As my colleague Erik Larkin (along with half the Web) has reported, Friday wasn't a great day for Dateline NBC associate producer Michelle Madigan--her secret videotaping at hacker conference DEF CON in Las Vegas went really, really badly, and she was forced to flee the event.
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The objects scientists think are black holes could instead be wormholes leading to other universes, a new study says.
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There's one vote that Rudy Giuliani definitely can't count on in his 2008 presidential bid: his own daughter's. She's supporting Barack Obama.
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Barry Bonds is unquestionably guilty of the use of something that confers extraordinarily unfair mechanical advantage: the “armor” that he wears on his right elbow. Amid the press frenzy over Bonds’ unnatural bulk, the true role of the object on his right arm has simply gone unnoticed.
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a picture of what is probably going through a guitarist head at times when he is making a song.
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Four young people, including three active students at Delaware State University, were shot in the head at close range in a school parking lot, killing all but one, authorities said Sunday. The victims, all from the Newark area, were shot overnight after they were lined up against a back wall near a set of bleachers at the K-8 Mount Vernon School
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The XBox 360 has a great library of games, the Wii offers a unique gameplay experience and the PS3 is a powerhouse waiting for its potential to be unleashed. Everyone comes to the defense of their favorite consoles, but here are six things that piss me off about each of them.
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Just read the story. The end is the best.
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I recognized this immediately as I was walking through my front room... can you see what my son made? As a geek dad this made me laugh and almost made me cry.
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Well it had to happen. Honestly I can't believe it's taken this long. But as you may have heard, I've been busted by a newspaper reporter. My cover has been blown. Guy named Brad Stone, who works for the New York Times. Have you heard of him? Well, tip of the hat to you, Brad Stone. You did the sleuthing. You put the pieces of the puzzle together.
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Well it had to happen. Honestly I can't believe it's taken this long. But as you may have heard, I've been busted by a newspaper reporter. My cover has been blown. Guy named Brad Stone, who works for the New York Times. Have you heard of him? Well, tip of the hat to you, Brad Stone. You did the sleuthing. You put the pieces of the puzzle together.
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A huge, exquisitely carved marble statue of the Roman emperor Hadrian is the latest find from Sagalassos, an ancient Greco-Roman city in south-central Turkey. Archaeologists estimate that the figure was originally between 13-16 ft. in height. It is, says excavation director Marc Waelkens, one of the most beautiful portraits of Hadrian ever found.
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# 5 : Kevin Poulsen - gained national recognition for his hack into Los Angeles radio's KIIS-FM phone lines. These actions earned him a Porsche among many other items.
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Forty-three Congress Members now stand in one manner or another for impeachment.
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The always reliable hacks at The Register claim that a Microsoft employee made this video and got fired for it. Sadly, that sounds about right
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Make James Bond, MacGyver and Inspector Gadget look like ill-equipped buffoons with the jaw-dropping Wenger Giant Swiss Army Knife. As awesome as it is ridiculous, this incredible triumph of engineering is packed with 85 fully functional implements and is said to have over 100 functions.
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This is what I call cops with guts !!!
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Here is the first look at Dragonforce’s song “Through the Fire and the Flames” for Guitar Hero III. Seriously, that shit’s impossible. Just watch:
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Here is the first look at Dragonforce’s song “Through the Fire and the Flames” for Guitar Hero III. Seriously, that shit’s impossible. Just watch:
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