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Cool Stackable Lego Fridges Thwart Thieving Roomates
Does it drive you crazy when people stand in front of the fridge with the door wide open, letting all the cold air escape while they decide whether they want soda, oj, purple stuff or Sunny D? If so, these neat and stackable Flatshare Fridges designed by Stefan Buchberger, a student at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna could help you out.
Wait a Bit Longer for Your Galactic Vacation
The economic meltdown has slowed the development of space tourism, but several companies still promise to blast us into the heavens -- soon.
IBM and The Internet of Things
In the Web world, you know that a trend has major traction when IBM is all over it. Like any large Internet company, Big Blue is careful about which trends it latches onto.
DEA: Police Search Texas Office of Jackson's Last Doctor
Investigators on Wednesday morning were searching the Houston, Texas, building where Dr. Conrad Murray has a practice, according to a spokeswoman for the Drug Enforcement Administration. Murray was the doctor with Michael Jackson at his home when the pop star died June 25.
5 Horrifying Apocalyptic Scenarios That Have Already Happen
It's impossible to turn on the news or go the movies without hearing about some disease or cataclysm that's about to end the world. There's a movie coming (2012) that as far as we can tell is about ev...
10 Recently Hyped Games That Disappeared Too Quickly
The more hype and anticipation we put onto a single game makes the sting of failure hurt a million times more than a thousand games that we haven't heard of letting us down.
Tall men earn more than shorter colleagues, research claims
Taller men earn more money than their shorter counterparts because they are seen as more intelligent and powerful, a study found.
New evidence: AIDS-like disease in wild chimpanzees
An international consortium has found that wild chimpanzees naturally infected with Simian Immunodeficiency Viruses (SIV) - long thought to be harmless to the apes - can contract an AIDS-like syndrome and die as a result.
Intel Appeals EU Antitrust Fine
Intel Corp on Wednesday appealed to Europe's second highest court against an antitrust finding and a 1.06 billion euro ($1.50 billion) fine levied by EU regulators.
Ion engine could one day power 39-day trips to Mars
There's a growing chorus of calls to send astronauts to Mars rather than the moon, but critics point out that such trips would be long and gruelling, taking about six months to reach the Red Planet. But now, researchers are testing a powerful new ion engine that could one day shorten the journey to just 39 days.
Little Big Planet Hits 1 Million Levels
Media Molecule's Little Big Planet has hit a major milestone with 1 million levels created by gamers.
27 Inspirational Horizontal Scrolling Websites
Here I?ve collected 27 Horizontal Scrolling Website design for you inspiration, check it out, Perhaps if this style fits your topic it might just be the extra touch to make your site stand out.
Google Data Center Cooled By Belgian Countryside
The evolution of data center efficiency has taken another step in Google's data center in Saint-Ghislain, Belgium: the facility has no chillers to keep temperatures down. So what happens if the weather gets hot? On those days, Google says it will turn off equipment as needed.
Nintendo: Banned in the USA
Nudity, Nazis and all the bloody good stuff Nintendo of America didn't want you to see
Michael Jordan Shares NBC Air Time With Inflatable Penis
While watching sports, we often become fixated on what is happening in the field of play, but sometimes a simple gaze beyond the athletes and into the crowd will uncover great things.
Obama Scraps F-22, Military-Industrial Complex
The government's defense budget is bloated, manufacturing way more weapons than necessary. Which is why it's good news that the senate voted in favor of halting production of seven F-22 Raptors, supporting Obama's agenda. Not only will the materials and the energy required for their production be saved--but so will $1.75 billion.
10 Things The 'iPod Generation' Will Never Experience...
Over the last few years, the way we consume music has changed beyond recognition. The so called ?iPod generation? get their musical kicks in ways - 10 years ago - I would never have imagined. They?re both lucky and unlucky, as they will never experience the things on the list that follows...
11 Effective Strategies Apple Uses to Create Loyal Customers
With Microsoft on the verge of launching stores to compete with Apple what other strategies should Microsoft try to copy.
Prankster Visits Verizon's CEO After Getting Private Address
John Hargrave tracked down Verizon CEO's private address and cellphone number. Then he went to his home?megaphone in hand?to ask him to stop Verizon's lousy privacy policies. The video is quite funny and his message is clear.
YouTube Charges $200K for Branded Channels
As the world's second biggest search engine and the most popular video sharing site, YouTube has become a home for brands including "H&R Block," "Billy Elliot: The Musical," and "Wal-Mart." A dedicated brand channel, for instance, comes with a price tag, $200,000 or more, according to YouTube.
MIT Engineer Creates Cancer-Detecting Implant
(PhysOrg.com) -- Surgical removal of a tissue sample is now the standard for diagnosing cancer. Such procedures, known as biopsies, are accurate but offer only a snapshot of the tumor at a single moment in time.
Bill O'Reilly army attacks Newsweek author
"Run afoul of the conservative commentator, and feel the wrath of his avid Army. Bill O'Reilly got a lot wrong. So what? He's entitled; nobody's perfect. But he also did something far harder to excuse. He invented, for his loyal viewers who have invested in him their trust as a man who gives it straight, with "no spin," a villain, someone to hate."
Reprogrammed Cells Repair Damaged Mouse Hearts
Ordinary cells reprogrammed to act like embryonic stem cells can help repair damaged heart tissue in mice, researchers reported on Monday in a study that shows a potential practical use for the experimental cells.
Report: Social Networks Can Lead to Cybercrime
The popularity of Facebook and other popular social networking sites has given hackers new ways to steal both money and information, the security company Sophos said in a report released on Wednesday.
Comics Legend Stan Lee Appears In Marvel Video Game
Activision has announced that comic book legend Stan Lee is set to make his first onscreen videogame cameo in the forthcoming Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2. Lee lends his likeness and voice to a character whose role is central to the storyline in the game, based largely around the Marvel Civil War comics.
ATMs Fight Back With Pepper Spray
"But the mechanism backfired in one incident last week when pepper spray was inadvertently inhaled by three technicians who required treatment from paramedics,"
Jon Stewart Is America's Most Trusted newsman
Well, in a result that he will probably accept as downright apocalyptic for America, The Daily Show's Jon Stewart has been selected, in an online poll conducted by Time Magazine, as America's Most Trusted Newscaster, post-Cronkite. Matched up against Brian Williams, Katie Couric and Charlie Gibson, Stewart prevailed with 44 percent of the v
Executives Receive One-Third of All Pay in the U.S.
Between 1979 and 2006, the inflation-adjusted after-tax income of the richest 1 percent of households increased by 256 percent.
Family disputes Army's suicide finding in daughter's death
Reporting from Florissant, Mo. - Inside the tidy suburban home of John and Linda Johnson, no photos of their eldest daughter grace the walls. Army Pfc. LaVena Johnson was just 19 when she died
World's First Camel-Milk Chocolates Going Global
Dubai's Al Nassma, the world's first brand of chocolate made with camels' milk, is in talks to expand into new Arab markets, Europe, Japan and the United States
The 5 Most Badass Things Ever Done By Jungle Cats
You might win the race, but only one of your vehicles can eat his opponent for fuel.
3 Accused of Letting Rats Chew Toes Off Ohio Baby
Three people have been accused of letting rats bite a 6-week-old girl and chew off her toes at their cluttered Ohio mobile home. WTF is wrong with people!
10 of the Most Unbelievable Medical Miracles
From surviving being impaled with an iron rod, being sliced in half, to having a baby at the age of 70, medical miracle stories are fascinating. Some stories are shocking, some a gruesome and some are just plain miraculous. Here are just a few of some of the most amazing medical miracles recorded.
Robbery nets torn genitals and a Viagra hangover
The attempted armed robbery of a Russian hairdresser became a three-day sex ordeal for the would-be thief, leaving him with torn genitals and a Viagra hangover.
Google Maps Gets Wise to How We Actually Travel
Let's face it, Google MapsGoogle Maps is a lifesaver, but it certainly isn't perfect. In fact, we've always found it challenging to not only get directions to......................
An Anthropologist on What's Wrong with Wall Street
Wall Street's problem isn't greed so much as an obsessive short-term focus. What's worse, says author Karen Ho, is how Wall Street's perspective has become America's too
Jupiter collision a warning call to Earth
When an object smacked into Jupiter over the weekend, giving astronomers their best cosmic-collision show since 1994, the giant gas ball of a planet took the poke like the Pillsbury Dough Boy. The collision also serves as a stark reminder that the solar system remains a shooting gallery - with Earth on the wrong side of the firing line.
Sources: Yahoo Looking to Sell HotJobs
Internet giant Yahoo Inc is looking to sell HotJobs and Yahoo Small Business as part of its drive to shed its non-core assets, peHUB, owned by ThomsonReuters, said, citing sources familiar to the matter.
Land mine left in Goodwill donation box
A land mine found in a suburban Denver Goodwill donation box forced the evacuation of a strip mall.
Mac OS X gets rootkit coding manual
Over the past decade, the world has seen advances in rootkits running on Windows and Unix operating systems that few would have thought possible. Now, it's Mac OS X's turn, as a security researcher plans to share a variety of techniques for developing the ultra-stealthy programs for the Apple platform.
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