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How to Save Money on a New Computer As is usually the case in big ticket purchases, the best way to save money buying a new computer is not to buy one. The statement is obvious but it’s worth mentioning. If your current computer works fine, it can be...

(Minneapolis) Duluth man intentionally exposes woman to HIV, gets 90 days in jail The Duluth man who knowingly exposed his female partner to the HIV virus through unprotected sex has been sentenced to 90 days in jail and more than $400 in fines. Apparently exposing someone to a deadly and...

The year 1998 was dominated by the saga of Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky, but it also saw two horrific killings that led to a new federal law signed by President Obama. On June 7, in Texas, three white men chained an African American named James Byrd to a pickup truck and dragged him to his...

Study finds parents' carbon footprint multiplies 5.7 times per child August 07, 2009 Environmentalists tend to avoid the topic of population control. Too touchy. But the politically incorrect issue is becoming unavoidable as the global population lurches toward a predicted 9 billion people by...

Why bother reloading the Forum Homepage now that we have some nifty AJAX up and running? If you're a registered member, your latest topics scroll should automatically update every 15 seconds now without you having the reload the main page. Please be reminded that Internet Explorer 6 is not...

Didn't CTV do this last year with their NewsNet service? Well anyways, here's some news (to me at least) some of you CBC fans might find interesting: TORONTO — Newshounds already get their headlines from CNN, while business junkies learn the latest from BNN. Now, Canadians can get ready for...

Sony's pocket-sized PSP Go is finally out in the UK this week, with SCE ditching the unpopular UMD disc format in preference of digital downloaded games from its online store. And while Sony has come under fire for not making the entire PSP back catalogue available to PSP Go gamers, the new...

Obama sees worst poll rating drop in 50 years Barack Obama's popularity has fallen steeply since being elected last year Photo: AFP Gallup recorded an average daily approval rating of [only] 53 per cent for Mr Obama for the third...

A lot of people haven't logged on yet today, but there hasn't been any complaining yet about the changes I've installed today. Please use this thread for any gripes, complaints, comments, etc. Just a note: I changed the default width of the page to fluid or wide recently. Maybe nobody was...

Have you ever lost important documents that you forgot to backup when your hard drive crashes or you've been struck with a virus? Here's some good news for people and companies using Microsoft's products... but only if MS prefers to take the right direction. The Windows 7 sideshow begins...

Incase anybody is wondering what the bar at the bottom of the page is, it's an online chat system integrated with the forums. Your confirmed friends will be listed in the Online Chat tab and you'll be able to go offline or invisible chat at anytime. It's still very much beta and I have a lot of...

Premiers back Harper on fight against Buy America policy Prime Minister Stephen Harper, leader of the Conservative Party of Canada...

The German town of Vauban has gone car-free, instead relying on Trams and bikes as the main method of transportation. The Germans may have given the world the Audi and the autobahn, but they have banished everything with four wheels and an engine from the streets of Vauban – a model brave new...

Sony has added a free service to PlayStation 3 which gives you free access to thousands of videos. I tried it first around a week ago and Michael Jackson is one of the top artists featured. Since I had not heard about him for a while I decided to look him up and came across the fact he was...

This is fox news: news about foxes. For the past year, the German town of Fohren was terrorized by a shoe thief... in the dead of night, residents' shoes would be stolen. Over the course of a year, over 120 shoes vanished, never to be seen or heard from again. They weren't taken in pairs...

Hey folks, I'm currently working on some tweaks to the forum layout. I'm making mostly minor changes, but as you may have noticed, I changed the shade of blue on the default theme. Another thing that I'd like to change the the top header. It's functional enough, but I'd like to make navigation...

I cook pork tenderloin often. I don't own a meat thermometer but if I'm unsure, I'll cut it open around the thickest part and check the colour. If there's a tiny bit of red, I'll eat it, otherwise, it stays in longer. That works for me because I usually slice it and serve it so the original cut...

As many of you, I've been following the case in Sweden involving The Pirate Bay. I recently came over an article which argues the industry's main point in that filesharing technology has been killing the industry off. Jens Roland argues in this article that it simply isn't the case and I think...

This has got to be one of the best episodes of Lost I've seen and 'Ginger'/'Red' mentioned something I've been pondering for a long time: This is death. What originally got me to thinking about this was when Locke's father said to Sawyer "It's a little hot for heaven ... one second I'm in a car...

Doctors at the Cleveland Clinic said the nation's first-ever face transplant surgery took 22 hours from start to finish. The identity of the recipient of the donor face remains a mystery. She can eat pizza. And hamburgers. She can smell perfume, drink coffee from a cup, and purse her lips as...