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Posted: 06 Nov 2007 03:36 PM CST

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Posted: 06 Nov 2007 03:32 PM CST

Cops can take your PC with­out turn­ing it off. [Digg]

Posted: 06 Nov 2007 02:49 PM CST

With this box, you can move a PC with­out turn­ing it off.

Uni­ver­sity of Texas begins game col­lec­tion for video game stu­dios degree

Posted: 06 Nov 2007 02:41 PM CST

Why I will never EVER use Cingular/AT&T EVER again — Vox

Posted: 06 Nov 2007 02:33 PM CST

Col­lege Stu­dents Accused of Tor­tur­ing Man With Freshly Baked Cook­ies [Digg]

Posted: 06 Nov 2007 11:50 AM CST

Two South­ern Illi­nois Uni­ver­sity stu­dents kid­napped, pad­dled and burned a young man with freshly baked cook­ies after a drug deal. Too Funny

More Apple Tablet PC Rumors Hit the Sur­face [Digg]

Posted: 06 Nov 2007 10:22 AM CST

We first heard rumors of an Apple tablet PC back in Sep­tem­ber. Now, that rumor has appar­ently been con­firmed by Asus, Apple’s con­tract man­u­fac­turer. Crave reports that Asus will be man­u­fac­tur­ing a tablet PC based on the same multi-touch tech­nol­ogy of the iPhone/iTouch, as pre­vi­ously reported. Asus already man­u­fac­tures iBooks, Power­Books and MacBook

Apple Work­ing on Tablet? [Digg]

Posted: 06 Nov 2007 10:20 AM CST

One of Apple’s con­tract man­u­fac­tur­ers, Asus, is work­ing on a Mac tablet, accord­ing to the Crave blog. It is not clear if this is going to be a major prod­uct, when it will be avail­able, or whether this is just a pro­to­type for now.

HTC Omni = Google Dream? [Digg]

Posted: 06 Nov 2007 08:05 AM CST

C’mon, you knew this was com­ing. Not a moment after Google does its big reveal on the Android OS and forth­com­ing multi-manufacturer GPhone, the rumor mill has already start­ing churn­ing with wild imag­in­ings and fan­tas­tic leaps of logic.

Why Apple will be big­ger than Google [Digg]

Posted: 06 Nov 2007 07:44 AM CST

Apple knows how to design not just gad­gets, but the busi­nesses that go around them. And as a result, I wouldn’t be sur­prised if Apple is worth more than Google within two years.

Ron Paul sets record $4.2 mil­lion in 24 hours. [Digg]

Posted: 06 Nov 2007 02:45 AM CST

WOW, $4.2 mil­lion in 24 hours!!! Dr. Ron Paul has well sur­passed the grass­roots goal of two mil­lion dol­lars. Rep. Paul has drawn mil­lions with his mes­sage of lib­erty, and refrain from empire build­ing. The mes­sage of non-intervention, secure bor­ders, no entan­gling alliances, no income tax, end­ing the war on drugs, and lib­erty is rapidly spreading.

The Jones Soda Exper­i­ment (Rare Jones Sodas Reviewed) [Digg]

Posted: 06 Nov 2007 12:27 AM CST

See what hap­pens when the finest soda in the world gets reviewed by one of the best comedic writ­ers on the planet.

The Best XBox Games Under $10 Each [Digg]

Posted: 05 Nov 2007 08:07 PM CST

When a con­sole has so many pop­u­lar clas­sics in their library, it’s amaz­ing how many top-notch games you can find between $3–10 (includ­ing ship­ping) online. Rack­et­boy gives a exten­sive list of the best val­ues on the orig­i­nal XBox. (And many are playable on the XBox 360)

Sam and Max: Abe Lin­coln Must Die Now Avail­able for Free [Digg]

Posted: 05 Nov 2007 05:32 PM CST

To pro­mote the pre­miere episode of Sam and Max Sea­son Two, “Ice Sta­tion Santa,” Tell­Tale Games has re-released one episode from last sea­son com­pletely free of charge. The fourth episode from Sea­son One, “Abe Lin­coln Must Die,” is the fan-favorite of all the episodes so far. The clever humor and writ­ing alone make this a must-play. Down­load it here

Comcast’s Bit­tor­rent Fil­ter­ing: Phase Two Unveiled [Digg]

Posted: 05 Nov 2007 03:23 PM CST

A seri­ous look at the future of Comcast’s Bit­tor­rent fil­ter­ing pol­icy… Be afraid, be very afraid.

Wed­ding Hilar­ity – Photo Con­test Win­ners [PICS] [Digg]

Posted: 05 Nov 2007 01:38 PM CST

Def­i­nitely not your aver­age pics. These are from the best pho­tog­ra­phers in the US.

New World Record Holder Beats Pisa for ‘Most Lop­sided Build­ing’ [w/pic] [Digg]

Posted: 05 Nov 2007 12:56 PM CST

A Ger­man church steeple has knocked the lean­ing tower of Pisa from the Guin­ness Book of Records as the world’s most lop­sided build­ing. Guin­ness Book of Records con­firmed the award after offi­cials mea­sured it lean­ing at a 5.19 degree angle com­pared to only 3.97 degree angle at which the tower of Pisa leans.

Pro­tect Your Car by Mak­ing it too Ugly to Steal [w/pics] [Digg]

Posted: 05 Nov 2007 12:28 PM CST

An enter­tain­ing com­bi­na­tion of art and prac­ti­cal­ity: These rust and scratch stick­ers are designed to make your beau­ti­ful bike/car look rusted and scratched so that pass­ing thieves assume it’s not worth steal­ing due to its appar­ent shabbyness.

10 Ways To Get More Done In Less Time [Digg]

Posted: 05 Nov 2007 12:28 PM CST

Web entre­pre­neurs, espe­cially those who work out­side the con­fines of the tra­di­tional work­space, often have trou­ble man­ag­ing their time. This arti­cle proves 10 time-tested meth­ods to get more work done than before AND free up the time we tend to ‘bor­row’ from out­side our work schedule.

9 cre­ative stair­cases [Digg]

Posted: 05 Nov 2007 11:33 AM CST

stairs are gen­er­ally pretty boring.don’t get me wrong: if the stair­case gets me from one level to another, it’s suc­ceeded as a design. i just wish they were a bit more exciting.here are a few exam­ples that might actu­ally keep me amused for a few min­utes before i realise i’m wheezing.

The 5 Best and Worst Sci­ence Based Movies of All Time [Digg]

Posted: 05 Nov 2007 11:21 AM CST

Pick­ing the best and worst of any­thing will get you a lot of grief. So we applaud Sid­ney Perkowitz, an Emory Uni­ver­sity physics pro­fes­sor, for his courage in choos­ing the best and worst science-based movies of all time. Of course, we are out­raged he didn’t include all our favorites among his top five.

50 Great­est Game Design Inno­va­tions [Digg]

Posted: 05 Nov 2007 11:14 AM CST

From game­play, to pre­sen­ta­tion to input devices, videogames are a hotbed of inno­va­tion. Ernest Adams notes 50 game design inno­va­tions, some that have already made their impact, and oth­ers that will shape the future of the medium…

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