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This tiny fanless PC, roughly the size of a paperback book, consumes a mere 3 to 5 watts of power and comes with Linux preinstalled.

MSNBC's Keith Olbermann began tonight's Countdown program with a special comment. The unusual move to open his show with the comment, which are almost always reserved for the closing of the program, added gravity to his words.

Tired of Big Macs and fries? Try McDonald's vegetarian burgers or rice burgers topped with avocado paste and washed down with Green Tea milkshake or beer!

This four year old doesn't care what Nintendo has up the pipeline -- he just wants to enjoy a good game of Mario on his Game Boy.

Climate change models tailored to investigate some strange storms in the Mediterranean suggest that global warming could lead to hurricanes forming in that sea. If so, countries around the Mediterranean could be in for the most violent weather in centuries.

"Pimp My Ride" sent to junkyard after this season.

Apparently a particularly dedicated hacker who goes by "Nightwatch" has compiled and launched the iPhone's very first independent "Hello World" application, paving the way for 3rd party applications

Thom Hartmann began his program by reading from a new Executive Order which allows the government to seize the assets of anyone who interferes with its Iraq policies. He then introduced Paul Craig Roberts by quoting: "Unless Congress immediately impeaches Bush and Cheney, a year from now the US could be a dictatorial police state at war with Iran."

Bush’s latest Executive Order: Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in IraqAnyone remember the 5th amendment from that “goddamned piece of paper”:

Normally we skip over these bullshit gold-plated gadgets, but this 18-karat gold-plated iPod shuffle's picture was so pretty we couldn't resist. We would've been even more impressed if it were solid 24-karat gold, but we'll just have to settle for this gold plating.

In this tutorial I will teach you how to dual-boot between Windows XP/Vista and Ubuntu. This tutorial will be split up into two parts: Part one for people who have no operating system installed. Part two for people who have Windows XP/Vista installed and do not want to re-install Windows.

Fox News story on the issue was pulled off the air and all references to it on the Fox website were taken down: http://www.icomment.org/index.php/main/video/show?id=5896980 (from video section)

A federal judge threw out a civil lawsuit former CIA agent Valerie Plame filed against members of the Bush administration, but the dismissal does not close all Plame's legal avenues. The court dismissed the case on jurisdictional grounds without ruling on the constitutional issues brought by Plame.

From the obscure to the obvious. This is scary.

"Our system of government does not allow the White House to demand this kind of blind faith and secrecy."

It has been just under 2 months since Facebook launched their platform initiative, but this self-opening move has already had an extremely positive impact on the company. The changes are not limited to the company itself, however.

Here’s a quick browser keyword to add to the list. This one will make it mega easy to find MP3s hidden amongst open internet directories.

No Heavenly Sword demo today, instead the American PSN Store has been updated with the PS1 classic Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. Check out what other goodies have been released alongside it.

Quicksaves, walk-throughs and cheat codes are for the weak. Check out our guide to 10 of the hardest PC games ever made.

In October of last year I wrote 15 Windows Explorer alternatives compared and reviewed - which was quite popular. To this day I get people emailing me or leaving comments on the original post suggesting I try out other Windows Explorer/file managers alternatives. So here’s a roundup of 10 other alternatives that have since been suggested to me.

An open letter to the Whitehouse. It's not impeachment, but it's a start.

Watch out, Harry, these wand-wielding veterans aren't afraid to hit a guy with glasses.

Firefox 3 will include some significant changes. check out the UI preview here!

Researchers at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) have developed an inexpensive solar cell that can be painted or printed on flexible plastic sheets. "The process is simple... someday homeowners will even be able to print sheets of these solar cells with inexpensive home-based inkjet printers, " said researcher Somenath Mitra, Ph.D.

Moderators threaten to ban users for discussing a Linux version of steam.

Sega released the first screenshots of Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games at E3 last week, and now you can see the game in motion in the first trailer.

Real life X-men don't need mutations.

"I remember reading about people boiling them, but how exactly am I supposed to do this? how long do I boil it for?"

A modded toaster that runs Unix.

There's a whole lot of cooling and whole lot of "Damn, that's hot! " going on here.

You've gotta love natural selection caught on video. Intelligent people know that it isn't a good idea to smash a can of WD-40, even if they're curious about what would happen if they did. Luckily, some mouthbreathers decided that they'd give it a whirl, showing us exactly why we're so smart to not have done such a thing.

One of the best things that has happened to Linux enthusisasts the world over is the confluence of two big players one in the Linux arena (Ubuntu aka Canonical) and the other in the PC hardware space (Dell). And the end users have already started reaping the benefits.

The Unofficial Apple Weblog takes a stand against Valleywag, who are trying to find the true identity of FSJ. TUAW feels it's a lot more fun NOT knowing who's behind the clever blog. Valleywag, in typical fashion, just wants you to digg their stupidity.

OXM Magazine has gotten info that a separate team is at work at Konami producing the 360 version of MGS4 which will debut on the 360 no later then 6 months after the PS3 version drops.

A freelance reporter for a Beijing television station has been detained for faking a hidden camera report about street vendors who used chemical-soaked cardboard to fill meat buns, local media said. The report came amid a spate of real food scares involving toxic fish, tainted pork and egg yolks colored with a cancer-causing dye

Microsoft has learned some very serious lessons when it comes to complying with Web standards after taking heavy criticism from the industry and, more importantly, a beating in the browser market share. Microsoft group manager of technical community, Frank Arrigo, explained how important it is for the Redmond giant to follow Web standards.

This is a patch that'll give you really awesome fonts in Feisty. It's easy to install with apt repositories.

Too Human developer Silicon Knights has filed a lawsuit against Unreal Engine 3 developer Epic Games, claiming Epic failed to deliver the engine on time and live up to contractual support obligations to UE3 licensees. Silicon Knights has apparently now created its own UE3-derived "Silicon Knights Engine," and is demanding damages from Epic.

Vonage has something new to worry about: free. Since everybody hates paying for anything internet, Ooma's jumping on the free-subscription bandwagon with reverse razor / blade model: shell out crazy cash ($400) for a sexy little Ooma Hub with lifetime free local and long distance service.

Accessory and peripheral maker LaCie has taken the wraps off its Big Disk Extreme+ external hard drive, pushing the line's capacity to 2 TB.