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Translator for Smartphone by Google soon

digg.com: Stories / Popular - 6:00am Tue Feb 9 10

The Google folks are always busy in their labs bringing new technology to the users and enhancing the existing applications for a better user experience.


Retro 3-Point Shootout (Basketball) Game

digg.com: Stories / Popular - 5:50am Tue Feb 9 10

Is it just me or does a perfect 30pt game seem impossible?


Macworld Expo 2010 Caters to Apple Fans

digg.com: Stories / Popular - 5:46am Tue Feb 9 10

Like a Star Trek convention minus Leonard Nimoy, Macworld Conference and Expo 2010 kicks off Tuesday at San Francisco's Moscone Center with no official


The ultimate 'Japan only' games consoles

digg.com: Stories / Popular - 5:09am Tue Feb 9 10

Garish, customised versions of your favourite games consoles can only be found in Japan.


Dante's Inferno Interview: Of Marketing and Gods of War

digg.com: Stories / Popular - 4:49am Tue Feb 9 10

We chat with Jonathan Knight, the executive producer of EA's Dante's Inferno about the game's unique marketing, how it's harder than it looks to create a game 'God of War' and why his take on the classic poem may not be a lasting part of the story of Dante's work. It was an interesting discussion, and proved that the game may not be as easily...


NASA to Study Seeds in Space to Understand Plant Growth

digg.com: Stories / Popular - 4:39am Tue Feb 9 10

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA scientists hope to better understand exactly how and why plants grow differently in space in an experiment named, Tropi. Future astronauts may be able to grow plants as part of life support systems on long-duration space missions to the moon or Mars.


Hollywood's Version of Stretch Armstrong? Lautner + Oedekerk

digg.com: Stories / Popular - 4:19am Tue Feb 9 10

Taylor Lautner?s global box office stardom is based on his role in Twilight, which had a built-in audience and required him to do nothing but stand around with his shirt off. Meanwhile, Steve Oedekerk?s last script was for Evan Almighty, which earned $75 million less than its budget, domestically. They both have signed on for "Stretch Armstrong".


Decent DX11 Capable Gaming For $79, Radeon HD 5570 Launched

digg.com: Stories / Popular - 4:09am Tue Feb 9 10

A quick look at its model number, will reveal that the Radeon HD 5570 falls somewhere in between the Radeon HD 5450 and 5670 in AMD's current line-up. The card offers decent frame rates at moderately high resolutions for some of the latest and it's also a half-height, low-power card so perhaps ideal for an HTPC


Trends Used In Comedy Movie Posters Trom 1915 to 2010

digg.com: Stories / Popular - 4:09am Tue Feb 9 10

Movie posters are a fantastic source of inspiration for artists and designers of all kinds. Different genres of film tend to have different techniques and trends - sci-fi posters tend to be dark, gloomy and atmospheric.


Astronomy Picture of the Day

digg.com: Stories / Popular - 3:59am Tue Feb 9 10

A different astronomy and space sciencerelated image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.


How Rich People Smoke Pot - The Daily Beast

digg.com: Stories / Popular - 3:49am Tue Feb 9 10

The Volcano Vaporizer has become a coveted status symbol for posh pot smokers, who say it draws out the drug's aroma like the bouquet of a wine, and their personal trainers insist on it.


Google's Display-Ad Sales Should Top $1 Billion

digg.com: Stories / Popular - 3:49am Tue Feb 9 10

As analysts say rising demand for Internet display ads will begin paying off for Google in 2010, one asks: "Is this a $10 billion business?"


Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent | TorrentFreak

digg.com: Stories / Popular - 3:39am Tue Feb 9 10

The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, ?Avatar? tops the chart this week followed by ?Sherlock Holmes?. ?Daybreakers? completes the top three.


Tracy Morgan To Star In A 3D Jaws Remake

digg.com: Stories / Popular - 3:29am Tue Feb 9 10

Universal is strongly considering a remake of the summer blockbuster in hopes of dazzling younger audiences with new special effects. Their claim is that people now expect more, visually, from their movie going experience. Studios are inclined to take some of their tried and true franchise names like Jaws and bring them into the 3D world.


The Pirate Bay To Be Censored in Italy, Again

digg.com: Stories / Popular - 3:29am Tue Feb 9 10

Following a lengthy legal procedure the Court of Bergamo has once again ruled that Italian ISPs have to censor their networks and prevent customer access to The Pirate Bay. Millions of Italian Internet users will be denied access to the popular torrent site in an attempt to prevent copyright infringement.


Amazon River Water Being Stolen and Bottled Abroad

digg.com: Stories / Popular - 3:19am Tue Feb 9 10

A recently published report is exposing some shocking exploitation of the Amazon's natural resources--and this times it's water being stolen. Where is this water headed? According to the report, "tankers are quietly removing water" to be bottled and sold in Europe and the Middle East.


Interview with The Oatmeal.

digg.com: Stories / Popular - 3:19am Tue Feb 9 10

If you still don't know who Matthew Inman is all we can say is, shame on you! Matthew Inman is a designer and illustrator who is popular amongst internet geeks.


15 Teen Idols: Then and Now [PICS]

digg.com: Stories / Popular - 3:19am Tue Feb 9 10

These are 15 of America's teen idols of the past, and at look at where they are now.


Killer Whale Takes Down a Great White Shark (VIDEO)

digg.com: Stories / Popular - 3:09am Tue Feb 9 10

In an unprecedented sighting, a killer whale takes on a great white shark who approaches too close for comfort to the whale's pod, which includes a new calf.


Smallest eel-loach Fish Discovered

digg.com: Stories / Popular - 3:09am Tue Feb 9 10

The world's smallest species of eel-loach fish has been discovered by a Natural History Museum scientist and his colleague this month and is featured on the Museum's Species of the day today.


60 Excellent Gadget Photoshop and Illustrator Tutorials

digg.com: Stories / Popular - 3:09am Tue Feb 9 10

There are hours and hours worth of tutorials to read through, from creating your own custom MP3 player to redesigning the legendary Apple iPods, and designing retro game cartridges to photo-realistic high-definition LCD televisions, this post has it all!


Commander Dizaei jailed for perverting jusice

digg.com: Stories / Popular - 2:59am Tue Feb 9 10

Commander Ali Dizaei abused his position to arrest and falsify a case against a web designer with whom he had a personal dispute.A jury took just over two hours to find him guilty of misconduct in a public office and perverting the course of justice at the end of a four-week trial.


Photosynthesis uses quantum interactions to harvest light

digg.com: Stories / Popular - 2:59am Tue Feb 9 10

A new experimental setup using algae photosynthesis proteins shows that, when they are stimulated with light, they exchange energy via quantum interactions.


I Wanna Be Like Mike [video]

digg.com: Stories / Popular - 2:59am Tue Feb 9 10

Michael Jordan was spotted leaving a Superbowl after party last night in a brand new $300K Ferrari with his 30 year-old girlfriend Yvette Prieto...anyone else 'Wanna be like Mike"?


'Undercover Boss' is Phony, Manipulative and Entertaining

digg.com: Stories / Popular - 2:49am Tue Feb 9 10

Over 38 million watched Undercover Boss, in which executives work incognito within their own companies. Did those people see an entertaining, emotional work that celebrated American workers? Or a manipulative, cheesy piece of big-network p.r. for executives looking to burnish their image while they keep squeezing every dime out of their workforce?


3 Basic Skills to Training a Dog & Common Mistakes We Make

digg.com: Stories / Popular - 2:29am Tue Feb 9 10

Noted veterinarian and dog trainer Dr. Ian Dunbar offers a few of the "million different ways" to train a dog, outlining three simple strategies to get control of your dog. He also goes into the most common mistakes owners make when training their pup.


Microsoft Declares Itself Still Innovative, Not Clumsy

digg.com: Stories / Popular - 2:09am Tue Feb 9 10

Dick Brass, an ex-reporter who once led the charge to build tablet PCs and e-books at Microsoft, published a fairly devastating critique of his former company in The New York Times. In an op-ed, Brass portrayed the software giant as a company where visionary thinking goes to wilt and die


Dubai closes viewing deck on world's tallest building

digg.com: Stories / Popular - 1:59am Tue Feb 9 10

The observation deck on the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the tallest building in the world, closes only a month after it opened.


Insects Use Wind to Travel Efficiently at 60 MPH or Faster

digg.com: Stories / Popular - 1:49am Tue Feb 9 10

Migrating insects have evolved to take advantage very efficiently of high speed winds (up to 60 MPH, possibly more) to travel hundreds of kilometers in relatively short periods of time, all that while correcting for crosswinds taking them off-course, and expanding as little energy as possible.


Marijuana ineffective as an Alzheimer's treatment

digg.com: Stories / Popular - 1:39am Tue Feb 9 10

The benefits of marijuana in tempering or reversing the effects of Alzheimer's disease have been challenged in a new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute.


Launch (pic)

digg.com: Stories / Popular - 1:29am Tue Feb 9 10

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Are You Interested in Tablet Computing?

digg.com: Stories / Popular - 1:19am Tue Feb 9 10

We've been showered in tablet talk in the wake of the Apple iPad announcement, and while we have our problems with it (and so did you), we're still left wondering: Are you interested in some form of tablet computing?


16 Movies to Get Excited About in 2010

digg.com: Stories / Popular - 1:19am Tue Feb 9 10

Every new year means a fresh start and the promise of great things to come. What's in store for moviegoers in 2010?


12,500 Recycled Plastic Bottles Set Sail on Shakedown Cruise

digg.com: Stories / Popular - 1:09am Tue Feb 9 10

A strange looking vessel took a leisurely sail on San Francisco Bay - a shakedown voyage for a plastic, fantastic adventure that should finally start next month. The boat is the 60-foot-long catamaran Plastiki, which David de Rothschild, the 31-year-old scion of the British banking family, plans to sail across the Pacific to Australia in March.


'Fewer than 50 wild tigers' left in China

digg.com: Stories / Popular - 12:59am Tue Feb 9 10

Fewer than 50 wild tigers remain in China, a conservation group said Monday, voicing hope that the Year of the Tiger would not be the last for the endangered cats.


Even if You're Careful, Drugs Can End Up in Water- NYTimes

digg.com: Stories / Popular - 12:41am Tue Feb 9 10

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- A study in Maine shows that unused or expired medications that are thrown into the trash are showing up in landfill water, potentially putting aquatic life at risk.


Modern-Day Robofish Detect Water Pollution

digg.com: Stories / Popular - 12:10am Tue Feb 9 10

Scientists from the University of Essex in England have developed schools of robotic fish that look exactly like real fish. Except that real fish don?t have built-in GPS tracking systems and wi-fi sensors that detect areas of pollution in the water. These fish do, and are being used to detect particular pollutants in the depths of the River Thames.


State of the Unions (Infographic)

digg.com: Stories / Popular - 12:09am Tue Feb 9 10

In 2009, the number of union jobs in the public sector surpassed those in the shrinking private sector. As job loss and business failure has become increasingly commonplace, the face of unions is changing.


Creepy Locker Room Stalker Stares at Joe Rogan's HOG (Video)

digg.com: Stories / Popular - 11:59pm Mon Feb 8 10

Rogan and friends decided to catch his stalker on tape, acting as if they were filming a behind the scenes look at his life, when all they really wanted to do was catch the little pervert in the act.


Palin: When Limbaugh says 'retarded' it's fine

digg.com: Stories / Popular - 11:49pm Mon Feb 8 10

According to Sarah Palin, when Rahm Emanuel says "retarded" privately he's "indecent" and should be fired, but when Rush Limbaugh uses it publicly in the same context it's just fine!