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  • German thief successfully robs arcade using a cup of coffee

    9 Feb 2010 | 8:30 am
    A thief in the German town of Hamelin robbed an amusement arcade by threatening the attendant with a cup of coffee

  • Krugman: ‘Dark age of macroeconomics’ is upon us

    9 Feb 2010 | 8:30 am
    In Stata Center lecture, the Nobel Prize-winning former MIT professor warns that America is replaying its past economic policy mistakes.

  • Top 10 Games Of The Decade

    9 Feb 2010 | 8:00 am
    It's 2010 now, baby, and the past 10 years have given us a wide variety of memorable cinematic and gaming moments: exploding Halo rings, the killing of Bill, a war against the gods and the history of violence. In the theater we saw the best superhero movies of all time. On the couch we played the greatest shooters ever created.

  • Twins Discover Teenage Brother’s Death on Facebook

    9 Feb 2010 | 7:50 am
    Instead of finding happy birthday wishes, the two twins found messages of “RIP Bobby” (their brother) and “RIP Chris Naylor” (a friend of his) all across their Facebook news feeds. Completely shocked, baffled, and hurt, the two rang their brother’s phone in the hopes it was a mistake. It was to no avail.

  • House GOP Responds to Summit Invite

    9 Feb 2010 | 7:29 am
    House GOP Leader John Boehner (R., Ohio) and Whip Eric Cantor (R., Va.) just sent White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel a letter regarding the upcoming health-care summit
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  • Sapphire Radeon HD 5570 1,024MB graphics card: the jigsaw is

    9 Feb 2010 | 6:38 am
    Filling in the gap left by the last two launches, £60 will buy you a Radeon HD 5570 1,024MB card. We find out how good it is.

  • Apple Management: iPad Prices Could Change

    9 Feb 2010 | 6:24 am
    Apple intends to stay "nimble" on pricing of the iPad, possibly lowering prices if the newly unveiled tablet device fails to gain traction among consumers.

  • The 7 Somewhat United States of Facebook

    9 Feb 2010 | 6:15 am
    Peter Warden, a former Apple engineer, likes to analyze data — so much so that he started scraping public profiles and photos from hundreds of millions of Facebook accounts about a year ago, and now has data collected from more than 200 million around the world.

  • Macworld Expo 2010 Caters to Apple Fans

    9 Feb 2010 | 2:46 am
    Like a Star Trek convention minus Leonard Nimoy, Macworld Conference and Expo 2010 kicks off Tuesday at San Francisco's Moscone Center with no official

  • Decent DX11 Capable Gaming For $79, Radeon HD 5570 Launched

    9 Feb 2010 | 1:10 am
    A quick look at its model number, will reveal that the Radeon HD 5570 falls somewhere in between the Radeon HD 5450 and 5670 in AMD's current line-up. The card offers decent frame rates at moderately high resolutions for some of the latest and it's also a half-height, low-power card so perhaps ideal for an HTPC
 
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  • Apple Management: iPad Prices Could Change

    9 Feb 2010 | 6:24 am
    Apple intends to stay "nimble" on pricing of the iPad, possibly lowering prices if the newly unveiled tablet device fails to gain traction among consumers.

  • Macworld Expo 2010 Caters to Apple Fans

    9 Feb 2010 | 2:46 am
    Like a Star Trek convention minus Leonard Nimoy, Macworld Conference and Expo 2010 kicks off Tuesday at San Francisco's Moscone Center with no official

  • Are You Interested in Tablet Computing?

    8 Feb 2010 | 10:20 pm
    We've been showered in tablet talk in the wake of the Apple iPad announcement, and while we have our problems with it (and so did you), we're still left wondering: Are you interested in some form of tablet computing?

  • New iPhone App keeps track of MP

    8 Feb 2010 | 2:20 pm
    Want to know what your local MP is doing? There's an app for that. Labour MP Derek Wyatt has become the world's first serving politician to launch an iPhone app which he said makes him more accountable to constituents.The free MyMP app shows users what their MP is doing, where they are and lets the public send messages to them directly!

  • The 10 Oddest Apple-Themed Products [PICS]

    6 Feb 2010 | 6:50 pm
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  • Canon bows Rebel T2i with 18-megapixel sensor, 1080p30 video

    8 Feb 2010 | 11:54 am
    Canon this morning launched a slew of camera updates headlined by the Rebel T2i. The successor to Canon's entry DSLR shoots at the same 18 megapixels as the EOS 7D and also inherits its video recording features: it now shoots at a full 30 frames per second at 1080p.

  • Linus Torvalds Loves His New Google Nexus One

    7 Feb 2010 | 7:00 pm
    Self-described cellphone cynic and "father of Linux" Linus Torvalds decided to get a Google Nexus One the other day. And while the customer service lines may be clogged over the phone's performance, Daddy Linux is positively pleased as punch.

  • Neat Radio Controlled Toy Car Uses Coca-Cola as Fuel

    6 Feb 2010 | 5:30 pm
    Takara Tomy, a Japanese toy maker, has manufactured a prototype RC ‘ene Bio Engine’ car (looks more like a futuristic delivery truck) that runs on Sony’s sugar fueled Bio-Battery. The car, which may be powered by a variety of sugary liquids is still in its prototype phase. See the car in action in the video after the jump.

  • How the Nexus One Was Created [VIDEO]

    6 Feb 2010 | 7:10 am
    Google has launched a series of videos on its official Nexus One YouTube channel, documenting various details on how the Android phone was created.

  • Tech Evolution: 18 Gadgets That Used to be High-Tech

    5 Feb 2010 | 5:40 pm
    Depending on your age, you’ve probably seen at least a few generations of technology. It’s amazing how quickly the sizes and shapes of our gadgets can change as the technology improves. The Chicago Tribune compiled a photo essay of gadgets that once were futuristic, but now might as well be from the Flintstones.
 
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  • The 7 Somewhat United States of Facebook

    9 Feb 2010 | 6:15 am
    Peter Warden, a former Apple engineer, likes to analyze data — so much so that he started scraping public profiles and photos from hundreds of millions of Facebook accounts about a year ago, and now has data collected from more than 200 million around the world.

  • Google's Display-Ad Sales Should Top $1 Billion

    9 Feb 2010 | 12:50 am
    As analysts say rising demand for Internet display ads will begin paying off for Google in 2010, one asks: "Is this a $10 billion business?"

  • The Pirate Bay To Be Censored in Italy, Again

    9 Feb 2010 | 12:30 am
    Following a lengthy legal procedure the Court of Bergamo has once again ruled that Italian ISPs have to censor their networks and prevent customer access to The Pirate Bay. Millions of Italian Internet users will be denied access to the popular torrent site in an attempt to prevent copyright infringement.

  • Google Creating Twitter Clone for Gmail

    8 Feb 2010 | 2:10 pm
    Gmail users can currently broadcast status messages via the Google Talk feature. The main difference between the current offering and the new feature is that status messages aren't available in a timeline format.

  • Imgur: Stolen Content and Social Media's Double Standard

    8 Feb 2010 | 11:10 am
    The majority of the images uploaded to Imgur are stolen from elsewhere. There is zero policing and all uploads are anonymous, which means that great pictures from across the web are scraped and uploaded as ‘genuine’ content all the time.
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  • Microsoft Declares Itself Still Innovative, Not Clumsy

    8 Feb 2010 | 11:10 pm
    Dick Brass, an ex-reporter who once led the charge to build tablet PCs and e-books at Microsoft, published a fairly devastating critique of his former company in The New York Times. In an op-ed, Brass portrayed the software giant as a company where visionary thinking goes to wilt and die

  • Early Windows 7 Testers Must Soon Upgrade or Backtrack

    8 Feb 2010 | 4:48 am
    Users who installed the Windows 7 Release Candidate must soon commit or find their way back to Vista.

  • Windows Phone 7 to Drop Multitasking?

    6 Feb 2010 | 8:40 pm
    Microsoft may consciously limit Windows Phone 7 in its attempt to compete against Apple, a leak sent out today claims. Echoing some previous reports, a source says WP7 will have a Zune-like interface at many levels but goes on to say this will extend to the underlying framework as well. It would drop multitasking and instead pause apps...

  • Microsoft warns of IE flaw, turns PC into public file server

    6 Feb 2010 | 7:30 am
    Microsoft has warned of an Information Disclosure vulnerability discovered in Internet Explorer. Windows XP users on IE6 or users who have disabled Internet Explorer Protected Mode are affected.

  • Microsoft: 'We measure our work by its broad impact'

    5 Feb 2010 | 11:40 am
    You had to know Microsoft would respond to former VP Dick Brass saying the company didn't have "a true system for innovation" in the New York Times this morning, and it looks like Redmond's VP of corporate communications Frank Shaw is on the move: he's just posted up a reply on The Official Microsoft Blog.
 
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  • Twitters Development History Beautifully Visualized

    6 Feb 2010 | 12:00 pm
    Twitter just recently launched a new Twitter Engineering blog, and to kick things off, one team member, Ben Sandofsky, decided to share a video he made representing Twitter’s development history. The video was made using Code Swarm, a software tool used to visualize data.

  • CSS3 Techniques You Should Know

    6 Feb 2010 | 12:30 am
    Many of you have probably heard all the buzz around CSS3, but exactly which techniques can we use today? In this article I'll show you some different CSS3 techniques that work great in some of the leading browsers (i.e. Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera ), and how they will degrade well in the non-supported browsers (i.e. Internet Explorer).

  • Vint Cerf Scares Web Dudes by Mentioning Time-sharing

    5 Feb 2010 | 2:10 am
    ...watch this video of Vint Cerf (who has been credited as the father of the Internet) suddenly mention mainframe time-sharing in the middle of a chat on cloud-to-cloud operability.

  • The end of SQL and relational databases?

    3 Feb 2010 | 11:00 am
    The "NoSQL movement" and Cloud based data stores are striving to completely remove developers from a reliance on the SQL language and relational databases. Some developers think this is something new, but object databases appeared in the 1980s and Ray Ozzie started the commercial document-centric datastore business with LotusNotes.

  • Confirmed: Facebook Debuts Homegrown PHP Compiler

    2 Feb 2010 | 7:10 am
    Several anonymous sources have confirmed that Facebook has indeed been making some changes to the basic PHP runtime environment. It will increase speed by around 80% and offer a just-in-time compilation engine that will offer a number of advantages.
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  • Facebook "Cash Scam" Continues to Grow Bigger

    8 Feb 2010 | 6:20 pm
    Users personal information is revealed through photos, status updates and conversations that are being well documented online. Last week, the Serious Fraud Office of London (SFO) warned that Facebook and Twitter are being used to harvest users’ personal financial details by fraudsters in order to operate "boiler rooms" offshore.

  • U.S. House Passes Cybersecurity Research Bill

    7 Feb 2010 | 6:00 pm
    The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a cybersecurity bill that calls for beefing up training, research, and coordination so the government can be better prepared to deal with cyberattacks.

  • Security flaw puts iPhone users at risk of phishing attacks

    6 Feb 2010 | 4:40 am
    A flaw in Apple's implementation of SCEP makes it relatively trivial for a hacker to generate a malicious configuration profile that looks legitimate to users and funnels e-mail, Web, or VPN traffic to a malicious server.

  • Authors Guild: ‘To RIAA or Not to RIAA’

    5 Feb 2010 | 7:40 pm
    There’s equal reason to support or object to the proposed Google Books settlement:Creating a digital catalogue of the worlds’ words might be the Holy Grail of intellectual empowerment.Yet building that library in the clouds would be allowed without the rightsholders’ consent — which the Justice Department and others contend is a...

  • Imagining The Fate Of Data After The Apocalypse

    5 Feb 2010 | 6:32 am
    If modern civilization collapsed, could the survivors hope to rebuild using our massive stores of data? Unless we can come up with something way more permanent to put them on in the near future, we probably shouldn't bank on it.
 
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  • Adobe Claims They Don't Ship Flash With Known Crash Bugs

    8 Feb 2010 | 12:40 pm
    Adobe's comment is what you'd expect any company to say publicly; realistically, what else could they say? It's just very unfortunate for them that someone was able to prove the inaccuracy of this statement in a very compelling way.

  • 15 Fantastic Finds on the Google Code Repository

    6 Feb 2010 | 3:50 pm
    Google Code Repository is a section of Google that, just like SourceForge, allows developers to upload their code for others to use under license. The repository was launched in 2006 and after searching through its archives, I found a number of interesting scripts and other goodies that would be an asset in any website owner/builder's Arsenal.

  • C'mon, Google, who are you kidding? (PIC)

    6 Feb 2010 | 3:40 am
    He said as he planned a surprise all over his keyboard.

  • Toyota's lesson: Software can be unsafe at any speed

    6 Feb 2010 | 1:30 am
    Software glitches may be behind sudden acceleration and braking failures in Toyota vehicles. It's ironic that Toyota, the leader in building quality automobiles, may have become the poster child for poor software quality. It probably won't be the last auto manufacturer to suffer this fate.

  • Adobe Defends Flash, Warns HTML5 Will Not Be Good For Web

    3 Feb 2010 | 8:00 am
    Adobe's Flash technology has been taking a beating lately. Apple still won't support it on its upcoming iPad or its iPhone. Steve Jobs ...
 
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  • German thief successfully robs arcade using a cup of coffee

    9 Feb 2010 | 8:30 am
    A thief in the German town of Hamelin robbed an amusement arcade by threatening the attendant with a cup of coffee

  • Twins Discover Teenage Brother’s Death on Facebook

    9 Feb 2010 | 7:50 am
    Instead of finding happy birthday wishes, the two twins found messages of “RIP Bobby” (their brother) and “RIP Chris Naylor” (a friend of his) all across their Facebook news feeds. Completely shocked, baffled, and hurt, the two rang their brother’s phone in the hopes it was a mistake. It was to no avail.

  • Iran anniversary 'punch' will stun West: Khamenei

    9 Feb 2010 | 6:21 am
    Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday that Iran is set to deliver a "punch" that will stun world powers."The Iranian nation, with its unity and God's grace, will punch the arrogance (Western powers) on February 11 in a way that will leave them stunned.

  • -6C temperatures..snow's on the way as the big freeze return

    8 Feb 2010 | 1:10 pm
    Some parts of Britain will have up to six inches of snow, with ice expected to cause major disruptions on the roads. Eastern parts will be most at risk of snow showers but western areas could have the coldest temperatures because of a lack of cloud cover.

  • School secretary axed for speaking Spanish

    8 Feb 2010 | 10:30 am
    A former North Carolina school secretary, fired for speaking Spanish in violation of the school's no-Spanish rule, has sued the school district, records show.
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  • We're Gonna Have a Tea Party Tonight!: Henry Rollins

    9 Feb 2010 | 6:28 am
    Just when America really needs to get to work and move forward, some of the dimmest bulbs in the country decide it’s time to turn on and lead the race to the bottom.

  • Answering The Bush “Miss Me Yet?” Billboard

    9 Feb 2010 | 6:05 am
    This picture of a billboard is making the rounds on conservative blogs and in the mainstream media. I would like to answer: NO.

  • Meghan McCain: Tea Party represents 'innate racism'

    9 Feb 2010 | 4:05 am
    “It’s innate racism, and I think it’s why young people are turned off by this movement,” McCain charged of Tancredo’s remarks. “Revolutions start with young people, not with 65-year-old people talking about literacy tests and people who can’t say the word vote in English. It’s ridiculous.”

  • 7 Weird Political Ads {Videos}

    8 Feb 2010 | 2:50 pm
    It's a humdinger. But is it the worst political ad of our time? Thanks in part to the dream-enabling power of the stupid internet, there are at least seven other candidates among current and recent political ads for that dubious title. Take a look at them and judge for yourself.

  • Political Correctness Gone Mad

    8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 am
    Rahm Emanuel is facing a political correctness crisis, and as a noted American once said, we should never let a crisis go to waste.
 
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  • An HD Video Tour of the International Space Station

    9 Feb 2010 | 6:30 am
    If you're a huge space buff, you might not be surprised by anything in this video tour of the International Space Station. But it's still great to just get a simple walkthrough of this incredible project and all its corners.

  • The Future of Artificial Intelligence (w/ VIDEO)

    9 Feb 2010 | 6:06 am
    The world has come a long way since 1955 but has AI? What are AI researchers and their machine learning systems up to these days? And will there ever be a truly intelligent machine?

  • Very cool - STS-130: Endeavour Timeline [Pic]

    9 Feb 2010 | 4:50 am
    Follow the 14 day Endeavour's timeline with simple mouse over images. Nasa is really coming through making it easy and fun to anyone to follow what is happening.

  • NASA to Study Seeds in Space to Understand Plant Growth

    9 Feb 2010 | 1:40 am
    (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA scientists hope to better understand exactly how and why plants grow differently in space in an experiment named, Tropi. Future astronauts may be able to grow plants as part of life support systems on long-duration space missions to the moon or Mars.

  • Astronomy Picture of the Day

    9 Feb 2010 | 1:00 am
    A different astronomy and space sciencerelated image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.
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  • Amazon River Water Being Stolen and Bottled Abroad

    9 Feb 2010 | 12:20 am
    A recently published report is exposing some shocking exploitation of the Amazon's natural resources--and this times it's water being stolen. Where is this water headed? According to the report, "tankers are quietly removing water" to be bottled and sold in Europe and the Middle East.

  • Insects Use Wind to Travel Efficiently at 60 MPH or Faster

    8 Feb 2010 | 10:50 pm
    Migrating insects have evolved to take advantage very efficiently of high speed winds (up to 60 MPH, possibly more) to travel hundreds of kilometers in relatively short periods of time, all that while correcting for crosswinds taking them off-course, and expanding as little energy as possible.

  • 12,500 Recycled Plastic Bottles Set Sail on Shakedown Cruise

    8 Feb 2010 | 10:10 pm
    A strange looking vessel took a leisurely sail on San Francisco Bay - a shakedown voyage for a plastic, fantastic adventure that should finally start next month. The boat is the 60-foot-long catamaran Plastiki, which David de Rothschild, the 31-year-old scion of the British banking family, plans to sail across the Pacific to Australia in March.

  • 'Fewer than 50 wild tigers' left in China

    8 Feb 2010 | 10:00 pm
    Fewer than 50 wild tigers remain in China, a conservation group said Monday, voicing hope that the Year of the Tiger would not be the last for the endangered cats.

  • Even if You're Careful, Drugs Can End Up in Water- NYTimes

    8 Feb 2010 | 9:42 pm
    PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- A study in Maine shows that unused or expired medications that are thrown into the trash are showing up in landfill water, potentially putting aquatic life at risk.
 
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  • Top 10 Games Of The Decade

    9 Feb 2010 | 8:00 am
    It's 2010 now, baby, and the past 10 years have given us a wide variety of memorable cinematic and gaming moments: exploding Halo rings, the killing of Bill, a war against the gods and the history of violence. In the theater we saw the best superhero movies of all time. On the couch we played the greatest shooters ever created.

  • Lightning Reveals Its Power in Slow Motion

    9 Feb 2010 | 6:27 am
    Tom Warner documents the powerful beauty of lightning with an array of optical and electromagnetic sensors. He often uses a Vision Research ‘Phantom’ high-speed camera.

  • Learn Karate with "All Star Karate"

    9 Feb 2010 | 5:30 am
    Just when you think Nintendo has got a hang of their shovel ware releases you're proven wrong once again as a new game has been announced titled All-Star Karate.

  • Retro 3-Point Shootout (Basketball) Game

    9 Feb 2010 | 2:50 am
    Is it just me or does a perfect 30pt game seem impossible?

  • The ultimate 'Japan only' games consoles

    9 Feb 2010 | 2:10 am
    Garish, customised versions of your favourite games consoles can only be found in Japan.
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  • Top 10 Games Of The Decade

    9 Feb 2010 | 8:00 am
    It's 2010 now, baby, and the past 10 years have given us a wide variety of memorable cinematic and gaming moments: exploding Halo rings, the killing of Bill, a war against the gods and the history of violence. In the theater we saw the best superhero movies of all time. On the couch we played the greatest shooters ever created.

  • Lightning Reveals Its Power in Slow Motion

    9 Feb 2010 | 6:27 am
    Tom Warner documents the powerful beauty of lightning with an array of optical and electromagnetic sensors. He often uses a Vision Research ‘Phantom’ high-speed camera.

  • The ultimate 'Japan only' games consoles

    9 Feb 2010 | 2:10 am
    Garish, customised versions of your favourite games consoles can only be found in Japan.

  • Dante's Inferno Interview: Of Marketing and Gods of War

    9 Feb 2010 | 1:50 am
    We chat with Jonathan Knight, the executive producer of EA's Dante's Inferno about the game's unique marketing, how it's harder than it looks to create a game 'God of War' and why his take on the classic poem may not be a lasting part of the story of Dante's work. It was an interesting discussion, and proved that the game may not be as easily...

  • Saints Win Super Bowl, Proving EA Sports Right

    8 Feb 2010 | 5:00 pm
    But, the game's specific score and momentum were pretty far off the mark.
 
 
 
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  • Interview with The Oatmeal.

    9 Feb 2010 | 12:20 am
    If you still don't know who Matthew Inman is all we can say is, shame on you! Matthew Inman is a designer and illustrator who is popular amongst internet geeks.

  • Chicago's Rockabilly Subculture [PICS]

    8 Feb 2010 | 8:10 pm
    Artist and photographer Jennifer Greenburg spent the past several years documenting the Rockabilly scene. Her subjects live and breathe a retro lifestyle, which is an artistic expression all its own.

  • Can You Buy Your Way to Better Spiritual Health?

    8 Feb 2010 | 7:50 pm
    While you may not be able to take money into the afterlife, these religions let you put it to good work while you’re still around. Always conscious of your bottom line, BillShrink has put together a list of the world’s most expensive religions, in rough order of what it would cost a truly devout believer to attain salvation, enlightenment, etc...

  • 13 Incredibly WTF Body Modifications

    8 Feb 2010 | 7:50 pm
    Currently, tattoos and certain piercings are seen as utterly socially acceptable, and no-one blinks twice if your barista has 8 earrings and full sleeve tattoos. But some people take it to the next level, with bodymods that stretch belief and might fire up your gag reflex.

  • Artist Conjures Paintings Out of Floppy Disks (Cool)

    8 Feb 2010 | 4:50 pm
    Artists frequently turn to technology for inspiration or commentary, utilizing components such as chips, ink cartridges and disk drives to make their art. This guy makes art using Floppy Disks.
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  • Can Toyota Digg its way out of recall crisis?

    7 Feb 2010 | 4:00 pm
    At a hastily-called news conference in Nagoya on Feb. 5, Akio Toyoda — Toyota president and grandson of the company's legendary founder Kiichiro Toyoda — bowed deeply in remorse before a gaggle of Japanese photographers. He then, dutifully, uttered phrases like "personal responsibility," "deeply regretted," and "very sorry."

  • Toyota's new motto... (PIC)

    5 Feb 2010 | 12:50 pm
    This motto should be easy to...recall.

  • U.S. Formula One Team Faces Massive Time Crunch

    5 Feb 2010 | 12:40 pm
    America will soon have its first entrant in Formula One, the world's top-tier racing series, in thirty years. The obstacles facing the Charlotte, N.C.-based team are enormous, but they're committed to succeed. There's less than two months to go before the first race.

  • Sneaky Hidden Traffic Fees: How States Are Gouging Citizens

    5 Feb 2010 | 10:00 am
    States are out of control! A $200 ticket can cost as much as $796 when you get the bill, all because Penalty Assessments which often double the price of a violation.

  • 7 Vintage Cars We All Wanted To Own

    4 Feb 2010 | 5:30 pm
    The list could go on and on, but here are the 7 cars I think most children of the 80s wouldn’t mind cruising around in some 20-30 years later…
 
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  • Five Valentine's Desserts Even a Kitchen N00b Can't Ruin

    8 Feb 2010 | 8:20 pm
    Regardless of what gender you are and what gender you're trying to seduce, the fact is that the road to the bedroom is shorter after a tempting, homemade dessert. Following are five desserts that look harder to make than they are.

  • British People Really Love To Glass Each Other

    8 Feb 2010 | 5:10 pm
    How much do British people love smashing things into each other’s face? These casual acts of violence has prompted the invention a new pint glass that won’t break even if you plunge it into someone's face. If any non-Brits out there are shaking their heads in belief about the veracity of our barbarism, you can come out with me on a night....

  • Shackleton's whisky stash yields more than expected

    8 Feb 2010 | 4:30 pm
    Preservationist Al Fastier spent three long, cold days laying on his stomach in Antarctica earlier this month, chipping away at ice that had accumulated under the 102-year-old hut built by Sir Ernest Shackleton. His goal was to retrieve two crates of whisky that was brought down with him after his unsuccessful 1908 expedition to the South Pole.

  • 170 Tons of Tainted Milk from 2008 Now Being Sold in China

    8 Feb 2010 | 2:50 pm
    China has found another 170 tons of tainted milk powder in an emergency crackdown that has made it increasingly clear many products discovered in the country's 2008 milk scandal were repackaged for sale instead of destroyed.

  • Study: Drinking Beer Could Help Prevent Weak Bones

    8 Feb 2010 | 5:35 am
    A new study claims that certain types of beer are a rich source of dietary silicon, and can help prevent osteoporosis. Beer is a rich source of a nutrient that can help prevent weak bones – but it depends what type you drink, claim researchers at University of California, Davis, today.
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  • Home Test For Sperm Count Could do More Harm Than Good

    9 Feb 2010 | 4:00 am
    A lab-on-a-chip could determine male fertility in a matter of seconds, raising ethical issues about self-diagnosis.

  • How Rich People Smoke Pot - The Daily Beast

    9 Feb 2010 | 12:50 am
    The Volcano Vaporizer has become a coveted status symbol for posh pot smokers, who say it draws out the drug's aroma like the bouquet of a wine, and their personal trainers insist on it.

  • Marijuana ineffective as an Alzheimer's treatment

    8 Feb 2010 | 10:40 pm
    The benefits of marijuana in tempering or reversing the effects of Alzheimer's disease have been challenged in a new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute.

  • Study confirms link between advanced maternal age and autism

    8 Feb 2010 | 6:00 pm
    Advanced maternal age is linked to a significantly elevated risk of having a child with autism, regardless of the father's age, according to an exhaustive study of all births in California during the 1990s by UC Davis Health System researchers. Advanced paternal age is associated with elevated autism ...

  • Study links soda, pancreatic cancer

    8 Feb 2010 | 3:02 pm
    People who drink two or more sweetened soft drinks a week have a much higher risk of pancreatic cancer, an unusual but deadly cancer, researchers reported on Monday.
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  • Exploring an Abandoned Cold War Spy Station in Berlin

    9 Feb 2010 | 5:20 am
    After WWII, a hill was built outside Berlin from the city's rubble. On top of this hill was built something they hoped would help them never feel defeat again -- an espionage listening station. This video explores the station as well as a nearby bunker that was secretly built under an airport terminal.

  • Photography On The Front Line

    9 Feb 2010 | 3:30 am
    Photojournalist Lynsey Addario shares her photos from Afghanistan, Baghdad and Darfur.

  • Dubai closes viewing deck on world's tallest building

    8 Feb 2010 | 11:00 pm
    The observation deck on the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the tallest building in the world, closes only a month after it opened.

  • The Baduy: forbidden to get drunk, touch money, lie [PICS]

    8 Feb 2010 | 7:20 pm
    The Baduy who call themselves Kanekes, are a traditional community living in the western part of the Indonesian province of Banten, near Rangkasbitung. They are forbidden to kill, steal, lie, commit adultery, get drunk, eat food at night, take any form of conveyance, wear flowers or perfumes, accept gold or silver, touch money or cut their hair.

  • The Most Awe-Inspiring Natural Wonders in America

    8 Feb 2010 | 2:20 pm
    If Earth is giant natural art gallery, the United States is among its most impressive geologic installations. Here are 10 of the most awe inspiring, both for their raw beauty and for the forces that went into their creation.
 
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  • What’s left of The Tonight Show Studio (PICS)

    9 Feb 2010 | 6:30 am
    Farewell, CoCo! See you on Fox (hopefully).

  • Pregnant Woman's Water Breaks During Oprah Taping

    9 Feb 2010 | 6:16 am
    A pregnant Toronto woman received some help from Oprah Winfrey this week after her water broke during a taping of the talk show queen's program.

  • Brooklyn Decker - 2010 SI Swimsuit Edition Gallery

    9 Feb 2010 | 4:44 am
    Brooklyn Decker photos in the Maldives, from the 2010 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit photo gallery. See Brooklyn Decker and other top models in the SI Swimsuit Edition.

  • Toast Girl a Hit in Tokyo (Video)

    9 Feb 2010 | 3:10 am
    Toast Girl and her two gogo-babies have toured Australia and Japan for years. Hiroe Hama quit her accountantcy job and started to recreate household articles for music shows after studying art. She is fascinated by the sound of toast jumping out of the toaster. Toast Girl designs skater shoes made of hoovers.

  • Hollywood's Version of Stretch Armstrong? Lautner + Oedekerk

    9 Feb 2010 | 1:20 am
    Taylor Lautner’s global box office stardom is based on his role in Twilight, which had a built-in audience and required him to do nothing but stand around with his shirt off. Meanwhile, Steve Oedekerk’s last script was for Evan Almighty, which earned $75 million less than its budget, domestically. They both have signed on for "Stretch Armstrong".
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  • Hollywood's Version of Stretch Armstrong? Lautner + Oedekerk

    9 Feb 2010 | 1:20 am
    Taylor Lautner’s global box office stardom is based on his role in Twilight, which had a built-in audience and required him to do nothing but stand around with his shirt off. Meanwhile, Steve Oedekerk’s last script was for Evan Almighty, which earned $75 million less than its budget, domestically. They both have signed on for "Stretch Armstrong".

  • Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent | TorrentFreak

    9 Feb 2010 | 12:40 am
    The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, ‘Avatar’ tops the chart this week followed by ‘Sherlock Holmes’. ‘Daybreakers’ completes the top three.

  • Tracy Morgan To Star In A 3D Jaws Remake

    9 Feb 2010 | 12:30 am
    Universal is strongly considering a remake of the summer blockbuster in hopes of dazzling younger audiences with new special effects. Their claim is that people now expect more, visually, from their movie going experience. Studios are inclined to take some of their tried and true franchise names like Jaws and bring them into the 3D world.

  • 16 Movies to Get Excited About in 2010

    8 Feb 2010 | 10:20 pm
    Every new year means a fresh start and the promise of great things to come. What's in store for moviegoers in 2010?

  • Film's Greatest Partiers (Pic)

    8 Feb 2010 | 6:30 pm
    Without question, party films have regularly hit the soft spot in the hearts of moviegoers. Ranging from the comedy classic Animal House to the more recent Golden Globe award winning The Hangover, we have laughed heartily at others making drunken mayhem on the silver screen. Here are the best of the best, visualized in graphic form.
 
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  • Toast Girl a Hit in Tokyo (Video)

    9 Feb 2010 | 3:10 am
    Toast Girl and her two gogo-babies have toured Australia and Japan for years. Hiroe Hama quit her accountantcy job and started to recreate household articles for music shows after studying art. She is fascinated by the sound of toast jumping out of the toaster. Toast Girl designs skater shoes made of hoovers.

  • Dave Grohl, Ashton Kutcher, "SNL" cast get Hardcore [VID]

    8 Feb 2010 | 8:40 pm
    If you missed the final skit of Saturday Night Live, musical guest Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters) and host Ashton Kuthcher, along with "SNL" cast members pulled off the most authentic old-school punk song during a wedding reception. It's no surprise considering Grohl's musical prowess, but the wedding cake-dive catches you off-guard.

  • Can this pickle get more fans than Nickleback?

    8 Feb 2010 | 8:30 pm
    Currently Nickelback has 1,380,820 fans. Can this dill pickle tickle your fancy and get more?Created 02/03/10

  • Bob Marley's Spiritual Legacy

    8 Feb 2010 | 7:00 pm
    But despite his tremendous commercial potential, Bob Marley's most enduring legacy is his prophetic one. For many Rastafarians, Marley's songs are parables and his discography is canonical. For millions of others, Marley is more than just a musical icon. He is revered for his social conscience, spiritual mysticism, and political courage, and ...

  • Meet the John Williams of Slot Machine Music

    8 Feb 2010 | 6:50 pm
    If you think it's easy to write music for slot machines, think again. Each song takes a few weeks to compose and involves hours hunched over computer or recording equipment. When Daniel Lee composes tunes for slot machines they're more than mere jingles - he wants to have a hook that draws players in.
 
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  • I Wanna Be Like Mike [video]

    9 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am
    Michael Jordan was spotted leaving a Superbowl after party last night in a brand new $300K Ferrari with his 30 year-old girlfriend Yvette Prieto...anyone else 'Wanna be like Mike"?

  • The Loneliest Man in the World

    8 Feb 2010 | 7:40 pm
    A thousand words.

  • Saints Coach Sean Payton Sleeps with Lombardi Trophy

    8 Feb 2010 | 5:20 pm
    With confetti and congratulations pouring down on him after Sunday's 31-17 Super Bowl XLIV ambush of the favored Indianapolis Colts, New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton- a guy who likes to celebrate -- said he wasn't sure he would make it to the traditional Monday morning winners' news conference.

  • NHL's Biggest Olympic Fear: Star Player Injuries

    8 Feb 2010 | 4:40 pm
    There's a loose puck in the corner during an extremely physical grudge match Olympic game between Canada and Russia, and $170 million worth of NHL talent is chasing it. Some players stubbornly refuse to weigh the potentially greater risk of injury in such a high-tempo tournament.

  • Bode's back. Get used to it.

    8 Feb 2010 | 3:40 pm
    After debating all summer whether to even return to the Olympics, Miller is back. And love him or hate him, he's again a multi-medal threat. At 32, he's a father now and has rejoined the U.S. Ski Team after two seasons of training and racing on his own.
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  • Is Mark McGwire Too Toxic to Return to Baseball?

    1 Feb 2010 | 8:50 am
    McGwire's planned return to baseball may be derailed not by pressure from the media or the commissioner but from the growing number of former players and "insiders" increasingly outspoken against his cheating and return.

  • LeBron James: Slam Dunk Enrollment Form is Complicated (WTF)

    28 Jan 2010 | 9:20 am
    Though Cavaliers forward LeBron James stated last year that he intended to participate in the 2010 Slam Dunk Contest, the All-Star told reporters Monday that a complicated enrollment form prevented him from signing up.

  • Top 25 MLB Players Under 25

    27 Jan 2010 | 4:20 pm
    It’s a great time to be a baseball fan, possibly excluding those poor souls in Kansas City, Pittsburgh and a few other places. But as you will see, even those fans have reason for some excitement.

  • How does an outfielder know where to run for a fly ball?

    21 Jan 2010 | 3:30 pm
    While baseball fans still rank 'The Catch' by Willie Mays in the 1954 World Series as one of the greatest baseball moments of all times, scientists see the feat as more of a puzzle: How does an outfielder get to the right place at the right time to catch a fly ball?

  • Does Pot Mean No Payday for Tim Lincecum?

    20 Jan 2010 | 3:00 pm
    Perhaps Lincecum is lucky he plays for a team in pot-friendly NorCal and not, say, an image-conscious franchise in Red State USA
 
 
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  • NHL's Biggest Olympic Fear: Star Player Injuries

    8 Feb 2010 | 4:40 pm
    There's a loose puck in the corner during an extremely physical grudge match Olympic game between Canada and Russia, and $170 million worth of NHL talent is chasing it. Some players stubbornly refuse to weigh the potentially greater risk of injury in such a high-tempo tournament.

  • Team Canada vs. Team Russia: Who Will Win Gold?

    6 Feb 2010 | 8:00 pm
    Both teams are using a similar strategy. They are loading up their rosters with some of the best talent in the world. One county is trying to reestablish itself, and the other country is trying to redeem itself.

  • Josh Harding's Incredible But Painful Save (VID)

    5 Feb 2010 | 7:10 pm
    Minnesota Wild's Josh Harding has been working with a hip injury. Thursday night, Harding -- who got the start against Edmonton -- apparently forgot that he had been hurt long enough to make an awesome save to keep the game tied in the third period.

  • Injuries Force U.S. Olympic Team to Add Two on Defense

    5 Feb 2010 | 1:20 pm
    Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Mike Komisarek will undergo season-ending shoulder surgery. As a result, the U.S. Olympic team now needs to name two defensemen as injury replacements.

  • Ilya Kovalchuk Traded to New Jersey

    4 Feb 2010 | 8:20 pm
    The Thrashers confirmed Thursday that they have dealt their captain, an impending free agent, to the New Jersey Devils. The Thrashers reportedly will receive defenseman Johnny Oduya, rookie forward Niclas Bergfors, junior prospect Patrice Cormier and New Jersey's first-round pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.
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  • Incredible dirt-bike landing

    5 Feb 2010 | 4:50 pm
    FMX stuntman pulls a massive Indian air then lands... in a van.

  • The Mods vs. Hell's Angels [PICS]

    30 Jan 2010 | 1:10 pm
    With roots on opposite sides of the world, the British Mod and the Hells Angels are both legendary cultural movements. While their choice of drugs and two-wheeled vehicles may differ, their behavior has none-the-less left an impact on the countries they hail from.

  • Motocross doggy-style (pics)

    27 Jan 2010 | 11:20 am
    Snapshots of Opee the dog's incredible 10,000 hours in the saddle. Owner Mike Schelin says "he rides better than my ex-wife", I guess only Mike knows for sure.

  • Yamaha fear losing champion Rossi to Ferrari

    25 Jan 2010 | 1:10 am
    Yamaha are concerned they could lose Valentino Rossi to Formula One after the MotoGP world champion clocked good times in tests this week for Ferrari.

  • F1 on ice is really cool [w/video]

    24 Jan 2010 | 12:50 pm
    Ever seen a Formula One car driven at full tilt across a frozen lake? No, of course you haven't . . . until NOW. The Red Bull team decided to celebrate the return of the Canadian Grand Prix to this year's Formula One calendar by heading for a test run in Canada, in mid-winter, on an ice-covered lake in northern Quebec.
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  • Bode's back. Get used to it.

    8 Feb 2010 | 3:40 pm
    After debating all summer whether to even return to the Olympics, Miller is back. And love him or hate him, he's again a multi-medal threat. At 32, he's a father now and has rejoined the U.S. Ski Team after two seasons of training and racing on his own.

  • Winter Olympics Go for Environmental Gold, Settle for Bronze

    8 Feb 2010 | 1:30 pm
    Environmentalists have praised Olympic organizers for building energy-efficient venues, using clean-energy sources, relying on public transit during the Games, and offsetting part of the event's emissions. But a report released this week from the David Suzuki Foundation highlights 'missed opportunities' and areas where the Games 'fell short.'

  • Lack of Snow has Olympic Team Furiously Scrambling

    7 Feb 2010 | 10:50 pm
    Unseasonably warm, wet weather in the Vancouver area has been a worry for organizers in recent weeks. Crews are working around the clock using natural and man-made snow to ensure courses are ready, Tim Gayda, vice president of sport for the Winter Games, said.

  • A Total Original, and the Best Speed Skater in the World

    7 Feb 2010 | 9:20 am
    Shani Davis. He won’t train with his teammates. He cultivates slights more than his public image. He doesn’t care about money. And that may be why he's the best speed skater in the world.

  • As Usual, NBC is Blowing the Olympics

    6 Feb 2010 | 10:30 pm
    The Winter Olympics are coming, and thanks to NBC, you'll be preparing the same message as always for your kids: We'll tell you all about it in the morning. See, according to NBC, we don't want to watch the Olympics live.
 
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  • Fabio Capello Strips John Terry Of England Captaincy

    5 Feb 2010 | 9:12 am
    John Terry is stripped of the England captaincy following allegations about his private life.

  • Togo Soccer Team Banned From Competion After Ambush Killings

    31 Jan 2010 | 7:00 am
    The Confederation of African Football has banned Togo's national soccer team from participating in the next two African Cup of Nations tournaments. It is punishment for the squad's decision to withdraw from this year's tournament following an attack on the team bus in Angola. Three people were killed.

  • John Terry in sex scandal with team-mate's WAG

    30 Jan 2010 | 9:10 am
    Chelsea and England captain John Terry is at the centre of a storm of controversy surrounding his personal life after he reportedly had an affair with the girlfriend of international team-mate Wayne Bridge, jeopardising his England captaincy and throwing Fabio Capello's World Cup plans into disarray.

  • Man sets 'keepy-uppy' world record in London

    28 Jan 2010 | 2:40 am
    A "football freestyler" breaks a world record by juggling a football 30 miles across London without it touching the ground.

  • Robinho in Brazil loan move talks

    26 Jan 2010 | 4:10 pm
    Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini confirms negotiations have started with Brazilian sides Santos and Sao Paulo over a loan move for Robinho.
 
 
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