Monday, June 30, 2008

The First 'Quantum of Solace' Trailer! [HD versions]

I didn't link directly to the video itself because I thought I'd leave the option to you guys whether you want to watch it in 480p or 720p.

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9,000 Canadians petition Steve Jobs for iPhone rate relief

iPhone rate plans in Canada are EXPENSIVE.

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Spain Crowned UEFA Euro 2008 Champions

Twenty four years after blowing it in Paris in 1984, Spain won UEFA Euro 2008 championship.

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Disney's WALL-E wows box office

"WALL-E," bolstered by near-unanimous critical praise, sold an estimated $62.5 million of tickets in its first three days, said Pixar's Walt Disney Co parent.

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Cancer 'Cure' In Mice To Be Tested In Humans

The treatment will involve transfusing specific white blood cells, called granulocytes, from select donors, into patients with advanced forms of cancer. A similar treatment using white blood cells from cancer-resistant mice has previously been highly successful, curing 100 percent of lab mice afflicted with advanced malignancies.

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The More You Play With it, the Harder it Gets [PIC]

Old Sega ad using sexual innuendos. Never seen this one before...

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Think Rogers iPhone plans are unfair? Try living in Sweden

While Canadians have been shortchanged with Rogers iPhone plans there are still some people getting an even worse deal, the Swedes. A 16GB iPhone will set you back $4 356 after 2 years with unlimited data.

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GoDaddy VP Caught Bidding Against Customers

A GoDaddy Vice President has been caught bidding against customers in their own domain name auctions. The employee Adam Dicker isn't just any GoDaddy employee; he's head of the GoDaddy subsidiary that controls the auctions. Dicker won some of the domains he bid for, and pushed up the bid price on auctions he didn't win.

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No-Hit Win by Dodgers Makes No Sense, Except in Baseball

Baseball is the best game in part because every night you go to the ballpark, you might see something you've never seen before. No other sport can say that like baseball can, and Saturday night at Dodger Stadium was just such a night, a night that made no sense.

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In Pictures: America's Oldest Neighborhoods

Philadelphia, PA. Society Hill and Queen Village -- After William Penn went to great pains to design an English-style grid for his city, residents rushed to develop the Delaware River area by chopping and subdividing lots. South Street separates Society Hill from Queen Village, and it's where you'll find some of Philly's oldest homes.

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Top 10 Most Amazing 3D Graffiti Artists [PICS]

Artists like Kurt Wenner, Eduardo Relero and Tracy Lee Stum create street art that’s so incredible, it’s impossible to pass by without being sucked in to the worlds they create on asphalt and concrete surfaces.

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Sunday, June 29, 2008

Teen Decapitated by Ride at Six Flags

Authorities told the NBC affiliate's Web site, 11Alive.com that around 2:30 p.m. that the boy was decapitated when he was struck by the Batman ride, a coaster at the amusement park that can travel as fast as 50 miles per hour. The park is just west of Atlanta.

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McCains Failed To Pay Taxes On California Home For 4 Years

Has not paid taxes is four years on one of his many houses throughout the country. Highly embarrassing.

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TOP 10 Movie Gadgets We Wish We Had

Hold out your hands. Now, wish into one hand, and poop in the other. Which one filled up first? You’ll have the same amount of luck when it comes to getting your hands on these gadgets.

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Open Letter to Steve Jobs about the iPhone in Canada

Steve Jobs, I would like to invite you to take a look at all these disapointed people at www.fuckyourogers.com (sorry for the swear word, but we needed this to make a "good" publicity about our goal).

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24 Unforgettable Advertisements [PICS]

Collection of unforgettable advertisements from around the world.

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Saturday, June 28, 2008

McCain Doesn't Know the Price of Gas

Says "I don't remember" last time I bought it, and "I don't see how it matters."

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Friday, June 27, 2008

Chinese Man Pierced 2008 Times for Upcoming Olympics

Wei, a 60 year-old Chinese acupuncturist from Guangxi province, showed his patriotism for the upcoming Olympics by piercing his head, face, chest, and arms with 2008 decorative needles in five different colors.

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Bill Gates Retires Today

June 27th 2008 marks the day that Bill Gates steps out of his role as nerd-baron and into the shoes of full-blown immortal philanthropist. Thank You!

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30+ Must-Have Updated Firefox 3 Extensions

We’ve put together a list of 30+ must-have Firefox 3 extensions that we know you’ll enjoy, whether you’ve upgraded to Firefox 3 and are looking for something new to add to your browser, or have yet to make the upgrade and are looking for a reason.

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Sony has lost over $3 billion on the PS3

Think you paid too much for your Playstation 3? Don't expect any sympathy from Sony.

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Rogers, you ruined my iPhone dream.

With all these shity data plans, Rogers really screwed by iPhone dream.

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For Digg.com Users From Ralph Nader

http://digg.com/elections/ now live!

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Jason Bourne 4 is a Go, To Be Released in 2010

Producer Frank Marshall revealed plans to begin shooting a fourth Jason Bourne movie next Summer, for release in 2010. Universal announced the project back in February, with director Paul Greengrass and star Matt Damon set to return. Marshall also confirmed that they will probably be creating an original story for the fourth film.

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Bill Gates Bids A Teary Farewell To Microsoft

"There won't be a day in my life when I won't be thinking about Microsoft, the great things that we're doing and wanting to help," said Gates, who wiped away tears as the group of employees rose to give him a standing ovation.

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Thursday, June 26, 2008

Man dies after downing 23 shots of vodka at a strip bar

Morris went to "The Angels" bar, which is a topless bar on US 92, and began ordering shots of vodka. He drank 23 shots in 45 minutes before passing out.

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Top 10 Silliest Hats in England [PICS]

As is tradition, England’s richest ladies go on parade in the most expensive of haute-couture gowns, shoes, and — most importantly — hats. Oh, the hats.

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California Bans Talking While Driving, Sort Of

You can use your phone to check your calendar, contacts, music, email and more -- just don't try using it to make calls.

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Microsoft To Let Other Companies Build, Release 360 Consoles

We'll tell you what's up with Microsoft: new hardware options. It may sound totally insane, but word has it that Microsoft may begin allowing third-party manufacturers to create Xbox 360 hardware. And we're not talking about peripherals, people; we mean hardware that runs 360 game discs created by someone other than Microsoft.

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How many species live in the sea? Approximately 230,000!

How many species are there in the sea? Some 230,000 recorded so far, all of which will soon be available to anyone at the click of a mouse.

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Who says there are no bees, 15,000 just landed in my lunch

Around 15,000 insects gathered in Queen Street, Exeter, at around lunchtime on Tuesday.Shoppers were stunned when a massive swarm of thousands of honey bees touched down in a busy city centre.

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Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Teen Arrested Just Because He Wore a 'Blasphemous T-shirt'

An Australian teenager who wore a T-shirt by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth that reads 'Jesus is a c**t' has been charged with offensive behaviour. Above the offensive slogan a nun is depicted masturbating. A 16-year-old was arrested on Monday for wearing the shirt and was charged with offensive behaviour.

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Full Text: An Epic E-mail Rant by Bill Gates

I went back through the internal e-mails turned over in the antitrust suits against Microsoft, looking for new insights into Bill Gate's personality. Read on for one of the gems that turned up, showing Gates in the role of chief rabble-rouser. It shows that even the Microsoft co-founder isn't immune to the frustrations of everyday computer users

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Uncle Sam's Fingers are All over the Canadian Copyright Bill

Last week's introduction of new federal copyright legislation ignited a firestorm with thousands of Canadians expressing genuine shock at provisions that some MPs argued would create a "police state." As opposition to the copyright bill mounts, the most commonly asked question is "Why"?

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World now has 10 million millionaires, report says

NEW YORK – Add an extra zero to the ranks of the millionaires club. The number of people around the world with at least $1 million in assets passed 10 million for the first time last year, according to a new report. And their bank accounts are growing even faster.

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BREAKING: Amazon Invests In Twitter

Twitter just announced yet another sum of funding, this including money from Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezo's fund Bezos Expeditions. The company says the money will be spent on building up its infrastructure and reliability to become the communications utility it needs to be before it can become profitable.

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Announcing the "Internet for Everyone" campaign

Google joined a national initiative of public interest, civic and industry groups to help launch the Internet for Everyone campaign, whose goal is to make ubiquitous and open broadband access for every American a priority in the next administration.

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Meet the iPod Doctor: He Makes House Calls

"Heavy-set guy" strolls around Manhattan fixing broken iPods with cheap, Chinese spare parts.

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Tuesday, June 24, 2008

New Trojan Leverages Unpatched Mac Flaw

A tool for exploiting an unpatched security hole in Mac OS X systems has been developed and until earlier today was being distributed through an online forum that caters to Mac hackers, Security Fix has learned.

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Monday, June 23, 2008

Chocolate Company Refuses Bathroom to Girl with Diarrhea

The Rocky Mountain Chocolate Company wouldn't let a 5 year old girl with a bathroom emergency use their bathroom, so she had diarrhea in front of them.

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There is a God! Mike Myers' 'Love Guru' Flops at Box Office

Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway's "Get Smart," the Warner Bros. big-screen update of the 1960s TV spy comedy, raked in $39.2 million to debut as the No. 1 weekend movie. But movie-goers did not get Mike Myers' "The Love Guru," the weekend's other new wide release. The crowds showed little affection for the so-called comedy. It came in fourth.

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49% Say Government Should Regulate Internet

Nearly half of Americans (49%) believe that the federal government should regulate the Internet the same way it does radio and television, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national survey.

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92 More Must See Creative Photographs

Due to the popularity of the last 56 Awe Inspiring Must See Creative Photographs post I thought I would do another bunch of creative photographs.

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Funny FAIL Pictures

Check out these funny fail pictures...

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Ball Girl Makes Incredible Catch

A minor league ball girl makes an incredible catch on a foul ball in left field. Her coach later informed her that there is no crying in Baseball.

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The Worst Carousel Design Ever (PIC)

If this doesn't remind you of anything else, be thankful.

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Bush Might Bomb Iran If He 'Thinks Obama's Going To Win'

However, "if the president thought John McCain was going to be the next president, he would think it more appropriate to let the next president make that decision than do it on his way out," Kristol said, reinforcing the fact that McCain is offering a third Bush term on Iran.

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George Carlin has died

Legendary comedian George Carlin passed away Sunday night at the age of 71. He will be missed, but never forgotten.

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Saturday, June 21, 2008

Man Auctions His Life on Ebay

From Sunday, June 22 for one week, Usher's life is up for sale on eBay with the package including his $420,000 (US$397,000) three-bedroom house in Perth, Western Australia, a trial for his job at a rug store, his car, motorbike, clothes and even friends.

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Hindu Man Set on Fire for Dating Muslim...

It is believed the Hindi victim, who suffered 65 per cent burns in the attack, was targeted because he was dating a Muslim girlfriend

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Seven Disappointing Things About the iPhone

Apple's new iPhone promises to be 4.7 ounces of awesome. It promises to do everything the iPhone does well--surfing the Web, serving up music and movies, and letting you flick through your voicemail messages with a fingertip. Even before its release, there are some niggling issues--some minor, others major--that make the iPhone disappointing.

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5 Celebrity Successes Born to Teenage Moms

Yesterday, a tabloid addicted world oohed and aahed as Britney’s kid sister, the 17-year-old Jamie Lynn Spears gave birth to a healthy baby girl. And while some are using the opportunity to point out the scary statistics and difficulties that accompany teen motherhood, here are five people, born to teenage moms, who did just fine.

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Christianity 'could die out within a century'

More than half of Britons think Christianity is likely to have disappeared from the country within a century, according to a survey.

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Ferris Bueller Wannabe Faces 38 Years - Changing His Grades

18-yo student Omar Khan, charged with 69 felony counts — after allegedly getting into Tesoro High School's computers to change his grades from C, D & F grades to As and Bs, He watched Ferris Bueller's Day Off & War Games 5,405 times— The Matthew Broderick wannabe was not very subtle, though, leaving a trail the size of the Exxon Valdez's oil spill.

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And the fastest browser is...

Which is the world's fastest browser? According to Zimbra, Safari runs fastest, though it didn't beat out Firefox by much. Both Safari and Firefox were roughly twice as fast as Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7. Of course, Zimbra was testing for how these browsers perform with the Zimbra Web application. Your mileage may vary with other applications.

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Friday, June 20, 2008

"We have ICE!!!!! Yes, ICE, *WATER ICE* on Mars! w00t!!!"

There is water ice on Mars within reach of the Mars Phoenix Lander, NASA scientists announced.

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Obama Apologizes Directly to Muslim Women

Perhaps he really does mean for change...He personally called the women that were not allowed on stage with him to apologize. Can you see McCain doing this?

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Firefox 3 mentioned on the Colbert Report

The official release of Firefox 3 has received widespread attention from the press and has gained a few unexpected allies, including television show host Stephen Colbert. In an episode of the Colbert Report that was aired on the same day as the Firefox 3 release, Colbert interviewed open Internet advocate Jonathan Zittrain, who encouraged Colbert t

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Jamie Lynn Spears Has a Baby Girl...Does Anyone Care

here is a new baby in the Spears clan! Jamie Lynn Spears and her fiancé Casey Aldridge welcomed a baby girl Thursday morning.

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One in 5 Canadians can't find a doctor

Canadians continue to suffer from a doctor shortage, according to a new report that found 1 in 5 people have not been able to find a physician to treat them regularly.

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IRON MAN Soars to $300 Mil | Claims title Movie of the Year

The biggest movie of the summer just became the biggest movie of the year. Iron Man became the first film of 2008 to pass the $300 million mark at the domestic box office today. The Robert Downey Jr. career-resuscitating, comic-book adaptation had grossed an estimated $299.3 million through Tuesday, per the number crunchers at Box Office Mojo.

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Thursday, June 19, 2008

"Perfect Evidence" ICE on Mars!

"It must be ice," said Phoenix Principal Investigator Peter Smith of the University of Arizona, Tucson. "These little clumps completely disappearing over the course of a few days, that is perfect evidence that it's ice. There had been some question whether the bright material was salt. Salt can't do that."

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Cloned cells cure cancer patient

"Doctors took cells from the man's own defence system that were found to attack the cancer cells best, cloned them and injected back into his body, in a process known as "immunotherapy". After two years he is still free from the disease which had spread to his lymph nodes and one of his lungs."

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Man Gets Windows Vista to Work with Printer

This headline looks like it came from The Onion, but it didn't. It's the real headline of an article posted on SeattlePI.com in the blogs section. The core of the story is that a man couldn't get his printer to work with Windows Vista, and ultimately, with the help of a Microsoft test manager, solved the problem warranting an article about it.

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What? Too soon? (PIC)

Poor taste in advertising.

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Woman sat dead in front of TV for 42 years

Croatian police said she was last seen by neighbours in 1966, when she would have been 42 years old.

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Scientists Have Found the Cure for Skin Cancer: Clone Cells

Scientists claim they have cured advanced skin cancer for the first time using the patient's own cells cloned outside the body. The 52-year-old man involved was free of melanoma two years after treatment. US researchers took cancer-fighting immune cells, made five billion copies, then put them all back.

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Wednesday, June 18, 2008

France to Ban illegal Downloaders From Using the Internet

Anyone in France who persists in illicit downloading of music or films will be barred from broadband access under a controversial new law that makes the country a pioneer in combating internet piracy. "There is no reason that the internet should be a lawless zone," said President Sarkozy, as he endorsed the "three-strikes-and-your-out' rule.

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YouTube Shifts Strategy, Tries Long-Form Video

YouTube (GOOG), known for short clips of dogs on skateboards, cats on treadmills, is trying something new: Showing video that is much longer than its previous 10-minute limit. It's something of a test right now, limited to YouTube's "content partners", but it has potentially big implications. The company outlined the new policy in a memo emailed to

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YouTube Shifts Strategy, Tries Long-Form Video

YouTube (GOOG), known for short clips of dogs on skateboards, cats on treadmills, is trying something new: Showing video that is much longer than its previous 10-minute limit. It's something of a test right now, limited to YouTube's "content partners", but it has potentially big implications. The company outlined the new policy in a memo emailed to

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Now this is mass transit! 13 guys, 1 motorbike.

13 guys on a motorbike.

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One-third of people shot by Taser need medical attention

The media outlets, which analyzed the Taser-use forms RCMP officers are required to fill out if they draw a stun gun, examined reports from 2002 to 2007. According to the data, 28 per cent, or 910 of the 3,226 people who were shot, had to go to a medical facility.

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Chris Osgood Gets To Third Base With Stanley Cup

LOS ANGELES—Sources within the Red Wings organization confirm that goalie Chris Osgood, who is currently engaged in accompanying the Stanley Cup on a victory tour of talk shows and publicity events, has repeatedly and insistently claimed to have gotten as far as third base with hockey's championship trophy during the past week.

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