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26th September 2010: Updated the site to reflect the new Digg v4 API changes. The taxonomy has been simplified and thus all the topics are now under a single News-category. Thanks to Phillip π for repoting issues and faults.

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Obama birther court hearing in Georgia

113 votes | submitted 2012-01-28 00:40:15 by bettverboten | 77 comments

Obama has a SSN from Connecticut?

The Subtle Art of Wooing a Lady

86 votes | submitted 2012-01-28 00:01:59 by cracked | 5 comments

There's coming on too strong, and then there's this.

Facebook Could be the Biggest Tech IPO in History

90 votes | submitted 2012-01-27 23:49:18 by hockeyus | 4 comments

People familiar with the matter say that Facebook could file for its initial public offering as soon as next week, according to reports from the Wall Street Journal. The source also says that Facebook is close to picking Morgan Stanley as the lead underwriter. The filing could happen next Wednesday, and the company is aiming for a $75-$100 billion valuation. It is looking to raise $10 billion in stock. Facebook started in 2004 as a college-only social network. It opened to the public in September 2006, dropping the minimum age requirement from 18-years-old to 13-years-old. In little over seven years,...

Intrepid Blogger Determines Ice Cube's 'Good Day': January 20, 1992

69 votes | submitted 2012-01-27 22:59:53 by baddbrainz | 4 comments

Is it too late to give a Pulitzer to Murk Avenue's Donovan Strain? Because if figuring out the exact day on which Ice Cube had a good day (as described in his 1993 classic "It Was a Good Day") isn't Pulitzer-worthy, I don't know what is.

What You Should Know About ACTA and Your Rights

104 votes | submitted 2012-01-27 22:42:32 by WhoNewMedia | 3 comments

President Obama signed this treaty on October 1, 2011, effectively ratifying it on behalf of the United States!

Rick Santorum Says College is 'Indoctrination'; We Say It's Necessary

119 votes | submitted 2012-01-27 22:15:29 by BroBible | 47 comments

Rick Santorum's way of thinking about education is both outdated and dangerous.

The Chemical Brothers: The Movie

97 votes | submitted 2012-01-27 21:57:02 by jboitnott | 1 comments

The Chemical Brothers have been part of dance music since forever, touring around the world with their psychedelic onslaught of a live show rattling people’s eyeballs and eardrums, leaving dazed and confused punters in their wake.

Has the 'Era of Easy Oil' Ended?

106 votes | submitted 2012-01-27 21:56:00 by usq1111 | 22 comments

A new analysis concludes that easily extracted oil peaked in 2005, suggesting that dirtier fossil fuels will be burned and energy prices will rise.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

80 votes | submitted 2012-01-27 21:50:22 by jboitnott | 0 comments

This week the IGN UK Podcast crew separate fact from fiction and tackle the rumours of Xbox 720, God of War and Syphon Filter 4, and Microsoft phasing out points. Join Alex, Chris, Keza, Stu and Tom for your weekly edification.

Temple for the Godless: Atheist Erection Underway in UK

112 votes | submitted 2012-01-27 21:36:13 by alanocu | 34 comments

This looks like a tower in which you'd imprison a princess for 100 years, but it's supposed to be a temple to atheism--or more precisely, a temple to science and nature. These developments may seem quite odd, especially considering non-believers’ sometimes intense rhetoric against faith and religion. But now — there’s another more bizarre project in the works, as a new “atheist temple” is being planned in London, England.

Obama decries rising cost of college education

85 votes | submitted 2012-01-27 20:52:58 by jpurdy | 40 comments

President Barack Obama called Friday for an overhaul of the higher education financial aid system, warning that colleges and universities that fail to control spiraling tuition costs could lose federal funds.

Can Your Pizza Delivery Guy Do This?

82 votes | submitted 2012-01-27 20:31:06 by mikek814 | 0 comments

When I think of self portrait photos, duck lips and kissy-faces taken at an arms length for a Facebook profile pic usually come to mind. How refreshing it was to see Kyle Thompson’s unique, dreamlike collection of auto-photography that is unlike most of the self-taken photos out there.

Opponents protest signing of ACTA without adequate debate

172 votes | submitted 2012-01-27 20:29:13 by emfk | 18 comments

Almost two dozen European nations signed the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) on Thursday, leading to protests. In the US, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) called ACTA "more dangerous than SOPA."

Jim Henson's 'Robot': 1963 Short Film For The Bell System Released (VIDEO)

87 votes | submitted 2012-01-27 20:25:21 by shenerd | 1 comments

Before he helped pave Sesame Street or invented the Muppets, Jim Henson was a young, experimental filmmaker. One of his earliest works, a 1963 short called "Robot," has been unearthed and put on YouTube by AT&T.

How to Stay Motivated and Avoid Slacking Off While Working From Home

122 votes | submitted 2012-01-27 20:21:55 by mklopez | 8 comments

If you have the opportunity to telecommute regularly, or even work from home every now and again, the temptation can be strong to just put your feet up and forget about work unless you have to check in occasionally and clear out your inbox or dial in to a meeting. Occasional slacking is fine, but there's no faster way to get your remote work privileges revoked than to keep that up.

BREAKING: Facebook to File for IPO Next Week [REPORT]

134 votes | submitted 2012-01-27 19:50:05 by emilyquestions | 14 comments

The long-awaited tech IPO of the year -- perhaps of the decade -- is on. Facebook will file its paperwork for an Initial Public Offering on Wednesday, acco

The Most Annoying, Pretentious And Useless Business Jargon - Forbes

84 votes | submitted 2012-01-27 19:05:56 by notifyneal | 6 comments

Strike this gobbledygook from your working vocabulary.

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