Could a Wikipedia backed search engine take down Google?

Jimmy Wales, the man behind Wikipedia, has laid out plans to create a new search engine that focuses on quality results, rather than complete and total crawling."The new Wikia search service will combine computer-driven algorithms and human-assisted editing when the company launches a public version of the search site toward the end of 2007"

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Page Saver firefox extension captures web pages as images

If you capture screenshots of web pages often and don't want to go through the whole Alt-PrntScrn, Open Paint, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+S routine, this Firefox extension's for you. Save the visible portion of a web page or the entire page to an image in one click with Page Saver, which is great for reporting web site bugs or just snapping a web page pic

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Rusty car sells for over $850k [PICS]

Rust bucket-o-cash

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Computer Electrocutes Sweaty Student

A college student was so worried about his expenses he refused to turn on his air conditioner, even when he noticed it was hot enough to over heat his computer.

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12 Hot Women & the Hideous Men They Love

So what if you´re ugly? Being hideous certainly didn´t stop these lucky bastards from getting themselves some grade-A leg.

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Applying for the Position of Jessica Alba's Boyfriend

Bachelors (and anyone else for that matter) take note: Jessica Alba, that bastion of sexual purity and overall desirable hotness, is single. Scrape that jaw off the floor, cowboy. The news is true. Does this mean that you have a chance at getting into her jeans? Perhaps, if you can give yourself over to your innate ATTACK MODE.

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The Simspons: 'Please Don't Download This Movie Illegally'

Despite the pleas Bart writes on the chalkboard, the movie gets leaked on BitTorrent, the Pirate Bay Goes Simpsons, and yet, despite all it still rakes in big bucks at the box office.

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Woman goes in labor while auditioning for American Idol

Talk about pregnant pauses: An American Idol contestant's audition was interrupted Monday when she went into labor, an Idol first. Antoria Gillon, 20, of Dallas, wasn't due to give birth until today, so she thought it was safe to wait in line outside Texas Stadium in Irving starting at 2:30 a.m. Monday for her first shot at the singing competition.

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Non-Magic T-Shirt Reveals Harry Potter's Ending (PIC)

The Harry Potter Enlightenment Project has produced a spoilsport T-Shirt that will make children cry and their parents call you every name under the sun. See Cho (Katie Leung) revealing it all — and yes, she's hot. [NSFP version - Not Safe For Potterphiles]

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The New Incredible Hulk Revealed!

At the Marvel films panel at the San Diego Comic-Con yesterday, they revealed a new concept photo of the Hulk as well as spoke with Edward Norton about his role and his involvement in helping write the film.

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Beauties With Big Brains

It's easy to forget, but not every hot female celebrity is a braindead skanked out media whore like Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan. Here are ten gorgeous female celebrities who actually excelled academically and have something going for them apart from their good looks.

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JK Rowling answers a ton of Harry Potter questions

This pretty much clears everything up.

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Is the Internet the fifth major TV network?

it's too early to see what happens, but it's an interesting time. one day the internet will on par with the other networks.

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Full Iron Man Debriefing from Comic-Con

"At this year's San Diego Comic-Con last Saturday, Marvel hosted a panel for two of their major films..It's time to hone down and focus on all things Iron Man, including details discussed by director Jon Favreau and star Robert Downey Jr as well as the footage shown and much more."

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''Star Trek'' exclusive: The Spocks speak!

In a roundtable conversation with EW, Leonard Nimoy, newly cast Zachary Quinto, and director J.J. Abrams talk about '08's franchise reboot

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Wil Wheaton's Geek in Review: One Big Focus Group

Hollywood faces its greatest challenge in the history of adapting comic books to movies with "Watchmen". Many executives won’t understand what it’s about. If Hollywood really wants to do this right, and really doesn’t want to ***** it up, my advice is to listen to the focus group at Comic-Con. I mean, REALLY listen... [warning: site may be NSFW]

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Tom Cruise to Play Capt. Christopher Pike in J.J. Abrams' 'Star Trek'?

IGN has learned from a trusted source that director J.J. Abrams would like to have the A-list star cameo in his forthcoming big-screen reboot of Star Trek.

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The Ten Most Memorable Moments from Comic-Con ‘07

If you were there, you could probably jot down 20-30 great moments in a matter of minutes. It was that much fun. If you weren’t there, here are 10 things that should have you kicking yourself in the ass for missing the event:

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Six Things That Suck About Each of the Game Consoles

The XBox 360 has a great library of games, the Wii offers a unique gameplay experience and the PS3 is a powerhouse waiting for its potential to be unleashed. Everyone comes to the defense of their favorite consoles, but here are six things that ***** me off about each of them.

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Rockstar goes Sony Exclusive - GTA IV sequels all on PS3

According to the cheatcc podcast R* will be going PS3/PSP exclusive. All upcoming titles other than those in production will be on the PS3 only. If this is true it could be a huge coup for Sony as it measn that all the GTA IV spin offs will be PS3 exclusive.

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Why Your 360 Heats Up, Craps Out, And Dies.... The Science Of Bad Design.

Face it: the Xbox 360 isn't quite up to snuff. The design is flawed, leading to an abnormal number of machines konking out. Since Microsoft won't reveal the details of what exactly is causing the problems, Japanese news source Nikkei had a thermal design expert analyze the 360's heat radiation system.

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Top Ten Must Buy Games For The Game Boy Advance

Before the GBA is put down for good, Infendo compiled a list of titles you should try to pick up before they’re gone. All of them are $19.99 and under and are a good pick-up during these short software droughts:

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What it's Like Working at GameStop

You’ve shopped at GameStop before – or if not, you’ve visited an EB Games, I’m sure. Close enough. The latter is, after all, owned by GameStop now. My first “real” job was working for a local GameStop at my mall.

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N64DD Emulation May Soon Be a Reality!

kammedo of ASSEMblergames has pulled out some awesome & obscure Nintendo 64 development hardware that can potentially dump Nintendo 64DD cartridges. It has been very difficult to begin any Nintendo 64DD emulation, especially since there aren't any ROM Images dumped. More Via Link

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Wii sales pass 10 MILLION worldwide, only 290,000 behind Xbox360

In just 8 and a half months Nintendo's record-breaking Wii system has managed to sell over 10 million units worldwide - the fastest videogame console ever to reach the mark and nearly halfway towards Gamecube's total sales already. In just over a week, total sales will have passed that of Microsoft's Xbox360

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Microsoft Confirms that All Premium 360s are now getting HDMI out

Microsoft Confirms that All Premium 360s are now getting HDMI out

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Wii System Update Breaks SD Media Launcher

Bad news, folks. I installed the update yesterday and now the SD Media Launcher disc won't boot. Looks like Nintendo are really cracking down, even on legal homebrew.So whatever you do, if you want homebrew on your Wii via SD Media Launcher, DO NOT UPDATE YOUR FIRMWARE!

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Halo 3 - Fastest Selling Pre-Order Game EVER!

I can't say I'm surprised one bit...

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50 Really Good Indie Videogames

This is in no way meant to be a "best of" list or any kind of indie gaming canon, although every game in this list is recommended highly. As you will see, the themes and inspiration behind the games are really broad, as are the presentation and technical complexity.

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[List] Alltime Nintendo Million Sellers - 215 games, 875m total sales!

Nintendo have released a list of their alltime worldwide million sellers, dominated by Mario and Pokemon there are some big suprises such as Nintendogs so high, Super Mario Kart so low, Brain Training selling more than Smash Bros Melee, Wind Waker outselling Twilight Princess and much much more!

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Why the Bourne Series is the Best American Film Trilogy Ever Made

Yes. Better than Star Wars. Better than The Godfather. But not because the individual films of the Bourne trilogy are better than the individual Star Wars or Godfather installments…

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Help Fight Draconian Zero-Tolerance Piracy Laws and Boycott Regal Cinemas!

Free Culture @ NYU is joining the call for a chain wideboycott of Regal Cinemas over their draconian punishment of a 19 year-old girl caught taping 20 seconds of the Transformers film. We demand that Regal Cinemas drop all charges against Jhannet Sejas, and that the entertainment group issue a full apology to the teen.

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Joss Whedon Leaves Door Open a Crack for "Serenity II"

In an interview at this year’s Comic Con, director Joss Whedon talked about the Collector’s Edition Serenity DVD and a possible big screen sequel if the sales of the new DVD set do well . Here are just a few snippets of that interview:

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HDMI Enabled 360s do NOT have 65nm chip

Judging from the details on the new HDMI 360 premiums, they have the same 90nm mobo as the Elites. Tsk tsk Microsoft.

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Circuit City Subpoenas CheapAssGamer

The retail giant wants CAG to turn over all personal information about registered forum member Speedy1961, who has been posting weekly CC ads prior to their release on the site.

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Complete List of FREE Xbox LIVE Downloads

Here is a complete list of all the cool, free Xbox LIVE downloads available right now on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace.

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Awesome! Make your own Atari 2600 Labels!

This Atari 2600 Label Maker produces authentic looking Atari 2600 "Picture Labels" using your own image and title.The "Picture Label" is the most common Atari 2600 label and features a large image on a black background. The game title is always in upper case but varies in color.

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50 Factors that Affect the Value of the US Dollar

The US Dollar is subject to numerous influences, from politics to accounting scandals to Walmart's supply chain policies, and everything in between. The following list contains 50 factors that affect the value of the US dollar, both big and small. Some are obvious, others not at all.

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80 Gorgeous Typefaces For Professional Design

Let's take a look at over 80 gorgeous typefaces for professional design, based upon suggestions from designers and web-developers all over the world.

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The Anatomy of An Album Leak

A very interesting look at the practice of leaks: who leaks, why they leak and the varying responses from Artists, Record Labels and the various media outlets.

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9 Words and Sentences Women Use To Dominate Men...

Guys, when it comes to women, we can't win for loosing. Well, here are 9 key words / sentences to watch out for if we want to keep the peace...

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Top 30 Most WASTED Domains!

A list of 30 AMAZING domains that are simply and purely wasted.

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Richard Branson dumps mug of water on Colbert and vice versa

Two of the coolest guys in the world, Sir Richard Branson and Stephen Colbert, apparently poured water on each other's heads in an unfriendly manner during a television segment taping that will likely never air.

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Chinese Pirates Copy iPhone, Make Improvements

The miniOne looked just like Apple's iPhone, down to the slick no-button interface. But it was more. It ran popular mobile software that the iPhone wouldn't. It worked with nearly every worldwide cellphone carrier, not just AT&T, and not only in the U.S. It promised to cost half as much as the iPhone and be available to 10 times as many consumers.

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Windows XP SP3 Leaked

It comes in at around 340 Mb and can be found pretty much everywhere. But then again, you'd never download something illegally like this, would you?

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Is the era of Microsoft ending?

It’s true for athletes, true for movie stars, and it’s true for businesses as well. They’re loved when they start, they’re feared mid-career, then at the end they become legends. And if you are a legend, it’s a two-edged sword. Newcomers don’t fear you, they know you’re going down, and so do you...

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Lego's 75th anniversary: 23 DIY Lego ideas

Today is Lego's 75th anniversary, which is reason for geeks and those who never grew up to jump up and down with glee. Here are 23 awesome and extraordinary Lego projects you can do to celebrate Lego's anniversary and have some constructable fun while you're at it.

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iPhone Hack: Play Music to Any Bluetooth Headset

iPhone apparently does seem to support sending any audio - including music and the audio tracks from your videos - to a Bluetooth headset that isn't even enabled with A2DP - but it aint pretty.

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SCO is Toast! Court Rules: Novell owns the UNIX copyrights!

Hot off the presses: Judge Dale Kimball has issued a 102-page ruling [PDF] on the numerous summary judgment motions in SCO v. Novell. Here is what matters most: The court concludes that Novell is the owner of the UNIX and UnixWare Copyrights.

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