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Sun November 09, 2008

	WiFi Guy, Human Firewall and tech's other top superheroes	(7)
	The 50 best rock & roll video games of all time: List starts perfectly with Simon, the grandfather of Guitar Hero	(49)
(Some Guy)	MPAA Announces: Over 22,000 'BLANK' CDs and DVDs seized in surprise raid in Sao Paulo	(30)
	Nuclear power plants smaller than a garden shed and able to power 20,000 homes will be on sale within five years. What could possibly go wrong?	(64)
(Some Guy)	Minority Report technology is here: Desktop computers can now be controlled by gestures using only a standard webcam	(37)
	"Oops, I cured your AIDS"	(87)
	Rainforest fungus discovered that excretes grade-A diesel. Exxon to begin carpet-bombing in 3 ... 2 ... 1	(39)

Sat November 08, 2008

	So much for reading Fark at work	(49)
	LG decides that what the ladies want in a phone is for it to have a floral print design and look like a makeup compact. Because a phone that actually does a lot of stuff is for dudes	(45)
(Some Guy)	Prepare to get nostalgic: The 25 best selling videogames ever. Bonus: Not a slideshow	(107)
	Scientists pinpoint one tiny chance event 1.9 billion years ago that gave rise to all plant life on Earth. The Book of Genesis predicted this. No really, you could look look it up	(84)
	How evolution and intermarriage is causing the world's population to blend into one shade of skin color	(100)
	Atari officially backing Ghostbusters game. This is not a repeat from 1984	(33)
	How the famous Motograph News Bulletin in Times Square was originally built and programmed	(15)
	Someone may have set up us the Obama	(68)
	Ten deadly asteroids that have -- or may -- hit us	(22)
	Man takes homemade submarine down to 1,700 feet - with tourists. Buoyancy is a problem due to his huge balls	(30)
(techflash)	The Chief Cheezburger, Ben Huh, on LOL speak: "This thing really came from the depths of the Internet -- 4Chan, SomethingAwful, Fark -- they invented this pseudo-whatever language"	(64)
(Assembler)	Great physics based game. Use the moveable objects to place the green crate in the green square. Simple concept, great execution	(155)
	Apple iPhone outsells Blackberry and is just behind Nokia as the most popular smartphone in the world. Call on line 2 for you haters, from Mr. S. Uckit	(82)

Fri November 07, 2008

	I've got good news. I just saved a bunch of money by discovering a new species of tiny geckos	(4)
(Some Guy)	Mexican scientists reinforce the power of tequila on women by using it to make diamonds	(29)
	It took a mathematician to finally figure out the chord at the beginning of the Beatle's "Hard Days Night"	(133)
	The coolest deep space ultraviolet image you'll see, well, since time began	(46)
	News: Detroit hard at work on 150 MPG hybrid SUV. Fark: Hard at work on making sure you don't know about new 150 MPG hybrid SUV, and how it gets 150 MPG	(35)
(Some Guy)	Not news: Little kid tries to invent time-machine to go back in time and save his dead father. News: He grows up and, in theory, actually does that. Bonus: All he needs now is some funding to build a prototype	(97)
	What Barack Obama's win means to gamers, admits to having played "Pong"	(31)
	Scientists paint most accurate picture of Cretaceous era ever, going beyond fossil record to illustrate life as it was on Earth nearly 5,000 years ago	(34)
	Testosterone patch may increase a woman's sex drive. Men expected to be thrilled -- until they wake up next to Kathleen Turner	(31)
	A humanoid robot redefining the way we process information? It's more thinky than you'd like	(11)
	Brain-imaging studies show that bullies' brains are hard-wired to feel pleasure at the suffering of others. Researchers refer to this as "Cheney syndrome"	(121)
	The legacy of Michael Crichton	(88)
	Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's answer to Howard Dean, calls Google's Android financially unsound	(31)
	What do lite beer, car wax, and pregnancy tests have in common?	(42)
	An open source competitor at a Microsoft and Salesforce sponsored event? Cancel	(13)
	LHC tries its hardest to emulate Black Mesa. Gordon Freeman unavailable for comment	(64)
	Cool: Honda debuts assistive walking device. Honda: It required them to cram ASIMO up someone's ass	(48)
	There's a cure for cancer, but you're not going to like it - migraines cut breast cancer risk 30 percent	(56)

Thu November 06, 2008

(Vator TV)	So there's a fake Lance Armstrong on twitter. That guy must have a lot of balls	(39)
	Colleges now increasingly rejecting applicants because of what they put on their Facebook pages	(171)
	Deny global warming? That's a banning	(120)
	AT&T confirms: 3G tethering finally comes to iPhone	(45)
	Among the other things your tax dollars are being spent on: Virtual soldiers that the military can send into World of Warcraft	(39)
	Environmentalists urge Canadians to ditch their weedkillers and lawn mowers and buy goats instead	(205)
	Craigslist will start charging a credit-card fee for "erotic services" (read: prostitution) ads	(95)
	Microsoft promises better battery life, less suckage in Windows 7	(77)
	People with a video-capable Sprint phone can watch full NFL games on their phones' tiny tiny screens, starting tonight	(39)
(KATU)	All that environmentally correct wind power we are generating? Seems it is killing salmon. Wait, what?	(266)
	Which classic arcade game are you? Please let me be Dig Dug	(204)
	PayPal founder Peter Thiel's hedge fund blows up	(37)
(Real Age)	Eating apples may head off the flu. Now if only there was some saying we could drum in people's heads to remind them of this	(40)

Wed November 05, 2008

	Particle Man, Particle Man, we've got a new particle, man, we found it at Fermilab, Particle Man	(81)
	NASA sends "please wake up" call to Mars lander. To be followed by a "pretty please" call and eventually a loss of television privileges if it continues to ignore them	(43)
	This is what happens when light bulbs go flat	(49)
	SecondLifers take break from cybering, growing genitalia on their heads to celebrate Obama's election	(43)
(Some Inmate)	Jonathan Lee Riches sues the world... of Warcraft	(55)
	Space alien, known for correctly endorsing every presidential winner since 1980, in shock over McCain losing (pic)	(30)
(Some Guy)	As the price of crude oil plunges, the question is asked: where have all the peak oil zealots gone?	(112)
	Green initiatives down in Flames, ignored by MSM	(53)
	What happens when EA shorts you a letter on your CD key for your new game? Do you: a) Return it to the store; b) Call EA for help; or c) Just start guessing until it works	(73)
	Pirates prefer Windows XP over Vista, which proves Vista sucks so bad, it's not even worth pirating	(84)
(Some Guy)	Quantum catastrophe singularity is also the best phrase we've ever heard, ever, and we fully intend to use it as often as possible Quantum catastrophe singularity Quantum catastrophe singularity	(63)
	FCC to probe cable companies' "bend over and take it" pricing policies	(117)
	Solar power game-changer: Scientist design a new anti-reflective coating achieving 'near perfect' absorption of sunlight, from all angles. Increases available power by 50%	(77)
(Some Guy)	That stupid hologram stunt that CNN pulled? Yeah, expect a lot more of that crap	(129)
	Picking the next President, the Rube Goldberg way	(18)
	Microsoft ends support for old version of Windows. Windows 3.1, that is	(57)
	Wired picks the five coolest spaceships ever, and somehow misses both Serenity and the Defiant	(231)
	Bush may introduce environmental rules, emit monkeys from butt	(6)
(Some Guy)	Firefox 'porn mode' private browsing arrives	(33)

Tue November 04, 2008

		FCC okays use of white spaces to deliver broadband. Suck it, Comcast	(27)
		"Transformers 2" to feature Cylons	(97)
		"Preacher" to hit the big screen. Audiences given barf bags for the scenes with Arseface	(66)
		Incoming Doctor Who showrunner says that the next Doctor should be "40-plus and weird-looking," has apparently been consulting his mirror for casting ideas	(94)
		Ghost particles puzzle physicists, psychics	(57)
		Film rights for EA game that hasn't been released yet sold to Universal. Uwe Boll to fark it up real good	(33)
		If you picked AT&T as the next ISP to roll out bandwidth caps, come claim your prize	(100)
		Portable force field could protect future spaceships	(47)
		Why the iPod is doomed, brought to you from a Microsoft-owned news site	(98)
		Once again to test our faith, God says "Oo ee, oo ah ah, ting tang, walla walla bing bang"	(71)
		Microsoft says malware threats rise 43 percent [cancel] [allow]	(15)
		Last week: Pregnant women can drink wine. This week: Pregnant women shouldn't drink coffee. If they were a bit less fussy about what they swallowed in the first place, they wouldn't be in this mess	(69)
		Step aside, Herman Miller Aeron chair, there's a new office chair in town and it's even uglier, more ergonomic and popular with the office drones	(50)
		A better mouse trap	(32)
		Old and busted: Fingerprints - New stinky: Odorprints	(9)
		Al Qaeda can make detonators with Sega cartridges; EVERYBODY SONIC	(77)

Mon November 03, 2008

	Scientists successfully clone frozen mice dead for sixteen years and are now evaluating the possibility of ressurecting extinct creatures. I, for one welcome our new velocirapt-ARRRGGHHHH	(171)
	Scientists prove that girls have cooties	(26)
	Netflix opens (loading . . . please wait) beta for (loading . . . please wait) Mac movie (loading . . . please wait) strea(loading . . .please wait)ming	(16)
	NASA announces it will start sniffing around for alien farts on Enceladus. Really	(19)
(VGB)	Gamer wallets cry in agony this week as Gears of War 2, Resistance 2 and many more launch	(109)
	Today is the 52nd birthday of Kevin Murphy, the man who portrayed Tom Servo on "Mystery Science Theater 3000." Celebrate by watching Vice Brigadier Sir Thomas Bullhead Servo conduct the United Servo Academy Men's Chorus	(26)
	NGC 404 Error: Galaxy Not Found. Oh wait - there it is	(20)
	In a shocking turn of events, CNN's hard-hitting journalistic team reveals that there are pissed off people on the internet. It's not news it's CNN, you ignorant mother farker	(102)
	All over-the-counter effective cold prevention medicines please step forward. Not so fast there Airborne	(178)
	C\|net dares to ask if the Macbook Air is overpriced, thus running the risk of invoking the wrath of 3.03% of all computer users	(113)
(Some Guy)	Why zombies are the best thing to happen to World Of Warcraft in ages	(145)
	The "wallet phone": Because there's no problem too small to deserve technological overkill	(20)
	CNN will use hologram technology to beam three-dimensional images of its field correspondents, Lord Vader	(24)
	Richard Dawkins is worried after he dies, his enemies will lie about him having a deathbed conversion: "I want to make damn sure there's a tape recorder running for my last words"	(308)
	Brain-only interface allows a completely paralyzed man to submit links using only his mind	(31)
	The AeroFeather - Impractical? Yes. Awkward looking? No doubt. Still deserves the tag	(29)