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How high can Google count? Very high it turns out but there is a limit.

In this article we will be exposing what truly consists of the ATI/AMD driver development cycle and ultimately what they are really doing to improve their image in the Linux community. We have been granted unprecedented access to share with you their once unknown driver development model.

Another file-sharing defendant has prevailed against the RIAA, as the music industry has dismissed a copyright infringement brought against a disabled single mother in Oregon.

Microsoft and Linux distributor Xandros announced on Monday a technical and legal collaboration, the latest step in the software giant's ongoing program to partner with open-source companies.

Last October, Netflix, the online movie rental service, announced that it would award $1 million to the first person or team who can devise a system that is 10 percent more accurate than the company’s current system for recommending movies that customers would like. The improvement level is now at 7.42%, still 2.58% short.

Guy Kawasaki shares the details and numbers of how he created Truemors.

Tyrone Brown was 17 when he committed a $2 robbery, and Dean put him on probation but changed it to life in prison when Brown shortly afterward tested positive for marijuana.

Looks like there could be another Microsoft-Linux patent deal in the offing. Signs point to Linux vendor Xandros signing a "patent-protection" deal with Microsoft akin to the one Novell inked last November.

The Chinese government has announced its latest futile attempt to hold back the tidal wave of free digital information that is bound to flood the country sooner or later, placing a ban on the licensing of new internet cafes for 2007 while officials investigate supposed breaches of their restrictive rules

A mobile phone company says brits drop 850,000 phones down the toilet, while only leaving 810,000 at pubs. Um... seriously brits, you should really think about investing in a bluetooth headset.

Last week, we were asking how police found themselves in the bedroom of a naked couple in Lancaster, Calif., in 2001, guns drawn.This led to a discussion of the problem with "no-knock" â€" or even "shout-once-and-storm-in" â€" search warrants.

he Hollywood sports movie has been analyzed to death. However, one of the most integral aspects of these films is frequently overlooked: that, my friends, is the role of the goon. Everybody loves a winner, but the truth of the matter is that if it weren’t for the goons we so love to hate, these sporting deities would have no reason to exist.

A U.S. astronomer has traced the origins of a set of ancient clay tablets made in Babylon around 687 BC. The tablets, showing constellations thought to be precursors of the present-day zodiac, are now confirmed to be based on much earlier observations made by Assyrian astronomers around 1,370 BC.

I finally want to get my issues with the "girl gamer" culture to rest. This will be my final rant on it all... finally. For those who know me, I don't like girl gaming leagues, clans, websites, or anything that really does out line female gamers. Why? It's 100% bullsh*t... Read on.

We just received word that Michael Moore will appear on Oprah on Tuesday June 5th where he will present scenes from his new film, Sicko. And get this â€" the theme of Oprah’s show is “The one film you must see this this summer”. Apparently, Oprah loved Michael’s film and wants to make health care for all one of her main missions this year.

Johnson served 60 days in jail for violating probation after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor weapons charge. Today Roger Goodell told him that he's suspended for 8 games but it could be reduced to 6.

This week's issue of The Economist reports on an interesting scheme proposed by Alfred Y. Wong, professor of physics and director of the Plasma Physics Laboratory at UCLA to rid the Earth of CO2 emissions. Wong posits that a conveyor built in the Arctic could take advantage of the Earth's magnetic field to expel emissions into outer space.

Awesome game for those that love physics & building contraptions!

Sarah Silverman calls Paris Hilton out BIG TIME during a live airing of the MTV Movie Awards. Of course, there were awards, too.

McDonalds reaching Africa had a greater impact on Animals than Humans :)

See any patterns? I noticed that the NY Yankees had a few contributions. It is interesting which sports shell out the big bucks!!! Enjoy!

Nintendo may be making some announcement regarding a hard drive attachment for Wii at this year's E3 games exposition.

In his first interview as the chairman of the Arkansas Republican Party, Dennis Milligan told a reporter that America needs to be attacked by terrorists so that people will appreciate the work that President Bush has done to protect the country.

A family designs their child's nursery like a laboratory. This kid is going to be a big geek. Story found at http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/lost-glory/5-million-cray-y+mp-supercomputer-is-now-baby-furniture-265615.php

"It has survived ice ages, volcanic eruptions and the intrusion of humans on its South Pacific island home, but New Zealand's last survivor of the dinosaur age may become extinct due to global warming."

Some films (good, bad, mediocre) just need that extra bit of meat to make them work.

In the famous Victorian satire Flatland, a two-dimensional square is suddenly plucked out of his flat world and lifted into the third dimension. It is a spiritually mind-blowing experience -- by looking down on his flat house, the square is suddenly able to see the insides of objects that, when he was 2-D, appeared solid.

Apparently the PS1 models SCPH-1001/2 are an audiophile's dream. Sony put in parts that make audiophiles drool. You'd have to, "spend more than $6000 on a one-box CD player to equal let alone better it."

With the NBA Finals set to begin later this week, BASN looks back at an article that first appeared on the site back in late October. Eric Williams took a look at the NBA's "real" Top 10 players. After looking back at the regular season and postseason, Eric's Top 10 should be cause for some interesting conversation.

A chart published by the Presidential campaign of Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT) indicated a major imbalance in the time allotted to different Democratic hopefuls by CNN broadcaster Wolf Blitzer, who moderated tonight's two hour debate at St. Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire.

South African bank FNB will move 12 000 users in 680 branches over to Novell's Linux operating system.

Nintendo's dominance continues, on both sides of the Pacific. The latest sales figures from Japan show that the PS3 sold just over 50,000 units during May while the Wii sold over 251K. The Nintendo DS also outsold the PSP 5-to-1 during May. More within...

We've got the scoop on some early marketing materials / renders for Dell XPS m1330, and we have to say, this is as impressed as we've ever been with a Dell laptop. Check it out:

A damning report by European football's governing body says Liverpool fans are the worst-behaved in Europe. Uefa says Reds fans have been involved in more incidents in Europe during the past four years than any other club.

Two motions to dismiss a virtual land dispute have been denied by a Pennsylvania judge, meaning that it will be the first case over virtual "land" in a MMORPG to go to court in the US.

According to U.S. Patent No. 20070123353 (are there really that many patents? No. 1 must be for "fire"), Nintendo is contemplating an "invitation system for [online videogames]."

Just as he pays little attention to old-fangled notions of the separation of powers, Mr. Cheney does not overly bother himself about the bright line that should exist between his last job as chief of the energy giant Halliburton and his current one on the public payroll.

If absolute privacy is a concern critics are voicing against Apple's latest move with DRM-less tracks from EMI, they should have filed their complaints over four years ago when the iTunes Store first opened.

"What human genetics needs is a celebrity spokesman. That's one idea behind a high-profile effort to speed gene research. Billionaire Paul Allen, who co-founded Microsoft, and CNN talk show host Larry King are among those who have signed on to have their genes sequenced as part of the Archon X Prize."

Falling Leaf Systems has announced that they will be providing compatibility software that will allow Halo 2, an exclusive Vista title, to run on Windows XP.