Mother Nature can be both deadly and beautiful at the same time.  Nothing illustrates this better than a lightning storm.  (Pics)

Seriously buy an iPhone
The annual iPod rollout is rumored to be on its way next month, and the breadth of the changes to Apple’s multimedia players is becoming apparent. The biggest new revelation is that the iPod touch and nano are about to get themselves on-board cameras, revealed by case manufacturers who apparently didn’t get [...]

I think its about time we give mice credit for their role in creating new medicine
A new study conducted on mice has uncovered a chemical compound that effectively targets cancer stem cells – the key cells that spread malignant tumours and are usually resistant to treatment.

Government aid programs have flaws? As if we didn’t know that.
A state program that put $200 cash into the hands of low-income parents of school-age children is opening the door for “rampant” fraud and should be suspended, Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks said Thursday.

This is when smart phones begin to act stupid
Palm Pre users watch out. Palm may know a lot more about you than you would like to share.

Now the enemy can rock out before he dies
Your Predator drone has all the latest gear, including communications, laser target designator, day and night cameras and, of course, Hellfire missiles. But, according to Special Operations Command, it still needs that essential finishing touch: the latest sound system. The command is setting out to correct this, [...]

 
Photobombing - the (often intoxicated) work of a dude, dudette (or animal) who sneaks their way stealthily into your photographs, completely marring what would have been another awesome picture of you and your friends holding up your beverages and smiling.
Although often photographed, their kind remains a mystery. Who is this random being? Where did they come from, and [...]

Jobs on Twitter
While Twitter seems a bit like the Wild West these days with lots of unknowns and rumors of potential riches, it may hold promise for people in unexpected ways: new jobs. With around 13 million current users (and a projected billion, as predicted by the unauthorized leaking of proprietary Twitter corporate documents), Twitter [...]

“Man With No Shadow” is a life-sized art installation by Makoto Tojiki.  It consists of LED lights at the ends of wires of different lengths suspended from the ceiling. It made its debut this April in Milan at the international design festival Salon Satellite.