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It’s easy to spot revolutions or major events in the past. The shrinking of computer parts in the 70s, the PC revolution of the 80s that led to the internet explosion of the 90s, etc. The latest ‘big thing’ has been the socializing of the Internet. We now find sites like Digg, reddit, and Del.icio.us. But here's what needs to be next:

We all know the risks of talking on your cell phone while driving, but is texting just as bad? I guess those few seconds you take to look at the message or write a reply can have fatal results.

The ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT is here for us to put it through its DX10 paces. Who will take home the crown in the first full DirectX 10 game under Windows Vista? New games including Oblivion: Shivering Isles, WoW: Burning Crusade, Lord of the Rings Online, and Lost Planet. "The ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT is simply not a good value for gaming"

The new Seeing Yellow project, started by some folks at MIT, encourages users to call printer manufacturers and ask tough questions about the use of tiny yellow tracking dots output by many color laser printers.

What is going to happen to 200,000 odd customers who signed up with SunRocket, a VoIP service provider that shut down today.

It's as easy as 1,2,3,4,5,6.

After installing the Samsung Linux printer drivers of April 2007, many applications, like OpenOffice.org, open themselves with root permissions.The link (sorry it's french) shows that the installation script replaces some applications with a setuid script ! How awful !!!See also the whole story at http://linuxfr.org/forums/15/22562.html

The lawsuit, filed by brothers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, and Divya Narendra, accuses Zuckerberg, Facebook’s 23-year-old C.E.O, of stealing the source code, design, and business plan for Facebook in 2003 when he briefly worked in the Harvard dorms as a programmer for their own fledgling social-networking site, now known as ConnectU.

Caused by Earthquake in Japan. Accident not reported to public for hours.

The next iPod will work just like the iPhone -- but with massive storage and no AT&T to deal with!

For those of you with a Jesusphone, here's a great idea for making fun contact photos using a glass door or scanner.

Sure, you remember the stories of the baby who fell down the well, the kid from Nirvana's Nevermind, the boy who spelled "potato" right, and the girl from National Geographic. You might even be able to remember their names. But here’s the real question: do you know where these kids are right now?

If you haven't seen it yet, there was a press conference with Putin where an audience member jumped up and tossed some leaflets about the room. When he sat back down, the guy behind him was quite incredulous and showed it magnificently with his eyes..

A Congressional Democrat has been reined in for calling President George W. Bush a 'liar' during a Thursday hearing of the House Judiciary Committee, according to the Monday edition of the newspaper Roll Call.

This would be 'aid' over the next five years as part of a "hearts and minds" campaign to win over the lawless region from Al Qaeda and Taliban militants. But even before the plan has been fully carried out, officials involved in the planning are warning of the dangers of distributing so much money in an area so hostile that oversight is impossible.

Zero Install is a way to run software without an explicit installation step. This is easier (install and run becomes just run) and safer (installation doesn't happen as root).

You've probably read about the first snow in Buenos Aires in the last 90 years. In this article, find out why it happened and its relation to climate change.

A new blog startup focusing on the merging of a "green" social climate with technology and internet startups.

A recent patent filed by Apple suggests the company is continuously looking for ways to improve user input devices. In this case, Apple describes an "improved feedback mechanism for touch pads", including "devices capable of illuminating the touch sensitive surface of the touch pad."

Finish Him!

Maddox update on the (in)famous iPhone.

this guy could totally kick Kermit's ass

MIT OpenCourseWare let's you pretty get an MIT eduction online for free.

Title is a good enough description.

Employers pose a bigger threat to your future success than governments when it comes to your personal information. It's interview time - you`re not invited because of a misprint from a database you`ve never heard of before. No-one will call, nobody will write you. Unfair? Here's what you need to know

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.