April 2008
AT&T to cut the price of Apple’s new iPhone →
AT&T is planning to put some extra shine on the even sleeker new Apple iPhone.When the 3G iPhone is introduced this summer, AT&T, the exclusive U.S. iPhone sales partner with Apple, will cut the…
Apple iMac 3.06GHz unboxing, hands-on, and... →
Look what arrived on our doorstep today! That’s right — the shiny, expensive new iMac that’s now equipped with that funky custom and / or overclocked 3.06GHz CPU. Take a look at us wildly unboxing…
Austrian woman's ordeal: First pictures of secret... →
Josef Fritzl, 73, admitted to police that all the children were his. Three of them - Kerstin, 19, Stefan, 18, and Felix, five - were held captive with their mother in a series of windowless rooms and…
Hans Reiser was convicted Monday of first degree... →
A jury has found an Oakland software programmer guilty in the death of his estranged wife.
Top 10 Sexually Suggestive Lines From the Star... →
Check ‘em out.
50 (Really) Stunning Pictures and Photos →
Below youll find 50 brilliant photos and stunning pictures — some pictures tell stories, some are incredibly beautiful, some are funny and some are very sad.
Official: Apple updates iMac →
As rumored last week, Apple just updated it’s iMac all-in-one desktop.
iTunes Store May Capture 1/4 of Worldwide Music by... →
Apple’s iTunes store turns five years old Monday. If trends continue, it will be selling more than one-quarter of all music globally within the next five years.
Why doesn't Microsoft out-innovate Apple? →
Microsoft spent $7.4 billion last year on research and development. Apple spent $844 million. Yet Apple seems to deliver far more innovative products to market.
What Ansel Adams Saw Through His Lens →
Adams first visited Yosemite in 1916 when he was 14 years old. On that trip, he hopped up on a tree stump to take a photo of Half Dome, then stumbled, headfirst, and accidentally pushed the shutter…
Why It Sucks to be the Younger Brother [PIC] →
Is Ubuntu usable enough for a non-tech-savvy... →
The author asks his girlfriend to perform simple tasks using a fresh Ubuntu installation. It’s surprising how some of the simple things we assume to be easy are actually hard for someone who’s never…
Your Password Must Be at Least 18770 Characters →
Error Message: Your Password Must Be at Least 18770 Characters and Cannot Repeat Any of Your Previous 30689 Passwords
File Sharing Site Offers 250GB Storage Free to... →
This story is geared towards Diggers and I just signed up for it and liked the interface, and the ability to make files either private or public and send someone a download link rather than emailing…
10 Tips for After You Install or Upgrade Ubuntu →
10 great, simple, and easy to follow tips with instructions for new and old Ubuntu users!
Why it's time to dump the Web 2.0 sobriquet once... →
First, the gloomy view: The economy is slowing down and so what’s up with the increasingly pointless me-too social-networking apps getting link love these days on Techmeme? They’re cute, but outside…
5 Important Security Apps for Linux, Mac, and... →
We’ve got you covered with five freeware or shareware security tools for Linux boxes, Macs, and Windows machines, all recommended by Ars staffers.
18 Yr Old Becomes Youngest College Professor in... →
Now 19, Alia Sabur is a PhD engineer, black belt in martial arts and music prodigy.
Tips for improving gas mileage 30% or more →
Area gas prices reached record highs again yesterday, and crude oil neared $120 a barrel. So, how would you like to improve your fuel economy by 30 percent or more without buying a new car?
The Pirate Bay Smashes 12,000,000 BitTorrent Users →
The notorious Pirate Bay BitTorrent tracker has reached yet another milestone as it serves more than 12 million peers. The site is also throwing down a challenge: They want every Pirate Bay peer to…
Florida considers Christian license plate →
Florida drivers can order more than 100 specialty license plates celebrating everything from manatees to the Miami Heat, but one now under consideration would be the first in the nation to explicitly…
Massive Desktop Linux deployment (52 MILLION new... →
KDE on Linux has stepped up to become the software platform in the primary school education system in Brazil. That may sound like a bold claim, but the numbers are staggering and speak for…
Policeman Tases Guy, Sets His Pants on Fire →
Ok, we know bad things can happen when the general public use tasers, but cops tasing a guy and setting him on fire? No… really?
Ubuntu Hardy Heron Released! →
It’s out guys…
Apple posts profit of $1.05B, ships nearly 2.3... →
Apple said Wednesday that second-quarter profits rose over 36 percent to $1.05 billion, or $1.16 per diluted share, on sales of $7.51 billion for the three-month period ended March 29, 2008. The…
Nokia Internet Tablets get Ubuntu and Qt →
Nokia has announced plans to bring support for the Qt toolkit to the Maemo operating system used on Nokia Internet Tablet devices. Nokia is also sponsoring an Ubuntu ARM port.
7 Sides of the World’s Most Infamous Street Artist... →
The Banksy Paradox… Sounds pretty cool, well it is.
Crooks Rig ATM with Eee PC to Steal Credit Card... →
he three men were specialized in cloning credit cards at ATMs, always with the same method. As you can see in the video, the first opens one of the machines, then another one comes to help him with…
LSD vs Alcohol vs Tree (hilarious cartoon) →
Intoxicated People vs Green Tree
Apple Buys Chip Designer →
Late Tuesday, in response to questions from Forbes.com, an Apple spokesman said Apple has agreed to buy a boutique microprocessor design company called PA Semi. The company, which is known for its…
Apple earnings cheat sheet: It’s all about the Mac... →
pple reports its fiscal second quarter results Wednesday and the most important item driving the quarter will be Mac sales. All eyes will be on Mac units. Apple’s Mac–despite a lot of focus on the…
Inspirational PDF Magazines →
Numerous visual arts publications from around the world are available for you to draw inspiration from. PDF magazines serve as excellent sources of both conceptual and visual
Why 'no Macs' is no longer a defensible IT... →
Why more users are demanding Macs in the Enterprise.
Coolest Wedding Rings Ever! ...Ya I know, I am a... →
There you have it, the single most profound expression of your love and superiority over token ring in a $175 dollar package. Presumably, these Ethernet rings come in both straight-through and…
Hardy Heron reflects Ubuntu Linux ambitions →
Canonical plans to release Hardy Heron, its newest version of Ubuntu Linux on Thursday, and Chief Executive Mark Shuttleworth isn’t being shy and retiring about it. “This is our most significant…
Man builds yacht in yard, now it’s stuck there →
We’re all for DIY, sometimes when you want to do something right you have to do it yourself and all that. You should plan ahead though. Don’t be like this Brit who spent five years hand-building a…
80-Year-Old Man Walks Around the World for 18... →
For the last 18 years, Harry Lee McGinnis has been walking his way around the entire globe, carrying nothing but a backpack and a walking stick.
Intel cuts quad-core price by 50 percent →
Intel posted price cuts on Sunday that included reductions of 50 percent on select quad-core processors. The chipmaker also introduced new Celeron and Core 2 Duo processor models.
Wii Owners Do Not Want New Games →
These new gamers are content with the games they have, often going no further than the Wii Sports game that comes with the machine. They don’t buy new games with the fervor of a traditional gamer who…
20+ Vista Features that Harvest User Data for... →
“in excess of 20 Windows Vista features and services are hard at work collecting and transmitting your personal data to the Redmond company. Microsoft makes no secret about the fact that Windows…
Let Best Buy "Professionally Install" Your XBox... →
Are you one of the tens of customers who has trouble inserting their XBox 360 games? Do you find the whole concept of optical media frightening? Well, Best Buy has a service for you! For a low, low…
Son-Of-A-Bitch Mouse Solves Maze Researchers Spent... →
University of Iowa neuroscientists studying spatial learning and the effects of stress on memory announced Tuesday that a little son-of-a-bitch mouse ruined an experiment on cognitive performance by…
Dockers refuse to unload China arms shipment for... →
South African dockers are refusing to unload a Chinese cargo ship carrying 77 tonnes of small arms destined for Zimbabwe. The arms, including three million rounds of ammunition suitable for AK47s and…
1 Strawberry + Baking Powder = Whiter Teeth →
The secret to this inexpensive home whitening method is malic acid, which acts as an astringent to remove surface discoloration. Combined with baking soda, strawberries become a natural…
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Release Candidate Released →
The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the Release Candidate for Ubuntu8.04 LTS (Long-Term Support) on desktop and server. Codenamed “HardyHeron”, 8.04 LTS continues Ubuntu’s proud tradition of…
Japanese Buddhist Temple Rejects Olympic Torch... →
A major Buddhist temple has withdrawn from plans to host Japan’s opening stage of the Olympic torch relay.
Praying passenger removed from plane at NY airport... →
When flight attendants urged the man, who was carrying a religious book, to take his seat, he ignored them, Brafman said. Two friends, who were seated, tried to tell the attendants that the man…
Muxtape With Coverflow Using Fluid →
Muxtape: social webapp for sharing music playlists. Fluid: Mac desktop app for creating site-specific browsers with coverflow browsing.Put em together, and here’s what you get. Hawt!
The 5 Historical Figures Who Died The Weirdest... →
Some people aren’t content to get their names in the footnotes of history and then quietly expire. These brave few achieve greatness and then top it off by kicking the bucket in a way so ridiculously…
The Decline and Fall of Tech on Digg →
If you’re a fan of digg, you’ve probably been noticing that tech stories are becoming less and less a feature of the social news site. The reason? Digg is attempting to attract a large mainstream…