No Doubt 'Giddy' About Summer Tour, New Record

No Doubt have been off the road for nearly five years now. That's all about to change. On Saturday, Gwen and the guys will take the stage at the Borgata Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, then on Sunday, they'll close out the Bamboozle Festival at the Meadowlands. Both dates will serve as tune-ups for a massive summer tour...

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Katy Perry Flashed a Girl

Lady Sovereign - real name Louise Harman - revealed: "I've seen parts of Katy Perry I shouldn't have seen."

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iTunes 8.2 hints at support for Gracenote's video platform

Apple on Tuesday equipped iPhone developers with a beta of iTunes 8.2 that appears to add full support for Gracenote's video platform, which includes components for organizing, searching and managing both DVD and Blu-ray optical discs.

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7 Ways to Use Social Media to Build Stunning Brands

Social media is perhaps the most misleading name for a marketing-related concept ever, given that it’s grown to represent a philosophy of consumer empowerment and brand/customer partnership - far beyond it’s humble roots of user-generated content.

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Two New Eminem Singles Coming Soon!

Two brand new Eminem singles will be relasing on iTunes before the release of Eminem’s highly anticipated album Relapse in the month of May.

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Tupac Sighting in New Orleans?? [PICS]

TMZ has obtained photographic evidence that Tupac Shakur is alive and well and drinking Hand Grenades in New Orleans -- unless we're terribly mistaken.

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IE8 now being pushed to Vista and XP

A few weeks ago, Microsoft made indications that it would be delivering Office 2007 Service Pack 2 and Internet Explorer 8 as important automatic updates to Windows users on the same day. That day has arrived and now many Windows users are being prompted for the first time to install IE8 as an update to their operating system.

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Will The Next 'X-Men Origins' Film Focus On Deadpool?

Wolverine is the most beloved of all the X-Men mutants, so it's no surprise that his name is fueling the first of several possible "Origins" spin-off movies. But don't be surprised if, when you leave the theater this weekend, there's a different name on your lips: Deadpool.

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Chris Brown To Appear In Court Today

Earlier this month, Chris Brown pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from his February altercation with Rihanna on the eve of the Grammys. Brown is now due back in court on Wednesday (April 29) to make his first appearance since entering his plea. So what can the singer expect as he once again enters Judge Patricia Schnegg's chambers?

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Office 2007 SP2 is released, can indeed save ODF by default

Now all Office users will have the option to load and save OpenDocument files, with the distribution of Service Pack 2 for Office 2007. In something of a surprise -- contrary to what many at Microsoft led us to believe -- upon installing SP2 on our test systems, we immediately located an option for saving files in ODF by default.

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Confirmed: Windows 7 RC to the public on May 5

Leaving not much time for folks to stew in the rumors over the latest "leaked" builds (plural) numbered 7100 of the Windows 7 release candidate -- one of which may have been legitimate -- Microsoft decided late Friday night to officially confirm that May 5 is the official public release date for the Win7 RC.

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Quit swining and get the flu facts

If everyone will just calm down for a few minutes, there's plenty of good information out there on what's happening with the swine flu.

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Creed Reunite For Summer Tour, New Album

After splitting up five years ago, Scott Stapp and the boys of Creed have decided to get back together. Stapp told RollingStone.com that in addition to reuniting, the band will also release a new album and begin a tour later this summer.

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Apple hires former ATI graphics chip designer

Apple has quietly signaled a new emphasis on graphics by hiring an influential graphics chipset designer from AMD. The former CTO for the company's ATI graphics product group, Bob Drebin, has indicated on his LinkedIn profile that he is now a Senior Director for an unnamed group within Apple.

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Facebook seeks to export its network across the Web

Facebook regularly attracts more than 200 million people to its website, but the company is now looking for ways to permeate the lives of its users without the need to check-in to the Facebook site.

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Van Natta Named MySpace Chief

News Corp. announced Friday that it has hired former Facebook executive Owen Van Natta as chief executive of MySpace, as the company accelerates efforts to reinvigorate its social networking site. Mr. Van Natta's appointment comes after News Corp. announced Wednesday that it was reshuffling MySpace's executive suite...

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Lil Wayne Charms The Ladies Of 'The View'

Lil Wayne had a pretty uneventful day in court Thursday, but on Friday morning (April 24), he had a chance to possibly make new fans while sitting down with the ladies of ABC's "The View."

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Windows 7 to include 'XP mode' virtualization

The news that Windows 7 -- release candidate on track for April 30, thank you very much -- will have available a virtualized version of XP that will run right right alongside 7 apps is exciting stuff for those of us who have shaken our heads at Microsoft's backward-compatibility problems over the years.

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Rihanna Asks Police To Return Her Jewelry

Rihanna's lawyer filed a motion last week requesting the return of nearly U.S $1.4 Million in jewelry that she was wearing on the night when boyfriend Chris Brown allegedly attacked her. The Associated Press reports that lawyer Donald Etra filed a motion for the return of three rings and a pair of earrings that had been entered into evidence...

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Apple lays off 1,600 workers but keeps stores afloat

Ten percent of the full-timers in Apple's newly mushroomed total of 250 stores got handed pink slips between January and April, according to Apple's latest 10-Q filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

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'Golden Girls' star Bea Arthur dies at 86

Beatrice Arthur, the tall, deep-voiced actress whose razor-sharp delivery of comedy lines made her a TV star in the hit shows "Maude" and "The Golden Girls" and who won a Tony Award for the musical "Mame," died Saturday. She was 86.

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Heidi And Spencer's Wedding: Who Will Celebrate?

In just one day, Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt will finally be man and wife. And, with a Mexican elopement and a postponed courthouse wedding behind them, the duo will finally say "I do" in front of their closest friends and family, most of whom just happen to be their "Hills" castmates.

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Scott Storch Recovering From Cocaine Addiction, U.S $30 Million Loss

Scott Storch isn't dead. He's not in jail. The famed producer isn't even on the run from the police, as you may have heard through the grapevine over the past year. Storch has been focusing on rebuilding his life, because he did, in fact, hit rock bottom.

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Men are no more promiscuous than women, survey finds

The long standing belief that men are promiscuous and women are 'choosy' is a myth, claim psychologists.

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Eminem's Next Single, '3 A.M.,' Leaks Online

With all the hoopla surrounding the release of Eminem's first solo album since 2004, it seems like everyone is forgetting about Slim Shady. Well, Em's evil rhyme persona blasts his way back on the Detroit lyricist's "3 A.M.," a track from the upcoming Relapse that leaked online Thursday night (April 23).

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Microsoft net income tumbles over 30%; are layoffs ahead?

For the company's fiscal third quarter ended on March 31, Microsoft on Thursday unveiled some highly unattractive numbers, including a net-income drop of 32% and an EPS decline of 30%, to 33 cents per share (in GAAP earnings; non-GAAP earnings weighed in at 39 cents/share, precisely as had been predicted).

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More speed to come from the first Firefox 3.6 alpha

While awaiting the first public (non-nightly build) copy of Firefox 3.5 Beta 4, we noticed this week the first nightly alpha build of the Mozilla browser to come afterward: the first 3.6 Alpha 1 builds.

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Yahoo to close GeoCities

One of the original free Web hosting services bites the dust. AOL took down its Journals and Hometown services, and now Yahoo's following suit with its own GeoCities, the hosting service that once upon a dot-com bubble seemed to include half the personal sites on the Web.

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Eminem Says Relapse 2 Is Almost Done

Eminem got into detail about his forthcoming album, Relapse, (due May 19) during an interview with Shade 45's Angela Yee on "The Morning After" Sirius satellite radio show on Thursday, explaining why the album will only feature Dr. Dre and 50 Cent as collaborators.

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6 Twitter Search Services Compared

With developers rushing like wild dogs to build and launch applications to make your Twitterexperience more productive, how can you choose which is the best tool to use if you’re running queries on your company name and competitor’s product line, or references on small-town bakeries or Red Sox pitchers?

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At last, Windows Live Messenger has a Web interface

Better late than, um...what took so long, again? Never mind: Microsoft's release this week of a Web interface to its Windows Live Messenger instant-messaging service is good news for users in Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, the UK and the US. (The rest of you are going to have to wait.)

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Tom Cruise Script Doctoring Costing Studios Millions

Tom Cruise is narrowing the prospects for his next film, but no matter which he chooses, he has single-handedly propped up the script doctoring biz: Studios have spent millions of dollars in rewrite fees to custom-tailor projects for the star.

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Don't eat at Domino's Pizza ANYMORE [YOUTUBE]

This is a great lesson on why you should never post something like this on the Internet.

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Acting head of Freddie Mac commits suicide

The acting head of Freddie Mac, David Kellermann, has apparently committed suicide, Fairfax County Police tell WTOP. Fairfax County Police spokeswoman Mary Anne Jennings says Kellermann, 41, was found at his Hunter Mill Estates home Wednesday morning. Jennings says police responded to the home after family members called police around 5 a.m.

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Lego Waterboarding [PIC]

Bush also approved this.

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The Moon Gets Stickier in the Middle of the Day

The first astronauts to walk on the moon were inundated by sticky lunar dust. The new research, which drew on the personal files and paper charts of physicist Brian O'Brien of Perth, suggests that future lunar astronauts may have greater problems with dust adhesion in the middle half of the day than NASA's Apollo missions faced in the morning.

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Ray J Chooses Cocktail On 'For the Love Of Ray J' Finale

n the end, R&B-singer-turned reality-TV star Ray J had a tough decision to make: pick the girl who played hard ball and was tagged as a gold-digger (Cocktail), the one who came off a bit, well, off (Danger), or go a more buttoned-own, nitpicky direction (Unique).

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Microsoft: All netbooks will run any Windows 7

There will very likely be some netbooks shipped in the US and other developed markets this year that will feature the Windows 7 Starter Edition SKU announced in February. But this version will have some limitations to it that go beyond the inability to display the Aero front-end using Windows Presentation Foundation...

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Google debuts even more unbelievably helpful labs

Google Labs today officially announced the "Similar Images" and "Google News Timeline" tools, which have been deepening the well of useful search apps from the number one search provider since late last week.

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Hairless Chimpanzee [PIC]

This chimpanzee has his home at the Mysore Zoo. The chimp has lost all his fur / hair, which makes him look almost human. Freaky...

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Nixon's Speech if Neil Armstrong had died on the Moon

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon. The following speech, revealed in 1999, was prepared by Nixon's then speechwriter, William Safire, to be used in the event of a disaster that would maroon the astronauts on the moon...

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SlumDog Millionaire Child For Sale by her Father

The child featured in the movie is apparently up for sale by her father for $295,000.

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Tweetie for Mac - Now Available

Tweetie for Mac 1.0 is out!

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New in Gmail Labs: Suggest more recipients

Have you ever realized you mistakenly left someone important out of an email, or just spent too much time trying to decide who from your long list of contacts to include? Well, some of us on the Gmail team feel your pain, so we wrote a new Gmail Labs feature called "Suggest more recipients."

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Windows Mobile 6.5 to officially launch on May 11

It looks like Windows Mobile 6.5 will arrive a little earlier than expected. A post on the WinMo team blog says that the update to Redmond's smartphone platform will officially launch on May 11, the first day of the Tech Ed conference.

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Models Trying On The Newest Swimsuit Designs [PICS]

Models in swimsuits. Enough said.

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Twitter To Ruin Movies By Encouraging In-Theater Texting

During a screening of "Zoolander," audience members could heckle the movie via text, then watch as their comments appeared onscreen with the film: "I want a comb-over like Trump" and "Breakdance fighting is becoming more popular in UFC."

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Ashton Will Hit One Million Fans on Facebook Before Twitter

While the media might still be abuzz about the race between Ashton Kutcher, CNN, and Britney Spears to be the first Twitter user to obtain one million followers, the “Dude Where’s My Car?” star is on pace to top one million Facebook fans within the next few hours.

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'American Idol' Judges Save Matt Giraud

At last. No, not the Etta James song every "American Idol" contestant thinks is their ticket to the winner's circle. At last the judges busted out their one-time-only save Wednesday night, making "Idol" history by giving dueling piano player Matt Giraud a second chance after he landed in the bottom three again.

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Trillian sends Astra into beta

What next, Duke Nukem Forever? All right, that may be a cheap shot -- we've only been waiting three years for the release of Trillian Astra, the update of the IM software that once owned the multi-service chat realm. The software moved from alpha to beta late last week.

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Kanye West Working With 30 Seconds To Mars On New Album

Regular readers of Kanye West's blog are probably aware that the man is obsessed with fancy sneakers, all things sleek and tech-y and posting borderline-creepy paeans to women he'd like to bed (they're probably also aware that, thanks to the makers of "South Park," he can never eat in a Cheesecake Factory again).

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5 Tips for Optimizing Your Brand’s Facebook Presence

So – you’ve set up a Facebook (Facebook reviews) public profile for yourself, your brand or your company, and you’re starting to post content. Now what?

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Russian man survives five storey fall - twice

A Russian man survived after downing three bottles of vodka and leaping from a fifth floor balcony - twice.

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Woman Does 'Donuts' During Police Pursuit in Orange County [VIDEO]

Can you get more 'bad-ass' than this?

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Cheer Coach Fired for Posing for Playboy

Carlie Christine was the Cheerleader Coach at Orangevale (CA) Casa Robles High School, but was then fired after school officials were informed that Christine had posed for Playboy and appeared on their site as 'Cyber Girl of the Week.'

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Digg: (Yet) Another DiggBar Update

"Since we launched the DiggBar, we’ve received valuable feedback from the Digg community, publishers, SEO industry experts and Google..."

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Why Can't Windows Shut Down Promptly?

Back in the old days when TVs and radios had tubes, it took a couple of minutes for a set to warm up before you could watch or listen. But even then, you could turn it off instantly. That's not true with Windows PCs. Not only does it sometimes take seemingly forever for them to boot, but it can take several minutes for one to shut down.

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Office 2010: First technical previews due in Q3

Microsoft confirmed on Tuesday that the first technical previews of the applications suite we can now call Office 2010, will be distributed to special participants -- probably in limited number at first, just like before -- in the third quarter of this year.

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The Future of Firefox: No Tabs, Built-In Ubiquity

Thanks to its extensibility, Firefox quickly became the favorite browser for most power users. But while extensions are a great way to make Firefox more functional, Mozilla's designers are also currently thinking about a complete redesign of the way the browser looks and feels.

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Skype to be spun off, not sold off, from eBay

Repeating his belief that the synergies between Skype, eBay, and PayPal would be and are limited, eBay CEO John Donohoe announced his company will spin off Skype in an initial public offering in 2010. That will mark the five-year anniversary of eBay's acquisition of Skype.

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Jamie Foxx Apologizes To Miley Cyrus On 'Leno'

On Tuesday night, Jamie Foxx made an apology to teen queen Miley Cyrus for off-color comments he made about her on his satellite radio show on Sunday. When Foxx stopped by "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" to promote his new movie "The Soloist," he explained the reason for his comments.

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Will Windows XP keep ruling the netbook?

Linux has fallen drastically behind Windows XP, according to new research by two industry analyst groups, Ovum and the NPD Group. Specifically, XP's share of netbook units shipped soared from less than 10% in the first half of 2008 to 96% as of February 2009, according to data released this week by NPD Retail Tracking Service.

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Eminem Says 'Hip-Hop Was Going Downhill'

Guess who's back? Eminem appears on the cover of the latest issue of XXL magazine dressed as the Punisher — and, judging from the interview excerpts published on the magazine's Web site, Em kept up with what was going on in hip-hop during his absence.

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De La Hoya retires from boxing

Oscar De La Hoya announced his retirement from boxing on Tuesday, four months after his final bout ended in a one-sided loss to Manny Pacquiao. "I've come to the conclusion that it's over inside the ring for me," De La Hoya said at a news conference.

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Lindsay Lohan's eHarmony Profile [VIDEO]

Lindsay Lohan is newly single and ready to mingle!

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Ronald Reagan Was An FBI Informant

During the "Red Scare", Reagan became a secret informant, code name T-10, for J. Edgar Hoover's FBI. Documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act indicate that Reagan and his first wife, Actress Jane Wyman, provided federal agents with the names of Screen Actor Guild members they believed were Communist sympathizers.

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Amazon Kindle 2's Fuzzy Fonts Have Users Seeing Red

Amazon's Kindle 2 is slimmer, faster and has longer battery life than its predecessor. But the newly launched e-book reader falls short when it comes to how well it displays text, say some users.

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Can We Reverse Aging By Changing How We Think?

A provocative new book from a Harvard psychologist suggests that changing how we think about our age and health can have dramatic physical benefits.

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iPhone Apps Apple Doesn't Want You to Install

Here's a selection of favorite forbidden -- but useful and fun -- iPhone applications on Apple's banned list.

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Kim Kardashian's Workout DVD [PICS]

40+ photos of Kim and her trainer, Jennifer, working out while filming her new workout DVD, 'Fit in Your Jeans by Friday.'

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iPhone 3.0, meet Android 1.5

Google released a developer preview of the next version of Android, officially adding the "cupcake" features to the operating system's SDK that have been a vague reality for Android users since late last year. Yesterday evening, Android developer Xavier Ducrohet announced that developers can now download an early version of the Android 1.5 SDK...

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IE8 automatic update option likely to begin next week

In a heads-up message on the company's IE blog over the Easter weekend, Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 lead program manager Eric Hebenstreit warned users that as soon as next week, some Windows users will be automatically given the option of downloading IE8. It will not be a massive land rush, and as Hebenstreit repeated, the company's new Web browser will not automatically install itself.

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Jamie Foxx Unleashes Miley Cyrus Radio Tirade

Last month, Miley Cyrus said that she was going to "ruin" Radiohead after the band wouldn't meet her at the Grammy Awards in February. A rep for the band later shot back, Now, a month after the incident, Jamie Foxx is commenting on what the 16-year-old said about the band.

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15 Cartoon Characters That Always Seem to Get the Shaft

All successful cartoons, be it an animated series or a comic strip, have their scapegoats. While these characters, whether feeble-minded, misunderstood, or just dealt a bad hand, may go unappreciated amongst their fellow animated comrades but are certainly appreciated the fans. Here are 15 of cartoons' most hapless characters who get the shaft.

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Via Twitter, producer says 'Bourne 4' in works for summer 2011 release!

Frank Marshall, producer of the Bourne movies, recently tweeted a 2011 release date for the upcoming fourth sequel in the Bourne franchise that stars Matt Damon.

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A Great Mystery Solved: How the Nintendo Zapper Works

Is there intelligent life on other planets? What actually happened to the dinosaurs? Was Kennedy really killed by a lone assassin or was it all part of a vast conspiracy that reached the highest levels of government? Just how in the hell did that Nintendo Zapper work?

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Early Humans Were Poor Climbers

Our ancient human ancestors traded in the ability to climb trees for the power to walk on two legs, but it is unclear when this happened in evolutionary time. A new study could help pin down the timing of this exchange, revealing that human ancestors as far back as 4 million years ago didn't have quite the climbing skills of modern chimpanzees...

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WTF! Doctors Confirm Woman's Imaginary 3rd Arm

A 64-year-old woman has reported to doctors at Geneva University Hospital the presence of a pale, milky-white and translucent third arm.

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Presidential Puppy Arrival Kept On Tight Leash

For much of the public, it is the most widely anticipated appointment to the new Obama administration: Who will be the first dog?

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Sites can block the DiggBar, but is it worth it?

John Gruber of the blog 'Daring Fireball' doesn't like what Digg's doing with its DiggBar, and has come up with a relatively simple way to block it on his own site.

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New in Gmail Labs: Inserting images

Well, it's about time. You no longer have to use workarounds to put images into your messages or attach images when you really want to inline them. Just turn on "Inserting images" from the Labs tab under Settings, and you'll see a new toolbar icon.

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Domain Pigeon now finds open Twitter names

Domainsquatting is one thing, but what about Twittersquatting? Domain search tool 'Domain Pigeon' is now showing users which usernames are still open.

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2009 New York Auto Show [PICS]

As the auto industry copes with the economic downturn, the 2009 New York International Auto Show provides an opportunity for manufacturers to put their best face forward.

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The BEST business card in the Universe [VIDEO]

25 years in the making...

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Apple Begins Countdown to 1 Billion iPhone Apps Downloaded

The countdown has begun. Apple posted a Web page on Friday counting down (or actually counting up) to the one billion app downloaded milestone on the App Store.

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Zune HD

First look at the Zune HD.

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10 Games that Won't Die

The vast, huge majority of games wither quickly on the store shelves, long forgotten only months or even weeks after their release, but then there are a rare few, proud titles that become classics....

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Professionals Find New Livelihood Selling Frankfurters

Facing pay cuts and weakened job security, more Americans are turning to a new livelihood with relish: selling hot dogs from a pushcart.

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30 high-quality free fonts for professional designs

Designers are always looking for high-quality fonts. Here they are - and all free!

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No dating, thanks, just sex

Dating culture is dead - instead, young New Zealand women are regularly getting drunk and cruising around in packs looking for men to have sex with.

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Wil Wheaton Gets RickRoll'd

Wil Wheaton discusses who had the best April Fool's pranks - and how he got taken by his own son.

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Digg Search: Now With 99.987% Less Suck

The new and improved 'Digg Search' is now live. Go check it out!

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How to Turn your iPod Touch into an iPhone

All the software used in this tutorial will give your snazzy iPod Touch the functionality of the iPhone - and is totally free. So what are you waiting for?

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Class is Cancelled [PIC]

Just in case there is any confusion about class today...

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Britney Spears Halts Vancouver Show Because Of Smokers

Concerts get stopped all the time for any number of reasons: The artist is feeling ill, the sound system is on the fritz, the crowd is getting too rowdy and people are getting hurt. But "ventilation issues"?

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Rihanna Visits Sick Fan In New York Hospital

Although she has kept a relatively low profile since her alleged altercation with Chris Brown in February, Rihanna made a special visit to a 6-year-old fan, Jasmina Anema, on April 2 in New York. The singer surprised the girl, who is fighting leukemia at NYU Medical Center, after learning about her story back in February.

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Amazon and others follow iTunes' lead in hiking MP3 prices

Take it as a sign that the digital music industry is finally reaching maturity. The labels that once clamped down on digital distribution with absolute prejudice have generally loosened up, allowing DRM-free distribution to flourish. Now, the business is expanding to make room for fully variable pricing.

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50 Cent Denies He Offered Rick Ross $500,000 To Stop Beef

A videotaped interview between 50 Cent and radio personality Big Boy hit Big's Web site on Wednesday (April 8), and the G-Unit General spoke more on his feud with Rick Ross. 50 predicted that Ross' album Deeper Than Rap will flop, and that's when the Queens superstar will "have a field day on his a--" with more disses.

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Eminem's 'We Made You' Video Slammed By Bill O'Reilly

Controversial Fox News host Bill O'Reilly took aim at Eminem's new video for "We Made You," Slim Shady himself and the rapper's fans Wednesday night on "The O'Reilly Factor." "Few Americans take the vile rapper Eminem seriously," O'Reilly said.

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It’s Watching: Gmail Can Now Tell Which Of Your Contacts Are Awake

Gmail Labs continues to make an awesome product even better. Tonight the site has introduced ‘Sender time zone’, a feature that allows users to quickly tell if their contact is likely awake or sound asleep, based on the time zone their Emails are being sent from.

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Arnold is BACK for Terminator Salvation!

Get up close and personal, with a high-res look at Terminator Salvation's meat puppet kidnapping machine, the Harvester. Plus rejoice in the confirmation that the original Terminator will be back for more.

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Bert and Ernie's Heavy Metal Session [VIDEO]

Who knew they were hardcore heavy metal fans? This video has been edited, they were actually drumming much faster than that.

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Sexy Megan Fox Wants to Be Known For Her Acting [PICS]

But it appears she's not promoting her acting in these sexy, nearly-nude photos.

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How Disney makes money [VIDEO]

Disney made one movie, and they've been tracing it ever since.

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Comedy Central Announces Roast of Joan Rivers

Get ready for a lot of plastic surgery jokes...

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Distribute Your Tweets Everywhere

Ping.fm, the service that allows users to update their Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, and other social media services all at once - via the Web, mobile, IM, or email - has added a new Skype posting tool and two new partners to increase the Ping.fm feature set: notify.me and HootSuite.

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Incredible Wall-E Case Mod [PICS]

This project took 18 days to accomplish. It all began after this guy saw 'Wall-E' and thought, “I want to build something like that to hold my computer stuff in”. It's a solid-metal Wall-E computer case, with each detail carefully cut from metal sheets, processed and put in place.

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Facebook Blocks All Pirate Bay Links

At the end of March 'The Pirate Bay' added new functionality to reach out to millions of Facebook users. Just over a week later the world’s largest social networking site has blocked all links to torrents on the world’s largest and most infamous BitTorrent tracker.

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Why Is Gmail Still in Beta?

Gmail turned five on Wednesday, April 1. Launched in 2004 as an invitation-only e-mail service, the Google product now has more than 100 million users. Yet it's still in "beta"—a term of art traditionally reserved for prototype software that's ready for testing. What gives?

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Eight reasons why we still need an iPhone Gmail App

Tuesday's release of a much-improved Web client for Gmail on the iPhone and Android handsets was nice, but it's still got me salivating at the idea of a native application for the iPhone. Over the last year we've hounded the Gmail team on whether one was on the way, and the answer is--in typical Google fashion, that there will be no discussion...

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Ha, Men Are So Simple Minded [COMIC]

Lie of Omission...

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Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

This week, Zero Punctuation reviews 'Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars.'

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Nirvana's Kurt Cobain: Still Missed

Fifteen years ago today, Kurt Cobain's body was found at his house outside of Seattle. He had been threatening to commit suicide — had tried it, even — and now he'd succeeded. The leader of one of the best and biggest bands of the '90s went out on a shotgun blast, in a fog of heroin. A terrible waste, but that was the way he wanted it.

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Spybot S&D competitors are trying to force its removal

Despite a user base in the dozens of millions (if not more; Safer Networking doesn't track its users), Spybot S&D hasn't had an easy time establishing itself in the competitive anti-malware field. Because it is freeware (commercial users must purchase licenses), the application is seen as a thorn in the side of larger companies who sell security software with the same functionality.

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Rick Ross Enlists Lil Wayne For 50 Cent Dis Track

We already knew that Wayne joins Kanye West and T-Pain on Ross' "Maybach Music 2," but the Bawse revealed to us that Weezy will also be featured on "Valley of Death." A snippet of the song was released online recently, and Ross disses 50 Cent on his part. There's no word yet on what Wayne raps about, but Ross said the New Orleans superstar's verse was easy to get because of their friendship.

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Digg Dialogg with Trent Reznor [VIDEO]

Digg Founder Kevin Rose sat down with Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails (NIN) and poses the most popular questions as submitted and voted upon by you!

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Alcohol Worse for Teen Brains than Marijuana

Chronic marijuana use by adolescents may subtly impair certain neurocognitive skills, but this impairment is far less severe than the adverse effects associated with the use of alcohol.

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The Science of When to Get Married

How do you pick the moment at which you finally decide to settle down? When it comes to romantic decision-making, neuroscientists say the rational part of our brain gets dumped. Charles Darwin tried to logically evaluate whether he should marry his girlfriend. Using his trademark rationality, Darwin made two columns: “Marry” and “Not Marry”....

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20 Hot Celebrities [PICS]

Some actresses are OK with going naked in front of the camera and others are not. Although going nude should arguably be mandatory by age 25, many beautiful, young actresses actually have a no-nudity clause in their contracts.

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This is the Worst Movie Tagline Ever! [PIC]

How dumb can a tagline get? We're talking "Dumb and Dumber" here folks...

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Pitcher of Beer Guzzled in 5 Seconds [YOUTUBE]

Guy drinks a pitcher of beer in 5 seconds flat! Not sure if this is a good or bad thing...

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Man Paid $2,500 To Impregnate Neighbor's Wife - Fails 72 Times

What's the world coming to?

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The Science of Cow Tipping

Isn't science just great?

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Skipping Vista

Despite the fact that Windows 7 is almost cooked, a leaked Microsoft memo suggests that XP may live on past its May 30, 2009 retirement date.

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Microsoft announces new systems / apps for healthcare

Microsoft has unveiled new apps for Surface table technology that has the ability to revolutionize healthcare by significantly increasing efficiency and helping to reduce errors by making data available...

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What's the Real Unemployment Rate? Try 15.6%

The official US jobless rate, now 8.5%, excludes millions of people -- among them those who have given up on finding work and those forced into working fewer hours than they'd like.

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Confirmed: Windows 7 users will have XP downgrade option

After a flurry of blog activity over the weekend, leading into today, concerning the extended availability of Windows XP, a Microsoft spokesperson confirmed to Betanews early this evening that general Windows 7 users will be given the option of downgrading right over Vista to Windows XP.

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Kanye's Nike Air Yeezys [PIC]

Glow-in-the-dark Nike Air Yeezys by Kanye West - Hot or not?

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Eminem - We Made You [VIDEO]

Here's the official music video for Em's first single in 5 years! Available for U.S as well as international viewers.

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Kanye West's New Nike Air Yeezys Hit The Streets

Saturday marked the release of the Nike Air Yeezys, Kanye West's much talked about collaboration with the sneaker giant. Sneaker releases, especially ones as hyped as the Yeezy, can often be chaotic, with lines of buyers — many of whom have camped out for days — stretched down and around the block.

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NIN Releases App for iPhone

Trent Reznor was backstage one afternoon last summer, fooling around with his iPhone to stave off boredom before a show, when he realized that fans standing in line outside were broadcasting photos from the scene using their iPhones.

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Bill Gates' Facebook Profile [PIC]

Who knew he had one...

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A Fast and Furious U.S $72.5 Mil Weekend

Fast and Furious blew away its predecessors and the box office weekend competition with an estimated U.S $72.5 million Friday-Sunday debut. The performance was the year's best opening by a mile. It was the car series' biggest by an even longer mile.

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Chris Brown on Rihanna Assault: "Not Guilty, Your Honor"

The 19-year-old singer arrived at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center at 3:24 p.m.in a black SUV, accompanied by his mother and four bodyguards. A coterie of sheriff's deputies escorted them into the building.

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A New iPhone Is Already Old News

A new iPhone, however, could only be part of the story. Analysts are also factoring in a new tablet computer into their projections even though Apple is saying little.

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Dog Swims 6 Miles Through Shark-Infested Waters to Get Home

When Jan Griffith's beloved dog, Sophie Tucker fell overboard from her family's yacht she feared her pet had drowned. But Sophie Tucker, a grey and black cattle dog, wasn't going to give up that easily.

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Knight Rider Stripper [YOUTUBE]

Michelle L'Amour makes KITT more than a little uncomfortable...

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Sony: PS2 the gateway drug to the PS3

Sony believes that the PS2 will only stop selling if the company stops supporting it, and that it eventually will lure more buyers to the PS3.

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Eminem Inducts Run-DMC Into Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame

On the night when Run-DMC became only the second hip-hop act to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, it was fitting that the group that blazed the trail between rock and rap in the 1980s was invited into the rarified club by a hip-hop icon of the modern era whose career is built on their bedrock: Eminem.

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Best Borat, Bruno and Ali G moments

We looked back at our ten favorite out-there moments by Sasha Baron Cohen's various personas. Wow.

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Farrah Fawcett Hospitalized In Los Angeles

Actress Farrah Fawcett, 62, best known as a 1970s pinup icon and cast member of "Charlie's Angels" is in the hospital, reportedly facing a serious setback in her three-year battle against cancer.

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Next-gen iPod touch and iPhone to support low-power 802.11n

Wireless radio component specifications contained within beta distributions of iPhone 3.0 firmware reveal support for a new chip enabling low power 802.11n that's bound for Apple's third-generation iPod touch. It's therefore also likely to be included with new iPhone models.

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The Last DVD and Blu-Ray Ripping Guide You'll Ever Need

With the right software, hardware, and understanding of the issues, you can free video from a movie disc to be used any way you choose.

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iPhoto Discovers Face in Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough

iPhoto's face detection isn't perfect, but we can't blame the software for spotting a face in this unbaked batch of cookies.

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BlackBerry applications finally become a real business

It may not really have the look and feel of a "world" just yet, but let's face it, Research In Motion is a late enough entry into this field that all the really good metaphors have already been taken.

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Eminem's Video Legacy

As we lead up to the long-awaited Tuesday premiere of Eminem's first video in five years, "We Made You," we're taking a look back at Eminem's extensive video legacy.

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College in the 80's [PIC]

Mustaches and hats. Yikes.

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So, What Are You Doing Friday Night? [PIC]

I thought it was bad to haul a laptop to and from the office...but this dude has it rough. But at least he has the skills with the ladies.

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Facebook Rolls Out New Storage System - Haystack

Engineers at Facebook are installing a new photo storage system they say is 50% faster than traditional systems.

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Google uncloaks once-secret server

Unusually, the search giant designs its own servers. For the first time, Google unveils one publicly, showing a surprise built-in battery.

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Madonna loses Malawi adoption bid

Wow, money can't always buy the law. Madonna loses adoption bid in Malawi because she hasn't lived there the required 18 to 24 month minimum.

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Domino's Gives Away 11,000 Free Pizzas

The Domino's pizza chain says it has given away nearly 11,000 free pizzas because of a never-used promotion that a Web customer stumbled upon.

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Church Mice [PIC]

Clever, but cheesy...

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DiggBar Launches!

Kevin Rose: "Today we're beginning to roll out a new product called DiggBar, which is an easier way to Digg stories across the web. Check out this short video to see it in action."

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Gmail Gets Smarter Search

One of the main reasons to use Gmail over competitive webmail products or a client like Outlook is because of its lightning fast search capabilities. Today, those capabilities are getting a bit of an upgrade, in the form of auto-complete when searching, plus easier options for finding emails with specific attributes like file attachments.

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Digg Dialogg with Trent Reznor!

Kevin Rose: "I’m honored to announce music icon Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails (NIN) as our next guest. I will be asking him the top questions as submitted and voted on by the Digg community."

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Google's April Fool's Joke for 2009 - "Autopilot"

"As more and more everyday communication takes place over email, lots of people have complained about how hard it is to read and respond to every message. This is because they actually read and respond to all their messages."

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25 Computer Products That Refuse to Die

These tech products and services may be forgotten, but they're far from gone. How have these geezers managed to hang on for so long?

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So far, no surprises as Conficker switches to new system

In a way, you might say that this is where the real trouble with Conficker starts: As of 4am EDT -- or 10:30pm in the Marquesas Islands, where the day begins -- the malware appears to be doing exactly as predicted, switching to its powerful newer algorithm. As experts also predicted, no serious amount of amok has been run and the Net has not experienced a massive meltdown.

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Green Day Director Reveals Details Of 'Know Your Enemy' Video

"Oh, this was definitely the biggest video I've ever done. It has a lot of really big visuals, because I was trying to match the song, which is huge," said Cullen, who, as the co-founder of production house Motion Theory, has worked on clips for Modest Mouse and Beck.

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20 years of ‘The Simpsons’

The series was created by Matt Groening, who designed the Simpson family and named the characters after his own family members, substituting “Bart” for his own name. There’s one important date in history for all fans of the Simpsons: Dec 17, 1989. It’s the day when first full length episode of The Simpsons was aired.

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April Fool's Day on Digg [PIC]

Digg seems to be giving everyone a funky message whenever they digg something.

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