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Top news on 24 September 2009 |
20 Highest NBA Salaries for 2009-10 Season
You may be surprised at some of the players who are the highest paid in the league and how big their salaries are.
The Future of Budget Airline Design? (w/pic)
Can the seating arrangement in an airplane lead to more affordable fares? Apparently, the answer is yes. A new aircraft seating design is being developed in the UK for just that reason.
CNN's Sanjay Gupta Gets the Swine Flu While In Afghanistan -
As CNN's chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta, gets the swine flu, or H1N1, while on a trip to Afghanistan.
Never mind iTunes! The Beatles sell 2.25 million CDs
iTunes, schmiTunes. Looks like the Fab Four doesn't need Steve Jobs's fancypants online record store after all. Beatles label EMI said consumers in North America, Japan, and the U.K. bought more than 2.25 million compact-disc copies of the Beatles' remastered albums in the first five days of their release, more than one million in the U.S.
Top 10 U.N. General Assembly Moments
Two years after the ratification of the U.N. Charter in 1945, the General Assembly and Secretary-General Trygve Lie created a Special Committee of 11 ambassadors to decide the future of Palestine with respect to the hundreds of thousands of Jewish people displaced during the Holocaust.
Photoshop Tricks: 10 Historic Political Photoshop Disasters
Long before there was Photoshop, image doctoring was the work of hobbyists, businesses and big governments alike. While some photographers doctored photos for pure entertainment, others did so to misinform, to propagandize for political gain. Here are 10 of the most famous, most historic doctored photographs in modern world history.
Netflix CEO Wants Service To Be On All Consoles
US movie streaming service Netflix could be made available on all consoles eventually.
The Anatomy of a Fast Food Restaurant
Fast food restaurants are a lot like prostitutes: every thing in them is slimy and filth-ridden, and you're still going to pay way too much for whatever you get.
Pirate Party Canada Set For Federal Approval
New Pirate Parties are popping up all around the world, putting copyright, censorship and privacy issues on the political agenda. The Canadian Pirate Party is eager to join in. They are currently seeking federal approval and need just a few more members to become registered as an official political party.
Pee-Wee Herman Returns with a Twitter Account (and on Leno).
Last night, to the surprise of many,Pee-wee Herman began trending on Twitter only a few hours after new account for the character launched on the social network: @peeweeherman (it has just been verified as legit).
Lily Allen Pirates Music, Is Clueless About Copyright
File-sharing heroine Lily Allen has joined the anti-piracy lobby in its war against illegal downloading, claiming that it bankrupts the music industry. While trying to prove her point, however, she infringed on the rights of several webblogs and newspapers. On top of this, it turns out that she offers some illegal mixtapes on one of her websites.
Li-Ion Breakthrough: Silicon Nanotubes Boost Capacity 10X
A new development that could change the future of electric cars: Researchers have found that by replacing the conventional graphite electrodes in lithium-ion batteries with silicon nanotube electrodes, 10X more charge could be stored. This could not only greatly extend the range of electric cars, but it would also make hybrids more efficient.
The 5 Greatest NFL Pranks Pulled on Rookies
Pulling a prank on a rookie is nothing new in the NFL. It's a ritual. Just like T.O. bitching about his QB. Or Tony Romo chocking down the stretch. Or Leonard Little getting a DUI.
Medical Students Reckless on Internet, Put Patients at Risk
In 2007, a resident surgeon snapped a picture of a patient?s tattoo?the words Hot Rod on his penis?and shared it with colleagues, making international news when the story was leaked to the press.
Cops Arrest "Yes Man" Co-Founder in Latest Prank
The co-founder of the "Yes Men," the group of imposters that made a splash by distributing the crafty but fake New York Post earlier this week, was arrested yesterday in a fake demonstration of the organization's latest gimmick: SurvivaBall.
Desert dust storm chokes Sydney
Australia's biggest city, Sydney, has been shrouded in red dust blown in by winds from the deserts of the outback.Visibility is so bad that international flights have been diverted and harbour ferry traffic disrupted. Sydney's landmarks, including the Opera House, have been obscured, and many residents are wearing masks.
Stem Cell Snorting Holds Promise for Treating Brain Disorder
"New details from a University of Minnesota researcher's initial tests show the stem cells actually make it to the brain when snorted rather than implanted through surgery. Talk about a medical improvement. "
It's Official: Water Found on the Moon
Since man first touched the moon and brought pieces of it back to Earth, scientists have thought that the lunar surface was bone dry. But new observations from three different spacecraft have put this notion to rest with what has been called "unambiguous evidence" of water across the surface of the moon.
This Week in Clothed Animal Commercials
On the heels of the Windows 7 commercial that used a kitten in marshmallows and a bunny wearing a hat come two more TV spots of note that use adorable animals dressed in clothes.
Are Magnetically Levitating 'Sky Pods' the Future of Travel?
As a society, we are increasingly interested in finding new ways of transportation that are cleaner for the environment. New concepts in mass transit seem to be one of the main ways to move toward this future. However, many people (especially in the U.S.) don't want to give up the privacy of individual travel.
NCAA BBall Conference Rankings: Big East Still On Top?
For the past few seasons, college basketball?s best conference has been the Big East. Last season?s NCAA Tournament had 3 Big East teams as #1 seeds(Louisville, Connecticut, and Pittsburgh), 4 teams make it to the Elite 8, and 2 teams in the Final Four. Are they still the best conference this season?
Microsoft may acquire Electronic Arts
Find out key developments for Electronic Arts Inc ERTS.O at Reuters.com, including Analyst Research at Reuters.com.
WARNING: Twitter Worm Spreading via Direct Messages
We have received multiple reports that a new, convincing, and dangerous worm and phishing scam is making the rounds on Twitter. Hacked accounts are sending DMs.
The 20 Best Cartoons Of The 90's
The 90's were a golden age of cartoons, here are the 20 best.
How Chad Ochocinco used Twittter to plot his Lambeau leap
The promise seemed unwise, the attempt ill-advised. But Chad Ochocinco had a plan all along. The Bengals receiver announced last week that he hoped to do the Lambeau Leap if he scored in Cincinnati's game against the Green Bay Packers. And he did, and here's how it all went down
Census Worker Hanged: Found With "Fed" On Body
The FBI is investigating the hanging death of a U.S. Census worker near a Kentucky cemetery, and a law enforcement official told The Associated Press the word 'fed" was scrawled on the dead man's chest.
John Edwards Aide Finds Publisher for Book on Sex Scandal
Edwards had an affair with videographer Rielle Hunter that culminated in her pregnancy. When the news got out, Young?who was Edwards? lackey?said he was the father of the baby. Now Young has found a publisher for a book on the scandal.
AT&T slips some iPhone MMS rollout details for Friday
We've just heard from AT&T that new carrier settings for the iPhone 3G and 3GS will be available "late morning" Pacific Time (which would be early afternoon Eastern) this Friday, September 25, which will finally enable MMS support.
Apple iPhone OS 3.1 Brings New Glitches
Apple Support discussion boards are filling up with complaints of iPhones turning off, batteries quickly draining and other glitches. Apple is consequently enlisting users to answer a survey, which hints they may know what's causing the problems...
Core i7 CPUs Released For Gaming Laptops & Mobile Platforms
Intel has launched the Core i7 CPUs, codenamed "Clarksfield". Their launch is focused primarily on high-end and gaming laptops that are also affordable. The big picture here is that these processors, especially the Core i7 820QM and 720QM, will begin to show up in hardcore gaming and very high-end multimedia systems.
Sourdough Bread Starter Recipe: Starting a Starter
Sourdough baking is one of the traditional breadmaking techniques which is disappearing from our kitchens, perhaps due to the aura of mystery surrounding it. While the baking of sourdough bread is a bit beyond the scope of this article...the very first step you need to take in your journey to learning sourdough bread baking is to start a starter
Yahoo Unleashes $100M Marketing Campaign
Yahoo are set to relaunch with a $100 million global marketing campaign, designed to compete with Google, and place themselves at the centre of consumer's online lives.
Recycling Can Cut CO2 Emissions by 345 Million Tons a Year
If we were to reduce packaging in general by 50%, reduce non-packaging paper products by 50%, extend the life of computers by 25% we could cut US CO2 emissions by about 354 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MMTCO2E).
FCC: Congress said we could spank Comcast for P2P blocking
The FCC has told an appeals court that if the agency has the power to stop ISP application throttling, and acted legally last year when the Commission told Comcast to mend its ways.
Top 25 Soccer Websites for Fans (Must See)
Here are 25 best soccer websites for videos, pictures, statistics, news, blogs and gossip. This is a great list for true fans.
Intelligent CCTV could prevent crimes before they happen
A new generation of Minority Report-style security cameras that can detect criminals before they strike could be in operation across Britain within five years, scientists claim.
Study Says Drunk Sex Preferred by 50 Percent of Ladies
The study, which was conducted by "female hygiene" company FemFresh (eek), questioned 3,000 British women and came up with some surprising results.
Short video messaging arrives on iPhone
Application enables people to send 12-second video messages to iPhones, Facebook, and Twitter, though the video can only be created on a 3GS.
Bing gains more ground in search war with Google
ComScore today is set to release a report showing that Microsoft's new Bing search engine now holds about a 10% share of the lucrative market.
'Anonymous Digging'? What could go wrong?
Among six new features being CONSIDERED for Digg is Anonymous Digging: "You can Digg and bury stories without logging in to a Digg account, so that it's as easy as 1-click to tell us when you like or dislike a story. (Don't worry, Digg has mechanisms in place to prevent a user from Digging the same story multiple times.)" Like? Dislike? Worried?
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