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Sun January 11, 2009
(Some Car Guy) Cool "The re3 concept car stands for 'rethink, renew, and respond,' refering to realistic reactions to reproaches, revisited and reappraised, then rendered with realistic replies" (14)
(London Times) Obvious High speed broadband internet? Not so fast (33)
(New Scientist) Cool Ninety percent of mice with fatal melanoma cured by new treatment. Still no cure for cats (19)
(Wired) Weird US Army hosts 2008 Mad Scientist Future Technology Seminar. "Gentlemen, behold: Mothmonsterman" (32)
(Vive Ariane) Stupid The replacement for NASA's Hubble telescope will be the Webb telescope, named after NASA admin James Webb. Launching on a French rocket because NASA rockets can't launch diddly for at least the next decade (32)
(Wired) Spiffy Glass Joe returns for more pummeling in an updated "Punch-Out", one of the top 11 most anticipated games of 2009 (66)
(MSN) Asinine Scientists using false memories to help people lose weight. Get your fat ass to Mars (33)
(Google) Interesting Water fueled car is really exist? (62)
(Examiner) Ironic Despite 1984 commercials, Apple really is Big Brother after all (49)
(Engadget) Spiffy Farkers have just become the world's largest source of renewable energy (47)

Sat January 10, 2009
(Fox News) Cool Scientists levitate tiny balls using quantum mechanics. Subby merely scratches tiny balls using own hand (25)
(Some Guy) Cool So, science has to produce life to convince you? Right then; please be quiet from now on (356)
(Gizmodo) Spiffy All those "Put down the toys and pick up a real guitar" guys are gonna need something new to feel superior about (79)
(London Times) Interesting "After years of globalisation in which rich western economies farmed out dull, repetitive jobs to developing nations, the tables may be about to be turned as businesses start to employ westerners in so-called virtual sweatshops" (14)
(Some Guy) Cool It can withstand a rocket blast, it's sealed against biochemical attacks, and it has a 10-CD changer. It's not the Batmoblie... it's CADILLAC ONE (88)
(TechEBlog) Cool NEC unveils curved widescreen display, is perfect for gaming (47)
(Some Guy) Obvious Sony: We provide more value in our PS3 and Microsoft is nothing but add-on peddlers. Microsoft: How's that market share working out for y'all? (111)
(The Register) Unlikely Microsoft delays the Windows 7 beta because too many people want it (232)
(Reuters) Spiffy Computer geeks enroll in course to learn how to write flirtatious text messages and emails so they can get their first piece of ASCII (28)
(Labspaces.net) Scary Good night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs develop a resistance to the primary insecticides used to control them (25)
(Forbes) Spiffy Johnson & Johnson aims to create schizophrenia drug that treats symptoms current drugs don't treat. Like that man with the empty face who is looking over my shoulder STOP LOOKING AT ME I GAVE YOU THE BAG OF DYNAMITE ALREADY (36)
(ABC News) Scary 'Katrina-Like' solar space storm expected in 2012. EVERYBODY ANALOG (80)

Fri January 09, 2009
(Reuters) Cool "Imagine storing 100 movies in high-definition on postage stamp-sized card" (86)
(Vator.tv) Obvious Just another reason why Facebook's business model sucks (54)
(Yahoo) Interesting Verizon completes $5.9B Alltel buyout, reduces douchebag in cell phone commercials by one (38)
(Live Science) Interesting Bad news for guys as study reveals women can smell a guy's intentions. Axe products spokesman unavailable for comment (64)
(Cracked) Amusing Six baffling old school video game commercials. Baffling? More like the square root of crazy (39)
(Gawker) Amusing Microsoft is preparing to discontinue the Zune. Boy that guy really regrets his tattoo (115)
(Reuters) PSA The U.S. Army wants YOU in the fight to defend the frontier against Zur and the Kodan Armada (175)
(Canada.com) Cool Collection of 45 dinosaur fossils auctioned off at bargain prices in Vancouver. For example, a 3.6m-tall Edmontosaurus went for $350K below appraisal (11)
(Kotaku) Obvious Barack Obama is better at Wii Bowling than real bowling. He probably like Coors, too (105)
(Yahoo) Asinine AT&T to launch service to provide satellite TV in cars. Because God forbid your precious little snowflakes should go without watching the Disney Channel for 15 damn minutes (51)
(BBC) Cool British scientists say that the body's repair process could be dramatically sped up. No word on adamantium production (26)
(MSNBC) Stupid Headline: Alzheimer's drugs doubles death risk. Apparently your risk of death is now 200% (92)
(Portland Tribune) Asinine Public librarians increasingly adding Wii and DDR rooms in latest trendy attempt to lure teens, justify it by saying literacy goes beyond knowing how to read and write, and besides, they are supposed to be, like, the city's living room, man (44)
(Boston Globe) Obvious Scientists find just living in a city "impairs our basic mental processes." Could have learned the same thing watching Yankees fans (34)
(11 Alive) Obvious Doctors excitedly report that cancer medicine is a good way to treat cancer (8)
(Gizmodo) Stupid Behold, the stupidest cellphone accessory ever (52)
(The Local (Sweden)) Spiffy Parkinson's researchers awarded grant, vigorous handshake by Michael J. Fox (17)
(CNN) Interesting Robotic suit helps paralyzed walk, knock Queen Alien out airlock (33)
(TechEBlog) Cool Samsung unveils touchscreen Coke machine (42)
(New Scientist) Interesting "Is Science out of control?" Possibly the most interesting article you'll read today (247)
(BBC) Spiffy Rare frog caught on film. Proceeds to sing, "Hello my baby / Hello my honey / Hello my ragtime gaaaaalllllll...." (68)
(BBC) Cool Canadian team completes fastest trek ever across the Antarctic on a diet of deep fried bacon, cheese and butter. Is there anything bacon can't do, eh? (46)
(International Herald Tribune) Scary CDC says 99% of flu tested this year is Tamiflu resistant. EVERYBODY PANDEMIC (59)
(Yahoo) Obvious Touch-screen gadgets alienate blind people who can't use them. You would have thought the manufacturers would have seen this coming (48)
(Redlands Daily Facts) Scary California quake hits a mere 2 miles from where "The Big One" expected to emanate, with a 1 in 19 chance of being a foreshock. Yee-haw (207)
(Independent) Obvious Religion of Peace™ claiming its scientists figured out Theory of Evolution in 869 AD, and Darwin stole the idea from them (205)

Thu January 08, 2009
(Wall Street Journal) Spiffy Palm debuts new touch-screen phone for Apple haters (80)
(Daily Mail) Interesting Hum ns are outliv ng their ey balls ac ording to a st dy by a top gove nmen sci tist (31)
(BBC) Misc Global warming may spark world food crisis. Somewhere, Bob Geldof is writing a song about it (30)
(Daily Mail) Strange Robot receptionist knows 700 phrases - one of which is apparently "I WANT YOUR SOUL" if the pic is accurate (61)
(Reuters) Cool Sony unveils flexi-video screen movie glasses. Porn industry won't be needing that bailout now (25)
(Fox News) Cool New French parking meters automatically call the cops when the time expires, then texts you to tell you that you've got a ticket, adding "Le HA-HA" (91)
(BBC) Interesting Mosquitoes' wings sound to make sweet, sweet music when they're having sex, presumably to make up for the tiny pricks (9)
(PCWorld) Unlikely Would you like to try the Windows 7 beta? Are you sure? Windows 7 is trying to access itself, allow? Are you sure? (150)
(io9) Cool Old and Busted: Moon rocks. New Hotness: Moon bricks (27)
(MSNBC) Stupid Russian scientists plan to lob cockroaches to Mars to test how robust they really are (43)
(Computerworld) Interesting Microsoft to automatically push Internet Explorer 8 to home computers. What could possibly go wrong? (102)
(C|Net) Dumbass Sony, in an attempt to gain "troll" status for a company, calls Xbox and Wii "flea market peddlers" (189)
(TechnologyReview) Interesting Stem cells found to nullify birth defects. In unrelated news, Paris Hilton has reportedly gone missing (29)
(HS.fi) Scary Finland's Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority reports that despite research discovering no evidence of cell phones being harmful to children, that's no reason that EVERYBODY shouldn't PANIC (7)
(Oregon Live) Cool Geekathon potluck celebrated in Portland. All the Cheetos, Hot Pockets, open source demos, and Surge you could ever consume in one day (19)
(Engadget) Spiffy Microsoft adds turn-by-turn directions and traffic reports to some 2010 Ford models, enabling all 4 people who plan to buy one the chance to drive into a river and get stuck in traffic (27)
(London Times) Spiffy You can find anything with Google - Even child kidnappers (57)
(PCWorld) Cool Nvidia announces graphics card that can crank out 2 teraflops, enabling gamers to play Crysis at a whopping 8 frames per second (102)
(Some Guy) Amusing New program allows everyone to design video games. Get ready for "kicked in the nuts" "hey watch this" and "sex robot" (47)
(USA Today) Stupid Lexus to roll out car that talks, tells you how to drive, and keeps calling you Michael (28)
(YouTube) Interesting How to drive a Ford Model T. It's more complicated than you'd think (56)
(Breitbart.com) Cool Steve Ballmer says Microsoft's newest version of Windows is almost ready to take up too much space on your computer and frustrate you into a flailing, incoherent rage (125)
(Telegraph) Interesting Microsoft will launch Windows 7.0 tomorr++D0081: No PPD file for printer - skipping - 0 printers added successfully++ (101)
(BBC) Interesting Scientists develop new brain-cooling techniques, should be available at 7-11 next month (16)
(NewsLite) Stupid Can you hear the ♫♪♫♪? No? That's because this is a SILENT radio station (44)
(Forbes) Spiffy "Honey, things are going great at the Porn.. er Consumer Electronics Show. Kiss the kids for me. Oh, and don't check the bank account." (18)
(USA Today) Cool Screw the Wii, next wave of high tech toys to implement brain wave control (24)
(AP) Cool Polaroid is back, doing what it does best: producing a (digital) camera that instantly [ok, in 60 seconds] prints a photo (25)
(Quad City Times) Weird The best looking transsexual cardinal you'll see since your last trip to confession (33)
(Independent) Hero Guy climbs Everest just to drop trou (20)
(So Good) Amusing Burger King gets nasty with their new "Whopper Sacrifice" Facebook application. DE-friend 10 people, get a free Whopper (65)

Wed January 07, 2009
(BBC) Interesting Even the fabled seven passes and an EMP might not be enough to erase the info from your hard drive (208)
(Daily Mail) Spiffy Unaware of the existance of roofies, scientists are developing a pill that will make a person fall in love with you (41)
(Telegraph) Cool Extinct animals could be brought back to life thanks to advances in DNA technology. What could possibly go wrong? (92)
(Fox News) Cool Drugs made from genetically engineered goats. I kid you not. This could end baa-dly (38)
(io9) Interesting MTV covers various nerd conventions in its "Otaku Week." Unsure if it is shown between "Bromance" or one of the 7 other spinoffs from "The Hills" (48)
(Yahoo) Strange Experts puzzled as to why sick, disoriented and bruised pelicans are showing up all over the coast. It's not even spring break yet (19)
(Reuters) Unlikely Are we seeing the end of desktop PCs? (139)
(CNN) Spiffy Details are shaky, but scientists say that a brain implant could help Parkinson's patients in the future (32)
(Yahoo) Stupid Google apologizes to China for not censoring the Internet enough (30)
(Guardian.com) Obvious Prenatal test for autism "would deprive the world of future geniuses" (180)
(New Scientist) Interesting There are 1307 words in this fascinating interview, 489 of them contain the letter e but only 5 contain a q (47)
(National Post) Interesting The Canadian Fireball Reporting Centre received about a dozen reports of a meteorite falling to earth on Monday morning. In other news, apparently there is a Canadian Fireball Reporting Centre (28)
(Yahoo) Interesting Surprise found near black hole. That's what she said (40)
(Mirror.co.uk) Interesting Playing Tetris could cure post-traumatic stress disorder. Still no cure for cancer (29)
(Telegraph) Amusing Spoof site creates fake Twitter messages from famous people including Abraham Lincoln, Jesus, Gandhi, and even John Lennon: "Met new girlfriend. Bandmates love her" (19)
(The Register) Stupid Tired of Microsoft hogging all the headlines, Oracle servers crash and reboot when forced to swallow "leap second" (21)
(The Sun) Spiffy Coolest microscopic pictures of snowflakes you'll see between now and when hell freezes over (39)
(Network World) Obvious AT&T builds $23M IPv6 network for U.S. military (36)
(AFP) Scary Cybergeddon is coming for our internets (55)

Tue January 06, 2009
(UPI) Weird Guy starts 24/7 lava lamp webcam. Because he thought a Sea Monkey webcam would be "too weird" (32)
(Reuters) Obvious Shocking...SHOCKING revelation out of MacWord: Without any new products to announce or an appearance by Steve Jobs, Macworld sucks (53)
(Discovery) Interesting Earth is dual core (73)
(Washington Post) Amusing 4chan hacks MacRumors, announces through their live feed that "STEVE JOBS JUST DIED." (131)
(Some Guy) Spiffy HP to launch low-cost line of computers to go with their low-quality line of computers (52)
(Yahoo) Spiffy Apple cuts prices on iTunes songs, removes all DRM. Smug levels skyrocket (129)
(The Earth Times) Interesting Windows 7's pleasant surprises. Number one: It's not Vista (135)
(Ars Technica) Spiffy Google's Android cell phone OS ported to netbooks. Google World Domination imminent (33)
(BBC) Interesting Scientists, zombies complain of shortage of BRAAAAIIINNNSSSSS (20)
(Science Daily) Spiffy After getting off of the island, apparently the Professor went back to work at Baylor (12)
(BBC) Cool In the very near future, you may no longer have to burn your downloaded iTunes music to a CD in order to get around the DRM (47)
(The Inquirer) Stupid Comcast's new throttling and download capping service is now in full effect, ensuring that it will "deliver only about half of the maximum bandwidth it advertises, on a consistent basis" (124)
(Guardian.com) Unlikely Wow, your Grandma can really shred: "The success of Guitar Hero means that the onus is now on the manufacturers of 'real' guitars to make them easier" (292)
(Reuters) Interesting Scientists find gene that makes cancer spread. Still no cure...DEAR GOD now they are just making it worse (11)
(Kotaku) Cool We now present the geekiest game possible, "Theremin Hero". Bonus: "Still Alive" is the first song (52)
(New Scientist) Cool A selection of the coolest Science photos from last year (17)
(Slashdot) Interesting Space elevators could be powered by a series of careful jerks, meaning that all your practice may eventually lead to a glorious career in the space industry (25)
(New Zealand Herald) Cool Scientists will perform the necropsy of a great white shark for the public, and they have no idea what they might find inside. "Maybe a seal, a penguin or some whale blubber, who knows." (44)
(Guardian.com) Obvious What 2009 looked like to mystics in 1909: "Hardly anyone will remain in the cities at night. They will be places of business only. People of every class will reside in the country or in garden towns" (65)

Mon January 05, 2009
(BBC) Interesting Australian scientists want to build fence to protect healthy Tasmanian Devils from infected animals, apparently unaware of their ability to spin around and cut through any substance (25)
(Houston Chronicle) Interesting Space Station's urine recycler is on the fritz again. Astronauts advised to hold their noses and imagine they're drinking Bud Light until ground control can get the problem corrected (29)
(AP) Interesting Turns out the Milky Way galaxy is bigger, brighter, and faster than neighboring galaxies. Suck it, Andromeda (51)
(BBC) Cool Who would have thought designing vehicle armor like swiss-cheese would actually make it stronger? (41)
(Some Grandma's Boy) Cool Three Iowans are responsible for "Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock;" as a result of this, Activision bought them out (23)
(Discover) Obvious U.S. agriculture produces 3900 calories per inhabitant. Primarily to feed Andy Reid in his quest to look like Michael Moore (28)
(Discovery) Interesting God puts giant pink iguana on Galapagos Islands to prove Darwin wrong (pic) (28)
(Gawker) Amusing Bill O'Reilly, Britney Spears and some guy from CNN get their twitters hacked. THE_REAL_SHAQ laughs at their Twitter suckiness (16)
(Charlotte) Stupid "We didn't want to make a pointless item." So they created a bike made from plastic bottles that doesn't actually work. And Google gave them a prize. Still no cure for cancer (15)
(Ars Technica) Interesting This year we celebrate 400 years of Galileo, 150 years of evolution, and 2009 years of religion sticking its fingers in its ears and going "LALALALA I CAN'T HEAR YOU" (296)
(Silicon Alley Insider) Obvious DVD players to outsell Blu-ray, bicycles to outsell Segways, books to outsell Kindles in 2009 (112)
(Chicago Tribune) Misc Steve Jobs says he's been diagnosed with a hormone imbalance, which could affect his iMmune system (61)
(Hartford Courant) Interesting Today's global warming culprit: trees (52)
(Telegraph) Scary Ever wonder if terrorists could use insects to spread biological weapons? Well, now you are (128)
(BBC) Obvious Between the laughable shortcomings of the new iPhone, problems with iTunes, system vulnerabilities and compatability issues, and Steve Jobs' imminent death, perhaps Apple announcing its last trade show shouldn't surprise too much (97)
(ZDNet) Fail Windows Media Player 12 introduces a great new feature: chopping off the beginning of your MP3 files for you (68)
(Irish Times) Unlikely China begins campaign to rid internet of pornography, currently delayed by problem of getting tanks into the tubes (104)
(London Times) Cool Scientists discover that dolphins are smarter than previously thought. It appears that the Simpsons may have been more right than we knew (50)
(ABC News) Interesting Wired names its sexiest geeks of 2008, and no, you are not among them (58)
(Den Of Geek) Amusing Top 25 fictional ads in sci-fi movies (stuff you'd buy for a dollar) (94)
(BBC) Obvious KPMG says children who are bad at math at school end up costing the taxpayer billions per year, presumably because of grease burns when they can't read the fryer temp and try to scoop fries by hand (40)
(The Sun) Interesting Stonehenge was built as a dance club for prehistoric raves. Party like it's 1999 BC (108)
(Denver Post) Amusing Sony Blu Ray execs: "Yay we won the HD format war" Consumers: "so what? we're dowloading our HD movies from the internets, yo." Sony Execs: "Oh damn, we got BETAMAXED......AGAIN" (166)
(Discover) Interesting Cloud of dust to wipe out life on earth in near future, Silver Surfer approves. EVERYBODY PANIC (sometime in the next 2500 to 10000 years) (28)
(YouTube) Spiffy What do you get when you have 20+ japanese girls oiled up in a row? The world's BESTEST slippy slide (114)
(Some Guy) Cool Honda working on electric motorcycle for 2010. AKIRAAAAAA (117)

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