April 2008
Verizon Announces The LG Slim enV2 →
Incredibly Accurate Sniper Shot Disarms a Suicidal... →
A suicidal man gets his gun shot out of his hand by a skilled police sniper
Q: Who Helped Katrina Victims the Most? A:... →
Who did the most to help victims of Hurricane Katrina? According to a new study, it was the company everyone loves to hate.
The American Teenager (photo gallery) →
Over the course of her career, photojournalist Robin Bowman has worked for People magazine, traveled to dozens of countries and negotiated countless difficult situations, including the conflicts in…
Cops Bust a (Root) Beer Kegger Party →
When his friends got suspended from school sports because of photos showing them drinking from red cups, Dustin Zebro decided to mount a protest of sorts: he invited scores of kids to a kegger party,…
Facebook Girl Beaten And Shot Dead By Her... →
A woman was beaten up and shot dead by her father for talking online with a man she met on the website Facebook.Internet engineers said that young Saudis were using Facebook to flirt and make…
March 2008
Muslims more numerous than Catholics: Vatican →
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Islam has overtaken Roman Catholicism as the biggest single religious denomination in the world, the Vatican said on Sunday. Monsignor Vittorio Formenti, who compiled the…
PlayStation Store Gets Revamped →
PlayStation Store Getting Revamed In mid-April! →
“The new design will deliver a hugely improved navigation system, much greater scope for categorization and a dynamic new user interface.”
10 Sexiest Vegetarians →
According to Maxim…
Obama has 10-point lead over Clinton -- largest... →
Today’s Gallup tracking poll puts the Democratic nomination race at Barack Obama 52%, Hillary Rodham Clinton 42%. That’s his largest lead of the year, Gallup says. “The latest results are based on…
It's Official: Bit Torrents Caused 9/11. →
Attorney General Michael Mukasey warned Friday that the huge profits generated from piracy and counterfeiting are increasingly flowing into the coffers of terrorist groups.
Obama (certifiably) wins Texas →
Obama landed a lead of nine delegates to the national convention thanks to Texas’ caucuses, upheld in today’s county conventions. Despite the Clinton campaign’s widespread attempts to prevent many…
10 Millionth Article Written on Wikipedia →
The ten millionth article has been written on Wikipedia - a Hungarian biography of of 16th century painter Nicholas Hilliard (English version here).
Obama (certifiably) wins Texas →
Obama landed a lead of nine delegates to the national convention thanks to Texas’ caucuses, upheld in today’s county conventions. Despite the Clinton campaign’s widespread attempts to prevent many…
Dalai Lama pleads for world to solve Tibet crisis →
Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama urged the “world community” Saturday to help end the turmoil in his homeland, following renewed calls from world leaders for talks with Beijing. “We…
Wordpress 2.5 Released, Finally! →
The long awaited 2.5 release of the great blog engine is out!
Google Earth Hour →
We’ve turned the lights out. Now it’s your turn - Earth Hour.http://i32.tinypic.com/30vkwpc.jpg
11-year-old takes school network by the horns →
When Victory Baptist School, a small private school in Millbrook, Ala., was struggling to keep its computer network together last year, an 11-year-old student named Jon Penn stepped in as network…
Guy gets mugged for a few bucks . . . offers his... →
Julio Diaz got mugged last month at knife point. Instead of running away, he gives the mugger his coat and buys him dinner!
29% of Windows Vista crashes caused by NVIDIA... →
There’s a class action suit working its way through the courts to determine whether Microsoft changed the definition of “capable” to help Intel sell computers. But some of the documents released in…
California 'UFO' Pictures Create Online Buzz →
Could the quiet seaside town of Capitola end up challenging Roswell, N.M., as the country’s capital for extraterrestrials? The city 90 minutes south of San Francisco is getting national attention…
Upgrading To Vista Service Pack 1 →
Dad gets 25 years for microwaving baby →
A jury on Wednesday sentenced a young father to 25 years in prison for severely burning his infant daughter when he put her in a microwave and turned it on for up to 20 seconds.
Kensington Bluetooth Stereo Headphones (Review) →
Logitech VX Nano Mouse (Review) →
Belkin USB Plus 4-Port Hub (Review) →
John C. Dvorak: The iPhone Is No Desktop →
People are willing to make a device that you can drop in the toilet or leave in a taxi cab the next desktop computing platform. Ridiculous.
Logitech VX Nano Mouse (Review) →
Clinton now says she misspoke about Tuzla Sniper... →
Kind of like she misspoke about the Northern Ireland peace talks, and whether she was for or against NAFTA….wait, wait, she’s just a politician. Can’t expect her to tell the truth all the time….
Every South Park Episode, Now Online →
Homes of the World’s Billionaires [Pics] →
The world’s richest man lives in the same five-bedroom, gray stucco house he bought in 1958 for $31,500
Man kills daughter over broken XBOX →
Man kills daughter over broken XBOX…
Tina Fey Calls Out The Daily Show for Fake... →
First she says male comedy usually involves robots and sharks and bears. Then she characterizes Jon Stewart as going for cheap laughs? As much as we love 30 Rock, it is SO on.
76 Percent Of Americans Want a Candidate Different... →
NBC’s Norah O’Donnell said that McCain was “not smart to make himself sort of a G.I. Joe candidate” because “a whopping 76 percent, in our latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, said they want a…
CNN's Jack Cafferty asks why Hillary lies about... →
“To hear her tell it, she was lucky to escape with her life, landing in a hail of sniper fire. She said they were forced to cut short the greeting ceremony at the airport and, ‘run with our heads…
Presidential Candidates Will Not Debate the... →
We’re now in the midst of an epic financial crisis which ought to be at the center of the election debate. But it isnt. Both Democratic candidates have been disappointingly quiet about the need to…
Every South Park Ever for Online for Free... →
Taking a page out of the Hulu playbook, but awesomer, the South Park guys are streaming every single South Park episode in full at their official site, South Park Studios.
Cheney On 4,000 Dead Americans: They Volunteered →
Noting the burden placed on military families, the Vice President said the biggest burden is carried by President Bush, and reminded ABC news that the U.S. military in Iraq and Afghanistan…
97 percent of US death toll came after 'Mission... →
and there’s no end in sight.
JK Rowling: I considered suicide →
Harry Potter author JK Rowling has admitted she contemplated suicide while suffering from depression following the breakdown of her first marriage.
McCain Is Now A Campaign Finance Criminal →
According to the latest Federal Election Commission report, John McCain has now spent $58.4 million dollars. McCain applied for public financing, and according to FEC chairman David Mason (in a…
PS3 Firmware 2.20 to enable "Portable Copy" for... →
On top of supporting BD-Live online content, PlayStation 3 firmware 2.20 will also carry a Portable Copy function. This allows you to convert Blu-ray movies and transfer them to your PSP!
Kensington Bluetooth Stereo Headphones (Review) →
Richardson: Obama speech 'clinched' endorsement →
Sen. Barack Obama’s speech on race was a decisive factor in Bill Richardson’s endorsement of his presidential bid, the New Mexico governor revealed Saturday.
WTF? My 360 has a power brick red light of Death. →
I brought this in September last year and and now won’t turn on due to the power brick failing. Microsoft covers the actual console for 1 year, but the power brick for only 3 months. Now they want me…
Holy Crap! Obama has Nearly 1,000,000 New Donors... →
We are the change we have been waiting for.
Little old lady suing Sony, Samsung, Nokia and... →
Oh sure, she looks friendly enough. But don’t let her matronly, argyle looks fool you. Retired Columbia University Professor, Gertrude Neumark Rothschild, is looking to extract some cold, hard cash…
Bill Richardson endorses Barack Obama →
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, the nation’s only Hispanic governor, is endorsing Sen. Barack Obama for president, calling him a “once-in-a- lifetime leader” who can unite the…
New Version of Miro - Internet TV / Torrent... →
Version 1.2 of Miro has just been released. It’s a major update with performance and bug fixes, new download settings, personalized channel recommendations based on your ratings. Miro is simply the…