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Thinnest (Hottest?) All-in-One PC on the Block
gizmodo.com — Lenovo's IdeaCentre 600 is a pretty splashy debut: Its first ever all-in-one is a simple curved slab that's supposedly the thinnest all-in-one in the industry. More… (Tech Industry News)
Mold, Blood and Feces Found in Budget Hotel Rooms
telegraph.co.uk — Budget hotels are contaminated with blood, mould, urine and even faeces, an investigation has revealed.More… (Travel & Places)
Free Nine Inch Nails albums top 2008 Amazon MP3 sales charts
arstechnica.com — Nine Inch Nails' Ghosts I-IV topped Amazon's digital download charts in 2008, despite being offered to fans free of charge. Creative Commons touts the project as a new model for music.More… (Music)
Car Parts Made from Coconuts?
livescience.com — A team at Baylor University there has made trunk liners, floorboards and car-door interior covers using fibers from the outer husks of coconuts, replacing the synthetic polyester fibers typically used in composite materials. More… (Autos)
Upcoming Movies Nobody Cares About
cinemablend.com — We're six days into the new year, and that means everybody is abandoning ship on 2008 and looking forward to all the wonderful things 2009 has in store for us. The good folks at JoBlo for instance, have used their time machine to jump forward to the end of the year and report back on what the best movies of 2009 will be. More… (Movies)
Man Smashes Into Adult Sex Shop And Has Sex With Dolls
news.com.au — His method of entry is to smash through walls and squeeze through tight holes. The owner of the adult shop, who wished to be named only as Vogue, said that in a first unreported break-in, the man had stolen five dolls and had sex with one of them.More… (Odd Stuff)
Drugs trigger dramatic weight loss in fat mice
sciam.com — Drugs currently on the market but used for other purposes helped plump mice shed pounds by upping their response to the appetite-suppressing hormone leptin, according to a new study. Researchers say the findings offer new hope in the search for weight-loss meds that exploit the hunger-dampening hormone, first discovered some 13 years ago. More… (Health)
5 New Markets Apple Should Corner
complex.com — People will buy anything with an Apple logo. In fact, we’ve proposed a few new markets Apple should look into before calling all the big MacWorld announcements off…More… (Apple)
U.S. Seeks to Imprison Madoff for $1 Million Transfer
bloomberg.com — U.S. prosecutors asked a federal judge to imprison Bernard Madoff as he awaits trial, arguing his $10 million bail should be revoked because he transferred $1 million of valuables in violation of an asset freeze order. More… (Business & Finance)
Things Gamers Don't Actually Care About
gamesradar.com — Wow, videogames and the things they spawn! The industry produces everything from comics to vibrating mushrooms. You could listen to advertising, fanboys and Big Videogame’s secret infrared mind-control to find out what’s worth your money, but you’d end up buying two of everything. So how much of it is really worth paying attention to?More… (Gaming Industry News)
Woman slashed confronting gang for stabbing her dog to death
dailymail.co.uk — A disabled woman was slashed repeatedly with a knife after confronting a gang who had stabbed her dog to death in her garden.More… (Pets & Animals)
Revision3 Launches Search, Improves Website
revision3.com — We’ve got some cutting edge technology in place that allows us to index both our site’s content as well as the content within the show’s episodes! So if you’re looking for that review of Crysis on The Totally Rad Show? Just type in “Crysis” in the search box on the top of the page, and boom! You get every mention of “Crysis” on our shows.More… (Tech Industry News)
'24' in 24 Words or Less
twincities.metromix.com — Each season of '24' recapped in 24 words or less. Hilarious.More… (Television)
College Basketball Coach Calls on 12-Year-Old
rivals.yahoo.com — If that headline sounds like something out of a Dickens story, well, it isn't. It's more the story of a goofy coach using a gimmick on his players -- and probably embarrassing them in the process -- in order to teach them a lesson about missed layups. But it is funny, and maybe a little poignant, all the same..More… (Basketball)
Ziff Davis Sells 1UP To UGO/Hearst, Closes EGM
gamasutra.com — Ziff Davis has sold its 1UP division to Hearst's UGO Entertainment, and is shutting long-running print magazine EGM in the process. Ziff Davis Media's EGM Magazine, a consumer game print mainstay since 1989, will be discontinued. The January 2009 issue will be the final printed issue. More… (Gaming Industry News)
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