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Monday, June 30, 2008
10 Easy Ways to Catch More ZZZs
7 People From Around the World With Real Mutant Superpowers
They walk among us! Some even fly among us! They may even take the bus among us from time to time! Homosapiens-Superior is here, and can do things that have scientists scratching their heads. We're carefully tracking their progress, so that one day soon we may gather them together and fight crime. Or maybe commit crimes. We haven't decided yet.
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Iran To Ready Thousands Of Graves For Enemies
Iran is to dig 320,000 graves in border districts to allow for the burial of enemy soldiers in the event of any attack on its territory. General Mir-Faisal Bagherzadeh said, "We have plans to dig 15,000 to 20,000 graves in each of the border provinces or a total of 320,000, some of them mass graves if necessary."
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Digg Recommendation Engine Rolling Out This Week [VIDEO]
"We’re launching the Digg Recommendation Engine beginning this week. The feature will be in beta and presented to registered Digg users first, based on a random sampling of logged-in users."
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Help your MacBook Pro run a little faster
Overclocking tool for Macs with OS X Leopard!
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Sunday, June 29, 2008
Supermodel Ruslana Korshunova Commits Suicide!
Ruslana Korshunova, 20, whose face has graced the cover of French Elle and Russian Vogue, apparently jumped from her ninth-floor apartment in her Water Street building in the Financial District just before 2:30 p.m. Cops said there were no signs of a struggle in the apartment. The window from which she fell had a balcony, which had construction netting around it that appeared to have been cut.
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Cancer 'Cure' In Mice To Be Tested In Humans
The treatment will involve transfusing specific white blood cells, called granulocytes, from select donors, into patients with advanced forms of cancer. A similar treatment using white blood cells from cancer-resistant mice has previously been highly successful, curing 100 percent of lab mice afflicted with advanced malignancies.
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Teen Decapitated by Ride at Six Flags
A teenager was decapitated by a roller coaster after he hopped a pair of fences and entered a restricted area Saturday at Six Flags Over Georgia, authorities said. Six Flags officials are uncertain why the unidentified 17-year-old from Columbia, S.C. scaled two six-foot fences and passed signs that said the restricted area was off-limits and dangerous to visitors, spokeswoman Hela Sheth said in a news release.
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Spain Crowned UEFA Euro 2008 Champions
Twenty-four years after blowing it in Paris in 1984, Spain has finally won the UEFA Euro 2008 championship.
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Google plugs YouTube into PlayStation 3
To the surprise of no one, Google is now offering software that streams video, photos, and music from your PC to your television.
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Friday, June 27, 2008
Helio Hangs it Up
Virgin Mobile purchased Helio today for U.S $39 Million in equity. Helio is a small MVNO that made its name by selling powerful and high-end telephones aimed at technophiles and, thanks to an investment by South Korea’s SK Telecom, Korean-Americans.
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The 10 Amazingly Funny Baby Pictures You Would Never Want to Miss
Who doesn’t love a baby? We’ve collected a list of 10 amazingly funny baby pictures, which you certainly would not want to miss.
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Blogger Adds Slew of New Features
If you use Google’s Blogger platform, head on to draft.blogger.com and you’ll find several new interesting features for your blog.
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Bill Gates bids farewell
Bill Gates' farewell speech to Microsoft reminded employees that the company knows how to come from behind as well as to lead."In some cases, those are the ones that bond you the most," Gates said, recalling some of the tougher times.
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"Kung Fu Panda 2" Moves Forward
Work on Kung Fu Panda 2 has already started, which is good because the first one was awesome.
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Apple to Offer iTunes Remote Control App for iPhone and iPod Touch
Apple released a pre-release version of iTunes 7.7 for developers. In the "Read Me" file of the iTunes installer is a hint at a previously unannounced iPhone / iPod Touch application: Use iTunes 7.7 to sync music, video, and more with iPhone 3G, and download applications from the iTunes Store...
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I F-ing Hate Wal-Mart
"During my cross country drive this week I was forced into getting an oil change at Wal-Mart. I thought I knew how evil they really were, but during my hour long visit they surpassed all of my wildest expectations of evilness and they tried to steal $24 from me."
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BBC Execs earn £300,000 in bonuses!
The BBC's executive board members are due to take home their annual bonuses this year, apart from director general Mark Thompson, who has waived his extra money for the fourth year in a row.
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Google Releases Media Server
Google has done it again -- the search engine giant has released a new service that covers yet another niche software area with the Google Media Server. Google Media Server works in conjunction with Google Desktop on a Windows-based PC to stream media files...
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One of the funniest gameshow moments ever [VIDEO]
Can you tell what he's doing?
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Facebook to users: State sex to cut grammar errors
The online hangout Facebook is getting more serious about grammar. No more will users see jarringly incorrect declarations such as "Debbie changed their profile picture." Users who haven't specified their gender in their Facebook profiles will be asked to do so in the coming weeks.
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Ten Reasons Why Vista Isn't That Bad
Of all the ware Microsoft churns out from its sweatshop of "lightning bolt, lightning bolt" nerds, Windows is the one most inexorably tied to the public image of the company. Although we agree that Vista could have used a bit more time shoved back into the silicon womb for some feature buffing and bug fixing, it's not nearly as bad as people say.
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$10 Night Vision Sun Glasses [VIDEO]
Make your own pair of spy night vision sun glasses that look completely normal for $10.
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Angler catches rare Stingray that's larger than a car hood!
A British angler has caught a rare giant freshwater stingray - possibly the largest freshwater fish species in the world - during a visit to Thailand's remote rivers.
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The Best Free Adobe AIR Apps
Adobe AIR is Adobe’s entry into the field of widgets. It’s a better idea than just something on your desktop. Developers are able to create a potentially rich experience, and have it run cross-platform.
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Mio looks to Knight Rider to stand out in the GPS crowd
"Michael, so very good to see you." No doubt many a fan of the hit 1980s action drama Knight Rider have long dreamed of the day when they would be able to jump in their car -- whether it was a Pontiac Trans Am or not -- and hear that familiar phrase. If you've ever dreamed of having KITT in your own car, here comes GPS manufacturer Mio!
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Why Did Barack Obama Refuse Free Campaign Money?
Last Thursday, Senator Barack Obama announced that he was passing up U.S $84 Million of taxpayer money to finance his presidential campaign, choosing instead to raise his own funds. Sounds pretty noble, right? Not according to his opponent, Senator John McCain.
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Seagate intros 1 TB Maxtor home NAS for U.S $329.99
From the standpoint of functionality, for a price tag of a mere U.S $329.99, the new network attached storage (NAS) device provides 1 TB of capacity for storing video, music, photos, Microsoft Office files, and other any other content that lends itself to storage in the digital home.
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Rick Ross Denies Foxy Brown Engagement Rumors
He doesn't just make love, he makes magic. But Rick Ross told MTV News on Tuesday that he isn't making any woman his wife — at least right now. Over the past couple of weeks, there has been speculation and reported confirmation that the Boss was proposing to the Brown Fox, Foxy Brown.
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Preview of 160 GB ClickFree backup drive
At Pepcom's annual press extravaganza, Storage Appliance Corp. President Ian Collins said that, aside from offering extra storage, the new U.S $169.99 backup device will provide the same capabilities as ClickFree's already available 120 GB external hard drive.
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RIM denies delays for its 3G BlackBerry Bold phone
A RIM representative last night denied rumors of availability delays for the 3G device widely seen as RIM's answer to the iPhone, saying that the BlackBerry Bold is now being tested at AT&T Labs, and will be ready in August.
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Digg's Kevin Rose is # 5 on List of People Who Enhanced the Internet
A list of 15 people who have made the internet what it is today. This list includes the starters of Digg, Google, Ebay, Craiglist, Facebook, Napster, Wordpress, BitTorrent, Wikipedia, Yahoo!, YouTube, and more...
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Hurricane Safety Tips
Tips on how to secure your home for hurricanes, even if you are not going to be there...
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What's Wrong With Shaquille O'Neal's Anti-Kobe Freestyle?
On Monday, footage of Shaq throwing some playful jabs at Kobe Bryant consumed the headlines. "Last week, Kobe couldn't do it without me," Shaq rapped about his former teammate's failed run at the NBA title.
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BREAKING: Amazon Invests In Twitter
Twitter just announced yet another sum of funding, this including money from Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezo's fund Bezos Expeditions. The company says the money will be spent on building up its infrastructure and reliability to become the communications utility it needs to be before it can become profitable.
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Nokia buys Symbian!
Nokia today announced it has launched a cash offer to acquire all of the shares of Symbian Limited that Nokia does not already own, at a price of EUR 3.647 per share. The net cash outlay from Nokia to purchase the approximately 52% of Symbian Limited shares it does not already own, will be approximately EUR 264 million.
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The 7 Biggest Secrets of Marketing
Tactics and strategies are the most important things which will surely take you to the path of success in marketing. Planning along with new techniques and innovations are very important before you start with your first step in marketing.
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Big Brown photo reveals loose shoe early in Belmont Stakes
A photo taken during the early stages of the Belmont Stakes has revealed Big Brown was running with a loose shoe as the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner attempted to become the first Triple Crown winner since 1979...
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Monday, June 23, 2008
Woman Uses Bra As SOS Signal
An American woman has been rescued from a German mountain after sending an signal for help using her bra. The woman, who had been missing for more than three days after being hurt while hiking, hooked the brightly coloured sports bra on a cable used for transporting logs to a valley below, hoping it would lead rescuers to her.
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Sharp’s 108” LCD TV on sale for U.S $185,000
Sharp recently announced that it will begin selling its 108” LCD TV in the U.S in September and if you are planning on buying Sharp’s 108” TV you may want to hold off on that next Ferrari.
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The Hottest Women of Euro 2008 [PICS]
Every time there’s a huge tournament somewhere it seems like we’re inundated with pictures of hot flag waving women. Here are some of the hottest women from this year’s major soccer event, Euro 2008.
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Super Mario Bros Finally Makes Sense [PIC]
You'll never look at Super Mario Bros the same again - ever.
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Want to trick your brain? Check this out! [VIDEO]
Jerry Andress shows and explains a few optical illusions.
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How Do Rich People Spend Their Time?
People invariably believe that money can make them happy -- and rich people usually do report being happier than poor people do. But if this is the case, shouldn't wealthy people spend a lot more time doing enjoyable things than poor people?
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Rocky and the Terminator Team Up
There’s an interesting article online that talks about a Bollywood film that will be made for the first time at Universal Studios Hollywood. Now normally that wouldn’t be such a big deal, but this one features an interesting catch. It will feature Arnold Schwarzenegger alongside Sly Stallone. That’s right, you read it correctly.
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Ice on Mars: An important breakthrough
The prospect that life did once exist, still exists and could be sustained in the future on Mars has taken a huge step forward with the confirmation that water ice has been found on the planet.
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The World's Largest Cruise Ship
Currently under construction, these pictures offer a first glimpse of the luxury that awaits passengers on the world's largest cruise liner.
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25 Beautiful Fantasy Photoshop Tutorials
A collection of 25 beautiful fantasy Photoshop tutorials.
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Ball Girl Makes Incredible Catch [VIDEO]
A minor league ball girl makes an incredible catch on a foul ball in left field.
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Firefox 3 Hits 17.3 Million Downloads!
Since launch last week in excess of 17.3 million downloads of Firefox 3 have taken place. The browser saw 8 million downloads within the first 24-hours of its release, more than ever downloaded in a single day before and a statistic currently being considered for inclusion within the Guinness Book of Records.
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Attack! Paparazzo Trying to Photograph Matthew McConaughey
A paparazzo trying to photograph Matthew McConaughey at the beach told police he was attacked by a mob of surfers who threw his camera in the ocean. The 29-year-old photojournalist told sheriff's deputies that a large group of surfers near Paradise Cove in Malibu approached him and other paparazzi about 2 p.m. Saturday...
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A social network for Douchebags? [PIC]
"A new location-based social network for douchebags who wear two ill-fitting polo shirts at the same time."
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George Carlin has died
Legendary comedian George Carlin passed away Sunday night at the age of 71. He will be missed, but never forgotten.
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Reports: Soccer Star Pele Robbed at Gunpoint
Brazilian media say soccer legend Pele was held up at gunpoint, and robbed by a band of youths armed with knives and guns. They took a gold necklace, cell phone, and watch. The media reports say it happened back on June 13th in a slum near the city of Santos, but wasn't made public until today.
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Oasis Inks Three-Album Deal With Sony BMG
Oasis has expanded its partnership with Sony BMG by signing a new three-album deal with the company. The profit-sharing agreement will find Oasis continuing to release music on its own Big Brother imprint and controlling global distribution and marketing.
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Purported New Guns N' Roses Tracks Hit The Web
Nine purported "mastered, finished" tracks from Guns N' Roses' 14-years-in-the-making album "Chinese Democracy" were leaked online recently by the Web site Antiquiet.com, prompting a quick cease-and-desist from the band's handlers and the removal of the links.
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Michelle Branch Finishing Third Solo Album
Michelle Branch plans to stay on the country path she began with the Wreckers on her next solo album. The singer/songwriter tells Billboard.com that she's "in that last stage of tweaking stuff ... where you can really go crazy trying to fix all the little things" for her third solo album, "Everything Comes and Goes"...
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Mercedes' Amazing CL63 AMG
The AMG versions, the CL63 and CL65, have sport-tuned suspensions, extra-big brakes, 20-in. wheels, and special badges and interior appointments that emphasize their ultra-high performance. The CL63 starts at U.S $138,375 and is powered by a 6.3-liter, 518-hp V-8. The CL65 starts at a mind-boggling U.S $198,375 and has a 604-hp V-12 under its hood.
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Mac OS X Trojan reported in the wild!
At least two Mac-focused security firms warned late this week of a Trojan horse that takes advantage of flaws in remote management software in Mac OS X to run code on the affected computer. As with most Mac flaws, the user must first download and open the file in order for it to take effect.
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Judge issues 50 Cent gun ban
Rapper 50 Cent has been told by a New York judge to surrender any guns he might have after an ex-girlfriend obtained a restraining order. The order bars the performer, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, from contacting Shaniqua Tompkins without the court's permission.
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A Million Different Versions Of Lil Wayne's 'A Milli'
It feels like a million MCs have decided to jump on the Bangladesh-produced Lil Wayne track "A Milli." The track, which Wayne previewed exclusively for MTV News back in March, has gotten almost as many spins for the N.O. native as his #1 single "Lollipop" has.
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Amy Winehouse suffers lung, heart ailments from crack
Frail Amy Winehouse has been struck down by the deadly lung condition emphysema - and she could be in a wheelchair within a MONTH if she doesn't stop smoking crack cocaine, her dad revealed last night.
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Sunday, June 22, 2008
Full Trailer For "The Mummy 3: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor"
Get an exclusive look at the full trailer for "The Mummy 3: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor."
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Tornado Hits, But People Are Too Busy With YouTube to Hide
Two weeks ago today, a tornado ripped through Illinois. At points it was up to a quarter mile wide, and it did enough damage, cracking giant powerlines like toothpicks and yanking old-growth trees right from the ground, that it completely closed the major highway I57 for a 35-mile expanse south of Chicago.
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Villagers Beat Tiger to Death That Killed 3 People
A news report says villagers and forest guards have beaten to death a protected Royal Bengal tiger after it killed three people near the world's largest mangrove forest in southwestern Bangladesh. The United News of Bangladesh agency says the tiger strayed into Kadamtala village late Friday and killed three people.
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Mio's Knight Rider GPS speaks with the voice of KITT
Move over, Dash Express. Take a seat, Garmin and Tom Tom. As of right now there's only one GPS unit worth buying, and it's this trick Knight Rider unit from Mio that issues directions in the voice of KITT. Yep, Mr. Feeney (William Daniels) is gonna be right there with you, although we doubt he'll be as tolerant of your skin-tight pants.
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One-third of IT pros admit to snooping on co-workers
As many as a third of all senior IT professionals use their administrative passwords and other privileges to "snoop around the network" looking into employees' confidential material, say newly released survey results. Specifically, almost half of the 300 respondents -- or 47 percent -- admitted to accessing information that is not "relevant to their roles."
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Rihanna and Kevin Garnett are BlackBerry Users!
See which BlackBerries these stars rock...
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Huffington Post Founder's Home Features Top-Secret Office
Find out more about Arianna Huffington from her guilty pleasures to her hidden office!
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Friday, June 20, 2008
Mars Phoenix Tweets: "We Have ICE!"
There is water ice on Mars within reach of the Mars Phoenix Lander, NASA scientists announced Thursday. Photographic evidence settles the debate over the nature of the white material seen in photographs sent back by the craft. As seen in lower left of this image, chunks of the ice sublimed (changed directly from solid to gas) over the course of four days, after the lander's digging exposed them.
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The Twitter Hall of Shame: 50 Historic Tweets
Twitter is a fun Web 2.0 communications tool that allows users to deliver quick messages of 140 characters or less. The hastiness and ephemeral nature of these messages means that Twitter has become more than a communication tool — it's a source of angry, funny and awkward messages that would be sometimes best left unsaid. Whether they're embarrassing or just interesting, these tweets are worth preserving.
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The Best Little Skater in the World: The Next Tony Hawk! [VIDEO]
Look out Tony Hawk - this little skater kid is very talented and will be storming the pros very soon.
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Jamie Lynn Spears Gives Birth To Girl, Maddie Briann
Jamie Lynn Spears gave birth on Thursday morning (June 19) to her and fiance Casey Aldridge's first child, a girl they named Maddie Briann, according to People magazine. The baby was born at 9:30 a.m. at a hospital in Mississippi near the 17-year-old actress' hometown of Kentwood, Louisiana.
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50 Cent Responds To Young Buck On Hot 97
Earlier this week, 50 released portions of a call between him and Buck, in which his former crew member broke down in tears over his dismissal from the group and financial difficulties. Buck responded Wednesday afternoon with a dis record called "Taped Conversations." 50 retaliated by putting out the entire phone call on ThisIs50.com.
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7 Unique Ways to Cure Your Hangover
Forget about the ones your grandmother taught you...
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Co-Workers Who Drive You Crazy!
Let's be honest: Nobody's perfect; not even you. Results from a recent MSN Zogby data poll show that 20 percent of workers say their co-workers have at least one habit that drives them crazy. So while your co-worker might have a more obvious bothersome tendency (like always talking on speakerphone), maybe your constant complaining about everyone else's behaviors has the same effect.
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The Fastest Clock in the World
How fast is the fastest clock in the world? Well, this one measures time to a millionth of a second.
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Amazing Dinosaur Trove Discovered in Utah
Two meat-eating dinosaurs, a probable Stegosaurus, and four Sauropods quickly emerged at a dig that has found a "logjam" of fossils.
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OS Smackdown: Linux vs. Mac OS X vs. Vista vs. XP
Since the dawn of time -- or, at least, the dawn of personal computers -- the holy wars over desktop operating systems have raged, with each faction proclaiming the unrivaled superiority of its chosen OS and the vile loathsomeness of all others.
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Bankrupt! 65 Famous People Who Lost It All
We’ve compiled a list of 65 famous people who found themselves destitute despite once having been extremely well off.
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The Internet in 1934
In 1934, Otlet sketched out plans for a global network of computers (or “electric telescopes”) that would allow people to search and browse through millions of interlinked documents, images, audio and video files. He described how people would use the devices to send messages to one another, share files and even congregate in online social networks...
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The Horror: iPhone Runs Windows XP
Citrix used its thin client technology to demonstrate an Apple iPhone running Windows XP, at the recent Citrix Application Delivery Conference in Melbourne.
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Viigo’s Project Tango (Viigo 3.0) Public Beta - Free Download!
This new Viigo provides a fixed set of services for users that gives a hint at what’s possible on the Viigo platform.
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iWidgets: Promote Your Website Through Fun, Viral Widgets
Promoting Websites can be a difficult task. Unless you are Internet famous or a social media expert, it takes a bit of marketing strategy to get your name and brand out there. There are a number of methods that you can use to advertise your website, among them creating a widget.
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Alerts.com: Scheduled Reminders for Email, Mobile Phones
Alerts.com is a new site, launching tomorrow, that is essentially an alarm or reminder system for Web content. You can receive your Alerts updates via email or SMS (or both) depending on your preferences.
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Dimpls: Make Money By Placing Your Own Ads on Personal Photos
A new site launched today called Dimpls is dedicated to sharing photos of different things from each day in your personal life. Just woke up? Take a picture of your alarm clock. Going to eat? Lets see that turkey sandwich. Dimpls is pretty simple. Users can upload many photos at once, sort them, and add tags or captions very similar to creating a photo album on Facebook. Each photo is a snapshot of a moment in your daily activites.
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'Spam King' to pay U.S $6 million to MySpace
Last Saturday, an arbitrator ordered Scott Richter, the president of online advertising and direct marketing firm Media Breakaway, to pay a stiff penalty to MySpace, including U.S $1.2 million in legal fees. The settlement is the second major one for Richter, who previously settled with Microsoft in August 2005 for U.S $7 million.
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TwitterFox - Firefox extension for Twitter
TwitterFox (previously known as TwitterNotifier) is a Firefox extension that notifies you of your friends' tweets of Twitter. This extension adds a tiny icon on the status bar that notifies you when your friends update their tweets. Also it has a small text input field to update your tweets.
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50 Cent 'Enlightened' By 'Amazing' Visit With Nelson Mandela
50 had just emerged from inside the home, where he had a brief meeting with the 89-year-old icon, one of the perks of being the biggest hip-hop star in the world. "That was amazing," 50 beamed, in a way that belied the confident mugging and barrel-chested braggadocio that usually accompanies his on-camera appearances.
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Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III Cracks A Million Sales - 1st Week
Lil Wayne, one of the world's best-selling rappers, has known for the past week that he would have the #1 album in the country with his Tha Carter III finally making its way onto record store shelves — it was merely a matter of how high the numbers would ultimately be. Some 400,000 copies were sold in its first day.
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Baby Born With 8 Limbs Takes Her First Steps [PICS]
A two-year-old girl worshipped as a goddess after being born with four arms and four legs is taking her first steps since having her extra limbs removed. Little Lakshmi Tatma had a life-saving operation to remove her headless conjoined twin in November year.
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Top Gear Officially Coming To NBC!
It's official -- here's the full press release announcing the show -- Adam Carolla, Tanner Foust and Eric Strommer will be the threesome of hosts for NBC's U.S version of the greatest driving show ever -- Top Gear!
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Hulk Hogan receives threats - "Your kid's gonna bleed"
The voicemail threats made against Hulk Hogan and his family -- calling them "whores" and threatening to "piss on you and your family's grave" -- have been released...and, man, are they disturbing.
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10 Drunk Photos You Don't Want To Be In
Let's face it, we have all been really drunk and made some mistakes. This is part of being human. The good news is that a lot of times, when you act a fool, your friends are in a similar state of mind and probably weren't concerned with you being you. Unfortunately, the mass proliferation of digital camera ownership changes that...
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7 Ways to Use iPhone to Impress Women
When iPhone was first released, just having one was enough to draw attention and establish hipness with beautiful women. Sadly, those days are gone. With the coming price drop to $200 any goober will be able to get one. Yet the iPhone is still a powerful tool. Here are the best ways to unleash the seductive power of iPhone.
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Google Street View Car Gets Pulled over by U.S. Park Police!
It appears that a mounted member of the United States Park Police briefly detained a Google Maps camera car for some sort of driving infraction this morning.
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Why You Should Carry a Digital Camera At All Times
Incredible picture of a tornado!
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Why You Should Download Firefox 3 Right Now
Firefox 3 — available now for download — is the culmination of a two-year quest to build the best browser ever. And while it’s not perfect, it comes pretty close.
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50 Cent Proves His International Stardom On Tour Of Africa
The scene outside the airport terminal in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, was an extraordinary sight, even in the fervor we had come to expect from Africans after five days of traveling through South Africa with 50 Cent and G-Unit. Twenty-one of us — a coterie of artists (50, Tony Yayo, Lloyd Banks, DJ Whoo Kid), managers, marketers, production crew...
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Palm tries for a smartphone rebound with Centro
With new device releases and firmware upgrades, Palm is clearly paying much less attention recently to its older Treo platform than to its newer and cheaper Centro, perhaps in an effort to maintain its own existence.
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The History of Firefox 1.0 to 3.0 in Screenshots
Mozilla released Firefox version 1.0 to relative obscurity in November of 2004, and four short years later, the much-anticipated Firefox 3.0 will hit the streets with ambitions of setting a new world record. In honor of the 3.0 release, let's take a look back at a visual history of Firefox, version 1.0 to 3.0.
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Awesome Invisible Mask! [VIDEO]
These days big brother is everywhere, with $10 or so worth of items you can build your own invisible "mask" to avoid any kind of identity exposure...
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Monday, June 16, 2008
Review: Metal Gear Solid 4 is a Masterpiece
Every once in a long while, a game will come along and change all the rules. Final Fantasy VII transformed the RPG genre, Resident Evil helped create a new sub-category of gaming -- survival horror -- and Grand Theft Auto III single-handedly reshaped the gaming landscape. And now comes Metal Gear Solid 4...
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Girl Survives a Lightning Strike, Wins the Lottery Next Day
No one quite understands the term "striking it lucky" better than 16-year-old BreAnna Helsel. The Michigan teen survived being struck by lightning and went on to win $20 in the lottery the next day. Helsel said she saw the electricity shoot out of her fingers and into the overhead lights, immediately knocking out the house's power.
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Al Gore Will Endorse Barack Obama
A few hours from now Al Gore will step on stage in Detroit, Michigan to announce his support for Senator Barack Obama. From now through Election Day, Al Gore will do whatever he can to make sure he is elected President of the United States.
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New York Poised To OK Marijuana For Medical Use
Supporters are optimistic that this is the year New York legalizes medical marijuana. Patients and caregivers would register with the State and receive identification cards that would allow them to legally purchase marijuana for medicinal use. They would be allowed to grow up to 12 plants and to possess up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana.
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Playboy model does Wii Fit
When "Wii Fit Girl" received 3 million hits on YouTube, somehow we all knew this was coming sooner or later...
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Police kill man seen beating child to death
Police killed a 27-year-old man as he kicked, punched and stomped a toddler to death despite other people's attempts to stop him on a dark, country road.
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Hilarious Father's Day Ad
Unfortunately, some people may have a hard time figuring this one out, but it doesn't get any better than this...
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Photoshopped: Captain Jack Sparrow (A Must See!)
Learn how to paint Jack Sparrow out of a skull!
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Sunday, June 15, 2008
Afghanistan Issues Warning To Pakistan
Afghan President Hamid Karzai warned Sunday his troops would take their battle against Taliban extremists across the border into Pakistan to prevent them launching attacks in his country.
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Make Money By Networking with Passitto
Passitto brings the professional world to the online world. Lots of social networks connect users, but Passitto allows people to make business connections and create real-life opportunities. Many times businesses and services are looking for certain people and vice versa, what Passitto provides is a platform for meeting new contacts...
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Friday, June 13, 2008
Google Docs Adds PDF Uploads and Previews
Earlier this week there were a few Google Docs users that noticed added support for PDF files, and today Google has confirmed it. This has been a standing request from Google users for some time, especially as other document-sharing tools like Scribd and Docstoc have ensured that nearly all file types can be uploaded and viewed across computers...
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Google Speeds Up Mobile Search
At Google, it’s all about speed. That’s doubly true for mobile applications. Google made some improvements to its mobile search, making it load faster on most mobile browsers. It does this by caching the page.
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`Friday the 13th' blackout hits nation's capital
A power blackout brought much of the nation's capital to a standstill for more than two hours Friday as the White House went to a backup generator, stranded commuters escaped the snarled Metro by trudging up stalled escalators and federal workers milled outside darkened buildings.
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Twittercounter: Show Off Your Following with a Chiclet
Given the huge overlap between bloggers and Twitter users, I suspect this simple new site might take off. Or, at least I’m sure we’ll be seeing its end product on a lot of blog sidebars.
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MySpace to Get a Dramatic Re-Design
Through some sort of obscure chain of email forwards, in my inbox early this morning landed a bunch of graphics that are supposedly going to end up being the new design for MySpace. They didn’t come down the usual public relations channels that MySpace uses to send out updates, so I’m curious as to whether we at Mashable somehow offended Tom, or if this is a genuine set of leaked designs.
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Facebook No Longer The Second Largest Social Network
It was sort of inevitable given Facebook’s monster growth over the last few years, but April 2008 was the milestone: Facebook officially caught up to MySpace in terms of unique monthly worldwide visitors, according to data released by Comscore and shown above.
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'Knight Rider' Car On eBay
KITT, the sleek, talking car that helped make David Hasselhoff famous, is about to hit the road again. The executor of slain Greenwich businessman Andrew Kissel is selling the Trans Am on eBay starting this afternoon. Bidding starts at U.S $20,000, according to Greenwich lawyer Patrick R. Gil, who has handled the dismantling of Kissel's estate.
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Is Google about to swallow up Digg?
Google seems to be pushing hard for an acquisition of Kevin Rose's Digg, for a price below U.S $200 Million. Kara Swisher hinted a few days ago that the social news site, on which users "digg" or "bury" their favorite news headlines, might be on Google's shopping list.
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Incredible Hulk 2? Stars, Director Already Have Wish List!
"The Incredible Hulk" promises exciting thrills, ambitious set pieces and more Marvel crossovers than you can shake a stick at when it opens Friday. But the biggest difference between this film and the Ang Lee "Hulk" from 2003? That would be the setup for and strong possibility of a "Hulk 2." That's what cast and crew members insisted...
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Grand Theft Auto IV, Wii and DS Still Cruising
Grand Theft Auto IV continued to rumble past the competition racking up 1.3 million sales between the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3, according to new figures from NPD. The game has sold 4.2 million units in the U.S. since its launch at the end of April, making it the top-selling game this year.
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Britney Spears Cameo Axed From Pussycat Dolls Video
Britney Spears may have looked "hot and blond" in the cameo she filmed for the Pussycat Dolls' new video, "When I Grow Up" — which will premiere on FNMTV Friday night, but we may never know just how hot and blond. Spears, who filmed a bit part in the video for the first single from the Dolls' upcoming album last week in Los Angeles, was edited out.
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Yahoo, Google Team Up on Search Ads
On the heels of a failed takeover bid by Microsoft, Yahoo has announced a joint agreement with search engine leader Google that would allow the beleaguered company to run search ads supplied by its biggest longtime competitor.
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Thursday, June 12, 2008
15 Tools to Help You Develop Faster Web Pages
If you’re concerned about your web pages’ speed or want to make sure you’re in tip-top shape before starting or launching a project, here’s a few useful, free tools to help you create and sustain high-performance web applications.
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The Phone Sex Operators on the Other End [GALLERY]
The phone sex industry is a paradox. Intensely personal yet entirely faceless at the same time. Ever wonder who belongs to that sultry voice on the other end of the call? Check out this photo series that gives a glimpse into the lives of phone sex operators.
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New ‘Smurfs’ Movie Will Be Live Action - Be Very Afraid
It seems nothing from our childhood is sacred.
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Firefox Mobile: A Peek
Firefox Mobile, which has been seriously in the works since at last October, is finally starting to take shape. In the video below, Aza Raskin, head of user experience at Mozilla Labs, goes through some prototype concepts for the user Firefox Mobile’s user interface. Raskin, the young founder of Songza and Humanized, was hired by the Mozilla Foundation in January.
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ZoneAlarm Pro again misidentifies Yahoo Messenger as Trojan
It's getting more difficult to keep track of the various stages and permutations of malware, whose definition has expanded to mean "anything you didn't ask for and don't want running." But since when did Yahoo IM become malware?
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Usher Sounds Off About Marriage, His Mom And Being A Dad
In the July issue of Vibe, which hits newsstands nationwide next week, Usher expanded on some comments he made during his heated appearance on "TRL" late last month. Usher's mom and former manager, Jonnetta Patton, figures heavily in the article: The singer addresses the circumstances under which she ceased to be his manager...
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Firefox 3 and Safari 4 in browser speed race
Mozilla recently launched the browser speed race with Firefox 3, which delivers more speed than any other previous Firefox version. Apple answered with Safari 4, claiming the browser’s JavaScript engine has been accelerated by 53%. Welcome to the browser speed race.
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Mozilla Firefox 3.0 to be released June 17
It has been confirmed that the final version of Firefox 3 will be released on June 17.
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008
50 Cent 'Really Excited' By His 'Blood On The Sand' Video Game
Not one demonstration or interview about 50 Cent's new video game has gone by without a developer mentioning that "50 Cent: Blood on the Sand" is going to be better than the last one. It's important for the game's creators to separate the new game, a high-score-focused action adventure set in the Middle East, from his last game, "Bulletproof."
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U.S $543,236,299,998 Spent on Iraq as of 4:22 pm CST Today!
Before the war, White House economic adviser Lawrence Lindsay estimated the cost at U.S $100 to U.S $200 Billion. So the White House got rid of him and "re-estimated" the cost at U.S $50 to U.S $60 Billion. It's now over U.S $500 Billion.
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'Tha Carter III' Expected To Sell A Million Copies In Its 1st Week!
Weezy's eagerly anticipated album might even best debut of Kanye West's Graduation, one analyst says. They say it's not bragging if you can back it up. And while Lil Wayne is talking about being a young cash money millionaire on his hit "A Millie," he may as well be talking about the sales of his eagerly anticipated new album, Tha Carter III.
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Eminem Prank-Calls LL Cool J During Satellite Radio Show
Eminem to Slim Shady to "Jason from Miami"? Marshall Mathers popped up Tuesday night on his Sirius Satellite Radio station, Shade 45, to pull a prank on LL Cool J. L was a guest on Tony Touch's "Toca Tuesday" show when fans started to phone in.
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How To Make An Oil Lamp For One Dollar [VIDEO]
In case of natural disasters, this may come in handy. You never know what tomorrow has in store.
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Build a Vista box for under U.S $350 in ten easy steps!
Let's face it: Not everyone needs a desktop PC with every bell and whistle available. And, frankly, not everyone can afford such a rig. What if all you need is a system that is capable of handling basic, everyday home computing? After all, the things most of us usually do on our PC are surfing the Web, burning CDs, e-mailing, office tasks, etc.
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3G BlackBerry Bold Makes Its Way Onto AT&T Website
The BlackBerry® Bold™ 9000 is the much anticipated Global 3G BlackBerry smartphone. Boasting a sleek and elegant finish that complements the high-resolution, ultra-bright display, the BlackBerry Bold is like nothing you've ever experienced before.
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How Much Sleep Do You Really Need?
Sleep is one of the richest topics in science today: why we need it, why it can be hard to get, and how that affects everything from our athletic performance to our income. Daniel Kripke, co-director of research at the Scripps Clinic Sleep Center in La Jolla, Calif., has looked at the most important question of all.
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MSNBC Poll: Should President Bush Be Impeached?
Do you believe President Bush's actions justify impeachment?
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IRS Says Billionaire Owes U.S $144 Million
The Internal Revenue Service is fighting with billionaire Philip Anschutz to force the Denver-based mogul to pay back taxes totaling U.S $143.6 Million. The court battle is part of a broad attempt by tax authorities to crack down on complex transactions used to defer paying capital-gains taxes.
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Report: Viagra May Provide Baseball Players On-Field Edge
Apparently, Viagra has become a popular pick-me-up for athletes looking for an edge on the field and perhaps some frisky behavior off of it, according to The Daily News in New York. You'll never look at the phrase "performance-enhancing drugs" in quite the same way again.
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Tuesday, June 10, 2008
The 25 Worst Sitcoms Ever
For every great sitcom, there's a pile of crappy ones. Some get cancelled right out of the gate — others drag on for years, begging to be put out of their misery.
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Weebly Adds AdSense Support For Drag And Drop Cash
Weebly, the WYSIWYG website designer, has introduced integration with Google’s AdSense API that will allow its users to easily monetize their pages. The site is also introducing new ‘Pro’ accounts, which will give paying members access to increased privacy and other features.
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Steve Jobs' WWDC 2008 Keynote (in 60 Seconds)
Don’t bother watching the 107 minute version of Steve Jobs' WWDC Keynote: instead, watch our 60 second version.
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Retaggr: Stepping Up Online Activity with Super Business Card 2.0
If you enjoy importing all your information into one site, like FriendFeed, then you are going to love Retaggr. It’s a new site that lets you compile all your online activities into one interactive profile. The result is a virtual business card that acts as a widget wherever your name appears on blogs or other Retaggr-enabled sites.
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Microsoft Fixes IE, DirectX Security Bugs
Microsoft has released security patches for some of its products, fixing critical flaws in the Internet Explorer browser, DirectX and Bluetooth wireless software for Windows. The company has also released less-critical updates for its server products...
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'Many dead' in Sudan Jet Inferno
A passenger plane has burst into flames after crashing at the main airport in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum.
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Lil Wayne's New Album And Upcoming Film Focus On Hometown
For now, Lil Wayne doesn't have aspirations to be a full-time actor, but he definitely was happy to score a role in the new film "Hurricane Season." The movie centers on a New Orleans high school basketball team called the Patriots in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
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The 11 Most Hilarious Remixes of Bill O'Reilly's Meltdown
From classical opera to funk to electro, here's a diverse mixtape that anyone can love. Don't forget to catch Bill's show, weeknights 8 and 11 p.m. ET on Fox News Channel.
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Ashanti's Bloody Online Promotion Sparks Protest In L.A
It's been a good four years since we heard from Ashanti. And like any artist hoping to get their career back on track after a poorly selling album — in her case, 2004's Concrete Rose — the Grammy-winning Inc. star needed to make some serious noise to announce her return with the recently released album, The Declaration.
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The iPhone 3G Price Drop - A Lie?
You probably heard that the price for the new iPhone 3G has dropped to U.S $199. What you probably didn't hear is that you pay an extra U.S $240 over two years in "increased" data plan costs. So what do you end up paying? U.S $439 for the low end model.
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Monday, June 9, 2008
Apple's 'MobileMe' Announced
The rumors were true, Apple just announced their new MobileMe service. Push mail, contacts and calendars all in the cloud and synced back to your iPhone over the air.
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MPAA Wants to Stop DVRs From Recording Some Movies
The MPAA wants the FCC’s permission to prevent viewers from recording some movies. The end result would be DVRs that are unable to record some broadcasts.
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Amazon sputtering again on Monday
In the wake of Friday's downtime debacle, reports are emerging this afternoon of fresh Web site trouble for Amazon.
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The Year of the iPhone, Again
Think about it. It has been less than a year, and the iPhone is in the minds of everyone, getting almost-sickening front page treatment in every newspaper, magazine, and blog all around the world. Even if it's not the best selling phone or the one with the most features, the impact has been so big that it has permeated popular culture and language...
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6 Ways to Sell Your Stuff Online, Aside From eBay
eBay is n trouble. So where are the people going? And where can you go as a buyer to find alternatives to the online auction format that has been so dominant the past ten years? Here are six options.
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The World's Most Eligible Royals
They're single, wealthy and part of the most exclusive club on earth.
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Why Kicking A Concrete Wall Is Never A Good Idea [YOUTUBE]
I'm pretty sure he wont be doing that again!
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Next Version of OSX To Be Named "Snow Leopard"
Straight from the mouth of Steve Jobs at WWDC 08!
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iPhone 3G is finally official, starts at U.S $199, available July 11th
It's been a long, leak-filled wait, but Apple finally took the wraps off its 3G iPhone. Thinner edges, full plastic back, flush headphone jack, and the iPhone 2.0 firmware -- Apple's taking a lot of the criticisms to heart from the first time around. Obviously 3G is at the forefront, but they're also making sure it's available all over internationally, works with enterprises, runs 3rd party apps... and does it all for cheaper.
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What's Good for Apple Is Better for Everyone Else
As Apple prepares to launch the iPhone 2 on Monday, competitors like Palm and RIM are not worried. On the contrary, they are licking their chops, preparing for a surge in sales, even though Apple expects to sell millions of new iPhones worldwide.
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Gas price record reaches $4 a gallon
Gasoline rose to a milestone mark Sunday as the national average compiled by motorist group AAA reached $4 a gallon for the first time. In a second survey, the average price came within 0.2 cent of $4 a gallon in the Lundberg Survey, which showed a 20-cent rise in the past three weeks to a new record.
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BlackBerry Thunder pics leaked on day of 3G iPhone release!
The first pictures of BlackBerry’s forthcoming touchscreen smartphone have been ‘leaked’ onto the internet, the same day as Apple is expected to launch its new 3G iPhone.
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Leonardo DiCaprio Plays Some Atari
Leonardo DiCaprio has signed on to star in a new biopic on Nolan Bushnell - the creator of Atari! This could be really awesome.
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'It's A Wonderful Life' Actor Bob Anderson Dies
Bob Anderson, who played the young George Bailey in the Christmas classic "It's a Wonderful Life," has died. He was 75. Bob Anderson, who appeared in "It's a Wonderful Life," died Friday of cancer. Anderson died Friday of cancer at his home in Palm Springs, his wife, Victoria, said Saturday.
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Sunday, June 8, 2008
Best Firefox Addon Ever?
This plugin will alert you if you accidently stumble onto a particular website, and take you back to the site you came from.
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Breaking: Apple to launch iChat for Windows on Monday!?
There’s a lot of online discussion saying that recent photos of the iPhone 2 are fake. Some say the part about a Windows requirement is proof. But look again: It’s talking about iChat, and says “Now available for iPhone — and Windows.” Does this mean Apple is going to launch iChat for Windows like it did Safari?
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5 Ways To Log Into Several Gmail Accounts At The Same Time
If you have more than one Gmail account one of the most annoying aspects of dealing with it is the fact that you cannot have more than one opened at the same time. You have to log out and log in every time you want to switch. This is unacceptable if you simply must have several accounts opened at the same time.
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The Story Behind Google’s New Favicon
Recently people have been noticing that the Google favicon, the small icon in your browser’s address bar when you visit a Google site, has changed from the familiar upper-case G to a lower-case one. Google has not changed this design in over eight years, so the change caused speculation that more design changes might be afoot.
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New iPhone Images Leaked!
Crunchgear has released leaked photos of the new iPhone...
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Friday, June 6, 2008
Amazon goes down for about 2 hours
Shortly after 10 a.m. PDT, the company's retail Web site shut down, giving an error code to anyone visiting it, according to Keynote Systems Inc., a California-based company that measures Web site performance. As one of the Internet's giants, Amazon attracts massive amounts of traffic and money. Analysts forecast the company will bring in more than U.S $19 Billion in sales this year. Last quarter, the company recorded U.S $2.13 Billion in sales in North America.
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Amazon's down!!! What's going on?
Error message is: "Http/1.1 Service Unavailable." Major update? Technical difficulties? What's the deal?
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Flickr Photo Uploader for BlackBerry
Flickr Photo Uploader for BlackBerry lets you post your photos from just about anywhere! Just snap a picture and post it directly to your Flickr account from virtually wherever you happen to be.The Flickr Photo Uploader takes advantage of BlackBerry technology to make sharing your images easy, using the menus and prompts you're familiar with.
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The iPhone 2.0 Wishlist
Sometimes reading rumors about the second iPhone is exactly like reading a wishlist of features people want. Whether it's subconscious or not, the rumors do get us thinking about what we want from a 3G iPhone. In short, we want an iPhone done right. Here's what we want to make the 3G iPhone faster, better and stronger.
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Gmail Gets 13 Experimental New Features Tonight!
Starting at 6 PM Pacific Time tonight, Google will start rolling out Gmail Labs, an experimental area of new Gmail features...
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Hey Twitter, Maybe It’s Better Not To Share Absolutely Everything
Ok, I love the new, improved and more communicative Twitter as much as everyone else (even if their uptime woes continue to get worse). The fact that Twitter recently launched a status blog to communicate performance issues tells me they’re serious about acting more like a grown up startup.
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Who Killed Marilyn Monroe? Bobby Kennedy?
"Is she dead yet?" - FBI tape of Bobby Kennedy talking about Marilyn Monroe on the night she died.
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Movie has Kevin Spacey, Steve Wozniak, and...KEVIN ROSE??
That's right, Digg's Kevin Rose is appearing in 2008's "Can You Hack It?", a documentary exploring the origin of true hackers vs. today's computer criminals by following the adventures of Adrian Lamo and other well-intentioned hackers, who found security holes and pointed them out so they might be fixed, only to eventually be arrested.
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Britney Spears Looks 'Hot And Blonde' In New Pussycat Dolls Video
First, "How I Met Your Mother" — now, the Pussycat Dolls. Her albums might not sell the way they used to, but Britney Spears is turning into the queen of the red-hot cameo. According to People magazine, Brit filmed a bit part in the video for the Pussycat Dolls' "When I Grow Up" clip.
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Facebook asks, 'How do you like this ad?'
Innumerable Web sites have been inviting readers to rate and comment about articles and blogs for ages already. Now, Facebook has added a considerably rarer function: Users can give "thumbs up" or "thumbs down" to ads.
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Lifehacker's Five Best Antivirus Applications
We've come a long way since the days of Norton, with handfuls of excellent freeware software that can keep your computer safe from malware just as well as their bloated, more expensive counterparts. On Tuesday we asked you to share your favorite antivirus application, and today we're rounding up the five most popular answers.
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Thursday, June 5, 2008
People Who Would Have No Friends If They Weren't Famous
A list of famous personalities (or lack therefor) who would have no friends in real life if they were not rich and famous.
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World's Largest Fake Breasts Record Has Been Set
A stripper has broken the record for the world’s largest fake breasts – thanks to a dangerous medical technique that is banned in Britain.
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Gmail Labs: A Public Stage for Googlers’ 20% Time
Gmail Labs is essentially a stage for Googlers from all areas within the company to develop new features for Gmail, and to do so under the public eye.
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How to Download Music for Free From YouTube!
A step by step article detailing how to download music from YouTube.
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Why Firefox 3 Matters
Review and summary of the most important new features in Firefox 3 RC2, which should actually be the final version of Firefox 3.
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The better way to create 404 pages
Create funny custom 404 error pages for your site with this tool. Lets you select from a bunch of political figures, or upload your own images. An easy way to create a funny 404 page. Also lets you see other funny 404 pages other people created with the tool.
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Scientists Have Solved The Mystery of Levitation
The University of St. Andrews team has created an 'incredible levitation effect’ by engineering the force of nature which normally causes objects to stick together and reversing a phenomenon known as 'Casimir force'.
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McCain Rips Off Obama's Slogan And Logo?
Is John McCain trying to be the older, whiter, more conservative Barack Obama? On Tuesday, the Senator co-opted the slogan that has come to personify Obama's candidacy, taking the Illinois Democrat's "Change You Can Believe In" and altering it into "A Leader You Can Believe In."
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Mysterious Headless Corpses Found All Over London [PICS]
An anonymous graffiti artist has been attacking London advertisements, with a signature graffiti style.
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Another 'OGC' Knockoff [PIC]
I see what you did there. Either someone just made a huge mistake or they are a creative genius.
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Amazing Trick: Put A Coin Into The Bottle [VIDEO]
Amazing bar trick! The bet is to put a coin into the bottle without touching anything: coin, toothpick or bottle.
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How YouPorn is Ruining Porn DVD Sales
DVD sales are in free fall. Audiences are flocking to pornographic knockoffs of YouTube, especially a site called YouPorn. And the amateurs are taking over. What’s happening to the adult-entertainment industry is exactly what’s happening to its Hollywood counterpart—only worse.
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E-Trade makes it easier to trade exclusively on BlackBerry
As if we BlackBerry users need more reasons to be glued to our screens, E-Trade Financial Corp. is giving account holders an application that will let them get real-time stock quotes and trade on their BlackBerry smartphones.
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Google Unveils iPhone 'Killer'
Will the Google phone have you hanging up your iPhone? Google unveiled the software for its much-anticipated new phone last week, and it's loaded with fun features, including an unlocking tool that allows users to create a secret shape that must be drawn on the screen.
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Teens' Nude Pics "Spread Like Wildfire"
Teenagers are increasingly snapping naked pictures of themselves on their cell phones, officials say, with the photos often falling into the wrong hands.
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Usher Stands Far Above Competition With Second Chart-Topper
When you think of debonair R&B star Usher, you think hits — tracks like "U Remind Me," "My Boo" and "Yeah!" You think about the fact that the dude has sold more than 30 million records worldwide. You think about the legions of fans that make each of his live gigs sell-out events, and words like "icon" start popping into your head.
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Ex-Bush Frontman, Gavin Rossdale, Set to Release Solo LP
On Tuesday, Wanderlust, the first true solo LP from former Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale, hit shelves worldwide. While it does boast an exhilarating cameo from Garbage's Shirley Manson (on the track "The Trouble I'm In"), the album will not feature a duet with No Doubt's Gwen Stefani, Rossdale's pregnant pop-star wife.
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Pandora launches a new beta of its desktop music app
The Music Genome Project has released a beta of its music-recommending internet radio service Pandora as a gadget that works independently of browsers, based upon Adobe AIR. Everything that the user gets in the in-browser version of Pandora can now be delivered from the system tray or dock of his system, with the latest Pandora Desktop beta...
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Biofuel Bonanza Not So Sweet for Brazil's Sugar Cane Cutters
Half a million jobs and 500 years of tradition are to be phased out in Brazil's booming sugar cane industry to satisfy western demands for more socially acceptable work practices in the biofuel sector.
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Official: Firefox 3 RC2 Released!
Firefox 3 is based on the Gecko 1.9 Web rendering platform, which has been under development for the past 34 months. Building on the previous release, Gecko 1.9 has more than 14,000 updates including some major re-architecting to provide improved performance, stability, rendering correctness, and code simplification and sustainability.
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Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Red Wine Stops Effects of High-Fat Diet
Red wine does indeed explain why the French get away with a relatively clean bill of heart health despite eating a diet loaded with saturated fats, concludes a new study.
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Largest Picture of the Milky Way Unveiled
The Milky Way is a large place, and getting all the stars together, even from just the inner galaxy, for a family photo requires a big canvas. The imaging team from the Spitzer Space Telescope today unveiled the largest, highest resolution infrared picture ever taken of the Milky Way.
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BREAKING NEWS: Hillary To Drop Out of Presidential Race
Senator Hillary Clinton will drop out of the presidential race on Friday, ending her historic bid for the White House.
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The 10 Most Worthless College Majors
College is a great place to learn and have fun. But let’s not kid ourselves, some degrees are as useless as the plot in a Michael Bay film. Here’s a list of 10 degrees that may be interesting, but do jack for you in the real world.
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Hasslin’ The Hoff
With hits like the original Knight Rider and the Speedo-rific Baywatch, David Hasselhoff has always been a somewhat campy icon. Now he’s completely embraced his status, referring to himself in the third person as “The Hoff.” This summer, he returns as a judge on America’s Got Talent, where he will share his wisdom with future Hoffs-in-training.
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Mac OS 10.6 to appear at WWDC '08?
Rumor has it that Apple will be seeding developers with Mac OS 10.6 early next week at WWDC '08.
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Jimmy Carter tells Obama not to pick Hillary Clinton as VP
Ex-President says Barack Obama should not pick Hillary Clinton as his White House running mate for Vice President...
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Gmail, Hotmail, AOL Mail and Amazon Now Available on JetBlue
Hot off the travel-related press, is news that Jet Blue’s in-flight Wi-Fi service has added support for checking more e-mail accounts than just Yahoo! Mail and BlackBerry Mail, which were previously the only ones available.
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The Humans Behind the Google Money Machine
If Google were the United States government, the data that streams onto Nicholas Fox’s laptop every day would be classified as top secret. Mr. Fox is among a small group of Google employees who keep a watchful eye on the vital signs of one of the most successful and profitable businesses on the Internet.
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BMW’s Hydrogen Car Cleans The Air as You Drive
The vehicle was unveiled at last month’s SAE Congress in Detroit. BMW stole the spotlight with its hydrogen-powered 7-series sedan that emits less carbon monoxide than is present in its environment. The car’s engine breaks down and converts carbon monoxide, essentially cleaning the air as it is driven.
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50 Cent, Diddy On Board For New MTV Projects
MTV has a slew of projects in the works for summer and fall, including a reality competition from 50 Cent, a search for the next female singing superstar, a rock-themed "Making the Band" spinoff and, as previously reported, a reality show about rapper T.I.
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The 6 Best Father's Day Gadgets
Most fathers will be pleased with any gift that has buttons and makes a funny noise - but we've scoured the web for offerings that tap further into the male psyche. Here are six of the best...
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Judge: Nick Hogan Will Remain In Solitary Confinement
For the time being, Nick Hogan has to serve his time solo. Wrestling legend Hulk Hogan's 17-year-old son (born Nick Bollea) — who was sentenced to eight months behind bars last month for the role he'd played in an August car crash that left his friend John Graziano critically injured — got some more bad news Tuesday (June 3).
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Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer? [QUIZ]
Can you tell a coder from a cannibal? Try to work out which of the following spent their time hacking computers and which preferred hacking away at corpses instead.
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Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Honda Civic Dethrones Ford F-150 As Sales Leader!
Despite 17 years at the top of the heap, the Ford F-150's reign has ended as it's now rolled over to let the fuel-sipping (relatively) Civic take over.
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Firefox to pass 20% before July?
"Net Applications Global Internet Usage Market Share for May 2008 shows Firefox gaining more momentum," said Vince Vizzaccaro, executive vice president, marketing. "Firefox market share for May was 18.41% up from 17.76% in April. If recent trends continue, Firefox should achieve 20% market share some time in July."
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Hitler and His Cute German Shepherd, Blondi [YOUTUBE]
Blondi was Adolf Hitler's German Shepherd dog, given to him as a gift in 1941 by Martin Bormann. Blondi stayed with Hitler even after his move to the underground bunker in January 1945 during the Battle of Berlin, and in April 1945, she had a litter of five puppies with Gerdy Troost's German Shepherd, Harass. Hitler killed her along with himself.
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Gun T-Shirt Was A Security Risk At Heathrow
A man wearing a T-Shirt depicting a cartoon character holding a gun was stopped from boarding a flight by the security at Heathrow's Terminal 5.
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New Alien Video Shines Light on UFO Hoaxers
The latest alleged close encounter is of a new kind: Paranormal researchers, NASA geeks and even skeptical magicians all agree that the invasion of extraterrestrial evidence has gone over the edge with digital manipulation. Why that's not good for skeptics or believers—and why you've been watching a fake of a fake for almost a week.
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How Do They Do That? 9 Mind Blowing Flash Animations
Flash animation still represents the cutting edge of internet animation. Here are 9 of the best on the net at the moment. Whether you are new to flash or a seasoned professional, these sites will make you sit back in wonder...
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Breaking: Hillary Clinton WILL Concede Tonight!
Hillary Rodham Clinton will concede Tuesday night that Barack Obama has the delegates to secure the Democratic nomination, campaign officials said, effectively ending her bid to be the nation's first female President.
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Kelsey Grammer Has Heart Attack!
'Frasier' star has heart attack while paddle boarding in Hawaii.
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Can you spot the spider? [PICS]
This spider seems to be a master of camouflage.
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Beckham urges Ronaldo to stay put
Former Manchester United star David Beckham has urged Cristiano Ronaldo not to follow in his footsteps by leaving Old Trafford to sign for Real Madrid. The Spanish giants are tracking the 23-year-old, despite being warned off by United manager Sir Alex Ferguson. Beckham, who joined Real in 2003, said: "I believe he's at the right club now, a club he should stay at..."
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Top 10 Tactics to Become Popular on Digg
In a perfect world, interesting content would be all that it takes to become popular on Digg. Unfortunately, we don’t live in a perfect world. Unless your blog already has a loyal base of readers, you need to understand how to give your submission the perfect nudge. You have to become familiar with the unwritten protocols and practices of Digg.
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Five Reasons Why A Live Action He-Man Movie Could be Cool
El Mayimbe has a gotten his hands on a copy of Justin Marks’ He-Man screenplay, currently titled 'Grayskull: The Masters of the Universe.' Okay, maybe the title needs a little work, but Mayimbe insists that the screenplay is a “fanboy masterpiece!” Here are five things from the script that has gotten us excited to see this movie on the big screen.
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Game Said He Didn't Miss 50 Cent, Dr. Dre On 'L.A.X'
While serving his prison sentence, the Game didn't want to make a mockery of people doing "real time." He just wanted to stay out of the way. But like a lot of celebs who find themselves in prison, Game was harassed and got into physical conflicts with some of the corrections officers.
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Yahoo's latest Messenger beta goes its own way
It's clearly not a button-down, businesslike IM client: Having experimented with a special Vista version that apparently didn't go over well, Yahoo now is adding personalized polish to its latest free personal messenger, still in beta.
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Acer launches new netbook, promises WiMAX
Call them sub-notebooks, netbooks, UMPCs, or what one clever Engadget poster deemed them: "Liliputers," the biggest hardware launches at Computex in Taipei this week fall into the umbrella category of "smallest." The specifications for Acer's Aspire One are now official as of today: With a profile of 9.8" x 6.7" x 1.14", a weight of under 2 lbs...
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Apple Back-to-School promo to offer free 8GB iPod touch
People briefed on the promotion Monday confirm that this year's incentives will be the electronics maker's most compelling ever, offering a rebate good for a U.S $299 8GB iPod touch. Students will also have the option to apply the U.S $299 credit towards the U.S $399 16GB iPod touch or a U.S $499 32 GB iPod touch.
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50 Cent's Long Island Home Gutted By 'Suspicious' Fire
A fire ripped through a Dix Hills, New York, home owned by rapper 50 Cent early Friday morning (May 30), completely gutting the house and sending six people — among them, the rapper's 10-year-old son, Marquise, and the child's mother, 50's ex-girlfriend Shaniqua Tompkins — to the hospital for smoke inhalation. Both were treated and released.
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David Beckham Guide: How Not to Ogle in Front of Wife
Don't you dare, David! Posh keeps a close eye on Becks as he tries not to ogle basketball cheerleaders again.
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Monday, June 2, 2008
The End of Hulkamania?
Hulk Hogan has been pro wrestling’s ultimate Teflon man for years, but this time his reputation may have been tarnished beyond repair – and rightfully so. In leaked conversations, Hulk and his son Nick trash the reputation of the victim of Nick Hogan's car crash, and talk about getting Nick a reality show when he gets out of prison.
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Google: Android will be 100% open source
Contrary to some reports, everything that makes Android “Android," including all the core platform components and libraries needed to port Android to new devices will be open sourced under commonly used, industry standard licenses, says Google.
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Pageonce Launches Virtual Personal Assistant – And it Works
Pageonce aggregates account info across various services, like your airlines, banks, Amazon, email, Netflix Netflix , TMobile, Jajah, Starbucks Starbucks, and more. From there, you create a personalized startpage that gives you easy access to all of your accounts.
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Rachel Ray Before She Was Famous [AUDIO]
Never before heard, early Rachel Ray audio before she was famous.
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