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The 50 Plus Acquisitions of Google (295 diggs) Sure everyone knows about DoubleClick, but Google has bought a lot more than just that company. Ever who they all are. Check out this Wikipedia list.

Why Nonprofits Should Make Use of Social Networking Sites (333 diggs) Simply Put - To get more exposure from a wider audience, that you never would've reached if it wasn't for Social Networking sites...

The Most Fantastic 3D Landscapes (884 diggs) Hello folks! It looks like 3D CG community became more active lately. So we ’re fasten our eyes on best of the best awesome 3D digital landscapes created by amateur and professional 3D artists. Let’s go!

Voicemail is Dead. Please Tell Everyone to stop Using it (2,231 diggs) Voicemail is dead. Please tell everyone so they ’ll stop using it. When I first started out in the real world in the mid-nineties voicemail was an important productivity tool. But now an increasing number of people are just plain avoiding voicemail. It takes much longer to listen to a message than read it.

On the Web: Free Headsets and Rebates (269 diggs) It's all out there: free cell-phone headsets, help getting refunds from big-name retailers, and, of course, cell phones making popcorn.

Polymorph Robot Mimics 'Human Joints And Muscles' (356 diggs) Using polymorph plastic, some curtain rods, electric screwdrivers, motors, and a whole lot of mad-scientist creativity, an Xrobots hobbyist created this organic-looking robot base. By using wooden sockets and curtain rings as hip joints, the designer is clearly going for a human-like creature of doom here. Knee joints are kept moving with four moto

WTF?Internet addressing agency (ICANN) loses its addressess (851 diggs) The nonprofit agency (ICANN) in charge of the Internet's addresses recently lost track of its own.

10 things you might not know about robots (606 diggs) The movie "Wall-E," a futuristic tale of a trash-compacting robot, has become a money-making machine at the box office. Here are some key components of robotics:

2010: the 5TB 3.5in HDD cometh (1,362 diggs) Hitachi has pledged to release a 5TB 3.5in hard drive within two years, and it claims two of the drives will boast enough capacity to store everything in your brain.

Do you see a black dot on your GMail too? (2,692 diggs) What's up with the black dot that shows up on the top-left corner of GMail, do you know anything about it?

Firefox 3 Boosts Browser's Market Share Over 19% (1,605 diggs) Firefox 3 has experienced rapid market share gains since its release in mid-June, helping to push the Mozilla browser's overall share to more than 19%, a Web metrics firm said Wednesday.

Answer to Canadian iPhone Probs: Don't buy the iphone (989 diggs) I agree, speak with your wallet, don't buy it, at the very least for a month. Encourage your family or friends who might to hold off. "Don't buy the iPhone. Do what you, as sensible Canadians, will do when confronted by prices you can't stand: Leave the iPhone on the shelf."

3 Robots That Move Just Like Animals (448 diggs) A number of developers are capturing the movement and grace of entire animals, giving us robots that crawl, walk, and swim just like their biological counterparts. If this research one day spawns an uncomplaining robotic mule to carry our physical burdens or dogs that can save children from fiery buildings without fear of harm.

Why I Still Use Windows 95 (1,104 diggs) The operating system I currently use on my primary computer is Windows 95 OSR2. Furthermore, not only do I use Windows 95 extensively, but I prefer it to Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, and Vista.

A Transformer Under Construction [PIC] (1,527 diggs)

Russian Hackers To Lithuania: All Your Base Are Belong To Us (653 diggs) Hundreds of Lithuanian government and corporate Web sites were hacked and plastered with Soviet-era symbols and other digital graffiti this week in what appears to be a coordinated cyber attack launched by Russian hacker groups.

iPhone 3G’s screws may indicate 'User-Replaceable Battery' (630 diggs) Two small screws on the bottom of the device on either side of the standard docking connector is a stark design change from a company that is known for hiding screws from sight on their handheld devices. Some have speculated that the screws may be removed for replacement of the battery and other components.

Thank you, Adobe Reader 9! (3,066 diggs) Recently I wrote a blog entry about bloated software, and how much better Foxit PDF reader was than Adobe Reader. But I was using Adobe Reader 8. Little did I know how much superior version 9 would be.

Vancouver Sun: Don't buy the iPhone (1,564 diggs) If you don't like the price of an iPhone, don't buy it. One side-effect of the year-long wait for iPhones in Canada is that other gadgets, such as the much-talked about Samsung Instinct, are providing new competition. If Rogers finds it has priced itself out of the market, it won't take a petition to ring in lower prices.

Samsung Instinct Just Only Looks Like an iPhone (661 diggs) Sprint Nextel's Samsung Instinct bears a resemblance to Apple's iPhone. But the Instinct doesn't come with features to rival those of the iPhone. Nor does its price, $229.99 before a $100 mail-in rebate with a two-year contract, offer a big discount over of Apple's creation.

Google Changes Home Page, Adding Link to Privacy Policy (639 diggs) The word “privacy” now appears on Google’s home page, with a link to the company’s privacy policy.

22-foot tall robot crafted entirely from excess styrofoam (465 diggs) The creature you see standing before you is a 22-foot tall Styrobot constructed entirely from spare polystyrene packing materials, and no, each piece didn't just show up that way. Michael Salter managed to whittle away on this beast until its completion

Firefox Users Most Secure on Internet, Study Reveals (1,659 diggs) Mozilla Firefox fans might rest a little easier these days after a study released Tuesday revealed that its users are most secure on the Internet.

Apple Manila Case - Dell to Ship All Computers (646 diggs) Surprising everyone but industry guru Gene Munster, Dell has announced a partnership with Apple Inc. that will see the former licensing the latter's exclusive Manila Case technology to ship all their computer products and accessories, like their Dell Rubber Chickens and Dell Texas-Style BBQ Ribs. "It was bound to happen,"

Bandwidth caps could lead to ISPs benefiting from piracy (757 diggs) As Time Warner begins experimenting with bandwidth caps, which are commonplace in other countries, the possibility now exists that ISPs will benefit financially from their customers burning through their monthly limits to keep grabbing P2P content.