Tuesday, June 5, 2007

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Amazing SawStop Cuts Anything But Your Fingers

SawStop is a safety feature that immediately stops and retracts a spinning saw blade if it comes in contact with anything that even remotely resembles your finger. Check out the startling video above, where it practically self-destructs in order to save this innocent hot dog's life. More…

New MacBook Pros with Santa Rosa and LED Displays

Today, Apple has introduced the new MacBook Pros as expected. The new MacBook Pros utilize the Santa Rosa chipset and come in the following configurations: More…

NYPD Will Arrest You For Asking Questions

Robert Carnevale was arrested while videotaping an NYPD bicycle raid after he asked one of the officers for his badge number. Carole Vale, a nurse observing the scene, was also arrested when she asked why Mr. Carnevale was being detained. Mr. Carnevale was held for 22 hours and Ms. Vale was held for 13 hours. More…

Playstation 1 is an audiophile's dream?

Apparently the PS1 models SCPH-1001/2 are an audiophile's dream. Sony put in parts that make audiophiles drool. You'd have to, "spend more than $6000 on a one-box CD player to equal let alone better it." More…

CompUSA sells man empty camera box; won't issue refund

This TV news consultant bought at $270ish digital camera from a CompUSA clearance -- but only gets an empty box. A staffer blamed the buyer! "It ’s not just 'buyer beware,' it’s 'don’t be a buyer.' More…

GOP head: We need more 'attacks on American soil'

In his first interview as the chairman of the Arkansas Republican Party, Dennis Milligan told a reporter that America needs to be attacked by terrorists so that people will appreciate the work that President Bush has done to protect the country. More…

Crazy! Life in prison for $2 robbery after police found Dope in his system!

Tyrone Brown was 17 when he committed a $2 robbery, and Dean put him on probation but changed it to life in prison when Brown shortly afterward tested positive for marijuana. More…

Florida defendant goes after RIAA for fraud, conspiracy, and extortion

A Florida woman accused by the RIAA of file-sharing responds by throwing the book at the record labels. The charges she is making are becoming commonplace in the world of file-sharing litigation. More…

RIAA throws in the towel in Atlantic v. Andersen

Another file-sharing defendant has prevailed against the RIAA, as the music industry has dismissed a copyright infringement brought against a disabled single mother in Oregon. More…

‘No-Knock’ Searches Get People Killed

Last week, we were asking how police found themselves in the bedroom of a naked couple in Lancaster, Calif., in 2001, guns drawn. This led to a discussion of the problem with "no-knock" – or even "shout-once-and-storm-in" – search warrants. More…

2007 MTV Movie Awards - Sarah Silverman Takes No Prisoners

Sarah Silverman calls Paris Hilton out BIG TIME during a live airing of the MTV Movie Awards. Of course, there were awards, too. More…

Digg/Facebook App Now Live!

Hey everyone, just wanted to let you know about the latest collaboration project that Digg recently finished. I worked with the developers at Facebook and we launched a application that you can install to your Facebook Profile! More…

RIAA Accused Of Extortion and Conspiracy

Recording Industry vs The People, a new RIAA case in Tampa, Florida has some interesting counterclaims by the consumer, including extortion, conspiracy, and deceptive trade practices. More…

Addictive Game for Physics Nerds

Awesome game for those that love physics & building contraptions! More…

New iPhone Ads: what Mac ads should be


TUAW: The iPhone ads demonstrate the phone, its features, and how its amazing interface works. Why not with Macs? More…

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BREAKING ANNOUNCEMENT: The new Microsoft Surface

The launch of Microsoft Surface marks the beginning of a new technology category and a user-interface revolution. Surface, Microsoft ’s first surface computer, provides effortless interaction with digital content through natural hand gestures, touch and physical objects. Surface computing breaks down traditional barriers between people and technolog More…

Man arrested, cuffed for using $2 bills at Best Buy

A man trying to pay a fee using $2 bills was arrested, handcuffed and taken to jail after clerks at a Best Buy store questioned the currency's legitimacy and called police. According to an account in the Baltimore Sun, 57-year-old Mike Bolesta was shocked to find himself taken to the Baltimore County lockup in Cockeysville, Md., where he was ha More…

RIDICULOUS: Internet taxes could arrive by THIS autumn

The era of tax-free e-mail, Internet shopping and broadband connections could end this fall, if recent proposals in the U.S. Congress prove successful. Digg to oppose these anti-lower class and anti-economy proposals. More…

CatCam!

A guy attaches a camera to his cat to see what it gets up to all day. More…

Easiest Clock to Read EVER.

Very cool clock that I can't wait to use with the new widget feature in Leopard. More…

(VIDEO) Bill Gates Shows Off Microsoft's Touch Table

Billy Gates was on the Today Show this morning showing off his fancy new table. Want to see it in action rather than just in photos? Check the video for all sorts of goodness of it being used for all sorts of applications, such as playing with photos, wirelessly pulling photos off a camera, and ordering and paying for food using credit cards. More…

Why Mr. Rogers Was the Best Neighbor Ever

15 reasons why Mr. Rogers was, and always will be, the best neighbor, and one of televisions best entertainers, ever. More…

PIC: Perhaps the Oddest Item to Ever Hit the Amazon Stores

Words will not explain the need for something like this, other than use in Star Wars conventions More…

Amazing SawStop Cuts Anything But Your Fingers

SawStop is a safety feature that immediately stops and retracts a spinning saw blade if it comes in contact with anything that even remotely resembles your finger. Check out the startling video above, where it practically self-destructs in order to save this innocent hot dog's life. More…

Apple Releases iTunes 7.2, Launches iTunes Plus (DRM Free)

Apple released iTunes 7.2 updated in the Mac OS X Software Update tonight, which offers "iTunes Plus", Apple's new DRM-free $1.29 offerings With iTunes 7.2, preview and purchase iTunes Plus music —new higher-quality, DRM-free music downloads from participating music labels. More…

TV over Internet is already here and its free - watch it now

This site has over 320 TV channels you can watch for free in your browser. You can watch sports, movies, news, comedy, business, cartoons, adult TV and more. Most popular channels are ESPN, E-Music, ABC News, BBC, FOX, Bloomberg, Galaxy Cartoons, Comedy TV, PETN Music and of course adult channels. Site has recently been upgraded. More…

See anything wrong in this Spelling Bee photo?

Ironic to say the least. More…

189 comments Blog It Email It Topic: Offbeat New

Digg This: 09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0

"But now, after seeing hundreds of stories and reading thousands of comments, you ’ve made it clear. You’d rather see Digg go down fighting than bow down to a bigger company. We hear you, and effective immediately we won’t delete stories or comments containing the code and will deal with whatever the consequences might be." More…

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Apple Announces iPhone

Here is a pic of the iPhone from today's keynote. Runs OSX. More…

New Digg v3 Launched

It's was live just right now. The midi was fun to hear. More…

James Kim's Body Found

Spotted from helicopter More…

DuggMirror - We all use it every day - Time to show it some love by digging

Digg and DuggMirror allow all of these other sites to reach fame and fortune. How about giving duggmirror a little love and respect. We owe it to them to get as many diggs as possible. If it weren't for them, you won't have seen the Top 10 ways to XXXXXXX or the Google trick to XXXXXX. If this hits the front page, what will happen? Loops? More…

THE Crocodile Man, Steve Irwin, is dead.

It is understood he was killed by a sting-ray barb that went through his chest. He was swimming off the Low Isles at Port Douglas filming an underwater documentary and that's when it occurred. More…

Digg users right to freedom of speech, 50,000+ diggs strong!!

I calculated the overall number of diggs (and counting), of stories one way or the other related to the HD-DVD story, that made it to the front page and were submitted just after Digg ’s own “DIGG: What's Happening with HD-DVD Stories?” post submission and here are the stats: More than 50K+ diggs overall and more than 45K+ diggs on the front page. More…

Superb high resolution wallpapers (up to 2560x1600)

An excellent source for free backgrounds, sorted by user rating. The images are available in all common resolutions, from 2560x1600 down to 1024x768, and are very diversely themed. More…

Saddam Hussein - DEAD

Saddam Hussein was hanged roughly 10 minutes ago (just before 6 am local time) More…

Tired of prying eyes at work?

My boss recently decided that we'd be more productive if we adopted an open floor plan, which includes having all monitors facing outwards so he can keep a constant eye on what we're working on. In order to continue reading digg in peace, I whipped up a little proxy app which I thought some of you might find useful. More…

Women gives birth, wakes up without arms or legs

A young lady goes to the hospital to give birth and wakes up without arms or legs. The hospital refuses to explain why they left her as a multiple amputee. In a letter, they wrote that she would have to sue them to find out what happened. She can't even carry her newborn child. Help bring attention and digg it up, please. More…

BREAKING ANNOUNCEMENT: The new Microsoft Surface

The launch of Microsoft Surface marks the beginning of a new technology category and a user-interface revolution. Surface, Microsoft ’s first surface computer, provides effortless interaction with digital content through natural hand gestures, touch and physical objects. Surface computing breaks down traditional barriers between people and technolog More…

PirateBay Plans to Buy Sealand and Become Own Country

Bittorrent tracker PirateBay.org, currently based in Sweden, plans to purchase the man-made island-country, Sealand, off the coast of the UK. Sealand is its own country, and the PirateBay would not be subject to the jurisdiction of any nations if it relocated to the island. TPB is seaking donations to help go through with this plan. More…

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Simple Key Mod Makes Most All Current Locks Obsolete

The most fundamental security device in the world has been hacked in a way so simply and quickly, this could be considered the biggest hack in history. More…

A new way to test your bandwidth (and it looks pretty cool too!)

The site allows you to select servers to ping from around the country on an interactive map and graphically displays connections as they travel with varying speeds along the way. It also lets you store results of tests for your computer and sort them

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