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Beat the heat Wednesday, August 20, 2008 @ 3:30AMCooking Class with Michael Knock
Lights? Speed? Remote! Wednesday, August 20, 2008 @ 2:40AMIt is always fun to get a new gadget – if you can figure it out. Must be a guy thing, but marveling at new technology and how wireless things work is still a fascinating thing for me.
Go Go with Gadgets Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 11:48PMBy this point in the hurricane season, many families probably have the hurricane kit essentials together: nonperishable food, drinking water, batteries and flashlights. But survival can be so much more cushy than that, even after a hurricane.
Face Recognition Varies by Culture Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 7:25PM The way people recognize faces might say a lot about what culture they come from, scientists now reveal.
Ellen Gushes About Wedding To Portia Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 6:45PMEllen DeGeneres just released a statement gushing about how happy she is about her wedding to Portia de Rossi. The couple tied the knot in front of close friends and family this past weekend at their Beverly Hills home. The ...
Fontana police get a boost in their tech tools Monday, August 18, 2008 @ 1:13AMFONTANA - The City Council recently approved the purchase of new tools to fight crime. The Police Department will get a tactical crisis response system for about $30,500 and 20 hand-held radios for about $66,000.
Engineer prof polishes strokes for U.S. Olympics swimmers Monday, August 18, 2008 @ 12:08AMWe watch Olympic swimming and see Michael Phelps rocket across the pool at impossible speeds. Professor Timothy Wei watches Olympic swimmers and sees engineering questions.
DMX To Stay In Jail Sunday, August 17, 2008 @ 1:30PMAs you guys have probably heard, DMX was arrested for the millionth time on Thursday. Things have changed this time around though because the judge has revoked his bail bond so he will remain in jail probably until his court ...
Ellen and Portia Get Married! Sunday, August 17, 2008 @ 1:00PMCongrats to Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi who tied the knot in an intimate ceremony on Saturday night. "Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi were married tonight in an intimate ceremony at their home in Los Angeles," their spokesperson ...
Is Hilary Duff Engaged? Saturday, August 16, 2008 @ 2:15PMHilary Duff has sparked engagement rumors after she was photographed leaving Hollywood hotspot Il Sole sporting a ring on her wedding finger Friday night. Duff, who has been dating her hockey player beau Mike Comrie for a little over a ...
Howard Stern Getting Married Today Saturday, August 16, 2008 @ 2:15PMHoward Stern and his longtime girlfriend Beth Ostrosky are finally getting hitched today. The couple has planned a quiet ceremony on the beach, which will include just family and close friends. Beth will wear an Alice + Olivia white cotton sundress, ...
Amy Winehouse Takes 12 Year Old Clubbing Saturday, August 16, 2008 @ 2:00PMAmy Winehouse proved what a responsible godparent she can be by taking her 12 year old goddaughter Dionne Bromfield out clubbing with her in London. A source tells British newspaper The Daily Mirror, "Amy was in a right state, slurring ...
Best Back-to-School Gadgets Saturday, August 16, 2008 @ 12:26PMCheck out our picks for high-tech back-to-school tools.
Seen on Saturday morning: August 16th Saturday, August 16, 2008 @ 9:58AMBACK TO SCHOOL GADGETS
Lauren Conrad Disturbing The Peace Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 11:15AMThose Hills girls can be a rowdy bunch! Earlier in week Lauren Conrad was on Ryan Seacrest’s Morning Show on KIIS FM where she talked about the fact that her house has become a hot spot for tour buses, ...
Hulk Has To Pay $40k A Month In Spousal Support Thursday, August 14, 2008 @ 6:45PMA ruling has been made in the Hulk Hogan/Linda Hogan case. A Pinellas County judge ruled today that they do not have to purchase the condo that Linda wanted in Las Vegas, but Hulk did not want. They had ...
Online Thursday, August 14, 2008 @ 6:00PMDrool over some high-resolution food photography at this site and then perhaps find inspiration for dinner.
Sonoma Guide Thursday, August 14, 2008 @ 5:42PMThe best hotels, restaurants, spas, wineries and more in Sonoma County
15 Great Gadgets for the Back-to-School Crowd Thursday, August 14, 2008 @ 5:27PMDevices that can help you at work or play, in the classroom or the dorm.
Ryan Adams Misses Mandy Moore Thursday, August 14, 2008 @ 4:00PMMandy Moore and Ryan Adams went their separate ways about a month ago, but Ryan may be rethinking his decision to break up with Mandy after this was posted on his official website. It lists the ways to be a ...
Firms strop goods as facial hair finds favor Thursday, August 14, 2008 @ 3:59PMJapanese men have long shunned facial hair, as many companies frowned on employees with beards or mustaches, or even prohibited them in the workplace. But society has recently become more tolerant of facial hair. Many young Japanese have begun to feel that it is cool and fashionable to sport beards or mustaches after baseball player Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners, former soccer player ...
Christian Bale To Avoid Assault Charges Thursday, August 14, 2008 @ 12:45PMChristian Bale will reportedly be able to evade charges that he assaulted his mother and sister last month in London. Bale is due in court next month, and according to The Sun, British Crown Prosecution Service lawyers have advised police ...
Five Best Desktop Search Applications [Hive Five] Thursday, August 14, 2008 @ 12:27PMAs hard drives grow ever cheaper and capacious, keeping track of every file single file is a job suited to no one. Luckily desktop search applications have improved in leaps and bounds beyond the...
Depp, Farrell and Law Donate Paychecks To Matilda Ledger Thursday, August 14, 2008 @ 12:15PMJohnny Depp, Colin Farrell , and Jude Law all took over for the role Heath Ledger started to play in his last movie before his death, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus. The three all play different versions of the character in ...
Casey Has Not Been That Bad! Thursday, August 14, 2008 @ 11:45AMYesterday, In Touch Weekly released their new issue and the cover story was about Casey Aldridge’s other girlfriend Kelli Dawson speaking out, claiming that he’s been unfaithful. Kelli claimed that she was doing the naughty with Casey while ...
Micron introduces eMMC in 32GB Wednesday, August 13, 2008 @ 11:56PMMicron Technology announced introduction of its latest e-MMC embedded devices in 32GB of memory density, which are composed of 34nm multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash chips. Customer samplings are expected in late August with mass production expected in the second half of 2008.
iPig speaker system for iPod, MP3 players Wednesday, August 13, 2008 @ 9:21PMDistributor Speakal announced it has brought the iPig docking station, complete with five speaker,s to the US market. The iPig is rated at 25W of total power, and includes a 4-inch subwoofer with adjustable bass control. In addition to being compatible with iPods via included cradles, charging them via their docks, the iPig will also connect to por...
Mark Consuelos To Marry Howard Stern Wednesday, August 13, 2008 @ 6:19PMWho knew the Ripa-Consuelos fam was so tight with Howard! Stern is getting gready to marry longtime girlfriend Beth Ostrosky this October, and Mark Consuelos is going to be their minister! Mark is an ordained minister, and apparently Howard ...
No More Justin Bobby For Audrina? Wednesday, August 13, 2008 @ 5:49PMThe last season of The Hills often showed Audrina Patridge in tears over the douchiness of her on again-off again boyfriend Justin Bobby. But it seems she may have decided to kick him to the curb once and for ...
Will Deadly Pythons Spread Beyond Florida? Wednesday, August 13, 2008 @ 1:15PM Earlier this year, a U.S. Geological Survey report found that climate conditions favored the possible spread of Burmese pythons from Florida to as many as 32 states as the planet warms.
Spooky Physics: Signals Seem to Travel Faster Than Light Wednesday, August 13, 2008 @ 12:05PM Strange events that Einstein himself called "spooky" might happen at least 10,000 times the speed of light, according to the latest attempt to understand them.
Lanner announces high-performance network appliance using new Intel SoCs Wednesday, August 13, 2008 @ 4:22AMLanner Electronics has announced the launch of the FW-7570 network appliance, a high-performance compact rackmount appliance built on the Intel EP80579 Integrated Processor with QuickAssist Technology system-on-chip (SoC). The system is designed as a platform for a wide range of network communication applications such as gateway security, antivirus, anti-spam, load balancing and unified threat ...
Best Buy says to sell Apple iPhone in the U.S. Tuesday, August 12, 2008 @ 9:38PMBy Karen Jacobs
Adrian Grenier and Isabel Lucas Split Tuesday, August 12, 2008 @ 6:55PMWe all saw this one coming! Adrian Grenier and Isabel Lucas have split. Grenier reportedly split with Lucas after the Shia LaBeouf accident ordeal. If y’all remember, Lucas was the passenger in LaBeouf’s car when he got into ...
Peaches Geldorf Gets Married Tuesday, August 12, 2008 @ 6:54PMPeaches Geldorf, daughter of Sir Bob Geldorf, has reportedly gotten married! No drug overdose is slowing that girl down! The nineteen year-old socialite married 23 year-old Max Drummey, the drummer of rock band Chester French, in a quickie ...
Peaches Geldof Gets Married Tuesday, August 12, 2008 @ 6:54PMPeaches Geldof, daughter of Sir Bob Geldof, has reportedly gotten married! No drug overdose is slowing that girl down! The nineteen year-old socialite married 23 year-old Max Drummey, the drummer of rock band Chester French, in a quickie ...
Tourists Love Lauren Conrad Tuesday, August 12, 2008 @ 6:54PMWho knew Lauren Conrad was so famous? The reality show darling says that tour buses stop by her $2.3 million dollar Hollywood Hills home "between 15 and 20 times a day — with speakers!" Lauren was an in studio guest ...
Everything Is Peachy With The Panettieres Tuesday, August 12, 2008 @ 10:34AMThere was all this drama yesterday when Hayden Panettiere’s dad was arrested for allegedly hitting his wife. He was released on bail around 1:30PM and was right back by his wife’s side. Lesley and Alan were just “...
INL Researchers Developing New Solar Energy Collector Monday, August 11, 2008 @ 4:33PMResearchers have devised an inexpensive way to produce plastic sheets containing billions of nanoantennas that collect heat energy generated by the sun and other sources. The technology is the first step toward a solar energy collector that could be mass-produced on flexible material.
Study: The Pose of a Champion is Innate Monday, August 11, 2008 @ 4:05PM Everyone knows what an Olympic champion looks like, and apparently, how to behave like one.
Self-Defense: Why Chili Peppers Pack Heat Monday, August 11, 2008 @ 4:05PM The spicy heat that sears your taste buds when you bite into tacos slathered with hot salsa is actually a defense mechanism that some chili peppers use against fungi, a new study finds. And this anti-fungal chemistry also could be why chilies were among the earliest domesticated crops in the New World as they were probably found by early Native Americans to be a safe food in a world full of ...
Life sparks in an ashtray Monday, August 11, 2008 @ 3:30AMPUNE, INDIA: No one is spared from ending up in ashes. Not even a brilliant idea or a cool technology or a great product in the making. It can happen to anyone. But what matters is rising out of the ashes and learning your lessons well.
How the Wright Brothers Changed the World Sunday, August 10, 2008 @ 11:55PM Each Monday, this column turns a page in history to explore the discoveries, events and people that continue to affect the history being made today.
Anne Hathaway Stronger Person After Split Sunday, August 10, 2008 @ 3:12PMAnne Hathaway split from her bad news boyfriend a few months ago and Anne thinks that the split has made her a stronger person. Anne split with Raffaello Follieri just before he got arrested on multiple charges and she has ...
America Ferrera Is Over Gossip Girl Talk Sunday, August 10, 2008 @ 2:57PMAmerica Ferrera and Blake Lively were out and about this past week promoting their new flick, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2. They both were on Good Day LA when the conversation switched from the traveling pants to Gossip Girl. ...
Lisa Marie Presley Excited To Meet New Family Sunday, August 10, 2008 @ 2:57PMIt was recently revealed that Lisa Marie Presley will be having twins in the coming months. Well, she has written a Myspace Blog talking about how thrilled she and husband Michael Lockwood are to meet the twins for the first ...
New Material Could Make Objects Invisible Sunday, August 10, 2008 @ 1:20PM Scientists have taken another step toward the goal of rendering objects invisible using high-tech cloaks that redirect light.
Jackson shows he can make some moves for Eagles Sunday, August 10, 2008 @ 3:25AMPITTSBURGH - Forget for a moment that Charley Casserly works for the Eagles on their television network in the preseason. Instead, focus on the fact he was an NFL general manager for more than two decades.
Rat Pack reveled in Vegas; revered by the world Sunday, August 10, 2008 @ 2:00AMThu, May 15, 2008 (3 a.m.)
Elizabeth Edwards Speaks Out Saturday, August 9, 2008 @ 10:42AMElizabeth Edwards has written a personal blog on Dailykos responding to all the drama that her family has been involved in. John Edwards shocked a lot of people when he went public about an affair he had in 2006. Elizabeth ...