T-SHIRT WAR!! (stop-motion music video)

Creative stop motion video at its finest.

Is the Perfect Car-Key Copier Good News for Thieves?

The Impressioner consists of a sensor that goes into the lock and sends information back to a computer via USB about the location of the lock's tumblers—a corresponding computer program comes up with the code, depending on the make of car you've entered beforehand. Once you know the code, a key-cutting machine can use it to carve up a key.

The Opportunity Cost of Denny's Free Grand Slam [Graphic]

A handy chart with which you can figure out if Denny's "free" Grand Slam offer really is worth your while.

Netflix Streaming Getting a 1080p Upgrade

Oh hey there, mixed messaging! As Netflix makes the case to Wii owners that they really aren't missing anything by not streaming HD, word from CNET is that Netflix instant streaming is making the jump to 1080p, with 5.1 audio.

Toyota Ad + Zombies = Foreshadowing?

The creepy Toyota ads in Complex magazine can be seen as ironic in the wake of the sudden acceleration and Prius brake recalls.

How Twitter Stole Digg's Thunder

There was a time where every blog under the Sun had the ubiquitous "Digg" button so that you could vote their stories up on the popular news aggregation site, but seemingly over night those buttons got replaced with the Twitter ReTweet buttons from TweetMeme. What happened? What caused this sudden shift in the social landscape?

Side by Side??? (PIC)

Okay, my brain hurts now.

/root :the grassroots tech cafe (pic)

serving fair trade and open source. and coffee.

Toyota Recalls More Than 400,000 Cars For Faulty Brakes

The rumors were true! Toyota is recalling more cars! This time they are hauling you back to the dealer for a braking problem that is affecting several of their hybrid models...

Blue Cross asked to justify controversial rate hikes

The Obama administration called on Anthem Blue Cross on Monday to justify its controversial new rate hikes of as much as 39% for individual policyholders, saying the increases were alarming at a time when subscribers are facing skyrocketing healthcare costs.

NVIDIA Optimus Notebook Graphics Switching Impresses

Ideally, switchable notebook graphics would be seamless. Launch an app that doesn't require significant graphics resources & chipset graphics get used. Fire up a game & the discrete GPU kicks in. Up til now, a scenario like this wasn't available w/out a hard switch over and possible reboot but NVIDIA aims to change that w/ their Optimus technology.

German thief successfully robs arcade using a cup of coffee

A thief in the German town of Hamelin robbed an amusement arcade by threatening the attendant with a cup of coffee

Krugman: ‘Dark age of macroeconomics’ is upon us

In Stata Center lecture, the Nobel Prize-winning former MIT professor warns that America is replaying its past economic policy mistakes.

What English Sounds like to People in other Countries

Here are a few videos to show what English sounds like to people around the world. As English speakers, we have a lot of fun imitating what certain languages sound like to us, such as French, Italian, and Chinese.

Top 10 Games Of The Decade

It's 2010 now, baby, and the past 10 years have given us a wide variety of memorable cinematic and gaming moments: exploding Halo rings, the killing of Bill, a war against the gods and the history of violence. In the theater we saw the best superhero movies of all time. On the couch we played the greatest shooters ever created.

Twins Discover Teenage Brother’s Death on Facebook

Instead of finding happy birthday wishes, the two twins found messages of “RIP Bobby” (their brother) and “RIP Chris Naylor” (a friend of his) all across their Facebook news feeds. Completely shocked, baffled, and hurt, the two rang their brother’s phone in the hopes it was a mistake. It was to no avail.

What could go wrong? [PIC]

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House GOP Responds to Summit Invite

House GOP Leader John Boehner (R., Ohio) and Whip Eric Cantor (R., Va.) just sent White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel a letter regarding the upcoming health-care summit

How to store and organize cats [Pic]

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Sapphire Radeon HD 5570 1,024MB graphics card: the jigsaw is

Filling in the gap left by the last two launches, £60 will buy you a Radeon HD 5570 1,024MB card. We find out how good it is.

An HD Video Tour of the International Space Station

If you're a huge space buff, you might not be surprised by anything in this video tour of the International Space Station. But it's still great to just get a simple walkthrough of this incredible project and all its corners.

What’s left of The Tonight Show Studio (PICS)

Farewell, CoCo! See you on Fox (hopefully).

We're Gonna Have a Tea Party Tonight!: Henry Rollins

Just when America really needs to get to work and move forward, some of the dimmest bulbs in the country decide it’s time to turn on and lead the race to the bottom.

Lightning Reveals Its Power in Slow Motion

Tom Warner documents the powerful beauty of lightning with an array of optical and electromagnetic sensors. He often uses a Vision Research ‘Phantom’ high-speed camera.

The Faces of Afghanistan's Bomb Squad

Meet a team of Afghan volunteers who are risking their lives to disable explosives in their land.

Apple Management: iPad Prices Could Change

Apple intends to stay "nimble" on pricing of the iPad, possibly lowering prices if the newly unveiled tablet device fails to gain traction among consumers.

Iran anniversary 'punch' will stun West: Khamenei

Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday that Iran is set to deliver a "punch" that will stun world powers."The Iranian nation, with its unity and God's grace, will punch the arrogance (Western powers) on February 11 in a way that will leave them stunned.

Pregnant Woman's Water Breaks During Oprah Taping

A pregnant Toronto woman received some help from Oprah Winfrey this week after her water broke during a taping of the talk show queen's program.

The 7 Somewhat United States of Facebook

Peter Warden, a former Apple engineer, likes to analyze data — so much so that he started scraping public profiles and photos from hundreds of millions of Facebook accounts about a year ago, and now has data collected from more than 200 million around the world.

The Future of Artificial Intelligence (w/ VIDEO)

The world has come a long way since 1955 but has AI? What are AI researchers and their machine learning systems up to these days? And will there ever be a truly intelligent machine?