Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
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
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
Monday, August 29, 2005
Sunday, August 28, 2005
Saturday, August 27, 2005
Friday, August 26, 2005
Thursday, August 25, 2005
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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They do it with Podcasts, so why not this?
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Wednesday, August 24, 2005
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.
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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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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!
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!
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
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?
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?
Monday, August 22, 2005
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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Saturday, August 20, 2005
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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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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Friday, August 19, 2005
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 viewGoogle 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).
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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Thursday, August 18, 2005
Wednesday, August 17, 2005
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.
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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Tuesday, August 16, 2005
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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Sunday, August 14, 2005
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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Friday, August 12, 2005
Thursday, August 11, 2005
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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Wednesday, August 10, 2005
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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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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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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Tuesday, August 09, 2005
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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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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Monday, August 08, 2005
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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Sunday, August 07, 2005
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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Saturday, August 06, 2005
The Best Hubble Images Ever
A collection Of the clearest, most interesting images captured by the Hubble telescope.
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Thursday, August 04, 2005
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.
read more | digg story
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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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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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Wednesday, August 03, 2005
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/
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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Tuesday, August 02, 2005
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 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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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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Monday, August 01, 2005
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
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? :)
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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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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