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Supercharge Your Camera with Open-Source CHDK Firmware

Gadgets & Tech – Digital cameras have powers beyond what is immediately available to the user. On a standard Canon, for example, the fastest shutter speed option offered is 1/1,600 second, but the hardware can handle much more than that -- up to 1/60,000 of a second

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Submitted and Voted for on May 12, 2008 08:06am

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Sad Explanations for Supernatural Phenomena

News – I was pleased to see the recent news about alien images appearing on a wall in Canada. If you haven't seen the story, the upshot is that some reflected light shows up every non-overcast day on someone's house in Calgary, and the resulting image looks something like a cross between Gollum and the Reddit mascot. Thus, aliens.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 12, 2008 07:58am

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Craft Brewers Reformulate Beer to Cope With Hop Shortage

Food – OAKLAND, California -- At Pacific Coast Brewing here, brewer Donald Gortemiller is reworking his recipes and altering his brewing styles like never before.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 12, 2008 07:54am

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Motion-Capture Suits Will Spice Up Virtual Sex

Gadgets & Tech – No matter how beautiful the sex animations are in your favorite virtual playground, they can't compete with the movement of your own body.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 12, 2008 07:53am

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Intel releases 2.5 GHz, 45nm 'Yorkfield' Core 2 Quad processor

Gadgets & Tech – In today's news, Intel has released a new sibling of the 45nm family of Core 2 Quad processors: the Q9300 "Yorkfield" processor, which comes in at 2.5 GHz with a 1333 MHz front side bus.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 29, 2008 09:54am

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Chocolate may reduce pregnancy complications

Health & Fitness – Indulging in chocolate during pregnancy could help ward off a serious complication known as preeclampsia, new research suggests.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 29, 2008 09:48am

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Volunteers wanted for chocolate study

Health & Fitness – Calling all chocoholics: British researchers recruiting volunteers willing to eat a bar of chocolate daily for a year, guilt-free and all in the name of science.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 29, 2008 09:46am

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Cleaner, greener, meaner

Autos – Everyone with a car can do it, though some ways are cheaper, less complicated and easier than others, writes Dave Moore

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Submitted and Voted for on April 29, 2008 09:46am

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Bond was named after a bird watcher

Movies – IT'S a story splattered with blood, laced with intrigue and spiced with sex. It's got death, romance, secrets, gambling, espionage and heroism. And golf. Now the full truth can be told about the man behind the world's most famous secret agent.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 17, 2008 09:23am

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Indonesia raises alert for Java volcano

News – Indonesian authorities have raised the alert level for a volcano near the country's third largest city following increased volcanic activity.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 17, 2008 09:17am

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Women and Sudden Cardiac Death

Health & Fitness – Women, listen up. Do you know your risk for sudden cardiac death (SCD)? If you don't, that could be a prescription for disaster.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 13, 2008 07:48am

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How to Support a Victim of Rape

Health & Fitness – If someone you know has been a victim of a sex crime, such as rape, you might not know what to do or say. Chances are she might not even want to talk about it herself or know how to broach the subject with you.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 13, 2008 07:47am

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Smaller, less-thirsty, cheaper cars enjoy big sales boom

Autos – The smallest, cheapest, cars are the biggest, brightest spot in the dreary auto market, reflecting continuing buyer flight to fuel economy and lower prices.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 09, 2008 10:37am

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Luxury car sales show the rich are spending less

Autos – Suddenly the rich aren't getting richer ââ;¬" and luxury car dealers are joining other high-end retailers in feeling the pinch.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 09, 2008 10:35am

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Ability to use cellphones in flight gets closer in Europe

News – European regulators have dropped the ban on in-flight cellphone calls, but passengers' ability to chat will depend on which airline they fly.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 09, 2008 10:32am

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