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Could this be the first true and proper iPhone sighting in public? Like, for really reals this time? check out the link for the picture....

He claims that the film's distributor, 20th Century Fox, was behind the decision when they discovered he panned their movie on the Web site Ain't It Cool News.

'Conspiracy theorists will be disappointed,' says Microsoft. Three images embedded in the surface of Windows Vista's installation DVDs may be too small to see with the naked eye, but they're no big mystery, according to Microsoft Corp. They're part of the company's anti-piracy efforts.

After his entertaining appearance on MSNBC last week, Tommy Chong comes on “The Report” to tell Stephen how he would like to punish Paris Hilton.

Need I say more...?

If you took a picture of the Sun at the same time each day, would it remain in the same position? The answer is no, and the shape traced out by the Sun over the course of a year is called an analemma. Here's a picture of it take over the course of a year.

A man was cited for drunken driving twice in the same day, by the same officer, and jailed after authorities said he showed up drunk for his arraignment.

Over the last 2 years I've spent a decent amount of time (and money) putting together a home media system that covers most of these topics. Hopefully this (somewhat lengthy) article can help give others in the MacTalk community an idea of how to build what I consider a pretty good stab at the ultimate home media system.

They never saw it coming. I'd love to see the picture taken a second after this one.

It's the largest tidal turbine in the world -- it will generate 1.2 megawatts.

A new mom in Palatine, IL turned her baby monitor on and, rather than her baby, she saw two men floating in space. She was viewing images of astronauts in the international space station. She also saw mission control and a map of the station's trajectory.

Don "Mr. Wizard" Herbert was interviewed by Wired News in May 2007 with the assistance of his son in law. The transcript was not published till now. Herbert stresses that teachers should keep a hands on approach to teaching science and always keep the student involved.

New digital camera technology that nearly eliminates the need for flash photography.

Ron Paul explains liberty to the people.

Pretty good list. Some obvious but some really good ones like: (6) A will. And prearrange a really, really, really inexpensive funeral, too. Rule: Money is best spent on people who are alive. and (11) Stories of your screwups. In the interest of less pedestal, more human, be sure they've heard tell of your greatest misses.

Gov. Eliot L. Spitzer, in a reversal of a campaign position, said Tuesday he could support legislation legalizing the use of marijuana for certain medicinal purposes.

Users of sites like SpoofTel and SpoofCard know this (including, apparently, Paris Hilton, who was blacklisted by SpoofCard for unauthorized activity related to this kind of thing) , and will use your number to call and listen to your voice mail.

I hope the church doesn't hear about this. "Practices ranging from bondage to group sex, transvestism and the use of sex toys were widespread in primitive societies as a way of building up cultural ties." Holy crap, I want to be a cave man!

Since 1991, planetary scientists have floated the idea that Mars once harbored vast oceans that covered roughly one-third of the planet. Two long shore-like lips of rock in the planet's northern hemisphere were thought to be the best evidence, but experts argued that they were too "hilly" to describe the smooth edges of ancient oceans.

Linspire Inc. tomorrow will announce an agreement to license instant messaging and digital media technology from Microsoft for use in its Linspire Linux distribution. Additionally, the deal includes protection for Linspire customers against possible violations of Microsoft patents by Linux, and other cooperative measures.

Dick Pole! J.J. Putz! Spooneybarger! And 21 other equally bad and bizarre names.

Passengers landing at Gatwick airport are being greeted by a giant naked pole dancer. The 9,000 sq m (100,000 sq ft) image is painted on grassland under the incoming flight path. Planning officers are investigating whether permission was granted for the advertisement, which promotes a website.

RAY J has shot a controversial new video with Snoop Dogg singing the praises of marijuana.

Stanford researchers reported new findings today that they say brings them closer to understanding what causes multiple sclerosis.

Teachers tell researchers they've never seen so many children coming to school sick. Guilt-ridden mothers are sending ailing kids to day care or school for fear that staying home will result in discipline on the job. Too many elected officials are preaching family values but listening to lobbyists who want those values to end at the workplace door.

The European aerospace giant EADS is going into the space tourism business. Its Astrium division says it will build a space plane capable of carrying fare-paying passengers on a sub-orbital ride more than 100km above the planet...

In a post to the Linux Kernel Mailing list Torvalds states "I'm damn fed up with the FSF being the 'protector of freedoms', and also feeling that they can define what those freedoms mean."The Linus-FSF feud continues..

A man has been charged in Carlisle, Pennsylvania with filming police officers during a routine traffic stop and faces up to seven years in prison for "wiretapping".

If so, what?

With his resolution calling for the ouster of Dick Cheney, Rep. Dennis Kuchinich on Wednesday announced renewed efforts to impeach the vice president.

Before clicking, how many can you guess? These are based on the most recent available monthly stats, and not counting non-localized Asian MMOs. (Hint: only four are traditional RPGs.)

The update is available in their software update program on windows/mac. Maybe they should update their site to say "Our engineers have make safari to be secure from day 4 ;)

Russian computers that control the international space station's orientation and supply of oxygen and water have failed, potentially extending the space shuttle's mission -- or cutting it short. Russian engineers aren't sure why the computers stopped working. A failure of this type has never occurred before on the space station.

“I won’t lie to you,” said the great Homer Simpson. “Fatherhood isn’t easy like motherhood.” Yet in our insistence that men are more than elaborately engineered gamete vectors, we neglect the marvels of their elaborately engineered gametes. As the scientists who study male germ cells will readily attest, sperm are some of the most extraordinary...

Shanghai Grand Hyatt hotel occupies floors 53 to 87 of China's tallest building - and standing at the reception desk, you can look up approximately 115 meters to the top floor. The hotel also happens to have the worlds longest laundry shute.

Actress Jessica Alba says she is up for a one-night standâ€"as long as the man leaves the next morning. She told Cosmopolitan magazine: "I just wanted to see what it was like to be with different people. I don't think a girl's a slut if she enjoys sex."

EBay Inc. has pulled all of its paid search ads from Google Inc.'s AdWords network in the U.S., an eyebrow-raising move likely to be seen in the industry as a sign of deteriorating relations between the two Internet giants.

Honda Motor Co. plans to become the first Japanese carmaker to produce passenger vehicles with low-pollution, fuel-efficient diesel engines, according to a report released on Wednesday. Honda hopes to launch the clean diesel vehicles "as soon as possible" in Japan, said spokesman Yoshiyuki Kuroda,

I made a resolution. I decided that instead of saying “no” to things because I was afraid of them, I would “just say yes”. That became my working motto: “Just say yes”.

It soon will be a crime in this Cajun-country town to let the waistband of your pants sag too low in public. Mayor Carol Broussard has said he will sign an ordinance the town council approved this week setting penalties of up to six months in jail and a $500 fine for being caught in pants that show undergarments or certain private parts.