Confused about Car Insurance? So is Google!

A search for “car insurance” on Google UK at the moment delivers "Confused.com" in the number one spot, which has a server error - but yet it is still in the top spot!

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Building brand loyalty requires more creative Web tactics

Ad agencies are in the brand-building business, but sometimes their efforts transcend the kind of process automation that intermediaries such as Google and MSN introduce to Web advertising. How can online creativity be bottled and distributed?

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11 Power Tips for Gmail

I saw a few requests that can already be done today. Considering that real Gmail users didn’t know about these options, I’m going to call them 'power tips.'

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Six Simple Ways To Retire Rich!

Thanks to automatic 401(k) plans and one-stop investing options, saving for retirement is a cinch.

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Gwen Stefani Reportedly Pregnant With Second Child

It looks like another little lamb is joining the Stefani-Rossdale household. People magazine reports that Douglas Rossdale, the father of Gwen Stefani's husband, former Bush singer Gavin Rossdale, confirmed that the couple are expecting their second child.

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Halo effect not enough to prevent Xbox 360 sales decline

Even though Microsoft's best selling game came out right before the holiday quarter, sales of the Xbox 360 console dipped slightly year-over-year. Microsoft said it had shipped 4.3 million consoles during the final calendar quarter of 2007, down 2.3% from the year previous. Halo 3 was released about a week before the quarter began.

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Steve Jobs: "People don't read books"

When Mr. Jobs was asked at the Macworld Expo what he thought of Amazon's Kindle, he heaped scorn on the book industry. “It doesn’t matter how good or bad the product is; the fact is that people don’t read anymore,” he said. I presume he won't read this news article then.

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Spring Movies Preview

A look at 20 movies coming out before the Summer season including 'Jumper,' 'Diary of the Dead,' 'Vantage Point,' 'Semi-Pro,' '10,000 BC,' 'Doomsday,' 'Funny Games,' 'Drillbit Taylor,' 'Leatherheads,' 'The Ruins,' 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall,' '88 Minutes,' 'Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo,' and more.

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Angry Employee Deletes All of Company's Data

Woman thinks she's about to be fired, goes into office over weekend and destroys past 7 years' worth of archives.

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The 10 Most Disturbing Smurfs

A list of the 10 most disturbing Smurfs of all time!

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Facebook Apps On Any Website: Clever Move

Facebook has announced a new javascript client library that will allow Facebook apps to be displayed on any website. Facebook may have just changed the game again...

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The 12 Most Ridiculous Auctions on eBay

Look long enough on eBay and you'll find an item that the mere knowledge of its existence brings shock and dismay. Then, you must cope with the fact that the seller thought we would be willing to pay good money for it, and then come to terms with the fact that usually they're right.

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New K.I.T.T. Is Solar-Powered and Goes Green [Knight Rider]

The old K.I.T.T. is apparently dead in the new Knight Rider television movie. He'll be seen in glimpses by keen-eyed viewers, and referred to by the characters, but his motherboard is buried in the guts of the new K.I.T.T.

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"I Escaped Scientology" - An Insider Speaks

A well-written, honest account of the experiences of a former upper-level, inner-circle Scientologist who spent 20 years in what he describes as a "slavish" cult. He also gives the insider's scoop on the formation of Scientology.

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Dugg Analytics: See What's Popular on Digg Now

'Dugg Analyzer' is a free tool that analyzes traffic and postings on the popular 'Digg' website, providing new transparency in determining how web content is popularized and what sources feed the site.

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YouTube comes to the land of mobile TV

Wednesday's announcement of YouTube getting a Korean language portal may not have as big of an impact on the PC consumption of videos as it will on the country's mobile television standards.

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'Britney Spears Economy' Brings In Millions For Others

Portfolio estimates the pop star nets other people more than U.S $110 million. There are plenty of reasons to feel sorry for Britney Spears, but the troubled pop star's financial situation isn't one of them. Worth an estimated $125 million, the sometime singer reportedly still earns around U.S $737,000 a month...

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Awesome: Rolls-Royce Phantom Officially Stretched

"Given the wild proliferation of stretch limos on the road today, we've always appreciated Rolls-Royce's restraint in preserving its traditional form. So it was with some trepidation that we learned of its newly extended version of the classic Phantom."

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Megan Fox at 'Terminator' Premiere

Megan Fox was recently at the premiere of 'Terminator: The Sara Connor Chronicles.'

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War on Scientology?

Several websites relating to the 'Church of Scientology' have been slowed down, brought to a complete halt or seemingly removed from the Internet completely in an attack which seems to be continuous.

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Computer Screen Dirty? No Problem!

Clean your computer screen remotely through the internets!

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Rambo's Solutions to 5 Everyday Office Problems

Throw away your copy of 'Sun Tzu' and the 'Art of Business' and take a lesson from a true master of war.

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Last Images of Heath Ledger Alive

R.I.P.

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5 Fascinating Fish Aquariums!

Looking to set your fish aquarium apart from the others?

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Noca Targets Transaction Fees with New Online Payment System

Noca, a startup founded by ex-Visa employees, is attempting to virtually eliminate transaction fees by bypassing the credit card companies altogether with its own online payment service.

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Britney Spears Calls Emergency Hearing -- But Bolts From Courthouse

The conditions of Britney Spears' child-custody case will stay the same after an emergency hearing took place Wednesday (January 23). In yet another strange development on the part of the singer, she made it to the courthouse — but somehow not the courtroom — for the hearing, which she had called.

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Digg overhauls its definition of 'popular' articles

The social networking and news sharing site has always kept the precise details of its popularity algorithms a secret. But today, Digg did announce the nature of a change which could alter the entire meaning and purpose of the site.

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Apple's attention shifts to Mac as iPod growth slows

In the last few weeks, its biggest news has been the deals it's made with movie studios for streaming content over iTunes, and its having deflated the bulk of a notebook computer to a razor-thin profile. Didn't Apple used to sell those little song gadgets?

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Grand Theft Auto IV: Delay, Violence and 'Hot Coffee'

"Grand Theft Auto IV" will be the biggest entertainment experience of the year and make its players feel like immigrants newly arrived in America, according to a developer working on the game.

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Rapper Lil Wayne Arrested For Drug Possession

Lil Wayne and two unknown members of his entourage were arrested for drug possession by DEA agents in Yuma, Arizona, at around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday. According to a DEA spokesperson, Wayne's tour bus was stopped on Interstate 8 by border patrol. The highway apparently has several checkpoint stops due to its reputation for frequent drug trafficking.

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Who is Tom and how did he get so many MySpace friends?

With over 220 million friends, Tom Anderson is everyone’s first MySpace friend. You can read his MySpace Profile or even the entry about him on Wikipedia. This story isn’t about him, though.

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Digg's Algorithm Has Changed

Here are some things that seem to have changed since the site was brought down for maintenance today.

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Social networks may find it does not pay to be too possessive

It is a frustrating fact of modern internet life. Users of websites such as Facebook and Google spend hours building up and maintaining friend lists and e-mail address books, but when it comes time to move such social information to another online service they frequently find it impossible to get their data back out. Instead, they must start re-entering their personal details from scratch.

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10 Pointless (but irresistible) Websites

Did you ever want to build your own city? Maybe you love dogs dressed in bee suits? How about repenting, but this time, the easy way? These 10 useless sites serve absolutely no obvious purpose but are nonetheless a pretty entertaining, funny, and strangely enjoyable waste of time.

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How To Bargain With a Car Dealer

Whether you are buying a brand new car or a used one, remember there is always room for bargain. Most of us think that asking the dealer for a discount on a brand new car with the prices listed everywhere would be naive. But it is not.

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Fred Thompson Quits GOP Presidential Primary Race!

"I have withdrawn my candidacy for President of the United States. I hope that my country and my party have benefited from our having made this effort. Jeri and I will always be grateful for the encouragement and friendship of so many wonderful people."

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Ringo Starr walks off `Regis' over song flap

Ringo Starr is known for being the amiable Beatle, but the rock star showed his tough side Tuesday when he walked off the set of "Live With Regis and Kelly" rather than cut short one of his songs.

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Can EMC convince you to do online data backups?

How do you deal with backing up your data, especially when you're out on the road with your laptop? With today's announcement of EMC's MozyEnterprise, you can now encrypt, back up, and store your laptop or desktop PC data in a high security data center for not much more than $5 per month.

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Internet Explorer 8 to feature 'super' Web standards mode

If the next edition of the world's most distributed browser expects all Web sites to pass the Acid2 test, one of its key architects said, an unfortunate irony might be that many sites could break in that browser.

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Amy Winehouse Allegedly Smokes Crack In Online Video

A grainy, barely audible, two-minute-long home video clip that seems to depict troubled Grammy-nominated songstress Amy Winehouse smoking crack cocaine has surfaced online, elevating concerns about the state of the singer's health.

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Apple 1Q 2008 Results: Record U.S $1.58 Billion Profit

Apple posted revenue of U.S $9.6 Billion and net quarterly profit of U.S $1.58 Billion, or U.S $1.76 per diluted share during the 1Q 2008 (ending December 29th).

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Heath Ledger is Dead

TMZ has learned that Academy Award nominee Heath Ledger has died in NYC.

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HBO Will Offer Free Movies Online

HBO will launch a service to let subscribers download movies and television shows over the web, joining an already crowded market for video on the internet.

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How To Shop For Your First House

Buying your first house can be challenging. General recommendations are to buy a condo or a townhouse if this is your first home purchase. Many people argue that condos are affordable but also easily manageable in terms of maintenance...

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MacBook Air Unboxing Photos and Wireless Booting

The first unboxing photos for the MacBook Air come from what appears to be a remote Macworld Expo presentation in Japan. The pictures show that they received their demonstration MacBook Air in the retail packaging.

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The Non-Drip Bottle

A very simple, elegantly engineered design for a bottle that doesn't drip.

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Next-Gen Apple MacBook Pros to Gain Multi-Touch Trackpad

Just one of many improvements on the new MacBook Pro.

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Cops Make Fun Of A Dying Man

Police in Bedford, New York allegedly made fun of a dying man that they found on the side of the road. A cop from the neighboring town is accused of dealing the man a deadly blow after he drove him to Bedford and dropped him off on the side of a deserted road.

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Burt Reynolds will beat you up if you touch his toupee!

He's one fiesty old dude! He has issued a threat to fans who try to steal his toupee - he'll beat them up!

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Dr. Phil May Get Charged For Practicing Without a Licence

A Psychology Board rep told TMZ if the Board finds the complaint credible, it would be referred to the D.A. for review. Practicing without a license is a felony in California. Also, Dr. Phil might have violated HIPAA laws by "discussing or divulging a patient's medical condition...with the media," in reference to a press release issued by Dr. Phil.

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AT&T Puts iPhone to Work with Enterprise Data Plan

AT&T Wireless introduced an Enterprise Data Plan today that drops the monthly iPhone bill by U.S $25 for business customers until December 31 2008. That brings the lowest monthly service plan for AT&T Wireless business customers with an iPhone to U.S $45 a month – compared to U.S $60 for consumers.

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iPod Nano Gets Retro Big Screen (Suck it AppleTV)

An iPod Nano gets stuck in a classic 35mm slide viewer, 1970s style.

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Nate Dogg Paralyzed After Stroke; Manager Slams Coverage Of 911 Call

Former Death Row recording artist and noted collaborator Nate Dogg is paralyzed on the left side of his body after suffering a mild stroke over the holidays, according to his manager. As MTV News previously reported, Dogg (real name: Nathaniel Hale) is currently in an occupational rehab facility.

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William Hurt Says New 'Hulk' Is More Heroic

William Hurt is a consummate actor and a closet (until now) comic book geek. Both of which explain his excitement in revealing a bit about one surprise scene he shot for this summer's "The Incredible Hulk."

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Steve Jobs criticizes Microsoft on Zune, says Blu-ray won

The Apple CEO was blunt that he believes the Zune is a failure, and that Blu-ray may have won the format war, but has probably lost the HD content battle. His comments came as part of an interview with CNBC's Jim Goldman on Tuesday. While Jobs is not necessarily known for his subtlety, his statements are about the most direct on either topic so far.

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Tom Cruise: What The Heck Is He Talking About?

The actor talks for nine minutes in his instantly famous Scientology video. Can you figure out what he's actually saying?

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Rejoice! iPhone can now store more text messages

The iPhone's text-message storage capacity has been increased from 1,000 to 75,000.

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Sears.com offers the cheapest desktop PC at U.S $185

Another low-end PC has hit the market, this time it is a machine by Mirus equipped with Freespire 2.0, available at Sears' online shop for U.S $185.

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'Cloverfield' Producer Talks About Viral-Marketing Campaign

Most movies have slickly produced trailers that scream a film's name from the rooftops; this one wouldn't even confirm its title until just before release. Most movies aim for big stars, iconic villains and enticing story lines; 2008's first potential blockbuster is made up of no one you've heard of, a monster nobody has seen...

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Best of Adobe Flash Tutorials

This article provides hand-picked professional Flash tutorials which can enrich your design skills and improve the quality of your works.

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Great Moments in Guerilla Advertising

Simple and yet brilliant guerilla ads that guarantee a buzz. With a good idea, you don’t need a big budget to make yourself known or promote your brand.

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Toddler Swung in Sleeping Bag, Hits Wall and Dies

An 18-month-old boy has died from a severe head injury he suffered when his baby sitter swung him around in a sleeping bag for fun and it accidentally hit a wall, Hartford police said.

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10 Reasons Why Cloverfield Lives Up To The Hype

Did it live up to the hype? Damn right it did. Here are the ten reasons why.

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Confirmed: Bricked iPhones Rise From the Grave With Firmware

For all those unlocked iPhones out there that were bricked after attempting firmware upgrades, we have some great news. It appears that Apple's new 1.1.3 iPhone firmware rewrites either most or all of the phone's firmware, allowing for bricked iPhones to be brought back to life.

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Digg's Secret Editors

Why do some stories abruptly disappear from Digg? Kevin Rose has admitted that Digg employs moderators: "We have site moderators that ban spammers, remove illegal content, and keep an eye on things. Always have, always will." But what, exactly, does keeping an eye on things entail?

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How Safe Is Your Bottled Water?

Chemicals, contaminants, pollution, price - new reasons to rethink what you drink and to beware of bottled water.

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Pupils discover their teacher in 'porn' advert on YouTube

An attractive teacher at a private school is at the center of a sex storm after pupils spotted her in a raunchy YouTube video.

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Oprah Winfrey to Launch Cable Network With Discovery

Oprah's quest for world domination continues as Discovery Communications and Winfrey announced a deal where the Discovery Health Network will be turned over to Winfrey next year, becoming OWN — the Oprah Winfrey Network.

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Apple Introduces Manila Case - The World's Thinnest Case

Apple has unveiled 'Manila Case,' the world's thinnest case for the world's thinnest laptop, the 'MacBook Air.' When empty, Manila Case measures an unprecedented 0.07-inches at its thinnest point, but its dynamically adaptable height goes up to a maximum of 6.9-inches, adapting perfectly to fit the MacBook Air.

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Britney Spears: Pregnant Or Playing Tricks?

The pop star and her paparazzo boyfriend, Adnan Ghalib, were photographed Monday night by Ghalib's agency, FinalPixx, while browsing pregnancy tests at a Rite Aid drugstore in Los Angeles.

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Ike Turner Died Of Cocaine Overdose: Coroner's Report

Controversial rock and roll pioneer Ike Turner, who passed away last month, died of an apparent cocaine overdose, according to a report filed by the San Diego County coroner's office on Wednesday (January 16). Turner had a long, well-known history of drug problems.

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Google's Answer to Wikipedia

Google's 'Knol' project aims to make online information easier to find and more authoritative.

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Jenna Bush and Henry Hager Set Wedding Date

First daughter Jenna Bush and the lucky groom to be, Henry Hager, have finally set their wedding date. The couple announced their engagement in August. The wedding date is set for May 10th and will take place at her parents' 1,600 acre ranch in Crawford, Texas.

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Google AdSense Has The Power To Lower Your Stock Price

Google giveth and Google taketh away: many websites rely heavily on Google’s AdSense program for revenue. Israeli email marketer IncrediMail apparently relies so much on AdSense that, when it told investors early this morning that Google was barring it and disabling its ads, the company’s stock price opened 40 percent down.

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Britney Spears: Is She Trying To Sabotage Herself?

OK, she wasn't actually required to be there. Still, knowing how important Monday's custody hearing could be in the process of regaining visitation rights with her two young sons, you might think Britney Spears would actually go inside the courtroom — after all, she practically made it to the courthouse steps anyway. So why didn't she?

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New Knight Rider Has 'Transformers' Vibe

Justin Bruening, who stars in NBC's upcoming Knight Rider movie and backdoor pilot, told SCI FI Wire that the show will have some Transformers-like elements. "The Transformers aspect is that the car actually morphs into different colors and actually morphs into an attack mode," Bruening said in an interview on the show's set on Jan. 14.

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New Alienware notebook looks to appease gamers

The 15.4-inch notebook can come with either an Intel Core 2 Duo or Core 2 Extreme mobile processor, and an NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT or 8800M GTX GPU. Alienware also includes its own BinaryGFX technology, which allows for switching between the built-in and high performance graphics processors according to the user's demands.

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Why Would 50 Cent, Timbaland, Mary J. Blige Use Steroids?

Doctors say some entertainers think steroids or human growth hormone have anti-aging benefits.

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Apple Adds 5 Apps To The iPod Touch -- For A Price

It's not all love for the iPhone at Macworld Expo -- Apple announced that Mail, Maps, Stocks, Notes and Weather are all coming to the iPod Touch. New Touch owners get 'em all for free, but all of you early adopters will have to cough up: the bundle is going to set you back a whopping $20.

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Actor Brad Renfro Found Dead at 25

The cause of death was not immediately known, but Renfro, 25, has a history of drug use. Renfro is perhaps best known for appearing in the John Grisham thriller "The Client" with Susan Sarandon.

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Apple unveils 'world's thinnest notebook'

Capping off his Macworld 2008 keynote, Apple CEO Steve Jobs put the rumors to rest by announcing the "world's thinnest notebook" called the MacBook Air. Jobs began by noting the specs of Sony's Vaio TZ, which weighs 3 pounds and has an 11- or 12-inch screen with smaller keyboard and what he called a "slower processor."

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Bush: World must confront Iran

Iran is threatening the security of the world and the United States and Arab allies must join together to confront the danger “before it's too late,” President Bush said.

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8 Ways to Take Control of Your Finances in 2008

"The new year is a time for goals and resolutions. If one of your goals in 2008 is to take control of your money (instead of letting it keep control of you), this crash course in financial basics can help guide the way. Here’s a summary of everything I’ve learned about personal finance."

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How To: Open a Beer Bottle With a Chainsaw

Watch as this guy uses a chainsaw to open a beer bottle.

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Eminem Hospitalized With Pneumonia; Now Weighs Over 200 lbs

TMZ.com reported that Eminem was rushed to the hospital over the holidays for a serious heart condition and severe pneumonia and now weighs in at 212 pounds.

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Design a Logo - The Ultimate Guide

Logo design is arguably one of the most important and valued areas of design. A quality logo design combined with the branding of an organization or company can become one of the most powerful forces in today’s society. If you love logos, then you will enjoy these tips and resources for creating your own.

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Britney Spears 'Happily Dating' Paparazzi Photographer

A week after being hospitalized against her will, Britney Spears took a day trip to Mexico — and paparazzi photographer Adnan Ghalib, her latest boyfriend, gave his photo agency the exclusive on the couple's whereabouts.

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50 Cent, Mary J. Blige, Wyclef, Timbaland in Steroids Probe

The report claims that the singers and rappers are among tens of thousands of people who may have either used or received prescribed shipments of steroids and injectable human growth hormone (HGH) in recent years. But law enforcement officials said they don't have evidence that musicians and other customers violated any laws.

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Giant Liger: What Happens When You Mate a Tiger and a Lion

The Liger is a hybrid cross between a male lion and a female tiger. They are the largest cats in the world. Ligers have been bred in captivity, deliberately and accidentally, since shortly before World War II. In the wild it is virtually impossible for lions and tigers to mate.

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How Are These Not Photoshopped? [PICS]

All of these photos are exactly as the shots were taken. Although it's hard to believe (and many won't anyway), they are untouched.

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Mysterious $100 counterfeit bills appear across the world

These “supernotes" are not just any fake bills, but a counterfeit so perfect it’s become an international whodunit. The only way to distinguish some of these bills, experts say, is to compare photographically blown-up sections with magnifying instruments. About $50 Million of the mystery money has been seized since 1989.

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Elijah Wood Confirms Dual Hobbit Movie Details

"I haven't spoken to Peter Jackson directly about it but I've e-mailed him, and as far as I know the two films that they're doing, one will be The Hobbit and another will take place between the 60 years that happened between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings."

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Fans Draw the Cloverfield Monster!

Of course, we have seen a few fake images of the monster, but those have been debunked. So while the images that you are about to see are not the actual monster from the movie, they are drawings by fans who have seen the film. The first image is said to be the closest to the real monster.

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Use your iPhone as a webcam

Mac developer Ecamm has posted a sneak peak of iPhoneCam, an application that uses your iPhone's camera as a wireless Mac webcam. You can stream video from your iPhone over its WiFi to any Mac video application, including iChat, Photo Booth, or Skype.

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Macworld San Francisco: Covered Banners, Early Shipments

Many bloggers and media (including MacRumors) have started to descend on San Francisco for Macworld Expo 2008. SetteB.IT managed to take an extensive gallery of photographs from the expo floor, including Apple's floor displays which were covered in their usual black tarps...They even managed ...

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FBI Wiretaps Canceled for Non-Payment of Phone Bills (!!)

Telephone companies have cut off FBI wiretaps used to eavesdrop on suspected criminals because of the Bureau's repeated failures to pay their phone bills on time.

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Katharine McPhee Latest 'American Idol' Dropped by Labels

Split comes on heels of Ruben Studdard's, Taylor Hicks' lost deals. Looks like the folks over at Sony BMG — the mega-label that serves as the parent company to Arista, Columbia, Epic, J Records, RCA and others — are cleaning house.

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G-Unit's Tony Yayo Confident As Trial Date Is Set

'I don't smack kids,' he told MTV News in regards to the charges he's facing, which include endangering the welfare of a child.

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Google Maps add radar-driven weather conditions

Want to know what the weather is like right now somewhere else? Today, you can just click around on a radar-enabled Google map to quickly get the lowdown on temperature, humidity, wind conditions, and a lot more.

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Pentagon: US-Iran Warboat Encounter Could Be Fake

According to the Pentagon and military observers, the audio of the incident, which included threats that American vessels "will explode", could be fake since it contains none of the expected background noise and chatter expected on naval transmissions in the area.

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What to expect at Macworld 2008 and why it will be huge

We only know one thing for sure about Steve Jobs' Macworld 2008 keynote: something big is coming from Apple.

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A little alcohol 'can be healthy'

Moderate drinking and a healthy active lifestyle may be the best recipe for a longer life, research suggests.

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Britney Spears' Family Lashes Out At Dr. Phil

Britney Spears might look happy on the cover of the next issue of OK! Magazine — on which she poses for a portrait with her two young sons for the first time — but that was before the singer's custody battle put her in crisis mode and landed her in the hospital, only to have Dr. Phil McGraw later claim she was in "dire need" of an intervention.

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Weirdest Alert Message - Ever

"So this morning I'm playing GTA III for old times sake, when it minimizes and this thing pops up."

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Sesame Street DVD Disclaimer: "It's For Adults Only"

Oscar is too irritable. Cookie Monster is too beholden to the junk food industry. Today's young children are too fragile for vintage Sesame Street? Say it ain't so, Snuffy!

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Untold Story: How the iPhone Blew Up the Wireless Industry

It was a late morning in the fall of 2006. Almost a year earlier, Steve Jobs had 200 of his top engineers working on the iPhone. Yet here, in Apple's boardroom, it was clear that the prototype was still a disaster. It wasn't just buggy, it flat-out didn't work...

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Tips for Selling Unwanted Loot on eBay

Online sellers live and die by their rating, which is derived from the feedback customers give eBay...

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Sprint prepares for April WiMAX US rollout

Despite early adoption woes, manufacturers are still confident the WiMAX standard will take hold of the high-speed wireless industry as early as April.

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Sony PS3 with Nintendo Wii Remote!

A console that looks a lot like a Sony PS3 and has a controller that looks a lot like the Nintendo Wii, has gone on sale in Hong Kong.

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Jamie Lynn Spears Makes First Appearance Since Pregnancy

Over the weekend, Jamie Lynn Spears, Britney's 16-year-old sister and the star of Nickelodeon's "Zoey 101," stepped out in public for the first time since last month's announcement that she's pregnant with the child of longtime boyfriend Casey Aldridge.

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A Seat Belt Which Can Reduce Accidents By 45%!

The National Highway Safety Council has done extensive testing on a newly designed seat belt. Results show that accidents can be reduced by as much as 45% when the belt is properly installed.

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5 Secrets of Self-Made Millionaires

If more people are getting richer than ever, why shouldn’t you be one of them? Here, five people who have at least a million dollars in liquid assets share the secrets that helped them get there.

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Top 17 Most Bizarre Sights on Google Earth

Satellite imagery used to be the exclusive domain of governments and spy agencies, but ever since Google Maps and Google Earth we can all get to see weird things!

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Fears of Barack Obama Assassination Leads to Increased Security

Secret Service presence has increased for Sen. Barack Obama since his dramatic win in Iowa, amid fears over the safety of the man seeking to become America's first black President. The Internet is rife with theories that someone may try to assassinate the Senator — typing "assassinate Obama" in Google brings up more than 2,000 hits so far.

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The 20 Most Bizarre Celebrity Baby Names

Apparently, some celebrities just don't get enough damn attention, so they name their kids something really dumb to stand out. Here are some of the weirdest.

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Copying CDs could be made legal

Copying music from a CD to a home computer could be made legal under new proposals from the UK government.

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Tom Cruise = The Second-in-Command for Scientology Worldwide

Tom Cruise has become the de-facto second-in-command of the Church of Scientology and is consulted on every aspect of the controversial group's planning and policy, according to a new book by the Royal Biographer, Andrew Morton.

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Are You Ready For Cars Driving Themselves?

Cars that drive and even park themselves could be ready for the road within a decade, GM executives say. But such cars would also have to navigate such obstacles as government regulations, liability laws, and the desire of drivers to keep control.

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McDonalds Exec Blames Obesity on Games!

Apparently videogames are making kids fat, not McDonalds (so they say)...

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Mitsubishi's Laser TV Looks Stunning

"Mitsubishi put together quite a spectacle to introduce its Laser TV last night at the Moon Nightclub at The Palms Hotel in Las Vegas, unveiling a 65-inch rear-projection set that uses a unique laser backlight. The result is some of the most vivid color we've ever seen on any TV."

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Jay-Z, HP's star endorser, uses a Mac

Jay-Z and girlfriend Beyonce seem to be Apple fans. No surprise there: Plenty of musicians use Macs. What is surprising? Jay-Z was in one of those Hewlett-Packard "hand" ads last year touting HP laptops.

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'National Treasure' Hits Box-Office Jackpot For Third Week

In the first "National Treasure," Ben Gates (Nicolas Cage) had to borrow a $100 bill to find a clue on the back. Pretty soon he's going to be able to open his own mint. With $20.1 million, "National Treasure: Book of Secrets" scored the top spot at the domestic box office for the third weekend in a row...

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Ford updates SYNC, adds HD Radio as standard option

Microsoft SYNC, an operating system that will soon be equipped in all new Ford vehicles, was recently updated to analyze the performance of the engine and deliver the results in easy to understand reports.

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HD DVD is Really Dead: Paramount also going to Blu-ray-Only

Financial Times is reporting that Paramount has a clause in its HD DVD exclusivity contract allowing them to bail from the sinking HD DVD ship if Warner defected to Blu-ray, and they are "poised" to do so.

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MacWorld 2008 Rumor Roundup

A roundup of all the rumors regarding MacWorld 2008. Organized by probability.

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Whiskey Business: The Many Myths of Jack Daniel

In Lynchburg, Tennessee, tales of Jack Daniel are taller than Paul Bunyan on a step stool. The question is, are any of them true?

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iPhone, Garmen and the Top 10 Gadgets of 2007

Some of the gadgets you'll know, some you probably haven't heard of. Either way, these items are way cool.

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Britney Spears' Legal Team Asks To Be Withdrawn

It might be a new year, but if you thought Britney Spears would be making a clean break from '07, think again. On Wednesday (January 2), the singer went through another lawyer shake-up when her legal team asked to withdraw itself as her counsel.

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Xbox Live running normally after spotty holiday service

While Microsoft is not specifically citing any cause, reported issues with the Xbox 360's online Xbox Live service seem to have been resolved as of Wednesday morning. In all, the problems lasted 12 days, frustrating those who may have unwrapped a new Xbox over the holidays, or even longtime users eager to play the latest games...

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10 Sites Offering Free Linux Courses Online

Whether you're new to Linux or an advanced user, you're bound to have questions. Read on to get a list of Universities and other Institutions offering free Linux courses, training and tutorials online.

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Top 10 Obscure Google Search Tricks

When it comes to the Google search box, you already know the tricks: like searching for exact phrases in quotes like "so say we all" or searching a single site using "site:lifehacker.com gmail". But there are many more oblique, clever, and lesser-known search recipes and operators that work from that unassuming little text box.

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Malware Evolving Too Fast for Antivirus Apps

Bad guys use sophisticated testing to create malware that can evade even the best security programs.

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Rumors: Ultraportable Macbook and Multitouch Trackpad

Macrumors is reporting that the rumored ultraportable Macbook we're hoping for at Macworld 2008 is to have multitouch trackpad and external optical. The optical makes sense, and is welcome.

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Crazy Nintendo Support Call: Smack Wiimote to Fix It

Nintendo Help Desk: "Okay - I want you to take the remote, button side down and smack it into the palm of your hand two or three times."Russ: "You've got to be kidding."Nintendo Help Desk: "No sir, do it hard enough that I can hear it across the phone line but not hard enough to damage the remote."The thing is...IT WORKED!

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RIP Borat and Ali G

Sacha Baron Cohen is retiring the outrageously anti-Semitic, homophobic Kazakh journalist Borat as well as his alter ego, aspiring rapper Ali G.Cohen readily admits he is more comfortable talking in the guise of the characters he has created, but unfortunately for him, both Ali G and Borat have had their day.

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Hansel and Gretel: The Tim Burton Movie You’ve Never Seen

Early in his career, Tim Burton directed a modern gothic violent retelling of 'Hansel and Gretel'. Never heard of it before? It exists - although little evidence of its existence can be found. Even worse, chances are that if you haven’t seen it, you never will.

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Time Magazine's 50 Best Websites of 2007

"Our 2007 picks are the best examples of what's new and exciting about the Web right now. Here we honor sites with exceptional style and smarts, sites that offer new and improved ways to access and share content, generate our own and otherwise enrich the online (and off-line) experience."

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Free Tools to Manage New Year's Resolutions

"To reach the goals you've set out for yourself in '08, follow through each and every one of the next 365 days—several free tools can help you with just that. Track your progress and help motivate yourself to stick to your New Year's resolutions with our favorite goal tracking webapps and tools."

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How to Become a Gmail Jedi Master

Learn to master Gmail through the use of labels, filters, keyboard shortcuts, and vacation autoresponders. Sync Gmail with your wireless devices through the new IMAP support.

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