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Scorched Jimi Hendrix guitar sells for £280,000 (771 diggs) The rock legend torched his 1965 Fender Stratocaster at the end of a show at the Astoria in Finsbury Park, north London, in March 1967. The stunt sent roadies rushing to put out the flames and left Hendrix needing treatment for minor burns. The guitar was bought for just over the estimated price. In case you're wondering, that's $492,000!

5 Fall TV Shows That Could Be Improved With A Little Sci-Fi (647 diggs) Try as hard as you like but a fan cannot live by scifi alone. That's the only explanation we have for the fact that we're all secretly also addicted to non-SF shows. But even while we watch these shows, there's a little voice in the back of our head that asks, wouldn't it be better if they all had lasers and space ships?

Metallica Changes Their Mind: Album Leaks Are Welcome Now (1,127 diggs) The drummer of rock band Metallica has welcomed an internet leak of their new album, ahead of its release next week. Speaking on San Francisco radio station Live 105, Lars Ulrich said: "If this thing leaks all over the world today or tomorrow, happy days." "It's 2008 and it's part of how it is these days," the musician added.

Kevin Rose and Robert Scoble Sending Their DNA Into Space (520 diggs) NCsoft’s Operation Immortality has added three of Silicon Valley ’s most celebrated minds to the growing list of notable names who are sending their digitized DNA into space. Kevin Rose, creator of the social-bookmarking website Digg, Robert Scoble, one of the world’s most popular tech bloggers and Tim Draper, are sending their DNA into space.

Michael Moore To Release New Film Online For Free (1,214 diggs) Michael Moore will release his new film online and for free the file "Slacker Uprising"

Adam Savage: Mythbuster Retracts Statements About RFID (912 diggs) Mythbusters host Adam Savage is retracting comments he made at a hackers conference

8 Shocking Movies To Remind You That Your Life Isn't So Bad (746 diggs) Most people endure their fair share of tough times – the poverty of college life, relationship problems, a bad car accident, a woeful flirtation with the crack pipe, or any other equally awful experience. But film is constantly there to remind us that there are others out there who are suffering exponentially more than we could ever hope to...

NBC’s THE OFFICE Writers Are Scripting GHOSTBUSTERS III !! (1,155 diggs) Sony has hired Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, writer-producers on the American version of "The Office," to script a "Ghostbusters" movie that would reunite Venkman, Stanz, Spengler and Zeddemore.

FotC Make Comedy The New Rock And Roll (660 diggs) Comedy duo the Flight of the Conchords figure heavily in the nominations for the 2008 Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards. Now working stateside on the second season of their HBO sitcom, the Grammy-winning, Emmy-nominated musical comedy duo of Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement are vying with rock and hip-hop acts in this year's Tuis Music Awards.

Mythbuster issues mea culpa over 'censorship' claim (1,508 diggs) Adam Savage's widely circulated YouTube video account of a pack of credit card industry giants pummeling Discovery Channel into deep-sixing a Mythbusters investigation aimed at RFID is now taking more of a beating than Buster the dummy absorbs on a typical episode of the show. And the knockout blow of that beating is coming from Savage himself.

10 Movies Needing a Muppet Remake (753 diggs) Have you ever considered just how funny a lot of movies could be, if only the producers had cast Muppets instead of humans? I mean, if you think the Terminator movies couldn't get any more awesome, imagine them with Animal playing Schwarzenegger's role. Hear Animal saying "Come with me if you want to live" in your head, and try not to laugh.

"Disaster Movie" Scores A 0% On Rotten Tomatoes (3,418 diggs) Congratulations, Disaster Movie! You ’ve finally brought the “Movie” movies into the elite company of Roberto Benigni’s Pinocchio and Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2.

The 10 People Who Have Stayed Dead in Superhero Comics (905 diggs) o, this list ranks ten superhero comic book characters that died those stupid, needless, or simply ill-advised deaths.

8 Poorly Disguised Secret Identities (870 diggs) As a superhero, maintaining your secret identity is paramount to a happy and healthy crime fighting career, and the same can be said for other vocations that utilize alter-egos. Unfortunately, all too often this clandestine identity isn't taken serious enough, and the people employing its use don't go far enough to shore up their secrets.

Screencaps From Dragonball Movie and The Reveal Of Piccolo (929 diggs) Here are some screencaps from the new dragonball movie trailer that's suppose to come out next month. And your first look at Piccolo.

Jon Stewart Annihilates Sarah Palin's Media Surrogates (14,089 diggs) Jon Stewart at his absolute best running circles around cable news douchebags.

When Superman Loses His Favorite Superpower... [COMIC] (1,140 diggs) I would be sad too if I lost X-Ray vision.

Totally Tubular: ’80s TV Teen Star Success Stories (467 diggs) The stars who rose to fame while in their teens through one or more TV series.

George Bush doesn't care about George Bush's people. (769 diggs) I don't know about you, but I wish there could be major party presidential nominating conventions every day. There's just so much great fodder for comedy. Maybe we should just elect a new President every Saturday. No, I know, that's stupid. Elections are held on Tuesdays.

Rage Against the Machine sing Bulls on Parade accapella (3,186 diggs) After being denied access to the stage at the Ripple Effect festival, a day-long event held today on the MN State Capitol's Upper Mall to promote non-partisan progressive politics in the shadow of the Republican convention, Rage picked up a megaphone and sorta said f-it, we're doing it live. Rage was supposed to be the surprise closer of the fest.

More MPAA Troubles for Zack and Miri Make a Porno (1,191 diggs) Kevin Smith may have won the war a few weeks ago when he successfully appealed his new film ’s rating from an ‘NC-17′ to a commercially viable ‘R’, but he’s apparently lost the battle. The MPAA has officially rejected the new poster for Zack and Miri Make a Porno for its sexually suggestive imagery, and EW.com caught up with Smith to get his thought

The Undecided Voter (pic) (1,836 diggs)

Why Are You Explaining My Job As If I'm an Idiot? [COMIC] (2,611 diggs) Dilbert offers the best definition of management I've read so far.

Letterman wants to call sunset for late night gig (595 diggs) David Letterman wants to stick with CBS' "Late Show" through his contract — and maybe longer — as rival Jay Leno prepares to surrender the "Tonight" reins next year. "The way I feel now, I would like to go beyond 2010, not much beyond, but you know, enough to go beyond. You always like to be able to excuse yourself on your own terms,"

If Google Were Everything in Your Life... [COMIC] (3,287 diggs) What would Google do?