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Hurray for mad science! The Haier WasH20 is a detergent-less washing machine, and this new washing machine has a very innovative way to wash your clothes !

The US Department of Justice has until mid-September to decide whether it wants to help the RIAA defend the constitutionality of its claim that it is owed damages of $750 for each copyrighted song infringed.

As of today Sony has announced the full Gran Turismo 5 car list. It consists of 10000 cars. At launch it will only have 340 cars while the others will be developed in the future. Polyphony Digital will also develop cars for individual clients. That means in the future we could have any car put into the game for a special price. Of course...

In Violation Of Federal Law...

The press are being invited to an Apple "product presentation for Mac" at Apple Town Hall in Cupertino on the morning of Tuesday, August 7th.

A little older of an article, but I just sat through a TLC special on this family and dugg a little more. Stumbled across this gem.

This along with the official announcement of 4player online co-op.

the Centre for Alternative Technology in Wales (who are also the people behind WISE - Wales Institute for Sustainable Education) have their sights set even higher â€" they claim that Britain could be practically a zero carbon economy as early as 2027.

The White House has refused to comply with a Republican Sen. Arlen Specter's request for information about Alberto Gonzales's conflicting testimony on a secret surveillance program by a 12 p.m. Tuesday deadline. It is unclear whether the administration is refusing the request outright or is simply tardy in delivering its response. Developing...

Sony has been sued by a mysterious company over a 15-year-old patent covering parallel processing. The plaintiffs claim that the Cell CPU used in the PS3 infringes on a patent they own the rights to, but they chose not to go after IBM, which designed the CPU in the first place.

Following reports showing that up to one-third of all Xbox 360 consoles are afflicted with the fatal hardware error termed the “Red Ring of Death,” Microsoft extended its warranty on the machine to cover such a defect for three years.

The iTunes Store is on a roll and not slowing down any time soon. Apple announced this morning that over 3 billion songs have been sold through its online music store. The milestone not only marks a major feat for Apple, but also for the digital music industry as a whole.

"We know you don't really like having money. That's why we've put together these 10 tips that will help ensure you never will"

The FCC today announced its plans for the upcoming 700MHz spectrum auction. Neither Google nor the big telecoms are totally happy: the FCC failed to adopt Google's proposed ideas, but did support at least two kinds of open access that AT&T and Verizon aren't very enthusiastic about.

Ever imagine a building could be built from water? Brick, wood and steel are the materials one normally thinks of for building construction - hard substances that don’t flow, change or move over time. That’s why we are amazed by the creativity and ingenuity of some architects from MIT who designed a building which is composed in large part by water

Back to the future fans dream come true, the Delorean may be coming back into production.

Rumors that Apple is wearing the pants a little too often in their iPhone relationship with AT&T have received a boost, now that the wireless carrier seems to have stopped promoting the pricey phone on their main page barely a month after its June 29th launch.

They say that "whatever can go wrong will go wrong, and at the worst possible time" and these hilarious pictures definitely prove that. I realize this isn't the newest thing around but I'm sure many people haven't seen it before and it's certainly still a good laugh.

Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld appears to have refused to testify at a hearing scheduled for Wednesday on the friendly fire death of Army Specialist Patrick Tillman, RAW STORY has learned.

The "Off" light switch is pretty much what it looks like: a fully-functioning, combination light switch/hook, and therein lies the dilemma. Do you hang up your jacket or turn on the light? -- you can't do both, and nobody likes a wrinkled jacket.

Home Depot seems to have had a change of heart. They're now unequivocally telling their customers that they will not advertise on Bill O'Reilly's show. Oddly, however, they're now also claiming that they never advertised on O'Reilly's show. Uhhh... OK. Sure. Just don't start in the future, schmucks

US Vice President Dick Cheney on Monday came to the defense of embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales amid growing pressure from lawmakers for the Justice Department chief's resignation.

A group of high profile 'personal productivity' bloggers collected a list of the 100 best “tips to improve your life.” Leo Babauta, author of Zen Habits compiled the list. While not specific to creative professionals, the list includes tips that are likely to boost overall effectiveness and the impact we are able to make with our ideas.

MSN just ran a story about a lawn care company in Tennessee that uses girls in bikinis to do yard work. The owner charges a "premium" for the service, and apparently business is booming. What other businesses and services could benefit from a little blatant sexual exploitation?

Apparently most in Congress think it's ok to vote for more government spending ... as long as they don't have to pay for it themselves. One congressman took them to task and offered his _own_ money to support a bill (instead of using taxpayers' money), and asked the other members of Congress to match his funds. They declined.

She's wearing a ... garbage bag?

The title says it all. New technology which will 1/4 the cost of solar cells. Now where's my flying car??

It's easy to forget, but not every hot female celebrity is a braindead skanked out media whore like Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan. Here are ten gorgeous female celebrities who actually excelled academically and have something going for them apart from their good looks.

A great and useful collection.

There are many theories about how Oscar knows who is going to die, and some (mostly joking) remarks about how he may be causing the death. "im in ur hozpice, prediktin ur deths"

Air New Zealand is testing the waters for a new fuel made from the algae found in pond scums, which could have the capacity to reduce the entire carbon footprint of the airline industry to zero.

We've had rumors and spy shots before, but up until now we really didn't have any confirmation that Hyundai's new Tiburon replacement would switch from a pull-me to a push-me. With the new rwd platform that the company recently developed for its Genesis luxury sedan.

The list offers a nice point-counterpoint of why your IT department considers something a risk, how you can bypass their roadblocks and do it anyway, and perhaps more importantly how to get around it in a manner that won't completely freak out your IT department. (I'm not saying it won't just a little.)

Tried to visit Facebook today and had no luck? It appears that the social-networking site has been experiencing some growing pains. No one in CNET News.com's newsroom was able to access the site starting around 10 a.m. PDT.

This just in from Planet KDE. Includes screenshot. Some of the new features: An opengl playground at the bottom with an experimental"CoverFlow" inspired album selector; The big central area has just been switched to using Plasma, the cool new desktop and widget technology in KDE4; The new playlist.

A terrific website featuring nighttime photos of abandoned buildings, cars, and property. The "aircraft boneyards" section is really amazing.

If you've ever been frustrated in a search for books on nonbelief in your local bookstore or annoyed by their inclusion in the comparative religion section, Borders Books has remedied the situation. "Atheism and Agnosticism" has been added as a new section for the works of Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens, and many others.

Google takes to its blog to argue that the merger with DoubleClick is no big deal. After all, everyone else is doing the same thing.

Free agent quarterback Daunte Culpepper will work out for the Oakland Raiders on Tuesday, two weeks after being released by the Miami Dolphins.

Most Web users probably use at least one Yahoo product on a regularbasis. So let's take a look at 10 that are among the leaders in theirparticular market segment, or are particularly innovative. These aresubjective selections, because it's almost impossible to use objectivecriteria to judge such different web properties.