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BitTorrent users are facing a new enemy. A BitTorrent client named ZipTorrent, allegedly created by our friends from the anti-piracy organization Media Defender, leeches bandwith and spreads useless data chunks.

How does so much profanity get in the kernel? Well, at least lot of S**t went into 2.6.12.

"I could get out & run faster than this," said John.

A great way to reset

No Changes, no photoshop.

Coming from a recent interview with Phil Harrison, 1up was curious why Sony was letting exclusive downloadable content for Grand Theft Auto IV slip through their fingers. It seems that, perhaps, the PS3 will get their own content for the upcoming classic sandbox game.

Evolution of versions Windows. From 1.0 to Vista. (screenshots)

It was really difficult to not write "ever" at the end of this title but I held back

Two hours of sleep a day is plenty.

Here are 10 habits you should set aside right away to free yourself from the many problems each one will be causing you.

Here's a handy little guide to point you in the right direction...

Just outside of Seattle, WA my roommate Ed recently took a photo of this . . . thing. We have no idea what animal this is but it was seemingly deaf and/or dumb as Ed got extremely close to it before it slunk away. There are two tufts of hair on it but, otherwise, it was completely bald. Any thoughts? Your help is appreciated!

A Fox News guest lit up a cigarette on air in order to protest taxing tobacco companies to grant health insurance to poor children.

While the trend has been tighter control on content released for console games online, Sony and Midway are allowing open access to new maps, skins, and mods from the PC version of the game: all for free.

The Denso SARD Supra HV-R, a retired 480-horsepower Super GT car converted to run as a hybrid with regenerative braking, in-wheel-motors in front, and a larger electric motor for the rear wheels, has won the Tokachi 24-hour race. It's the first win of its type for a hybrid vehicle. The Supra completed 616 laps -- 19 more than the second-place car.

Eating grapefruit every day could raise the risk of developing breast cancer by almost a third, US scientists say: A study of 50,000 post-menopausal women found eating just a quarter of a grapefruit daily raised the risk by up to 30%.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Dow Jones (DJ.N: Quote, Profile, Research) board member who is also part of the family that controls the company has launched a last-ditch effort to block a takeover by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. (NWSa.N: Quote, Profile, Research), the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.

You've heard about it and have seen a few pictures, but we wanted to share with you some higher res up close and personal shots of the Halo 3 Xbox 360. After digging around some press kits we stumbled upon the images in the gallery below of the Halo 3 Xbox 360, pretty green controller and headset and man are we enjoying the design.

Japan’s leading genetics researcher could be “a matter of months” from reaching the Holy Grail of biotechnology â€" producing an “ethical” human stem cell without using a human embryo.

Cybercrime, like every digital industry, is outsourcing. Though the U.S. still produces more malware, spam and viruses than any country in the world, illicit IT jobs are increasingly scattered across an anarchic and international Internet, where labor is cheap, legitimate IT jobs are scarce and scammers are insulated from the laws...

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On Friday July 13th, INCITS V1 met via teleconference for 3 hours but failed to reach a 2/3 consensus necessary to recommend an "Approval, with comments" position on Microsoft "Office Open XML" (OOXML) document specification.

For years, polls have shown that very large numbers of Americans continue to falsely believe that some of the 9/11 hijackers came from Iraq. In reality, the overwhelming number hailed from the land of a U.S. ally, Saudi Arabia.

The RIAA agrees to a judgment of $300 after suing a single mother in state-subsidized housing for file-sharing. It's a far cry from the $750 per song the record labels claimed was due them.

A researcher at the University of Missouri-Columbia has found that girls who talk very extensively about their problems with friends are likely to become more anxious and depressed.

1862: American astronomer Lewis Swift discovers the presence of a large comet that will soon bear his name. Three days later, another American astronomer, Horace Tuttle, makes the same sighting. So this heavenly body comes down to us as the Comet Swift-Tuttle.

Moments ago, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) announced that in response to conservative obstructionism, he plans to force war supporters to physically remain in the Senate and filibuster Iraq withdrawal legislation.

Our whole lives are about doing more in less time, trying to cram everything into 24 hours, in a day that is filled with constant interruptions. Instant messages, emails, and the constant chirping of cell phones have surely and slowly squeezed our attention spans. We have responded this to customizing the digital world according to how lifestyles.

The Saudis are once again showing the world that they lead by example when it comes to executing women. The girl, 17 at the time of the alleged crime, was tortured until she confessed to choking a baby. She had no lawyer present at her trial, and the government is preparing to behead her in front of a crowd of onlookers.

Why precisely was I doing this? Because I wanted to ponder an interesting question: Why isn't there such a thing as "B game" -- a game so bad it's good?

One aspect of Web 2.0 that continues to entertain is the strange, sometimes awful, names that startups come up with to promote themselves. Some of them turn out to be successful - e.g. del.icio.us - but others prove to be ineffective.

Teenager Lydia Playfoot today lost her High Court challenge over a ban preventing her from wearing a Christian "purity ring". Sixteen-year-old Lydia Playfoot claimed the ban at the Millais School in Horsham, West Sussex, was an "unlawful interference" with her right to express her Christian faith. In a statement she said she was "very disappointed"

They may be the "butt" of more than a few jokes, but for years nudists have been touting the benefits of shedding restrictive threads and spending more time in your birthday suit.

A collection of interesting, crazy, and bizarre photos from protests held in South Korea.

"The real rulers in Washington are invisible and exercise their power from behind the scenes."-- Justice Felix Frankfurter, U.S. Supreme Court. "I am concerned for the security of our great nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insideous forces working from within." -- General Douglas MacArthur

Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence strapped on fat suits and wigs in recent films. Despite decades-long careers, Dustin Hoffman's and Robin Williams's most beloved alter egos are arguably Tootsie and Mrs. Doubtfire. Lots of conventions of drama don't fly anymore. A white actor wouldn't dare put on dark makeup to appear black today....

The German government has banned hacking tools -- restricting them just like guns. People with hacking tools can steal your personal data, shut down your system and deface your web site -- but is that any reason to ban them?

The priciest and most technologically advanced Lexus ever, the new LS600hL offers what BMW and Mercedes can't: a luxury hybrid. "Everything about that car is leading-edge technologyâ€"it's got to be one of the most technologically advanced machines."

Hoping to stabilize a $150 million annual electricity bill, Houston officials have negotiated

FreeNES is a facebook app that allows you to play a massive Library of Nintendo games in your browser. All of your old favorites are right here!