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New Pirate Bay Will Become a Pay Site
After Global Gaming Factory (GGF) announced its intention to buy The Pirate Bay, the public was left wondering what the site?s future would look like. Today it was confirmed that sharing on the new site will come with a cost, as the new owners plan to charge the users of the site a monthly fee.
Modeling the Future: First Prototypes of the Lunar Module
This vintage photo essay from 1967 shows the actual prototypes and models from the design process used to design the lunar lander. It's amazing to think that with just a few blocks of wood, glue and paperclips that one can go onto engineer a spacecraft that will land on the moon and return it's occupants back home to safety.
A public bike concept promises to help power city buses
Hybrid bikes are one thing, but designer Chiyi Chen looks to have something far grander in mind for his Hybrid2 bike concept, which he says could one day help power fleets of city buses.
10 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Mt. Rushmore
Mt. Rushmore, one of America's favorite landmarks, has helped tourism become the second strongest industry in South Dakota.
Woman burst into flames in front of a rehab center
Employees found the woman sitting on an outside patio engulfed in fire. Police are unsure how she caught on fire.The woman was airlifted to the hospital with burns on 40% of her body. Investigators are now looking into how she caught on fire.
Michael Jackson's Unreleased Track [Audio]
This is the unreleased track by Michael Jackson called A Place with No Name.
Artistic tendencies linked to 'schizophrenia gene'
A genetic mutation linked to psychosis and schizophrenia may unleash creative potential in some and psychotic delusions in others. The finding could help to explain why mutations that increase a person's risk of developing mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and bipolar syndrome have been preserved, even preferred, during human evolution.
NASA releases clearest videos yet of 1969 moonwalk
NASA released newly restored videos Thursday of two U.S. astronauts taking the world's first steps on the moon.
Emmy Nominations: 30 Rock Dominates, Family Guy Shocks
30 Rock and Mad Men led the field of Emmy nominees announced this morning in Los Angeles, pulling down 22 and 16 nominations respectively, including nods for Best Comedy and Dramatic Series. But the ensuing free for-for-all in the expanded categories offered the real news of the day ? not the least of which was Family Guy?s selection...
Cleaner has head cut off in giant meat blending machine
A meat processing company has pleaded guilty to breaching health and safety laws after a cleaner's head was cut off in a giant blender.
Sci-Fi/Comic Book Film Remakes That Will Crush the Originals
With a recent spike in bad film remakes (War of the Worlds) and planned remakes (The Karate Kid), this is a more positive approach. Here are five movie remakes that are going to absolutely destroy their originals:
AIG Closes Climate Change Program
The company that had a hand in creating a global recession was on the brink of making some of the most important, most sustainable investments ever when it deemed clean energy not profitable enough.
Seven Of The Most Elaborate College Pranks
You know all about student pranks ? greased pigs in the cafeteria, cows being led upstairs, all of that juvenile stuff. Maybe you?ve even heard about the more complicated college stunts ? when M.I.T. students erected a police car on the top of the school?s Great Dome, for example.
Corsair launches Extreme SSD line
Corsair today unveiled a line of solid-state disk (SSD) drives for laptops and desktop computers that feature read/write speeds of 240MB/sec and 170MB/sec, respectively.
Bernie Madoff Serving Time In LEED-Certified Prison
Bernie Madoff didn’t want to go to Butner Federal Prison, located in a quiet suburban area outside of Durham, N.C. He would have preferred Otisville, which is just 70 miles outside of NYC, but being rich and famous doesn’t
Received Google Voice Invite & Service is Amazing!
Received my Google Voice invite. I was excited and started to set it up. In the process I forgot to take some screen shots (Dohhh!). I realized by the 3rd Step, so that?s where it all starts. I just have to say, playing with it has been great...Screen shots to follow...
Should Video Game Developers Get A Cut Of Used Game Sales?
There is a small amount of consistent debate around used game sales, and the idea that it?s one of the reasons developers are losing money. Almost every industry, from cars, to furniture, to books, all have second-hand markets. You don?t have to be an economist or some kind of market analyst to realise this is a completely ridiculous statement.
Climate Changes May be Slower Than Expected
The nightmare global warming scenario which provided the plot for a Hollywood blockbuster -- the Atlantic Ocean current that keeps Europe warm shuts down and triggers rapid climate change -- has long worried scientists. But a study published Thursday in the journal Science found it may not occur as quickly as previously feared.
Dane Cook Throws Tantrum Over Harry Potter
Fame has its privileges but getting special treatment at the red-hot new Harry Potter is not one of those privileges. At least not for Dane "the douchebag" Cook! The comedian wanted to see a midnight showing of Harry Potter, tried to cut the line and was denied.
Twitter may file suit against blogs
Bloggers from multiple Web sites followed the Twitter hack story, but TechCrunch, a well-known blog covering the tech industry, went a step further and published a few of the stolen documents.
Teenage Girl 'Gang Raped' In Horror Attack on Playing Field
The alleged assault happened on a village recreation ground behind Swavesey Village College, in Swavesy, Cambridgeshire, just hours after the teenager left the school prom.
Modern Warfare 2 Wishlist
I want an Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle!
MySpace: No Longer King of Entertainment
MySpace hasn?t had a good year. It?s been slowly dropping in traffic like a ship unwittingly taking on water, ousted the MySpace founders, hired a new CEO, and most recently, slashed 30% of its workforce. Dark times, indeed.
IE6 Must Die for the Web to Move On
Here's what's happening in the next few months and, more importantly, why we must force ourselves off IE6 if the web is to grow.
India's Gays Celebrate Too Soon
Just when India's gay and lesbian community thought it was safe to come out of the closet, new moves by religious leaders and conservative politicians have revealed the deep divide between an increasingly liberal elite of the metropolitan cities and a socially conservative mainstream society.
Left-lane slowpokes drive you crazy?
In these days of longer commutes and simmering tempers, nothing seems to set off already-testy motorists like the left-lane camper -- the guy or gal who drives in the passing lane and bars faster drivers from easily passing. Now, some states are cracking down on left-lane campers.
7 Simple Ways For Summer Water Savings
Turn off the water while you shave or brush your teeth -- Don't leave the tap running when you don't need it.
'Pig Flu of the Apocalypse' could kill 63,000 in UK
New U.K. calculations suggest that, in the worst-case scenario, 63,000 people could die after contracting the A/H1N1 swine flu virus in the first wave of the pandemic.
7 Creative Twitter Apps That Do More Than Just Tweet
While there are a great deal of Twitter applications that help you track keywords, monitor conversations and help you tweet, some applications actually allow you to carry out specific non-Twitter related tasks. Whether it be everyday activities or fun and games, these apps help you to track, process and perform your daily deeds!
Madonna's Stage Collapses; One Person Dies |
The Marseille fire department says a stage built for Madonna?s concert at the Stage Velodrome stadium collapsed on several workers on Thursday, killing one person and injuring at least six others.
Do The Math: 8 Reasons Harry Potter Is Greater Than Twilight
Hermione > Bella Lets just admit it to ourselves. Sure, Kristen Stewart has her days, but Emma Watson has more. We've seen her grow from a frizzy-haired snob into a wide-eyed witch, and sure, she's still a bit bossy, but isn't that the best part?
Smart tags to reveal where our trash ends up - environment -
New Scientist is collaborating with Massachusetts Institute of Technology in a ground-breaking experiment to electronically tag and follow ordinary trash
An American Idol Audition That Killed a Dog
The American Idol auditions that turned Invesco Field at Mile High into an ear-damage danger zone for three days earlier this week racked up at least one casualty.
Sneakey software can dup keys from images even bad ones
Computer programmers at UC San Diego have whipped up software that poses a serious threat. Called "Sneakey," it can use an image of a key from almost any angle to create an exact replica. It doesn't have to be a good image, either
Skull Of Crocodile 100 Million Years Old Unearthed
Paleontologists have made the most important discovery to date at the Arlington Archosaur Site, a prolific fossil site in North Arlington, Texas. The disassembled skull of a crocodile with two and a half inch long teeth that lived nearly 100 million years ago has been unearthed.
Are Copyright Wars Against P2P Our New Prohibition?
Stanford Law professor Lawrence Lessig says using outdated copyright laws to sue illegal file-sharers hasn?t caused a decrease in illegal file-sharing, and that in fact ?a whole generation of children has been raised to think the law is an ass?and an ass that is to be ignored.?
NY Spending 1M to Explain How Stimulus Money is Being Spent
It's now a much smoother ride along Transit Road in Cheektowaga after stimulus dollars paid to pave the way. But not all the federal funds went to the new blacktop. Statewide, nearly $1 million will be spent on signs designed to inform the public of stimulus projects.
Wal-Mart Unveils Ambitious Eco-Friendly Program
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. today officially unveiled its widely rumored plan to slap an ?eco-rating? on products in its stores. The world?s largest retailer is betting that shoppers will care how green their purchases are -- and maybe even pay more for environmentally friendly stuff.
Report: Bush admin 'blacklisted liberal groups'
In a blow to the notion of meritocratic government, applicants to the Justice Department's internships and Honors Program were widely rejected if their resumes included the names of liberal groups on a departmental blacklist, the Washington Blade reports.
Can AI Fight Terrorism? Better Question: Should It?
Computer programs that have the ability to not only collect and sort millions of bits of random data, but to recognize how they relate to each other, are invaluable in the fight against terrorism because no human being has the ability to process the enormous amount of information that our intelligence agencies receive.
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