Tasks that once took days can be completed in seconds, while traditions and skills that emerged over centuries have been made all but redundant.

The internet is no respecter of reputations: innocent people have seen their lives ruined by viral clips distributed on the same World Wide Web used by activists to highlight injustices and bring down oppressive regimes picked by soreen 3 months ago

From Google to youtube, from craigslist to flickr - how some of today's biggest sites looked back in the early days of their existence.

*New sites added since This picked by nateebiinature 3 months ago

The Prius hybrid automobile is popular for its fuel efficiency, but its electric motor and battery guzzle rare earth metals, a little-known class of elements found in a wide range of gadgets and consumer goods. picked by nateebiinature 3 months ago

Wine perhaps as well? picked by topofall 3 months ago

Like a jazzy sports car that has never had its oil changed, the underlying protocols of the Internet have remained largely unchanged since it came into being in the mid-1980s. The Internet can be surprisingly fragile at times and is vulnerable to attack. picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

Someday, instead of typing your text message on a cramped iPhone keyboard, neuroscientist Michael Linderman says you’ll be scrawling your thoughts in the air. picked by nateebiinature 3 months ago

A number of iPhones that reportedly "exploded" in France were not due to the battery overheating as had been suggested, Apple has said, launches iGnore™ picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

Sometimes he was Eric Nicholson. Sometimes he was Vernon Eugene Lyons.
However, according to authorities in Indiana, his real name was George Helms and he assumed at least 10 different names in that state alone. picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

Long-Term Advanced Propulsion Concepts and Technologies

“...to reduce long-distance flights, e.g. From Brussels to Sydney, to less than 2 to 4 hours. Achieving this goal intrinsically requires a new flight regime for commercial transport with Mach numbers ranging from 4 to 8.

*hard to fit the thing in a thumbnail!* picked by davethefish 3 months ago

Software giant Microsoft Corp. is apologizing for altering a photo on its Web site to change the race of one of the people shown in the picture. picked by nateebiinature 3 months ago

Using the logic that everything can be recycled into something new, Japanese underwear manufacturer Wacol recently launched a bra recycling campaign. The collected bras were processed and recycled into solid fuel. picked by nateebiinature 3 months ago

In the Nevada Desert, the US Federal government has spent the last 22 years hollowing out the inside of a mountain – but the whole project has been a complete waste of time. In a staggeringly expensive about turn, the Yucca Mountain project is about to be canned. picked by kakana 3 months ago

How do you know if someone’s online profile is real? The question has plagued us for some time now, but it’s become increasingly problematic as vast swatches of the mainstream of society goes online and joins a social network, whether it be Twitter, Facebook, or whatever. The problem is of course rife on dating web sites picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

The age of remote-control warfare isn't coming--it's here, and not even the Air Force, which made it happen, is entirely prepared. picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

I'll come right out and say it: Star Wars has a badly-designed universe; so poorly-designed, in fact, that one can say that a significant goal of all those Star Wars novels is to rationalize and mitigate the bad design choices of the movies. picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

Haynes manuals are the most famous instruction manuals in the world, having sold 150 million copies worldwide and will mark their 50th anniversary in 2010. picked by nateebiinature 3 months ago

In Antartica. And boy, are the penguins pissed! picked by suebe 3 months ago

As more and more people carry out their lives online, there's less being stored away in dusty attics for loved ones to discover and hang onto. Letters have become e-mails; diaries have morphed into blogs; photo albums have turned virtual and come with tags.. picked by cb__ 3 months ago

On Wednesday Seimens unveiled the first custom electric motorcycle dubbed the “Seimens Smart Chopper.” The bike was designed and built by the prolific motorheads at Orange County Choppers. The chopper sports the signature OCC style but being electric it lacks the ground rumbling roar. OCC founder Paul Teutul Jr. admits that everyone loves loud pipes but points out that this bike is ... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

Welcome to hurricane season 2009. Same as last year’s hurricane season? Not exactly. After all, these days, we live in the age of social media, where every trend – micro or macro – is tracked carefully by the digital mob.
*Big, Bad Bill* picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

A Brooklyn man can't sleep at night knowing that the bizarre inter-gadget relationship between his Sony Erickson PDA and his Maytag Magic Chef stove might leave him burned. Last Monday Andrei Melnikov discovered that his cellphone was turning on his stove when he got a call in the kitchen. *Calling the Maytag man?* picked by suebe 3 months ago

...they finally beat that world record speed with a run of 131mph – but because the FIA wasn’t present, it’s not yet official. picked by topofall 3 months ago

Inventor Michael Robert Dacre has died testing a prototype. picked by topofall 3 months ago

Facebook was born in 2004 as a way for college students to connect with friends. But what does the Palo Alto social media giant want to be when it grows up?

*assbook?* picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

A man in Colorado was so frustrated with his car breaking down, he decided to capitalize on the "Cash For Clunkers" program. That's nothing unusual — except his car was a rare Maserati. picked by muppet 3 months ago