(USDA)		Open Range Communications receives $267 million loan from Department of Agriculture to bring broadband to rural areas. eBay set to implode from onslaught of gravy boat auctions	(17)
(Some Guy)		The perfect site if you ever wanted a creepy woman to follow your mouse around the screen	(55)
(Some Big Stick)		128Gb memory sticks around the corner. Pr0n industry ready to meet the challenge of filling them	(69)
(Some Guy)		Boob physics: the science of making boobies bounce properly in video games	(41)
(Some Guy)		Members of Internet car forum track down man who stole rare car, photograph him riding in it, use that information to find his Facebook page and address, then box him in at his house while waiting for police (link to vids)	(21)
		Men found to be "oblivious" to subtle flirting done by women	(176)
		Silicon implants augment little men, but not where you might think	(61)
		UFO researcher moves into abandoned missile silo, almost ready to withstand the invasion (with "I want to believe" pic)	(38)
		11-year-old student helps run a 60-computer school network in Alabama after their administrator leaves	(30)
		Breakthrough may make the nuclear-powered car a reality	(29)
		The 101 most useful web sites	(113)
		Scientists are finalising plans to link radio wave detectors in five countries and create a device sensitive enough to pick up signals from worlds on the other side of the galaxy	(34)
(Some Guy)		Apparently an ABC News story on a Global Warming skeptic was biased, used unnamed sources and engaged in ad hominem smears. No Rly?	(69)
		Small hospitals push to do heart work without physician supervision. Don't panic. No, really, stay calm	(7)
		Japan completes missile defense system deployment, still can't stop Mothra	(10)
		The security researcher who walked away with $10,000 yesterday by hacking a MacBook Air in less than two minutes said he chose to attack Apple Inc.'s operating system for one simple reason: "It was the easiest one of the three"	(92)
(Some Guy)		Satan drops off a massive, mysterious jawbone in Peru to confuse pretty much everyone	(44)
		Oh, it's on. AMD preparing to serve Intel	(57)

		Coolest. Virus. Ever	(90)
		Bring on the Sexbots	(37)
		In a move that surely won't cause any consumer backlash at all, Creative shuts down user who releases fixes for their Vista drivers	(74)
(Writers Weekly)		Amazon: Nice little print-on-demand publisher you have here. Be a shame to see anything happen to it. Oh, and by the way, use our printer, or else	(24)
		"Why do women wear high heels? Why are soft drinks in round containers while milk cartons are rectangular? And why did kamikaze pilots bother with helmets?" Here comes the economics	(40)
		Wired asks Mozilla developers how they avoid programmer bloat. Less Red Bull and Doritos, if you ask submitter	(9)
(Pharyngula)		Evil-utionist upsets Ben Stein by actually asking questions at press conference	(475)
		City to host conference on synaesthesia. Sounds like a touchy subject, but it will be tastefully done, and at least the sight-seeing doesn't stink	(20)
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		P-p-p-p-pesticide e-e-e-expo-o-osure l-l-l-linked t-t-t-to P-p-p-p-parkins-s-son's	(30)
(The Nation)		Wikipedia turns into the latest war zone for the Democratic presidential campaigns	(55)
		Australia will be one of the first countries to turn off its lights for an hour Saturday night as part of campaign to raise climate change awareness, will then be ruled by kangaroos	(52)
		Every time you copy software a terrorist gets a gun	(113)
		Dell's sub $1000 Blu-ray laptop deal has an asterisk	(39)
(Popular Mechanics)		I'm in ur moviez, predictin ur futurez	(36)

		Atom smasher on the French border poised to destroy the world. The Gaul of those bastards	(70)
		Ten amazing facts about your brain, including why it gets annoying songs stuck in it	(45)
(Next Energy News)		US has 200 billion barrels of oil that could make it energy independent and which nobody has yet tapped, according to website you've never heard of and which capitalizes the word "oil" for some reason	(115)
		DARPA wants a quantum entanglement revolution	(30)
(Some Guy)		Sarah Michelle Gellar reveals the moment she knew she made it as an actress, which has to do with Porn and 'Muffy the Vampire Layer'	(50)
(Some Guy)		Quantum communications takes a giant step forward, physicists have created a quantum channel between Earth and a satellite 900 miles away	(57)
		The Sun is about to have its 11-year pissy cycle. Earth frantically trying to round up enough chocolates and Midol before EVERYONE PANICS	(36)
(Some Guy)		30 dumbest videogame titles, with such classics as Touch Dic, Attack of the Mutant Camels and Farkers' favourite: How To Be a Complete Bastard	(48)
		CNN reports on a Second Life Autism community. No word on the furries and flying penises	(19)
(Some Guy)		If you've ever wondered if you could wear straight through the keys on a keyboard through sheer use, the answer is yes	(41)
(History.org)		Compared to our forefathers, we drink like a bunch of Hi-C-swilling girls: The story of alcohol in colonial America, illustrated by re-enactors	(39)
		Step 1: Notice it's Friday, Step 2: Find Microsoft vs. Apple article, Step 3: Kill productivity here --->	(91)
		Reasons why aliens, if they exist, won't be visiting the Earth anytime soon, even though we have the galaxy's hottest chicks	(43)
		Selling babies, raiding homes -- the people of Oregon hate Craigslist founder Craig Newmark	(21)
		Edward James Olmos says it's not inconceivable that all of the Battlestar Galactica characters could die by the end of the upcoming fourth and final season--and that would be OK with him. So say we all	(88)
		US laser plane can destroy tanks, annoy people at the movies from 10 miles away	(45)
(news.com)		NASA's Cassini spacecraft flew through the top of a geyser spewing from Saturn's moon Enceladus. They discovered water vapor, organic chemicals, and the word "up"	(31)
		Nanotech porn gives probes a whole new meaning	(13)
		Brain tumor? You know the drill	(16)
(Ars Technica)		The economics of bandwidth throttling: "the core of the Internet has no idea whether any particular packet holds those expensive SMS bits or those throw-away DVD pirating bits"	(25)
		Researchers discover possibility that voting Republican may be a genetically inheritable disease	(127)
(Some Guy)		Artists use $35,000 in lottery tickets to recreate Hummer H3	(16)
		Researchers find that French inventor created a recording device 17 years before Thomas Edison (with scratchy 19th century audio goodness)	(41)
(Lohud.com)		It's only a matter of time before somebody's car falls through a hole on the Tappan Zee Bridge. EVERYBODY PANCAKE	(32)
		Graves with a view up for grabs ... on the moon	(20)
		After failing in their attempt to attach miniature camera to gerbil, researchers develop self-propelled robot for colonoscopies	(19)
(Some Guy)		Over the last four years, the average gas mileage for U.S cars has gone up 3% while foreign cars have gone up 12%. Hey, how 'bout that	(47)

(Some Video Game Guy)		Top Ten Original Xbox games. Wait, there were games released for the first Xbox other than Halo?	(109)
(Engadget)		Dude loads software on a Macbook Air in under 2 minutes... ZOMG TOTALLY H4X3rd111eleventy	(85)
		Microsoft goes apeshiat about Master Chief mod for Unreal Tournament. Just kidding, they are actually pretty cool with the whole thing	(34)
		Ever wonder what computer viruses, worms, and spam attacks look like through a "computational art" algorithm? Us neither, but the results are kinda cool	(12)
		New tech: restaurants put bar codes on windows. You take picture of the barcode and your cellphone takes you to website review. That's sure better than walking inside, looking at the menu and seeing how busy it is	(41)
		Oracle CEO being given $3 million tax break because his estate is too big and costly to maintain	(57)
(If It's Movies)		New images of Iron Man and Iron Monger battling it out reach the Net	(52)
		CNN: Your precious snowflake's not socially inept and awkward, he has autism. Here's how to get free stuff	(452)
(Some Guy)		Battlestar Galactica actor cast in new Joss Whedon show, creates confluence of nerddom	(49)
(Some Guy)		Got a new mac? Turn it into your own personal siesmograph	(35)
		Google's new motto: Don't be evil...as long as it doesn't interfere with profits	(42)
		Windows users may want to reconsider allowing Apple's Software Update to push Safari 3.1 on them as it violates its own EULA	(39)
		"X-Files" creators finally talk about their show's bizarre 9/11 connection	(65)
		Russian billionaire and Chelsea FC owner denies plans to link Alaska and Siberia with the world's longest tunnel as it would be too difficult to keep a strait bearing	(81)
(Some Guy)		Microsoft still too busy fixing Vista bugs to shed any light on the 235 patents it claims are infringed by Linux	(48)
		Four skeletons thought to be 3,000 years old have been unearthed on the site for the London 2012 Olympics. Found near by were the harnesses for the dinosaurs they rode	(32)
		World's first trial for Facebook harassment thrown out of court, leaving defendant free to resume poking. He said he thought the decision was "Scrabulous"	(36)
		Japanese department store unveils robot babysitter to chat with kids by name, beam advertising to them, and zap them if they happen to be John Connor. With weird but SFW pic	(98)
		Dolphin mates with whale; offspring still finishes last in the AFC East	(31)
		New electric car looks so futuristic it's been spotted on set of new "Star Trek" movie	(40)
		Headline #42 you just can't help but click on: Karate robot takes on pugnacious chicken	(6)
(News-Medical.net)		ZOMG r u TXTing 2 |\/|uC#? u c0u7d b |\/|e|\|ta|_|_y 1|_|_, d00d, LOL	(34)
(Some Guy)		"It used to be that people who were always reachable were cool and important. Today a person is interesting if he can afford to turn off his cell phone"	(42)
(Diver News Network)		Suicide by tentacle porn: Squid dies after injecting itself with its semen	(39)

		Two-seat spaceship the size of a sports car will fly you to the moon (pic)	(54)
(Some Guy)		People prefer to listen to anger inducing music before playing first person shooters, and, surprisingly, it enhances performance	(39)
		Surgeon General's Warning: Prolonged use of this product has been known to cause prolonged cases of virginity	(23)
		Anthropologists discover the oldest human fossil on record, 1.2 million years old. Or at least that's what Satan wants you to think	(709)
(Jinx)		Space... the final frontier. Test your space knowledge. KHAAAAAAAANN	(92)
(Torrent Freak)		Bit Torrent users start encrypting P2P traffic to get around ISP speed throttling. Solution: ISP throttles all encrypted traffic, including VPN and SSL email	(71)
(Opera)		Opera officially the first browser to score 100 on the Acid 3 test. In other news, Opera is a browser	(71)
		Teach a man to fish and he'll eat for a lifetime. Teach fish to swim into your net on their own and devastate a fish population in no time flat	(32)
		After a complete and utter success with Vista SP1, Microsoft looks forward to releasing Windows XP SP3	(85)
		Good news, everybody: Bender (John DiMaggio) gave an interview to the BBC	(78)
		"World of Warcraft" player attempts to gain life by creating bot. Company responds by beating him down with +5 lawsuit	(129)
		Rarely is the question asked, "Is beef jerky safe?"	(123)
(techeblog)		The people playing SimLondon 2000 are nearing the end game, with news of a proposal to build the first Arcology	(71)
(Sky & Telescope.com)		There's some little black spots on the sun today (that's my soul up there)	(60)
		Company buys rights to distribute IMAX films on cell phones. Taking a movie that shows on a 50 foot by 70 foot screen and squeezing it into the size of a postage stamp earns this company the Dumbass tag	(44)
		Huge ice chunk, seven times the size of Manhattan, breaks off Antarctica ice shelf. EVERYBODY PANIC	(77)
		Thanks to cell phones, British Telephone has demolished 30,000 iconic red phone boxes since 2002	(26)
(Some Guy)		Not willing to wait for more "X-Men" movies, Hugh Jackman writes his own comic book to hopefully adapt to the big screen one day	(25)
		Google Earth helps man find 260 meter meteorite crater	(21)

		This is what a jet-fighter going 800 km/h looks like when it hits a wall	(82)
		When given the choice between a safe bet and a high-risk and highstakes option, chimps will always choose the latter according to scientists. Which may explain the current situation in Iraq	(27)
		New video game based on McCartney divorce gives you points for throwing water on opposing lawyers	(16)
		The approaching demise of Windows XP. With plenty of time to save up for a Mac	(121)
		Hold on to your nuts: "Jericho" may still have some life left in it	(46)
		NASA Administrator Michael Griffin said the agency will continue the search for three-boobed women	(42)
(Some Guy)		Windows XP: "A system call that should never fail has failed"	(57)
		Huge ice sheet collapse in Antartica has nothing to do with global warming, the bees disappearing or the bats in New York mysteriously dying off. Or does it?	(60)
		Old and busted: "The Day After Tomorrow" movie. New hotness: "The Day After Tomorrow" reality TV show. Just pray humanity wins the immunity challenge, before the manatee-emu alliance votes us off	(24)
(MIT)		MIT campus gets a huge 20-sided die in memory of D&D inventor, who recently got his own die (with pic)	(103)
(Some Guy)		Safari 3.1 for Windows. This time, it doesn't suck	(156)
		Here's what product placement in Monty Python and the Holy Grail might've looked like	(56)
		Google's top 17 Easter eggs, gags and hoaxes	(33)
(Townhall.com)		The intellectual path to atheism in a nutshell: "I rejected Christianity largely because it would not have allowed me to continue getting drunk and high every night while splitting time between four girlfriends"	(1892)
		Georgetown has a class on the Harry Potter books and their team *still* can't make the Final Four	(92)
		You want the weather forecast? Ask a shark	(36)
		Australian researcher finds major workplace changes can push employees into mental breakdowns. No word on whether she had this ingenious bit of insight at the post office	(13)
		Blogger asks: "Where are all the Open Source billionaires?"	(57)
(yankodesign dot com)		Introducing the Batphone: Grandma, you old bat, I said "YOU LOOK FREAKING RIDICULOUS WEARING THOSE"	(17)
		No way: Two-way car GPS unit transmits traffic data to help other drivers. Don't use during three-ways. Still no help at four-way stops	(56)
(DailyTech)		Scientists unveil perpetual motion machine that runs for 10 seconds. Dictionary with the word 'perpetual' underlined being rushed to campus	(38)
		After surviving a 36,000,000 mile journey through space, landing on a foreign planet, and surviving there 15 times longer than expected, the primary threat to the Mars rovers is not martian, but NASA's budget cuts	(74)

		'Miss Bimbo", a new internet game where people give their virtual characters boob jobs and put them on diet pills has become the latest craze on the web	(14)
		Turns out, money can buy you happiness. Happy rich people everywhere say "DUH"... actually, they don't say it, they pay poor people to say it for them	(27)
(Some Guy)		Tropical rainforest under attack by own citizens. Farmers you say? Nope. Tribesmen? Nope. Loggers? Nope. Eco-tourists? Nope. By the animals that live there? Nope. Well the only thing left is the trees. Ding ding ding	(35)
		The guy who owns DoNotReply.com gets a lot of interesting emails	(22)
		Doctor removes stomach, pancreas, spleen, liver, small and large intestines, adam's apple and funny bone to get at inoperable tumor, all without going bzzzzzttt	(45)
		Good News, Everyone: Fan-made Futurama LEGO set	(64)
		Google Street View can do more than spy on your cats. It can also witness shady drug deals	(44)
(KSWT)		New study shows an alarming number of physicians are prescribing placebos	(66)
		Keanu's "Day the Earth Stood Still" remake ditches anti-nuke message for global warming. "Klaatu barada whoa"	(351)
(AlleyInsider)		A new form of Web literature is emerging: How people blew their interviews at Google	(39)
		Google has a new tool that allows users to search all pages in a particular domain, etc. Somehow this worries retailers	(26)
		Microsoft offers free support for Vista SP1 installs. Uh, thanks?	(72)
		Publishing articles causes scientists to drink more	(9)
		Your new highway menace: Radioactive cats	(131)
		B.C. herbalist, when not smoking it, may have discovered a cure for baldness. For real this time	(37)
		Actors help doctors with their bedside manner. Well, maybe not Hugh Laurie, but some other actors might help	(79)
(Some Guy)		Tattoos found to be good for your health. Well, maybe not that snake you got on your face, but for other people, yeah	(74)
		Ark. preparing for flood	(40)
		A reptile that once prowled the seas where Alberta's oilsands are now located has been named after the person who looks most like her: The Joanius Riveriusaurus makes it debut	(9)
		Ah, Singapore. You can't spit in public there, but the government will happily tell you how to get laid	(30)
(Some Guy)		Falling asleep on the job can improve your memory. You're sure this is a repeat from three years ago	(12)