Keep watching the Simpsons: New moves by British parliament to shield the Murdochs

Keep watching the Simpsons: New moves by British parliament to shield the Murdochs: "On Friday, members of Parliament’s Commons Culture Select Committee voted against recalling News Corporation Chairman James Murdoch to give more evidence on phone hacking and police corruption. Labour MP Tom Watson had called on Murdoch, the son of international media mogul Rupert Murdoch, and two ex-News of the World executives, former editor Colin Myler and the newspaper’s ex-legal manager Tom Crone, to appear."

Gaddafi's daugher Aisha: Claudia Schiffer of North Africa

Gaddafi's daugher Aisha: Claudia Schiffer of North Africa: "Muammar Gaddafi's daughter Aisha Gaddafi described as the 'Claudia Schiffer of North Africa' by the Arabic press could have easily graced the pages of Vogue magazine but she opted for a role to further her father's cause."

How Governments Are Using Social Media for Better & for Worse

How Governments Are Using Social Media for Better & for Worse: "Governments may not be early adopters but the proliferation of social in national media has ramped up its importance for governments around the world. While this initial stance kept politicians on the defensive, enough time has passed that individual politicians and even entire governments are starting to use social media to connect with their communities in new, open ways."

8-Bits: super cool animation short about video games

8-Bits: super cool animation short about video games

The future of the black box flight recorder explored

The future of the black box flight recorder explored: "They were guarded by silent corpses, the passengers and crew of an Airbus A330 that plummeted to the bottom of the Atlantic in June 2009. For nearly two years, the boxes -- not black, actually, but bright orange -- had lain amid some of the most rugged undersea terrain in the world, 3,500-metre-high mountains rising from the ocean floor, covered with landslides and steep scarps."

Tetris Cartridge for Sega's Mega Drive Costs $1M

Tetris Cartridge for Sega's Mega Drive Costs $1M: "It's reportedly the only signed copy of Tetris in existence, and it's costing a potential eBay buyer $1M USD."

When Milliseconds Make Millions: Why Wall Street Programmers Earn the Big Bucks

When Milliseconds Make Millions: Why Wall Street Programmers Earn the Big Bucks: "David Ramel follows up his 'Highest Paid Programmers' article with a look inside the world of high-frequency trading, where coders earn top dollars and even nanoseconds count."

FOSS isn't always the answer

FOSS isn't always the answer: "Over the years, I've become less patient with the stridency of the FOSS movement, or at least some of the more pedantic wings of it. It is certainly not my place to tell anyone that they should buy or not buy any kind of software. However, the repeated assertions by members of the FOSS movement that proprietary software is somehow dirty or a corruption of principles has begun to stick in my craw."

Skyline Photography At It’s Best

Skyline Photography At It’s Best : "Today we have collected an inspirational showcase focusing on these skylines and some of the breathtaking photos they have lent their architectural compositions to. We hope that you will find some inspiration in the photos below that you can carry with you into whatever project you have at hand. Enjoy!"

The Ten Commandments of Thrifting

The Ten Commandments of Thrifting: "These thrifting tips will help you manage your treasure-hunting adventures to make them more productive, less-stressful, and more satisfying."

Simple Daily Habits to Ignite Your Passion

Simple Daily Habits to Ignite Your Passion: "Living a life of purpose and passion is just that, a way of life. Those who wake up excited aren’t just the lucky ones, they condition themselves to experience and deserve it."

Kung Fu Volleyball or Kung Fu Soccer?

What is it Harry? What is it?

13 Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes That Transformed My Life

13 Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes That Transformed My Life: "It was well over a decade ago, and a time in my life where I desperately wanted to discover the very purpose I had been planted on planet earth. I knew that I had something of significance to offer others, but yet didn’t know what it was."

College Education, Is The Debt Worth It?

College Education, Is The Debt Worth It? : "The cost of everything and the gain of knowledge."

Comic-Con 2011 Cosplay Gallery: Pictures Of 74 Awesome Costumes

Comic-Con 2011 Cosplay Gallery: Pictures Of 74 Awesome Costumes: "We wandered the halls and corridors of Comic-Con this year to find some of the best and funniest Cosplay outfits – here are 74 of the best that we saw."

The Principles of Good Programming

The Principles of Good Programming: "The principles of good programming are closely related to principles of good design and engineering. The following programming principles have helped me over the years become a better programmer, and I believe can help any developer become more efficient and to produce code which is easier to maintain and that has fewer defects."

Machine Reverts Plastic To Oil

Machine Reverts Plastic To Oil: "A group in Japan has devised the technology to convert discarded plastics back into oil. One kilogram of plastics, if burned, can produce 3 kilograms of CO2. When reprocessed by the machine, that one kilogram of plastic can yield up to one liter of oil."

Voicemail hacking and the 'phone hacking' scandal - how it worked, questions to be asked and improvements to be made

Voicemail hacking and the 'phone hacking' scandal - how it worked, questions to be asked and improvements to be made: "A few people have asked me to explain what the whole phone hacking thing means. The first thing to mention is that the phone hacking episode has nothing at all to do with actual 'phone' hacking. It is actually illicit voicemail access. Access can be gained by using some technical knowledge and or tools, but on the whole it is through system and process weaknesses."

If Harry Potter was an anime

If Harry Potter was an anime: "bloody brilliant!"

Amy Winehouse = The Good Dies Young = on the Charlotte Church show - Beat It

Amy Winehouse = The Good Dies Young = on the Charlotte Church show - Beat It 1983-2011

Watch the World’s Largest Shark Tank on Live Webcam

Watch the World’s Largest Shark Tank on Live Webcam: "Watch the World’s Largest Shark Tank on Live Webcam .From now until Aug. 7, you can swim with sharks from your desk, thanks to a live webcam embedded in the world’s largest shark tank."

How To Automatically Keep Windows 7 Clean Of Obsolete Files

How To Automatically Keep Windows 7 Clean Of Obsolete Files: "In this article I will show you a simple way to regularly and automatically clean your Windows 7 system. This won’t require you to install yet another cool tool and is thus low on system resources. At the same time you will also learn how to automatically run other tools for other tasks."

Shoulder surfing with openCV

Shoulder surfing with openCV: "The subjects of his research are touch screen phones and tablets, which utilize on-screen keyboards for data entry. He says that while nearly all password entry boxes on these devices are obscured with the traditional line of asterisks, the keyboards themselves are quite an interesting vulnerability."

Help Guinevere Fund PLS RT!

Help Guinevere Fund PLS RT! A dear friend of mine lost his daughter a couple months ago and he created a fund to help kids and organizations in need. Please join me in keeping Guinevere's memory alive.

This is her fund's mission:

The Guinevere Doss Memorial Fund, also known as, Guinevere’s Gift, exists to benefit various charitable organizations and deserving children with needs in the memory of Guinevere. The fund promotes Guinevere’s own values including a love for people, a joy for life, a dedication to learning, a passion for giving and a love for God.

A Collision of Creativity and Cash at Disney

A Collision of Creativity and Cash at Disney: "When the Walt Disney Company bought Pixar Animation Studios for $7.4 billion in 2006, there was understandable concern that the media conglomerate that drove the famed Disney animation unit into the ground with duds like “Home on the Range” and “Chicken Little” would extinguish the creative flame that had nurtured the quirky and much-loved “Toy Story” and “Finding Nemo.”"

Replica of house from Pixar’s ‘Up’ for sale in Utah

Replica of house from Pixar’s ‘Up’ for sale in Utah: "In a suburban development south of Salt Lake City, a highly detailed recreation of the house from the Academy Award winning movie 'Up' has become a curious visitor attraction. And for an asking price of $399,000, it could become the dream house for a family hoping to live a real-life Disney fantasy."

Heart Attack Inducing Cosplay girl!

Heart Attack Inducing Cosplay girl!: "Who says going to comic conventions is dull?"

Running Encyclopedia Britannica on Linux

Running Encyclopedia Britannica on Linux: "Encyclopaedia Britannica is a commercial encyclopedia and is therefore non-free, but old versions of the CDs and DVDs can often be purchased cheaply in second-hand markets. Of particular interest are the 2004 editions, as its publishers have made available an unofficial Linux support script for 2004 editions of Britannica (the Windows installer does not yet work on WINE). If you follow their instructions, you can expect to see the basic encyclopedia articles and images, but you might have a more difficult time with the Webster dictionary entries and some of the multimedia."

Russian Cosmonaut: Our Shuttle Was Safer (And Could Drop Nukes from Orbit!)

Russian Cosmonaut: Our Shuttle Was Safer (And Could Drop Nukes from Orbit!): "Russia's Buran program was very short lived. Like, only one flight short lived. But according to cosmonaut (and ISS alum) Oleg Kotov, the craft had some serious potential—outclassing its American rival at both saving lives and destroying them."

10 ways to improve your programming skills

10 ways to improve your programming skills: "Learning new programming languages will expose you to new ways of thinking; especially if the new language uses a paradigm which you aren’t yet familiar with. Many of the ways of thinking that you will learn can be applied to languages that you already know, and you might even want to start using the new language for serious projects as well."

15 Powerful jQuery Tips and Tricks for Developers

15 Powerful jQuery Tips and Tricks for Developers: "In this article we will take a look at 15 jQuery techniques which will be useful for your effective use of the library. We will start with a few tips about performance and continue with short introductions to some of the library’s more obscure features."

Free Book - Learn Python The Hard Way

Free Book - Learn Python The Hard Way : "Have you always wanted to learn how to code but never thought you could? Are you looking to build a foundation for more complex coding? Do you want to challenge your brain in a new way? Then Learn Python the Hard Way is the book for you."

Computer-Hacking Group Targets Apple In Latest Attack

Computer-Hacking Group Targets Apple In Latest Attack: "'AntiSec,' a hacking campaign that includes hackers from both the online vigilante group Anonymous and hackers from the now-defunct Lulz Security, posted a document containing a link to a supposed Apple server along with a list of 26 administrative usernames and passwords. AntiSec is Internet shorthand for 'anti-security.'"

Batman Deliverance

A well produced short about the caped crusader.