When Did Willis, Cage and Mirren Join 'Captain America'?!
Source: digg.com: Top NewsPosted: 2010-09-10 06:30:22
According to IMDB, Bruce Willis, along with Nicolas Cage and Helen Mirren, are set to appear in undisclosed roles in Paramount Pictures and Marvel Studios Captain America: The First Avenger.
Show detailsAustralia's National Broadband Network To Go Ahead
Source: SlashdotPosted: 2010-09-10 06:00:49
angry tapir writes "After weeks of a hung parliament following the Australian federal election, the incumbent Labor Party has garnered enough support among independent MPs to form a minority government. Broadband was central to clinching the independents' support. Labor's victory means the $43 billion National Broadband Network will push ahead. The policy has generally been popular among ISPs and telcos — though some rebel operators preferred a policy that emphasized wireless technologies, similar to the proposals put forward by Labor's opponents. The primarily fiber-based NBN is set to offer Australians 1Gbps broadband." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Show detailsSwedish Police Shoe Database May Tread On Copyright
Source: SlashdotPosted: 2010-09-10 06:00:46
An anonymous reader writes "The Swedish police, who have been instrumental in various raids against file-sharing sites, may have a bit of a piracy problem on their own hands. It seems they wanted to put together a database of shoe print information for matching crime scene shoe prints to particular shoe types. To do so, they used images found online, and some Swedish copyright experts have noted that this appears to violate Swedish copyright law. The police claim there's an exception for police investigations, but people (and some shoe companies) are pointing out that creating a database isn't about an investigation." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Show detailsA Command Line Primer for Beginners
Source: digg.com: Top NewsPosted: 2010-09-10 06:00:10
#commandline The command line isn't just for wise Linux beards. It's actually an awesome tool with almost limitless functionality. Here's a primer on how it works, and how you can do almost anything with it. More
Show detailsFirefighter's Injury Report Ridiculous, But Not False
Source: digg.com: Top NewsPosted: 2010-09-10 06:00:08
The Massachusetts Civil Service Commission has overturned a firefighter's two-day suspension last year, after he filed an injury report because the chief made him shave his mustache. Make any sense? No. Allow us to explain...
Show detailsTen Tunes About The Jungle
Source: digg.com: Top NewsPosted: 2010-09-10 05:30:12
There are many more Jungle songs than you would suspect.
Show detailsBrain Cells Determine Obesity - Lab News
Source: digg.com: Top NewsPosted: 2010-09-10 05:30:10
An international study has discovered the reason why some people who eat a high-fat diet remain slim, yet others pile on the weight. A study found a high-fat diet causes brain cells to become insulated from the body preventing vital signals from reaching the brain efficiently.
Show details8 Hilarious Macho Man Randy Savage Interviews
Source: digg.com: Top NewsPosted: 2010-09-10 05:30:08
A collection of the Macho Man's most profound interview moments
Show details10 Hottest Dirty-Named Teachers Caught Sleeping w/ Students
Source: digg.com: Top NewsPosted: 2010-09-10 05:00:10
Just in time for back-to-school, here's a list of the hottest teachers ever caught sleeping with their students like you've never seen it before: filtered to only include teachers with names that could be construed into sexual innuendos. No, YOU grow up!
Show detailsStudy: Nobody hates hipsters more than hipsters
Source: digg.com: Top NewsPosted: 2010-09-10 05:00:08
A recent study due out in the Journal of Consumer Research titled "Demythologizing Consumption Practices: How Consumers Protect Their Field-Dependent Identity Investments from Devaluing Marketplace Myths" proves once and for all that the category of consumer referred to as "hipster" often rejects and hates the term "hipster."
Show detailsThe Top Ten Video Game Franchises That Should Die
Source: digg.com: Top NewsPosted: 2010-09-10 04:30:10
Sometimes, a video game franchise should be given the proverbial needle. It may be that they have overstayed their welcome, that they have become increasingly beshitted, or that they are just plain annoying.
Show detailsWelcome To My Big Fat Penguin-Themed Gay Wedding
Source: digg.com: Top NewsPosted: 2010-09-10 04:00:34
How soon we have gone from serious commitment ceremonies to trivializing our relationships with gimmicky weddings. What next? There has to be a gay skydiving wedding soon, an underwater swimming-with-dolphins gay wedding, fired out of a cannon gay wedding, bob-sleighing gay wedding etc. etc.
Show detailsAre Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin Cashing in on 9/11?
Source: digg.com: Top NewsPosted: 2010-09-10 04:00:14
The devil's in the details
Show detailsSmartphone Security Startup Lookout Crosses Two Million Users
Source: digg.com: Top NewsPosted: 2010-09-10 04:00:12
Lookout, a company that offers security data backup services for smartphones, is growing rapidly. Less than two months after the startup surpassed one million users, the company has crossed the 2 million registered users mark. It took just over six months to reach 1 million users.
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