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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.

Perhaps Chinook, the checker-playing computer program, should be renamed "King Me." Canadian researchers report they have "solved" checkers, developing a program that cannot lose in a game popular with young and old alike for more than a thousand years.

"The House on Wednesday evening overwhelmingly rejected President Bush's plan to eliminate the $420 million federal subsidy for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting."

Our list today will look at the top 10 apps for utility. These are apps that are in some way useful. This was a pretty broad list, and probably took us the longest to cut down to a top ten. As a result, we were unfortunately forced to leave off a lot of good apps. This is a completely subjective list, so not everyone will agree with our picks.

Who better to rival Valve with a STEAM killer than Transgaming, Basically a system that delivers Cedega compatible games and installs them thru a shopping cart system shouldn't be to difficult for them to make.

While many have criticized Apple for giving the iPhone more priority than the Mac, it looks like sales aren't suffering because of it. Presumably due to the halo effect, Apple's US PC shipments for Q2 of this year landed them in a tie with the once mighty Gateway in terms of market share.

Yep, that pretty much sums it up...

Neither the President nor the war's intellectual architects are prepared to admit this. Nonetheless, the specter of defeat shapes their thinking in telling ways.

Burning these fucking bitches would be the only just punishment.

This simple tutorial explains the cascading feature of CSS. Useful for those starting out with CSS or if you need a refresher.

Children's favourite is on its way to the small screen.

No matter how Michael Vick's indictment on charges of operating a dogfighting ring is resolved in court, allegations against the NFL star have forced mainstream America to confront the grisly image of canine death matches.

the fish enjoyed by the Gores were not endangered or illegally caught.Rather, the restaurant later confirmed, they had come from one of the world's few well-managed, sustainable populations of toothfish, and caught and documented in compliance with Marine Stewardship Council regulations. The Gores' spokesman, Kalee Kreider, admitted that the fi

It's amazing what people (and pets) manage to get inside themselves!

It's official: Foreign men have more sex, with more women, than American guys. We traveled the globe to find out how they do it. (No, it's not their accents) From a survey of 40,000 readers worldwide, foreign men have sex up to 70 more times a year. We found out what makes men from other countries so attractive to the women they pursue.

A federal judge on Thursday dismissed former CIA operative Valerie Plame's lawsuit against members of the Bush administration in the CIA leak scandal

A picture of a man who collects dead fish in Donghu lake, where officials say an estimated 30,000kg of fish have been killed by a combination of pollution and hot weather.

The first Novell Hack Week, a hacking free-for-all sponsored by Novell, recently took place. Ars talks to some of the principals and looks at some of the projects that emerged from the week-long hackfest.

"It's creepy. It's gross. It's wrong. I will be blogging when possible over the next few days but might not have much time. So bear with me until we can get everything straightened out."

Gutsy Gibbon Tribe 3 is the third alpha release of Ubuntu 7.10, and with this new alpha release comes a whole host of excellent new features.Note: This is still an alpha release. Do not install it on production machines. The final stable version will be released in October 2007.

"I'm not a fan of personal vendetta gotcha-style politics," said Jon Stewart on Tuesday's Daily Show. "But there can be exceptions. Take Louisiana Senator David Vitter ... who came to prominence in the 90's demanding President Clinton's impeachment for the Monica Lewinsky affair. Well, it seems the condom is on the other foot."

After Avant Window Navigator recently added a depth effect, the popular Linux desktop application received a rather large amount of flak for using the same 3D effect as Apple’s upcoming release of OS X. But things aren’t always what they seem, and the example proves two important truths about the technology industry.

To war once more.

In 1990, supermodel Linda Evangelista uttered what has become the most famous quote in modeling history: "We don't wake up for less than $10,000 a day." Gisele Bundchen tops Forbes.com's 2007 list of The Top Earning Models in the World, raking in $33 million,