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Crafting your image for your Facebook or MySpace Friends
Students are creating idealized versions of themselves on social networking websites ? Facebook and MySpace are the most popular ? and using these sites to explore their emerging identities, UCLA psychologists report. Parents often understand very little about this phenomenon, they say.
46 Tips for the Business iPhone User
From Apple?s App Store to creative productivity tips, the corporate iPhone user now has a world of useful options.
Engadget reviews the BlackBerry Storm!
The Storm, a widescreen, touchscreen device boasts many of the same features as the iPhone, but adds innovations like a clickable display, and comes packed with RIM's legendary email and messaging services. Mainlined into the biggest and best network in the States, the Storm is an almost deafening blast to the competition at first glance.
UFC Cuts Jon Fitch over videogame likeness rights
Jon Fitch, who went five rounds with UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre in August, received notice Wednesday that the UFC has released him. Fitch stated that he was cut from the promotion after he?d refused to sign an agreement that would have relinquished his likeness rights for a UFC videogame.
Grave Of World's First Known Human Family Found
Analysis of a remarkable cluster of graves at a Stone Age burial site near Eulau, Germany, provides the oldest molecular genetic evidence for a nuclear family.The 13 graves, dating to 4,600 years ago, contained groups of adults and children buried facing each other ? hands interlinked in many cases.
Incredible New Video Game Will NEVER Make Your Kids Violent
Electronic-entertainment giant Take-Two Interactive, parent company of Grand Theft Auto series creator Rockstar Games, released Stacker Tuesday, a first-person vertical-crate-arranger guaranteed not to influence young people's behavior in any way. The new 'reluctantly interactive' content engine will prevent any excitement or emotional involvement.
A-Rod Wishes MVP Stood For "Madonna's Valuable Player"
Dustin Pedroia was named the AL MVP, and that means an insecure over-analyzer like Alex Rodriguez, must look in the mirror and ask himself a tough question: Would Madonna like canoodling with me, or all American League MVP award winners?
Why stop here on our evolution from the ape?
Suppose that scientists discovered an animal species with a genetic resistance to a killer virus. It might be possible to transfer these sequences into the human genome to confer resistance. If this sounds like science fiction, consider that many gene-transfer therapies have completed clinical trials
Seve Ballesteros leaves intensive care after surgery
Golf legend Seve Ballesteros has left the intensive care unit where he has been treated since 14 October after having surgery on a brain tumour.
Honda's New Fuel Cell Sports Car
Honda surprised the motoring world today with the release of the radical and futuristic Honda FC Sport, a three-seat Hydrogen-powered design study that hints at the future of Honda sports cars to come. Using the Honda V Flow fuel cell setup already found in the Honda FCX Clarity, the FC Sport is the supercar to the FCX's stately sedan.
"Let me google that for you..."
For all those people that find it more convenient to bother you with their question rather than google it for themselves.
Tony Romo's good deed of the day: take homeless man to movie
The $67 million quarterback and a man who doesn't have $6.70 to his name sat next to each other and shared laughs for 90 minutes or so.
Guns N' Roses album to debut on MySpace
If you have been waiting patiently for 17 years to hear the new Guns N' Roses album, your wait is mere hours from being over--and you can hear it legally before it goes on sale next week.
How to say no to coworkers
Travis Barker and DJ AM Private Plane Ran Out of Runway
On newley released cockpit recordings, the pilot reported the plane ?going off the end? of the runway.
Great Singers In the Studio & Behind the Scenes (Slideshow)
One of the most interesting aspects of singing is that the instrument is contained within, and ultimately there?s nothing to lean on except the vocalist?s own skills and talents. Those moments of inner exploration are captured in this special gallery that accompanies the Rolling Stone 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.
A coming of age for YouTube
YouTube announced it will auction off search terms as part of an ad program, called Sponsored Videos, designed to enable anyone to expand the viewership of their videos. YouTube also said last week it obtained rights to post full-length movies produced by a large film studio, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Cy&H: So I met Jesus at a party...
APOD: Endeavour in the Moon
Arraignment Set for Cheney, Gonzales in Prison Abuse Case
Geographical References: Texas
Arraignment Set for Cheney, Gonzales in Prisoner Abuse Case, A Texas judge has set an arraignment for Vice President Dick Cheney, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and other officials accused of involvement in prisoner abuse.
Pacman is Back (man)
Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam ?Pacman? Jones has been cleared to return to the team on Monday, but won?t play in a game for another two weeks, owner Jerry Jones said today.
If Twitter Charges, Users Would Pay: Survey
Would you pay to use Twitter? An unscientific survey conducted today found that about 50% of users would pay $5 per month or more for the service. Another survey found that a quarter of users would pay to remove ads if the service started putting them in feeds. How about you?
Apple in talks to offer DRM-free MP3 tracks via iTunes
Apple is in talks with three of the "big four" record labels about offering music tracks through iTunes that would be made available in MP3 format without copy protection measures, a move that could further distance the digital download service from its rivals.
Pre-bacon [PIC]
Ever wonder what bacon REALLY looks like?
Plumbing the Oceans Could Bring Limitless Clean Energy
FOR a company whose business is rocket science Lockheed Martin has been paying unusual attention to plumbing of late. The aerospace giant has kept its engineers occupied for the past 12 months poring over designs for what amounts to a very long fibreglass pipe.of course, no ordinary pipe but an integral part of the technology.
Do You Have Any Protection? [COMIC]
SMBC Comic
3 Ways to Fix Twitter (+ the Best Mascot Suggestion EVER)
Seriously, this new mascot kicks the fail whale right in its blowhole.
Hands on: Zenbe's social, collaborative e-mail works well
E-mail is no longer just e-mail, and it arguably hasn't been for some time. Webmail clients like Yahoo's have offered IM and calendar integration for a while, and now Gmail allows video chatting and embedded gadgets. Zenbe, a new startup, is bringing social features, collaboration, and a new perspective on our e-mail routine.
Honda Accord Wins 1st Ever Yahoo! Autos Excelerator Award
With all-new head-turning styling introduced last year, the Honda Accord has cemented its reputation as one of the best-selling family sedans in the American market. That popularity as a practical yet stylish 4-door is one of the reasons why the Accord has captured the first ever Yahoo! Autos Excelerator Award.
Google Takes LIFE Magazine Photo Archive Online
Google said today it is partnering with LIFE magazine to make more than 10 million images available online from the magazine's photo archive. One of the most interesting things about the project is 97% of the photographs have never been seen by the public. The collection contains images from the 20th century with works from LIFE photographers.
Donald Driver's dad beaten by Houston police after dispute
Geographical References: Texas
The father of Green Bay Packers wide receiver Donald Driver was beaten by Houston, Texas, police officers as they arrested him for outstanding traffic warrants, Driver's family members claimed Wednesday.
I'm Not One Of Those 'Love Thy Neighbor' Christians
Everybody has this image of "crazy Christians" based on what they hear in the media, but it's just not true. I'm here to tell you there are lots of Christians who aren't anything like the preconceived notions you may have. We're not all into "turning the other cheek." We don't spend our days committing random acts of kindness for no credit.
Islamists vow to fight Somali pirates
The hardline Islamic authorities in the southern Somali port of Kismayo vowed to forge an unlikely alliance by joining the efforts of the Nato and European Union naval task forces patrolling the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden.
Apple's OpenCL standard near complete in just six months
Apple has reportedly set an industry record by moving its OpenCL parallel computing standard from its beginnings to imminent approval in 6 months, paving the way for inclusion in Mac OS X Snow Leopard.The operating system will use technology to accelerate general-purpose tasks using both individual processor cores, video chipsets inside its system.
Then I Guess I'd Do Her...
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Big cat fossil found in North Sea
The partial leg bone of a sabre-toothed cat has been dredged from the seabed by a trawler in the North Sea. The fossil, which is between one and two million years old and found near the UK coast, is from a type of sabre-tooth called a scimitar cat. According to palaeontologist Dick Mol, it belonged to a cat that was as heavy as a small horse.
Why Facebook?
Why did Facebook survive when its competitor Hi5 did not? A more secure site, pretty much free of spammers. Now that Facebook has branched out, it needs to make sure it doesn't go the way of MySpace.
The Chinese Want To Buy the Big 3 Automakers
It appears that the Chinese car makers SAIC and Dongfeng have plans to acquire the Big 3: "A take-over of a large overseas auto maker would fit perfectly into China's plans. As reported before, China has realized that its export chances are slim without unfettered access to foreign technology. The brand cachet of Chinese cars abroad is, ...."
Yankee's Mike Mussina to retire after 18-year career
Geographical References: New York / New York, New York / Pitcher, New York
As expected, New York Yankees pitcher Mike Mussina has decided to retire, according to a baseball source with knowledge of the situation. Mussina informed the Yankees last week he would give them a decision by the end of this week.
Frozen hair gives up first mammoth genome
Tufts of frozen woolly mammoth hair have yielded a rough draft of its genome. It's the most successful attempt to sequence the DNA of an extinct ancient animal to date, and although we won't see resurrected mammoths grazing the tundra anytime soon, it could give us a peek into the reasons for their extinction.
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