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Va. Gunman's Family Feels Hopeless, Lost
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Va. Gunman's Family Feels Hopeless, Lost

News – The family of Va. Tech gunman Seung-Hui Cho told AP on Friday that they feel "hopeless, helpless and lost," and "never could have envisioned that he was capable of so much violence." "Our family is so very sorry for my brother's unspeakable actions. It is a terrible tragedy for all of us," the family said.

View Story Discuss (34) (abcnews.go.com) 460 days ago by TechnologyExpert

Voted for on April 22, 2007 12:53am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 25 votes / 1 sink

This is How We Catch You Downloading

Gadgets & Tech – All over Europe thousands of people are being threatened with court action for allegedly sharing games on P2P networks. Now, documents obtained by TorrentFreak show details of the anti-piracy company's techniques for identifying alleged file-sharers on the internet and the gathering of claimed 'forensic quality' evidence for use in court cases.

View Story Discuss (0) (torrentfreak.com) 465 days ago by Wil

Voted for on April 16, 2007 10:08am

Coming soon: a Microsoft fuel-cell charger
This story has mostly positive ratings. 50 votes / 1 sink

Coming soon: a Microsoft fuel-cell charger

Gadgets & Tech – A New York-based company that is one of a handful developing fuel cells for consumer electronics devices says it has started commercial production of a fuel cell-based recharger for Microsoft.

View Story Discuss (2) (infoworld.com) 464 days ago by jeremytoday

Voted for on April 16, 2007 10:08am

Boston Marathon Is a Go Despite Rain
This story has mostly positive ratings. 63 votes / 6 sinks

Boston Marathon Is a Go Despite Rain

Sports – From the article: "Boston Marathon organizers worked through the night to secure tents at the starting line and line up shelters through the course to protect runners in Monday's race from high winds and heavy rains soaking the route from Hopkinton to the Back Bay. Emergency Red Cross shelters were set up in Natick, Wellesley and Newton so dropouts can warm up and dry off."

View Story Discuss (6) (abcnews.go.com) 464 days ago by Fabienne

Voted for on April 16, 2007 10:07am

Craigslist: landlord's nightmare in Tacoma
This story has mostly positive ratings. 69 votes / 5 sinks

Craigslist: landlord's nightmare in Tacoma

Gadgets & Tech – Thanks to an ad on craigslist, a Tacoma house went from empty rental to empty shell. The Internet ad invited readers to come to the address and take anything they wanted.

View Story Discuss (22) (news.com.com) 475 days ago by populist

Voted for on April 05, 2007 06:50pm

Aurora student decides what millions read online
This story has mostly positive ratings. 85 votes / 2 sinks

Aurora student decides what millions read online

Gadgets & Tech – Not even Henry Wang's mother understands what he does. But he's paid $1,000 a month to do it. Wang, a 17-year-old from DeKalb, has been called a digger, a seeder, a navigator--even a filter.

View Story Discuss (14) (chicagotribune.com) 483 days ago by JamesMarcus

Voted for on March 29, 2007 05:02am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 16 votes / 1 sink

NBC/News Corp. Video Site to Be 'Mostly Free'

Gadgets & Tech – News Corp. and NBC Universal confirmed that their unnamed video site will launch this summer, featuring "mostly free" content together with partners AOL, Microsoft, and Yahoo. But don't say it competes with YouTube, they insisted.

View Story Discuss (0) (physorg.com) 486 days ago by nottinghills

Voted for on March 25, 2007 06:39pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 15 votes / No sinks

Gates to get Harvard degree

Gadgets & Tech – After dropping leaving Harvard to found Microsoft Bill Gates will finally be receiving a degree. He will be speaking at the commencement ceremony and will receive and honorary doctorate.

View Story Discuss (0) (infoworld.com) 489 days ago by hemphill81

Voted for on March 23, 2007 01:05am

The Traffic Stats for Digg & The Other Top Bookmarking Sites Revealed!
This story has mostly positive ratings. 82 votes / 1 sink

The Traffic Stats for Digg & The Other Top Bookmarking Sites Revealed!

Gadgets & Tech – A surprising look at the actual traffic numbers of some of the most popular social bookmarking sites according to Compete and Quantcast data.

View Story Discuss (3) (ebizmba.com) 489 days ago by sdavis0830

Voted for on March 23, 2007 01:04am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 28 votes / No sinks

Google Tests an Ad Idea: Pay Only for Results

Gadgets & Tech – Google is experimenting with a new proposition for advertisers: if you don't get results, you don't pay. The company said Tuesday that it would expand a test of a system that allows advertisers to pay only when an ad spurs a consumer to take an action, be it purchasing a product, subscribing to a newsletter or signing up to receive a quote from

View Story Discuss (0) (nytimes.com) 491 days ago by Ousama

Voted for on March 21, 2007 08:24pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 47 votes / No sinks

21 Must-Have Firefox Add-Ons

Gadgets & Tech – Here are 21 Firefox add-ons that can are essential for web developers, web designers, SEOs, and anyone else who wants to enhance their browsing experience and boost productivity.

View Story Discuss (2) (jasonbartholme.com) 490 days ago by JasonBartholme

Voted for on March 21, 2007 08:24pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 83 votes / 1 sink

5 Reasons Why Apple TV Rules, 5 Reasons Why it Sucks

Gadgets & Tech – Apple TV is finally on sale and on the boat. So, why bother? Here's why Apple TV will change the world, slightly.

View Story Discuss (3) (blog.wired.com) 490 days ago by charbarred

Voted for on March 21, 2007 08:23pm

How to connect your Mac mini to a TV
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How to connect your Mac mini to a TV

Gadgets & Tech – Apple TV is the new hotness, but why settle for the Apple TV's limited functionality when you can hook up a Mac mini to your TV. TUAW's Erica Sudan covers the basics.

View Story Discuss (10) (tuaw.com) 490 days ago by scott

Voted for on March 21, 2007 08:23pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 28 votes / No sinks

Palm takeover expected this week: Update

Gadgets & Tech – End of one era. Palm will soon be taken over.

View Story Discuss (0) (reuters.com) 491 days ago by ubibene

Voted for on March 20, 2007 04:35pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 37 votes / 4 sinks

Adobe launches Apollo, its web application runtime for the desktop

Gadgets & Tech – The early part of this century has been dominated by software companies moving applications off the desktop and over to the Web. Now, Adobe is offering web developers a chance to move in the opposite direction. The company has released the first developer preview version of its Apollo toolset, which lets Web developers create desktop applications t

View Story Discuss (0) (arstechnica.com) 492 days ago by chrisek

Voted for on March 20, 2007 04:35pm