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The Game the Washington Wizards Have Been Waiting For

In Game 3, the Wizards came out swinging. For one night, they acted like they were LeBron's peers, not props for one of his levitation dunk-a-thons. As a result, an exciting playoff series broke out, for at least two more games and, if we're lucky, three or four more. This is the game Washington has been waiting for!

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:46:31 GMT 52 Bukowskyhttp://digg.com/users/Bukowsky/m.png Basketball 0

Facebook’s Insatiable Hunger for Hardware

The company is running around 10,000 servers, according to Data Center Knowledge, citing comments made by Facebook VP of technology, Jeff Rothschild, at a recent MySQL user conference. (See video of the panel.) Of the 10,000 servers, 1,800 are from MySQL and around 805 of them are memcached servers. In order to house its sprawling infrastructure, F

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:44:38 GMT 67 SirPopperhttp://digg.com/users/SirPopper/m.png Hardware 3

Professional Panhandler Girl Pretends to be Homeless

Not all homeless panhandlers are homeless. Who knew enterprising people would play on others emotions for tax free income?

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:40:34 GMT 101 PopcornDavehttp://digg.com/users/PopcornDave/m.png Odd Stuff 40

Lying? Your face will give you away

Liars might think they are good at covering up their deceit but a new Canadian study shows there's one thing they can't control that will give them away -- flashes of emotion in their faces.

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:26:11 GMT 55 pizzlerhttp://digg.com/users/pizzler/m.png People 12

NASA - Crew Earth Observations Top 10 Photos

The Crew Earth Observations Team shares their "Top Ten" Crew Earth Observations. Check them out and share your thoughts on a blog with Sue Runco, Earth remote sensing scientist at Johnson Space Center.

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:25:02 GMT 65 jaybolhttp://digg.com/users/jaybol/m.png Space 3

ALWAYS Review Your New Logo Design from MULTIPLE Angles

It cost £14,000 to create, but clearly no-one at the smart London design outfit that came up with the new logo for HM Treasury thought to turn it on its side. Hilarity ensues and embarrassment all-round.

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:22:56 GMT 147 marksmayohttp://digg.com/users/marksmayo/m.png Comedy 30

Senator Bayh Stops Indiana Congressmen from Endorsing Barack

Evan Bayh is leaning heavily on 3 congressmen to not endorse Barack Obama. Obama helped them get elected in 2006, but they are from white rural areas that Clinton can’t lose control of.

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 08:20:01 GMT 258 EyesOnObamahttp://digg.com/users/EyesOnObama/m.png US Elections 2008 38

What’s this? Ron Paul tops McCain?

Some weird things happened at last Saturday’s Clark County Republican convention at Prairie High School, where it was demonstrated that democracy is too important to be left to party activists.Weird item 1 — Paul prevails: Arizona Sen. John McCain, who will be the Republican presidential nominee and who was the choice of local voters

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 07:10:01 GMT 631 OYHICONhttp://digg.com/img/udm.png Political Opinion 252

5 Important Security Apps for Linux, Mac, and Windows

We've got you covered with five freeware or shareware security tools for Linux boxes, Macs, and Windows machines, all recommended by Ars staffers.

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 06:50:41 GMT 374 jordankastelerhttp://digg.com/users/jordankasteler/m.png Security 43

Louis Vuitton Sues Darfur Fundraiser for Copyright Infringem

The Paris based fashion house Louis Vuitton has filed charges against a 26 year old student artist for selling posters and t-shirts of a Darfur victim, holding a designer bag inspired by a Louis Vuitton design. All of the profits had been going to charity but Louis Vuitton is still demanding massive damages.

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 06:30:47 GMT 485 ampm2http://digg.com/users/ampm2/m.png Tech Industry News 111

Health magazine names top chain restaurant fare

If you're like us, you eat out more than ever—and, as nice as it is to not have to cook, those meals out can actually feel like work. How do you navigate the minefields of huge portions, hidden fats, and sky-high sodium levels?

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 06:20:35 GMT 143 wealerhttp://digg.com/users/wealer/m.png Food & Drink 16

Microsoft issues final threat to scotch Yahoo deal

SAN FRANCISCO/SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp gave Yahoo Inc no hope of a higher takeover price, saying it was ready to go hostile or even call off its bid if Yahoo maintains "unrealistic expectations" of a better deal. "Speed is of the essence for the deal to make sense," Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell said on a conference...

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 06:00:52 GMT 211 videomadhttp://digg.com/users/videomad/m.png World News 56

Robotic Exoskeleton Replicates Iron Man

The latest Hollywood blockbuster inspired by a superhero comic is in danger of being overtaken by real-world developments in robotics. But now it turns out that real life equivalent of Downey has demonstrated that it is indeed possible to use advanced robotics to achieve a long held military fantasy, that of the mechanically turbocharged soldier.

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:40:39 GMT 292 Angelixhttp://digg.com/users/Angelix/m.png Tech Industry News 52

U.S. Preparing Military Options Against Iran

The nation's top military officer said today that the Pentagon is planning for "potential military courses of action" against Iran, criticizing what he called the Tehran government's "increasingly lethal and malign influence" in Iraq.

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:20:49 GMT 519 marabout40http://digg.com/img/udm.png Political News 301

YouTube University Gets Failing Grade From Prof, Students

The ease of video production has greatly expanded the academic world's ability to communicate, and has been used successfully as a supplement to the classroom experience. Most people who have taught in the college environment, however, would argue that there are limits to what can be accomplished outside the classroom environment.

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:10:36 GMT 239 jaybolhttp://digg.com/users/jaybol/m.png Tech Industry News 42

Mutant Black Squirrels Infest England (+PICS)

The upstarts are the genetic mutations of grey squirrels. And although nuts may be their food of choice there have been reports of their hungry Russian counterparts savaging stray dogs. Black squirrels could spread to Norfolk and Suffolk within 10 years and there are fears they could wipe out greys altogether.

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:50:51 GMT 598 MrBabyManhttp://digg.com/users/MrBabyMan/m.png Pets & Animals 183

How Presidential Candidates Would Handle a Zombie Threat

Thus far, the presidential candidates (and one ex-candidate) haven’t been particularly forthcoming with their platforms on the whole zombie issue. So what are we discerning voters to do?

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:42:03 GMT 436 dotlizardhttp://digg.com/users/dotlizard/m.png US Elections 2008 71

Many states appear to be in recession

The finances of many states have deteriorated so badly that they appear to be in a recession, regardless of whether that's true for the nation as a whole, a survey of all 50 state fiscal directors concludes.

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:20:53 GMT 333 putergirlhttp://digg.com/users/putergirl/m.png Business & Finance 79

Comprehensive list of low-cost ultraportables

Over the past six months or so, Asus, Everex, and HP have managed to bring low-cost ultraportable notebooks to market. But dozens of other computer makers have promised to bring out their own mini-notebooks. Some will run Linux, while others will be preloaded with Windows XP or Vista. Some will have flash memory, while others will have hard dri....

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:10:01 GMT 420 holyskeletonhttp://digg.com/users/holyskeleton/m.png Hardware 38

Cops Acquitted In Sean Bell Shooting Death

Three New York Police Department detectives involved in the shooting death of an unarmed man in a 50-bullet barrage, hours before he was to be married, have been found not guilty on all four counts.

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:00:01 GMT 663 sirmcdiznutshttp://digg.com/users/sirmcdiznuts/m.png World News 394

S Korea clones 7 dogs to sniff for drugs, explosives

South Korea, the country that first cloned a dog, has cloned seven Labrador retrievers -- all named Toppy - that will be used on patrol to sniff out drugs and explosives.

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 03:36:01 GMT 278 hdar3415http://digg.com/users/hdar3415/m.png Pets & Animals 54

The Body in Depth

For more than 17 years, David L. Bassett was engaged in creating a painstaking and detailed set of images of the human body, inside and out. In 3-D.

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 03:11:12 GMT 251 lekahehttp://digg.com/users/lekahe/m.png General Sciences 25

Guy doing some stuff after some stuff happens

A guy does some stuff and other stuff happens afterwards... pretty boring but well... it doesn't matter anyway. You know what I'm doing.

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 02:50:02 GMT 1031 Jo9100http://digg.com/users/Jo9100/m.png Comedy 152

18 Yr Old Becomes Youngest College Professor in History

Now 19, Alia Sabur is a PhD engineer, black belt in martial arts and music prodigy.

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 02:35:58 GMT 939 socialpyramidhttp://digg.com/users/socialpyramid/m.png Odd Stuff 272

IGN reviews GTAIV

...and gives it a Perfect 10

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 02:20:01 GMT 2280 cornholio107http://digg.com/users/cornholio107/m.png Xbox 597

ABC: Clinton's Questionable/Illegal Push Polls w/ith Audio

More proof that you can't trust Hillary R. Clinton: "the questions, as you'll hear, are unanswerable if you don't accept the basic premises laid out in them, like the classic push poll example 'Are you still beating your wife?' You can't answer that 'yes or no.'

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 02:00:01 GMT 800 NYWomanhttp://digg.com/users/NYWoman/m.png US Elections 2008 100

Ailing Fidel Castro says he's still in the loop

An ailing Fidel Castro took partial credit on Wednesday for firing Cuba's long-serving education minister this week, indicating that he would remain influential behind the scenes as long as he is able.

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:40:15 GMT 241 anderzolehttp://digg.com/users/anderzole/m.png World News 65

5 LARP Games That Aren't For Losers

While you may never be able to unsheathe your broadsword in public without scorn, a few LARPing games have actually emerged of which you need not be ashamed to call yourself a player.

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:21:18 GMT 422 MrBabyManhttp://digg.com/users/MrBabyMan/m.png Other Sports 109

Water desalination becoming more realistic

There's probably a place for desalted seawater in meeting the nation's future water needs, but research is needed to reduce the costs and impact on the environment, the National Research Council says.

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:00:08 GMT 361 badalinynrhttp://digg.com/users/badalinynr/m.png Environment 70

LED lightbulbs: Are you ready to make the switch?

Saving energy makes sense, especially when it can also save you money. Despite the current high price, I'd bet everyone has at least one annoying bulb they hate to change which might make one of these bulbs a worthwhile investment.

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:40:04 GMT 615 clouseau2http://digg.com/img/udm.png Environment 139

Breaking: Windows XP SP3 final trudges into the torrent

You know the drill. Days before the official consumer release on the 29th, out pops the final version of Windows XP SP3 on torrents, usenet, and warez sites.this final, unmodified version features a legit Volume Licensed Key which handles that pesky WGA check without breaking a sweat.

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:30:52 GMT 685 chandan333http://digg.com/users/chandan333/m.png Microsoft 163

Mario Kart Wii first impressions

Our first six hours with the final retail version of Mario Kart Wii. Click through to read our thoughts on the Wii Wheel, online multiplayer, the Mario Kart channel and more!

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:10:58 GMT 494 Rosco24http://digg.com/users/Rosco24/m.png Nintendo 83

Desktop Clutter Art A Go-Go

The results of the Gizmodo.com desktop clutter art Competition are in. Many hours have been spent moving coloured folders around to create iconic images in probably the least efficient form of art since sticking pasta to cardboard.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:50:47 GMT 467 TheScotsman1980http://digg.com/users/TheScotsman1980/m.png Design 23

7 Common Foods That Can Actually Get You High

EDITORS' DISCLAIMER: Cracked does not endorse eating the below foodstuffs for the express purpose of getting high, as the side effects are usually horrible enough to make you forget you were high in the first place. Thus the information in this article should only be used for scintillating chitchat at cocktail parties and around the office.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:40:01 GMT 1314 jaybolhttp://digg.com/users/jaybol/m.png Food & Drink 185

30 Exceptional CSS Techniques and Examples

Excellent CSS techniques and examples that showcases the capabilities and robustness of CSS. You’ll see a variety of techniques such as image galleries, drop shadows, scalable buttons, menus, and more - all using only CSS and HTML.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:20:01 GMT 1127 chris1234http://digg.com/users/chris1234/m.png Design 58

Jimmy Fallon To Replace Conan for 'Late Night'

Jimmy Fallon is getting ready to go back to latenight, this time as Conan O'Brien's successor on NBC's "Late Night."

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:00:56 GMT 1149 msaleemhttp://digg.com/users/msaleem/m.png Television 340

Face scans for air passengers to begin in UK this summer

From summer, unmanned clearance gates will be phased in to scan passengers' faces and match the image to the record on the computer chip in their biometric passports.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:50:37 GMT 311 DonWiglerhttp://digg.com/users/DonWigler/m.png World News 120

Lament of the last pinball machine maker

One company, Stern Pinball, continues to mass produce the games; about 10,000 a year, a third of its heyday output, according to the NY Times. “Everybody thinks of it as retro, as nostalgia. But it’s not. These are sophisticated games. Pinball is timeless.” Yet time appears to be running out.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:40:05 GMT 486 nahsrocketeer75http://digg.com/users/nahsrocketeer75/m.png Odd Stuff 99

What Xbox Live Is Doing To Prevent GTA IV Server Riot

"...we are preparing for a spike that could be much larger than what we saw with the launches of Halo 3 and Activision's "Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare."

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:31:37 GMT 734 ctrlzeehttp://digg.com/img/udm.png Xbox 152

Ray Allen's OCD pre-game Rituals

Routine is the key to Ray Allen's success in the NBA.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:21:34 GMT 337 anderzolehttp://digg.com/users/anderzole/m.png Basketball 40

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