported worldwide shipments of PCs were up strongly in the second quarter, thanks to surge in demand in the Far East and surprisingly brisk sales in the US.

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PS3 Passes 1 Million Sales Mark in Japan

Sony's PlayStation 3 has passed the 1 million unit sales mark in Japan, game publisher Enterbrain reports. It took about eight months for the company to reach that mark, a half-year longer than it took competitor Nintendo to reach the same milestone.

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Microsoft Posts U.S $50 Billion in Annual Revenue

Microsoft said Thursday that it had surpassed U.S $50 Billion in annual revenue, while saying quarterly profits were up seven percent on brisk Vista sales.

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McDonalds: Have You Tried the Maharaja Mac or McBeer? [With Pics]

So you think you know the McDonald's menu like the back of your hand? Think again. From McDonald's International, here are some menu items you have probably never tried before. Come find out more about the McLaks, the Koroke Burger, McHuevo, and where you can wash it all down with a Mcbeer! Wha?

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Firefox 3: Preview of the User Interface

Firefox 3 will include some significant changes. Check out the UI preview here!

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The Impact of Facebook's Platform

It has been just under 2 months since Facebook launched their platform initiative, but this self-opening move has already had an extremely positive impact on the company. The changes are not limited to the company itself, however.

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Tiny PC sips power, runs Linux

This tiny fanless PC, roughly the size of a paperback book, consumes a mere 3 to 5 Watts of power and comes with Linux pre-installed.

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Water on Pluto sparks hopes of marine life

Astronomers have announced they have evidence that, despite the bitterly cold conditions on the edge of the solar system, Pluto's moon 'Charon' may have an underground ocean of liquid water, triggering speculation it could harbour marine life.

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Computer Program Can't Lose at Checkers

Perhaps "Chinook", the checker-playing computer program, should be renamed "King Me". Canadian researchers report they have "solved" checkers, developing a program that cannot lose in a game popular with young and old alike for more than a thousand years.

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Spider Saves Girl From Fire

A woman who hates spiders is crediting them with helping save her from a house fire.

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CD Explodes in Optical Drive (PICS)

This guy was at his computer while his kid was playing a video game when all of the sudden, the CD in the drive exploded, making a loud POP and sent fragments flying...some even hit his leg!

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The World's Top-Earning Models

In 1990, Supermodel Linda Evangelista uttered what has become the most famous quote in modeling history: "We don't wake up for less than U.S $10,000 a day." Gisele Bundchen tops Forbes.com's 2007 list of the top-earning models of the world, raking in U.S $33 Million...

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New Trojans: Give us $300, or the data gets it!

Security companies PandaLabs and Kaspersky Lab have both identified new strains of Trojans that do the same thing: they encrypt users' data and leave a ransom note on the hard drive demanding $300...or else.

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StatCounter Rakes In the Clicks

In 1999, at the age of 16, Cullen launched Dublin-based StatCounter, an online service that lets clients measure the number of hits they get on their Web sites, plus the geographical location of visitors, the pages people view, and the keywords they use to find a site.

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Top 10 Facebook Apps: Utility

"Our list today will look at the top 10 apps for utility. These are apps that are in some way useful. This was a pretty broad list, and probably took us the longest to cut down to a top ten. As a result, we were unfortunately forced to leave off a lot of good apps. This is a completely subjective list, so not everyone will agree with our picks."

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Dave Chappelle hospitalized for exhaustion

Dave Chappelle was hospitalized over the weekend for exhaustion, his publicist said Tuesday. The 33-year-old comedian checked into an emergency room on Saturday and was released a few hours later.

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Two 'Transformers' sequels in pipeline

On May 30, 2007, DreamWorks greenlit two sequels to Transformers. Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox and Peter Cullen are signed on to return.

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Apple's U.S Marketshare Up to 5.6%

IDC released marketshare numbers for the top U.S and worldwide computer brands. Apple's 2nd Quarter 2007 U.S marketshare was up to 5.6% of U.S shipments. This tied Apple in 3rd place with Gateway for U.S marketshare for this quarter. Dell and HP were well ahead at 28.4% and 23.6% respectively...

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Ferrari reveals F430 'Scuderia', not 'Challenge Stradale'

Ferrari surprised us all by revealing the newest F430 model, which we thought would be called the 'Challenge Stradale' like past models, but instead is being called the 'Scuderia'. It's an F430 meant primarily for the track, as it's lighter and more powerful than a normal F430.

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Coca-Cola Is The "Best Brand," Microsoft Beats Apple

The top 10 brands for 2007 are: 1) Coca-Cola, 2) Sony, 3) Toyota, 4) Dell, 5) Ford, 6) Kraft Foods, 7) Pepsi, 8) Microsoft, 9) Apple, 10) Honda.

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DOW Rocks Past 14,000!!! For the First Time in History

The Dow Jones industrial average passed 14,000 for the first time in history on Tuesday. Fueling the gains were some of the usual drivers: takeovers, strong earnings and moderate inflation.

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What CEOs really do with their time

There's an assumption on most people's part that corporate CEOs are visionary, set the tone and direction for their respective companies, tend to focus on big picture items, while the worker drones attend to the minutiae. Well, seems that CEOs also find time to snark online at their competition using pseudonyms in online forums...

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Is Volkswagen Considering a New Logo?

Rumors are that VW Chief Martin Winterkorn has decided to give the logo a freshening, making the symbol larger (must be a trend) while also better separating the V and the W from the outer ring.

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Japanese Sewer System [Pictures]

These pictures are not of a space station or space ship but of a Japanese Sewer System. Japanese water drainage system looks like an alien space ship!

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TiVo Series 3 Lite Pics and Specs Revealed

Falling right in line with the news TiVo CEO Tom Rogers hinted at back in March, the struggling company is readying the highly anticipated HD Series 3 Lite, which will target a much wider range of consumers with a price point of around U.S $299. All in all, a pretty attractive package when you don't have a lot of cash to burn.

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Worst. Tattoos. Ever. [Pics]

Title, as the saying goes, says it all.

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Top 10 Unofficial Gmail Apps and Add-ons

Gmail's huge success owes itself in big part to the widening range of applications, browser add-ons, styles, scripts and bookmarklets that work with it. From the get-go Google stayed out of developers' way and turned a blind eye to unofficial Gmail add-ons, even ones that may very well violate its Terms Of Service.

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Sting ordered to pay U.S $51,000 to ex-chef

An employment tribunal ordered Sting and his wife, Trudie Styler, on Tuesday to pay a former chef U.S $51,000 in compensation after she won a sexual-discrimination claim against them.

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Lilly Allen has three nipples

WOW: Lily Allen revealed her third nipple live at a national British Television during a contest!

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Firefox 2.0.0.5 is out

Check out the release notes.

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New iMac details surface

The iMac Development Team is apparently experiencing last minute issues with the new keyboard. We can reveal that this keyboard will be very similar to Logitech’s diNovo Edge; however our source says: “it’s got a feature or two that the diNovo does not have."

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How to Optimize Your Video for YouTube

Tired of grainy YouTube Videos? Here's how to solve common encoding problems and make your YouTube videos look great.

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How to set a Ford Taurus on fire with a cellphone car charger

"I borrowed a friend's car yesterday so I could get some work done on mine. On my way home from the mall I decided to charge my cell phone. The moment I plugged in my charger a zap and some smoke came from behind the stereo, within 25 seconds flames and melting plastic engulfed the entire dash..."

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Japan unveils 'iPhone-Killer'

'Nani' has a few things going for it: a large, 4.3-inch touchscreen (yes, a touchscreen!), video playback at 800 x 400 pixels, a MicroSD card slot, Wi-Fi capability, a camera and a TV tuner. Is this the iPhone killer? In Japan… maybe.

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"I Think I Killed a Bee with my iPod Yesterday"

"I don't know if you've ever tried to kill a bug on a cushioned surface, but they don't die right away. Their exoskeletons are extremely tough, and it usually takes a 'jam, grind, and smear' technique to make sure the deed is done. But this bee didn't die and immediately disappeared under my a**..."

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Download 10,000 Free Fonts

A great resource for free fonts.

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15 Unfortunately Placed Ads

Advertising can be creative and even purposely funny. But sometimes, an ad on a bad place can have unexpected results! Here is a list of 15 unfortunately placed ads.

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Stephanie Tanner from 'Full House' - All Grown Up

"Quit staring at me - HOW RUDE!"

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GOOGLE 'Streetview' Camera Car Fleet Set to Invade America

A camera-toting tipster saw what appeared to be a giant armada of Chevy Cobalt cars in the Google parking lot, getting ready to take pictures of the entire world (or thereabouts) with special 360° cameras. The tipster says he followed a Google camera van as it cruised back to its Mountain View, California lair...

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10 hot tips to being a better IT manager

It's easy for IT managers, especially those new to management, to get bogged down in day-to-day activities and lose sight of the bigger picture of leading staff. Whether you're a seasoned pro, or new to the game, the following tips points you in the right direction to effectively manage your team.

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We Can't Even Protect the Green Zone in Iraq!!

Workers in the Green Zone, supposedly the ONE SAFE AREA in Iraq, have been now ordered to wear flak jackets and Kevlar helmets whenever not in hardened areas. The Zone has been hit by more than 35 rockets in the last week alone. When questioned, the State Department lied. When shown the order, the State Department demanded to know how they got it.

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How Apple Can Win The PC Battle

Just a year ago Apple's share was close to 2%. Now Apple's Desktops have crossed 10% and the MacBooks now closing on 15% of the laptop market. So Apple is back with a vengeance and has re-ignited the PC war.

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Why Harry Potter Has To Die In Book Seven

Clues point to very real possibility that boy wizard will meet his maker in 'Deathly Hallows.'

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Directing Digg

Kevin Rose, founder of Digg.com, talks about why it's good that the site is out of control.

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Do You Text Message While Driving?

We all know the risks of talking on your cell phone while driving, but is texting just as bad? I guess those few seconds you take to look at the message or write a reply can have fatal results.

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New X-Files movie 'coming soon'

Duchovny and co-star Gillian Anderson are both "on board" to reprise their roles as alien-hunting special agents Mulder and Scully.

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One in Three Americans Wants an iPhone

Apple's iPhone could emerge as the most successful product introduction of the 21st century, new research suggests. Lightspeed Research surveyed 39,000 people on its U.S. online panel in the days following the launch of the device on June 29-- and the research findings are staggering.

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Mother Jones Interviews Kevin Rose

Mother Jones: Congrats, you're 30 years old, you reportedly own at least a third of a company worth upward of U.S $60 Million, and you've been named as one of the "hottest guys in the Valley." How does it feel? ...

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Video: 2 year old Baby Anna navigates and listens to Coldplay on an iPhone

"iPhone is all about the intuitive user interface, without any instruction, my 2-year-old has figured out how to navigate through iPhone, making phone calls, and she loves to watch her favorite band COLDPLAY on iPhone."

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iPhone Stumps Hackers

Unlocking the iPhone is proving to be more difficult than some hackers had expected.

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Microsoft Steals Apple's Universal Logo

Now, granted it's just a yin yang symbol, but M$ is using the exact same colors but flipped the image horizontally.

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Iraqi Prime Minister says U.S troops can go 'anytime they want'

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki shrugged off U.S. doubts of his government's military and political progress Saturday, saying Iraqi forces are capable and American troops can leave "anytime they want."

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Obama says Bush has made America less safe

“We could have significantly reduced our risks had we pursued better polices over the last several years” the Illinois senator said. “As a consequence of bad decisions, we are more at risk and less safe than we should have been at this point, given the amount of resources that we’ve devoted and the number of U.S lives lost.”

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What is wrong with Megan Fox's thumb?

"Don't get me wrong. She's still 'hot', but this thumb shot makes me queasy."

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Top 50 TV Shows of All Time

Television is the greatest invention in the history of all mankind, more awesome than the invention of cars, booze, interchangeable parts, penicillin and anything else we take for granted today. Everybody has their favorite TV shows...

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9 things Firefox should steal from Safari

Includes screen shots, and justifications. Lets face it, most people want to use Firefox all the time.

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Which is more expensive: a FREE Treo 680 or an iPhone?

The results may surprise you...

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Report: Ford Preparing to Sell Volvo

Ford Motor Co. is preparing to sell its moneymaking Volvo luxury brand as it works to return its North American operations to profitability, according to newspaper reports Sunday.

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Google Does it Again!

Google search engine heads the list of the top 10 most significant developments in e-commerce over the past decade.

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Apple to Start Record Label with Jay-Z and Beyonce?

Starting in April 2007 there were rumors from MediaTakeOut that rapper Jay-Z was leaving the Def Jam Recordings record label to create a new "super label" with singer Beyonce. In an exclusive interview, MediaTakeOut.com spoke to a key person involved in creating the new label.

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Firefox takes 28% market share in Europe

All European countries saw an increase in Firefox participation with Hungary showing the most dramatic increase from 27.2%, in the latest March 2007 survey, to 39.7%.

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Programs cannot be uninstalled in Vista?

"I am surprised that nobody seems to have mentioned this here yet. Possibly after one of the latest updates in Windows Vista, two strange things happened..."

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Japanese pool with a secret [Pictures]

Oh, these Japanese.

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Family Leaves U.S $10,000 Tip to Waitress

The money is from a mother and her two sons who are regular customers, but don't want to be named.

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Plane can fly 180 mph only inches over the water

While browsing Google Earth last year, some users saw an interesting sight at a naval base on a Chinese shore: runways heading directly into the ocean. Scientists in Shanghai recently announced that they had indeed designed a new model of the famous but largely unknown "wing-in-ground" plane.

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62 Little Known Uses Of Vinegar

Everyone should know about the usefulness of vinegar.

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An Open Letter to CNN from Michael Moore

Moore demands an apology from CNN - "I bet you thought my dust-up with Wolf Blitzer was just a cool ratings coup, that you really wouldn't have to correct the false statements you made about "Sicko." I bet you thought I was just going to go quietly away. Think again. I'm about to become your worst nightmare."

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The ultimate iPod anti-theft device -- Hide it in a Zune!

Protect your iPod or iPhone from theft and still enjoy using it in public. Put it in a Hide-A-Pod anti-theft case, made out of a real Zune. Well, at least some Apple fanboys have a sense of humor. Or is this for real?

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The Ten Hottest Ladies of Summer

It’s been a long summer, and it’s barely half over. However, even if you’ve been disappointed with the quality of the flicks out there, you have to be impressed with the amount of eye candy that has hit the American movie screen in the past few months.

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[PIC] Dont mess with the Fire Department

Amusing picture where the Fire Department wanted to punish a guy who parked illegally in front of a fire hydrant.

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The Case Of The Disappearing Laptop

Lorraine would like her laptop back. Geek Squad sent it to HP for repair then never contacted Lorraine again. Eventually she drove over to the Best Buy (she couldn't get anyone on the phone) where they told her that her laptop would be replaced, but only after HP sent it back. When would HP send it back? No one knows. It is a mystery.

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"I will start a chain of terrorism in the world" -- 15-Year-Old American

Chilling journal and videotape found. Identifies potential victims by name.

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[Video] Caught On Tape - Clinton and Edwards Team Up?

After a Democratic forum, Clinton and Edwards agree 'our guys should talk'.

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Google Writes Customer a Bad Check

"If I tried, I couldn’t make up a story like this. First, there was the problem, then, there was the solution, and now comes the comedy. I hope you’re wearing your laughing pants."

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Get Yahoo and MSN smilies in Pidgin

You got too used to Yahoo and MSN smilies and want them back in Pidgin? Well, it is as easy as dragging and dropping a file.

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9-17-2001: Osama Bin Laden denies involvement in 9-11 attacks

"I would like to assure the world that I did not plan the recent attacks, which seems to have been planned by people for personal reasons," Bin Laden's statement said. Since Tuesday's terrorist attacks (9-11-2001) against the United States, Bush has repeatedly threatened to strike out against terrorism and any nation that supports or harbors its disciples.

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Mother kicked off plane along with her toddler for refusing to drug him!

ATLANTA - A woman said she and her toddler son were kicked off a plane after she refused a flight attendant's request to medicate her son to get him to quiet down and stop saying "Bye bye, plane."

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Reuters' photographer killed in Iraq by U.S troops

The U.S military said it was looking into the reports but had no immediate statement.

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House passes troop withdrawal for April 2008

The House of Representatives voted 223-201 Thursday to require most U.S. troops to leave Iraq by April 1, 2008.

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Computer Viruses Are 25 Years Old - Started With Apple

The computer virus turns 25 years old this year. The computer virus conception story begins in 1981, when a tech-savvy 9th grader named Richard Skrenta got an Apple II for Christmas.

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Miss NJ reveals alleged blackmail photos

The pictures include one showing what Polumbo said was her boyfriend apparently biting her breast through her shirt, another of Polumbo in a limousine wearing jeans with her legs spread in the air, and another of her in what appears to be a Halloween costume dress holding two small pumpkins up to her breasts.

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Potter film breaks midnight box office record with U.S $12 Million!

The new Harry Potter film, 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix', has taken a record-breaking U.S $12m (£ 6m) at midnight screenings in the US. The figure is the most made at the box office for a Wednesday opening midnight run, according to Daily Variety.

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This is what the web looked like in 1994

Wow. We never thought about it this way before, but if the web still looked like this, you wouldn't need an iPhone with Safari to surf the web on your phone.

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Springfield, VT named 'Simpsons' official home

I never pictured the Simpsons as being from Vermont. It's Duff time in Springfield, Vt., which on Tuesday was proclaimed the official hometown of TV's favorite dysfunctional family, the Simpsons. The southeastern Vermont community beat out 13 other Springfields for the honor, which includes hosting the premiere of "The Simpsons Movie" on July 26th.

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How to Show-Off Your New iPhone in a Totally 100% Dignified Manner

When a stranger asks for the time, be sure to whip out your iPhone, hold it high, and wave it around so everyone can see its impressive “clock” function. Then shout, "Anyone else need to know the time?!!! Because I…HAVE… AN iPHONE!!!"

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Europeans Now Allowed to Use Cell Phones on Airplanes

Coming to America next?

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[PIC] Yellow Submarine iPod Forthcoming?

Here's our resident artiste's rendition of the latest Apple-Beatles rumor: this one is a Yellow Submarine-like iPod, shipping soon with the entire Beatles catalog loaded on board.

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DO NOT GO TO FreeCreditReport.Com

"We've all seen the commercials. The lovely jingle..free credit report dot com! Well the site is not lovely. I signed up for that one day, and they conned me out of 30 bucks."

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NYC Firefighters Blast Giuliani, Call Him "Urban Legend" On DVD

The International Association of Firefighters has gone on the offensive against "America's Mayor" Rudy Giuliani, releasing a 13-minute video that viciously rips into the former New York Mayor.

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Touch Screen OS X iPods due in August

Apple is preparing to launch a next-generation video iPod in August that features a touch-screen panel similar to the iPhone, according to DigiTimes.

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Dude puts his laptop in the freezer [pic]

Dude puts his dying laptop in the freezer in order to keep it from overheating long enough to salvage the data on the hard drive. And it worked.

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Sony's New PSP

Sony announced its new PSP, which is to be 33% lighter, 19% slimmer, much faster, and with much longer battery life than the original. The new PSP is also going to have video output capabilities, so you can play your games on a big screen!

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Which 'Springfield' will host the U.S 'Simpsons' Premier?

Residents of 14 American towns named Springfield are due to discover which one is to host the premiere of the film about animated family 'The Simpsons'. The show was set in a fictional Springfield because its creator, Matt Groening, spotted that this was one of the most common place-names in the U.S.

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Safari for Windows: it syncs

When you’re using a phone browser, you really need bookmarks that sync.

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What's Hidden in the iPhone's 'Fine Print'?

Telecom Analyst Bruce Kushnick has inspected the iPhone's "Terms Of Service" and offers some surprising revelations.

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Amazing Taser Gun Hits You From a 100 Feet Away!

This Taser XREP can deliver a wireless electric shock from over 100 feet away, and from the looks of it, you don't want to be on its receiving end. Its Neuro-Muscular Incapacitation (NMI) is the same disabling effect delivered by wired Taser weapons.

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Could this become the fastest fuel-cell Ford car ever? [PICS]

Ford unveiled the Hydrogen Fusion 999 (formerly known as the fusion XV1) at their Dearborn Development Center today during a presentation of their recent concept and technology demonstration vehicles. They plan to get 200 mph Club veteran Rick Byrnes to drive the Fusion 999 faster than 200 mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats next month. Can they do it?

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Top 5 Worst Websites EVER

As selected by TIME Magazine, these 5 websites suffer marketing infestation, are in need of an overhaul, are notoriously slow to load, are discriminatory, and are just plain annoying.

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Springfield's Best: Top 10 Funniest Simpsons Episodes

Our unscientific survey of the 10 funniest Simpsons episodes ever.

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Digg iPhone Beta Live!

Kevin Rose: "Last weekend Joe Stump, Daniel Burka, and I sat down and white-boarded the Digg iPhone app. I told Joe if he coded it in 48hrs, I'd buy him an iPhone. Needless to say, he got it done (nice work, Joe)."

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Safari 3 VS Firefox 2

"In the weeks since its release, I’m sure that many of you have already downloaded the new beta version of Safari. Today I’m going to take you through a side by side comparison of the two in giving you a better understanding of them and letting you make the choice of which one you would like to use."

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JP Morgan retracts report: No iPhone Nano

JP Morgan has just issued a note retracting Kevin Chang's earlier projection about a near term iPhone Nano. The new report says that the majority of Chang's assumptions appear to have come from a review of the patent that was published last week, adding that a near-term launch of an iPhone-nano product would be "unusual and highly risky".

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6th Generation iPod Coming January 2008!

"I mean, January is Macworld. From the looks of it, the iPhone will continue to be Apple's mobile all-in-one handheld, while the iPod will move toward being a portable media powerhouse, with larger drive capacity, bigger and better screens, though lacking the iPhone's net capabilities."

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Investors Digg Kevin Rose

The Web wunderkind dreamed up 'Pownce' in his off-hours from his other hot ventures, 'Digg' and 'Revision3'. Investors are ready to, well, pounce.

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Rupert Murdoch gets Dow Jones for U.S $5 BILLION

Rupert Murdoch has succeeded with his U.S $5bn (£2.5bn) bid for Dow Jones, owners of the Wall Street Journal, according to a report. Negotiations are finished and the board is confident the terms of the deal will be accepted by the Bancroft family, which controls a majority of voting shares in Dow Jones.

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"Jackass"-style Stunt Kills Teen

Divers recovered the body of a 18-year-old boy this morning from a pond after he and a friend had driven an old car into the water during a stunt Friday night. Two teens sped over a dirt ramp they built at the lake's edge and flew 40 feet from the shore in an older car that they had cut the roof off of. The car quickly sank.

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Michael Moore Rips Wolf Blitzer, Mainstream Media

Watch this unbelievable smackdown of Wolf Blitzer by filmmaker Michael Moore, demanding an apology for CNN's lies about the Iraq war and lies about health care in the United States. This is legendary!

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'Cloverfield' on Apple Trailers

In full HD.

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Beejive releases JiveTalk IM Alpha for iPhone

It seems Beejive's JiveTalk for iPhone is the first IM client -- in alpha or otherwise -- to actually get out the gate for the iPhone. Featuring almost all flavors of IM -- including AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, GoogleTalk, ICQ, and Jabber -- you'll finally be able to message on the go and perhaps even forget that Apple really forgot to include iChat.

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Why Computer Repair Techs Steal Porn From Your Computer

"I used to work at a computer repair place. We had a 2 TB [Terabyte] Server of MP3s."

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If you think Kurt Cobain killed himself, think again

Fascinating list of reasons why the case should be reopened, and how Kurt's "suicide" just doesn't add up. Prepare to be enlightened.

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'Transformers' has grossed U.S $246.1 Million worldwide already!

"Transformers" broadened its international rollout in its second weekend by opening in 19 new territories, finishing No. 1 in Spain, the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland and Turkey.

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In Pictures: The Strangest Sights in Google Earth

"With its detailed satellite photos, Google's interactive map lets everyone be a virtual globetrotter. And some of the things we've found in our travels are downright bizarre."

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[PIC] Craziest residential building ever?

"This building is waaay crazy. It's a good thing the Netherlands has some excellent engineers."

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AT&T survey hints at iChat application for iPhone

AT&T recently sent out a round of surveys to iPhone users, asking people about their experiences using the phone in different contexts. One of the slides asks about EDGE performance, with one subsection asking how well users rate performance whilst using "iChat," next to other features of the iPhone. Does this mean Apple is planning an iChat app?

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New Bombings, Shootings Leave 60 Dead in Iraq

Prominent Shiite and Sunni politicians called on Iraqi civilians to take up arms to defend themselves after a weekend of violence that claimed more than 220 lives, including 60 who died Sunday in a surge of bombings and shootings around Baghdad.

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Elderly Woman Assaulted By Police For 'Neglected' Lawn

A 70-year-old U.S woman has been left bruised and bloody after an unexpected clash with police who came to arrest her because her lawn was dry and brown.

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Sony Blinks, Drops Price Of PlayStation 3 In North America

Also announced: a new version of the console that will include an 80-gigabyte hard drive.

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Vista SP1 Beta 1 to launch in mid-July

It's official: We are now in the 'under-promise' and 'over-deliver' era at Microsoft. Beta 1 of Vista Service Pack 1 is coming -- with shut-down, CPU performance and other fixes -- earlier than expected. And the final Vista SP1 is looking like November 2007.

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David Ulevitch is growing OpenDNS!

Mr. Ulevitch’s offer is quite simple. People who sign up for his service at OpenDNS.com are promised an easier way to locate Web pages and more protection from people who try to steal personal information from Web users.

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Yahoo! To Launch New Social Network Called 'Mosh'

TechCrunch is posting that Yahoo! has launched a new social network called 'Mosh', that is only available from inside Yahoo's firewall currently. Yahoo! 360, their failed social network, will be merged into Yahoo! Mosh as soon as it launches.

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The Five Stages of Drunkeness

"I think I'm on stage 4 right about now!"

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Tornados [Pics]

Real pictures.

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The Top-Secret Warplanes of Area 51

Stealth jets? Hypersonic bombers? What's really being developed at the military's most famous classified base?Take a closer look at the exotic aircraft the Air Force might be cooking up at Area 51.

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Sony: No Price Cuts for PS3 Planned

Forget about a price cut for the PlayStation 3 in the near future. Sony's president Ryoji Chubachi said the company currently has no plans to reduce the price of the console in an interview with Reuters.

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4 More Things to Do after You sell your Company for Millions

What would you do next if you sold your company for millions of dollars? Here is a list of things that the current Internet Millionaires have been doing.

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iPhone and the Death of the Mobile Web

Regardless of whether or not you bought into the flash and hype that accompanied the iPhone's launch, Apple's newest device is important not for what features it brings, but for what it makes obsolete. The death knell has been rung for the mobile Web.

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