New digg comment system

Here is a video of the new comment system... coming soon.

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Exclusive Look At Google Payments

Techcrunch has a scoop on the process behind Google Payments

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Putting Your DVDs on a Video iPod

Sure, you could fill your video iPod with episodes of Knight Rider from iTunes for $2 a pop. Or you could save some cash - and your soul - and fill it with files you convert from your DVD collection using freely available software.

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The whole Wikipedia in your pocket (on ipod)

You can now store the whole wikipedia on your IPod!!!!

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Google Hosting?

Can Google Page Creator do more than intended? Maybe so! (This is not another "It's here" post!)

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Sony admits PS3 delay

Issues with mass production of Blu-ray drives could be to blame if spring system launch is pushed back to fall.

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Flash player for PSP (photos)!

The PSP homebrew community has done it again, they made their own Flash player for PSP - I got it to work and many of my old Flash files played fine.

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New Map Of Milky Way Reveals Millions Of Unseen Objects

Nearly 400 years after Galileo determined the wispy Milky Way actually comprises myriad individual stars, scientists using NASA's Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer have done the same for the "X-ray Milky Way."

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Forget Google Earth, get NASAs World Wind!

"World Wind lets you zoom from satellite altitude into any place on Earth. Leveraging Landsat satellite imagery and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data, World Wind lets you experience Earth terrain in visually rich 3D, just as if you were really there."... and it's open source!

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My Idea for a diggnation video intro

I was playing around with an idea this week.

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First Video-Conan O'Brien in Finland

This Google Video shows Conan O'Brien rubbing himself during his trip to Finland to meet the Finnish President, who looks like him.

I think this is what we might see this on his show-Late Night With Conan O'Brien.

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Submitted by Me, I just wanted to tell ya.

Best Regular Expressions site ever!

Great regex tutorials, resources, quick starts, etc. A whole site just about regex!

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Experience 4D Cube

The Tesseract (or HyperCube) is mathematical prediction of what cube might look like in 4D Space.

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iTunes Winner Comments on his winnings ...

It may well have been the best 99 cents Alex Ostrovsky ever spent. He did not know it, but it was the billionth song the site had sold, and Apple was not about to let that go unnoticed.

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20 great jobs that don't require a degree

What do Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and entertainment mogul David Geffen have in common? Besides being exceedingly rich, none of them has a college degree. Four-year college not only path to well-paid work.

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The Ultimate MS Paint Picture

Holy crap. That's all that can be said about it.

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Microsoft Origami Video and Pics!

Somebody from a digital marketing firm leaked their promotional Microsoft Origami video... So Kevin took a few screen shots for us! It looks like a mini tablet PC - nothing more, nothing less.

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Video Showing The Making Of The Fake New iPod Photo

From the mysterious person who posted a picture of a supposed new iPod has come out with a video showing the making of the photo that turned out to be fake. Here it is at a mirrored site, as the original link broke down.

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20 Years of Nintendo

In February of 1986 the NES was released in the USA. Heres a tribute by gamespot to that revolutionary console.

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HOW TO BUILD A BLUE / GREEN SCREEN SET

Short tutorial for amteur filmmakers on how to to build your very own blue/green screen set for special effects work like in Star Wars, Sin City and virtually every other film ever released. Simple step by step instructions with materials that are dirt cheap.

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Fellowship of the Ring - HD vs DVD quality comparison

Wonder if the quality of HD is going to be much better than DVD? Check out these screenshots from "The Fellowship of the Ring" DVD transfer and rollover to compare them to their HD counterpart. The difference is amazing!

The HD screencaps have been sampled down to DVD resolution, so be sure to click on them to get the full effect.

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How To Make A Star Wars Type Hologram (Photoshop Tutorial)

Pretty Cool Tutorial on how top make a hologram using Photoshop.

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Have Digg "ping" you with top stories...

New feature on the MAKEbot - Add the MAKEbot to your AIM buddy list and type "ping digg start" (no quotes) - you'll then get the latest digg front pages stories sent to you over AIM as they happen.

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China predicts death of MPAA, RIAA

An interesting editorial from a Chinese goverment-run newspaper that subtly hints at the demise of traditional entertainment business models and the rise of "media convergence." It even goes so far as to suggest that piracy can be profitable.

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Google video adds national archives footage

"Today we're very pleased to tell you that we're helping the National Archives take one step closer to realizing its vision. Together, we're launching a pilot program to digitize their video content and offer it to everyone in the world for free."

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High Resolution Stereo Camera Shows a Large Remnant Mountain On Mars

These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera on board Mars Express spacecraft, show the Ausonia Mensa massif on Mars.Ausonia Mensa is a large remnant mountain with several impact craters, rising above basaltic sheet layers. It stretches over an area of about 98 km by 48 km and has an elevation of 3700 metres.

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Portfolio with Photoshopped Before / After Pics

Hold down the "Before" Photoshop button to see the original image. Pretty cool.

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Hi-Res Image of New Space Shuttle Tank

For the first time, the tank will fly without Protuberance Air Load (PAL) ramps. The ramps were on the tank to protect a cable tray and two pressurization oxygen and hydrogen lines during the dynamic portion of launch.

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Teenager Fined $140 For Saying F#ck in Public

A teenager is refusing to pay an £80 ($140) on-the-spot fine imposed by a police officer who overheard him swearing in a private conversation with friends. Kurt Walker, 18, from Deal, Kent, said he would go to court rather than pay the fine handed out in a town park.

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Star Trek Online - few screenshots from the game engine

At last: some mouth-watering, edge-of-your-seat, breath-holding revelations from the STO devs!
Actually it's just a few nice shots of the inside of the virtual Enterprise - look nice and clean and realistic. But what about the gameplay?

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GIF vs. JPEG

There are different types of image files. You'll get the best results if you know which type to use when. Web browsers mainly support two different image formats: GIF (pronounced "Jiff") and JPG (also known as JPEG, and pronounced "JAY-peg"). These formats refer to methods for compressing the information that describes the images.

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Is our universe about to be mangled?

One of the weirdest consequences of quantum theory is the "many worlds" interpretation - that every event spawns a new parallel Universe. But now it seems some of the parallel universes can "mangle" others - which could be bad news for us.

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Sasha Cohen Is Hot - A Blog Dedicated To The Figure Skater

Some crazy stalker has come up with a blog dedicated to ranting about how hot American Olympic Skater Sasha Cohen is. As creepy as it might be, I got a kick out of it.

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Gamers are now considered on par with crack addicts by the news media.

WGN aired a story on video game addiction, now prior to airing the story, the anchorman said in the teaser that "video games can be more addicting than crack cocaine". When I heard that, I knew that I had to record the segment and upload the video for others to see. This is the news media at is worst. You can see the video on the link.

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Yahoo's PHP Resources

Yahoo has a page specifically dedicated to implementing Yahoo services via PHP. Outstanding!

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Incredible racing simulator

This guy is cruising in the most amazing simulator I have ever seen. It moves just like a real vehicle.

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Can Humans Mentally Slow Time - Cool experiment

A fascinating read on how scientists were able to prove humans 'see' the world slow down when in a terrifying situation. Also looks how our body clock system was discovered and a rare condition - Permenant Jet lag syndrome.

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Origamiproject an mystery Microsoft project?

What is "origamiproject.com" (domain is registered to Microsoft) currently it only shows a flash animation. but invites us to stay tuned for more information on 3.02.06

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Google releases new Page Creator

"Google Page Creator is a free online tool that makes it easy for anyone to create and publish useful, attractive web pages in just minutes." Looks good to me!

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The swiss army knife of gaming cheating

Poke is the ultimate gaming utility. It's a small program that allows you to cheat in every game out there - published or to be published in the future!

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How to Subscribe to TV Shows Using The Democracy Player, Bittorrent, & RSS

The Democracy Player is an amazing open source Internet TV application that allows you to subscribe to video RSS feeds from anywhere on the web. With a little hackery, The Democracy Player will make you wonder why you�re still paying your cable bill.

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Torrent Sites Under Attack

The MPAA filed lawsuits against Torrentspy, Isohunt, Torrentbox, Niteshadow and Bthub. This could have a huge impact on the Bittorrent community since Torrentspy and Isohunt are two of the most frequently visited torrent sites.

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Terry Gilliam: Studios are the Pirates

Director and ex-Monty Python Terry Gilliam is fine with people pirating his movies, as long as they don't screw up the encoding!

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eBay bidder was grounded by his parents and had to have his bid cancelled

I just listed an iPod Mini for sale on eBay and then the high bidder (only bidder at the time) contacted me and told me that he was now grounded and had to have his bid cancelled because he could no longer use eBay! I don't know if it was just a clever way to get out of the deal or not, but I thought it was pretty funny.

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Digg breaks into top 500 websites

Alexa has just been updated, and Digg.com finally broke through the top 500 websites in the world and currently sits at 491! According to Alexa, the top 500 websites in the world account for 45% of the total net website traffic.

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53 ScreenShots of Latest Vista Release

Microsoft says that today's release of the Windows Vista February CTP is "feature-complete". Two new features are Sidebar and Welcome Center. Take an illustrated walkthrough of Vista build 5308 with these 53 screenshots.

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Top 10 Tuesday: Worst Game Controllers

Some brilliant ideas came out of gaming engineers...

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All Google's Roads Lead to Kansas

Coffeyville might seem like the middle of nowhere. But if you use Google Maps, the small town is the very center of the universe.

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The Geography of Seinfeld - A Google Maps Approach

As many of you know, Google Maps is thrusting forward the once boring topic of cartography. What are known as "mash-ups" are cropping up everywhere. Now a new topic of mash-ups are focusing on television - from the Sopranos, Veronica Mars, to '24' and this featured map showing geographic references occuring in the hit sitcom Seinfeld.

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Xbox 360 camera to be released in May

Title says it all :-)

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Video game scenes recreated in legos

genius recreations of video-game scenes using legos.

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NBC Pilots "Conviction" on iTunes...Free Download 2 weeks before it Airs!

It appears NBC is piloting one of its new shows, "Conviction," on iTunes for free...this is an interesting first—hyping a show by distributing electronically and kind of figuring out how to tweak things through feedback

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World's largest Windows error message

This picture is a scream. Network World online editor Adam Gaffin was in New York City over the weekend and snapped this photo of the world's largest Windows error message.

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NES controller DS case mod

A picture of a Nintendo DS case mod that looks like a NES controller.

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Sony's shares drops after news of the $900 cost for PS3

Share price sinks 3.6 percent on predictions of $900 per-console manufacturing cost, spring 2007 US launch; contradictory corporate statements follow.

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Timeline: Employee Headcounts for Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft

Each Microsoft employee is worth $4.3 million.
Each Yahoo employee is valued at $4.7 million.
Each Google employee is valued at $19 million.

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Getting email before it's sent?

The textbooks say nothing can travel faster than light, not even light itself. New experiments show that this is no longer true, raising questions about the maximum speed at which we can send information.

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The Clock Is Ticking - Earth Hurtles Toward 6.5 Billion

On Saturday, the planet's population will hit the landmark 6.5 billion mark. The bad news: That's more than some say the planet can support. The good news: Um, er... population growth is slowing?

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104 Freeware and Open Source Apps for Windows!

Here is the list of 104(!) apps which only contains Freeware and Open source software - there aren't any commerical or shareware so you don't have to worry about paying a cent to run those software. And it is great to know the list as it covers many functions. Good digg!

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How does Google Earth work?

Short cuts bring the globe to your screen without crashing your computer.

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Addicting Flash Game: Blueprint

Place objects in the ball's path to direct the ball to the target. Addicting, as usual.

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Make "Light" Graffiti With a Disposable Camera

Here's how to make "light graffiti" out of disposable digital cameras - once the camera is modded it will display images/words automatically and run for about 2 days.

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Big three ISPs say peer-to-peer OK

Broadband customers of Australia's largest ISPs can use peer-to-peer file-sharing services such as BitTorrent and Kazaa without being throttled by their ISP, at least for now.

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Photoshop | Create a Realistic Ipod Nano w/Screen from Scratch

This is an awesome photoshop tutorial that show how to create a realistic looking ipod nano from scratch. The end result looks just as good as the nanos on the Apple website.

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Firefox Extension Development Tutorial

A nice tutorial teaching how Firefox's Extensions work and how to create them.

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Why MS office will always be the best.

Look at all those features !!

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PS3 will NOT deliver 1080p like it promised. Add another lie to the list.

As time passes by, Sony is constantly backing out on all of it's E3 announcements. "Sony will not be able to meet its initial target of 1080p Full HD that it had originally set and will instead deliver 720p and will upscale it or allow the new TVs to do so."

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DVD encryption getting smarter? Called Ripguard

macrovisions' new implementation of a new dvd encryption technology, promises that 97% of dvd rippers will not be able to rip the dvd based on a non-repeating digital encryption.

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Ultimate Geek Desks

Check out these desks, now tell me who wouldn't want one of these? There are six different desks to look at. My favorite would have to be the "aura". In conclusion, this place has the ultimate geek desks.

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$35,000 Book Scanner - Make a LEGO Version?

Once started, the machine opens the each page of the book and scans the content. The whole process is automatic. The lesson of this story is that LEGO is great. Check out the pictures on this.

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Digg's Front Page Stories as a Hyperlinked Photo Mosaic (UrlyArt)

The screenshots of about 1,000 of Digg's recent front page stories, laid out in a photo mosaic of Digg's logo, and complete with links.

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New iPod updater now supports menu icons!

Now, ipod owners will be able to use the newest ipod updater to patch menu icons into their ipods, instead of using the older version of the ipod updater

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Beer Dispensing PC Mod!

A PC that dispenses beer, hwo cool is that.

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Can an audience of 5,000 play a collective game of Pong?

Each move of the paddle is the average of several thousand players' intentions. The sensation is unnerving. The paddle usually does what you intend, but not always. When it doesn't, you find yourself spending as much attention trying to anticipate the paddle as the incoming ball.

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Google Maps Nighttime

Google Maps Nighttime takes the 128 megapixel NASA's "Earth Lights" image and adds a Google Map interface to it using the Google Maps application program interface (API). There are 7 zoom levels to it.

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Google rips Bush administration's search request

Google called the Bush administration's request for data on Web searches as ``so uninformed as to be nonsensical'' in papers filed in San Jose federal court Friday, arguing that turning over the information would expose its trade secrets and violate the privacy of its users.

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Nintendo Revolution Base To Act As Power Source

The base of the Nintendo Revolution is also going to be the power source unit, according to UK Nintendo mag.

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EA: Pay us $2 or we'll spam you!

Fight Night 3 PSP players are in for a surprise if they think online play is free. Either give EA your personal details including email, or else pay them $2 to avoid them spamming you.

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Relaunch of Anonymous Inet - Bypass school and work firewalls!

Anonymous Inet has been relaunched, after being down for a couple of months. Anonymous Inet is a free anonymous proxy service, it can be used to bypass school firewalls, work firewalls, for more privacy online and more.

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Howto: Connect Your TI-83 Calculator to the Internet

Justin Karneges has released Telnet 83 v0.96 Beta for the TI-83. This program will allow you to connect to the Internet from your TI-83 and it allows you to do IRC, e-mail, or browse the World Wide Web. You need a TI-Graph Link cable, an external 9600 modem, and a cellular phone or wall jack.

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9 must have Firefox extensions for web developers

Engadget's CSS blog lists 9 Firefox extensions that anyone who works with web technology should check out. Some you might have heard of already, others you may not.

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DirecTV blade coming to Xbox360 Dashboard?

A scan of the March 2006 issue of Official Xbox Magazine reveals "that a DirecTV blade might be added to your Xbox 360 Dashboard to accompany the Xbox Live, Games, Media, and System blades. In that blade, you could download TV episodes in high definition, HD movies on demand, and standard-definition streaming DVR (i.e., TiVo) functions."

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Nvidia conference call confirms PlayStation 3 is late

While Sony maintains that they're going to release the PlayStation 3 this spring, the entire industry, says that there's no chance that the console will release anytime before the fall season. Now you can add one of Sony's major component providers, Nvidia, to the list.

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The First Modern "Time Capsule"; Not to be Opened for the next 6,107 Years

In the basement of Phoebe Hearst Hall at Oglethorpe University in Georgia, there is a stainless steel vault door which was welded shut over sixty five years ago...the contents of this vault will remain unseen and undisturbed for the next 6,107 years

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NES Alarm Clock

"So I built a funky alarm clock out of an old Nintendo console. Why? Because I was at Value Village with my girlfriend and my sister, and while they were browsing through miles of clothing the only thing of interest I could find were two broken Nintendo units without paddles, and I had to do something with them."

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800+ Online Classic Arcade/Nintendo Games

This site offers you the chance to play the great 80's classics. These old arcade games are gaining a new lease of life thanks to an emulator that restores them to how they were upon their release.

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Add digg to your site, in a navigable window.

For example, here's Kevin's digg. To add one to your site, just copy/paste a bit of HTML, and tweak the settings (try your username, a digg search term, a digg category RSS feed, or some of the other built-in services). Questions or comments, please let me know (just follow the link down at the bottom of the Bitty site). -Scott

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Bye-bye, FrontPage in New Office, Says Microsoft

Microsoft will close the book on its FrontPage Web-design program with the release of Office 2007, formerly known as Office 12, late this year.

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Apple beginning to phase out the 15" PowerBook?

TUAW has received a tip that points to the possibility that Apple could already be phasing out the 15" PowerBook. If this is true, it could force some uneasy decisions for those who had their eye on picking up a pro 15" portable from Apple.

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RadioShack to close up to 700 stores

The consumer electronics retailer, which is hiring legal counsel to investigate the admission by CEO David Edmondson, also announced a new turnaround plan that includes closing 400 to 700 company-operated stores. It said the plan could result in costs of up to $100 million.

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Brandmarks on Human Body (in Photoshop)

This is a Photoshop tutorial on how to create realistic looking brandmarks on human skin, including smoke special-effects.

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Google adds TONS of new widgets for Google's Personalized homepage

I noticed that there are a crapload of new user-created widgets for Google's personalized home, sweet!

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Should Apple save the day and buy Blockbuster?

Poor Blockbuster Video hasn't made a profit in years, NetFlix is cleaning its clock, and the future looks bleak for this pioneering video rental chain. Steve Jobs to the rescue?

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10 Reasons to Buy Windows Vista

All this is not to say that Vista is a slam-dunk and everyone should be running out to buy it as soon as Microsoft takes the wraps off. Be sure to read the "Five Things That Will Give You Pause" at the end of the article as well.

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7000 fps movie of rare "Sprite" lightning

Mysterious flashes of light called "sprites", that occur above thunderclouds during powerful storms, have been captured on film in unprecedented detail by researchers using an ultra-high-speed camera. They "resemble a giant undulating jellyfish with its tentacles falling from a halo of light". Link to movie included.

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vNES - The NES Emu For Your Cell Phone!!

"We are proud to announce vNes, the fastest and best NES emulator for mobiles. It is fastest - with nes instructions optimizing, it can be even run smoothly in J2ME(java in mobiles). Has perfect sound(for symbian), perfect speed and most roms..." I personally use this on my Samsung A900... some games run a little slow, but this things awesome!

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this the first game made with CSS?

an interesting game by a CSS guru. Can you finish the game in 11 steps?

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Digg Friends Checker - Who has you as a friend on digg?

Ever wanted to know who has you listed as a friend on digg? Well you can check here, I've created a page that creates a google query to find out.

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US Gov't Trying To Put Online Porn Out of Business

The US Government is trying very hard and very quietly to put all online adult websites out of business. The rules and regulations that the government wants all websites owners to adhere to are so confusing that essentially EVERYONE will be found guilty, hence they'll be out of business.

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Man in Vietnam hasn't slept in 33 years.

64-year old Thai Ngoc had a fever in 1973, and after that he never went to sleep again, not even for a quick nap. He even had a medical examination, but doctors gave him a clean bill of health.

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Getting rid of common annoyances in Windows Xp

hate little popups in windows xp, this shows you how to get rid of them

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Nintendo: Official Magazine Scans (Revolution, Twilight Princess inside!)

Check out some scans from Nintendo's brand new official magazine in the UK. Twilight Princess talk, Revolution discussions, and a Capcom interview about their situation with software for the Revolution!

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Things you don't want Google to find - screenshots

"Hacking Google" isn't exactly new. That is, using the search engine to look for confidential information. But as McAfee's senior vice president for Risk Management George Kurtz demonstrated at RSA Conference, that didn't prevent users and organisations to post those goodies online for anyone to find.

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'Antigravity' Propulsion System Proposed

An 'antigravity' propulsion system was proposed at the Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF). The new exact solution to Einstein's gravitational field equation might make it possible to accelerate space craft to speeds approaching that of light without crushing the contents of the craft

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AJAX based ad-free CD-cover search engine

This is the absolute best CD cover search engine I've seen so far. Beats FindMyCover and all the others hands down. No ads, beautiful design, AJAX-based and fast. So, forget the other sites and bookmark this beauty.

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Computer Addiction? Nah, Probably Just Modern Life

Millions of people worldwide spend enormous amounts of time online, but are they addicted? Video games and the Internet have been subject to suspicion since the computer became a household fixture. One complaint: People get sucked into spending enormous amounts of time on the computer, to the detriment of other parts of their life.

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Nintendo to Unveil Opera Based Web Browser for Nintendo DS

According to NintendoDS Advanced, Nintendo is set to unveil a web browser for their DS system powered by Opera. Other important announcements are supposed to be made at the same conference in Japan very soon.

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Pirates Beware: Microsoft Fights Back

Microsoft's new installation includes invalid product key detection

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Pics of Nissan Terranaut reveal vehicle perfect for Picard and his crew

Nissan of Europe has released a bevy of images showing every nook and cranny of its upcoming Geneva-bound concept, the Terranaut. The 4x4, according to the company, was designed for "scientists, geologists, archaeologists or adventurers" whose office is the great outdoors.

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Lessons From The Past: Five Mistakes Apple Isn't Repeating With The iPod

Apple isn't screwing up the iPod the way they did the Mac. This outlines why. Makes sense to me!

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Jack Bauer Kill Counter

A running inventory of all the people killed on the current season of 24 (by Jack Bauer and others).

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End the digg effect with a Firefox extension!

This greasemonkey script puts an icon next to every digg story that provides a Google Cache and Coral link to the story. Useful for when a site goes down after getting a homepage on digg.

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Shop attendant becomes new Lara Croft

Replacing Angelina Jolie, a shop attendant from London is chosen to become the new flesh and blood of Lara Croft from the Tomb Raider games and films.

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a PS3 release has been set!! (will contain a xbox live like service)

Next Generation has the hot scoop—the PS3 will probably be hitting the streets on September 21st in the US, September 16th in Japan, and include a new XBox Live-alike system, HUB. According to well-placed industry sources.

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Software to Watch DVDs and All Multimedia Files on Ubuntu

Shows where to get the "restricted" libdvdcss2, win32 codecs and other binaries required to complete you Ubuntu multimedia experience. Includes links to the .deb pacakges in case the repositories are down just when you need it.

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RIAA Says Ripping CDs to Your iPod is NOT Fair Use

The RIAA argues in a DMCA rule-making filing that copying for personal use (to an iPod) is not fair-use.

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Google Windows apps coming to Linux

Google is working with CodeWeavers to bring the first of what may be many of its Windows desktop applications to the Linux desktop.

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New Google Acquisition!

Google has bought private beta Measuremap.com. Looks like a big step for Google Analytics...

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IE7 vs. Everyone Else

Four tech experts battle over which is the best browser -- Internet Explorer 7, Firefox, Opera, or Maxthon.

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Make the Perfect Structure for a Site

How to build a useful sitemap, determine an SEO friendly permanent link structure, and code the server-side of a site for an accessible and user-friendly site. Diagrams included.

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Prostitutes call for ban on GTA

Seems like pretty much everybody is attacking GTA nowadays.

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Javascript effect to fade between images

I was just browsing javascript techniques, and I came across this really slick image cross-fader. It takes an array of images and crossfades between them (fade in and fade out at the same time). Check it out.

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RIAA Bans The Reselling Of iPods With Preloaded Music

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) says that reselling an iPod or MP3 player with music already preloaded on it is illegal. The RIAA is monitoring this means of infringement. Just a warning to all sellers on ebay. And to spread the word in the article also is a lawyer from ebay.

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Rootkits. Not just for CD's anymore...

When will Sony-BMG learn? According to F-Secure, the German version of Mr. & Mrs. Smith has a tasty rootkit in it.

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What are the most common search terms?

The most common searches on popular search engines. Warning: some terms NSFW.

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The Physics Behind Stone Skipping

What makes a stone bounce repeatedly when thrown across the surface of a lake, and how many bounces can it perform?

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Labelflash vs LightScribe DVD/CD Labeling

"Forget about labeling your DVDs and CDs with a magic marker: a new generation of burners and media that use LightScribe and Labelflash software offer promising results."

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E3 2006: Sony vs Microsoft battle heating up

After Sony stole the show last year with their dazzling game trailers, will actual hands-on impressions of the PS3 stand up to all the hype, or will Microsoft's second wave of Xbox 360 games (HALO 3 anybody?) show Sony why 360 isn't just Xbox 1.5.

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Palm OS to be replaced by a version of Linux

Access, the company that purchased PalmSource, will be releasing a Linux-based platform for handhelds and smartphones. What will this mean for Linux, Windows Mobile, smartphones, handhelds, media players, etc? Discuss below, let you're imagination drive your comments.

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B'klyn grandma sued for $150G by MPAA

A 63-year-old Brooklyn grandmother is being sued by Hollywood for allegedly downloading a pirated version of the Adam Sandler film "The Longest Yard."

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Interview with Effects Supervisor of Battlestar Galactica

The look and feel of this new BSG (Battlestar Galactica) is like no other sci-fi shows out there. Zoic Studios is the principal digital VFX vendor on the series and they managed to pull some amazing visuals for this ground-breaking television series currently airing on the Sci-Fi Channel (in the US).

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Long-hidden cheat for MS Pinball - with newbie reverse engineering tutorial

This article not only reveals the coolest cheat for the Pinball game included with Windows, but also explains how the author found it, and gives the basic techniques for reverse engineering and cracking programs.

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Adult Swim "Fix" Goes 24/7

We're now going to be offering seven full-length episodes online 24/7, with premieres continuing to stream on Fridays.

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Nintendo Revolution playable at E3

In an interview, Reggie Fils-Aime of Nintendo has confirmed that their Revolution console is ready for E3!

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*** top 500 most watched google videos ! ***

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Pic of Galaxy on its Side

This is a picture of the Sombrero Galaxy. This the coolest space photograph I have seen in a long time.

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AT&T says Apple is infringing on MPEG-4 patents

AT&T says that Apple and others are infringing on its MPEG video compression patents. PC Magazine reports that "AT&T possesses several patents related to video compression, which the company says are an essential component of the MPEG-4 video technology.

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Redefining Success: Who's really winning the console war?

"Nintendo nets millions on gaming each year; MS loses billions. But MS's console outsells Nintendo." This is an article on 1up.com that explains why Nintendo is winning the console war.

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First photo of iPods available at 7-Eleven (Japan)

"Apple previously announced that they would be selling iPods at 7-Eleven convenience stores in Japan..."

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Xbox 360 Hacked - Full Read/Write HDD Access

A new app was just released that allows anyone to gain full read/write access to their Xbox 360. Its now possible to load in gamesaves from the net and even Xbox 1 gamesaves.

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HowTo: Boot 100+ different OS's in one computer

Amazing how this guy has installed in one box so many OS's: 3 Dos, 3 Windows, 5 BSDs, 2 Solaris, 97 Linux Distros. Here he explains how to configure Grub and menu to handle his 100+ installed operating systems.

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Light speed by 2100?

Researcher Dr. Franklin Felber has, supposedly, figured out a way to accelerate a payload to nearly the speed of light while negating the massive pressures that were assumed to exist at that speed. If his theory is correct, we could have near-light speed travel by the end of the century.

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A red dot on a cellphone indicates water damage and a voided warranty.

A liquid contact dot inside cell phones turns from white to red when submersed into water.

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Apple to release iTunes Videos at TRIPLE the current Resolution?

Lets imagine for a moment that the next "video" iPod does indeed have a screen 3x larger than the current model. That would be a 960 x 540 screen, assuming Apple would be adopting a 16×9 horizontal form factor..

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LED sign now lets you upload pictures

The LED sign that made front page last week now lets you upload images to display on the sign, very cool, check it out.

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Sneak Preview of Yahoo's Redesign

A cool sneak preview with a SCREEN SHOT ;)
Pretty nice redesign by Yahoo....

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Now You Can Buy Aerogel

A company called United Nuclear is selling sugar cube-size samples of REAL AEROGEL for $30 and Bic lighter-size samples for $125.

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Video gaming keeps the brain from aging!

Gaming doesn't only improve hand-eye coördination and reflexes; "Canadian researchers are finding evidence that the high-speed, multitasking of the young and wireless can help protect their brains from aging."

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The coolest video of an Automatic Shotgun you will ever see

This video is incredible. Imagine the damage you could do with one of these.

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Near-Light Speed Travel Possible?

New antigravity solution will enable space travel near speed of light by the end of this century, predicted.

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The Face Transformer - Make your picture Old, Young, Manga, etc!

The face transformer allows you to upload a picture of yourself and manipulate your face with filters - make yourself look like tiger woods, an old grandma, a baby or even a manga character.

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Convert google video (.flv) flash to ANYTHING [mp4.mpg.mov.wmv.viv.vob.swf]

its freeware (utterly, completely, no strings attatched)

Video format: 3gp/3g2(Nokia,Siemens,Sony,Ericsson) asf, avi (DivX,H263,H263+,H264,Xvid,MPEG4,MSmpeg4 etc..), fli, flc, flv (used in Flash), mpg (Mpeg I,Mpeg II), mov, mp4, ogg, qt, rm, str (Play Station), swf (Flash), viv, vob, wmv
Audio format: ac3, amr, mp2, mp3, mp4, ogg, ra, wma

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Exclusive: Hands-On with PlayStation 3

Kikizo presents a detailed, early account of its first-hand experience with a little known console called PS3. Is it looking like a new generational leap, or emotion engine tears? We have some answers.

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McDonalds in Japan uses sex to sell burgers (video)

Japanese commercial featuring a very sexy "Ronald McDonald". I wonder why they don't do this in the United States?

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(GIF file) It's the vim assistant! A Satire of Office Assistant

The Paperclip is back.

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"How to Send Mail at 670,000,000 mph"....Old Apple III Advertisement

An old Apple ad touting this new fangled thing called "electronic mail"...

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Apple Quietly Rolls Out Updated Nano Design To Help Combat Scratches

Apple has sliently updated the iPod nano design in response to scratching outcry. With the 1GB nano and possible others, there is a slightly raised rim around the entire iPod, thus preventing the entire iPod face touching the surface when laid on its face.

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Procrastination: Ten Things To Know

"There are many ways to avoid success in life, but the most sure-fire just might be procrastination. Procrastinators sabotage themselves. They put obstacles in their own path. They actually choose paths that hurt their performance."

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All 38 scans of the currently-circulating Nintendo booklet.

New images of the Revolution hardware as well as the controller's evolution are inside.

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The Best NES Game Hack of All Time

"In a way, I think we all thirst for a new 2D side scrolling Mario adventure. It's some sort of basic human need, along with eating, sleeping and reproduction."

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Google map hack + cell phone photos + dumpster diving = awesome

This is a great Google map project - when you're out and about in New York City and spot something cool destined for the dump, take a photo with your phone, send a description and an address!!!.

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Netflix's best customers penalized

I canceled my Netflix 2 years ago because of this. (Not me, the guy who wrote it)

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How To Maximize Hard Drive Life

The following is a list of important maintenance and monitoring techniques you can use to maximize the life of your hard drive and prevent data loss.

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Top 10 Advantages of ADD in a High Tech Career

Having ADD can be a competitive ADDvantage in a High Tech Career, here's 10 reasons why.

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The Screen Savers! - Thermite PC

Have your PC self destruct to destroy all data!

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Legitimate Nintendo Revolution Leak, Backside Shown

It seems as though a 100% legitimate leak has been made from somewhere in Japan of some type of Nintendo booklet that shows not only the evolution of the Nintendo Revolution controller, but a slipped shot of the back of the Revolution as well. The shot suggests a power port, a fan, a possbile USB port and most likely a display port of some kind.

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Browse The Internet On Your Xbox360

Anthony Park has invented software that will allow you to browse the internet with the Media Center Edition remote. This means, technically, that you can go to the more programs tab on your Xbox360 and run the program. Then you can use the remote to surf the internet on your Xbox360, supposedly.

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Intel iBooks/Touch-Screen iPods in April

"At the end of his Macworld keynote address in January, Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO, noted that the company will celebrate its 30th birthday on April 1, 2006," analyst Charles Wolf wrote in a research note released to clients on Thursday. "While it's possible that Jobs' was simply pointing out the longevity of Apple.

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HL2 Rube Goldberg Device

Cool video of a rube goldberg device made in half life 2.
Someone had too much time on their hands

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Easter Egg Found in Apple's Final Cut Pro HD

Those of you fortunate enough to own Final Cut Pro 4.5, or those who promote eclecticism: nested in your FCP application itself is a string that is quite out of the ordinary. This is as random as random gets.

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McDonalds far worse than you once thought...

McDonalds somehow missed that it's fries contain 1/3 more trans fats than once measured. Consumer groups and the government (US) have been pushing fast food restaurants to size up their true nutritional content and place it on packaging. This means a large fries contains 30 grams (1 full shot glass) of artery blocking goodness.

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Do you have a brain parasite?

Toxoplasma gondii may be the most prevalent human parasite. As many as 50% of humans worldwide, and up to 80% in urban areas, have been infected with it at some time in their lives. An estimated 60 million people in the US have active cases at any given time.

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Could the Playstation 3 Kill Sony?

With Microsoft having already launched the Xbox 360 to overwhelming demand, many are wondering what the counter from Sony will truly look like, hype set aside.

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Video: Inside a Secret Netflix Shipping Center

A rare look inside a Netflix shipping center where most of the work is done by hand -- and they ship more than 1 million movies daily!

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HBO Petitions FCC To Ban DVR Recording (Again!)

They've been trying to limiting our recording rights all along and are at it again. If your piping media into my house I intend to retain the right to copy whatever I want, whenever I want.

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Verizon: We're Ending Google's "Free Lunch"

One more member of the Telco mafia has threatened Google with a bandwidth cutoff. Verizon senior VP and general counsel John Thorne told a conference that Google "is enjoying a free lunch," by using Verizon's network, and issued a veiled threat to cut off Google's bandwidth.

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Amazing Photos of China

Forget everything you think you know about China and take a couple minutes to ponder these images. Few people in the Western world know about the hidden beauty of China. Well..... of course it helps to have an ace photographer who can capture this land of enchantment as no other has. But these are some truly inspiring photos.

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Firefox Myths 1.1.1

Does Firefox really have 72 security vulnerabilities? Is Opera really the Fastest and Most Secure Web Browser? Are IE and Mozilla faster than Firefox? Are the Market Share Reports Wrong? Are Firefox Extensions unsafe? Is Firefox not fully standards Complaint? Read on

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Handy CSS layout generator for web developers

Someone on IRC pointed me to this CSS generator, and the number of options and output are impressive. The ability to have verbose comments in the CSS is a nice way to learn what browser hacks are being implemented (and gives you an easy way to pull them out if you like). I can take no credit for this tool, so props to the appropriate party...

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Windows Vista will be released December 1st

Or maybe November 30th. Microsoft EMEA has put up a contest website to guess the Vista launch date. After you submit a date, it loads a "hint" video. A look at the page source shows that until Nov 30 the video comes from an "early" directory; this switches over to "late" on Dec 1. You can guess the rest.

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Could NASA Get To Pluto Faster? Space Expert Says Yes - By Thinking Nuclear

NASA can curb the travel time to the outer planets from nearly a decade to a matter of weeks - something considered critical for the human exploration of the solar system. What's required, is a renewed commitment to nuclear propulsion...

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Apollo astronauts noticed something very strange about shadows on the moon

Thirty years ago their strange experiences were as well-known to the public as the Man in the Moon. Not anymore. Many of the best tales of Apollo have faded with the passage of time. Even NASA personnel have forgotten some of them.

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Video of Spacesuit Satellite Being Thrown into Space

A 2 minute video clip of the spacesuit satellite starting it's orbit around earth.

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BitTorrent to crack down on use of name

The creators of the BitTorrent file-swapping application will soon begin cracking down on how other software developers use the BitTorrent name, company President Ashwin Navin said Monday.

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Eleven jaw-dropping facts about IQ

Summary: Eleven facts about intelligence that will astound the experts. Who has it and how do we measure it?

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300 Apple Ads & Movies to enjoy & Save to your Mac

The movies span subjects from iMac ads to the SNL spoof of Steve Jobs.
Sure, these videos are available in other places on the net, but the folks at the Different District have organized them and made them searchable, two big pluses.

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PlayStation Portable to Get E-Mail and GPS

The next Sony PlayStation Portable firmware update will include e-mail capability called "Sony Mail," according to an article to appear in the March issue of PlayStation Magazine. And Sony plans to release later this year the GPS add-on for the PSP demonstrated at a couple of shows last year.

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creating websites with CSS and (X)HTML : tutorials and lessons

Great site for CSS reference and tutorials, be sure to check the menu tutorials.

CSS Style Sheets are a complement to HTML and their function is to take care of all the layout aspects of a document. This goes from aesthetics (colors, fonts...) to functionality (positioning, structure, navigation).

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5 Tips for Getting the Most Out of digg Traffic

Five simple steps for getting the Most Out of your front-page digg.

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Tons Of Free Open Source Windows Games

Sick of free trials and demo's? I am and i stumbled across this little gem. Tons of titles to choose from and its all open source.

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10 Chuck Norris Computer Facts

If you're hooked on Chuck Norris jokes, you need to check out these ten facts about Chuck and his computer. Chuck Norris got bored of Digg; his old username is Albertpacino.

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An Animation of How Million Dollar Hompage Filled Up.

Pretty wicked crazy how the pixels filled in from the top and not more random as one astute person would think it would give a pixel buyer more viewage being separated from everyone else.

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CSS Positioning

To use CSS for layout effectively, it helps to know how it's used to position page content. This article gives an overview of the methods and rules that govern visual rendering in the CSS2 specification. It also points out some things to watch out for.

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Statistics about almost everything

A really cool site with statistics of things like religion, Internet, and loads of other stuff. Check it out!

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Nintendo Revolution to cost $200

Will Nintendo's new wonder machine cost the same as Sega's Dreamcast did on 9/9/99?

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What is Google Maps hiding in this image?

A large blacked out image is placed over this area. What could it be?

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Create pixel art like a pro

There are other pixel tutorials around, but I find them to be overly complicated and too wordy. In this 10-step tutorial, I'll teach you how to create a "sprite", which is a stand-alone two-dimensional character or object. The term comes from video games, of course.

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Google snack rooms: an insider photo

And it's all free.

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Super Mario Brothers Synth Board

Super Mario Brother Synth board, create your own SMB mix of songs and sounds, i just listened to the water level music for 10 minutes....:)

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Its been fun Google! CBS Programming Coming to iTunes

CBS has confirmed that it is in talks with Apple to bring its programming to the iTunes Music Store. CBS Digital Media president Larry Kramer confirmed the news in an interview with financial site MarketWatch.

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HOW TO - Make shoes that spell words with light...

You really have to see the photos to appreciate how cool this is. The Dance Messenger - Fun persistence of vision toy. Attach it to your shoe and write messages or patterns while you walk, run or dance!

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Nintendo Voice Gaming Patents Revealed

Two new patent applications have shown up on the United States Patent and Trademark Office website. According to Kotakuite Psyclone, Both were filed by Nintendo of America in July 2004 but didn't show up on the website until today.

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Sony Online Entertainment's dirty business tactics exposed

The article here describes some of the dirty busienss practices exercised by Sony Online Entertainment in order to get your money.

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What is Steve Jobs' $1 yearly salary really all about?

Since we have gotten several posts about how generous Steve Jobs is for taking only $1 a year, let's talk about what it really is.

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30 Boxes, Best... Calender... EVER

Well earlier last week Om Malik said that 30 Boxes would be to calendaring what gmail was to email and I can't agree more. It's this and so much more. I had a chance to demo the software and have written a review. The public beta launches on Sunday and you will definitely want to check this one out.

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Mars Rover Update: Sliding Into 'Home Plate', Onward To Victoria Crater

NASA's revered Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, are both on a roll toward new scientific objectives, but two years into their mission, the twin robots are each showing their age.

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Why George Lucas Sold Pixar To Steve Jobs

It was twenty years ago this month that George Lucas sold Pixar to Steve Jobs. This short story explains why.

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EBay Buyers Want What's In Your Hard Drive

TechWeb News quoted Garfinkel saying, "I think that many drives sell for more than their market value. He suggested the reason is people are looking for information.

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Amazing Photo Rebuilding - Photoshop Move Over!

Wow! I came across this site via a blog entry. Check out the image inpainting section. Subtitles almost in-detectably removed. Cages removed and subject behind is rebuilt. This is incredible software. No Photoshop Used.

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Sirius Shock: Pirates Hit Howard Stern Show

Everyone saw this one coming. His show has never been better. No more bullshit.

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Cartoon that shows how to count in binary

just what the title says

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CBS abandons Google Video, will sell Survivor episodes on own site

New episodes of the popular "Survivor" reality television series will be made available for download directly from CBS's Web site for $1.99 per episode, a first in network TV, the company said Wednesday. CBS is not likely to stop there either.

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Tons of PS3 Details Revealed

"Grab a plate, because we got a mouthful of juicy morsels regarding the PS3. According to the March issue of PSM, Sony's new console will be going for MSoft's online jugular. Bloody, yes. But, this is war. Supposedly."

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ZDNet Interview with Digg founder Kevin Rose, part 1

Richard MacManus interviews Kevin Rose!!

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Flash Earth: Google Earth In Your Browser

Flash Earth is a Flash version of Google Map's satellite pictures. Unlike Google Maps, Flash Earth allows you to zoom and move your view smoothly and responsively. It also has support for MSN Virtual Earth (but I'm sure you all prefer Google).

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Playstation 3 Developer Fired For Talking

PS3week has an interview with the Sony artist who was fired for his opinion of the PS3: "I started off very excited about PS3. I was very confident that it was going to destroy the XBOX 360 just on the name SONY alone. The more time that goes by the more I'm becoming doubtful. Everything I've developed or seen developed has yet to be next gen."

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The End of the Internet?

"Industry planners are mulling new subscription plans that would further limit the online experience, establishing "platinum," "gold" and "silver" levels of Internet access that would set limits on the number of downloads, media streams or even e-mail messages that could be sent or received."

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How Products Are Made

Everyone knows about HowStuffWorks.com, but this site describes how hundreds of things are made!

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Space Worms Game

This is an awsomly addictive flash game.

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The world's first spam email

The first spam email was sent on May 01 1978 by a DEC marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States.

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BitTorrent Client Shootout

Good article comparing Popular BitTorrent Clients including BitTorrent, µTorrent, BitTornado, Azureus, BitComet, BitLord

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Firefox 1.5.0.1 Officially Released

Firefox 1.5.0.1 with many fixes, including improved Mac OS X support, has been released.

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Adobe to Release Flex 2, Flash 8.5 Betas

A new version of Flash. Didn't we just have a new version?
Betas are downloadable now from Adobe.

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Probably the worst video game show... ever.

Probably the worst video game show ever. I say let's support them for entertainment! (google vid)

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Create a Font From Your Hand Writing

"Fontifier lets you use your own handwriting for the text you write on your computer. It turns a scanned sample of your handwriting into a handwriting font that you can use in your word processor or graphics program, just like regular fonts such as Helvetica".

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Study Confirms '10th Planet' Indeed Larger than Pluto

An object discovered earlier this year and considered by some to be our solar system's 10th planet is indeed larger than Pluto, a new study confirms.

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PSP Universal Remote

"One of the most requested applications for the PSP has finally become a reality! Thanks to Massa84 you can now turn your PSP into a universal remote capable of controlling thousands of devices! It lets you emulate every remote supported by lirc (www.lirc.org), they're nearly 1800 (all included in the release)" Via http://psphacker.com

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Bond girl hunt as filming starts

Filming for the latest Bond movie, Casino Royale, has begun. They (The Producers) are still searching for a Leading Lady and a Villain.

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