Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Interesting Stuff

6/13/2007 9:30:05 AM
The tool basically helps you find "effective words and phrases for your ads."
6/13/2007 9:30:02 AM
Gaming Target has updated their monthly look at the battle of the console exclusives. The Xbox 360 continues to lead with 91 exclusives, with the Wii in second with 76 and the PS3 in last with 44. The list now also includes publisher information, release dates and Metascores.
6/13/2007 9:20:05 AM
Television networks see this as pure theft. They argue that shows downloaded illegally are hurting ratings in Australia and are responsible for lost revenue in advertising. They also claim that people will not download television at a price when free versions exist all over the web. Hmmm, doesn't that sound familiar?
6/13/2007 9:00:01 AM
The Apple Design Awards are officially over for 2007. What is the ADA? Simply told, Apple select and reward the developers they see raising the bar the very most in the Mac software world. Winning developers receive prizes 2008 WWDC passes, MacBook Pro’s and other great hardware. So who took home the glory at the 2007 ADA’s?
6/13/2007 8:49:04 AM
Soldiers returning from combat are twice as likely to commit suicide as men who have not served in a war, a new study reports.
6/13/2007 8:20:11 AM
Let's vote for Ron Paul and get rid of the I.R.S.
6/13/2007 8:20:09 AM
Someone really really examined the Windows Vista DVD and found these three guys, who are they?
6/13/2007 8:18:20 AM
Tennessee Titans cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones withdrew the appeal of his suspension Tuesday and will serve the one-year term imposed by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.
6/13/2007 8:01:39 AM
"When you go out with your child and watch the movie, the children and the adults will say, 'I just don't get it. He speaks another language.' He's using Parisian slang that we just don't get."
6/13/2007 7:50:04 AM
MizPee finds the closest, cleanest toilet and gives you entertaining reading material once you get there. Since the service is cell phone-based, it's always with you, when you really need it.
6/13/2007 7:40:13 AM
A brief trailer gives a glimpse of the next Soul Calibur game.
6/13/2007 7:40:05 AM
The Double Slit Experiment is considered the quintessential quantum mechanics experiment. It succinctly illustrates the counter-intuitive properties of the quantum world in a clear concise manner.
6/13/2007 7:40:02 AM
Apple and Microsoft have always disagreed in how to display fonts on computer displays. Today, both companies are using sub-pixel rendering to coax sharper-looking fonts out of typical low resolution screens. Where they differ is in philosophy.
6/13/2007 7:30:02 AM
No restarting to use Bootcamp. Just select "Switch to Windows" from OS X, and your machine goes to sleep. Wake it up and your in Windows. You can do the same thing once in Windows to switch back to mac. VERY VERY NICE feature, no reason to use virtualization for me at least.
6/13/2007 7:20:05 AM
These days, “framework” is quite a buzzword in web development. With JavaScript frameworks like the Yahoo User Interface library, jQuery, and Prototype getting a lot of attention and web application frameworks like Rails and Django getting even more, it seems like everyone is using some kind of framework to build their sites.
6/13/2007 7:20:02 AM
Details and a graph of the results after the jump.
6/13/2007 7:10:03 AM
The first official pic of Agent 47 from the much anticipated Hitman video game adaptation. Looks like 12 Monkeys meets THX-1138 with more silent killing.
6/13/2007 7:06:53 AM
More than a year after shocking allegations emerged about Duke University's lacrosse team, prosecutor Mike Nifong was back in court Tuesday -- this time, as the defendant.
6/13/2007 6:50:05 AM
SCOOOORE!Following in the footsteps of Connecticut's Legislature, New York State lawmakers are expected to approve legislation allowing the use of marijuana for medical purposes.
6/13/2007 6:50:03 AM
Roughly 50 percent of the power delivered from a wall socket to a PC never actually performs any work, according to Urs Hölzle, Google fellow and senior vice president of operations. Half the energy gets converted to heat or is dissipated in the AC-to-DC conversion. Around 30 percent of the power delivered to the average server is also lost.
6/13/2007 6:37:16 AM
New research indicates that children who receive antibiotics before their first birthday are significantly more likely to develop asthma by age 7. The study, published in a peer-reviewed journal, reports that children receiving antibiotics in their first year of life were at greater risk for developing asthma by age 7 than those who did not.
6/13/2007 6:23:30 AM
For our morning dose of WTF!, we turn to O.J. Simpson, who says that Paris Hilton is less newsworthy than an astronaut in space, and that television is now "all about the ratings." Like it wasn't when O.J. decided to ride the white Bronco?
6/13/2007 6:10:03 AM
The Grand Theft Auto titles have been considered to be some of the best sandbox games yet, although as you'll find out, 2 Days 2 Vegas is a more than worthy competitor...
6/13/2007 6:00:16 AM
AUDIO: Today on his radio show, Bill O'Reilly defended his lack of Iraq war coverage, stating, "CNN and MSNBC are actually helping the terrorists by reporting useless explosions. Do you care if another bomb went off in Tikrit? Does it mean anything? No! It doesn’t mean anything."
6/13/2007 6:00:07 AM
Porn is all around us, even in the woods.
6/13/2007 5:50:14 AM
Dale Earnhardt Jr. on Wednesday will announce his intent to drive the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet in 2008, multiple sources with intimate knowledge of negotiations told ESPN.com Tuesday on condition of anonymity.
6/13/2007 5:37:46 AM
A dozen entrepreneurs, a dozen success stories: proof that you don't need a lot of money to make a go of it, but you do have to be smart about how you invest your energy.
6/13/2007 5:22:21 AM
More than a million animals, including elephants, buffaloes, ostriches, lions, giraffes and a rare type of stork, have been unexpectedly seen living and migrating across Southern Sudan, where no surveys of wildlife had been conducted for the past 25 years due to civil war in the region.
6/13/2007 5:10:12 AM
Justin Verlander pitched the first no-hitter in Comerica Park history, mixing 99 mph heat with crazy curveballs to lead the Detroit Tigers over the Milwaukee Brewers 4-0 on Tuesday night.
6/13/2007 4:50:02 AM
Why wait for a movie adaptation? Here are five novels that deserve the video game treatment.
6/13/2007 4:40:06 AM
At the time, the Soviet news agency TASS called Reagan's visit to the Wall "openly provocative, war-mongering." But listen closely to a recording of it today: the speech sounds as much like an invitation as it does a challenge. In the speech, Reagan would call on Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall, but that language was opposed strongly
6/13/2007 4:33:20 AM
Mr. Wizard, the man who taught science to millions of geeks when we were kids, died today of cancer.
6/13/2007 4:22:15 AM
AMERICAN Alexis Thompson became the youngest player to qualify for the US Women's Open when the 12-year-old earned a spot in a sectional qualifier today.
6/13/2007 4:10:03 AM
These days it's pretty easy to put together your own Windows PC, but which parts should you get for the most performance for your money? This article tells you.
6/13/2007 4:10:02 AM
More details included in the link but here are some of the details thus far:- New slimmer PSP is indeed in the works. Hardware is essentially the same, and will NOT have any big speed increases.- There’s no longer a UMD Tray, but a slot loader instead. Design is supposed to have an even “cleaner” look, much like the DS Lite.
6/13/2007 4:00:04 AM
The [API-Based] Digg Noise Filter lets you filter through the last 500 stories based on minimum # of Diggs so that you can catch the hot stories before they hit the front page. Easily find those stories that are already getting a digg-a-minute or faster!
6/13/2007 3:40:04 AM
The Internet auction giant eBay has announced that it is opening up the programming interfaces for eBay, PayPal, and Skype to third-party developers. The company also demonstrated a rich client bidding application. No word yet on whether or not it will make bid sniping easier.
6/13/2007 3:30:06 AM
"In this post, I provide an overview and analysis of the Facebook Plaform and what we have learned about it in the three weeks since it launched."
6/13/2007 3:20:15 AM
Steam is constantly growing, and has now reached its first Japanese publisher. Capcom will be the first from the land of the rising sun to deliver content via Valve's online service.
6/13/2007 3:20:02 AM
A web-based shopping list app optimized for the iPhone.

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