Pidgin 2.2.1 Released

"We have some new code in the pipeline, but it's not quite ready for a general release. Instead, this is basically a bug fix release."

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Amazon recommends WHAT? [PIC]

Must see!

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Lady buys sex toy with her company credit card!

Nothing shocks us anymore. Or so we thought...

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Dell's 'Beast' Finally Unleashed: XPS M1730 Notebook Launched

Denying there were ever any delays, and after having maintained that stance for at least a few months, Dell finally released its long-awaited XPS M1730 gaming notebook - dubbed "The Beast." Indeed, the unit's appearance could be described, at the very least, as beastly.

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Proposed Firefox 3 Theme For Mac OS X Looks Exactly Like Safari

Firefox 3 is having an identity crisis on the Mac. Recent screenshots reveal that the new theme is striking similar to Apple's Safari. If you can't innovate, imitate.

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User says firmware upgrade DID INDEED brick his unlocked iPhone

iPhone Central blogger Jonathan Seff writes a sad tale of what happened when he downloaded and attempted to install today’s 1.11 iPhone firmware update on his “unlocked and hacked” iPhone.

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Interview With A Convicted Hacker

On his way to federal prison, the 23-year-old hacker says breaking into computers at telecom companies and major corporations was "so easy a caveman could do it."

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Google Celebrates its 9th Birthday??

The Google home page is sporting the special logo above, celebrating the company's ninth birthday, with one of the Gs turned into a nine. But wait? Didn't Google just turn 10?

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New Amazon.com Design

The new Amazon.com is being rolled out slowly. Check out the new design and get a quick tour here: http://rurl.org/9o3.

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Remarkable Coin Stacking [w/ Pics]

Coin stacks from around the world.

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Media melee follows Britney Spears’ Mexican meal

"I’ve never particularly felt sorry for her in the past, but after witnessing the way she was treated, I’ve changed my mind. She seemed very sweet — to other restaurant patrons, to the restaurant staff, to her fans and to the paparazzi — but this roving pack that follows her everywhere seems to really just have gotten out of control.”

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10 Questions For Celebrities, Public Figures, Newsmakers, and Leaders

Q: "Is it Curtis or 50 Cent?" A: "It's 50, but the album title is Curtis. It made perfect sense for me to title it Curtis, considering my grandfather is Curtis Sr., his firstborn is Curtis Jr. and I'm his first grandchild, so my mom named me after him. I'm Curtis III, and this is my third album. 50 Cent was a name that kind of stuck..."

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Terminator 4 Coming in 2009

"New update came in today from James Middleton, a producer on the TV series "The Sarah Connor Chronicles", who is also overseeing the development of Terminator 4. Middleton confirms via IGN that T4 is still happening and aiming to be in pre-production by this October for a 2009 release."

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Plans for new "iPhone competitor" from Sony Ericsson

Looks like Sony Ericsson has a lot of plans for the future. Just a while ago we found Sony Ericsson programmable touchscreen keypad patent and now Sony Ericsson patents sliding touchscreen phone. In my opinion this shows that Sony Ericsson is working really hard to bring out something that can really compete with Apple's iPhone.

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NBC taps Doug Liman for new 'Knight Rider' TV Series

NBC is bringing back "Knight Rider," tapping Doug Liman to produce a "Transformers"-inspired reworking of the 1980s hit action-drama series about a man and his indestructible supercar. Peacock is readying a two-hour backdoor pilot for the project, with tentative plans to air it as a telepic later this season.

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Usher Reveals He And Wife Are Expecting A Boy

A representative for Usher confirmed to MTV News on Wednesday (September 26) that the singer and his wife, Tameka Foster, are expecting a baby boy. "I just want my son to fully be coherent and to be healthy, first and foremost," Usher told People magazine on Tuesday. "I've found that it is a step-by-step process."

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Yung Joc And T-Pain Involved In London Club Brawl

His name is Yung Joc, he has the most talked-about piece of jewelry in rap, and no, he has not been robbed of it. Joc phoned in to the MTV offices on Wednesday (September 26) to talk exclusively about a big rumor going on in hip-hop.

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Sony's New PSP a Hit in Japan

Japanese gamers are responding positively to the new version of the PlayStation Portable, with 250,000 units sold in four days according to Japanese publisher Enterbrain. The number matches the total number of original PSPs sold in the country during July and August of this year. The new unit is intended to compete with Nintendo's DS Lite...

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Apple iPhone Vs. 8GB Nokia N95

Apple is set to release its smartphone on the European market, beginning with the UK this November 9. The iPhone may win customers over with its user-friendliness, but the Nokia N95 still carries the day with a more comprehensive feature set.

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iPod Envy: Where Next For The Zune?

In a little less than two months, the Zune will celebrate its first birthday. On one level things seem to be going well for the Zune — Microsoft reached its first sales target. Yet with the recent iPod announcements from Apple, and the departure of an important product manager, one can’t help but wonder if the Zune is, well, doomed.

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First reports of iPhone VoIP application surface

"It's not the first time we've heard the idea (SoonR Talk), but it does look like a true, calls-over-WiFi VoIP client for the iPhone could be just around the corner. Over at Blognation they've had a demo of one such solution from TruPhone."

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The 25 Ugliest Celebrities - 2007 Edition [w/PICs]

Who said you have to be hot to be famous? A listing of the 25 most hideous celebrities including very ugly pictures of each Hollywood star.

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Special Edition Pink iPod Shuffles turn up at Target Stores (Photos)

Big-box retailer Target this month began offering shoppers a special edition pink Apple iPod Shuffle and iTunes Gift Card combo, sales of which help support the fight against breast cancer. For the same U.S $79 that Apple charges for diminutive clip-on digital audio players, Target is also throwing in a U.S $15 iTunes Gift Card.

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NY Restaurant Owner 'Shocked' Over Ex-President Clinton's Demands

The owner of a New York City restaurant is “heartbroken” over a letter he received from former President Bill Clinton's lawyer asking that a photograph of daughter Chelsea be removed from his eatery — or face legal action. The photo, taken of the former first daughter with Osso Buco owner Nino Selimaj, has been on display in the window...

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Inmate Says He Lied About Notorious B.I.G. Murder

A prison inmate who implicated a former Los Angeles Police Department officer in the murder of Notorious B.I.G. says he lied about the officer's involvement, a move that provides another twist in a complex and unsolved killing.

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Reba Outmuscles Kanye West, 50 Cent To Score First No. 1

In a week where six of the top 10 slots on The Billboard 200 are occupied by new releases, Reba McEntire's "Reba Duets" reigns at No. 1. Moving 301,000 copies in the United States, the MCA Nashville album provides the country star's best sales week since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking data in 1991.

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Apple MacBook Touch Mock-up (PIC)

The rumors are starting to mount up as Apple readies new portable designs: first ultra-thin MacBooks, then Newton-concept Mac OS X mini-tablets. Here's a concept that marries both ideas: an Apple MacBook Touch.

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New Digg Spamming Technique: Shout = Spam

"With the new Digg interface they obviously tried to make it easier to interact with friends and to send messages, ahem, shouts, I mean SPAM messages to other users. Or is it just me that has been receiving tons of shouts..."

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The 5 Questions No Man Wants To Hear. Ladies won't like this...

The most dreaded of them all: "Where do we stand?"

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The World's Most Beautiful Genius

Wow! It's hard to believe she has an IQ of 156...Damn!

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How To Write To Congress

Writing to Congress is the single best way to express your view on public policy. The average consumer has a surprising ability to influence legislation by crafting a well written missive and avoiding several common mistakes.

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Wheelie on a Truck [PIC]

It was carrying metal sheets. Really thick and really big - without properly packing them or even tying them up slightly. So when the truck approached the slope, the metal plates slid out of the truck and made the truck do the interesting stunt.

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Anger at Rudy Giuliani 9/11 fundraiser: "$9.11 for Rudy" in poor taste?

Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani has been criticised over a fundraising party at which participants are being urged to donate $9.11. The International Association of Fire Fighters accuses him of exploiting the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks.

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Are You Seeing this New Kind of Blog Spam?

Have you noticed a new weird kind of spam, without URLs or anything to sell, hitting your blog? This article takes a stab at explaining what it's all about.

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The PERKS of Google (PIC)

Sometimes, being gOOgle is great!

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Up Next for Apple: Newton Multi-Touch PDA

Apple plans to give the concept another go with a modern day reincarnation of the old fan favorite based on the company's new mutli-touch technology, AppleInsider has learned.

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Could Twitter become the ultimate buzz tracker?

For those of you that aren’t already convinced that Twitter, Silicon Valley’s favorite micro-blogging platform, might actually be useful — word comes via TechCrunch about a soon-to-be released new feature: real-time search! This opens up Twitter to become the best source to find out what’s being talked about at any given moment in time...

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NY Attorney General: Facebook not "safe" enough for minors

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has launched an investigation into Facebook over the purported "safety" of the site. Contrary to statements made by the company and its officials, Facebook fails to address complaints about sexual predators and obscene photos, says Cuomo.

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Critical Microsoft Excel 2007 bug cripples users

What is 850 x 77.1? A calculator will tell you it's 65535, but a critical flaw in Microsoft's Excel 2007 causes it return 100000 as the answer to this, and any other calculation for which the result is 65535.

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Dark Australian patent cloud looms over 802.11n spec

As things stand now, a number of devices have been released by various manufacturers that are compatible with Draft 2.0 of the 802.11n protocol. Now, however, a new twist in the saga of 802.11n development has some observers wondering whether or not the final specification will ever see the light of day.

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Facebook now worth U.S $15 Billion?

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Facebook is negotiating with Microsoft to sell a stake in the hot social network at a valuation between U.S $10 Billion and $15 Billion. That would net Mark Zuckerberg's company between U.S $300 Million and U.S $500 Million in cash, without Zuckerberg having to surrender any meaningful control over the company...

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How to Recover Almost Anything

Even when you think it's gone, a file or folder that you consigned to oblivion may not be irretrievably lost. It's amazing how fast a single keystroke or mouse click can change your life.

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Diggnation Party in NYC Tonight!

"If you are in the NYC area and also happen to be a fan of Diggnation be sure to stop by and party with other fans of the show. We have a private lounge with 2 giant screens and several plasma TV's on which we'll view the latest episode. To top it off there's happy hour beer specials and good times all around."

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iTunes is King, Despite Amazon and Other Challengers

"Another day, another so-called challenge to iTunes emerges. This time Amazon launched the Amazon MP3 service which is supposedly going to give iTunes a run for its money. I don't think so."

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Microsoft announces Mac Office 2008 pricing, upgrade details

Microsoft's Mac BU has announced SKU and pricing details of Office 2008 for Mac. There will be three distinct packages, and even a guarantee program for anyone who purchases Office from now until the 2008 version ships in January.

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Two groups worth joining at Facebook

"Facebook is a great place with lots of different discussion groups. While most of them are about regular stuff some have been created for a particularly good cause. Like these two groups for example. I strongly encourage you to support them if you're a member at Facebook."

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Google testing "My World" for launch later this year

Google has been rumored in the past to be dipping its toes into creating a virtual world, but a questionnaire sent out to Arizona State University students raises questions about what, exactly, Google is planning for "My World."

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5 Great Wordpress Desktop Blogging Tools

"I hate the Wordpress post editor. In fact, I'm not too fond of the entire admin area, but I love Wordpress as a whole package. But with these 5 desktop blogging tools, I now love Wordpress all over again."

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10 Reasons You Should be Using Thunderbird

Thunderbird has a whole host of features and add-ons which together provide an all in one interface for reading and organizing email, RSS, web pages, and newsgroups.

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Crew Member Killed on Set of New Batman Film

A crew member died Monday in a crash on the set of the newest Batman film outside London. Warner Bros. said the special effects technician was killed when a truck carrying a camera platform crashed into a tree outside London. The truck had been following a stunt vehicle believed to have been the Batmobile, according to Sky News.

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5 Ways Supermarkets Trick You into Shopping Their Way

"Shelf shuffles" - Supermarkets often rearrange the order and location of basic items in a blatant effort to keep customers looking longer and spending more time in the store shopping....

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Demonizing Ahmadenijad = Preparing for War Against Iran

Demonizing the Iranian president and making his visit to New York seem controversial is all part of the neoconservative push for yet another war.

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The 10 Best Movie Gun Scenes of All Time

Gun scenes in movies have ranged from climatic masterpieces to essential plot advancement points. Few directors have mastered the art of the gun scene, however the consumers know that a quality gun scene can make a movie successful.

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Kanye West on 50 Cent Feud: Just "Two Black Guys Sellin' a Lot of Records"

"They want the black guys to be up against each other, about to shoot each other. And that's not what they got. What they got is two black guys sellin' a lot of records."

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Transformers 2 in Summer 2009?

The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Steven Spielberg and Michael Bay have signed with DreamWorks to make Transformers 2, which will hit theaters in Summer 2009.

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New Sarah Silverman Maxim Photo Shoot [PICS]

A funny (and sexy) Maxim Magazine photo shoot of the controversial Sarah Silverman.

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Fast social bookmarking service submitter [Tool]

"I personally find this tool extremely useful for the submitting of websites to all major social bookmarking services and social news sites in a matter of minutes. It helps increase traffic and get indexed fast by search engines."

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Amazon Launches DRM-Free MP3 Store

Amazon has launched the public beta of its new digital music portal called Amazon MP3, which will feature two million songs from 180,000 artists and 20,000 labels, all without DRM. Separate songs will sell for U.S $0.89 or U.S $0.99 and albums will range in cost from U.S $5.99 to U.S $9.99, with the best selling albums coming in at U.S $8.99.

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Halo 3 is out! How Microsoft’s strategy extends beyond gaming

By the time you read this, thousands of happy fans will have already picked up their pre-ordered copies of Halo 3, the most hotly anticipated video game release of the year. No doubt most of them will have started playing too. The third and final installment in the successful Halo franchise, Halo 3 is in a lot of ways more than just another video game...

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Google Calendar now customized for the iPhone

The Google Calendar team, along with the mobile team, released an upgrade to the Calendar interface on the iPhone. It is now tailored for the iPhone, and you can now see your different calendars in distinctive colors. You can see the new Calendar interface by going to http://calendar.google.com on your iPhone browser.

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MySpace Heads to Small Screen With Mobile Version

The social networking site MySpace.com is launching a free, advertising-supported cell phone version as part of a wider bid by parent News Corp. to attract advertising for mobile Web sites, the company was set to announce Monday. The new version will work on all U.S. carriers and will allow users to send and receive messages...

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Apple Warns of Dangers of iPhone Unlocking

Late yesterday afternoon, Apple Computer issued a single-paragraph statement reminding its iPhone users that their warranties would not be able to cover damages to their phones caused by the use of unlocking utilities. The company used a carrot and stick approach, reminding users that an iTunes Music Store update was on the way, but...

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Dubai Buys 20 Percent of Nasdaq Stock Market

The Nasdaq Stock Market is selling a nearly 20 percent stake to Borse Dubai and is taking control of the Nordic exchange operator OMX as part of a sweeping settlement of their battle for control of OMX. In a global stock market shakeup, Borse Dubai and a group from Qatar also moved to become the largest stakeholders in the London Stock Exchange.

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10 Google Services That Get No Love

If you were to interview a broad cross-section of internet users and ask them about Google services, probably most of them would enthusiastically talk about Gmail or Google Reader. At the very least, they would mention Google’s superior search engine.

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1GB 20 years ago and 1GB now!!! [PIC]

It's amazing how quickly technology advances these days...

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Two new Gmail features in the queue

"Gmail is due for some serious updates — it’s been too long since anything has changed on the service, and you know its developers aren’t sitting around wondering what to do. I don’t have any guesses as to the timeframe for the release of these features or Gmail 2.0, but this is definitely a promising sign of good things to come."

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Describe What You Did Before You Saw This Error Message

This guy took his error report quite literally.

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12 frustrations with the new Digg

"What happened to a simple news site? Did Pownce do so badly that Kevin and crew had to merge Digg and Pownce into Digg."

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Get These Fox Shows While They're Free

It's not often that you get something for nothing, so when you get the opportunity, I say it's generally good policy to take advantage. Fox has announced that it will be offering seven season premieres episodes through iTunes, all for free.

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Apple patent hints at future Safari navigational interface

A new Apple patent filing promises to scrap the time-honored navigation buttons of web browsers with a new page history that sorts itself based on more natural, easily remembered criteria.

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Dial-Up Customers More Satisfied than Broadband Surfers

Remember dial-up Internet access? Nearly 35 percent of Internet-connected U.S. households still rely on dial-up Internet access providers. This segment may be stuck in the Internet slow lane, but according to a study by J.D. Power and Associates dial-up Internet users are happier with their service compared to their broadband brethren.

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Philanthropist Has Given Away an Estimated U.S $4 Billion

He wears a $15 watch, flies economy class and does not own a house or car. For years few guessed that Chuck Feeney was one of the world's biggest philanthropists, secretly giving away his billionaire fortune. He liked making money but not having it, and gave it away for years in strict secrecy.

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Police say man fed pet kittens and cats to his pit bulls

A man captured neighborhood cats and kittens and fed them live to his pit bulls, authorities said Thursday. Tye Hilmo, 21, was charged with aggravated cruelty to animals.

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Woman Tasered Numerous Times by Police

A police officer is on paid leave after dash-cam video shows him using a taser over and over again on a woman even after she's handcuffed.

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"Not tonight, honey, I'm on the Internet"

Survey results from ad agency JWT indicate that Americans of all ages just can't rip themselves away from the Internet. We're so hooked on being online, in fact, that some of us are ditching our friends and "special time" with our significant others for it.

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Google Receives 64 Percent Of All U.S. Searches In August 2007

Hitwise, the leading online competitive intelligence service, today announced that Google accounted for 63.98 percent of all US searches in the four weeks ending September 1, 2007.

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Apple Updates Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) to 9A528d

After nearly a month without an update, Apple has delivered a Leopard update to developers. First, a new version of the Leopard Software Update Client has been seeded through Leopard's Mac OS X Software Update.

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How to install 145 operating systems on one PC

3 versions of DOS, 5 versions of Windows, and 137 flavors of Linux on 152 partitions. 4 hard drives used to get his system up and running. He probably has the longest GRUB menu you've ever seen. We're guessing the slowest part of the boot process on this system is the amount of time it takes to find the operating system you want to use.

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Apple fesses up to faulty iPod touch screens!

It looks like those complaining of problems with the iPod touch's screen weren't seeing things, as Apple has now reportedly confirmed that at least some early units did indeed ship with defective screens.

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Apple To Double iPhone Production in Q4, Sources Say

"Apple could almost double its iPhone production for the fourth quarter, taking it from 1.54 million to 2.7 million. At least according to TheStreet.com, who claims that this year's production target will be 4.8 million."

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RIM Touts Wi-Fi BlackBerry As An iPhone-Killer For Enterprise

Though it's not the first Wi-Fi/cellular device to arrive on American shores, it is the first of the popular BlackBerry smartphones to offer both forms of connectivity. Priced to compete with the iPhone and offering a similar blend of cellular and Wi-Fi connectivity, the dual-mode BlackBerry 8820 is now available to U.S. customers through AT&T.

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Bill O'Reilly: Tasered UF student "biggest wimp in the United States"

"I've been tasered for a story, and all I can say is: He is the biggest wimp in the United States of America." O'Reilly added: "And I don't say that with any kind of bravado, but the overreaction to being tasered -- it's not -- it's an electrical shock is what it is."

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10 Tips from the Masters of Writing

As the world becomes increasingly digital, writing becomes more important. If you work in an office, the majority of your communications are made with text by email or IM. So here are 10 timeless tips to help you improve style and substance, straight from the pens of humanity’s finest authors.

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation gives U.S $280 Million to fight Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis infects a third of the planet's population and kills nearly 2 million yearly - mostly in the poorest countries. The 11 new grants will speed research and development on promising vaccines, diagnostic tests, and treatments to help reduce the global TB burden.

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Vanessa Hudgens to pose nude again?

She may have been caught in a nude internet photo scandal, but High School Musical star Vanessa Hudgens may bare all again for a men's magazine and is also being wooed by a soft porn magnate.

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Jay-Z Goes 'Gangster' For Second Album In A Year

Jay-Z will release his second album in a year, "American Gangster," Nov. 6 via Def Jam. The album features all new original material inspired by the upcoming movie of the same name starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe.

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CONFIRMED: Ahmadinejad to visit Ground Zero despite NYPD Rejection!

A law enforcement source says the Iranian mission to the United Nations has informed the Secret Service that the Iranian president intends to visit Ground Zero Monday at 10 a.m...Yikes.

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Why Renting is Better than Buying a Home

When you rent, most people mistakenly assume the decision is made out of necessity, not rationality. But there is a very good reason to rent in today's bubble-stricken market: median incomes do not support median home prices.

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Canadian Dollar Reaches 30-year high against U.S dollar! $1 U.S = $1 CAN

The Canadian Dollar will probably surpass the US Dollar sometime soon.

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The New Digg Just May work

"After several hours of browsing the interface of the new Digg, I have come to the conclusion that Kevin and co. may actually be on to something."

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iPhone & iPod: Is Apple Giving Up On Its Users?

"Apple has to always remember that simply making money CANNOT be its point of existence. The point of any company should be to make customers want to give it money, NOT to get money from customers. It's a subtle distinction that is the difference between good and evil."

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10 Technologies That Will Change The World

From the iPhone to solar power, the 10 gadgets that will change our lives.

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Steve Jobs confirms 3G iPhone for 2008

Apple promises 3G iPhone for 2008 and you can expect a 3G iPhone later next year...

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Disappearing $100 iPhone Store Credit: The Solution

We've been getting reports of people's $100 iPhone gift certificate actually having a balance of $0 when they go to use it. And by reports, we mean myself. It happened to me. But there's actually a solution!

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Billboard: Kanye West crushes 50 Cent in U.S chart

U.S rapper 50 Cent has been beaten by rival rap star Kanye West in the stand-off to claim the best-selling album in the U.S. West's Graduation shifted 957,000 copies in its first week of sales while 50 Cent's album, Curtis, only sold 691,000, according to Billboard.

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''Dead'' man wakes up under autopsy knife

A Venezuelan man who had been declared dead woke up in the morgue in excruciating pain after medical examiners began their autopsy. Carlos Camejo, 33, was declared dead after a highway accident and taken to the morgue...

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Britney's new single a fledgling hit at radio

Not all the news is bad for Britney Spears, who seemingly can't do anything right these days. Her new single "Gimme More" is turning into a hit at top 40 radio. The tune, which she lip-synched during her widely ridiculed performance at the recent MTV Video Music Awards, jumped five places to No. 20 on trade publication Radio & Records' chart.

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Top 10 Ways to Fire the Client From Hell

Clients are the lifeblood of any business. On the other hand, some clients are so bad that your business, not to mention your personal sanity, is better off without them. So what do you do when you have a client that pushes you to the brink? You fire them! Here's how to give 10 of the worst offenders the pink slip without burning bridges.

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Smiley-Face Emoticon Turning 25

It was a serious contribution to the electronic lexicon. :-) Twenty-five years ago, Carnegie Mellon University professor Scott E. Fahlman says, he was the first to use three keystrokes — a colon followed by a hyphen and a parenthesis — as a horizontal "smiley face" in a computer message.

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The 20 Worst Album Titles of All Time

Why are CD sales plummeting year after year? It's not because iTunes is so much better; it's because some of the album titles were so retarded we were ashamed to be overheard asking for them. Don't believe us? Imagine yourself walking up to the counter and asking if they have a copy of...

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O.J. Confrontation -- Caught on Tape!

TMZ has obtained an audio tape of O.J. Simpson's confrontation with a sports memorabilia dealer that led to his arrest on felony robbery charges. In it, you hear someone say, "You, against the motherf******g wall."

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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Movie Poster

"Cinematical have posted the official movie poster for Disney’s 'The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian'. The footage Disney premiered at Comic-Con has given new hope for this sequel. It appears that they have tried to pump up the plot with more action sequences, which was one of my main complaints about the first adaptation."

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Google Presentation - Google's PowerPoint app goes live

Google's long-rumored and eagerly anticipated PowerPoint clone has finally shipped. Although we've only had a chance to have a first look, here are some impressions. What's there: PowerPoint import, Versioning, Collaboration, Online presentation sharing. What's not there: Animations, Sound, Video, exporting to PowerPoint.

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Google Press Center: Google AdSense for Mobile Launches

Google announced today the availability of AdSense for Mobile, a program that contextually targets ads to mobile website content. AdSense for Mobile also allows AdSense publishing partners the ability to earn revenue from their mobile websites through the targeted placement of mobile text ads.

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Google expands online software suite

Google Inc. has expanded its online suite of office software to include a business presentation tool similar to Microsoft Corp.'s popular PowerPoint, adding the latest twist in a high-stakes rivalry.

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The Tasering Will Continue Until You All Submit! [w/videos]

Tasers were developed as a non-lethal option to bring dangerous situations under control. But law enforcement officials are now using them with wild abandon in cases where simple diplomacy or a little hard work would otherwise suffice. Police have used Tasers against peaceful protesters, a pregnant woman and an elderly man who called 911...

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Apple iPhone To Be in the UK on Nov. 9 on O2!

Apple just confirmed the UK launch date and carrier!

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How much midnight oil do PCs really burn?

Sometimes, I leave my computer on overnight. Am I evil or simply forgetful? How much power am I really wasting? How much can one computer count? Is it more or less energy than I am using to write this blog entry?

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4 Free iPhoto Tools You Need To Have On Your Mac

How about those little utilities for iPhoto that really make it a cool and fun Mac utility? Not that there’s anything wrong with iPhoto. It’s not Photoshop and Bridge and needs a little help.

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50 Cent cancels 3 European performances

50 Cent, who is in a much-hyped battle of album sales with Kanye West, has canceled several performances in Europe. MTV News said the 31-year-old rapper canceled performances at the MOBO Awards and the Vodafone Live Music Awards, both in London on Wednesday, and a performance for MTV in Germany on Friday.

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Apple Updates iTunes to 7.4.2

Apple has posted iTunes 7.4.2 for Mac and Windows. iTunes 7.4.2 addresses an issue with creating ringtones using iTunes Plus song purchases and includes bug fixes to improve stability and performance.

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Winamp Goes Where iTunes Doesn't Dare

Winamp 5.5 (Beta) sports two new and potentially controversial features: support for mp3 blogs and the ability to stream your music collection over the Internet.

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27 Tips for Building a Kick-Ass Blog

If you've been blogging for a while, you probably have certain blogging 'habits' and tips that you swear by. This article is a collection of such tips, designed to help you build a better blog.

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O.J. Simpson Arrested in Vegas Robbery

O.J. Simpson was arrested Sunday and faces multiple felony charges in an alleged armed robbery of collectors involving the former football great's sports memorabilia, authorities said.

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Iranian President challenges Bush for a public debate on Global Issues

"I am ready to hold talks with Bush on important global issues at the assembly," he said. "Let us hold talks about Iraq and other issues. Then public opinion will judge...We will offer our global solutions." The White House rejected Ahmadinejad's last year call for a presidential debate, calling it a "diversion."

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Comprehensive Review of Apple's iPod Touch (8GB/16GB) - No BS Edition

With the lowest rating yet issued to an iPod, this massive, truly complete review of the iPod touch leaves no stone unturned: comparative screen quality, battery, audio, and video tests with photographs and videos will help you decide whether your money's better spent on another iPod - or saved for a better model next year.

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The Free Mac Classroom (Over 200 apps!)

Absolutely the biggest list of free educational applications for the Mac! Over 200 free apps listed and categorized.

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Microsoft loses anti-trust appeal

The European Court of First Instance has dismissed Microsoft's appeal in its long-running competition dispute with the European Commission. The court upheld the ruling that Microsoft had abused its dominant market position.

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Does Your iPod Touch Hiss at You?

"Anyone out there pick up an iPod Touch yet and use it with some good in-ear headphones? I grabbed mine last night to start on our review, and unfortunately the first thing I noticed was a big hiss through the headphones..."

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7 Awesome 'Dear John' Letters [PICS]

Not sure how to say 'goodbye' to that not-so-special someone? Here are some good, bad and downright ugly examples to choose from. Pick your favorite or fill in the 'Dear John Letter Generator' to create your own!

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Shakira Rests Hips to Study at UCLA

Shakira may get high grades in singing and swiveling her hips, but what about ancient Western history?

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LOST CASH: U.S $9 Billion (If Found Please Call 202-456-1111)

Between 2003 and 2004, U.S $12 Billion was shipped from the Federal Reserve to Baghdad. Some of the cash went to pay for projects and keep ministries afloat, but, incredibly, at least U.S $9 Billion has gone missing, unaccounted for….

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Disney to support Vanessa Hudgens' naked breasts

Vanessa Hudgens spilled her naked breasts all over the Internet and the Disney Corporation will probably slap a copyright on them.

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John Rambo Set For January 2008?

Reports that 'John Rambo', the fourth installment in the 'Rambo' franchise will now be released on January 25, 2008.

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Fergie sells Hummer to go green?

Apparently Black Eyed Peas' Fergie is selling her tricked out Hummer H2 to raise funds for Global Green USA...go figure!

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Prince Sues YouTube, eBay, and Pirate Bay

Pop star Prince said Thursday that he plans to sue social video site YouTube, online auction site eBay, and file trading site Pirate Bay in an attempt to reign in piracy of his work on the Internet. On a statement on his Web site, Prince said that while YouTube was already filtering out pornography, it was not filtering music and film content...

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First iPod Touch Review @ PC Mag

"When the iPhone came out in June, many people (myself included) loved it, but wanted it without the phone—and that pesky two-year contract with AT&T Wireless."

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Microsoft updates Windows without users' consent

Microsoft has begun patching files on Windows XP and Vista without users' knowledge, even when the users have turned off auto-updates.

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Confirmation of stealth Windows Update

Yes, Microsoft is screwing with your system behind your back!

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FCC to cable: you must support analog TVs until 2012

A new FCC decision says that cable operators must make local digital programming available on analog TVs for at least five years.

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A 416GB flash drive--but probably not for you

Enough with the eensy weensy flash memory drives such as Dell's 64GB model. It's time for a solid-state disk whose capacity is closer to a conventional hard drive with spindles and platters.

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Terrorists Threaten to Kill Britney and Madonna?!

As if Britney Spears didn't have enough problems, now she's got snarky Jihadists wanting her head on a platter, y'all. And Madonna's too!

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Eminem Working On First Album In Three Years

Eminem is hard at work on his first studio album in three years. The Detroit MC called into New York radio station Hot 97 during a 50 Cent interview and spoke about his own endeavors.

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OpenDNS Updater: A Free And Easy Way Update IP Changes

OpenDNS Updater is a small AppleScript that helps keep your dynamic IP information up to date on the OpenDNS website. OpenDNS, which we've raved about before, is an alternative DNS server to replace the often sluggish ones your ISP uses.

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1 in 4 women would bed another woman

"91 per cent of the women questioned described themselves as either heterosexual or straight in the survey, but 26 per cent admitted that they would consider having sex with a woman, or that they had fantasized about it."

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[PHOTOS] An amazing collection of images taken at just the right time

With the click of a shutter sometimes we become privy to the strange world that occurs between the seconds.

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NASA Gives Google Parking Space for Private Jet

NASA officials confirmed this week that H211, a limited liability company that counts Google's chief executive, Eric Schmidt, as one of its principals, had secured rights to operate a refurbished wide-body Boeing 767-200 out of Moffett Field, an airport that is run by NASA and is generally closed to private jets.

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Photoshop Goes Online and Free

While it's still a teaser at the moment, John Nack (Senior Product Manager for Photoshop) has confirmed the development of Photoshop Express. It's a free online photo editor that's not meant to replace Adobe's current offerings, but "make Adobe imaging technology immediately accessible way to large numbers of people."

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iPhone Ringtones - What Did iTunes 7.4.1 really do?

"Last Friday morning, on September 7th, I accidentally came across a procedure that allowed anyone to create a ringtone and have iTunes sync it to their iPhone. I just found YET ANOTHER way to create iTunes compatible ringtones. This method may possibly be the LAST WORD on this topic."

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Timbaland Says Britney Spears Dissed Him And Justin Timberlake

Say what you will about the outcome, Britney Spears' VMA performance was one of the most-anticipated ones in years. But think how much bigger it would have been had it been billed as Spears taking the stage with former flame Justin Timberlake to perform together. Huge, right?

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Microsoft Debuts Mouse With Built-In Flash Memory

Microsoft thinks it has the answer for your USB slot shortage on your notebook - by combining a mouse with a flash memory card. The Microsoft Mobile Memory Mouse 8000 includes 1 GB of storage in its transceiver. In addition, the same USB port is able to charge the mouse as well using a magnetic charger.

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Lifehacker: Top 10 Wikipedia Tricks

Without a doubt, Wikipedia is one of the most useful and amazing sources of information on the internet—but chances are you aren't using to to its full potential.

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Apple press event on 18th September 2007

Word on the high street is that Apple is holding a press briefing at their Regent Street Apple store on September 18th. The invites are circulating as we speak to various members of the UK press. That's not exactly the biggest of venues for a 3G iPhone launch for Europe but who knows? Really, does anybody know?

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How to hide beers in the office? [PICS]

What's better than a refrigerator mod to get some beers in the office.

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Bottle makes dirty water drinkable in seconds

Military chiefs are excited because the bottles can distill either 4,000 litres or 6,000 litres without changing the filter. The bottle can clean up any water using a filter that cuts out anything longer than 15 nanometres, which means that viruses can be filtered out without the use of chemicals.

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Apple Releases Logic Studio

Apple released Logic Studio today. Logic Studio features Logic Pro 8, and introduces a new live performace application called MainStage. Logic Studio also includes Soundtrack Pro 2, Apple's professional audio post production software; Studio Instruments, made up of 40 pristine quality instruments...

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Dogs Can Read Human Facial Expressions - Wolves and Apes Cannot

"Flip on the monitor, and she can sit for hours watching the colorful images flitting across the screen -- like a teenager in front of a Playstation. As soon as the images change she presses the touch screen with her nose."

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Here's why you're not famous

"This is a random shot in the dark but you -- you’re not famous, are you? I didn’t think so. If it makes you feel any better (it shouldn’t), neither am I. Let’s examine why together, shall we?"

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The Worst Jobs in Rock & Roll

Think your job blows? Meet the poor folks who represent Pete Doherty in court, style Britney's ever-changing hair and take the fall for Paris Hilton's misdeeds.

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Kathy Griffin's Emmy remarks to be censored

"A lot of people come up here and thank Jesus for this award. I want you to know that no one had less to do with this award than Jesus."

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How to Price Your Web Application

In the world of free, pricing isn’t given much attention. But if you’re looking for a real, sustainable business, it’s unavoidable. Paul Farnell’s gone through it all with his app 'Litmus' and breaks it down for you here.

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Apple Eyes the Wireless Auction

Steve Jobs & Co. consider joining the FCC's auction of wireless spectrum, and a win would give Apple many intriguing options—for the iPhone and more.

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Will The Google Bashers Please Shut Up?

"Stop whining and face reality. You need to take Google seriously."

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How the Porn Industry Plans to Wipe Out BitTorrent

With all the negative reporting about BitTorrent in the mainstream media, you could be forgiven for thinking that an anti-piracy crackdown against torrent sites would be a depressing issue. On the contrary, the porn industry's approach to dealing with BitTorrent raises more than a few smiles.

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Mercedes Benz F700 drops in Frankfurt (Pics)

The weirdest Mercedes you've ever seen.

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Strong Earthquake Hits Indonesia; Tsunami Alert Issued

A powerful earthquake hit Indonesia on Wednesday, causing buildings to sway in at least four countries, and authorities issued a tsunami warning for much of the Indian Ocean region. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami warning for wide areas of the region.

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Bush to Detail Conditional Drawdown of 30,000 Troops From Iraq

President Bush plans to tell the nation Thursday night that he intends to reduce the American troop presence in Iraq by as many as 30,000 by next summer, but those and further cuts will be conditioned on continued progress. Bush plans to deliver a 15-minute address from the White House at 9 p.m. EDT.

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Disney backs star after her apology for nude photo

Vanessa Hudgens, the star of the wholesome, made-for-kids TV movie hit "High School Musical," apologized Friday for a nude photo of her on the Web and Walt Disney Co. said it was sticking by the performer.

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Picture Made on 9/11 Takes a Toll on Photographer

In numerous online postings, critics have ripped apart every element of the photo, and Mrs. McClatchey’s life. They accuse her of faking the photo, of profiteering from it and of being part of a conspiracy to cover up the fact that Flight 93 was shot down by the government.

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Man Robs Woman and Then...Licks Her Toes

A man who robbed a woman of her keys and cell phone took off her shoes and licked her toes, police said.

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How to Raise the Odds That it’s Going to be a Fantastic Day

Too many people catapult themselves into each new work-day, fractious and ill-prepared for whatever lies ahead. Since they begin the day feeling miserable and stressed, just about any problems, however minor, have the power to knock them so far off their best that they have almost no chance of reaching the end of the day without a black mood.

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Firefox: We caught Microsoft asleep at the wheel

Firefox has achieved what many thought impossible and overturned Microsoft's browser monopoly. This week the company announced that the browser had achieved 400 million downloads. We caught up with Tristan Nitot, president of Mozilla Europe, to find out why the open-source browser has been so successful and get the latest news on Firefox 3.

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Twitter API Traffic is 10x Twitter’s Site

In a very interesting interview with Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, Sean Ammirati at 'Read/WriteTalk' asks some good questions about the role of the Twitter API in their current success and in plans going forward.

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Britney's bungled performance drives big traffic to MTV

Rising up out of the chaos and career collapse that was Britney Spears's performance Sunday is MTV's traffic numbers. MTV's Video Music Awards were bad for Britney but a boon for Viacom, MTV's parent company, as users logged on to watch Spears' on-stage misadventures.

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Salt water as the next form of fuel? You may be suprised!

For obvious reasons, scientists long have thought that salt water couldn't be burned. So when an Erie man announced he'd ignited salt water with the radio-frequency generator he'd invented, some thought it a was a hoax.

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GPhone: Centerpiece of a New Strategy?

Will the GPhone at once fulfill Google's lack of a social networking strategy and usher in an era of free mobile calls?

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Britney Spears’ Crummy 'Comeback' Comes as No Surprise to Insiders

While music moguls and flocks of fans feel flabbergasted by Britney Spears' somber return to the stage, those close to Spears are not surprised by her strange spectacle on Sunday night.

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MTV Video Music Awards: Two Hours Of My Life I Can’t Get Back

"I know, I should have just changed the channel right? But the VMAs were like a bad traffic accident; you know you should look away or divert your attention elsewhere, but something just has you fixated on the accident. Well in this case; the mess. And to think I gave up a 'Simpsons' rerun for that monstrosity!"

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Lamborghini Reveals One-Million-Euro Supercar!

The rumors were true -- Lamborghini released pictures of its new jet-fighter-inspired supercar that'll sell for One-Million Euros (nearly U.S $1.4 Million). It's based on the Murcielago LP640, and only 20 will be built. All already sold!

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Please backup your hard drive now... twice!

"There is a tightness in my chest, and I am crying right now. I have just suffered a catastrophic data loss for the second time in my life. Fool me once, shame on, shame on, fool me can’t get fooled again, or something like that."

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Chinese Army hacked UK, Germany and US?

Germany's Federal Office for Information has identified malicious trojan-based attacks on government computers, attacks which some members of the German government say appear to originate from within the Chinese Army.

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iPhone unlocked on camera from start to finish

Here it is, the first time on camera you've seen a real iPhone software SIM unlocked from start to finish (and not done with the demo app iPhoneSIMfree sent out last week).

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17 powerful bookmarklets for the iPhone

Bookmarklets are little pieces of javascript code that can be saved as ordinary bookmarks in your web browser. They enhance your browsing experience by giving you super-instant access to useful tools and special functionality.

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30 Secret Photoshop Shortcuts

"It is proven that using software shortcuts can boost your productivity. Here are 30 secret Photoshop shortcuts that I’ve learned from years of experience."

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Apple Sells 1 Millionth iPhone

74 days since launch, Apple has has sold 1 million iPhones already.

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Google Docs mobile now available?

About a week ago, there was an interesting discussion going on in the Blogoscoped forums about what appears to be a mobile version of Google Docs. Today, Steve Rubel noticed that when he goes to Google Docs on his iPhone, there is a link at the bottom...

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Kanye West Loses It Again, Says He'll 'Never Return To MTV'

According to several sources backstage at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards — and a report published late Sunday night by The Associated Press — West lost it again, this time because his performance of "Stronger" took place in the Palms' Hugh Hefner Sky Villa and not on the main stage.

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How I Lost 14.6 Pounds Sitting In Front Of A Computer

"After a year-and-a-half of blogging out of the comfort of my apartment, I was out of shape and overweight. I'm 5'11" and I weighed 220 lbs. Pants weren't fitting. I learned that buttons popping off pants didn't just happen in the cartoons. My family noticed my doublechins, my dad worried I had diabetes."

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How to launder money

Money laundering is not a simple concept. It's two simple concepts, because there are two different--in fact, nearly completely opposite--activities that are called money laundering. Here's how to do both of them.

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Tennis Balls: Little. Yellow. Useful

Here are 17 helpful tips to make a tennis ball serve you (as opposed to the other way around).

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Repo Man Takes Everything, Including 4 Year-Old Boy

A repossession crew got a surprise when a 4-year-old boy leaped out of the sport-utility vehicle they were towing away.

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English Wikipedia Hits 2,000,000 Articles

The English-language Wikipedia currently contains 2,000,853 articles. This number excludes redirects, discussion pages, image description pages, user profile pages, templates, help pages, portals, articles without links to other articles, and pages for Wikipedia administration. Including these, we have 10,201,476 pages.

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Apple Cripples iPod Touch, Eliminates "Add" Button from Calendar

According to support discussions and their own description pages, Apple has removed the ability to add contacts in the iPod touch's calendar, even while it uses the same operating system and application frameworks as the iPhone.

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Facebook – Fruit Flies for Applications

Geneticists have long used the fruit fly for their experiments to see how mutations affect future generations. The fruit fly is inexpensive, has a short life span and multiplies rapidly. In many ways, Facebook has become the fruit fly for application developers. Developers can quickly implement a new application and launch it to 30 million users.

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Instant Expert: Secrets & Features of iTunes 7.4

Great summary of new iTunes features.

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Report: Paris Hilton Sues Over 'That's Hot' Hallmark Card

Paris Hilton has filed a federal lawsuit over a $2.49 Hallmark greeting card that uses her photo and her trademarked phrase "That's Hot," The Smoking Gun reports. In a complaint filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, Hilton alleges that Hallmark has, among other transgressions, misappropriated her image and invaded her privacy...

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Most People Across the World say "U.S Needs to Get Out of Iraq"

Most people across the world believe US-led forces should withdraw from Iraq within a year, a BBC poll suggests.

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Dazed Bush forgets what country he's in, what summit he's at

President Bush's trademark struggles with the finer points of public speaking were on full display Friday, when he thanked his "Austrian" hosts for inviting him to this year's "OPEC" summit. The Language Mangler-in-Chief was in Australia attending the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) summit.

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Apple wants to slash TV show prices in half, aggresively drive iPod sales

There apparently was more to NBC's decision to pull its shows out of the iTunes Store than we were led to believe. Apple is reportedly pushing the concept of cutting the prices of TV shows to 99¢.

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Britney Spears To Open 2007 MTV Video Music Awards: It's Official!

MTV News can now confirm what may well be one of the worst-kept VMA secrets of all time: On Sunday night, Spears will grace the VMA stage, nestled within the Palms Casino Resorts' Pearl Concert Theater, to perform "Gimme More," the first single from her forthcoming fifth album, which is slated for a November 13 release.

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Free Custom Ringtones in iTunes 7.4

Instructions on how to "convert" AAC music files to ringtones in Quicktime 7.4. Ringtones and song files are only distinguished by file extension. The file extension for ringtones is "M4R".

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Exonerated Duke Lacrosse Players Seek U.S $30 Million Settlement

The three Duke lacrosse players who were falsely accused of rape are seeking a U.S $30 Million settlement and reforms in the legal process, a person close to the case said Friday, the same day the case prosecutor started his 24-hour jail sentence.

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Couple's Verdict on iPhone: It's a Split Decision

FOXNews.com reporter Courtney Friel and her husband, WWOR-TV reporter Carter Evans, picked up a pair of Apple iPhones the day they came out. He loved his, but she hated hers — so much so that she took it back for a refund and is now happily pecking away again on her BlackBerry.

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The First Photograph Ever Taken - 1826

Long before the first public announcements of photographic processes in 1839, Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, a scientifically-minded gentleman living on his country estate near Chalon-sur-Saône, France, began experimenting with photography.

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Snowman pops an eye (PIC)

Best snowman ever.

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Netscape's Digg Clone Is Kaput

We’ve known about it for weeks, but now it’s confirmed: AOL has announced the end of Netscape as a social news portal.

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Photoshop Text Effects: 51 Text Effect Tutorials Every Designer Should See

Text and the way it looks is a major part of any design. A great design can be cheapened if the text on the page looks wrong. Any logo is almost entirely text. From water to fire, these 51 tutorials will show you how to create any style of text you want.

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Opera legend Pavarotti dies at 71

Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti has died, his manager has announced.

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Son, 9, saves dad in runaway truck, Sony GIVES him a PS3

9-year-old Matty Lovo saved his father, who passed out behind the wheel of his tractor-trailer. Carrying more than 100,000 pounds of weight behind him, young Matty took control of the big rig and called for help via C.B. radio. Sony rewarded the brave boy with a PS3!

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The Revision3 Gazette: Behind the scenes at Revision3 with Sarah Lane

"Exclusively for our members, the The Revision3 Gazette goes behind the scenes of our day-to-day productions. Get to know the people who create your favorite shows, check out our studio progress, and find out who's having a meltdown. No matter how scandalous, crackerjack Gazette reporter Sarah Lane is on the story."

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An open letter to iPhone owners from Steve Jobs

"We have decided to offer every iPhone customer who purchased an iPhone from either Apple or AT&T, and who is not receiving a rebate or any other consideration, a $100 store credit towards the purchase of any product at an Apple Retail Store or the Apple Online Store."

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Official shots of the redesigned Mazda6 hit the web early!

Official shots of the newly redesigned Mazda6 hit the internet ahead of its official unveiling. It's a radically different, far more stylish approach to Mazda's major midsize player.

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40 Unusual Websites You Should Bookmark

Undiscovered web services that are original, rather unique, unusual, useful, free, and must-be bookmarked type. You won’t find any collaboration, storage or ToDo services here. Enjoy! A must read.

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An Apple iPod for the Enterprise?

Opinion: The new iPod Touch may turn out to be just what businesses, as well as music lovers, need. OK, so the biggest market for Apple's new iPod Touch, and its newly reduced in price 8GB iPhone, is consumers. But, if you take a closer look at both you'll see mobile devices that also make a great deal of business sense as well.

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Will iPod Touch Translate into iWant?

Apple and Hewlett-Packard roll out a raft of wireless devices including a iPod Touch, a phoneless iPhone. Apple grabbed the lion's share of wireless headlines Sept. 5 with a product rollout in San Francisco that included the iPod Touch, which is essentially an iPhone without the phone and and the pricey two-year AT&T contract.

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First the Pentagon, now China is targeting the UK with a high-tech spy ring

British officials have said China has been responsible for attempts to hack into government networks. The attacks are part of a pattern in which China and Russia are switching from “old-fashioned espionage” techniques to electronic hacking into government computers to gain Britain’s military secrets, the sources added.

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iPod Touch may do more than Apple expects

The iPod Touch already has a lot of features, including the usual music and video capabilities and some new Internet and WiFi tricks. In fact, the iPod Touch might be so different in both looks and functionality from previous iPods that it's no longer just a media player. But exactly what is it?

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Dear Steve, We want our $200 back. Love, your most loyal Apple Fanboys!

Apple iPhone owners, to put it mildly, are ticked off.

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iPod Touch Runs Same Applications as iPhone

You may be asking yourself where is Mail, Weather, Google Maps or Stocks in the new iPod Touch. The answer: they are coming, but probably not from Apple. The iPod runs Mac OS X like the iPhone does and we have got unofficial word from inside Apple that it runs exactly the same applications. The exact quote: "they use the same damn binaries."

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15 Most Influential First Person Shooter Video Games

The following is a chronological list of the fifteen most influential first person shooter video games of all time.

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How Facebook's "public search listing" could empower users

Facebook is adding "public search listings" whereby user profiles will be indexable by Google, etc. This, once again, raises the issue of privacy on the social web. In this post, I argue that Facebook profiles that show up on Google results could actually benefit users...

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Google Adds Search to Google Reader!

That's right, search is finally in Google Reader. Now you can find that that apricot recipe you came across a few months ago and now have a craving for. Or perhaps you'd like to search for "iPod" so that you can read at once all the posts in your subscriptions that mention today's announcements.

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iPod Touch may have Bluetooth!

Engadget just discovered a picture on the German Apple website which shows a iPod touch with a clearly visible Bluetooth icon! Could be a sign of "one more thing" that Steve Jobs forgot to mention...

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Apple releases iTunes 7.4

Keeping true to their word (barely) Apple released iTunes 7.4 late last night. The 38.5MB download is available in Software Update and on the iTunes download page.

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Bush on Iraq? 'We're kicking ass'

Things are going well in Iraq, according to President George W. Bush. "We're kicking ass," Bush told an Australian official on his arrival from an unannounced stopover in the war-torn country. Bush's response was to Australia's Deputy PM Mark Vaile, who "inquired politely" about the President's Iraq visit. An Australian reporter overheard Bush.

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Guy buys a used Ferrari and gets a special suprise

This guy got the deal of the century! Check out the pics.

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Osama arrested at APEC security checkpoint

A team of comedians have managed to cause the first embarrassing APEC security blunder with a member of 'The Chaser' dressed as Osama bin Laden managing to ride a fake motorcade through two police cordons into the red zone. 11 people arrested!

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Oops - US mistakenly flies nuclear missiles over continental US

A B-52 bomber mistakenly loaded with five nuclear warheads flew from Minot Air Force Base, N.D, to Barksdale Air Force Base, La. However, the mistake was not discovered until the B-52 landed at Barskdale, which left the warheads unaccounted for during the approximately 3 1/2 hour flight between the two bases, the officers said.

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iPod Nano 3G first hands-on

Ok, we know we've been calling it the 'fatty', but we'll be straight up with you guys: the third gen iPod Nano is friggin' tiny. It's maybe not the most beautifully proportioned iPod we've ever seen, but its tapered edges and ridiculously thin frame make up for the squatness going on here.

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iPod Classic first hands-on

And to round out the day's hardware hands-ons we wrapped our mitts around the new iPod Classic. It's thin, it's solid, but it's still hard drive based, which for our flash-loving selves is kind of a bummer. But if you need to carry around 80 (or 160 friggin' gigs) of media, and you like to use iPods, this is the new king of the hill on storage.

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Why AT&T sucks at selling iPhones

"There's almost no sign of the iPhone in AT&T's stores. While they have all of their other phones on display, the iPhones are kept in the back, and all I saw out front was a brochure. When I asked if they had them, the saleswoman didn't even have a model to show me."

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Director Ridley Scott: 'Internet KIlling Cinema'

The genius behind "Blade Runner" and "Alien" warns that new technology is killing off the big-screen experience.

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The Game Ordered To Stand Trial In L.A.

Rapper, 'The Game', was ordered yesterday (Sept. 4) to stand trial on three felony charges after he allegedly pulled a gun during a pickup basketball game at an educational center in South Los Angeles.

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The White iPod Has Gone Extinct

We all saw it coming, but now it's official, white iPods have become extinct. May we all bow our heads, and take a trip down memory lane.

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NBC: So Long Apple, Hello Amazon

NBC said it will sell episodes of new fall television shows using Amazon's Unbox digital download service.

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New iPod Touch Makes Us Drool, Itch with Desire

"The new iPod Touch is out, complete with 8-mm form factor, touchscreen, Coverflow, Mac OS X and all the eye candy you can imagine. The hardware design looks amazing, we want to hold it, touch it and lick it."

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Apple Cuts iPhone Price to U.S $399

With that new heat the iPhone will be getting from the iPod Touch, Apple decided to lower the barrier of entry to a much more palatable U.S $399.

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Apple iPod Touch will cannibalize iPhone

What’s really notable about the iPod Touch is that it totally reverses conventional thinking. When the iPhone launched the idea was that the iPhone would cannibalize iPod sales. As this plays out it’s going to be quite the opposite.

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Apple Event - Live Coverage

Macworld live coverage of the Apple Event.

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PS3 Gains on Wii in Japan

The Wii outsold the PlayStation 3 by a factor of three to one in August, but its overwhelming lead narrowed for the second consecutive month according to Reuters. Since first launching last year, the Wii has outsold the PS3 every month largely due to being sold at half the price of Sony's machine...

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Google PowerPoint, Wiki Software on Tap

Google could launch its online presentation and wiki tools at the Office 2.0 conference in San Francisco this week, news reports indicate. With the addition of those two products, Google is able to offer users a complete suite of productivity applications at no charge. It also puts the company into direct competition with Microsoft's Office suite.

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Transformer? (Pic)

A real life version of a 'transformer'...sweet!

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Palm Kills Foleo. Yes, it's true!

Wow! Looks like Palm took Engadget's criticisms to heart and actually killed the project.

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Frankfurt Auto Show: 580 HP Audi RS6 Avant speed wagon revealed!

At 580 horsepower, the Audi RS6 Avant is one speedy little wagon, and we've got the first pictures of the new look plus all the details on the big V10 Twin Turbo TFSI engine.

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99 Lamps of Booze on the Wall

Using readily available LED stickies, this simple project doesn't require any wiring or soldering, making it ideal for those of us who can't tell the difference between a volt and a vole (whatever that is). Links to lamp and LED design included. Cool!

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What Would Henry Ford Think About The War In Iraq?

"Even if the reasons for going to war in the first place are wrong (think 'WMD'), your patriotism for your country should not be given up or abandoned. When war begins, you should stand behind your country."

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After ditching Apple, NBC opts for flex pricing and more DRM with Amazon

Showing us that it's not all about Hulu, NBC inks a download deal with Amazon just days after the public spat between Apple and NBC. What's Unbox got that Apple doesn't? Flexible pricing and less "flexible" DRM.

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Five Things Microsoft Should Fix In Windows Vista Service Pack 1

"Having long taken the position that there are many things which need to be fixed in Vista, I'm happy to see Microsoft is at work on a beta of Service Pack 1 for Vista. On the other hand, an examination of Redmond's documentation reveals that there may some significant shortfalls when SP1 ships in early 2008."

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Install Third-Party Applications on Your iPhone

"In less than two-months time, a persistent and merry band of iPhone hackers have been pushing out application after killer application for the iPhone, and hacking your iPhone to install those applications has become dead simple. Today I'll show you how to download, install, and manage third-party software on your iPhone."

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Father Arrested After Leaving Toddler in Car at Brothel Parking Lot

An Oregon rugby player remains in jail Tuesday after being arrested on charges he left his 2-year-old daughter in a vehicle in the parking lot of a Nevada brothel on a 95-degree day. Lucien Hoffman, of Bend, Ore., is being held in the Storey County Detention Center in lieu of $40,000 bail on charges of child neglect.

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Microsoft says a Zune phone 'not unreasonable'

Microsoft said on Tuesday that it is "not unreasonable" for the company to introduce a mobile phone combined with features of its Zune digital music player to compete with Apple's iPhone. The Zune phone, a topic of speculation for months since Microsoft introduced its first digital music player last year, could be driven by consumer demand...

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A Nice Facelift for Free E-mail Apps

Some good news for both Thunderbird and Eudora users: the Penelope project released a beta of a nice new add-on that adds a new look and new features to either e-mail program. Last fall Qualcomm, the company behind Eudora, announced that future versions of the program would be based on Mozilla's Thunderbird.

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Mac OS X Admin Hack

Here's a quick little hack on how to create an administrator account on Mac OS X Tiger without knowing the current administrator password and do not have the installation disks.

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Apple's iPhone Outsells All Other Smartphones in July

The two models of the iPhone on the market sold more than Research in Motion's BlackBerry series, the entire Palm portfolio and any individual smartphone model from Motorola, Nokia or Samsung.

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Reports: Apple Unveiling Touch-Screen iPod, Digital Radio Tomorrow

The Apple blogs are buzzing with reports on what Apple will unveil in its announcement Wednesday, including a touch-screen iPod with a 3.5-inch display, beefed-up Nano and -- maybe -- an Internet-radio-enabled iPod. The touch-screen video iPod will have similar dimensions to the iPhone, and share the same display...

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China Denies Accusations Its Military Hacked Into Pentagon Computer System

China on Tuesday denied a report that its military had hacked into Pentagon computers, saying the allegations were "groundless" and that Beijing was opposed to cybercrime. The Financial Times, citing unnamed officials, reported Monday that the People's Liberation Army hacked into a computer system in the office of Defense Secretary Gates...

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Iran 'reaches nuclear target'

Iran has reached its long-sought goal of running 3,000 centrifuges to enrich uranium for its nuclear program, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced Sunday in a report on state media.

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The Vanishing American Vacation

Compared to others in developed countries, Americans don't ask for more vacation time, don't take all their vacation time and continue to work while on vacation.

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Opera 9.50 Alpha released!

Major performance improvements, better standard compliance, improved site compatibility, bookmark synchronization, and more...Warning: Alpha release. Changelog: http://snapshot.opera.com/windows/w950a1.html.

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Inside the Googleplex

It is rare for a company to dominate its industry while claiming not to be motivated by money. Google does. But it has yet to face a crisis.

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Google Checkout Precursor GBuy More Ambitious Than Paypal?

Google just published a new patent application that takes payments much further than the world of online ecommerce. Screen shots from the filing show the name Gpay attached to this system, a name that Eric Schmidt had been using to refer to a payment system during the March Analyst day in 2006.

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Google Wiki Prepares To Launch!

Google may finally be preparing to re-launch wiki service Jotspot, nearly a year after it acquired the company. Jotspot has not allowed new customer registrations since the acquisition was announced, although existing customers retained access to their accounts.

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OtterBox BlackBerry Case Gets Skinny

"Given the amount of fragile handheld electronic devices I handle on a regular basis, it's hard not to love Otter Products' OtterBox cases, which promise maximum protection for cell phones, iPods and the like."

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Apparently No One At Apple Uses the Dock On the Side [PIC]

Another reason why Leopard's new Dock is awful. Did they nail the Trash to the wall?

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Photos: World's Hottest 101 Women With Tattoos for 2007

Here it is, the hottest 101 women with tattoos in the world for 2007.

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New Features for Pownce!!

"We’ve just released a bunch of new stuff today to make Pownce even better. There are a number of changes behind the scenes to help the site run faster as well as some sweet new things you can definitely see."

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Chocolate Does Not Contain Caffeine?

There is a persistent urban legend that chocolate contains caffeine. It would seem that this rumor is based primarily on a confusion between two similar alkaloids: caffeine and theobromine. Theobromine is the active ingredient in chocolate and it occurs only in cacao.

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Creative's credit card size media player reviewed

"Creative's new Zen player may be small but it's packed with features. With a 16.7 million color 2.5" screen and support for Xvid and DivX, it will make a great pocket video player. It will even play AAC, making it easy for you to dump your iPod for something better!"

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Simple and Effective Photographic Tips for Beginners

Quite a good resource for beginners, as well as for advanced photographers. Some simple but very useful and effective Photoshop Tips.

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Crazy Gadgets People Use to Keep Cool

A collection of crazy gadgets people use to help keep cool. Gotta love the USB powered fan shirt and tie.

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Leaked Images of new 3rd Gen iPod Nano? (PICS)

"We just got a couple of images sent to us from an anonymous source who claims that this is the new iPod Nano that we can expect Steve Jobs to announce at the Apple Special Event taking place this Wednesday, September 5th."

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Prank starts 25 years of security woes

What began as a ninth-grade prank, a way to trick already-suspicious friends who had fallen for his earlier practical jokes, has earned Rich Skrenta notoriety as the first perso