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Vulnerability Renders MPAA/RIAA Copyright Warnings Useless

Thu, 05/14/2009 - 07:20
In a bid to educate pirates, copyright holders hire companies such as BayTSP to track down people who share their titles on P2P networks. The alleged infringers then receive a warning and are given the opportunity to resolve the issue. However, this system is vulnerable to abuse and therefore completely useless.


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Golden Coffins: 10 of the Most Egregious CEO Perks

Thu, 05/14/2009 - 06:51
Running big public companies is hard work, so many execs get a little help to keep their noses to the grindstone. Here are some of the most egregious perks from the golden era of executive compensation, according to corporate governance experts.


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New Harry Potter And The Sexual Awakening

Thu, 05/14/2009 - 06:30
All the ladies want a piece of Ronald and Harry in Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince. Watch as Potter plants the seeds for the the slow and inevitable Hermione cat-fight scene.


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Vote for your favorite 'Star Trek' crewmembers

Thu, 05/14/2009 - 06:20
this is fun...vote on your favorites


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Creative Labs Charges "Maintenance Fee" For Rebate

Thu, 05/14/2009 - 05:40
Creative Labs has found a great new way to minimize the risk that a customer will actually benefit from a rebate offer.


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Surprise! Daydreaming Really Works the Brain

Thu, 05/14/2009 - 05:32
Contrary to the notion that daydreaming is a sign of laziness, letting the mind wander can actually let the parts of the brain associated with problem-solving become active, a new study finds.


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Susan Boyle Subtitled On Oprah

Thu, 05/14/2009 - 05:28
Susan Boyle, the Britain's Got Talent star, was given subtitles during an appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show. The first part was pre-recorded at her home in Blackburn, Scotland. The subtitles were added by bosses who thought American viewers would not understand her strong Scottish accent.


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Clean Up and Revive Your Bloated, Sluggish Mac

Thu, 05/14/2009 - 05:14
A few years back you dropped significant cash to switch over from the virus-laden world of Windows to a shiny new Mac, but over time it's gotten slow and crufty. Let's clean it up.


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Virginity's for Sucker's, Get your Sex on Kids!

Thu, 05/14/2009 - 04:56
One would have to wonder how much different that statistic would be if Hollywood WEREN’T pressuring teenagers to engage in the horizontal mambo. If Hollywood put all of its “virginity is for suckers” energy into promoting “saving sex till marriage,” I bet we’d see a very different, much more lopsided statistic.


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Blizzard Confirms New MMO Based on Fresh IP

Thu, 05/14/2009 - 04:14
he unannounced MMO in development by World of Warcraft creative studio Blizzard will not be based on one of its established franchises, a representative reiterated today.


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Star Crust is Ten Billion Times Stronger Than Steel

Thu, 05/14/2009 - 03:30
A new computer model suggests that the outer crusts of so-called neutron stars are the strongest known material in the universe.


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The 5th Annual Protec Pool Party At Vans Skatepark

Thu, 05/14/2009 - 03:30
You don't want to miss the 5th annual Pro-tec Pool Party going down on Saturday, May 16th 2009! Riders like Bucky Lasek, Rune Glifberg, Omar Hassan, Bob Burnquist and many others will bring their A-game to face the Combi-bowl at the Vans Skatepark in Orange, CA.


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Women with emotional intelligence have better sex lives

Thu, 05/14/2009 - 03:30
Beauty may bag you a man - but brains will bring you more fun in the bedroom. Women blessed with "emotional intelligence" - the ability to express their feelings and read those of others - have better sex lives, research shows.


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Dick's Tears To Flow Into Theaters

Thu, 05/14/2009 - 03:10
Ready for a new movie based on a classic Philip K. Dick novel, from the people who are bringing you Terminator Salvation? Halcyon Pictures have announced plans to film Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said.


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DO NOT INTERRUPT ROBERT GIBBS

Thu, 05/14/2009 - 03:00
or you will suffer the consequences


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13 Useful And Free Websites To Make Your Lives Easier

Thu, 05/14/2009 - 02:20
a list of cool websites that are free and hopefully will make your lives easier


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Video: Palm Pre Unboxed

Thu, 05/14/2009 - 01:50
We don't know where, when, or by whom this was filmed, but it looks very real to us, confirming our earlier suspicions that the Pre will be packaged in a box.


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Rare Blue Diamond Sells for Record Price - 9.49 mil

Thu, 05/14/2009 - 01:40
A flawless vivid blue diamond weighing 7.03 carats sold Tuesday for a record $9.49 million, the highest price paid per carat for any gemstone at auction, Sotheby's said.


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Women 'fight off disease better than men'

Thu, 05/14/2009 - 01:30
Men really do have an excuse for supposedly being wimpy about coughs and colds - their immune systems are not as strong as women's, research suggests.


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Off The Grid: How To Disappear Without A Trace

Thu, 05/14/2009 - 01:30
Simply put, disappearing is the reverse engineering of skip tracing," says Ahearn, Author of 'How To Disappear and Fall Off the Grid', referring to the process by which you locate missing persons. So we tapped the man of mystery to tell us exactly how it's done.


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