April 2008
The End of Everything →
It can be said that humans have a bit of a short term view of things. We’re concerned about the end of summer, the next school year, and maybe even retirement. But these are just a blink of an eye in…
Court rejects RIAA's 'making available' piracy... →
In Atlantic v. Howell, Judge Neil V. Wake denied the labels’ motion for summary judgment in a 17-page decision (PDF), allowing the suit to proceed to trial. The argument—that merely the act of…
The Heartbeat of Liberty City - GTA IV Easter Egg →
There’s a chained, beating heart inside the Statue of Happiness. Seriously
GTAIV Becomes 5th Game in Gamespot's History to... →
The four others were: Chrono Cross, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Soul Calibur, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 (PlayStation 2).
The Final Cylon Will Be Revealed Now! →
Obviously the important seat in the Battlestar Galactica “Last Supper” is the empty seat which is synonymous with Judas “the betrayer”. The “empty seat” signifies where the last Cylon would sit and…
Artist dangling horizontally out of a skyscraper →
Dangling horizontally out of a skyscraper, this hovering figure looks set to fall to his doom. But this ‘jumper’ hasn’t just lost it all on a game of chance - this is performance art with a…
Breaking News! : Hillary Clinton Required to... →
To All Super Delegates! : This is very disturbing news!In the landmark civil fraud case against Bill Clinton in Los Angeles, where the former President is charged with defrauding a Hollywood dot com…
The Man Who Invented Mars →
Long before the space race and space shuttle, a brilliant, wealthy, charming Boston Brahmin named Percival Lowell popularized the idea that we are not alone in the universe. As the next US spacecraft…
When Young Teachers Go Wild on the Web →
It’s almost like Googling someone: Log on to Facebook. Join the Washington, D.C., network. Search the Web site for your favorite school system. And then watch the public profiles of 20-something…
10 of the World's Most Endangered Places →
See them before they’re gone!
The New York Times reviews GTA IV →
A strange review of Liberty City by the New York Times.
31 TV Shows you Loved, Lost →
We look back at canceled series. See why Jericho, Veronica Mars, Arrested Development are among those you’d revive at your pop culture seance.
Two Views of Earth Show How Far We Have Come →
SPACE.com wishes all its readers a great Earth Day with two photos that show how far mankind has come while riding Spaceship Earth. The left photo of Earth was the first taken from the weather…
Orangutan attempts to hunt fish with spear [ With... →
A male orangutan, clinging precariously to overhanging branches, flails the water with a pole, trying desperately to spear a passing fish.
Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros →
Flight of the Conchords
What laptop does Steve Ballmer use for his... →
What laptop does Steve Ballmer use for his presentations? Right…
Official: Apple updates iMac →
As rumored last week, Apple just updated it’s iMac all-in-one desktop.
Arizona superdelegate pledges vote for Obama! →
Sen. Barack Obama picked up another superdelegate today at the Arizona Democratic Party’s state convention…Charlene Fernandez, chairwoman of the Yuma Democratic Party, was chosen the state party’s…
Ninja Cat Strikes →
You never see it coming until it’s too late.
Design for the Raiders Flying Wing [img] →
Original concept sketch by Ron Cobb and Norman Reynolds for the Nazi flying wing in Raiders of the Lost Ark.
GameTrailers.com - GTAIV Video Review →
GameTrailers.com reviews Rockstars latest installment in the now legendary GTA series.
Why It Sucks to be the Younger Brother [PIC] →
What Ansel Adams Saw Through His Lens →
Adams first visited Yosemite in 1916 when he was 14 years old. On that trip, he hopped up on a tree stump to take a photo of Half Dome, then stumbled, headfirst, and accidentally pushed the shutter…
Realistically Painted Bowser →
How would Mario’s arch-enemy look like, if he would be real? A Bowser Redesign painted completely in Photoshop.
Sex Chat Gone Wrong →
You get what you pay for…LOL!
The Large Hadron Collider - Hi Res →
The Large Hadron Collider is a large physics project buried 100 metres underground on the French/Swiss border at CERN. It is based in a 27Km long tunnel and this picture is an artist’s impression of…
Big Media Continues to Fight Net Neutrality →
Big Media has made its deal with broadband ISPs like Comcast to make sure its Internet video gets priority A-1 Express Lane carriage over the Internet. In exchange, they are supporting the ISPs’…
Video Teases GTA 4 Animation Technology →
New animation technology for GTA 4.
America's dirty little oil secret: Plastic Bottles... →
America consumes 31.2 billion water bottles a year taking 17.6 million barrels of oil to create them. Enough to fuel 1.5 million cars for a year. America consumes 100 billion plastic bags a year…
NASA researching 'nanosats' for orbiting 5G space... →
NASA is teaming with Machine-to-Machine Intelligence Corporation (m2mi) to create a global networking system using small satellites they call “nanosats.” Together, they intend to develop swarms of…
US Abstinence Program Fails →
Programs teaching U.S. schoolchildren to abstain from sex have not cut teen pregnancies or sexually transmitted diseases or delayed the age at which sex begins.
IGN reviews GTAIV →
…and gives it a Perfect 10
Do you think Mom and Dad will get mad? →
The true test of how much you love your kids
Affordable Electric Cars Coming to US in 2009 →
While we love hearing about sweet rides like the $100K Tesla Roadster, a functional and economical electric car made for the rest of us would be even cooler. This could be it: the Th!nk City electric…
MAC... PC. →
No recovery until 2009 for housing market →
Plummeting home prices negatively affect homeowners’ wealth, and some mortgage borrowers have found that the value of their homes has fallen below the price of their mortgages, sending some…
LSD vs Alcohol vs Tree (hilarious cartoon) →
Intoxicated People vs Green Tree
Why Twitter Sucks and Some People Shouldn't Use it... →
Penny Arcade gives a good example of why Twitter sucks when you use it to report everything you do..
LOLcat Hiring! Spelling Skillz Optional →
I can haz dream job?
T-Mobile to ship 1st Android-Based handsets by... →
While chances are good that someone will beat them to the punch, it looks like T-Mobile intends to come out swinging in the Android race. Following the initial launch, the company expects to…
Scientists Have Found Real Proof that Astrology is... →
Scientists have found astrology to be rubbish. Its central claim - that our human characteristics are moulded by the influence of the Sun, Moon and planets at the time of our birth - appears to have…
South Park's Internet symbiosis, audio with Matt... →
On last week’s episode of “South Park,” residents of our favorite made-up mountain hamlet woke up to a new kind of horror: a townwide Internet outage. No e-mail, no WebMD.com to check rogue symptoms…
Firefox 3's new bookmarking system →
Firefox 3 introduces a few new features to bookmarks that I think makes them much, much easier to use, more useful in general, and much more useful in particular for catastrophically disorganized…
Apple Buys Chip Designer →
Late Tuesday, in response to questions from Forbes.com, an Apple spokesman said Apple has agreed to buy a boutique microprocessor design company called PA Semi. The company, which is known for its…
These are NOT straws →
Burger King in Knoxville, TN has a sign to warn patrons that these are NOT straws! Just in case there was any confusion.
16 Lies Mothers Tell Their Kids →
We have all been victim to a few of Mom’s lies. “Stop cracking your knuckles…it will give you arthritis!” was just one of the many things mothers tell their children to keep them in line. What lies…
Stephen Hawking calls for Moon and Mars colonies →
Stephen Hawking called for a massive investment in establishing colonies on the Moon and Mars in a lecture in honour of NASA’s 50th anniversary. He argued that the world should devote about 10 times…
Cartoon All Stars (Completo) →
In 1988, all four networks aired this special starring The Smurfs, Alvin & the Chipmunks, Garfield, Bugs Bunny, and ALF, as a super crime-fighting team getting kids off drugs.
An Atlas of the Human Body (Never Seen PICS) →
With all layers of the skin removed on the left side of the head and neck, the dissection displays the blood vessels and nerves of the scalp, almost all of which come from the periphery. Things you…
OMG, Global Warming! [PIC] →