 Criminals In Your Area - CriminalSearches.com::Every day we meet new people, let tradesmen into our homes and leave babysitters alone with our kids, but do you really know anything about them?
With Criminalsearches.com you can do a quick background… [MORE] |
 Recession Aids - WalletPop Clever Money Management Tips::Times are hard, and getting harder with the rising cost of food, gas and other basic necessities. Getting through a recession when money is tight requires good money management. Walletpop is a great site… [MORE] |
 Superhero Comic Book Games - DC Universe Online::The Dark Knight fans have a chance to interact with Batman in DC Universe Online, a new online multiplayer comic book game.
It was launched at Comic-Con by Sony and DC Comics this week, making it the… [MORE] |
 14 Yahoo Innovations - From Yahoo Mail to 3D News::Yahoo Search and Yahoo Mail are only portions of the competing services Yahoo has launched in order to stay current with their biggest rival, Google.
From their own YouTube style video sharing platform… [MORE] |
 Create Your Own Games - Playcrafter.com::Playcrafter.com is a free site which lets you build and customize your own games based on five different templates including a brick, golf and marble game.
Sound boring? It is actually deceptively addictive… [MORE] |
 Create Your Own TV Commercials - Virgin Wants to know 'What Happens Next?'::Australians have probably seen Virgin Mobile's "All you can eat" campaign in online, TV and print ads, plastered everywhere lately. Virgin has come up with a competition to coincide with their campaign,… [MORE] |
 Stumble Streaming Indie Music - Stumbleaudio::Stumbleaudio is a new music version of the wildly popular Stumbleupon which lets you "stumble" recommended websites found by other people.
Stumbleaudio cleverly uses the same prefix to show that the… [MORE] |
 27 Print Media Killers (SUPER GALLERY)::The print media industry is hurting, but as most magazines and newspapers struggle to survive, a select few are innovating to keep ahead.
Over the last few years, Trend Hunter Magazine, who has chosen… [MORE] |
 DRM-Free Music Downloads - Sky & Universal Music Service::Sky News has announced that it will be offering a new music download service in partnership with Universal Music.
All of the tracks that will be available for download will be DRM-free and you will be… [MORE] |
 Buying Movie Frames to Support Poor Producers - MyMillionDollarMovie.com::Mymilliondollarmovie.com is the creation of an entrepreneurial, aspiring movie producer who is hoping strangers on the web will help him make reach his goals.
The story goes like this: Casey Walker wants… [MORE] |
 Obama Soda - Jones Campaign Cola 2008 Has All the Candidates::The uber popular and hip beverage company, Jones Soda, has launched a new political themed drink, the “Campaign Cola 2008.”
Aspiring pundits can purchase custom, limited-edition six-packs or twelve-packs… [MORE] |
 Viscious Look-A-Like Voting - TotallyLooksLike::Ever looked at a celebrity photo and seen a resemblance to someone or something else? Well, now you can have fun matching celebrities to anything on a new, no holds barred website that promises "We have… [MORE] |
 Dating by DNA - GenePartner.com::Do you want better sex, increased fertility and the greatest chance of a long-lasting relationship? These are the most convincing arguments on a new site called GenePartner.com. The website offers to find… [MORE] |
 Junk Food Ads Targeting Children - Who? Is Upset::Did you know you're supposed to be 16 to look at junk food ads? That's right! After pulling ads from TV that promote junkfood, companies like PepsiCo, Nestlé and, the mother of all obesity influences,… [MORE] |
 Facebook Gets A Facelift - New Facebook Sneak Peak::Facebook will soon be launching its new look with a much more user-friendly interface.
It will be much easier to navigate as the main page will have just two columns and the profile page, all with customizable… [MORE] |
 Video Game Fashion - Cosplay Imitates Anime and Video Game Characters::Today we revisit Cosplay (or Cos-Play), which is short for "costume play" in Japan. An entire subculture centers around dressing up like anime and video game characters, or from live action television,… [MORE] |
 Eco Activism in Iran - Bloggers Try to Save Wetlands::Environmental activists in Iran are upset because some of the most beautiful wetlands in the northern part of Iran are being destroyed. Among those seeking heightened conservation for the wetland ecosystems,… [MORE] |
 Customized Power Suits - Indochino.com::Couture isn't just for fabulously rich women, you know. Gents, admit it, you've daydreamed about strutting into the office in that perfectly tailored Hugo Boss suit, but you never really delved into the… [MORE] |
 Bubble Speech Any Photo - What Would Angelina Jolie Say About You?::What would Angelina Jolie say about you? You can really have some fun with Kyolo, a website which lets you upload any photo and add text in the form of speech bubbles.
The process is very easy. Once… [MORE] |
 Build-a-Bag - Anna William DIY Site::An online company now makes it possible to create your own bag. Is this how Paris Hilton got started in the handbag-making business? Probably not, but Anna William gives you the chance to be the designer.… [MORE] |
 Recruiting Models from MySpace - Costume National Hires From Web::Fashion designers and labels must be getting sick of big time models. Either that or they're realizing the marketing power that radiates from real people. It is becoming obvious that for the coming seasons,… [MORE] |
 Assassins in Classifieds - Hire A Hitman On Craigslist::I could start off with a list of reasons that someone might have for hiring a hitman but, I'll bypass that list and go straight to the "trend." Supposedly, you can hire a professional killer to off your… [MORE] |
 Movie Trailer Birth Announcements - Baby Production::Parents of new babies now have a cute alternative to plain old birth announcement cards. They can have a personal movie trailer made - their very own baby production. The Movie Trailer Birth Announcements… [MORE] |
 Real Designers in Virtual Worlds - Vivienne Tam for Stardoll::Vivienne Tam is the latest real life designer to venture into the virtual world of Stardoll.com, a fashion dress up site.
Stardoll's tween members can now dress up their "MeDoll" avatars with Tam's designs.… [MORE] |
 Beijing Olympics Alternative Reality Games - The Lost Ring::The Lost Ring is an alternative reality game (ARG) based on the Beijing Olympics which is a fascinating concept in itself, but it was the guerrilla marketing behind the game that makes it even more intriguing.… [MORE] |
 108 Year Old Bloggers - Celebrating the "Life of Riley"::Olive Riley was living proof you can never be too old to learn a new technology. This Australian woman only started to blog in February 2007 but she managed more than 70 entries and shared her remarkable… [MORE] |
 Governmental Fun with Photoshop - More Iran Tech Pix Revealed::Iran got busted last week photoshopping some missile launches to make them look more successful than they really were. Now it has (NOT) been revealed that Iran has a Department of Homeland Photoshop to… [MORE] |
 17 Innovative Search Engines (SUPER GALLERY)::While Google, Yahoo and MSN are probably the first names that come to mind when you think of search engines, there are millions of other search engines on the web too. Despite what many people think, there… [MORE] |
 Get Paid to Search - Scour Gives Points for Browsing::If you are a power searcher who spends all day on Yahoo, Google or MSN, then Scour wants to pay you to, well, scour the web. Scour is a search engine too, but they aggregate results from the top three… [MORE] |
 Massive Shoes - Petros Chrisostomou Giant Collection::Check out this giant shoe installation from Petros Chrisostomou. I enjoy the giant shoes as much as I love shoes in general.
The artist, Petros Chrisostomo, also creates GIANT cheese, cakes, corsets… [MORE] |
 Extreme Digital Makeovers - The Photoshop Diet::You've heard about them doing it to models and celebrities, and now ordinary people are doing it too. The Photoshop diet is the digital manipulation of photos to make the body look slimmer or in some cases… [MORE] |
 FriendFeed On Steroids - Frienderati on AllTop::AllTop.com, Guy Kawasaki's new aggregator, has introduced Frienderati, where visitors can see the "top ten people on FriendFeed" on one page. 94 top names on FriendFeed are listed in alphabetical order… [MORE] |
 Sexualizing Children's Toys - Teddy Bears Strip in Disturbing Ad::I can not get over the creepiness of the eye twinkle and smile on teddy’s face as he proceeds to strip in these Internet Group, Parental Control Ads.
Even though the campaign asks you to, “Make the… [MORE] |
 Turn Photos into Cartoons - Befunky Cartoonizer::Befunky Cartoonizer is a fun online application tool where you can make a cartoon based on a photo. No Photoshop or fancy software is required. You first upload a photo - the example here is Hillary Clinton… [MORE] |
 Fan Photos on Flickr - Tour de France 2008::The 2008 Tour de France is on now and fans have been diligently digital camera crazy, snapping away to capture the best moments from the side lines. By posting the photographs on Flickr, they show their… [MORE] |
 Google Moon - Explaining The World's Biggest Gamble::Google has mapped everything. Now it appears that they have also revealed the secret behind the lunar landings. Speculation has built since the late 70's that the landing never occurred. A number of theories… [MORE] |
 Art Manipulated by Blogger Posts - Pulse::Berlin-based artist Markus Kison has integrated pure art and technology in his project called Pulse. Here's how it works: Pulse searches Blogger blog posts for key words - words found in Robert Plutchik's… [MORE] |
 Hunger for Gossip Sites - Truemors Sold to NowPublic::Successful venture capitalist Guy Kawasaki launched Truemors, a site that explores media rumors, about a year ago for $12,107.09, and it’s now been bought by NowPublic, the world’s largest user-generated… [MORE] |
 Geeks in Playboy - "Hottest Female Bloggers" List::Playboy has chosen nine female bloggers to vote for in a new feature entitled, "Hottest Female Bloggers."
The list includes Boing Boing's blonde co-editor, Xeni Jardin, San Francisco Chronicle columnist… [MORE] |
 Social Networking for Beautiful People - FaceWorthy::FaceWorthy is a simple and easy to use website for beautiful people to get along. Not only is it easy for people to find new aspiring stars and lovable fans on FaceWorthy, it helps them build personal… [MORE] |
 Build Your Own Search - Yahoo BOSS::Yahoo is letting you Build Your Own Search with a new open search web services program. To capitalize on the gargantuan value of global search results, Yahoo BOSS will allow people to customize the way… [MORE] |
 In-Game Ads to Boost Revenue - Yahoo! Games Now Ad Supported::Yahoo! Games are now ad-supported, integrating advertisements for real companies within the virtual worlds of interactive play. With the help of Double Fusion, a firm specializing in casual game video… [MORE] |
 3D Social Networks - Google "Lively"::Google has launched Lively, a 3D social network! At first glance it looks like Second Life, but SL is all virtual. In Lively, everything besides the graphics is real, from the IM's to the chat rooms and… [MORE] |
 Interactive Animated Anatomy - Hybrid Animation Shows Heart Pumping::Hybrid Animations uses powerful and medically accurate animations to help educate and inform. Their works looks like the old movies where people got shrunk and injected into bodies.
The animation of… [MORE] |
 Fire Photography on Flickr - California Wildfires Coverage::The California wildfires are tragic, yet are dramatic sights to see. While you probably don't want to see them live, Flickr offers a huge database of images taken by the people who are in the middle of… [MORE] |
 Social Network for Fake Investing - Updown.com::Last night I was whisked away to updown.com, a social network for virtual investing. If you have ever wanted to play the stock market but didn't want to spend money, then this is the place.
You get to… [MORE] |
 Fake Screen Shots - GoingLikeSixty Makes Top of Yahoo Buzz::Sensing the young pup nipping closely at his heels the old dog learns a new trick and gains a huge advantage by aligning with another geezer. GoingLikeSixty has aligned with Carl Icahn, the biggest single… [MORE] |
 Google Street View of Tour de France - Virtual Cycling Tours::The Tour de France 2008 has kicked off, and thanks to Google Street View, you can be front and centre to take in the thrilling bike races.
The tech twist on the sporting event is ground breaking, and… [MORE] |
 Hedonistic Eco Nightclubs (UPDATE) - Club4Climate::What the heck is an eco nightclub? Picture a business that rewards customers by waiving the cover charge for proving that they walked or rode their bike there. Picture an establishment that requires patrons… [MORE] |
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