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One superyacht that won't be upstaged for the next year or so, with mouth watering picture goodness |
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People who turn to the Internet for health advice tend not to check their sources, study finds. In related news, does this look infected to you? |
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Surgeon hopes to one day harvest organs from his genetically-altered pigs |
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US Missile Defense Agency unveils a 747 with frikkin' lasers strapped to its frikkin' head |
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Cybersquatter shocked to find that nobody wants to pay $1,000,000 for hell.com |
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Completing the Firefox trifecta: Top Firefox 2 config tweaks |
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Why medicine expirations actually matter. Bonus: Funded by drug companies |
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101 Reasons: To Switch to the Mac |
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Scientists warn peace and quiet is on the verge of extinction |
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Introducing the first car powered by air (pic) |
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Firefox 2.0 kicks ass |
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Nine reasons not to upgrade to Firefox 2.0 |
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The key to freeing the West from oil may lie in something developed by the Nazis and the apartheid-era South Africans |
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What happens to you when you're tossed out of the airlock into space |
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Norwegian haxx0r cracks iTunes security code, fools any device into thinking it's an iPod |
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Changes to copyright laws urged to satisfy "iPod generation." No word on changes to lawn-trespassing law for the same dumbfarks |
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The Mercedes-Benz S600 Guard lets you drive safely through war zones in-style |
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Biologists rethinking why animals play dead. A biologists' explanation: "If you're a pizza and you play dumb, I'm still going to eat you" |
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Man discovers cure for premature ej |
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Finally, something to do about the lame shuffle algorithm in iTunes |
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Boat that "looks like something the Romulans would travel in" attempting to circumnavigate globe running on animal fat and vegetable oil (w/ pic) |
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OMG I H8 MI LIFE :: Why Do You Hate Your Life? :: OMFG MI MOM SUXX :: Tell Me More About Your Mom |
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The coolest gallery of extinct manbearpig-chainsaw wielding-rocket launcher-flying-chupacabra-fire breathing animals you'll see today |
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"MIT Researchers Work to Boost Automotive Fuel Efficiency by 30%" The easy solution would be to simply reduce hp+torque output from "ridiculous" to "more than ample," but who's counting? |
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Ice Age created by plate tectonics, not scrawny digital squirrels as previously thought |
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Top 10 scariest video games of all-time |
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Look out roomba, here comes the steamer. No word yet if it will be available in Cleveland |
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Newly-discovered mushroom species comes with trippy black light already supplied. Whoa (w/ pic) |
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And on the eighth day, God created bacteria that live 2 miles deep in rock and live off radioctivity |
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"It is only the third documented case in the world of gas gangrene in the breast area" |
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Research finds hangovers get worse as you get older |
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Jack Thompson sends Midway Games a cease and desist over his likeness in new Mortal Kombat game. Apparently Florida lawyers are the new enemies of ninjas |
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Microsoft shipped 6 million Xbox 360 units after one year on the market, claims it can sell 4 million more in just 2 months |
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Microsoft completes deathstar to hover over major cities, promote Vista, destroy Sarah Connor |
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Mysterious gelatinous undersea ball puzzles and fascinates researchers (pic). "So raise your hand if you think that was a Russian water-tentacle." |
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Amazon fails to notify customers of Nintendo Wii pre-order for the second time. Fanboys weep |
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Higher testosterone levels may help protect elderly men from dangerous falls. Still no protection from Anna Nicole Smith, however |
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Professor studies White Castle burgers' impact on American culture. Harold and Kumar unavailable for comment |
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New, ultra-secure cell phones recognize their owner, automatically lock when they get too far away from owner, can be found by GPS, and can hunt for Sarah Connor |
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New study shows the testosterone levels of U.S. males have been steadily wilting over the last 20 years |
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After massive budget cuts and public outcry, NASA to decide fate of Hubble Telescope next Tuesday |
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To celebrate the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit completing its 1000th Martian day, NASA has released the most detailed panorama of the Martian landscape ever created. With 360° full-color pic |
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Author explains why beer became the national drink of the US, why it eventually tasted like horse urine, and why it came to taste good again, leading to the invention of Fark |
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"The Audi RS4 is like a volcano making love to an avalanche. A Toyota angel appeared on my left shoulder and an Audi demon on my right. Then I drove the RS4 and the demon kicked the snot out of the angel." |
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Breast feeding increases mental health, stares on the bus |
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Got 41 days to spare? NASA's looking for a few good men & women to spend 21 of them confined to strict bed rest. Your dog wants a nap |
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Modder builds portable Atari Jaguar, doubles as a paperweight |
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Dye in blue jeans capable of killing cancer cells, leaving healthy cells unscathed. Here comes the science |
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Bob Geldof opens Canadian stem cell research facility. Tell me why I don't like fundies, tell me why I don't like fundies |
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Scientists turn plain old water into one hell of an explosive. Eeep |
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Zombie apocolypse might actually happen due to new drug |
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A satellite orbiting Earth is learning to think for itself, will soon initiate search for Sarah Connor |
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PC maker says Vista Basic will suck so bad that everybody will "upgrade" to the next level |
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Nerds...In...SPACE |
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Been wondering why people care that the Ford Taurus dies this week, besides the lost jobs? Here's a brief overview of how it may have been the most influencial car since the Model T, and why you probably owe your Corolla to it |
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Video of Jack Thompson's contempt of court hearing |
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Apparently docking with the ISS is like throwing a hotdog down a hallway |
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Ancient human footprints found in Mexico -- appeared to be heading north to take your ancestors' jobs |
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Scientists discover new method of creating spaghetti: throwing an elephant into a black hole. Still no cure for cancer |
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People really getting sick of MySpace |
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Greenpace: Surely hip, cool, counterculture-loving Apple Computer will listen to our pleas. Apple: Screw you hippies. Get the hell off my lawn...er, expo |
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Vista finally meets one of its shipping dates ... just kidding, more delays on the way |
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Cancer, schmancer. Canadian scientists finally get their priorities straight and discover keys to being a successful hockey goalie |
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Apparently, the next processor from Intel needs wheels to move. Hydrolic lift to move computer still in the works |
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A guide to North Korea’s official web portal |
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Final Fantasy Chocobos VS World of Warcraft Blood Elf Mounts. Can you spot the similarities? |
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CDC recommend shot so that shingles will be found only on roofs and not on old folks |
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NASA launches two spacecraft that are expected to make the first 3D movies of the Sun, starring Vincent Price and a wax doll of Icarus |
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Top 10 reasons why sex at the speed of light is not an advisable form of procreation |
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Argentinian paleontologists have found part of the skeleton of a ten-foot tall flightless bird, still searching area for complete Snuffleupagus skeleton |
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Inventors transform 300 microwave ovens into the Megawatt Beam of Death |
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Asthma is overdiagnosed in fat people, whose shortness of breath and wheezing is completely normal |
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Scientists create a real Universal Translator. Does not work for Bobcat Goldthwait or the Welsh |
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Survey finds women are grumpier then men in the morning. Obvious tag seen fleeing from large bear shiatting in the woods |
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Newly discovered neurological disorder prevents people from recognizing faces |
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Nintendo/Capcom accidently point gamers to "Pics of Interracial gangbang movies" instead of gaming site, on a game's retail box. Ooops |
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Wireless carriers shocked -- SHOCKED -- to learn that 90% of their customer base still uses their cell phones for ... wait for it ... voice |
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Not news: A syndicate of mathematics professors and tutors in Britain develop a formula for picking lotto numbers. NEWS: they win $13 million. Submitter wishes he had listened during his probability lectures |
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Apple might be integrating satellite radio support into new iPods, according to some high flung patents |
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TV news by mistake shows download tray of interviewed person |
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New experimental evidence may contradict assumptions about natural selection. Suck it, libs |
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Oh my god, this is such wonderful news - FDA approves first medicine to treat both the manic and depressive sides of bipolar disorder. It probably won't work though. At least not for me, I'm such a loser |
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Old and busted: E85. New hotness: Ethanol-fueled supercharger |
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Internet Explorer team send Firefox a cake to celebrate their v2.0 release. Reports indicate the icing was rendered incorrectly before the cake disappeared from the desktop altogether |
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Unexplained low-frequency hum is driving some people to gouge out their ears with chainsaws. Well, kinda |
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"The industry wants dual-core processors and an eight-hour run time with no increase in size and weight. That isn't going to happen." Can't anyone make a battery that doesn't suck? |
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Scientists say much like Keith Richards, lampreys are "living fossils" |
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Cisco previews spiffy fan-tech features of next new baseball stadium. Giants' AT&T Park hangs head, slinks into the bay |
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Today's potential cure for Alzheimer's comes from Washington University School of Medicine, where scientists have found an enzyme capable of selectively destroying Alzheimer's plaques, which had been previously thought indestructible |
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AMD to kick Intel's ass again, this time with combo processor-graphics chips |
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Another winner from Wikipedia - the portrayal of librarians in video games |
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Brain chip alters the mind. Cyborg now prefers that hamburger without fries |
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Study says talent is not inborn, comes from practice and hard work. Suck it, Jimmy the Greek |
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Trogdor makes his way onto a bonus track in "Guitar Hero 2" |
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Creepy Microsoft Windows XP mask wins techie Halloween costume contest |
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Reporter requests city council's internet logs. Hilarity, Motley Crue and cheerleader surfing ensues |
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Researchers find women who gain weight before pregnancy run risks, such as not finding anyone willing to get them pregnant |
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Blank blogs, missing pics and blink tags? Must be the worst politicans' blogs on the Internets |
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New fertility treatment guidelines aimed at reducing litters of babies |
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How Google Custom Search Engines could increase click fraud |
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An Internet-controlled robot in every home. What could possibly go wrong? |
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"What would you do if you had several million dollars?" "I'll tell you what I'd do, man -- two satellites at the same time, man" |
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A man facing jail for having unprotected sex when he knew he was HIV positive has gone to court to prove the virus is not sexually transmitted. Good luck with that |
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Homeland Security looking to arm airports with laser and microwave weapons. No word if they will be operated by the same crack security teams currently going through your carry-on luggage and thwarting your attempts to take over an airline with hair gel |
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NASA designs shape-shifting rover robot that can walk across distant planets like drunken sailor |
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Budget cuts mean NASA may try hitchhiking to Mars. Budget experts currently running financing scenarios with gas, grass, ass |
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Libya signs up for 1.2 million $100 laptops as part of the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) program. Editorial note: OLPC is pronounced "OLPC" |
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After today, you can no longer ask, "Why can we put a man on the moon but can't create a chair that collapses and then transforms itself back into a chair?" |
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They'll need your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle. They probably won't say "please" |
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Coolest perspective of a space-shuttle launch you've seen this fortnight |
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Top 10 amazing Hubble photos |
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YouTube names names - let the sellout begin |
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"World's fastest texter" gets his ass handed to him by voice-recognition software in head-to-head showdown. "I'm a little humbled to have been beaten like that," says luzr |
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Electronics companies have given up on providing consumers useful new technology, instead now focus on making them look silly as hell |
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Final version of Windows Defender now available. Windows Galaga and Windows Pac-Man still under development |
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Two astronomers say SETI is "fundamentally flawed" because it looks for signals from aliens from nearby sun-like stars, rather than accounting for the outward migration of an advanced civilization from its home star |
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One of the biggest threats facing quantum computers is quantum malware |
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Discriminav: the racially discriminating GPS system |
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Myth: Quitting smoking will cause you to gain weight. Reality: Gaining weight will help reduce the damage caused by smoking |
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Must-have OS X web development apps |
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Russian mafia trafficking in wooly mammoths |
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Not even managers at Microsoft can get tech support without spending four hours in online hell |
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Today's EVERYBODY PANIC headline: Humans will need 2 planets worth of resources in 50 years, submitter wants kids to get off lawn in 50 years, stop using his resources |
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17,000 whales missing off the coast of Canada. In other news, submitter's Tim-Bits taste a little funny this morning |
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Italian scientists discover new way of creating Antiprotonic Hydrogen, still stumped by stabilizing the Gravioli |
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Scientists create hot, hot fruit-fly-on-silkworm action in lab |
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Scientists make Jamaican pilgrimage for rare plants, officially making it the first time someone openly admitted why they were really going to Jamaica |
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Element 118 finally created in Russian and American laboratories, to be called "Love" and will sit between Bolognium and Unobtainium |
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...and in a shocking turn of events, employee's of Apple maybe stealing iPods |
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No Europe. You can't import a PS3. Not yours |
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Stapled hemorrhoids may return. What a pain in the ass |
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Penguins masturbate. But how? |
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Technology journalist goes off on iPod trend |
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New study shows that eating green, leafy vegetables can keep the brain younger. That's good news for whenever anyone gets the nerve to eat spinach again |
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Apple released the Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro today |
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Good: Take-Two is paying $4.25 million for delivery of next PC game. Bad: It's Duke Nukem. Worse: They want it by December 31st |
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After 31 years, Newsweek admits they were wrong about global cooling, and set themselves up for 2037, when they can report why they were wrong about "global warming" |
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Not News: Rats have Parkinson's symptoms. News: Rats are cured with Stem Cell therapy. Fark: Rats have brain tumors as a result |
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Sony executives: "Yeah, sorry about the flaming laptop batteries of death" |
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Take-Two Interactive moves to have Jack Thompson held in contempt of court. Someone get this man some Ritalin |
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Today's Firefox 2.0 release means new idiotic reviews. ZDNet leads the field by asking what bookmarks are |
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Moose population high in some areas. Drunk in others |
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Hawaii to increase quake monitors; decrease Halo monitors |
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Hollywood beginning to realize cell phones becoming important tool in making movies. Remember when cell phones actually made phone calls? |
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World of Warcraft expansion postponed until January '07. Six million geeks screamed in unison, and then there was silence |
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Physicists discover two types of so-called Sigma-sub-b particles. Only six times the weight of a proton |
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Al Gore shows up at "global warming" event in a not so environmentaly friendly motorcade, living up to his motto "Do as I say, not as I do" |
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University of Pennsylvania researcher pulls wild number out of his butt, claims obesity costs the U.S. nearly $91 billion a year in healthcare costs |
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Business cards "Web 2.0" style |
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