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Man Reprograms Bejewled to Propose to Girlfriend

A New Jersey financial software engineer's girlfriend had a nice surprise when she reached the next level of Bejeweled, her favorite game. Her boyfriend reprogrammed it to display a marriage proposal, and she said yes.

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:49:01 GMT 51 chatmastahttp://digg.com/img/udm.png Programming 7

Visions of Sun's great 'belches'

Nasa's Stereo orbiters have captured stunning new images of spaceborne debris thrown out from the Sun.

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:46:17 GMT 41 lornalihttp://digg.com/users/lornali/m.png Space 0

Hands Free 3D Enables You To Control Second Life Movements

Hands Free 3D is a prototypical system that gives users of the virtual realm the ability to walk, jump, fly and interact by simply gesturing in front of a PC-connected camera designed by 3DV Systems.

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:43:49 GMT 39 ipekhttp://digg.com/users/ipek/m.png Playable Web Games 6

How To: Wifi Predator

The predator is a modified wireless router connected to a high-powered antenna and running custom firmware to actively seek out open wireless connections. Once they are found, it will test them for internet connectivity and then join and repeat the one with the strongest signal to secured wireless connection that YOU control.

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:43:07 GMT 48 hevnsnthttp://digg.com/users/hevnsnt/m.png Mods 7

Google Confuses Racists

[From third item on page] Much embarrassment at the Green Arrow Forum, the bloggers' website that supports the BNP. At the top of the site is an advertisement for singlemuslim.com, the UK's leading Muslim marriage service. This has caused much consternation to the perplexed BNP bloggers.

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:41:27 GMT 41 mattsawhttp://digg.com/users/mattsaw/m.png Odd Stuff 5

8 out of 10 In The Arab World Have a Negative View of the US

"Only 6% of Arabs believe the US troop surge in Iraq has worked, according to the latest poll."

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:40:52 GMT 40 breederhttp://digg.com/users/breeder/m.png World News 14

Astronomy Picture of the Day: A Protected Night Sky

This sky is protected. Yesterday marked the 50 year anniversary of the first lighting ordinance ever enacted, which restricted searchlight advertisements from sweeping the night skies above Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:30:01 GMT 118 jaybolhttp://digg.com/users/jaybol/m.png Space 16

Konami Mucks Up Metal Gear Online IDs

To recap: Your PSN name doesn't mean jacksnot in Metal Gear Online beta. You must sign up for two other IDs — one gives you access to "various Konami products and services" and the other is your "GAME ID." Didn't think it was possible to make something sillier than Wii Friend Codes, but Konami has done just that. Congrats, Konami!

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:20:01 GMT 95 bashcrafthttp://digg.com/img/udm.png PlayStation 77

Amazing Wallpaper Collection from National Geographic

These are all stunning. Available in in 1280x960.

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:52:14 GMT 122 aaalemanhttp://digg.com/users/aaaleman/m.png Arts & Culture 21

China will execute 374 people during Olympics

China will execute 374 people during Olympics, Amnesty estimates.A new league table of the world's most frequent executioners showed China officially used capital punishment 470 times last year.But some campaigners believe the true figure may be 8,000.

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:48:55 GMT 162 sloworbithttp://digg.com/users/sloworbit/m.png World News 70

Christian Sex: Holy and Hot!

Adultery, homosexuality, bestiality, prostitution and incest are still taboo.

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:46:42 GMT 120 MississippiLifehttp://digg.com/users/MississippiLife/m.png People 56

Programmers, DIY Types Embrace the 'Soft, Hackable Chumby'

The Chumby is small, cheap, slightly squishy, equipped with GPS and an accelerometer, and endearingly ugly. Put another way: It's a hacker's dream come true.

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:45:19 GMT 116 skoredhttp://digg.com/users/skored/m.png Hardware 6

Pope Benedict's Style

"The Holy Father has revived many dormant traditions and introduced a few innovations of his own" - Photo Essay from TIME.

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:43:47 GMT 102 dimmerswitchhttp://digg.com/users/dimmerswitch/m.png Arts & Culture 19

Apple now worth more than Citigroup!

While it might be a little like comparing it to an orange, Apple is now worth more by market capitalization -the total value of all it's stock- than Citigroup, the world's largest bank and financial services provider by asset size. Wall Street clearly values Steve Jobs and iphones more than mortgages & bank accounts.

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:42:49 GMT 118 spinchangehttp://digg.com/users/spinchange/m.png Business & Finance 21

Is the Net Too Neutral? - Comcast had been stifling traffic!

Recent FCC hearings pitted network operators and content distributors against each other. But if the two can find a way to collaborate, the Internet will work better for everybody.At the end of February, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) held a public hearing at Harvard University, investigating claims that the cable giant Comcast had ...

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:53:51 GMT 133 SirPopperhttp://digg.com/users/SirPopper/m.png Tech Industry News 27

NFL 2008 Schedule Released

What teams will your fave football team be playing?

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:49:23 GMT 122 jimmaculatehttp://digg.com/users/jimmaculate/m.png American & Canadian Football 37

24 hours in pictures

A selection of the best images from around the world.

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:45:03 GMT 178 optimusprime01http://digg.com/users/optimusprime01/m.png World News 12

A Guide to Understanding Washington Lobbyists

New add describes lobbyist ties to Hillary Clinton.

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:40:02 GMT 193 Mbuto2http://digg.com/img/udm.png US Elections 2008 34

Why There Aren't More Googles

Interesting article

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:36:51 GMT 235 globaldiggerhttp://digg.com/users/globaldigger/m.png Educational 30

Could the President have your eyes poked out?

Thirty pages into a memorandum discussing the legal boundaries of military interrogations in 2003, senior Justice Department lawyer John C. Yoo tackled a question not often asked by American policymakers: Could the president, if he desired, have a prisoner's eyes poked out?

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:30:01 GMT 304 notquehttp://digg.com/users/notque/m.png Political News 54

Mac clone maker vows to test Apple on OS X licensing terms

Psystar Corporation, which this week began selling a series of Mac clone systems without Apple's blessing, is determined to challenge the Mac maker in court over the licensing terms for its Mac OS X operating system.

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:55:52 GMT 311 anderzolehttp://digg.com/users/anderzole/m.png Apple 260

Would Clinton Prefer McCain To Obama In November?

"This is far too crude even for Karl Rove. It is a parody of a brutal Rove ad. Without batting an eyelid, Clinton effortlessly adopts the entire worldview of the most cynical of Republican operatives and applies it with the delicacy of a shovel to the likely Democratic party nominee."

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:40:02 GMT 298 michael532111http://digg.com/users/michael532111/m.png US Elections 2008 63

Artist draws entire 1968 High School yearbook (PICS)

Cartoonist John "RobotJohnny" Martz drew his mom's entire 1968 high school yearbook. That's more than 1,000 faces. "Good cartooning, to me, is all about simplification, and this was a fun experiment in distilling each person’s likeness down to a simple cartoon version and learning to draw efficiently"

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:35:05 GMT 606 MrBabyManhttp://digg.com/users/MrBabyMan/m.png Arts & Culture 71

Turns Out, Most Activist Judges are Republicans

In a recent study of justices on the Supreme Court of the United States, guess which justices were the most "activist" in terms of willingness to wholly overturn or disregard precedents? I'll give you one guess: the Republicans.

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:30:03 GMT 247 nelsonjshttp://digg.com/users/nelsonjs/m.png Political News 60

Steve Jobs Introduces The Apple "i"

Apple comes out with new product…and no one knows what it does.

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:20:13 GMT 508 stephcvhttp://digg.com/users/stephcv/m.png Apple 142

A year later, sales of Linux on Dell computers THRIVE!

Sales figures not released, but program is thriving, Dell says

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:00:12 GMT 308 schestowitzhttp://digg.com/users/schestowitz/m.png Linux/Unix 70

'Ghost In The Shell'

DreamWorks gets Japanese thriller

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:40:07 GMT 512 skateboard1http://digg.com/users/skateboard1/m.png Movies 159

Retired NYC Subway Cars Being Used to ... Create a Reef?!

If you think subway cars are only useful so long as they are efficiently carrying urban travelers from point A to point B, well, you're wrong! It turns out that hundreds of retired New York City subway cars have been finding a second home--80 feet underwater, and 16 nautical miles off the coast of Delaware.

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:20:01 GMT 382 suxmonkeyhttp://digg.com/users/suxmonkey/m.png Environment 59

Masturbation 'cuts cancer risk'

Men could reduce their risk of developing prostate cancer through regular masturbation, researchers suggest.

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:10:46 GMT 938 miranda622http://digg.com/users/miranda622/m.png Health 252

It’s Official: Bush Is The Most Hated President In History

Congratulations to George W. Bush and the Republican Party for another historic milestone set by the Great Leader: ...

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:00:01 GMT 1100 RufusKinghttp://digg.com/img/udm.png Political News 288

Comcast to spearhead creation of P2P Bill of Rights

Comcast wants to partner with other ISPs to craft a "P2P Bill of Rights and Responsibilities" that will apply to both users and to ISPs. But will these "user rights" have any input from actual users?

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:45:04 GMT 373 MakiMakihttp://digg.com/users/MakiMaki/m.png Tech Industry News 74

Obama calls elitism attack "political silly season"

"I am amused about this notion of elitist, given that when you're raised by a single mom, when you were on food stamps for a while when you were growing up, you went to school on scholarship," he told a town hall meeting of U.S. military veterans in western Pennsylvania.

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:33:40 GMT 546 diggeradoohttp://digg.com/users/diggeradoo/m.png US Elections 2008 114

The Pirate Bay Demands Compensation for IFPI Block

The Pirate Bay has announced that it will file a complaint to ask for compensation from the IFPI for the traffic which was destined for its site, but blocked by the Danish ISP Tele2. If they win, the money will be spent on funding independent artists who share their music for free on filesharing sites.

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:24:03 GMT 649 AcePuphttp://digg.com/users/AcePup/m.png Tech Industry News 60

We Drive, They Starve.

The mass diversion of the North American grain harvest into ethanol plants for fuel is reaching its political and moral limits.

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:18:20 GMT 528 reflex768http://digg.com/users/reflex768/m.png Environment 189

Oklahoma Leaks Tens of Thousands of SSNs

Through negligently bad programming at Oklahoma's Department of Corrections, the names, addresses, and social security numbers of tens of thousands of Oklahoma residents were made available to the general public for a period of at least three years.

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:10:01 GMT 490 halogenstudioshttp://digg.com/img/udm.png Security 55

Apple Wins Ultimate Mac vs. PC Abusive Lab Test

Hardcore blind tests of new iMac vs Gateway One and Penryn MacBook vs. Asus M51SR (with detailed benchmarks) come out overwhelmingly in favor of Mac --with surprising details in number crunching

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:57:30 GMT 753 chris1234http://digg.com/users/chris1234/m.png Tech Industry News 307

Sam Stein: Obama Outraises Clinton Among Small Town Pennsylv

in towns she claims that people are upset about "bitter" remakr

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:50:01 GMT 424 preneelhttp://digg.com/users/preneel/m.png US Elections 2008 56

Mario Kart Wii Sold 300k Copies on Launch Day!

This isn't confirmed, and we're going to have to wait until Media Create releases the "official" numbers, but apparently Mario Kart Wii moved 300,000 copies on launch day. To put things in perspective, Mario Kart DS did 160,000 at launch, while Mario Kart Double Dash did 180,000 on its first day.

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:39:48 GMT 541 badwithcomputerhttp://digg.com/users/badwithcomputer/m.png Nintendo 97

The 10 Best Cities For Clean Drinking Water

If you're like most Americans, you probably don't know a lot about the quality of your tap water. Using data on contamination levels provided by community water systems and compiled by the University of Cincinnati, Forbes.com determined some of the U.S. cities with the cleanest drinking water. Check out how your city stacks up.

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:07:33 GMT 512 numbernealhttp://digg.com/users/numberneal/m.png Food & Drink 177

Unboxing the Super Famicom Classic Controller

Once again, Japan beats the rest of the world as Wii owners over there get the Super Famicom (SNES) Classic Controller. It's available exclusively to Club Nintendo members. Pics inside.

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:58:36 GMT 582 RxKinghttp://digg.com/users/RxKing/m.png Nintendo 82

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