Could Welsh scientist end our universe?

COULD a Welshman be responsible for ending the world, then the entire universe?As bizarre as it sounds, that is what a federal court in the US will have to decide in June.

The Films Of Joel & Ethan Coen - Brilliant Mashup

Tribute to the Oscar-winning filmmakers.

How Big Is Google? Heres Another Measure

Google earned $803 million, about £407 million, in the United Kingdom in the first quarter. If you assume that rate won’t grow, that makes £1.6 billion for the year. And since Google’s British earnings are up 40 percent from a year ago, it is a safe bet it will grow.

U.S. media deceitfully disseminates government propaganda

This morning's "blockbuster" New York Times article by David Barstow, documenting the Pentagon and U.S. media's joint use of pre-programmed "military analysts" who posed as objective experts while touting the Government line and having extensive business interests in promoting those views, is very well-documented and well-reported.

The Green Light for Torture: Bush War Crimes Well Planned

As the first anniversary of 9/11 approached, the Bush administration’s highest-ranking lawyers argued for extreme interrogation techniques, circumventing international law, the Geneva Conventions, and the army’s own Field Manual. The attorneys would even fly to Guantánamo to ratchet up the pressure—then blame abuses on the military.

John McCain, Charles Grassley Physical Altercation Confirmed

Temper, temper.

Epic won't ever develop for Wii: "we go forward, not back"

When asked whether there would ever be a time when Epic would be forced to give in and create a game for the Wii, Mike Capps said, “no, we go forward, not back. It makes more sense for us to invest in the next-generation tech.” As for why he believes the Wii has become so popular, he says it’s like a virus that just keeps spreading.

Pot Law Reform Group NORML Gets 420,000 New Members

The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) is offering supporters the opportunity to join for only $4.20 on Sunday, April 20th. Since September NORML's Facebook group gained 420,000 members.

IGN: Mario Kart Wii Review

Better than a 7.9?

Five Habits for Greener Computing

If you're reading this, it's a pretty safe bet you're using a computer, and computers generate waste in all kinds of ways. But by changing just a few habits, you can keep more stuff out of landfills, save energy, and even tuck a few extra dollars in your wallet. Here are five ideas to get you started.

Will 'Grand Theft' Bully The Movies

Rock Star games keep us home?

Juno II

"Mom, Dad, I shot a homeless man." (Madtv Parody)

Boy, 7, Injured After Being Hit by Ambulance in Illinois

A 7-year-old boy has been struck by an ambulance in central Illinois and has life-threatening injuries.

Judgment Day looms for Hillary Clinton the wrecker

If they fail to destroy Barack Obama as effectively as Karl Rove ... with tactics just as brutal but even more personal, then they will have driven American politics to a critical point. They will have shown that the paradigm that has reigned in US politics for at least two decades has been shattered.

Prom... ya digg?

Please, please, please digg this. I'm trying to get it to someone who does check Digg, but is new to it and, obviously, I'm asking her to Prom. If this gets to the front page or at least somewhere it can be seen that would be Amazing. please digg this for me. DIGG HERE, you dont even have to look, just click! PLEASE!

20+ Vista Features that Harvest User Data for Microsoft

"in excess of 20 Windows Vista features and services are hard at work collecting and transmitting your personal data to the Redmond company. Microsoft makes no secret about the fact that Windows Vista is gathering information."

Even the eternal dirt nap is going green

FTA: Cardboard coffins, clothes sewn from natural fibers, a burial plot in a natural setting. Green funerals attempt to be eco-friendly at every stage.

The 7 Greatest Home Shopping Screw Ups of All Time

The FCC can bitch and moan about Fox all they want, but the Home Shopping Network has some of the most vulgar characters and violent programming around. Cracked.com presents a lifetime achievement in the field of unintentional comedy.

The 500,000 GB MP3 Player

Scientists at the University of Glasgow have created a nanotechnology breakthrough that could increase storage capacity by 150,000 times. It could mean 500,000 GB on a single chip and inch square.

Okami for Wii's Box Art Has IGN Watermark

For a game that rides on artistic chops as much as Okami, this is a pretty bad F-up. Several of you mentioned that there is an IGN watermark on the box art picture. More or less, the background under the wolf was formed by a hi-res shot lifted from IGN's site.

Debate Analysis: ABC Asked Most Scandal Questions

This debate over debates had me curious. Was ABC's debate really in a lowly class of its own? Or were Obama backers (inside the press and out) just being overly-sensitive? So I went through each of the four one-on-one contests between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, starting with CNN's debate way back on January 31...

Stripping Mountains to Power D.C.

This is a place where "moving mountains" is no longer a figure of speech. Here, among the steep green Appalachians, mining companies are moving mountains off their pedestals. Article, and photo gallery with audio narration included.

Catching corals' spectacular mating moment

The coral reefs in the tropical western Pacific are at the brink of one of the most spectacular and significant nights in their annual life cycle.

Let Best Buy "Professionally Install" Your XBox Games

Are you one of the tens of customers who has trouble inserting their XBox 360 games? Do you find the whole concept of optical media frightening? Well, Best Buy has a service for you! For a low, low price, Best Buy will come to your home and professionally install those complex XBox games.

New Eee PC will reward Linux fans with a bigger hard drive.

Users who purchase an Eee PC 900 with Linux, however, receive a laptop that boasts 20GB of flash memory-based storage space. Customers who opt for Windows XP, meanwhile, end up with a machine equipped with only 12GB of solid-state storage.

Ricky Gervais to feature in 'GTA IV'

Star of The Office Ricky Gervais is to make a surprise appearance in Rockstar's forthcoming epic video game Grand Theft Auto IV.

Food Shortages - The silent tsunami

A wave of food-price inflation is moving through the world, leaving riots and shaken governments in its wake. For the first time in 30 years, food protests are erupting in many places at once. Bangladesh is in turmoil; even China is worried.

Student Loan Checks Start To Bounce.

Norton thought he was set when he deposited a $16,000 student-loan check to pay for summer classes and the fall semester. But when he started to pay bills for classes, rent, and other expenses last week, his checks bounced.

More Sabotage- Allentowngate. Obama offices burglarized.

Our gerneration's Watergate? Barack Obama's Allentown office was burglarized this week, and multiple laptops and cell phones were stolen, an Obama campaign aide said today. A police spokesman confirmed the incident, but couldn't provide details today because reports are kept in the department's records depository, which is closed weekends.

The Century's Environmental Leaders

14 environmental leaders are discussed in this Newsweek slideshow, including John Muir (often called the father of national parks) and Al Gore.

13-year-old charged with felony

A Morton Middle School eighth-grader faces felony charges after putting crumbled peanut butter cookies in the lunch box of another student with a severe allergy to peanuts.

Mice Sniff Out Oxygen With Their Skin

Our lungs are A-list stars at detecting oxygen, but a new study in mice suggests that the skin may be a key supporting actor. Researchers have found that a mouse's skin can sense oxygen levels in the air and that it helps regulate the number of oxygen-carrying red blood cells in the body.

NYPD traffic cop parks in front of fire hydrant for lunch

That's why "you are not supposed to film any police, anybody who employed with the police department because of the terrorism".

Unleashing the Bugs of War

So what's hot at DARPA right now? Bugs. The creepy, crawly flying kind. Scientist Amit Lal and his team insert mechanical components into baby bugs during "the caterpillar and the pupae stages," which would then allow the adult bugs to be deployed to do the Pentagon's bidding.

South Park wakes up to no internet!

Nato admits mistakenly supplying arms and food to Taliban

Afghan politicians have said they do not believe the drop was an accident.But they're crazy conspiracy theorists ofcourse...

CoD 4: The Art of Throwing C4

A video showing how to pwn with C4... And the background music track is great too.

Up here, silly!

Why do people smoke?

"My seven-year-old son is fascinated with smoking. When he finds people doing it, he fixes his eyes on them and studies their behavior. "Look! That guy in the car is smoking," Joey might say while observing -- well, staring -- and soaking up all that is unfamiliar to him."

Letter from Iwo Jima finally delivered, 60 years later

A letter found on Iwo Jima near the end of World War II and taken to the United States by an American soldier was recently returned to the intended recipient's family in Japan.