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• Everex's Nanobook becomes the Cloudbook, gets gOS
  The 7-inch, VIA-based, ultra-portable Nanobook -- with a $400 MSRP and a Google-themed Linux OS (gOS). Specs include a VIA C7 ULV 1.2GHz CPU, a 30GB hard drive, 512MB of RAM, WiFi, a card reader, two USB ports, and a DVI out.
  
  
  
• Wii emits a frequency that attracts cockroaches?
  Theory suggests that the sound frequency produced by the Wii falls into the same that attracts cockroaches.
  
  
  
• Underwater Hotel: Sleeping with the Fishes...
  The swankiest new hotel may not be a high rise - but rather a room 20,000 leagues under the sea...
  
  
  
• Top 10 Astronomy Pictures of 2007
  The Bad Astronomer's selection of the best astronomical images for the year 2007. Several of the images are simply stunning but all are worthy of a viewing.
  
  
  
• Roger Clemens Hires Attorney To Fight Steroids Allegations
  After being implicated of steroids use in the 'infamous' report by former Senator George Mitchell, Roger Clemens has enlisted the services of Powerful Houston attorney Rusty Hardin to defend him from the Sterorid accusations.
  
  
  
• Apple's New Santa Claus ad pays homage to Rankin-Bass
  This commercial represents somewhat of a pinnacle in Apple's "Get A Mac" ad campaign. It seems Apple now considers the Mac vs. PC duo iconic enough characters that they can be portrayed in a new medium and still be recognized.We wouldn't be surprised if Jobs convinced Pixar to pump this one out.
  
  
  
• Marketing Mind Games Can Drain Your Wallet!
  This week: Science Sensei explain experiments done by researchers from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology to investigate what they call the "which-to-buy mindset."
  
  
  
• Devil May Cry's Kobayashi speaks out on new game
  Legendary creator talks about the series, the differences between the console versions, and what platform the game was first created for.
  
  
  
• Burnout Paradise Demo released on Xbox Live
  I've been waiting for this for a while. Welcome to the Burnout Paradise Demo. Explore Motor City, Big Surf Beach and Ocean View. Discover Jumps, Stunts and Smashes all over the map, and if you're online invite friends to join you for some challenges. Remember, this is just a small part of Paradise City.
  
  
  
• Congressman Hollywood: it's time to revisit the DMCA
  Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) used a House subcommittee meeting on the PRO-IP Act to call for some revisions to the DMCA. Unfortunately, they're exactly the wrong kind of revisions.
  
  
  
• Golden Globe Nominations Announced
  Unto themselves, the Globe nominations are not deeply meaningful. Few obituaries or career encomiums include references to the number of Globes an actor or director racked up. But they have other, more palpable benefits.
  
  
  
• Huckabee tried to free man who bludgeoned girl with nunchuks
  Huckabee tried to free man who "bludgeoned a woman with nunchucks, violated her almost lifeless body, ran over her with his car and dumped her in a bayou" because "he had repented, come to Jesus"
  
  
  
• Student Sues Teacher For Anti-Christian Comments
  FTA: He's against Christianity and bashes it all the time. He's been indoctrinating us and not teaching the class; we don't need to be hearing his political views during school time when we should be learning.
  
  
  
• PS3 sales pass the 7 million mark - faster than 360?
  With news that around 400,000 PS3s are now being sold per week around the world in the lead up to Christmas, Sony will be happy that over 7 million have now been sold since launching last year. Sales have picked up dramatically in the last few months and the console is actually selling faster than Xbox360 was last year...
  
  
  
• Tour of Brad Pitt's Eco-Friendly Homes
  First-hand account and photo gallery of the story behind the glossy press coverage.
  
  
  
• PETA Takes on Prison Menus
  PETA recently took a good hard look at the US prison system. Were they making sure that we human animals were treated fairly, given access to decent medical care, and protected from harm? Nope. Just needed to make sure vegetarian criminals had tasty veggie burgers available.
  
  
  
• Economics More Important than Science? - Are You Nuts?
  Some contend that economic analysis should dictate climate policy. I guess the arguement goes, "What's the point of life if you can't afford a big TV?"
  
  
  
• Penguins: Could it be the last Emperor?
  Scientists blame climate change, which has raised the surface temperature in their habitat from minus 17.3°C to minus 14.7°C. Overfishing has deprived the penguins of other grub. Emperors are the biggest of all living penguins and the only ones to breed in the Antarctic winter.
  
  
  
• Photo in the News: Giant Dino Discovered in Antarctica
  Scientists recently identified the giant dino more than a decade after its fossilized foot, ankle, and leg bones were first discovered some 13,000 feet (4,000 meters) up the face of Mount Kirkpatrick.
  
  
  
• Could a morbidly obese goalie shut out an NHL team?
  I have always wondered this.
  
  
  
• U.S. Commits, Lies About Domestic Human Rights Violations
  Under the Bush administration, the United States routinely commits human rights violations within its borders, according to a new report by the U.S. Human Rights Network.
  
  
  
• Awesome Storm (pic)
  Jens Hackmann took this stunning picture of a lightning storm near the Weikerscheim Observatory; the 300 second exposure is enough to see the stars streak and the observatory lit up by ambient light.
  
  
  
• Why Does Bill O'Reilly Hate America?
  So tell me, why is Falafel Man so eager to endorse an act that the majority of Americans are against and that is illegal by both domestic and international standards? Does he hate America that much?
  
  
  
• Obama lays the SMACKDOWN on Hillary
  Whoever laughs last...
  
  
  
• Mobile WiMAX could reach 80 million subscribers by 2013
  Market analyst Juniper Research predicts that mobile WiMAX service could exceed 80 million subscribers by 2013, if the technology captures the "YouTube generation." "What they're going to have to do is think about the things that make the sort of sticky services that demographic likes the most," Juniper's Howard Wilcox said.
  
  
  
• Anti-Whaling Ad.... Disgusting, Yet Very Effective
  "Disgusting, isn't it?" campaign from Australia... with guts and everyting.
  
  
  
• What are Photography Students Really Learning?
  Young photographers these days are taught their "art" by politically correct teachers and lecturers who "guide and nurture" them, whereas 40 years ago a "teacher" was either a brand of whiskey or one of a bunch of hard-nosed picture editors who tended to get somewhat out of focus after lunch.
  
  
  
• Teacher Calls Police After Hearing Guns N' Roses On PA
  State police say a teacher at Booth Free School barricaded herself in a classroom Wednesday when she mistook someone singing a Guns N' Roses song over the public address system for a threat.
  
  
  
• Jackass 2.5 to be Released Exclusively Online
  Sequel to the two-time box office hit will skip multiplexes entirely and perhaps herald a new age of online movie distribution.
  
  
  
• Jetpack with a 10 Mile Range Available Soon for $226,000
  Jetpacks, the invention we've all been waiting to become a reality for as long as we can remember (along with flying cars and teleporters), are pretty much a reality at this point.
  
  
  
• What Happened to Demonoid, Will it Ever Return?
  Ever since Demonoid decided to pull the plug following pressure from the CRIA, thousands of members are wondering what happened. Perhaps even more importantly, they are asking themselves this: Is Demonoid ever going to come back?
  
  
  
• The Federal Reserve is a banking cartel working against you
  G. Edward Griffin talks about how the Federal Reserve works.
  
  
  
• Cellphone user rings up $85,000 bill and it's not and iPhone
  There are many things $85,000 can buy: a sleek Porsche sports car, a four-week dream vacation on Sir Richard Branson's private Caribbean island, or a serious shopping spree at Gucci.
  
  
  
• Kindle DRM Hacked -- put your own ebooks on the Kindle
  The Kindle normally only allows the reading of Amazon DRM-protected content. So how do you load other eBooks onto the Kindle? Just add Amazon DRM to your files. Igor Skochinsky provides a series of scripts to convert eBook files to Amazon's AZW format and then add the necessary serial number DRM, specialized per an individual's particular Kindle.
  
  
  
• Nine-year-old girl who gets help with her stutter
  A stutter is something that is hard to live with and even harder to get rid of. Good for her for her progression.
  
  
  
• How To Decide Who to Marry: By Kids
  "How would you make your marriage work? Tell your wife that she looks pretty, even if she looks like a truck."
  
  
  
• Fat Cat Watches TV
  He's not gonna catch any mice, he's not gonna chase his own tail, nah, none of that. He's too busy chillin'.
  
  
  
• Super Green San Francisco Sunset Idea House
  See if you can say the title five times over ... designed to be modern with green roof, small-wind turbine, solar water heating system, and rainwater catchment system ... all on a small footprint in a dense city ... expensive, but net zero energy.
  
  
  
• Japanese Scientists Create Mice With No Fear of Cats
  The Tokyo University professor has just unveiled mutant mice that have lost their innate fear of cats. Rather than flee or freeze when confronted with their feline enemy, the mice sniffed and even played with them, blissfully unaware of the potential dangers.
  
  
  
• State Gives $1.25 Million Grant to Harley-Davidson's Museum
  The state of Wisconsin is giving Harley-Davidson more than $1 million to lessen the environmental impact of its new museum.
  
  
  

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