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  • Injured NFL Player Everett Happy To Tell His 'Moving' Story
    On Sept. 9, Everett laid at the 20-yard line at Rich Stadium in Buffalo wondering why he couldn't move, not knowing if he would ever move again. Five months later Everett is walking around telling his story. Every time he moves, it is moving. Now he hopes his story can help others to find 'movement' in their lives.


  • ZiPhone: jailbreak any version iPhone out of the box
    We're not yet entirely sure how it works, but iPhone hacker Zibri's just released a new app he's calling ZiPhone...


  • If Valentine's Day Cards Were Honest ...
    Women always say they want a relationship that is built on honesty. This Valentines Day, give her a card that will prove she doesn't really mean it.


  • Robotic Guitar tunes itself to save musicians time and money
    Cool video showing the use of the Gibson Guitar, which tunes itself. This type of guitar is useful for the real musician who would normally need to switch guitars during a show. Instead, this guitar simply re tunes itself, allowing a performer to ideally only need to own one guitar.


  • VAIO TZ gets a 64GB SDD + 250GB HDD configuration
    One of the hottest overlooked features of the VAIO TZ is the SSD + HDD configuration, which allows you to speed up booting and other system tasks that rely on quick random reads by running Windows off the SSD while still being able to lug all your data around on the traditional hard drive.


  • World Leader in Movie Piracy Flees from the Mounties
    Last month we reported that Geremi Adam, producer of some of the highest quality pirate movie copies ever seen on the Internet, had been caught and had been ordered to appear in court in January. Adam, aka 'maVen' had other ideas - and has disappeared.


  • How Haggling Taught Me About Life
    I used to be afraid of bargaining. The thought of haggling over a price, learned to embrace the process of bargaining. Once I did, I realized that haggling had taught me a lot.Here are six of my favorite lessons:


  • Modu LEGO-Like Cellphone System Video Hands-On
    Modu is a very small cellphone that carries your personal data everywhere and you can plug into "jackets", which are specialized hardware modules that transform it into all kinds of things, like multimedia players, a full-fledge PDA with full QWERTY keyboard, gaming handhelds, GPS and whatever you want. Seeing the concept work is quite cool.


  • HD DVD sad little response to Netflix, Best Buy snubs
    ..."it's unfortunate to see Netflix make the decision to only stock Blu-ray titles going forward. While the Best Buy announcement says they will recommend Blu-ray, at least they will continue to carry HD DVD and offer consumers a choice at retail."


  • Mexico's President with David Rockefeller & Fed's President
    Why is the President of Mexico meeting with New York Federal Reserve president Timothy Geithner? What's the relationship between the Fed and Mexico's government? And why is he also meeting with David Rockefeller? Don't get me wrong, I do not believe in conspiracy theories. But I am sure David Rockefeller does pull a lot of strings.


  • Talk Like Frank Sinatra - The Art of Manliness
    Frank Sinatra was the epitome of American male coolness. Women wanted to be with him and men wanted to be him. Part of his manly and cool presence came from the way he talked. Throw a few of these words into your conversations. You'll probably get a few raised eyebrows, but like Frank, you'll add spark to even the most mundane interactions.


  • A Machine That Can Identify Bad Coffee By Smelling It
    This machine, developed by chemical engineers, can taste the quality in your cup of espresso, and can identify coffee types nearly as accurately as a panel of trained human espresso tasters.


  • Wow! Tesla Coil as a Guitar Amp!
    If you haven't already, Scopeboy's Telsa Guitar is a must see video. Click on through for 250,000 volts of axe slinging distortion. Huzzah!


  • 8 Movie Metaphors Worth Puzzling Over
    We've all seen lists of great screen kisses, great car chases, great fight scenes. They're easy to appreciate, and perhaps that's why they get all the attention.


  • Worlds Most Dangerous Swimming Pool
    This might now be the worlds most dangerous place to swim but I have yet to see someone swimming in anything more crazy than this.


  • Scamming the Scammers: 5 Brilliant Reverse 419 Scams [Pics]
    Countless people are victimized every year around the world by international scammers claiming to have access to fortunes through banks, royal families, business partners, deceased loved ones and more. Some clever crusaders, however, are fighting back in kind and scamming the scammers. In some cases these are downright hilarious!


  • Dubai to Build the World's Largest Arch Bridge in 2012
    If any real city on our planet can claim an active stake in creating the urban landscape of the future, it's probably Dubai. Artificial islands arranged in the shape of the world? Check. The world's only seven-star hotel? Check. And in 2012, it will also become home to the largest, tallest arch bridge ever.


  • Apple Announces Aperture 2
    Apple's store was down this morning, and when it came back up: presto! Aperture 2.


  • Why it's Too Soon for the Next Xbox
    Rumors are already starting to go around the Internet that Microsoft is planning for the successor to the Xbox 360. However, releasing a new Xbox system a year or even two years from now is not a good idea for Microsoft or the industry. Here's why.


  • Contribute $5.01 to Obama TODAY (Feb. 12)
    Today, as was publicized before, is a money bomb for Barack. In honor of Lincoln's birthday throw him two Lincolns - the five and the penny (or any multiple thereof). This is a direct link to the main donation page.


  • The Top 10 Places to Take a Techie on a Date [Slideshow]
    Hot spots for techie romantics: For Valentine's Day, how about taking your techie sweetheart on a date outside the home office away from your personal computers? We've scoured the country to come up with the 10 best spots where you can have both romance and a whole lot of geek fun.


  • Microsoft Responds to Yahoo! Announcement
    It is unfortunate that Yahoo! has not embraced our full and fair proposal to combine our companies. Based on conversations with stakeholders of both companies, we are confident that moving forward promptly to consummate a transaction is in the best interests of all parties.


  • The End of Aging? New Hunt for Cure to Growing Old
    Old age has always been like the weather: Everybody talks about aging, but nobody does anything about it. Oh, they've tried. For millennia, charlatans have been offering remedies for aging that didn't work any better than baldness cures and virility restorers.


  • Pig born with heart-shaped spots, named Valentine of course
    A cute little piglet born with heart-shaped markings on his side is the centre of attention as lovers gear up for Valentine's Day this week.


  • How to Rock the Kitchen Beatbox
    This is a great way to use kitchen appliances to create some sweet beat box noises. Activate your kitchen beatbox, using only utensils and the best of fresh ingredients!


  • Self-cleaning wool and silk developed using nanotechnology
    Good news for those who hate washing socks, are worried about hygiene or resent spending money on dry cleaning: self cleaning forms of wool and silk have been developed with the help of nanotechnology.


  • CBS Journalists Missing in Iraq
    Police and witnesses said they were seized from a hotel in the city of Basra by at least eight gunmen.


  • Secret to Sexy Saxophonists Revealed
    John Coltrane and other famed jazz saxophonists hit piercing high notes that amateurs can't by expertly changing the shape of their vocal tracts, research now reveals.


  • UK ISPs may have to ban "illegal downloaders" say government
    Looks like the MAFIAA have got to the government in the UK.


  • The 13 Dumbest Yet Successful Travel Scams
    Here are some of the most common swindles out there today, at home and abroad – don't let them get you down.


  • Caffeine: A User's Guide to Getting Optimally Wired
    Caffeine is the most widely used stimulant in the world, but few use it to maximal advantage. Get optimally wired with these tips.


  • Russia becomes 'spam superpower': survey
    Russia has become a "superpower" of spam e-mail, becoming the second most prolific country after the United States in producing junk emails, a computer security firm said Monday.


  • Top 40 Photoshopped Images
    Sometimes they can be funny, sometimes thought provoking, other times they just mess with your mind. They're always take your breath away though and make you wonder at the skills of the people that created them.


  • PSP mockup is far sexier than the real thing will ever be
    Good gawd y'all, we don't normally bother with fan renders and mockups, but excepting the awkward placement of the L and R triggers there's almost nothing about this PSP re-visioning that leaves us wanting. Gank that UMD, add some flash memory, and this is our be-all end-all fantasy portable gaming device -- that will likely never ever be made.


  • Barbara Walters Tells Hillary to "Drop" the Pimp Scandal.
    76 year old Barbra Walters apparently understands young slang more than the entire Hillary campaign: "... he's getting suspended, he apologized, MSNBC apologized. Drop it already! It's OK. He made a mistake."


  • Understanding Eleven-Dimensional Exploding Black Holes
    One of the boldest but least provable claims of string theory is that there are (at least) eleven dimensions, but the seven we've strangely failed to notice so far are too tiny too observe (about a thousandth of the radius of a proton).


  • The Insect Brain of a New Analytical Computer
    Mike Libby uses the carapaces of real insects to create tiny, mechanical works of art. They look like they could be part of a new insect-driven A.I. Not only does Libby's work adorn a new anthology of speculative writing from Tachyon Press called The New Weird.


  • A *lot* of new Compiz Fusion plugins and updates
    To name a few: better KDE 4 integration, several magnification options (magnifying glass, anyone?), a "showmouse" plugin, a Rubik's cube, a maze and extensive Wiimote integration. Lots of screenshots and videos included.


  • The Toronto Initiative... The NFL in Toronto?
    In an effort to broaden the NFL brand and expand its fanbase, there's talk of a five-year plan that will have the Buffalo Bills playing three pre-season and five regular season games in Toronto, Canada.


  • Wal-Mart Covering Up
    It seems the retail giant known as "Wal-Mart" will soon be making another step in it's ongoing endeavors to censor its own stock. Stores will soon begin displaying "M" rated games in a black sleeve that obscures 3/4 of the game's cover, much like adult magazines in many news shops.





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