26,084 FREE Legal Public Domain Movies!

This collection is free and open for everyone to use. Our goal in digitizing these movies and putting them online is to provide easy access to a rich and fascinating core collection of archival films.

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Intel's 4-core Extreme Edition gets reviewed

Intel's new 'Presler' chip is touted as the Pentium Extreme Edition 955. It has two cores and two HyperThreaded 'virtual' cores for the ultimate multi-tasking performance. All the pics and the benchmarks in here!

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Celeron 1.5 Overclocked to 4.15Ghz

On the 24th, the skilled overclocker Crotale, overclocked a Celeron-m 1.5 to 4159Mhz. Thats a 197% OC. Lets hope he gets to 200%

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CNET.com's Top 10 Worst Products of 2005

But in a nod to equal time, we looked back over the past year and collected the 10 products that got the worst ratings of the year. None of them scored above 4. All of them hurt the hearts of our reviewers.

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Microsoft Buys Out Opera

At the moment, the deal is almost through with Microsoft and Opera planning on locations for the browserâ??s research and development centers throughout the world. One of such locations includes India; other locations at this time are unknown.

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Google Clears Rumors and Misconceptions

The recent announcement of the AOL partnership has been the source of a lot of rumors and misconceptions. Google would like to clear some of those up.

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Raid Over The River = First Revolution Screens?

Recently, a developer by the name of NIBRIS stated that they were making a Nintendo Revolution title. The game, a shooter by the name of Raid Over The River is, at this point, being created on a PC since the developer doesn’t have access to a Revolution dev kit.

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The Cyberhand Project - www.cyberhand.org

The main objectives of the CYBERHAND Project are to increase the basic knowledge of neural
regeneration, and sensory-motor control of the hand in humans and to exploit this knowledge to
develop a new kind of hand prosthesis which will overcome some of the drawbacks of current
systems. This new prosthesis will:

be felt by an amputee as the lost natural limb delivering her/him a natural sensory feedback by
means of the stimulation of some specific afferent nerves;

be controlled in a very natural way by processing the efferent neural signals coming from the
central nervous system (reducing the discomfort of the current EMG-based control prosthesis).

Power Supply Wattage Calculator

Not sure how much wattage your PC really needs from its' power supply?
Use this handy calculator to find out if you've got enough juice.
http://www.jscustompcs.com/power_supply/

Google Targets Del.icio.us

www.techcrunch.com/2005/10/11/google-bookmarks-tagging-launches/">TechCrunch � Google Targets Del.icio.us

It’s not “social” bookmarking, like del.icio.us, because bookmarks are not public and cannot be shared among users. The product also requires way too many steps to create a bookmark.

Think before you register your domain!

http://www.sandstorming.com/index.php/2005/10/think-before-you-register-your-domain/

The following domains are real.

Firstly there is Who Represents?, a database for agencies to the rich
and famous: http://www.whorepresents.com

Second is the Experts Exchange, a knowledge base where programmers can
exchange advice and views: http://www.expertsexchange.com....

WW I photos...in color

Lots of pictures from World War one, in color. Because color ink was so expensive, not many were taken. Its amazing to see photos from so long ago in color.

http://www.network54.com/Forum/thread?forumid=211833&messageid=1088370788&lp=1088381193

Scientists Finding Out What Losing Sleep Does to a Body

With a good night's rest increasingly losing out to the Internet, e-mail, late-night cable and other distractions of modern life, a growing body of scientific evidence suggests that too little or erratic sleep may be taking an unappreciated toll on Americans' health.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/08/AR2005100801405.html?sub=AR

170Mbps Internet speed through an electrical socket demoed !

Matsushita showed off an exceptionally high-speed Internet through an ordinary electrical socket at a Japanese trade fair.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,39020336,39223887,00.htm

Intelligent Bacon: 16 Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Blog. Tips for Terrific Telephone Interviews.

Intelligent Bacon: 16 Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Blog. Tips for Terrific Telephone Interviews.

Spam Stock Tracker - tracking how much money people can lose with penny stocks from spam.

Jet's "Sonic Boom Cloud" Caught

Photo in the News: Jet's "Sonic Boom Cloud" Caught

The Dangers of Setting up a PC with no Firewall

BBC World Home Page

Paper's Natural 'Fingerprint' Could Be Built-In Passport Protection

Science & Technology at Scientific American.com: Paper's Natural 'Fingerprint' Could Be Built-In Passport Protection

Vonage Reaches a Million Subscribers

News from PC Magazine: Vonage Reaches a Million Subscribers

Technology News: Health : Doctors Trial 'Spray-On' Skin Cells

Technology News: Health : Doctors Trial 'Spray-On' Skin Cells

Mystery Bulge in Oregon Still Growing...a volcano in the making?

Mystery Bulge in Oregon Still Growing

The MDI Air Car - the world's cleanest car.

The MDI Air Car - the world's cleanest car.

The Walrus: the US Army contemplates building an aircraft the size of a football field

gizmag Article: The Walrus: the US Army contemplates building an aircraft the size of a football field

The Next Mother Lode: Mars

Space entrepreneurs eyeing Mars as a hub of some future solar system economy launched a startup on Tuesday to mine the red planet for building materials.

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Katrina-themed malware attack hits the net.

Hurricane Katrina is bringing out the worst in people on the net as well as on the streets of New Orleans. Spam emails purporting to offer links to news about Katrina are been used to tempt potential victims onto a site hosting Trojan malware.

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World's 1st Mech Warrior Becomes Reality

World's 1st Mech Warrior Becomes Reality

Running Windows with No Services

Mark's Sysinternals Blog: Running Windows with No Services

Live 3D TV Without Glasses

A World First at the IFA: Live 3D TV Without Glasses

A Gamer's Take On Katrina

RedAssedBaboon.com - The Blog

McAfee pitches products for 'clean' Net

McAfee pitches products for 'clean' Net

1.5 million songs for FREE this weekend from Napster

Napster - All the music you want. Any way you want it.

Court docs: Ballmer vowed to 'kill' Google | CNET News.com

Court docs: Ballmer vowed to 'kill' Google | CNET News.com

Mars Rover Shot

Tractor Beam Technology

A "tractor beam" that can reach out, trap and move objects has been developed by British scientists.

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Did human remains play a part in starting Mad Cow Disease?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=361076&in_page_id=1770

Ford Iosis Concept Car

Ford Iosis Concept - Autoblog - www.autoblog.com _

ECS ships dual AMD-Intel mobo

Here's an interesting plan. Elitegroup (ECS) has announced a mobo capable of supporting both AMD and Intel processors.

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Home DNA Tests Just a Click Away

Along with the usual books, office products and kitchen supplies, two of the biggest online retailers are now offering the perfect gift for the self-obsessed: mail-order genetic testing.

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DigitalGlobe Satellite Images of Katrina Devastation

DigitalGlobe | Sample Imagery

Parasites brainwash grasshoppers into death dive

New Scientist Breaking News - Parasites brainwash grasshoppers into death dive

The lost and found section of Craigslist: New Orleans is now being used to help people find family members.

new orleans lost & found classifieds and want ads - craigslist

Diamonds are not forever...Physicists in Germany have created a material that is harder than diamond.

Diamonds are not forever (August 2005) - News - PhysicsWeb

Happy Birthday Opera

The browser hits 10...and for one day, registration is free!
It's a cool little browser, & if you've never tried it since it was ad-sponsored, now's your chance.
http://my.opera.com/community/party/reg.dml

Katrina picture from NASA Satellite

Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico

APOD: 2005 August 29 - Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico

Java Joy in Coffee Study...It's GOOD for You!

Wired News: Java Joy in Coffee Study

It's a miracle: mice regrow hearts

The Australian: It's a miracle: mice regrow hearts [August 29, 2005]

CVS Camcorder Rocket Project

CVS Camcorder Rocket Project

Virtual Tour of the Louvre

MIT Virtual Blobby Things...just check it out

Installation - Demonstration

Spy craft take gull flight lesson

The drones could shoot darts with microphones into rooms.

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Everything you wanted to know about physics...

HyperPhysics Concepts

Vonage's Biggest Call Yet

Vonage's Biggest Call Yet

Sirius Looks To Go Portable

Millions of listeners have decided they like satellite radio enough to pay a monthly fee for it. But do they like it enough to record it in advance and transfer it to a portable device?
They do it with Podcasts, so why not this?

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The Bitfall AquaDisplay

Sure, even though it’s been around a while and is still only in “simulation” / design mockup status as yet, would you just look at the Bitfall? Come on, how amazing could this thing be in your foyer? Granted, it only does stills or vertical panoramas because of the downward motion direction of the “screen,” but don’t act like you don’t want it in all its 128 nozzle glory, because I know ya do.

Intel Expands Its Vision for Servers

Intel Expands Its Vision for Servers

new Forum is up

stop by & register at our relocated forum @ http://www.axss.us/forums
freebies links & deals. join us in the chatroom, post your blog or photo gallery.

Military laser brings 'Star Wars' reality closer

A U.S. Pentagon invention could make air combat resemble a battle scene from the movie 'Star Wars' with a laser so small it can fit on a fighter jet, yet powerful enough to knock down an enemy missile in flight.

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Liquid Metal Alloy is here!

Liquidmetal alloy is over 2 times stronger than titanium and has a amorphous stucture which keeps its shape! Watch the video on the left of the page! This will change the world!

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free after rebate wireless ps2 controllers from pc connection

i ordered 2, got here in 2 days.
rebate can be used on up to 2 controllers.

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New GMail Feature - Send Mail As

Great new feature added to GMail. Allows you to send email from any other email address you own.

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MacOSX on XBOX 360?

With all of the geek hoopla of getting a Mac OS running on an IBM PC lately, coders must be waiting in the wings for their next big challenge: running the latest Apple software on the Xbox 360.
In November, the fastest Macintosh in the world will be a Microsoft XBox 360 running a three-way, 3.2Ghz, PowerG5 successor. Of course, Microsoft's Digital Rights Management implementation will prevent it from running MacOS X.
But what if the Xbox could be taken apart and reassembled (like a pc) and built into a custom PC with a hacked OS to undermine DRM? Methinks it's not a question of if, but when.
With the high price of a Mac, surely $3-400 for a new Xbox 360 is more affordable, even with all the hacking required.
A little ironic that Microsoft is putting out a home entertainment system that is going to be the fastest Mac in the world!

Google Talk...it's heeeere

Google Talk

First paper battery that generates electricity from urine

DigitalCamera@101reviews � Urine-Powered Batteries

Google Advanced Operators (Cheat Sheet)

Google Guide Quick Reference: Google Advanced Operators (Cheat Sheet)

Cadaver Exhibit Sets Tampa Museum Record

More than 12,000 people came to the Museum of Science and Industry in the first four days of a controversial exhibit featuring preserved human cadavers and body parts, shattering previous attendance records.

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Pat Robertson aka Charles Bronson

religious leader recommends assassination...

what's next, suicide bombers?

iraq

...and if we're indeed fighting terror abroad so we don't have to fight it at home, doesn't that mean we WANT the insurgents to stay in Iraq?

Google has an active Jabber server, Google IM coming soon?

Google has an active Jabber server, Google IM coming soon?

Army Planning for Four More Years in Iraq - Yahoo! News

Army Planning for Four More Years in Iraq - Yahoo! News

Skin Cells Converted to Stem Cells

Skin Cells Converted to Stem Cells

Use Flickr to transport data in pictures

Find out how to make Steganography and Flickr work as a personal storage for you to share documents through an encryption program that integrates data into pictures. The pictures and data together are usually smaller than the picture alone so no one will be suspicious.

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Inside Google's board room

How exactly did Google decide to offer 14,159,265 shares for sale? I can think of one way:
Lary Page and Sergey Brin kept thinking of a way to turn an ordinary stock sale into a geek event.
Every geek knows: (pi â?? 3) * 100,000,000 = 14,159,265.

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Rock ‘n’ roll robot regains its feet

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Top 25 Food Hacks

Slashfood

CVS camcorder usably hacked!

The CVS Disposable Camcorder (mentioned about a month ago) has now been usably hacked so that videos can be downloaded over USB - no need to desolder the flash memory. Finally, some healthy free-market competition to CVS's expensive development service, just like in the analog world.

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Google Forgets to Erase out Detailed Shots of White-House

click image for full view
Google has recently updated and added new data for over 100 cities in their Google Earth program. In this it includes the Washington DC area, and Google has forgotten to erase out the roof of the white-house (which they have done previously).

Microsoft has made available a free software tool to help victims of the worms that hit Windows computers in the past days clean their systems.

Meetro (The Location Aware IM Client) Is Coming to the Nintendo DS and PSP

It has been revealed that Meetro software is being developed for the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP. The software will allow users to access AIM, ICQ, YIM, MSN, and Jabber. Meetro could help to not only bring WiFi (gaming and otherwise) to the masses, but also help give Meetro's network the kick it needs to get off the ground and establish a userbase.

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Synthetic Biologist funded by Bill Gates create life from scratch

They're called "synthetic biologists" and they boldly claim the ability to make never-before-seen living things, one genetic molecule at a time. With a $42.6 million grant that originated at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation...(ed. -I Wonder how many windows machines they're using?)

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Top 10 Google Maps implementations

title says it all

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Crocodile blood may yield powerful new antibiotics

Science News Article Reuters.com
By Michael Perry
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Scientists in Australia's tropical north are collecting blood from crocodiles in the hope of developing a powerful antibiotic for humans, after tests showed that the reptile's immune system kills the HIV virus.
The crocodile's immune system is much more powerful than that of humans, preventing life-threatening infections after savage territorial fights which often leave the animals with gaping wounds and missing limbs.
"They tear limbs off each other and despite the fact that they live in this environment with all these microbes, they heal up very rapidly and normally almost always without infection," said U.S. scientist Mark Merchant, who has been taking crocodile blood samples in the Northern Territory.

NASA funds flying car competition

Finally, research on those flying cars we were promised decades ago is being funded by the government!

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Blogger for Microsoft Word

Blogger just released a new add-in for Microsoft Word that lets you use your word processor (as long as it's Microsoft Word) to edit and post to your Blogger Blog.

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Finding Land Mines by Following a Bee

Finding Land Mines by Following a Bee

Worm hits CNN, ABC, NY Times

CNN apparently didn't patch their Windows 2000 computers. Link is to story about the Zotob worm but here is a screen shot of CNN's computer getting hit. http://ejeet.home.comcast.net/worm.jpg

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Interesting super-slow-motion video clips

These video clips were filmed with a special high-speed camera. The super slow-motion playback lets you visualize effects that cannot be seen with the naked eye or with a standard video camera. Check out the face dynamics!

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Liquor Does It Quicker...Ethanol vs Gasoline

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Nuclear Bunker Busters: What’s the Damage?

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Gaim v1.5.0 - Is Out

Update Gaim to v1.5.0! ChangeLog Includes: ICQ Away Messages, Yahoo! Buddy Authorization, Chat Log Clear Command, US Yahoo! Chat Rooms, and more... (OpenSource Ad-Free Chat Program)

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World's first electronic paper watch demonstrated

Thin watch demonstrated using 'electronic paper' technology. Looks like a bracelet, but promises low power and a high sexiness factor.

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Best Tool For the Job � How to Find a Great Domain Name

Best Tool For the Job � How to Find a Great Domain Name

Google Netcam Hack

Google: inurl:"ViewerFrame?Mode="

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Protection offered against ID theft keylogger

Sunbelt Software says it has developed a way of combating the spyware program behind a huge ID theft operation

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Find Out If You Are Connected To Internet2!

Use this Java applet to find out if you are currently connected to Internet2's high speed Abilene network. Also tests to see if your location has multicast enabled as well as providing bandwidth statistics.

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How to Perform the Balducci Levitation - wikiHow

How to Perform the Balducci Levitation - wikiHow

New hydrogen generation technique announced

Itâ??s inevitable that any discussion about hydrogen-power cars takes a turn towards the â??... and just where are we going to get all that hydrogen from?â?? angle in about 30 seconds.. Researchers in Israel may have taken us one step closer to answering that question.

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Geist to utilize LAN gaming

Geist for Gamecube's upcoming multiplayer features, too little, too late?

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Xbox 360 games cheaper than expected?

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100-Mbit Cable Internet To Hit U.S. In 2006

Broadband Internet access via TV cables can reach 100 Megabits per second as early as next year, 50 times faster than the average broadband speeds now offered to cable TV homes, a Finnish firm said on Wednesday.

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FREE Button Maker and Generator - Blog Flux

FREE Button Maker and Generator - Blog Flux

The Coolest Thing Ever Done With Rocks!

"A short film that is played entirely in reverse and involves the "reverse destruction" of balanced rock sculptures. There is one character in the movie that appears to magically create these sculptures. Although the film is played in reverse it appears as the man who is doing his magic is going forwards in time."

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Hack Your Life

What if you applied the hacker mindset to your everyday life? Getting things done quicker and smarter than normal people. LifeHack is updated daily with the most recently notable articles being: the art of traveling with one bag, optimizing your bathing, note taking systems, and how to get a project up and running. Send them your tricks as well!

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Boost Firefoxâ??s Speed

Behind our favorite web browser there is a world of settings waiting to be revealed. With these settings we can take advantage of tweaking some of them to work at our advantage. Four main settings modified will make websites load faster and seem quicker without downloading any extra plugins or software.

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Google urged to drop reactor images | Top stories | Breaking News 24/7 - NEWS.com.au (08-08-2005)

Google urged to drop reactor images | Top stories | Breaking News 24/7 - NEWS.com.au (08-08-2005)

Konfabulator Top Downloads + Digg Widget+ Digger Widget

Konfabulator is the best download on the net. Here is a list of the widgets every Konfabulator user must have. Plus a Digg Digger Widget (grabs submitted links) and Digg news Widget.

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Howard Stern, Others Sue Google over Ad Charges

Howard Stern isn't happy about the way Google treats people's Ad Sense budgets and he's not alone. So he's suing them!

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The Destruction of the Milky Way

Another galaxy is on a collision course with our Milky Way.

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Save 11.4 sq. feet of endangered rainforest with one click!!

Funded by advertisements this genuine site gives 100% of collected revenue from sponsor banner advertising to our charity partners, who use it to protect wilderness land.

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Gates Sells 12M Microsoft Shares - Forbes.com

Gates Sells 12M Microsoft Shares - Forbes.com

The best of the best from across the Weblogs, Inc. Network - The Unofficial Google Weblog - google.weblogsinc.com _

The best of the best from across the Weblogs, Inc. Network - The Unofficial Google Weblog - google.weblogsinc.com _

The Best Hubble Images Ever

A collection Of the clearest, most interesting images captured by the Hubble telescope.

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Google now a hacker's tool

Somewhere out on the Internet, an Electric Bong may be in danger. The threat: a well-crafted Google query that could allow a hacker to use Google's massive database as a resource for intrusion.

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Whose Fish? By Albert Einstein (maybe)

This brainteaser, reportedly written by Einstein is difficult and Einstein said that 98% of the people in the world could not figure it out. Which percentage are you in?

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Shuttle crew see damage on Earth

Discovery Commander Eileen Collins described on Thursday how widespread environmental destruction on Earth is highly visible from the shuttle.

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CVS camcorder usably hacked!

The CVS Disposable Camcorder (mentioned about a month ago) has now been usably hacked so that videos can be downloaded over USB - no need to desolder the flash memory. Finally, some healthy free-market competition to CVS's expensive development service, just like in the analog world.

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American Blogger killed in Iraq

A freelance American journalist who wrote about alleged corruption and lawlessness in the Iraqi city of Basra has been abducted at gunpoint and shot dead.

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FCC Okay's Sprint-Nextel Merge

The FCC okay'ed the Sprint-Nextel merger, combined, they will have 44.4 million subscribers. The deal will go through for $35 billion.

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China bans minors from playing games that allow players to kill each other

Chinese authorities unveiled new regulations on Tuesday that will prohibit minors under the age of 18 from playing more violent online games, which currently dominate the Chinese online gaming market

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Apple & Leading Car Companies Team Up to Deliver iPod Experience

Apple announced that Nissan, Mazda and Daihatsu in Japan have joined BMW, MINI, smart and Alfa Romeo in Japan to deliver iPod integration with their car stereos for 2006 model lines.

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Splenda Compared to a 'Biochemical Warfare Agent'

Splenda shrinks thymus glands up to 40% among other frightening things.

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Google vs. Yahoo usage Stats and Analysis

Very Interesting Stats about the usage of Google and Yahoo different services, and some Analysis on those Stats.

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Totally anonymous file swapping, take that RIAA!!

According to Yahoo, darknet, a software program that will enable people to anonymously swap music and other files on the Internet could be commonly available by year's end.

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Hidden Black Holes Finally Found

"A host of hidden black holes have been revealed in a narrow region of the sky, confirming astronomers' suspicions that the universe is loaded with many undetected gravity wells."

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About the Trebuchet - the Scariest Medieval Weapon Ever Made

We donâ??t usually cover weaponry here at RTN, but most (if not all) of our greatest technical inventions have come from warfare. So today, we thought weâ??d get truly medieval on you and take a look at the trebuchet. Billed as the the most destructive medieval weapons ever made.

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The Definitive BIOS Optimization Guide

Explains all the settings in the BIOS and how to set them optimally for the best performing system.

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Scientists crack 40-year-old DNA puzzle

A new theory that explains why the language of our genes is more complex than it needs to be also suggests that the primordial soup where life began on earth was hot and not cold, as many scientists believe.

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Brain Games

Games for the Brain is a cool little website chok full of neat games that make your head hurt. There’s puzzles, memory games, IQ tests, the works. The best part is, after you waste a good part of an hour playing them you can reassure yourself that it was time well spent and that you’re that much smarter for the playing.
http://www.gamesforthebrain.com/

XBOX Don't Leave Home Without It

Microsoft markets a prepaid credit card to German teenagers (14 years and older) to be able to sign-up for the Xbox Live gaming service.

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Microsoft Launches Start.com ... A personalized news site

It appears as though this site designed my Microsoft uses AJAX to create a personalized news site with alot of eye candy. Do searches, read RSS feeds, look at stock prices, weather, and so much more.

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40 Screenshots of Windows Vista

More screenshots shall we? Here's a slideshow of Windows Vista Beta 2. Lots of cool looks, including IE7 and the start menu.

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Useful Windows Software

Huge list of useful Windows applications. Even if you think you've got it all, there is going to be something here for everyone.

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Unidentified Sea Creature Found After Typhoon

Typhoon Haitang seems to have deposited an unknown creature onto the shore in Ningbo City in east China's Zhejiang Province. From the fishery bureau, "He said its overall structure means itâ??s unlikely to be a fish, but the shape of its head is like a crocodileâ??s." 12 meters long weighing nearly 2 tons. Picture included at china.org.cn's story.

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Nanotechnology kills cancer cells

Nanotechnology has been harnessed to kill cancer cells without harming healthy tissue.
The technique works by inserting microscopic synthetic rods called carbon nanotubules into cancer cells.

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The Way the Internet Was...

Some screenshots of today's internet staples - way back when. Including Google(beta) circa 1998, MSN from '96 and my personal favourite: Amazon.com from 1995, complete with very ordinary logo. Can _you_ remember when Yahoo.com was that sparse?

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Showing weather info on Google Maps

After using Google Maps for a while, I wondered what I could do with the API that Google provided. The site shows the current temperature of several cities. In addition, by clicking on a label, it pops up a weather detail plus a link to weather.com to get more details.

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Discovery of a 10th Planet in Our Solar System Leaked by Hacker

Astronomers are really, really cautious people. Apparently they have been keeping the discovery of a 10th planet a secret for years until a hacker infiltrated their research and leaked the news.

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Talk to bluetooth users as they drive by (or eavesdrop)

The Car Whisperer allows people equipped with a Linux Laptop to inject audio to and record audio from bypassing cars that have Bluetooth handsfree units.This tool allows you to talk to other drivers when traveling or curse at that pushy Audi driver right behind you. It also allows to eavesdrop by accessing the microphone.

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Tweaking Bit-Torrent Speeds

This guide is for tweaking the speeds that you can acheive in Bit-Torrent downloads. This guide is mostly centered around Windows XP Service pack 2 users, but it does provide some other tweaks that work on any version. It helped me max out my connection on a few torrents.

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VGA over Cat-5

How-to article showing how to send the signal from a VGA (monitor) cable over Cat-5 Ethernet cable.

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Hubble Captures Exploding Star

The Hubble recently captured an exploding star (supernova). This is only the sixth one captured that was previously identified.

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Mission to the moon by 2018

US to send manned flight to the moon by 2018 report says.

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Wireless on the cheap thanks to MIT.

Scientists at MIT are working on some pretty cool technology that will potentially lower the cost of wireless from the current 50 cents per megabyte to 5 cents per megabyte. I would certainly welcome this.

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Customize your Google Homepage

Don't like the empty look of Google's homepage? You can now make it as cluttered as all the other search engine portals if you want!

http://www.google.com/ig

Google the Moon

http://moon.google.com/

Everybody knows about Google maps by now....but did ya know they've started to index the Moon already? :)

Florida Lottery Says $250,000 Scratch-Off Ticket Is Misprinted

She thought she won $250,000 in the lottery, but the lottery said it's not paying. The lottery said what appeared to be a winning ticket was a misprint.

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More PlayStation3 details emerge in print

The folks over at Sony managed to get out some more details about the PS3 in the upcoming issue of PSM Magazine, so without any further ado, here are the goods.

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New law to make publicly free wifi illegal

2 senators have propose a law that will ban cities from implementing free wifi for their citizens. instead, they will allow private companies to capitalize on what would have been free for everyone. call your senator and revolt!

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64-bit Windows Anti-Virus not yet Mainstream

Companies looking to become early adopters of Microsoft’s Windows x64 Edition OSes encountered a reason to postpone the decision: They may find their favorite anti-virus software no longer works on their new desktops.

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99 Rooms

Put on some headphones and immerse yourself into the interactive 99rooms. A must see website.

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Google and Yahoo! accused of censoring web search

Human rights organisation Reporters sans Frontières (RSF) has accused two of the biggest names in search - Yahoo! and Google - of deliberately conspiring to censor the web.

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Hackers vs terrorists: online anti-jihad

MI5 and patriotic hackers have formed an unlikely alliance to close down their sites.

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How to Reinstall Windows Without Losing Your Data

Windows users who need to reinstall windows while keeping their data in tact are in luck. Over at PC Worldâ??s Computing Center theyâ??ve got a detailed tutorial that explains how you can reinstall your Windows OS without having to reformat your hard drive.-via Lifehacker

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Podscope

Podscope is a service of TVEyes that plans to index every single word in every single podcast by every single "known" (to whom?) podcaster by the end of August. It's like Google for podcast content. Now that's a lofty goal.

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Google's Blogger.com Hacked

Since yesterday, "Blogger Developers Network" is cracked. This blog is a space where Blogger team publishes projects and code related with the blogging tool. You can see the original appearance of the blog on this screenshot or through Google cache.

Follow the link for more and screenshots.

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Gmaps hack shows effects of high-yeild explosive detonations

Here's a haunting Gmaps hack: "The High Yeild Detonation Effects simulator maps overpressure radii generated by a ground-level detonation; these radii are an indicator of structural damage to buildings.

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Microsoft Windows Vista Codename 'Longhorn', Beta 1 Review

A review definitely worth looking at. Fantastic details on Windows Vista that most reviews normally forget about.

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Top Searches on Google

Hidden in Google's "Press" section is Google Zeitgeist. Described as "Search patterns, trends, and surprises according to Google," this page tells you the most popular results on Google.

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Unanswerable questions

Internet urban-legend-busters Snopes have published a list of some of the funniest questions they've been asked.

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Acetone In Fuel Said to Increase Mileage

Really works! This has been posted before but with gas so high now thought i'd share.I am getting 4 more miles per gallon no sht

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Free Tool Lets You See Demographics in Your Area

Simply enter your zip code and it will show what type of people live in your neighborhood. It's interesting, fun, and has many useful applications. Like checking out the type of folks who live in a place you're considering moving to.

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GMail Skinning Quick Guide

Want a hip new look for your gmail account? Then visit this site to learn how to skin your gmail account.

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Python Swallows Kangaroo whole

In this series of photos a Pythons can be seen completely swallowing a Kangaroo.

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World's First Ray Gun Shoots Down Missile!

"the U.S. Army and the Israel Ministry of Defence (IMoD) have blazed a new trail in the history of defensive warfare by using the Army's Tactical High Energy Laser/Advanced Concept Technology Demonstrator (THEL/ACTD), the world's first high-energy laser weapon system designed for operational use, to shoot down a rocket carrying a live warhead."

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Go to ANY site .. from ANY time ..

This crazy little tool i found can send you back in time to almost any site. After typing in a url, it asks what date you want to go back to and Voila!

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Longhorn Blogs

Check out www.LonghornBlogs.com for a lot of Longhorn related blogs by Microsoft employees. Find out about the latest features and developer frameworks at longhorn blogs.

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How to Get the Special Effects In Longhorn Beta 1,Video Drivers with LDDM

Many are dissappointed when starting Vista Beta 1 and not seeing all the promised eye candy (transparency and such). You will need a driver that supports the Longhorn Driver Display Model (LDDM) Today, both ATI and nVidia have realeased beta drivers for Windows Vista Beta 1 with support for LDDM.

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How To Build Your Own Paper Rocket

its easy,it light, its made of paper, it launches 5 metres..wait launches 5 metres?

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MSN, Google Searchers More Likely To Buy

Just in case you were wondering which search engines had users with money in the bank (and I know you were), comScore Networks, Inc. reports that in the month of June, MSN searchers were 48% more likely to buy online than the average Internet user. Googlites were 42% more likely.
The increased likelihood of AOL users to make an online purchase was nearly nonexistent, reporting a 3 percent better chance than the average user. Yahoo users were 31% more likely and AskJeeves users were 17% more likely. "That's important to the value of the consumer and the fact they have money in their pockets, which is noteworthy," says James Lamberti, vice president of search solutions, at comScore Networks Inc. Another area interest is how those buyers are spread out demographically. According comScore, men were most likely to search using Google. Google's audience in June was found to be 51.5% male. Yahoo! was 49.7% male, MSN 49%, AOL 48.1%, and AskJeeves was only 46.3% male. "The percentage differences aren't that great, but when you talk about 48.5% of Google users being female vs. 52% at AOL, that's a pretty big difference when you are talking about the entire Internet population," says Lamberti. Googlites seemed to launch more sophisticated searches as well, more often typing in complex search queries. The simpler, more broad search terms occurred more often with AOL, MSN, and Yahoo!. Lamberti adds that search term specificity is a key indicator of the likelihood of making an online purchase. However, likelihood to buy doesn't mean that customers buy right away. A separate study showed that in the consumer electronics category (cameras, TVs, etc.), 85% of purchases were made off line an average of 5 to 12 weeks after the initial search. Only 15% made a purchase during the first search session. Overall, in the same category, 25% of searches converted to a purchase, but 92% of these purchases occurred off line. "These findings reinforce the importance of considering the latent impact of search engine usage when evaluating search engine marketing investments," said Lamberti. "Search cannot be thought of as solely a direct response marketing tool, especially in highly considered product categories where search activity can precede a purchase by as much as 60 to 90 days." As for search terms, 70% of all searches began with generic search terms (camera, mobile phone), while branded search terms (Sony, Lexmark) accounted for only 20%. The remaining 10% of search terms were product specific (HP notebook nx9010). Sixty-one percent of purchase conversions were begun with generic search terms. "It's critical that retailers consider generic search terms as an important part of their keyword strategy," said Lamberti. "Marketers focused solely on specific product terms known to convert directly will fail to address the vast majority of consumers in the buy cycle."

Technorati Gets Mobilized, Now What About The Blogs?

Blog search site Technorati has just released a version of its site dedicated to viewing on mobile browsers such as handheld computers and mobile phones.

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Copernic Adds To Desktop Search

As more and more people start to use Firefox rather than Microsoft Internet Explorer, more and more companies are starting to cater to them.

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New world may be double Pluto's size

Astronomical detectives make a stunning discovery - hiding in plain view, the object may be the biggest orbiting in the outer solar system

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How to build the best paper airplane in the world

"It glided like no paper airplane I have ever seen before, it was acting like a REAL airplane. It gently curved into the slight breeze and began to rise vertically without moving forward. The craft then began to lower as if it were a helicopter and gently came to rest on the asphalt below. "

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Free Phone Calls all around the world 'UPDATED'

Thevoipbuster has been updated with new features,free calls to any regular land line in one of our free destinations,for unlimited calls buy 1 euro credit

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Watch a DEA Agent Shoot Himself in the Foot.

Check out this video of a DEA agent who accidentally shot himself while lecturing on gun safety! After, he limps around, and tries to continue with the lesson.

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The Science of Lance Armstrong

Between 1992 and 1999, he increased his muscle efficiency by 8 percent, a gain previously thought to be impossible.

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HP Drops iPod Like It's Hot

Hewlett-Packard is ending a high-profile deal to resell Apple Computer's iPod, HP said on Friday.

"We do remain committed to our digital-entertainment strategy," said HP spokesman Ross Camp. "We decided that reselling the iPod does not fit within that strategy."

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Next Gen Console Wars: It's a Tie?

"They're going to be a little faster in a few areas; we're going to be a little faster in a few areas," Bach said. "The net result from a hardware perspective is going to be kind of a toss-up."

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Windows Vista: The beginning of the end for the system Registry

Finally the end of the system registry is near in. It's the last topic in the article.

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Graphical Zipcode Map

Watch this map pinpoint your zipcode on a pinpoint map of the US. Make sure to use the zoom feature. This is awesome!

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Coke Creates Calorie-Burning Soda

Coca-Cola is planning to launch Enviga, a soda that is said to burn 50 to 100 calories just by drinking a 12-oz. serving, next year, per one executive.

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Purchase a Skycar!

As a result of the recent successful hovering flights of the M400 Skycar, Moller International is accepting deposits to secure delivery positions for our M400 Skycar until after the Skycar has flown from hover to full aerodynamic flight and returned (transitioning flight). A limited number of delivery positions are available.

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Did you know that TWO new planets were discovered today?

A lot of people are quickly becoming aware of the new planet discovered that could be up to twice as big as Pluto. What a lot of people don't realize is that on this same day, ANOTHER seperate planet has been discovered, which while smaller than Pluto, has its own moon.

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Super Hi-Res Photos of that Martian Ice

Also some more info and a 3D IMAGE! (if you havethe red/blue glasses)

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Sun says it will help develop Opteron

It's only a matter of time before Sun Microsystems starts helping Advanced Micro Devices enhance the Opteron chip, at least according to Sun.

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The serial number of your printer could be hidden in every printout

At the request of the United States Secret Service, manufacturers developed mechanisms that print in an encoded form the serial number and the manufacturer's name as indiscernible markings on color documents. This EFF article get in to the down and dirty of this controversial new technology.

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Japan to Build Fastest Supercomputer

The Japanese government said on Monday that plans were underway to develop a computer that would operate at a speed that is 73 times faster than the current fastest supercomputer.

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How to Bypass BIOS Passwords

BIOS passwords can add an extra layer of security for desktop and laptop computers. There are a few known backdoors and other tricks of the trade that can be used to bypass or reset the BIOS password on most systems.

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