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Rough Draft of the Internet's Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:50:02 +0000

By now, you probably already know the big news. The Internet has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. What you may not know is that The Internet is so confident about its odds of winning that it’s already started drafting an acceptance speech.

Hailing the arrival of alien predators

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:40:02 +0000

Europe is set to release its first non-native "biological control" species to curb the spread of Japanese knotweed.

Ricky Gervais Calls Out Weirdness of The Marriage Ref [VID]

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:40:02 +0000

Gervais: "I feel like someone's put crack in my drink! What is going on? This is the weirdest show I've ever been on."

"Call to Action” Buttons: Guidelines and Best Practices

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:30:04 +0000

Call to action buttons on websites are often neglected. Designers sometimes don’t understand exactly what makes a good call to action button beyond being attractive and fitting into the overall design. But call to action buttons are too important to be designed without some kind of understanding of what makes them effective

Wind Farms can aid Global Warming : MIT

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:30:03 +0000

MIT analysis suggests generating electricity from large-scale wind farms could influence climate — and not necessarily in the desired way.

Florida: Home Of The Most Racist Vintage Postcards Ever

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:30:02 +0000

If you’re looking for the most racist way possible to say “Wish you were here” to someone, then look no further.

Group Continues Case To Force Condoms On Porn Industry

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:20:04 +0000

The AIDS Healthcare Foundation announced Thursday that it's appealing a lawsuit it brought in an effort to force Los Angeles County health officials to require condoms on porn sets in L.A.

Modern Warfare 2: 10 Tips to Improve Your Sniping (VID)

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:20:03 +0000

10 very helpful tips to drastically improve your sniping.

BA strike: Cabin crew announce March strike dates | Mail Onl

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:20:02 +0000

Unite said its members will walk out for three days from March 20 and for four days from March 27 following the collapse of talks.

Gary Busey makes a boring red carpet awesome [Vid]

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:10:02 +0000

This guy has done more drugs in one night than you will in your whole life.

The Biggest Fish You'll See Today [PIC]

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:00:03 +0000

This is a "king of herrings" fish (oarfish) - they can grow up to 17 meters in length...

Avatar to be Re-Released? STOP THE MADNESS!

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:50:02 +0000

There is a new and troubling movie trend emerging…that of releasing multiple versions of a movie both on DVD and in the theater.

Sweden Parliament Labels Mass Killing of Armenians Genocide

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:50:00 +0000

Sweden's parliament approved a resolution recognizing the 1915 mass killing of Armenians in Turkey as genocide.

Cow Gets Loose, Terrorizes Town

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:40:03 +0000

During almost 24 hours on the loose, a huge heifer repeatedly evaded capture. And it wasn't subdued until after a four-hour pursuit involving cops, veterinarians and an animal-control officer that didn't end until the fugitive was gunned down with two shots from a tranquilizer pistol.

Which Online Publishers Really Matter? (Graphic)

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:20:03 +0000

The 10 largest online publishers own a disproportionate amount of the world’s web traffic. They account for billions of unique visitors per month. They also comprise the most sought-after ad space in the world.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 announces Stimulus Package

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:20:02 +0000

Activision announced today during the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco that the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 stimlulus package!

Physicists seeking to shed more light on dark matter

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:10:03 +0000

Using a massive detector buried deep in the Japanese Alps, the T2K project will study the oscillation pattern of neutrinos -- ghost-like particles that make up a large part of the bulk of the universe.

Morocco expels Christian evangelists

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:00:02 +0000

Morocco expelled Christian missionaries who ran an orphanage for abandoned Moroccan children signaling the government s tough new stance on foreign Christian evangelists

Utah House GOP leader: I went skinny-dipping with teen

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:50:25 +0000

Utah state House GOP leader Garn says he paid woman to keep silent about hot tub incident.

St. Patrick's Day: Made in the USA?

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:50:02 +0000

Only in America ... it's St. Patrick's Day -- at least as we've come to know it. So much so that a Dubliner like Declan Synnott couldn't it when he celebrated his first St. Patrick's Day in the US. "It was a culture shock," says Synnott. "In Ireland, you go to church and spend the day with your family. In America, it's a big party."

Record Labels: Change or Die

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:40:03 +0000

It's a lousy time to be a record label. Profits are tanking, bands are angry--OK Go just ditched EMI--and YouTube and BitTorrent have changed the game. Still, some labels are transforming themselves to help musicians in the digital age.

China Warns Google - " Bear The Consequences"

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:30:05 +0000

A Chinese minister made the government's strongest statement yet on Google's future in the country, warning that the U.S. Internet company will have to bear the consequences if it stops censoring its Chinese search site.

House votes to open ethics probe of Dem leaders on Massa

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:20:46 +0000

The House overwhelmingly backed a privileged resolution offered by GOP Leader John Boehner (Ohio). The House voted Thursday to open an ethics investigation into what and when House Democratic leaders knew of allegations of sexual harassment against former Rep. Massa

WHAT KIND OF DRUG ARE YOU? [Chart]

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:10:01 +0000

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Fastest (and Most Compact) Stellar Spinner Confirmed

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:00:16 +0000

HM Cancri has been confirmed as a binary system of two white dwarfs orbiting one other so close, they complete one orbit every 5.4 minutes.

World's Oldest Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:50:02 +0000

It is older than Chuck Norris and was laid down in a small Scottish distillery the year before the outbreak of the Second World War. A dram of this 70 year old single malt will set you back over £300 (US$ 450)

You Are a Tamagotchi: Turning Your Health Into a Game

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:30:02 +0000

In the mid 1990s, a craze swept Japan and crested its way onto American shores: Kids were going crazy for the Tamagotchi, an egg-shaped digital pet.

A Star Made Of Red Matter, From Before Our Galaxy Existed

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:00:02 +0000

Behold a star from the second generation of generation of stars after the Big Bang, something scientists have been seeking for a while. Its unique make-up may prove that our galaxy developed by cannibalizing dwarf galaxies.

Living costs in big cities (Graph)

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:42:21 +0000

PARIS is the most expensive city to live in according to the latest survey from Economist Intelligence Unit, a sister company to The Economist. The survey assesses ...

Beck: Springsteen's 'Born in the USA' is 'anti-American'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:37:32 +0000

A piece of music that is literally stitched into the fabric of American blue-collar culture, Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA", is, according to right-wing pundit Glenn Beck, "anti-American" and "propaganda" that people must "wake up" from. Huh? -=W/ VIDEO=-

Boob Cheese: A Protein Whose Time Has Come

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:30:03 +0000

What’s the big deal here? Of all the things that humans eat, there are only two or three existing in nature made by nature just to be food. There's breast milk (of all varieties). There's honey. And there are...probably a couple others that I can't think of right now (Twinkies, maybe? Those are excreted by something, right?)

Gun 'safety' regulation, VPC style

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:25:24 +0000

Josh Sugarmann, executive director of the rabidly anti-gun Violence Policy Center, claims that guns are unregulated for safety. What he really means, though, is that he believes they have become far too capable to be entrusted to civilian hands.

President Obama Discusses Three Strikes Anti-Piracy Law

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:00:04 +0000

Hollywood lobbyists are trying to launch an assault on Internet providers and fast track tougher anti-piracy legislation in the United States. Ari Emanuel, the brother of White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, says the industry has been discussing these plans with President Obama outside of the public’s eye.

Howard Stern: Gabourey Sidibe's Size Will Limit Her Career

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:48:30 +0000

Oprah Winfrey called Sidibe a "true American Cinderella on the threshold of a brilliant new career." The next day, Howard Stern attacked Sidibe, calling her the "most enormous, fat black chick I've ever seen," and said Winfrey is a liar for "telling an enormous woman the size of a planet that she's going to have a career." Who's right?

5 Browsers and the Modes of Transportation They Resemble

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:47:06 +0000

5 Browsers and the Modes of Transportation They Resemble

Gen Y: Entitled slackers or nimble creatives?

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:42:54 +0000

One article argues that their attitudes are what's needed in a new economy, but another thinks they can't adapt. Which do you agree with?

Playstation Move: New Details On Sony's Wiimote Killer

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:42:05 +0000

A Review and more details and information on the new Playstation Move... maybe better than the wii mote?

xkcd: GeoIP

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:35:34 +0000

GeoIP

The Three-Story Washing Machine

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:12:33 +0000

So this was obvious: Place a few dividers into an otherwise normal front-loading washing machine, and separate your reds from your whites without washing a whole separate load.

'Underwear Bomber' Could Not Have Blown Up Plane

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:08:43 +0000

An experiment that detonated a bomb similar to the so-called "underwear bomber's" shows that the plane would have withstood the impact.