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Tesla CEO Musk Sets Record Straight About Pending Suit
The facts are that when I requested through AC Propulsion to meet Eberhard, he had no technology of his own, he did not have a prototype car and he owned no intellectual property relating to electric cars.
Why RIM should be fearful of the iPhone
A growing number of users are abandoning their BlackBerry's for iPhones. Can RIM really compete against Apple and its 50,000 strong iTunes App Store? RIM's CEO doesn't think so, but recent data suggests otherwise.
Hands-on: Google Voice dialing up for launch
Google has reportedly obtained over a million phone numbers in preparation for the public launch of its new Google Voice telephony service. Ars gives you an inside look at the closed beta.
Nike Experiment: Unleashing the Power of Personal Metric
Noone knows all of that thanks to the sensor system, called Nike+. After each run, she can sync her iPod to the Nike+ Web site and get a visual representation of the workout?a single green line. Its length shows how far she's gone, and the peaks and valleys reflect her speed.
The 12 Biggest Lady Douchebags
Can a woman be a douche? It's possible to be a wiener without actually having one. Here are The 12 Biggest Celebrity She-Douchebags.
Men Really Do Prefer Food Over Sex
IT'S official: the way to a man's heart is through his stomach.Of course---it is from a SURVEY!
Female Teacher Raped By 15-year-Old Pupil At School!
A teacher who was brutally attacked by 15-year-old Dwayne Best, says the school should have warned her that it was unsafe for her to be in her classroom alone after lessons.
6 Upsides of the Down Economy
The recession may have a silver lining in the form of better quality of life. Learn how to save money and live well.
The 10 Longest Running TV Shows in History
But those shows are mere pups compared to the following lions of the American TV landscape. Excluding soap operas and non-primetime news programming, the following shows have been the beacons for television audiences?some for over 50 years.
A Baseball Atlas Who Shrugged
Donald Fehr, who will step down as executive director of the baseball union, acknowledges that he might have acted sooner against performance-enhancing drugs.
RIP Kodachrome (1935-2009). Kodak Retires Iconic Film (PICS)
The Eastman Kodak Co. announced Monday it's retiring Kodachrome because of declining customer demand in an increasingly digital age. (with link to Kodak Tribute Slideshow)
Cold Case Techniques Bring Mummy?s Face To 'Life'
Thanks to the skills of artists who work on cold case investigations, people have a chance to see what the University of Chicago?s mummy Meresamun may have looked like in real life.
Revolutionary Guards commander defies Khamenei's orders to
General Ali Fazli, who was recently appointed as a commander of the Revolutionary Guards in the province of Tehran, is reported to have been arrested after he refused to carry out orders from the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei to use force on people protesting the controversial re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Apple Chief Steve Jobs Spotted at Work
Apple Inc Chief Executive Steve Jobs was at the company's headquarters on Monday, underscoring speculation the pancreatic cancer survivor may have returned to work.
Outrage over 'bullet fee' for Iran victims
Reports claim the Iranian government charged the family of a dead Iranian man $3,000 as a 'bullet fee' before the family could take the body back.
A Simple Twitter App with Ruby on Rails - Messages With Ajax
Ruby on Rails is a web application framework that promotes rapid development. Clients? demands are ever increasing yet they still expect the same quality of output. In the first part of this three part series, we cover setting up a simple message model, which will hold the messages posted. Further to this, we will learn how to post a message asynch
Myspace Reducing International Staff, Closing Offices
Damn you, Facebook and Twitter. Damn You!
Cisco: Smart Grid May Be 1000 times larger than the Internet
There's been plenty of hype about the Smart Grid -- some justified and some not. But the gold award for Smart Grid hype has to go to Cisco, whose spokesperson last month said that the grid could end up being up to 1,000 times the size of the Internet.
MsBabyWoman
Brooke Greenberg is the size of an infant, with the mental capacity of a toddler. She turned 16 in January. "Why doesn't she age?" Howard Greenberg, 52, asked of his daughter. "Is she the fountain of youth?"
Something to leap about... a new species of frog discovered
Global amphibian news tends to be a downer. Acutely vulnerable to the slightest environmental change, frogs, toads and salamanders are too often described as "disappearing."... A team from the University of Costa Rica (UCR) recently encountered a new species of dink frog in the Cordillera de Talamanca mountains near the border with Panama.
Ex-Wilco Guitarist Jay Bennett Died of an Overdose
Authorities say former Wilco guitarist Jay Bennett died of an overdose of a pain killer, and that they?re investigating his death as an accident.
APOD: 2009 June 23 - Molecular Cloud Barnard 68
Dark Cloud Nasa
The 14 Greatest Star Trek Time Travel Adventures
Nazis, tribbles, hippies, punks, and whales. What more could you ask for?
Hate Groups And Social Networking
In 1995, only one hate website existed on the Net. Now, according to a report by the Wiesenthal Center?s Digital Hate and Terrorism Project, there are over 10,000 websites, social networking groups, portals, blogs, chat rooms, videos and hate games, that promote racial violence, anti-Semitism, homophobia, hate music and terrorism.
When Wild Animals Attack: An Encounter With a Rabid Skunk
Animal encounters on our turf are on the rise?and it's not just big animals like mountain lions, bears and alligators. Here, TheDailyGreen.com's Brian Clark Howard revisits the time a rabid skunk attacked him while he camped in a friend's yard, just 1 hour away from New York City.
Minister given 30 years' jail for genocide
A 30-year jail sentence to a former interior minister accused of tricking thousands of people to hide on a hill before they were slaughtered..................................
The Web Designer's Guide to Cloud Hosting
Cloud computing is quietly taking over the world and changing the way we use our computers forever. Whether you're storing your photo collection on Flickr or logging on to Gmail, everyone's now using the cloud, even if they don't realize it. But how does it work and how can we as web designers and developers make it work for us?
Palm Oil boom threatens the last orangutans
Orang-utans are vanishing at an alarming rate in Borneo but in Sumatra their situation is even more precarious. The Sumatran orang-utan ? more intelligent and sociable than its Borneo cousin and with a unique culture of tool use ? is likely to be the first great ape species to go extinct, from habitat loss due to new palm oil plantations.
How to Refresh an Old Desktop
The recession and the tight credit situation are combining to make it more attractive to fix up an old computer, because a three- or four-year-old PC can be rejuvenated fairly easily.
Roger Ebert's scathing review of Transformers 2
"If you want to save yourself the ticket price, go into the kitchen, cue up a male choir singing the music of hell, and get a kid to start banging pots and pans together. Then close your eyes and use your imagination." And that's just the beginning. I have a feeling this review will end up being more entertaining than the movie itself.
Obama Asks Insurance Companies Why Are They So Afraid
President Obama at a press conference on Tuesday asked private health insurance companies why are they so afraid of competing with a government sponsored health care plan since for a long time business themselves have said that they can do better than the "inefficient" government. If they offer better service and rates, what's the worry...
Folding plug for the UK
Awsome desiong idea for a smaller UK plug. I do hate those bulky plugs we have to live with here in the UK.
WSJ.com - Son's Death Has Iranian Family Asking Why
An Iranian couple is trying to learn why their son was fatally shot in the head in Tehran. He wasn't politically active and hadn't taken part in the turmoil that has rocked Iran for over a week.
Tiger Woods Accepts Jimmy Fallon's Wii Golf Challenge
Today, Electronic Arts confirmed to Kotaku that Woods has accepted the challenge and that the two would be playing rounds of golf on the Wii version of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10. I'd assume it will include MotionPlus, which means Fallon better start practicing.
Iran Poll: What Went Wrong In Detail
When Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the landslide victor in Iran's presidential election - less than 24 hours after polls closed - the shock on the streets of Tehran was palpable.Mr Ahmadinejad had won 63% of the vote, his challenger, Mir Hossein Mousavi, 34%.
Facebook's Plan to Dominate the Net...and Keep Google Out
In Zuckerberg's vision, users will query this "social graph" to find a doctor, the best camera, or someone to hire?rather than tapping the cold mathematics of a Google search. It is a complete rethinking of how we navigate the online world, one that places Facebook right at the center. In other words, right where Google is now.
Five Extreme Sports You Never Heard Of
Extreme sports have gained in popularity over the past few years with break out stars from skateboarding, BMX, and motorcross signing television and endorsement deals. As the popularity grows more sports reach new fans, but there are a lot of extreme sports that have not broken through yet...
Opera 'is Music for the Heart'
Listening to the right kind of music can slow the heart and lower blood pressure, a study has revealed.
Brett Hull to join father Bobby in Hockey Hall of Fame
Brett Hull confirmed Monday that he is part of the Hockey Hall of Fame's Class of 2009, joining his father Bobby as the first father-son player entries.
Top 50 Movie Robots Of All Time (+pics)
From Robocop's ED-209 to Johnny 5, there have been some fantastic and unique robots created in cinema.
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