The Incredibly Poor Timing of Tesla Motors

Tesla Motors said in September that it would build a factory in San Jose, CA to produce its new sedan. It was a milestone for both the business and the green-tech industry on which Silicon Valley has pinned so many of its hopes. Unfortunately, the announcement landed in the midst of a firestorm burning through the financial world.

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Why you shouldn't send private messages on Twitter

If you are the kind of person who can’t help but look when you drive by an accident scene, DMFail is for you. The site, which has been all the rage on Twitter for the last few days, shows direct (private) messages that were sent improperly on Twitter and are therefore public.

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Facebook Ban on Breast-Feeding Photos Spark Protest

Are photographs of a mother breast-feeding her child indecent? The social networking site Facebook has sparked a massive online debate -- and protests -- after removing photos.

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11 Drunk Photos You Don't Want To Be Seen In

You go out, you have a good time. You lose track of time, money, your camera, then your balance. You wake up in black hole, wondering what happened and hoping no one remembers. They may not, but luckily someone had the wherewithal to digitally document the evening in image form, both the glory and the shame captured, uploaded and spread around...

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China finds largest dinosaur fossil site in world

Scientists in China say they have discovered the world's largest dinosaur fossil site in the eastern province of Shandong, state media reported on Tuesday.

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190 Million Houses Set to Have a Gaming Console By 2012

The Diffusion Group, a research and consulting firm, has released data showing that by 2012, at least 190 million households all over the world would have a current generation gaming console. Their main use will be playing games, but there will be a lot of people who will only use them for media consumption and for social activities.

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Why the Wii and Xbox are killing Sony's PS3

The Wall Street Journal has an interesting piece illustrating why the PS3 is floundering in the contest with Nintendo's Wii and Microsoft's Xbox 360. PS3 sales are on the decline while the competition is rising at a dramatic rate. So, what are some of the main issues with the PS3?

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Cheney: ‘I Don’t Have Any Idea’ Why People Don’t Like Me

In addition to his well-documented abuse of power and disregard for the rule of law, Cheney’s public disapproval ratings might be explained in part by his own personal disregard for the public. When told that two-thirds of Americans disapproved of the Iraq war, Cheney responded “so?,” adding that he didn’t care what the American people thought.

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Caroline Kennedy repeats 'you know' 142 times in interview

Caroline Kennedy's campaign to claim Hillary Clinton's Senate seat has taken another downturn after an interview in which she said "you know" 142 times.

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The Truth About Diet Soda

We talk a lot about ''watching what we eat,'' but if you never gave a thought to what you ate and instead watched only what you drank, you could probably cut 450 calories a day out of your life. (Yes, nearly a pound of fat loss a week!) That's what a study from the University of North Carolina found. Americans today drink about 192 gallons of liquid a year, or about 2 liters a day. To put it into perspective, this is nearly twice as many calories as we did 30 years ago.

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Steve Jobs' Health Declining Rapidly

According to a previously reliable source, Apple misrepresented the reasons behind Macworld and Jobs' keynote cancellation. Allegedly, the real cause is his rapidly declining health. In fact, it may be even worse than we imagined...

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Google's Sneaky Ads for Chrome in Gmail

In Gmail, the company is now displaying a rather innocent link that says “Get Faster Gmail” that shows up only for Internet Explorer users. But when clicked, that link takes you to a page promoting the download of Chrome or Firefox.

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Mozilla updates its Fennec mobile browser alpha

Apple's Safari for iPhone truly did raise the bar for the Web browsing experience for mobile devices, though it may not have redefined the way browsing should work there. Mozilla Fennec continues its work on that goal.

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Massive iPod Touch Sales Over Christmas

Apple's new iPod Touch appears to have been a huge hit this holiday season with evidence that the high end iPod has seen massive gains in marketshare.

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Biographer: Jackson needs lung transplant

The author of an upcoming biography about Michael Jackson says the fading U.S. pop star needs a lung transplant.

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Is Sleeping Good for the Heart?

For those who are always looking for an excuse to sleep in, or sleep more, your search is not in vain: According to new research, hours spent sleeping protects against calcium deposits in the coronary arteries -- the deposits responsible for heart attacks.

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How They Make Toys At Google

You know those engineer elves at Google like to do things their own way. That build-it-better ethic also applies to Christmas toys. If you click on the Christmas Doodle on Google’s main search page, you will see five images, which shows what we can only assume is one of Google’s older engineers in his workshop with his son.

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Singer-Actress Eartha Kitt dies at 81

Singer and actress Eartha Kitt has died of colon cancer at age 81, her longtime publicist Patty Freedman told NBC News on Thursday.

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Some Issues With Google Chrome

"Over the past year I have switched from Internet Explorer to Mozilla Firefox to Safari for Windows and now to Google Chrome. All these browsers have their respective advantages and disadvantages of course, but the standout winner in terms of "speed" is Google Chrome."

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'The Hills' Season Five: Who Will Be Back In Lauren's World

Season four of "The Hills" came to an end Monday night, and at finale party in New York, the cast wasn't sure if they'd be back for more drama. They didn't even seem to know there would be a fifth season until Lauren Conrad blurted out at the end of the "After Show": "But, there are more episodes. 'The Hills' is not done!"

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Michael Jackson must prove Billie Jean was not his lover

Billie Jean Jackson claims to be secretly married to the reclusive popstar and says she gave birth to Prince Michael II. She now wants joint custody of the six-year-old and regular visits. Billie Jean said she filed the suit at LA Superior Court "because she is always arrested at the home of her husband, Michael J Jackson".

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DJ AM Sues Over Plane Crash

DJ AM (born Adam Goldstein) filed suit on Tuesday over the fiery plane crash that killed four people and seriously injured him and Travis Barker in September. AM claimed in the suit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court that as the private Lear jet reached takeoff speed, the pilots realized that one or more of the tires had blown...

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Digg: New Twitter feeds!

Digg announces new Twitter feeds across several Digg topics, so you can get popular stories delivered right to Twitter. This provides another way to customize the types of stories you receive from Digg.

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IBM: Web browsers to change over the next few years

With its new Chrome browser, Google is already doing "interesting things" around multiprocessing and multithreading support, according to the director of strategy at IBM Lotus -- a company that's taking more of an interest in Chrome.

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MTV Orders More Reality Shows, Avoids Music

MTV has heard your calls to put the Music back into Music Television, and it now has your answer: 16 new reality shows that have nothing to do with music. With the death of TRL, FNMTV remains the last vestige of original music programming on the station. The new crop of non-music shows shifts into a category MTV lovingly calls “aspirational, enterprising and empowering.”

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Man Caught With Ecstacy Claims It Was For His Dog

Steven James Dwyer, 48, pleaded guilty to possessing a traffickable amount of methamphetamine, but contested the charge of possessing an amount of ecstasy tablets, saying he thought the pills would stop his pet shar-peis from breeding. Police found 23.5g of ecstasy under the front passenger seat of his car.

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Man Throws Snowball at President Bush [PIC]

Hilarious - and just in time for Christmas!

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14 Ways to Save Energy During the Holidays

Whether you are traveling or hosting a dinner at home, the holidays are a time when energy use spikes and waste grows dramatically. Fortunately, there are lots of opportunities to save energy.

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7 Rules for Making a Good Impression in Business

Getting favorable word out on a tiny budget is one of the perennial challenges facing small-business owners. Advertising is often too expensive, so most business owners rely on good old fashioned networking and word of mouth.

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USA Today pretties up the news on the iPhone

USA Today, the national newspaper, has a long history of prettying-up the news with the use of color. Full color images, graphics and even sections have long been a staple of the paper, even when most other papers were still in black and white only. Now USA Today has brought that same flare to the iPhone with a new, free application.

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MacHeist is offering six downloads for free!

As the holidays quickly move through it would seem that everyone is in the spirit of giving. MacHeist, a site that has mainly been known to sell application bundles, is offering something very special this holiday season. Grab Enigmo 2 and Synergy for Mac for free, and pick up more on Christmas day!

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Three Principles of Personal Finance

More than 10,000 books have been written about personal finance. You could spend a lifetime reading them. Some of them are great; others are 99% motivation, 1% actual, actionable information. The truth is, personal finance is simple.

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The 100 Most Popular Photoshop Tutorials of 2008

Sometimes it's difficult to find the highest quality Photoshop tutorials using search engines, especially since almost all tutorials label themselves as being the best. So in order to save your time 'Photoshop Lady' has spent almost a whole year to bring you the best of the best. Here's the top 100 high-quality, most popular Photoshop tutorials of 2008...

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Mac vs. PC - Transformers Version [YOUTUBE]

Who needs Justin Long when you've got these badasses?

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Hippie Glenn editing Diggnation - Time Lapse

Screen grab of 8 hours of editing Diggnation condensed down to a 3 minute montage with music added.

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Mercedes BENZ McLaren SLR Stirling Moss [PICS]

Mercedes Benz McLaren SLR Stirling Moss is the last car to be produced under the Mercedes x McLaren fusion and features 650 horse powered supercharged 5.5-liter V8 engine, goes 0-60 in 3.5 seconds with a top speed of 217 mph despite the unaerodynamic cockpit and with a going rate of U.S $750,000.

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9 Headless Bodies Found in Mexico

Police in Mexico have found nine decapitated bodies close to a highway in the southern state of Guerrero. The bodies have not yet been identified but the authorities have said some of them could have been soldiers involved in anti-drugs smuggling operations.

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More Hints of an 'iPhone Nano' from Case Manufacturers

iPhone case manufacturer XSKN has labeled a section on their site for the "iPhone Nano". This description suggests that long running rumors of a miniaturized iPhone could be true. XSKN gained some notoriety earlier this year when it began selling cases for the then-unreleased iPhone 3G. The company again received headlines in September with case images of unreleased 4th Generation iPod Nano designs. Both times, some readers had questioned if these were simply publicity stunts, though both sets of images later turned out to be accurate.

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Wall Street Still Flying Corporate Jets

Crisscrossing the country in corporate jets may no longer fly in Detroit after car executives got a dressing down from Congress. But on Wall Street, the coveted executive perk has hardly been grounded.

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Tweets to Go: 35+ More Twitter Resources for Your Phone

In the past year, Twitter has exploded; more and more users are joining and finding new ways to stay connected to the service 24/7. Here are over 35 Twitter resources for your iPhone, G1, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile device, smartphone, or basic cell phone.

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Access Google Docs from your Desktop

"If you often work with Google Docs, you probably want more ways to access your docs quickly. A recent example is the handy Docs gadget in Gmail that shows a list of your recently accessed Google Docs right from within Gmail. Today, we'd like to introduce a desktop-based, better looking cousin."

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Windows 7 Beta 1 download on January 5, 2009?

PDC attendees got the Windows 7 pre-beta build and, while MDC attendees appear to be the only group that will receive a physical copy of Windows 7 Beta 1, other Microsoft enthusiast groups will have access to Beta 1 via download.

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Super Mario Bros Had a Deeper Storyline?

Bowser came from a race of turtles famous for black magic? Princess Toadstool knows magic? Is Mario killing the people of Mushroom Kingdom everytime he busts a brick with his head? Find out the real story behind the NES classic Super Mario Bros.

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5 Reasons to Install Google Desktop Today

Are you using Google Desktop? This handy download combines the power of enhanced web and desktop search with the utility of Google Gadgets.

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Digg’s Sorry Revenue Stream, And Rumors Of An Experimental Ad Product

So Business Week gets their hands on Digg’s financials and reports that the company had 2007 revenues of U.S $4.8 million and losses of U.S $2.8 million. The first three quarters of 2008 Digg had revenues of U.S $6.4 million and losses of U.S $4 million. That implies total 2008 revenue of U.S $8.5 million, with U.S $5.3 million in losses.

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Could Hulu Be Coming to Xbox 360?

In a talk with Bits about what Xbox "want[s] to be when we grow up,” Microsoft's Shane Kim clearly has video on the brain. With Netflix, he says, they're "just beginning to scratch the surface.”

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Science Fiction to Fact: 8 Ways We'll Generate Electricity

To meet our future energy requirements, we need to rely on a huge range of alternative sources. Let’s not forget the whimsical beginnings of our efforts to harness electricity (Benjamin Franklin's kite). It’s only fitting that electricity generation technologies come from left field.

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Steve Jobs Sets His Priorities Right

"I don't believe that Apple's CEO is well. That's not to say he is truly sick or that cancer has returned. But the vibrant energy he once had is gone. The Macworld keynote would be too much for him. Even recent Apple events clearly demanded too much of Steve. He looked lean—no, gaunt—and didn't prance around the stage...

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Google (Beta) in 1998

Who would have guessed that this small site would grow into becoming the world's most visited website?

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Burglars hit Paris Hilton's home, take U.S $2 million in jewelry

An estimated U.S $2 million worth of jewelry and other belongings was stolen from the Hollywood home of Paris Hilton, according to LAPD sources. Hilton recently told Esquire magazine about her home: "The best thing I've ever bought with money is my house. Having a nightclub in your house really helps for having a party."

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7 Things Google Chrome Needs - Now That It’s Out of Beta

"A little while ago, Google announced the removal of the “Beta” tag from their brand new browser. Now, I have heard speculation that this is due to the fact that computer manufacturers won’t bundle software with “Beta” hanging around its neck."

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New iMacs and Mac Minis Confirmed to Use NVIDIA Chipsets

Apple's next-generation iMacs and Mac minis will adopt the same NVIDIA chipset platform found at the heart of the company's most recent notebook overhaul, new findings confirm.

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Job posting reveals Zune-Xbox integration - possible phone?

There's a job listing for a user experience designer to work on the Zune Device UI, Zune PC Client and--hang on a second--Zune Xbox?

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Get Answers to Your Questions About Vista

A new Microsoft site aims to clear up Vista's mysteries--and invites you to do likewise.

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Firefox Issues Eight Patches for Web Browser

Mozilla has issued eight patches for its Firefox Web browser, three of which fix problems classified as critical. The patches come after security experts have recommended using a browser other than Microsoft's IE 7 and older versions of IE due to a dangerous vulnerability.

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Will the Recession Kill Web 2.0?

The last fast few years have seen resurgence in Internet companies not seen since the bubble years of the late 90s. The growth of these advertising-supported "Web 2.0" companies has propelled online advertising sales to $21 billion from $6 billion between 2002 and 2007. But the last recession pricked the bubble in 2001. What will happen?

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Judge Says 'Shoe' Reporter Was Beaten

The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush during a news conference was beaten and had bruises around his eyes and other parts of his face, a judge said Friday.

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Facebook's value drops 87%

The social net's previously inflated worth is now more realistically valued at $2 billion. Shelly Palmer of MediaBytes thinks the current casual market value of $2.50 to $4.00 serves as an online reality check.

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It Costs Digg U.S $5 Million a Year to Run the Internet

Perhaps Digg really is the future of the news business. The headline-discussion site, once an icon of the Web 2.0 movement, is losing millions of dollars a year. BusinessWeek's Spencer Ante got ahold of Digg's financial statements. They are frightful, even for a startup.

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Will Smith On Oscar Buzz Around 'Seven Pounds'

'Hopefully it will hit you in the gut emotionally, in the way that it hit me,' actor says of his new drama.

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Transformers 3 already has a release date!

On the upcoming release schedule for Germany, it appears that a second 'Transformers' sequel has already been scheduled for June 29th 2011.

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Eminem Speaks Out on Comeback: Happier, but Still Very Angry

After a long hiatus, the rapper talks about coming to terms with anger, fatherhood, being single, being white...and his pink boxers?

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How to Build a Kick-ass $800 Gaming PC

"We had to make some careful choices to keep this machine within our constrained budget, but in the end we were surprised by this little PC’s kick ass performance. Want to learn how to build it yourself? We’ll walk you through our meticulous build process, explain why we chose each component, and give you our final thoughts on the benchmark results."

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How to Re-Enable Jailbreaking in Mac OS X 10.5.6

The Mac OS X 10.5.6 update broke Pwnage, the unlocking / jailbreaking program for the iPhone. Fortunately, there's now an easy solution to fix this problem. You just need an Automator script and these simple instructions.

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Jennifer Aniston gives Letterman necktie from her GQ shoot

Jennifer Aniston handed David Letterman a surprise present during her appearance on his talk show in New York last night.

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Photoshop Disaster [PIC]

How many people are in this photo and how many legs do you see?

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Even more Hotmail Wave 3 issues fixed, WLSC launches

In November, Microsoft confirmed that it had moved all of its Windows Live Hotmail users to the Wave 3 version. As with any change to a highly popular service, there was much public outcry, but the company stood by its changes and said it would not allow users to opt out. The Hotmail team did, however, promise to keep listening to feedback and fixing bugs. It released more fixes later in November, with a promise for further updates and improvements. The next release has just arrived...

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Hugh Hefner: I almost swallowed a sex toy

Hefner's new autobiography, Mr. Playboy, takes an inside look at his life filled with luxury, women and sex. When asked about the book's most shocking revelation, Hefner responds, "Probably an incident that occurred back in the late seventies where I almost swallowed a sex toy."

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Mike Tyson's Weight Gain

Mike Tyson presented at the Game of the Year videogame awards Sunday night showing off a new figure...

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Celebrities That Shook the World in 2008

Ah, celebrities. Sometimes we think we have you all figured out, and then you go and do something "crazy" like have an affair with an ugly call girl, leave your ridiculously rich (and ridiculously old) boyfriend, or even more crazy: have a baby with a rockstar. So without further ado, here are some of the most "shocking" celebrity moments of 2008...

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Ford Family Values: Why the Automaker Wants to Go It Alone

Alan Mulally, Ford CEO, has made it clear to Congress and the media that unlike GM and Chrysler, Ford is not seeking a bridge loan to get through the current economic crisis. Instead, Ford asked for a backup line of credit that could be used if the economic downturn continues for an extended period.

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Research In Motion Reports Third Quarter Results

“We are pleased to report record revenue results for the third quarter and we have entered the fourth quarter with strong momentum despite the challenging general economic conditions. In fact we have enjoyed our best ever start to the holiday buying season over the past few weeks,” said Jim Balsillie, Co-CEO at RIM.

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Putting Your Money Where Your Mouse Is

During graduate school, Audrey Troutt managed her expenses with an Excel spreadsheet. After graduating, she wanted an easier way to handle her bills and to track her finances. "I don't want to calculate an elaborate budget," says Ms. Troutt, a 26-year-old software engineer from Philadelphia. "I don't need that. I just want something simple."

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Most Popular Free Mac Downloads of 2008

We've featured gobs of great Mac freeware over the course of the year—now it's time to check out the best. Keep reading for a look back at the 10 most popular Mac downloads of 2008.

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Time.com Accused of Making Steve Jobs Look Even Thinner

Courtesy of Time.com, it's the incredibly shrinking Steve Jobs! A tech blog has accused Time magazine's Web site of manipulating the Apple CEO's image to make him appear even more gaunt — but Time says it was an innocent mistake. Oh really?

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Microsoft: The IE threat is real, and so is the fix

Though it remains uncertain if anyone has actually been affected by an Internet Explorer browser flaw that has made national news headlines, Microsoft's tactic today is to treat it as though it's real, and respond the same way.

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'The Hoff' To Sing At Las Vegas Bowl

Football fans will get a taste of a former Las Vegas performer during the 17th annual Las Vegas Bowl. Television icon David Hasselhoff will perform the National Anthem on Saturday before kickoff.

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Akon Pleads Guilty To Tossing Fan Off Stage In 2007

For the next year, Akon will have to split his time between rocking the stage and preaching about the evils of violence and the gang life. The "Troublemaker" singer appeared in court in Fishkill, New York, on Wednesday morning (December 17) to plead guilty for throwing a teenage fan off the stage at a concert in the summer of 2007...

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Simon Cowell Wants Britney Spears On 'American Idol'

Simon Cowell said during a conference call Wednesday (December 17) that the show has never been able to nail down the one mentor it has tried to get "every year" to help the kids on the show — ex-Beatle Paul McCartney — he has big hopes for this year's slate of mentors. Specifically, he has one name in mind that he would love to see on the marquee.

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Will Smith Gives U.S $122,500 To Scientology

Will Smith gives generously to many causes, and one of them is the Church of Scientology. A report on his charitable foundation's tax return shows that U.S $122,500 was donated to the Scientology causes, out of U.S $1.3 Million given overall. Smith has talked about his study of Scientology and also said he is not a Scientologist.

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"Bizarre" New Dinosaur: Giant Raptor Found in Argentina

Scientists have discovered what they say is a completely unexpected new giant dinosaur that lived 70 million years ago in Argentina. At 16.5 to 21 feet long (5 to 6.5 meters) long, depending on its tail size, Austroraptor Cabazai is among the largest of the slender, carnivorous, two-legged dinosaurs called Raptors.

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For once I feel bad for being a Pirate [PIC]

Oh well...

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Man who threw shoes at Bush faces up to 15 years in prison

The Iraqi television reporter who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush at a news conference appeared before a judge Tuesday and admitted "aggression against a President," a judicial spokesman said. The court may send him for trial under a clause in the Iraqi penal code that makes it an offense to attempt to murder Iraqi or foreign Presidents.

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People Who Exercise On Work Days Are Happier, Suffer Less Stress

People who exercise on work days are more productive, happier and suffer less stress than on non-gym days, scientists revealed today.

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Lost Season Premiere Sneak Peak! [YOUTUBE]

Check out this all new sneak peak for the season premiere of Lost...

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Mysterious Crop Circle [PIC]

This belongs in the "WTF" files.

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Windows Live Essentials (including Messenger) beta refresh

While everyone was expecting a public RC of the Wave 3 applications last week, a beta refresh made it out this week over at download.live.com. Windows Live Essentials, which refers to the suite of Windows Live client applications (as opposed to web services), consists of a long list of software...

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Microsoft patches serious IE flaw

Microsoft today released an out-of-band security update (meaning the company deemed the flaw severe enough not to wait for next month's Patch Tuesday) for Internet Explorer. The update addresses a remote code execution vulnerability and is rated as "Critical" for all supported versions of IE...

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20 Hottest Photos of Cheerleaders & Dancers in Santa Outfits

It was either the above headline or "20 Hottest Photos of Santas & Elves in Cheerleader Outfits."

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George W. Bush - Matrix Style [PIC]

Did he take the blue pill or the red pill?

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Fat People Burn More Calories While Snoring

People who snore may burn more calories while resting, researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, said.

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Facebook profile used to serve legal docs in Australian case

'Tis the season to be in debt, fa la la la la, la la la la. If you've missed a few payments, however, you might find yourself being hunted down by debt collectors and lawyers looking to serve you court papers. And now—at least if you live in Australia—your Facebook account is fair game.

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Has Internet Explorer ever been safe?

Back in the day when Internet Explorer was more of an experiment than a viable browser, the iexplore.exe application was heavily tied into Windows, the explorer.exe application. If one faltered, more likely to be the former, the other would almost automatically screw up too. Read about how it can affect your browsing experience.

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Pete Wentz Dishes On His Sex Life With Ashlee Simpson

The Fall Out Boy bassist and unfiltered mouthpiece, who we thought had put his whole overexposure thing behind him, let it all hang out during a visit to the "Howard Stern Show" on Sirius/XM Tuesday morning (December 16).

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The Best Albums Of 2008!

Is the album dead? It really depends on who you ask. Your Web-savvy nephew would probably tell you "yes." Lil Wayne, Coldplay or Britney would beg to differ. So without further ado, on to the list...

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Dr. Dre Raps On Leaked Kardinal Offishall Remix

For someone who has teased a new album for more than seven years, Dr. Dre sure hasn't released many verses to tide his fans over. The Doc's bars have been sparse, popping up on Timbaland's on "Bounce" for 2007's Shock Value and on Snoop's "Imagine" for The Blue Carpet Treatment in 2006.

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Scrabulous case D-I-S-M-I-S-S-E-D

Hasbro on Friday dropped its lawsuit against Rajat and Jayant Agarwalla, creators of the wildly popular Scrabulous game. Now, please stop saying "Scrabulous." Scrabulous, which the Agarwalla brothers launched as a Scrabble-style game with a superior interface to others they'd seen online, launched in July 2005 and immediately made a major splash...

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How To Download and Play Flash Games Offline

Do you like to play flash games online? Have you ever wondered if there is a way to download those flash games to your computer and play them on your desktop without seeing distracting ads?

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Top 10 Outrageous Celeb Contract Demands

Want the inside scoop on your favorite band? Take a peak at the contract rider for their latest tour, where you'll find requests for everything from clean socks and underwear to pot, pork rinds – and more.

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Why Clint Eastwood thinks America is full of babies

Tough guy Clint Eastwood believes America is getting soft around the middle - and the iconic Oscar winner thinks he knows when the problem began. "Maybe when people started asking about the meaning of life..."

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70-year-old Man Shoots 5 at Hip Hop Concert!

A Senegalese man in his 70s opened fire on a rap group, injuring four of them, during a live show because he thought they were making fun of him in their song titled "Angry Old Man."

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Apple announces final MacWorld and no Steve Jobs Keynote

Apple has just issued a press release stating that this coming MacWorld in January will be its last, and Steve Jobs won't be on hand to say goodbye. Instead, Phil Schiller will be heading up the proceedings, thus marking a quiet end to a conference that's been the launching point of some of the most important pieces of consumer tech in recent memory...

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iPhone 3G finally unlocked by the Dev-Team!

Well this has been a long time coming. It seems that the iPhone Dev-Team has finally done the impossible -- they've gone and unlocked the iPhone 3G. The hack isn't out yet (the team says they're shooting for a December 31st release), but when it drops, the crew seems fairly confident it will result in freedom from carrier oppression.

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Russian girl crowned Miss World 2008

Russian girl Kseniya Sukhinova was crowned as the 58th Miss World in South Africa. The 21-year-old student from Russia beat 109 rivals. First runner-up was Trinidad and Tobago’s Gabrielle Walcott followed by India’s Parvathy Omanakuttan as second runner-up. The other two finalists were from South Africa and Angola.

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Terminator 5 Already in Motion!

Terminator Salvation doesn't hit theaters until June but producers have already decided to make a follow-up slated for release in 2011. Salvation director McG will be involved in this fifth picture in the machine freak franchise, with star Christian Bale contractually committed to play John Connor in up to three movies.

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The Clouds Are Attacking! [PIC]

Holy crap...

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Pre-activated iPhone 3Gs available online in the U.S

AT&T has simplified the 3G iPhone acquisition and activation process, allowing the iconic device to be purchased pre-activated online. The iPhone 3G's activation process has earned criticism since the device's launch in July. It differed from its 2G progenitor in that it had to be activated in-store, an aspect which caused immediate delays...

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So Apparently Something Happened To Bush [PIC]

YouTube's popular videos section...

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No Doubt Drummer Says New LP Won't Be Ready This Year

No Doubt had fans salivating when they announced in November that they'd be hitting the road in 2009. Earlier this year, frontwoman Gwen Stefani said a new album was in the works. Now, drummer Adrian Young added to the No Doubt updates when MTV News caught up with him at the KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas '08 in Los Angeles.

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"Knight Rider" season cut by 5 episodes

NBC has finally taken notice after months of low ratings, and after ordering a full season of Knight Rider back in October, it has now dropped five episodes, prematurely ending the season and possibly the series.

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Free Wi-Fi spreading like a virus

With the economy down and competition for scarce customers up, the trickle of free Wi-Fi hotspots is becoming a flood. Sandwich joints, coffee houses, gas stations, buses, trains -- even the entire city of Beijing -- are all getting free, no-login Wi-Fi. It's a wonderful time to be a cheapskate with a netbook.

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Rumor: New Mac Mini Coming to Macworld 2009

Apple will launch an upgrade to its low-end desktop, the Mac Mini, at January's Macworld Expo, according to an Apple corporate employee who contacted Wired.com.

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Most Popular Free Windows Downloads of 2008

"In the past year we've highlighted hundreds of Windows apps aimed at making your life easier, boosting your computer productivity, and powering up your PC. For those of you who weren't able to keep up, here's a look back at the most popular Windows downloads of 2008."

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How the Obama Logo was Designed [YOUTUBE]

Creative director Sol Sender tells the story of conception and birth of the Obama 08 logo, including the strategy behind it, developmental concepts and finalist designs for the identity not chosen by the campaign.

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Shoe Attack On Bush Already Turned Into Flash Game

As hilarious and .gif worthy the incident was yesterday that saw an Iraqi journalist chucking his shoes at President Bush, did we really need a flash game? Apparently so.

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Top 10 All-Time Playboy Models [PICS]

Included are some very interesting facts about the models. You read it for the articles, right?

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eBay bans man from selling his soul

A musician fed up with his life was today barred from selling his soul to the highest bidder.

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Poll: 37% of Americans Unable to Locate America on Map of America

According to a Gallup/Harris poll released Monday, a full 37 percent of American citizens are incapable of identifying their home country on a map of the United States.

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Mahalo Answers launches, entices users with cold, hard cash

Mahalo, the human-powered search engine, introduced Mahalo Answers today, a new service that allows its community to ask and answer questions, and reward users for the quality of their responses. Mahalo Answers is both a direct challenger to Yahoo's dominance in this market and a new spin on the narrow Answers paradigm...

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@Twitter: Welcome to Google Friend Connect

This means that when you join a Friend Connected site, you can choose to use your Twitter profile, discover people you follow on Twitter who are also members of the site, and quickly tweet that you have found a cool website.

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High blood pressure lowers IQ

If you have high blood pressure, on days when your blood pressure spikes higher than normal, cognitive ability is worse than normal. It's another reason to keep your blood pressure down, experts said. The report is published in the Dec. 15 issue of the Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences.

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1,068 New Species Discovered in Asia In The Last Decade

Over a thousand new species have been discovered in the Greater Mekong Region of Southeast Asia in just the last decade. The findings, highlighted in this report, include 519 plants, 279 fish, 88 frogs, 88 spiders, 46 lizards, 22 snakes, 15 mammals, 4 birds, 4 turtles, 2 salamanders and a toad.

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Wireless Controller Helps Recover Stolen Xbox 360

A Missouri State student came back to his dorm to find his Xbox 360 stolen. Ketsenburg, who lives in Hutchens House, said that after his Xbox was stolen, he turned on his wireless Xbox controller and found that it was still connecting to his Xbox. Based on this discovery, Ketsenburg said he realized that his Xbox must be nearby...

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Is obesity controlled by the brain?

Seven new gene variants discovered by scientists suggest strongly that obesity is largely a mind problem...

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Yikes! The 6 Deadliest Creatures (That Can Fit In Your Shoe)

They say good things come in small packages. You know what else comes in small packages? Unrelenting pain and horror.

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'Home' opens its doors for the PS3

Sony's PlayStation 3 sales dropped 19% in November, but with the public availability of Home, the console has increased in value.

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Startup makes money from free broadband

For the past three years, a startup called M2Z Networks has been figuring out a way to blanket the nation with a free wireless broadband network to ensure all Americans have access to basic high-speed Internet connections.

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Pair of Size 10 Shoes Hurled at President Bush in Iraq!

President Bush was forced to duck twice as a reporter hurled a pair of size 10 shoes his way...

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The Mask of Jacko: Michael Jackson's Latest Disguise [PICS]

He has never lacked creativity when it comes to fashioning a 'disguise'. But Michael Jackson's latest effort is remarkable, even by his standards. With his trademark trilby hat and a black eye mask, the troubled 50-year-old looked a dead ringer for Zorro.

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Windows XP: The OS That Won't Quit

Phasing out an old operating system is nothing new for Microsoft, but Windows XP is unique in that it may be too good to die.

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Pinup Queen Bettie Page has Died at Age 85

Bettie Page, the brunet pinup queen with a shoulder-length pageboy hairdo and kitschy bangs whose saucy photos helped usher in the sexual revolution of the 1960s, has died. She was 85.

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7 Rejected Gmail Themes

A quick look at the themes that didn't make the cut.

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Bush Condemns Free National Wi-Fi

In another nod to his alleged "free-market" principles, President Bush has expressed disapproval of the free nationwide Wi-Fi proposal being considered by the FCC and Congress.

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Google abandons Firefox – Adds Chrome to Google Pack

Google is parting ways with Firefox, which for years remained Google’s proxy against Microsoft’s IE. Google has now added Chrome to Google Pack, a bundle of open source and google software that could be downloaded and installed for free. Although Firefox is still available it is not automatically checked.

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2 million Nintendo Wiis sold in November!

Nintendo sold 2.04 million Wiis to U.S consumers last month, outselling its nearest competitor, the Xbox 360, more than two-to-one. As good as the news was for Nintendo, Sony didn't fare quite so well...

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Jennifer Aniston is 40?! WOW [PICS]

Sure, the ultimate Girl Next Door actually lives next to a permanent colony of paparazzi, and yeah, the relationship thing hasn’t exactly been a fairy tale. But Jennifer Aniston is in control (does that look like a body under duress?), overhauling her image (she’s ready to play a cougar!), and getting what she needs from a notorious swordsman eight years her junior (not that there’s anything wrong with that).

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Eminem Says He And Dr. Dre Are 'Back In The Lab'

Eminem has been dropping crumbs about his upcoming Relapse album, his first studio effort since 2004's Encore, for so long, he might consider changing the title to Slow Leak. Slim Shady recently told Billboard that the album, due in the spring, will be a throwback to his early collaborations with mentor Dr. Dre.

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50 Cent Challenges Anyone To Beat Him At His New Video Game

50 Cent's new video game, "Blood on the Sand," isn't even out yet, but he's ready to take on any challengers now. "I actually had the opportunity to play it, and I'm pretty good at it," the rap superstar told MTV UK this week. "If anybody out there wants to create a challenge or wants to bet some money online, we could play the game right now."

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Actor slits own throat on stage after prop knife switched

An actor slit his throat live on stage when the prop knife for his suicide scene turned out to be a real one.

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Google Chrome Has 10 Million Users; Are You One of Them?

Google has announced that its Chrome browser is now out of beta – an unusually quick transition for Google considering that Gmail still bears the “Beta” tag, 4+ years after its launch. In the announcement, Google claims it has “more than 10 million active users around the Globe.”

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Two Nickelback Songs Played at the Same Time

The overlap is kind of amazing, actually. The word "formulaic" doesn't even begin to describe it.

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Apple and AT&T Bring Back iPhone Home Activation

Online shoppers looking to spend the holiday season firmly planted on the couch can add the iPhone 3G back to their lists -- we've just confirmed that Apple and AT&T have quietly brought back in-home activation. Sure, it's been available in limited circumstances before, but now it's here and for real, just like with the first-gen unit.

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Henry Winkler's Days as 'The Fonz' Blighted By Dyslexia

Actor Henry Winkler turned the character of Arthur 'The Fonz' Fonzarelli into a Seventies icon - but the reality was rather different. The star couldn't actually ride the bike because his co-ordination was so poor - one symptom of dyslexia.

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Water Vapor Confirmed on Alien Planet

The unequivocal signature of water vapor has been found on a planet beyond our solar system.

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50 Cent Says "Eminem Is Like My Grandmother"

Some photos from Santa Monica, California, surfaced online over the weekend in which Em is wearing all white and appears to be on some type of video set. Could it be for a clip from his forthcoming LP, Relapse?. His label has no comment as to where the pictures are from, but Em's good friend 50 Cent had plenty to say about his friend / collaborator.

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Make Your Pick for Penthouse Pet of the Year

Not only does the Pet of the Year Playoff (NSFW) deliver semi-naked women, it delivers the freedom to choose our favorite among them. We've collected the contestants in the (relatively SFW) gallery below so you can vote in our unofficial poll and let us know which of the 12 feisty fillies you think should be pet of the year.

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Sony to finally open its PS3 online universe

Creating a whole world for PlayStation 3 users is no small undertaking. First unveiled nearly two years ago, Sony's Home attempts to combine the online metaverse concept with the entertainment of console-based network gaming. Users create 3D avatars and home spaces where they can customize content, socialize, or play games.

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MySpace falls into Google's OpenID arms

Social-networking drama continues this week as MySpace plights its open-identification troth to Google Friend Connect. It also announced a name change for its own universal-login system.

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Britney's "Circus" Sells More Than 500,000 Copies!

Well, there's really no denying it now: Britney Spears really is back! Back to selling tons of records, at least. Her Circus album will debut at #1 on next week's Billboard albums chart, selling just under 505,100 copies. It's Spears' fifth album to debut at #1 on the chart, and it sold nearly twice as many copies as last year's Blackout album...

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New in Gmail Labs: Tasks, Text Messaging in Chat

To get started with these Labs features and more, click Settings and go to the Labs tab. Then select "Enable" next to the features you want to turn on and click "Save Changes."

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7 Rumors That Caused Real World Catastrophes

Everybody loves a good rumor. Already today you've probably passed on some juicy bit of information you heard, without first rigorously tracking down its source. But sometimes, a tiny scrap of bullshit can result in fortunes lost...and sometimes much, much worse.

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4th body found in house hit by jet in San Diego

The body of a fourth person -- a child -- has been found in a San Diego home that was destroyed Monday when a Marine Corps fighter jet crashed into it, the San Diego County medical examiner's office said Tuesday.

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What’s in it for your Twitter followers?

Have you ever stopped to ponder what value you are creating for your followers on Twitter? When you talk to most successful Twitter users, you find that they’ve discovered one thing: Twitter becomes more beneficial to you when you give value to others...

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"Terminator Salvation" Trailer [VIDEO]

A Japanese version of the new "Terminator Salvation" trailer has hit the net!

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Yahoo Mail Might Be the Next Great App Platform

It’s been more than a year since Yahoo hinted at a concept called “Inbox 2.0” that involved transitioning its hugely popular Yahoo Mail service into a social networking utility of sorts. Along the way, the company has launched what might be seen as several components of that – like Yahoo’s Universal Profiles – but largely been quiet on the details.

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Yahoo Mail Might Be the Next Great App Platform

It’s been more than a year since Yahoo hinted at a concept called “Inbox 2.0” that involved transitioning its hugely popular Yahoo Mail service into a social networking utility of sorts. Along the way, the company has launched what might be seen as several components of that – like Yahoo’s Universal Profiles – but largely been quiet on the details.

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Flashing Girls Prompt Disneyland to Can 'Jack Sparrow' Actor

Disneyland management has fired the four actors who played pirate Jack Sparrow because officials were worried about young female park-goers flashing the swashbuckling actors late at night, according to one former cast member.

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The 7 Dumbest Things Ever Done by Airport Security

While none of us want to spend the holidays involved in a terrorist incident (unless you're living in the Die Hard universe), you have to admit that sometimes, security gets a little out of hand. And then there are horror stories like these...

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The Five Stages of Drunkenness

The invisible stage is where you act so stupid because you don't even know or care that people can see you.

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‘Twilight’ Director Will NOT Direct ‘New Moon'

It looks like “New Moon” will indeed live up to its title, bringing in some fresh blood behind the camera. Nikki Finke over at Deadline Hollywood earlier today reported and all parties have now confirmed that Catherine Hardwicke will NOT be returning as the director of the next big screen installment in the “Twilight” saga.

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Phase II of Google and Facebook's OpenID arms race

Back in May, Facebook, Google, and MySpace all debuted their open identification platforms which allow the sites to work with other services based upon a single login and user identity. However, there was immediate tension between Google and Facebook, which resulted in Facebook blocking Google's Friend Connect.

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Britney Spears' 'Circus' Video -- Check It Out Here!

There's so much excitement surrounding Britney Spears' "Circus" video that "Entertainment Tonight," who were supposed to world premiere the clip Friday night (December 5) actually bowed to public demand and aired it last night. And when a video garners that much heat, you know we're going to give it the deluxe treatment, too.

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New Eminem Song 'Number One' - Produced by Dr. Dre?

A new Eminem song produced by Dr. Dre: That's what DJs Big Mike and Neptune are advertising on their joint mixtape, 4th Quarter Pressure Part 2. Labeled "Number One" on the mixtape, Em introduces himself as Slim Shady and starts singing the hook over a beat that has a big snare and medium-paced, flowing bass.

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Microsoft takes legal action against Windows XP Blue Edition

In the latest episode of Microsoft's fight with piracy, the software giant has announced that it's taking 63 legal actions in 12 countries: the US, the UK, Germany, France, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Japan, Mexico, and New Zealand, in an effort to fight back against online auctioneers...

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OJ Simpson sentenced to 15 years

U.S football star and actor OJ Simpson has been sentenced to 15 years in jail for armed robbery, conspiracy to kidnap and assault with a deadly weapon.

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Google Reader Gets a Major Makeover

Google Reader has just launched a major redesign to its interface, addressing many of the top concerns of users of the popular RSS reader.

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Fidel Castro says Cuba can talk with Obama

Fidel Castro said Thursday that President-elect Barack Obama is a man Cuba can talk with and indicated that communist officials would be willing to meet with him wherever he wants.

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The Top Automotive Safety Picks for Every Category

The IIHS just released their picks for the safest vehicles out there for each category (large cars, midsize, SUV, etc).

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Ne-Yo Was Blown Away By His Six Grammy Nods

He's one of music's most popular and celebrated wordsmiths, but after six Grammy nominations Wednesday night (December 3), including one for Album of the Year, Ne-Yo had to admit he was, well, without words.

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RIM's third quarter outlook shouldn't shock, but does anyway

Research in Motion made an out-of-cycle announcement last night that its fiscal Q3 revenue would be 9% below Wall Street projections, citing economic conditions and product-related troubles.

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Britney Spears' First Husband Now In Jail!

While Britney Spears is having a great week thanks to the release of her new album, Circus, and some serious face time thanks to appearances on "Good Morning America" and her "For the Record" documentary, the same can't be said for her first ex-husband. Jason Alexander was married to Britney for a whopping 55 hours in 2004...

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Top 10 Gifts For Geeks

It's that time of year, all of us are looking for great gift ideas. Here is Kevin Rose's top ten gifts for geeks - Happy Holidays!

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Spencer Pratt Denies Claims That He Drugged Heidi Montag

Spencer Pratt is denying claims by Heidi Montag's mother, Darlene Egelhoff, that Heidi married him because he drugged her while on vacation in Mexico last month.

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Dog Risks Own Life To Save Another Dog [VIDEO]

Dogs are awesome! A dog runs out into the middle of a busy highway to drag his injured friend to safety.

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Britney Spears Rocks New York Nightclub With Circus-Themed Birthday Party

She's got a Circus theme for her album, her tour, her "Good Morning America" appearance and even her birthday party. For her 27th birthday bash in New York on Tuesday night, Britney Spears turned nightclub Tenjune into a three-ring circus. Brit showed up in a low-cut Roberto Cavalli cocktail dress, with her hair done up loosely.

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New Paris Hilton Album Complete!

"Starpulse is reporting that Paris Hilton has finished recording her second album but is having difficulties finding a record label to release it. (Perhaps the lead story in the next edition of “Duh Magazine?”) Our suggestion is that she form a band: Hoochie and the Blowfish, Ill Diva, Blonde Jovi, Tinkerbelle & Sebastian."

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Microsoft begins updated Windows Live rollout

New versions of Live Home, Spaces, Events, Skydrive, Groups, and Photos have been pushed out to users, joined by the Windows Live header bar. Since Microsoft is pulling together a number of disparate services, however, there is still a feeling of disconnection throughout the site.

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Lil Wayne, Coldplay Lead Grammy Nominations

He had one of the biggest opening sales weeks of 2008, and now, Lil Wayne is the year's most-nominated Grammy contender. Wayne and his latest LP, Tha Carter III, lead the pack with a total of eight nominations, while one of the year's other biggest sellers, Coldplay's Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, garnered seven nods.

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10 Best Dirt Bike Trails in the United States

Sports enthusiasts around the country are testing their skills with dirt bikes. Dirt biking is not only an exciting outdoor activity to share with friends and family, but also give you the chance to cover a lot of ground in a very short time period. Here are the top 10 best dirt bike trails in the United States.

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Top 10 Web Searches for 2008

Obama won the election, but did he beat Britney and Miley for top web searches of 2008?

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Kanye West: "Who the F*** Is Stephen Colbert?"

Kanye responds to Colbert's "Operation Humble Kanye," a plan to knock West's album off the top of the iTunes charts...

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Can Songbird 1.0 replace iTunes, WMP?

After two years of development, open-source music player 'Songbird' has finally shipped its 1.0 release. Songbird is based on extensible Mozilla technologies and a love for what the Internet can bring to the music experience. Ars reviews version 1.0.

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Is Circus Britney Spears' True Comeback LP?

This time last year, it was as if Britney Spears was walking around with a target on her back. The embattled pop star was the subject of media ridicule following her performance at the 2007 Video Music Awards, and her personal travails were splashed across the pages of the nation's tabloids on an almost weekly basis.

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Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server SP2 betas Thursday

"The word of a December 4 public beta release officially came from Microsoft Corp. Vice President Mike Nash, moments after our story about rumors of a Q1 2009 beta release went live."

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Swayze Angry About Tabloid Lies

Hollywood actor Patrick Swayze says contrary to reports saying otherwise he hasn't taken a turn for the worse and started saying goodbye to his loved ones. The 56-year-old star of "The Outsiders," "Dirty Dancing," "Ghost" and "Point Break," has been battling pancreatic cancer for months.

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Who Are The Top Celebrities On Twitter?

Forget the PR office, or some advertising drone, there are real honest to goodness celebs on Twitter. Who are they, what are their names, and why should you be following them? U.K publication 'The Daily Dust' goes on the hunt for the best talent in under 140 characters.

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Gallery of Geeky Wedding Cakes

You know who you are, these are for you...

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The New 2010 Ford Mustang

Is the Mustang restyling enough to keep it a stride ahead of the Dodge Challenger and Chevrolet Camaro?

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Google Calendar Now Supports Apple iCal

Google announces the public release of support for the CalDAV protocol.

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Shop Amazon For Free with Firefox Add-on Linking to Pirate Bay

Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer, is under attack by online pirates. An addon for the Firefox browser called ‘Pirates of the Amazon’ makes it possible to shop at the Amazon store but leave without paying a dime. Instead, on Amazon product pages the addon integrates links to ‘free’ copies on The Pirate Bay.

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Windows 7 Beta 1 to be released on January 13 2009

When Steve Sinofsky told everybody at PDC 2008 that Windows 7 Beta 1 would ship sometime early next year, apparently he meant really early - January 13!

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Domestic Horses Abandoned Because of Hard Times

Authorities in Nevada say an increasing number of domestic horses are being abandoned by their owners because of the worsening economy. The horses are being turned loose to fend for themselves...

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Terrorists took cocaine to stay awake during Mumbai attacks!

Terrorists who battled Indian commandos for 60-hours last week relied on cocaine and other stimulants to stay awake for the duration of the fight.

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Apple Lists Top Free (and Paid) iPhone Apps

Apple releases a list of the most popular free and paid iPhone and iPod touch apps in the iTunes Store with Pandora, Shazam, and Remote leading the charge in the free section.

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Ugliest House of the Century

The most pathetic and disgusting house you'll ever see in your life!

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Keanu Reeves coming back for another 'Speed' movie?

Fox, ever hopeful, is hoping to trot their star back out for the role that made him famous -- well, famous as someone other than an airhead traveling in a phone booth.

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Safari Tops 7% Of Browser Market Share

Apple's Safari web browser has crested 7% of worldwide browser market share according to online research firm Net Applications. While Safari's accomplishment is significant the biggest winner is clearly Mozilla's Firefox which crested 20% market share and climbed nearly an entire percentage point in one month.

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Nokia's N97 Positioned Against iPhone

Nokia unveiled a new smartphone today called the Nokia N97. Nokia describes the phone as "the world's most advanced mobile computer" and is clearly positioned against Apple's iPhone.

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LoJack For Your Laptop

It was only a matter of time before a location tracking app found its way into laptop security software. Laptop Cop, which lets you remotely control your computer and delete files if it is stolen, now has a geo-location feature based on WiFi-hotspot triangulation technology from Skyhook Wireless.

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Why Facebook wants to spam your News Feed

Social networks have a lifecycle: They start with a small core of early adopters, swell as mainstream users get pulled in by their friends, and then see growth taper off as people get turned off by spam. That's why Friendster is forgotten and why MySpace is looking increasingly stagnant.

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It's Official: U.S Economy in Recession

The evidence of a downturn has been widespread for months: slower production, stagnant wages and hundreds of thousands of lost jobs. But the nonpartisan National Bureau of Economic Research, charged with making the call for the history books, waited until now to weigh in.

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Lil Wayne Takes Shots At 50 Cent

Lil Wayne has sparked rumors of a feud with 50 Cent after making disparaging comments apparently aimed at the 'In Da Club' star on a new mixtape.

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Digg is Not for Sale

Over the last few years, Digg has become Silicon Valley's version of the boy who cried wolf. Like the child who warned local villagers that a wolf was about to attack his flock of sheep, potential buyers of Digg have repeatedly leaked reports that the company was about to be sold, but a sale was never consummated.

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Britney Spears To Kick Off Circus Tour In March

Britney Spears is hitting the road. After four years of sporadic live performances and no touring, the singer has announced the dates for a tour in support of her new album, Circus, which drops Tuesday (December 2). The tour is slated to kick off on March 3 with a show at the New Orleans Arena in the singer's home state.

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Get Website Downtime Alerts via Twitter

'Ding It’s Up' is a unique service that provides you website downtime alerts via Twitter. You can get updates in your email, mobile or Twitter about when a site goes back up. The service sends you a message about the concerned website (that you entered), and you don’t even need to register for this service.

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Travis Barker Quashes Blink-182 Reunion Rumors

Last month, former Blink-182 / current +44 bassist Mark Hoppus blogged that he and his former Blink-mates Travis Barker and Tom DeLonge have been spending time together in the wake of the plane crash that seriously injured Barker and DJ AM and killed four people. Of course, the blog post led to speculation that the estranged former bandmates — Blink went on "indefinite hiatus" in February 2005 — might be re-forming.

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Design Doc for Chrome / Chromium

Aaron Boodman posted about the new design document that discusses what the extension system should look like in Chromium and thus Google Chrome...

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Six Apart Pownces on "Pownce"

"I am pleased to announce that today we are welcoming the Pownce team and technology to Six Apart. Pownce launched in June of 2007 and opened to the public earlier this year, but, as mentioned on the Pownce blog, Pownce.com will be closing in the next few weeks. We have a lot of respect for what this team has done and believe we share a common vision about making the Internet more social."

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Women Kill Males Babies To End War

Women in Papua New Guinea's Highland region are killing their male babies to end a tribal war that has gone on for more than 20 years.

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The Night Before Diggmas

'Twas the night before Diggmas, when all through the site, Not a Digger was stirring, not even MediaSight. The submittals were posted on Digg with great care, In hopes that Kevin Rose soon would be there...

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Is it a car, truck, motorcycle or helicopter?

We have already seen glimpses of futuristic vehicles in some breathtaking auto designs, but this new hybrid car is a vehicle with a difference.

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10 Uses For Lightning That Ben Franklin Never Guessed

It can power a time machine, steal Superman's strength and even help Zack Morris graduate high school. Oh, lightning – is there anything you can't do? Long before nuclear energy and genetic engineering joined the team, lightning reigned as the top catch-all explanation for the funky phenomenon of the week.

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The Simpsons mocks (m)Apple

Few have been spared the satire of Matt Groening's long running animated sitcom. Last night, The Simpsons took on Apple, or uh, Mapple for a full 6 minutes of lampoonery -- a pretty harsh ride at a two-joke per minute pace. It all starts when the Springfield mall gets its very own Mapple store...

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Here's My Business Card [PIC]

Can't get more bad ass than that!

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Google integrates Earth-like controls in new Maps interface

The new Google Maps control bar on the left hand side of the window has been redesigned to look more like that of Google Earth, with a "peg man" key that switches between traditional map view and the new full-screen street view.

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The iTunes App store is thriving

There are currently close to 10,000 apps available for sale in the iTunes store, and there are no indications of it slowing down anytime soon.

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