Sony CEO confirms PS3 launch for Spring 2006

While the confirmation appears to only apply to a Japanese launch, with "European and US launches following later in the year, or early in 2007", the source is obviously well placed.

Other articles/rumors suggest that US launch will be Holiday 2006, possibly later if the X360 doesn't gain significant market share.

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Google Made Opera Browser Free

"Well, little digging around, and hounding the Opera PR team, I found out that the decision to give away the browser came after the company stuck “compensation deals�? with some of the search engines."

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Order your new Ubuntu Breezy (5.10) free CDs now!

Since today Ubuntu is taking orders to ship free CDs of its new OS version, Breezy Badger, to be launched in October.

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Comparison of Bittorrent Clients

An interesting table that compares the features of 25 different Bittorrent clients.

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Mass OpenDocument requirement now final

On Sept 21, Massachesetts finalized the requirement for the Executive office to use the OpenDocument format. Too bad for Microsoft.

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The Greatest Toy Collection... Ever.

Check out this guy's toy collection. It is possibly the greatest individual toy collection of action figures, models, etc... I have ever seen. There is 260+ pics on this page so be cautious if you have less than a broadband connection.

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CSS Techniques Roundup - 20 CSS Tips & Tricks

20 CSS techniques, tips, and tricks that you may find handy. Topics range from rounded corners, Netflix style rating sytems, styling lists, different layout techniques, styling RSS feeds with CSS and more. A great catalog of links to help you easily get the effects you want for a site.

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Bridge from Asia to North America

If this 55 mile bridge across the Bering Strait were built, it would be the first connection between Asia and North America since the last ice age. The bridge would contain a 2 lane highway, a section for high speed trains, and oil and gas pipelines.

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100 Moast Misspelled Werds

Here are the 100 words most often misspelled ('misspell' is one of them). Each word has a mnemonic pill with it and, if you swallow it, it will help you to remember how to spell the word. Master the orthography of the words on this page and reduce the time you spend searching dictionaries by 50%.

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Sony PSP 2.0 Hacked!

Sony's PlayStation Portable 2.0 firmware has now been exploited and the proof of concept has been released. Now it's just a matter of time before homebrew for the 2.0 starts appearing.

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Hacking the Linksys WRT54G wireless router

Pretty much everything you need to know about hacking the Linksys WRT-54G.

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Free Computer Books, Tutorials & Lecture Notes

Highly informative and useful information on a whole range of Math/Computer/Networking/IT related topics...

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How to bypass those annoying automated recordings at most major companies

Strategies and how to get directly connected to someone with a pulse instead of listening to a damn recording at most major companies. Very interesting and helpful.

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HOWTO Install Mac OS X on a commodity Intel PC in 8 steps

Sammy Krupa sez, "I wrote a guide to installing the developer Intel version of Mac OS X Tiger (Intel) on a generic PC. The amazing thing: I installed and troubleshooted the installation of Mac OS X on Intel in 8 steps."

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Next Full body armor

The secret is a liquid dip that fortifies thin sheets of Kevlar, rendering them nearly impenetrable.Clothing is possible.

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Play Mike Tyson'sPunch-Out online and compete against other people's scores

This site should bring back some fond memories for those of you who grew up playing Mike Tyson's Punch-Out on the Nintendo. The site allows you to play the game on-line in your browser using the NESCafe NES emulator and automatically tracks visitors fight scores in a Hall of Fame! Should be fun for anyone who played the original classic!

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Practical PHP Programming

Full on line book for anyone to learn PHP or perfect their knowledge, created by the author or Fedora Core 4 Unleashed.

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A Good Guide on Designing a CSS Based Template

Veerle Pieters' eight part tutorial is a useful introduction to the design and creation of strong CSS-based templates for websites.

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Have you ever seen things "float" past you?

This Wiki entry explains what those things are, where they came from, and (most importantly) confirm that your aren't "seeing things".

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Family Guy's Premiere Being Replaced With A RE-Run

"Fox has substituted one original episode of Family Guy for another on Sunday, the debut of its new fall season lineup that night, because the episode scheduled to air contained a “couple” references to a hurricane." Do Not Watch and support censorship!

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The Best Designer's Resource

1000's of links to FREE: Stock Photography, Vector Clip-Art, Fonts, Logos, Sounds, Photoshop Brushes, Poser DLs, Text Generator, Patterns, Color Tools and other Random Stuff.

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Up to 100gb Divx pocket player - who needs a video ipod?

A mini divx player - uses 2.5" HDD. Up to 100gb of storage mp3, photos, divx - I could completely backup my laptop, all the songs on my ipod and still hold a half dozen or more divx movies.

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"Invisible" speaker wire

hear it, don't see it.

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How to Make Ice Out of Thin Air

A cooling technique that may find good use in poor Third World villages that requires no electricity, coolants, or fuels.

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Adult Swim puts program online

Anyone needing their Friday night fix of Aqua Teen or Robot Chicken, will get to view the episodes on the adultswim.com website starting September 16th.

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Dolby announces lossless audio TrueHD

The TrueHD is designed to be paired up with the most recent developments in high-definition optical disc formats, says Dolby. Apparently, the audio is equal to that of the "highest-resolution studio masters currently available."

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More Superman pics available

First good look at Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor

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RIAA Fines Students $3,750 Without Showing Evidence

More of the RIAA using "pay us or else" tactics. Guilty until proven innocent?

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Linux LiveCD Router

The Linux Live-CD Router allows you to share and firewall your broadband connection and use WIFI. Does not require any installation. It is a LiveCD, your computer simply boots straight from the CD. Does not require a hard disk.

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Human Brains Are Getting Larger

Human Brains Are Getting Larger, More Complex, Scientists Say.
Human brains are still evolving, increasing in both size and complexity, University of Chicago geneticists said in two papers published in the journal Science.

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Inhaler may replace insulin shots for diabetics

US health experts have recommended the approval of a form of insulin that can be inhaled rather than injected.

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Windows Vista Product Editions Revealed

An interesting article outlining the different versions of vista that will be available upon release.

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CSS Hacks

CSS can be twisted enough to pull some cool hacks, read more here.

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Leaked Video of Sonic Next Gen Game

This is a shakycam video snuck out of a closed-door Sega press event. Looks pretty crazy if you ask me.

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3Gbps hard drive transfer rate!

This is the Samsung SpinPoint P120, a SATA HDD with a capacity of 200 or 250Gb, 8Mb of cache and 7200rpm... nothing fancy you would say... I couldn't agree more, if there wasn't that NCQ (Native Command Queuing) technology that boost the transfer rate up to 3Gbps.

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Sin City: Re-cut & Extended

the first details on Sin City: Recut & Extended,This new cut of the movie will be available to own from the 13th December, and priced at around $39.99. The set will include both the 124 minute theatrical release and much more

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GTA: LCS Trailer!

Yeah...it's the trailers guys!

Yeah!

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HUGE Gallery of Original Photos of the iPod Nano!

Adding to the hype, I know, but this *is* definitely one good gallery of detailed and original iPod nano photos (comparisons with other iPods included!).

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Apple's Nano says no to FireWire

Support for FireWire in the iPod, already waning, takes a further blow with Apple's newest music player.

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First look at final xbox 360 hardware and how it all works

Here is an interview from gametrailers.com with a couple people from MS about the xbox360 hardware. It's pretty cool, shows how the controllers will work wirelessly, shows what all the ports are for, and gives some hints at what the new live will be like. Can't wait for mine!

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Dr. DivX to be reborn through open source

The Dr. DivX™ 1.x encoding application is no longer available. While there will be no new updates to Dr. DivX version 1.x, there is a new open source Dr. DivX 2.0 version in the works and you can still use your existing copy of Dr. DivX 1.x as well as receive any support you may need through DivX.com.

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Top 100 of the biggest FTP-servers

Top 100 of the biggest FTP-servers - It's amazing some of these FTP servers have as much as 2 TBytes of files.

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Watch out Google, Wikipedia's Movin' On Up

Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia and news site, had a 130% increase in visits in this past year far surpassing Google and even CNN main threads. The site, now almost #1 on the internet, has become THE major news and information hub. Check it out.

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How-to: Download Exclusive 700k from Yahoo Launch

New Tutorial from UNEASYsilence on how to download Yahoo Launch videos at 700k (previously only available to SBC Yahoo subscribers) rather then the 300k tutorial that was previously posted. So enjoy commercial free high-quality music videos right on your hard drive.

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Indication that Google Talk will eventually communicate with AIM users!!

AOL and Jabber announced (on April 14th this year) they have formalized server-to-server communication between their clients. Google Talk is based on Jabber -- could Google take advantage of this agreement to allow some kind of interoperability between Gtalk and AIM?

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Tongue-eating bug found in fish

A gross creature which gobbles up a fish's tongue and then replaces it with its own body has been found in Britain for the first time.

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Unified Toolbar for Safari

This script gives Safari the unified toolbar look as seen on mail.app, hopefully it offers something for those who don't like the brushed metal look. If you want the same thing for iTunes then go here http://digg.com/apple/Bleached_iTunes

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High-Res Satellite Photo of Manhattan shortly after 9/11/2001

*NOTE* Link is to a directory holding the image. Because the image is so large (14MB @ 9372 x 9372 pixels) clicking the image could freeze your browser. I recommend saving the image by right-clicking and opening it with a program like Photoshop. Image taken on Sept. 23, 2001 from an altitude of 3,300 feet.

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From Japan to USA: Super Mario Bros. 3

What are the differences between the Japanese and USA versions of Super Mario Bros. 3? Read this, some of these things are really interesting.

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Linux Newbie Administrator Guide

The Linux Newbie Administrator Guide is "A complete reference for new Linux users who wish to set up and administer their own Linux home computer, workstation and/or their home or small office network." Weening myself off WinTendo seemed nearly impossible until I found this jewel.

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Court orders KAZAA owners to block pirated content

A federal court ruled Monday that the popular file-swapping program Kazaa infringes on copyright and gave its purveyors two months to alter the system so its users can no longer engage in music piracy.

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iPod Nano / Cingular Rocker (digg exclusive)

New products coming out Wed: Cingular will announce an iTunes compatible phone called the "Rocker", and a new 2GB ipod called the "Nano". *digg exclusive*

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Whole Movie on one CD-R!

All about the KVCD format and fitting 2 hours of near dvd quality vide on one CD-R...

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1995 Toys-R-Us video game scans.

Take a trip back in time. Its the only place you'll see DOOM on SNES for $100.

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Why python?

An extensive article explaining why you should use python or or at least start learning it.

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CSS PLAY

experiments with Cascading Style Sheets

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ajax im - A Browser Based Instant Messenger

ajax im is a browser-based instant messaging client. It uses the XMLHTTPRequest object in JavaScript to send and receive commands to and from the server. No refreshing of the page is ever needed for this "web application" to work, as everything is updated in real-time via JavaScript. Live demo here: http://ajaxim.unwieldy.net/

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REVERSE DICTIONARY: Describe a Concept, Get a Word

Reverse dictionary lets you describe a concept and get back a list of words and phrases related to that concept. Your description can be a few words, a sentence, a question, or even just a single word. In most cases you'll get back a list of related terms with the best matches shown first.

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N

This is an incredible online flash game that everyone should try at least once.

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MP3 Calculator

How much music will it fit?
A bitrate/filesize to hours/minutes/seconds converter for your MP3 needs.

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Discovering Ubuntu Linux

Read how a avad Windows user tries out Ubuntu Linux for the first time and dumps Windows for two weeks.

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Windows Vista Pricing - $99?

In an effort to reduce piracy, and convince users to not only upgrade their computers but also their OS, Microsoft is expected to dramatically reduce the price of its OS.

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List of Disk Encryption Utilities

Site has list of disk encryption utilities for not only Windows but Mac and UNIX/Linux. Has some widely known tools like Truecrypt. Cool site check it out.

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Tired of the apple design? Go and see new Design Concepts!!

Think different!! why not apple to produce these cool design?? why not?

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Affordable hydrogen fueled cars - Never buy gas again!

I've been watching this develop for about a year and it seems to be nearing production. This converts your EXISTING car to run on hydrogen, and best of all, they give you a hydrogen generator that you can run at your own home for little to no cost. Even if you aren't interested in this kind of thing, it's still a good read, plenty of pictures ;).

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SNES- As Good As Itâ??s Going to Get

Why the Super Nintendo is, and will always be, the greatest console ever released. A fun article, and I completely agree!

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REVIEW Beagle - The Next Generation Linux Desktop Search

This is like Google Desktop Search (GDS) for Linux. It's an easy way to search for files in Linux including IM chats and Emails all in one place.

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Firefox preloader makes Firefox load as fast as IE

This little program preloads Firefox into the OS so that it launches quickly each time it is called.

No more waiting for the OS to load the browser or be tempted to use IE (like that temptation was really there anyways, right??)

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New file format causes Mass panic at Microsoft - POOR MICROSOFT

The decision to adopt OASIS formats, pioneered by the open source OpenOffice project, has naturally angered Microsoft whose Office suite dominates the commercial market.

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Movable Type Style Generator

Just click any element on this page, for example the banner, and a box will appear that will allow you to set various styling options. After you're done styling the element, hit the 'Save' button to make the box disappear and continue editing the other elements.

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Free Audiobooks !

God bless the project Gutenberg folks. This one is great; more of us should take time to read the classics for those of us who don't have time to read the classics.

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Google Paying Students In Pizza

They say the way to a geek's heart is through his stomach and Google is following this ancient wisdom as part of its recruitment efforts on campuses all over the country.

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A 'Weather Nerd' in Indiana Sent a Warning to the Mayor

One of the earliest and perhaps clearest alarms about Hurricane Katrina's potential threat to New Orleans was sounded not by the Weather Channel or a government agency but by a self-described weather nerd sitting on a couch in Indiana with a laptop computer and a remote control.

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Learn AJAX in 30 seconds, best tutorial ever!

This is by far the best, easiest tutorial I have ever seen for AJAX. It makes things so simple, you can really learn to use basic AJAX in 30 seconds. If you know any bit of PHP this tutorial is what you need to read!

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OrganicHTML

Insert a web site, and watch it grow as a plant, it is very cool, i don't know what all the different plant parts and colors symbolize though. Search digg.com on it, it looks pretty cool. Very fun.

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Google to Microsoft: Watch Your Desktop

If Bill Gates ever had reason to doubt that the brash young billionaires of Google were out to get him, the time for such uncertainty is now officially over. Last month's dramatically revised version of its program Google Desktop is a glove slap across the face of Microsoft's fabled chief software architect.

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Free Linux CD's

This site is giving away Linux CD's for free. Perfect for those who want to try Linux for free, but are stuck with a crappy dial-up connection and don't have a friend with DSL to mooch off of.

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Nintendo DS vs. Sony PSP sales chart

Comparison chart featuring the weekly sales figures of the two systems in Japan. (Poor Sony. :D)

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Open Source Skype Alternative

This open source alternative to skype brings to the table the ability to establish sip calls, send SMS, video conference, and automatic NAT configuration. Stable client for windows only, but they also have a Linux, OSX and WinCE clients.

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Dave Chapelle Loves World of Warcraft.

WOW. Dave chapelle is a WOW addict apparently.

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Hilarious Movie pirating clip

This is an instant classic. The best web mini-movie I've seen yet.

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Samsung to play safe with dual HD DVD/Blu-ray rig

Samsung is to harness consumer confusion over which next-generation optical disc standard to back by offering a player that supports both HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc (BD).

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95% Of Thoroughbreds Linked To One Superstud

Virtually all 500,000 of the world's thoroughbred racehorses are descended from 28 ancestors, born in the 18th and 19th centuries, according to a new genetic study. And up to 95% of male thoroughbreds can be traced back to just one stallion.

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End of an era for Zelda?

Eagerly-awaited Gamecube title The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess will mark the end of an era for the hit series, according to a transcript of a recent radio interview with Shigeru Miyamoto.

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Mystery Bulge Growing in Oregon

A bulge that is 100 square miles in size has been steadily growing in Oregon. Scientists aren't quite sure what it is, but more than likely, it is a new volcano trying to break through to the surface.

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AJAX Webmail - interaction like thunderbird

I'm working on a webmail client that uses AJAX to provide interaction like thunderbird. Click on a message and it loads in the message pane.

It still needs finishing touches (eg, it only works in firefox right now) but you can see a demo at http://sommere-1.it.gac.edu

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Samsung unveils 'world first' laptop with detachable screen

Samsung Electronics is set to lure thrifty users with the world's first notebook to come with a reusable monitor.

The Korean giant unveiled its latest innovation, the M70, at IFA Berlin 2005 on Friday and said that its unique design will compete with both notebooks and desktops thanks to a mammoth 19in detachable monitor.

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Microsoft Now Considers Firefox "Competition"

In its annual report, Microsoft has for the first time taken note of the competitive threat posed by the open source Firefox browser. The mention came in a section on competition for the Client unit. In that section, Microsoft noted not only its traditional operating system rivals such as Unix and Linux, but also rivals for various...

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Martial Law declared in the State of Louisiana!

Due to widespread looting and shootings martial law has been declared.

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beautiful or ugly?

Some german scientists did reasearch on what the perfect face features of a man and women are. 90 people were used on a scale of 1 to 7.

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Amazing (Time-Lapse) Hurricane Videos Shot From Space

Download QuickTime Movies of Hurricanes growing, rampaging and dying... All shot from the comfort of space.

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New Nanotech Coating Prevents Fogging, Glare in Glass

A new technique for treating glass can permanently prevent glass from fogging and virtually eliminate glare, scientists reported today.

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Gmail trick to getting free stuff... fast!

Have one of those givaways where you need different email addresses to get another one? Gmail's got the hack. [blog link]

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EXCLUSIVE: Windows Vista RELEASE DATES

"...Microsoft will ship Vista Release Candidate 0 (RC0)
on April 19, 2006, and Windows Vista RC1 on June 28, 2006. Microsoft currently plans to release Vista to manufacturing on August 9, 2006, and make the product broadly available by November 15, 2006..." read more here

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Download music videos from Yahoo Launch with VLC

Here's a nice how-to on how to download music videos from Yahoo Launch's service. They allow you to play the videos for free without signing up for anything which is uber cool, but this lets you download them right to your hard drive with no commercials.

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Before and after photos of New Orleans

Satellite pictures of destruction of New Orleans.

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Never use make/configure ever again...GUI based Source Installer!

By the GNU fellas, for *nix newbies and people who want an easier method than going through a whole bunch of directories and a whole bunch of vi editing.

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Everything you need for a USB key

Great article including links for (nearly entirely freeware) software including D*mn Small Linux and Windows CE emulation. Perfect for privacy buffs.

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9 Days until Firefox 1.5 Beta

The lockdown for "Firefox 1.5 Beta 1" will occur at 11:59pm on Tuesday, Sept 6 in preparation for release on Thursday, Sept 8.

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1M Satellite Imagery of New Orleans

Amazing...you can see each street that is flooded. One direct url is: http://www.digitalglobe.com/images/katrina/new_orleans_msi_aug31_2005_dg.jpg
Also check out space imaging for more:
http://www.spaceimaging.com/

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Sex makes people healthy, cheerful, strong, beautiful and sleepy

It is generally believed that human beings have sex either for pleasure or reproduction. However, the number of people driven with these motivations has been reducing steadily during the recent years. The majority of humans use sex as the most pleasant and available remedy for a whole bouquet of problems.

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Digitallifetv episode #3 released for download

"Sam Kennedy from 1up.com joined Loyd Case from ExtremeTech, Robert Heron from PC Magazine, and Patrick Norton on our third episode of Digital Life TV."

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MPA has obtained an open search warrant for an ENTIRE CITY!!!

In a statement, the MPA explained that the order permits police to search any premises suspected of containing pirated products, and permits officers to open locked premises without delay.

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Great "IPTV" show listings website

This is a great website that lists many (if not all) of the "IPTV" shows available.. 27 shows as of this digg, the site lists updates on new show episode releases.. you can also subscribe to the sites news feed via RSS and be informed of when a new show episodes are out.. A great reference website for all the "bitcast" tv shows out there!

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Diamonds aren't forever (Material harder than Diamond found)

A bunch of physicists in Germany have created a material harder than Diamonds. "Natalia Dubrovinskaia and colleagues at the University of Bayreuth made the new material by subjecting carbon-60 molecules to immense pressures".

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ShrinkTo5 Nice Open Source DVDShrink replacement

ShrinkTo5 has been developed as a cross-platform engine available for free for anyone. To ensure a fast spreading to other platforms ShrinkTo5 is distributed as open-source. Still in development and it's open.

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Live TV through Bit Torrent

This is amazing. Look at what they are doing the Asia. This program provides LIVE TV (yes I mean live TV) feed to the masses using bit torrent technology. I know, I know, what they are doing might not be the most legal thing, but I think this technology has great potential. Check it out.

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Xbox 360's DVD format is running out of space?

Gamespot is reporting that some developers are running out of space when using the Xbox 360's DVD disc format...

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Tired of your boss snooping on or blocking your web browsing?

This article explains how to setup and use a proxy to route all your web surfing at work (or anywhere) through an encrypted tunnel to the connection at your house. Uses OpenSSH and Privoxy. Leaves no trace of the sites you visit and gets around any site blocking that may be setup.

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New 1000MHz DDR memory unleashed

US memory manufacturer, Patriot Memory has announced the release of its new Extreme Performance and Dual Channel Ease Latency DDR2 1000MHz (pictured). They are aimed at overclockers and gamers.

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free partion software

Finally, what looks like a great free alternative for moving, making, and deleting partitions. I've always hated having to buy partitioning software because of the limited amount of use you get. I always end up wondering how many times I will have to partition my hard drive to get my $60 worth.

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AJAX Powered Periodic Table

A very handy periodic table of the elements using the oh so popular Ajax. Now it works in IE too.

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Text To Speech Voice Generator

Works great. Max of 3000 characters and 13 voices to choose from all with different accents.

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Google Talk Chat Rooms Live Now!

Someone (@ google or otherwise) is running chat rooms on google talk, which can be joined by anyone on Google Talk just by adding a certain "user" (bot) to their buddy lists. Great fun, get in there while you can!

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Color Scheme Generator

Generator of color schemes and palettes to create good-looking and well balanced and harmonic web pages. This is the new version of the previous color generator.

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XBOX Backwards Compatibility Leaked

Some Q&A and how the Xbox will be backward compatible

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How to detect lies

The following techniques to telling if someone is lying are often used by police, and security experts. This knowledge is also useful for managers, employers, and for anyone to use in everyday situations where telling the truth from a lie can help prevent you from being a victim of fraud/scams and other deceptions.

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The 20 Biggest Tech Secrets

We reveal some of what vendors are keeping mum, such as: You never have to pay full price, extended warranties rarely pay for themselves, and the big sites do have customer service numbers.

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The First Guide to Knoppix for the Complete Beginner

ebook entitled "knowing Knoppix". good if you want to learn how to use it

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Wealth of new Xbox 360 information is revealed!

Everything from hardware to the new dashboard discussed and uncovered.

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Never Turn Your PC off With this New Vista Feature

A new technology built into Windows Vista that automatically saves unstored documents when IT managers run patch installations will be a boon to PC users who never turn off their PCs, industry analysts said Thursday.

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Get Rounded Corners Without Images using CSS

Quite an old article but quite cool. Shows you how to get the nifty curved corners of content/nav boxes popularized by sites such as Blogger/Digg without the use of images.

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Google Desktop Sidebar now has Purpose: A Digg Plugin!

A new digg.com plugin for the recent google desktop sidebar has been released. It reads the ten most recent stories from the homepage. Nice features like auto-refresh every five minutes. Finally a use for the sidebar other than weather!

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Dude 24Mbps broadband is here!

This is sweet I guess we are heading into the right direction. faster file-sharing I suppose!

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DVD Jon hacks Media Player file encryption

Norway's best known IT export, DVD Jon, has hacked encryption coding in Microsoft's Windows Media Player, opening up content broadcast for the multimedia player to alternative devices on multiple platforms.

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Cheat Sheet Roundup - Over 30 Cheatsheets for developers

Lets face it, unless you have a photographic memory, no developer can remember all the different functions, options, tags, etc. that exist...I have rounded up over 30 cheatsheets that developers might find useful.

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"Nintendogs" game sells 250,000 in first week, is this the new Pokemon?

Holy moly, this game really pumped the sales for Nintendo and ots DS platform.

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Tractor Beam Technology

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

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iPod mini to move to flash, more shuffle and phone details

Apple will shortly upgrade its iPod mini line with color screens and its iPod shuffle line with increased storage capacity.

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