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WALL-E Out to Save Earth With It's Environmental Message

Pixar is giving us another lonely robot with an environmental mission in "WALL•E." WALL•E is not drifting through outer space; it's alone on Earth, working to clean up a trashed planet.

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:00:21 GMT 63 pitchblack16http://digg.com/users/pitchblack16/m.png Movies 7

Robots Ready To Support Soldiers On The Battlefield

Intelligent armed vehicles that use GPS, laser and heat-recognition technology are close to being deployed in hotspots

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:04:09 GMT 197 domfosnzhttp://digg.com/users/domfosnz/m.png World News 36

The "real life Ron Burgundy" dead at 70

Former TV news anchorman Ron Hunter also was compared to Ted Baxter for his "pompadoured pomposity."

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 08:45:15 GMT 128 bill80http://digg.com/users/bill80/m.png Television 26

The best, worst & strangest foreign covers of Canadian songs

For decades, musicians around the world have reinterpreted English-Canadian pop-rock classics, and the results range from profoundly moving to extremely irritating. For your Canada Day listening pleasure, here’s a sampling of Canadian hits covered by artists from Britain, the U.S. and Australia. [Includes Multiple Youtube Links]

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 08:20:04 GMT 109 FallOutBoyTontohttp://digg.com/users/FallOutBoyTonto/m.png Music 17

7 Sites Redone, If Girls Ruled the Internet Instead of Boys

LOL omg like who doesn't really love puppies!?!

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 08:00:04 GMT 434 stephcvhttp://digg.com/users/stephcv/m.png Comedy 124

Nvidia says no to free drivers, I say no to Nvidia

So in short, the deal is, you get the card, but the only way to use it is to rent a driver to which you have an incomplete access, thereby making your fruitful use of the card consistently dependent on Nvidia and, quite obviously, therefore limiting the control you as a supposed owner of the card really have over it

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:40:03 GMT 415 defryskhttp://digg.com/users/defrysk/m.png Linux/Unix 142

42 Extremely Creative Advertisements I have Ever Seen!

Some extremely creative advertisement images which have amazing ideas and inspiration for designers. Just take a look at them.

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:20:05 GMT 313 annjayhttp://digg.com/users/annjay/m.png Design 63

Louisiana passes first antievolution "academic freedom" law

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has signed the Louisiana Science Education Act into law, singling out evolution, origins of life, and global warming for criticism. Let 1,000 Dover trials bloom!

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:10:03 GMT 412 HafizDhttp://digg.com/users/HafizD/m.png General Sciences 164

Meet the Man Who Could Destroy Photogragraphy

Julius von Bismarck's 'Image Fulgurator' projects stealth images into the photographs of strangers, while keeping those images invisible to human eyes. Depending on whom you ask, it's either a clever hack or an obnoxious intrusion. Naturally, we had to find out more.

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:00:07 GMT 464 Overmind12812http://digg.com/users/Overmind12812/m.png Gadgets 109

24 is lost in time

Four years have passed, the season will have a full complement of episodes, and more...

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:00:04 GMT 250 AmyVernonhttp://digg.com/users/AmyVernon/m.png Television 55

Future Doctors Support Medical Marijuana

The AMA's med student branch, the Medical Student Section, unanimously passed a resolution supporting medical marijuana at the AMA national convention this month. With the other large national med student group, the American Medical Student Association, already supporting it, it looks like therapeutic cannabis has a future in US medicine.

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 06:20:03 GMT 406 alapoethttp://digg.com/users/alapoet/m.png Health 58

Do You Hate Your Neighbor?

Ever wonder about the people who will live around you when you are thinking of moving into a new place. Check out who is likely to be the person to make your new housing life a living hell.

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 06:10:04 GMT 302 NewsFeedhttp://digg.com/users/NewsFeed/m.png People 47

Firefox Addiction... It's an Epidemic!

The world is in need of healing. Firefox 3 provides so many options and tools that users become addicted and unable to do anything with these add-ons. The Firefox Addiction Treatment Recovery Center are here to help.

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 05:50:02 GMT 405 RicardoWilliamshttp://digg.com/users/RicardoWilliams/m.png Software 95

10 Out of Place Songs That Work Really Well In Movies

Great songs that you'd think don't belong in a scene, but they work perfectly.

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 05:40:03 GMT 265 bixby1http://digg.com/users/bixby1/m.png Movies 49

Colbert Explains Upside Of Gas Crisis

"What's Good For Big Oil Is Good For America"

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 05:10:03 GMT 411 irfanmphttp://digg.com/users/irfanmp/m.png Comedy 43

Greenpeace crashes coal meeting using phony front

Posing as a pro-coal organization, activists infiltrated an industry conference yesterday. At a booth and in official conference materials the Greenpeace team promoted a fake url that redirects readers to www.coal-is-dirty.com. They also distributed asthma inhalers and business cards declaring their phony front group is a joke, as is clean coal.

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 04:50:02 GMT 319 CaptainPlanethttp://digg.com/users/CaptainPlanet/m.png Environment 68

US Calls for Moratorium on Solar...WHA?!

The world is such a strange place. Faced with the burgeoning demand sunny land in the southwest United States, the Bureau of Land Management has decided to put a two-year moratorium new solar power plants. During this period, they're going to be doing studies on the impact that solar power plants have on desert habitat and wildlife.

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 04:30:02 GMT 741 Overmind12812http://digg.com/users/Overmind12812/m.png Environment 162

Wine 1.1.0 Released

The first release after 1.0 in the development branch, give it good testing,

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 04:10:03 GMT 423 ruskiehttp://digg.com/img/udm.png Linux/Unix 73

Can Republicans Love Oil and Be Green at the Same Time?

Florida Governor, and potential McCain running-mate, Charlie Crist has signed a $1.75 billion deal to preserve the Everglades, yet he also supports oil-drilling off the Florida coast. Will the real Governor Crist please stand up?

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 04:00:03 GMT 253 peppapig100http://digg.com/img/udm.png Environment 86

The 10 Worst Top-Shelf CG Cartoon Movies Ever Made

Today, unanimously beloved animation powerhouse Pixar will release their latest work for nerds, movie critics and children around the world to fawn excessively over, Wall*E. It’s a reminder that we live in a golden age for animated movies, where the best of them have universal appeal to kids and adults alike and sometimes are considered among the b

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:50:05 GMT 581 diggbosshttp://digg.com/users/diggboss/m.png Comics & Animation 208

The Best Countries For Business

Denmark tops our annual list of the best (and worst) places in the world for business

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:50:03 GMT 298 realestateboxhttp://digg.com/users/realestatebox/m.png Business & Finance 41

5 Ways to Make Your Company Gen Y-Friendly

Facing a potential onslaught of baby boomer retirements and a smaller pool of Generation X employees to replace them, IT managers who want to create or sustain a Best Place to Work environment will need the additional help of another group of professionals: Generation Y.

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:40:15 GMT 305 vatshttp://digg.com/users/vats/m.png Tech Industry News 114

APOD: M81 Feeding a Black Hole

This impressive color composite shows spiral galaxy M81 across the electromagnetic spectrum. It combines X-ray data (blue) from the Chandra Observatory, infrared data (pink) from the Spitzer Space Telescope, and an ultraviolet image (purple) from the GALEX satellite, with a visible light (green) Hubble image.

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:20:03 GMT 398 jaybolhttp://digg.com/users/jaybol/m.png Space 27

30+ Must-Have Updated Firefox 3 Extensions

We’ve put together a list of 30+ must-have Firefox 3 extensions that we know you’ll enjoy, whether you’ve upgraded to Firefox 3 and are looking for something new to add to your browser, or have yet to make the upgrade and are looking for a reason.

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:00:03 GMT 1286 MediaSighthttp://digg.com/users/MediaSight/m.png Software 120

The Real Wall-E: meet uBot-5 a high-tech personal assistant

The new Disney movie WALL-E features robots of the future actively helping humans, but the future is now. This ScienCentral News video reports on a real robot that could make it possible to check in on an elderly relative, help around the house, and even perform a physical exam from hundreds of miles away.

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:40:02 GMT 366 nickfartzonehttp://digg.com/users/nickfartzone/m.png Gadgets 48

Sony has lost over $3 billion on the PS3

Think you paid too much for your Playstation 3? Don't expect any sympathy from Sony.

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:20:08 GMT 971 msaleemhttp://digg.com/users/msaleem/m.png Gaming Industry News 247

Super Mario Marathon For Child's Play - LIVE ON USTREAM :)

Three gamers, seven games, fifty-five hours, all for the sake of the children. The trio is broadcasting their Super Mario Marathon live all weekend via UStreamTV, kicking off at 3PM Eastern and going until all the games are completed or they go crazy and turn on each other.

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:10:03 GMT 816 SporeCreaturehttp://digg.com/users/SporeCreature/m.png Nintendo 79

Connecticut Senator Searching for "Rape Scene" In GTA IV

Anyone who’s played GTA IV remembers that infamous rape scene in the game, which allowed to accumulate points and…what’s that? You…you don’t remember that? Oooooh, that’s right, because there wasn’t one. Well, try explaining that to Connecticut Senator, Gayle Slossberg (D).

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:00:03 GMT 958 xBBxhttp://digg.com/users/xBBx/m.png Gaming Industry News 173

Straight-to-Web video camcorder is easy to use

(CNET) -- The Flip Video Mino is the fourth generation of Pure Digital's popular straight-to-Web mini camcorder, designed to make shooting and sharing low-resolution videos very easy.

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:50:05 GMT 295 LewPhttp://digg.com/users/LewP/m.png Gadgets 27

This Entire Neighborhood has Shared Solar Heating

A community in Canada has an unusual form of solar power that can provide over 90% of the annual heating and hot water needs for its 52 homes, despite being situated in a cold Alberta location where winter temperatures can reach -33 degrees C (-27 F).

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:50:03 GMT 530 sustainabloggerhttp://digg.com/users/sustainablogger/m.png Environment 40

How to Drive the World's Fastest Roads [using Google Maps]

Modern sports cars can hit 200 miles per hour right off the assembly line, but you're lucky to crawl more than 60 mph on your commute. Take heart: If you're willing to travel, you can find a playground for the lead-footed on almost any continent....

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:40:03 GMT 348 skoredhttp://digg.com/users/skored/m.png Motorsport 52

For Digg.com Users From Ralph Nader

http://digg.com/elections/ now live!

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:30:03 GMT 801 justjeninsfhttp://digg.com/users/justjeninsf/m.png US Elections 2008 354

Rogers, you ruined my iPhone dream.

With all these shity data plans, Rogers really screwed by iPhone dream.

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:20:03 GMT 1819 fyrogershttp://digg.com/img/udm.png Apple 248

Athletes use Viagra for Competitive Edge

Athletes looking for a Performance Boost are increasingly turning to a little blue pill more usually taken for its off-the-field benefits: Viagra.

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:10:03 GMT 294 lucy22http://digg.com/users/lucy22/m.png Health 64

VelociRaptors In RAID 5, A Case Study In Speed

The team at HotHardware decided to RAID up not two but three WD VelociRaptor drives in a RAID 5 configuration with an Areca PCIe X8 hardware RAID card, to see what the numbers looked like. This is only a quick-take on read performance but it certainly gives you a sense of scale and what these drives are capable of in the right environment.

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:00:03 GMT 403 diggbosshttp://digg.com/users/diggboss/m.png Hardware 69

Relationship Between Energy Costs & Potential War with Iran

Discussion in the House of Representatives about the relationship between the cost of oil and threat of war with Iran, highlighting the irresponsible foreign policy that threatens to escalate the problem.

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:50:07 GMT 829 Cache22http://digg.com/users/Cache22/m.png Political News 192

McCain's Eight Most Inappropriate Jokes

Everyone likes a presidential candidate with a decent sense of humor. But John McCain has a history of of making off-color jokes, ranging from the bizarre, to the inappropriate, to the downright vicious. A look at the most shocking.

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:40:06 GMT 622 jdrexelhttp://digg.com/img/udm.png US Elections 2008 128

U.S. Treasury Prepares New $5 Bill [PIC]

Coming soon to a cash register near you. The old $5 bills will continue to be accepted and recirculated until they wear out.

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:30:03 GMT 1851 mark076hhttp://digg.com/users/mark076h/m.png Business & Finance 250

The 25 Worst Television Dramas Of All Time

TV Crunch has proposed this list as the 25 worst television dramas. Do you agree?

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:20:06 GMT 581 mpind176http://digg.com/users/mpind176/m.png Television 77

Exclusive: Hellboy II Film Clip!

Check out the exclusive clip below entitled "Johann smacks Red around the locker room"

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:10:03 GMT 461 msaleemhttp://digg.com/users/msaleem/m.png Movies 61

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