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Diggs: New Xbox Experience Intro Video on First Launch After Update

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:48:31 GMT

Last night i was lucky enough to be one of the first to receive the update for the New Xbox Experience. This is the opening video after it downloaded and installed on my Xbox 360.

Diggs: Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) Due in Q1 2009

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:29:44 GMT

Apple's Director of Engineering of Unix Technologies Jordan Hubbard spoke at LISA '08 last week. LISA (or Large Installation System Administration Conference) is a technical conference targeted at engineers and system administrators. This year's conference invited Apple's Jordan Hubbard to speak ...

Diggs: CRAZY cool javascript : Edit whatever you want on ANY page : Images, Text.

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:09:02 GMT

This is cool! GO to any web page, clear the address bar, and paste this: "javascript:document.body.contentEditable='true'; document.designMode='on'; void 0" (without the quotes) and hit enter. Feel free to edit whatever you want on the page!

Diggs: Jinni Launches "Pandora for Movies"

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:49:38 GMT

Jinni Helps You Pick The Perfect Flick: Movies are easier to access than ever, but many of us still struggle with the age old question, "What to watch?"

Diggs: Chinese pirates crack Blu-ray DRM, sell pirated HD discs

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:19:34 GMT

A recent bust in China netted several hundred pirated HD discs ripped from Blu-ray masters. The discs were only 720p, not 1080p, but their mere existence shows that Blu-ray's amped-up DRM schemes, AACS and BD+, won't be enough to stop pirates.

Diggs: Cloverfield 2: Coming Soon, Unless It Isn't. WTF?

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:56:56 GMT

Never has a green-lit "go" movie been so...inert? Funny, irreverent look at the uncertainty surrounding the non-start of Cloverfield 2 -- w/some suggested plot scenarios to help kick-start things.

Diggs: 25+ Images That Might Give Geeks a Hard On

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:35:29 GMT

We like to be called geeks ourselves but contrary to the popular belief, geeks are not nerds. Geeks are good looking and nerds are well, nerdy.

Diggs: Victory in Vomit: The Sickening Secret of Mirror's Edge

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:37:34 GMT

I've played plenty of FPSs that required me to navigate ridiculous, zero-G boss lairs that were suspended over improbable heights, and none of those ever made me feel nauseated. Why does this game get its hooks into my brain so effectively? I think it's because Mirror's Edge is the first game to hack your proprioception... I think

Diggs: The Big Bang Was an Explosion OF Space, Not IN Space

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:31:20 GMT

The Big Bang Was an Explosion OF Space, Not IN Space

Diggs: Call of Duty: World at War - Review

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:28:54 GMT

Does Call of Duty: World at War prove the critics wrong and show that Treyarch can do just as great a job with the franchise as Infinity Ward, or is it just another World War II game that does nothing to make its mark? Read on for the official review ...

Diggs: Yoda Cat Has Force [PIC]

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:36:19 GMT

My bookmarks: Make Everyday Photos Look More Professional

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:34:59 GMT

Using this tutorial, you can make almost any photo look professional — or at least better than amateur. With this simple photo retouching process, you’ll be able to put a professional polish on any photo you take.

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Tags: tutorial, image, amateur, professional, photo, photoshop, picture

Diggs: 50 Beautiful Examples Of Tilt-Shift Photography

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:23:07 GMT

Below, we present 50 beautiful examples of tilt-shift photography. All examples are linked to their sources. We strongly encourage you to explore other works of the photographers we’ve featured in this post.

Diggs: Cyber-Hackers Break Into IMF Computer

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:46:22 GMT

Cyber-Hackers Break Into IMF Computer System, Cyber-hackers attacked the Washington, D.C.-based International Monetary Fund, which provoked a shutdown of IMF computers that lasted for several days.

Diggs: God Angrily Clarifies 'Don't Kill' Rule He Made for Humans

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:28:03 GMT

Responding to recent events on Earth, God, the omniscient creator-deity worshipped by billions of followers of various faiths for more than 6,000 years, angrily clarified His longtime stance against humans killing each other Monday. (This may just be the most serious Onion story ever written.)

Diggs: Customize Your Own Killer "Enigma" Desktop

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:37:44 GMT

Customizing your Windows desktop to get a similar "Enigma" effect on your own system.

Diggs: George W Bush could pardon spies involved in torture

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:33:26 GMT

George W Bush is considering issuing pardons for US spies embroiled in allegations of torture just before he leaves the White House.

Diggs: Butanol Could be a Much Better Gas Replacement Than Ethanol

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 03:17:20 GMT

The technology to make biobutanol, a non-food based biofuel, cost-competitive with gasoline isn’t here yet, but companies in the know say that it could be by 2010. Butanol is much less corrosive than ethanol and has a similar energy content to gasoline.

Diggs: Obama's First Weekly YouTube Address

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:43:03 GMT

My bookmarks: com.bydust.ajax

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:33:47 GMT

JavaScript class that automatically converts your static website into a full-blown ajaxed website.

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Tags: javascript, ajax, web 2.0, programming, convert, html