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Windows XP continues in undeath

The chaps at InfoWorld have started a petition to save Windows XP. It's gained >30k signatures in < 7 days. Add comment

Chess champ Bobby Fischer dies

He was quirky, arrogant, and sometimes straight-up evil, but you have to at least admit that Bobby Fischer contributed much to the field of Chess. He died yesterday in Reykjavik, Iceland of kidney failure. Add comment

AOL/ICQ open up

AOL has announced it is migrating AIM and ICQ to the open XMPP for instant messaging, already in use by Jabber and Google. (via Digg) Add comment

Design police

Sticker template for the design police. Apply liberally. (via Waxy) Add comment

8080 plays Portal song

8080 Computer playing Portal's "Still Alive". Add comment

Startup pledges hydrogen from sun and water

A firm reinvents an old principle to extract hydrogen from water. Add comment

Yamaha's new musical instrument

The Tenori-On.. The next Theramin? Sounds like the future to me.... (make sure you check the videos) Add comment

HIS HD 3870 gets major props!

Video review guru 3dGameMan rates the HIS HD 3870 IceQ 3 Turbo 512MB video card a 100 percent Kick Ass product. Add comment

I think it's the chunks of pineapple.

Mountain Dew Code Red goes really well with Sweet and Sour Chicken. Add comment

Parsite turns ants into berries

First known parasite that makes its host look like fruit. Add comment

FPS-Brain: suppliments for "electronic athletes"

Yes, now you can resort to pharmaceutical "enhancements" to up your game. via Wonderland Add comment

Yahoo to add OpenID support

Yahoo throws weight behind OpenID standard. Now if only vBulletin would. Add comment

RTFMNOOB No More

The era of RTFMNOOB has come to an end. After more than a year of quizzical looks from New Yorkers, the plate is being retired, free to be claimed by the one other guy in the state who got the joke. Add comment

New language brings speed to C-descendants

Take the power of C++, sprinkle a pinch of Ruby-like productivity, and now you have D. Add comment

ATI Catalyst 8.1 Display Drivers released

8.1 is out for XP and Vista - 32 and 64 Add comment

Harvesting stem cells from human/animal DNA

Implant some human adult DNA in some cell clusters from animals, grow 14 days, harvest results. Profit! Add comment

Trial to determine what SCO owes Novell

The dramathon rolls on between the loser SCO, and the otherwise-merciful Novell. Add comment

Qimonda samples XDR

Qimonda begins testing actual samples of RAMBUS' XDR. Add comment

Scientists translate dog barks

Scientists digitized the recordings of 6,000 barks from 16 Hungarian Sheep Dogs to produce the results. Add comment

Oakland County, MI muni wifi needs $70m

Michigan's Oakland county is one of the few areas in Michigan blanket in wifi, but it's terrible, and needs a fair amount of money to fix. Add comment

New photos of Lincoln's Inauguration discovered

Four new photos of Abraham Lincoln's inauguration were re-discovered by a curator at the Library of Congress. Cool photos from 1865. Add comment