GoogleTalk Gadget Added to Personal Pages

Nick Gonzalez writes: "Google just announced integration of their instant messaging service, Google Talk, with Google IG, their personalized home page. The flash-based widget plugs into your Google Personal Home Page as an integrated buddy list and IM window."

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30 Strangest Deaths in History.

Neatorama.com have posted their list of the thirty strangest deaths in history. This list contains bizarre items such as death by beard and death by orange peel!

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Cowabunga! It's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on Xbox LIVE Arcade

Luke Hepburn of mygen.com.au writes: "Everyone's favorite totally tubular turtles bring their radical ninja skills to Xbox LIVE Arcade. The 1989 arcade classic, 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,' will be available for download on Xbox LIVE Arcade for Xbox 360 beginning Wednesday."

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Famed Trackers to Join Osama Hunt

"An elite group of Native American trackers is joining the hunt for terrorists crossing Afghanistan's borders."

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Operation To Remove Light Bulb From Inmate's Anus

Fateh Mohammad swore that he didn't know why the bulb was there.

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Prey Demo Now Available on Xbox Live

Major Nelson has informed Joystiq.com that the Prey demo is available for download off of Xbox Live Arcade. The demo weighs in at a whopping 1.17GB.

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XM Bombards Business With 78,000 Wrong Numbers

Small business gets 78,000 wrong numbers after XM Radio prints wrong phone number in postcards to customers.

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CNET Picks the 10 Best Google Apps

"As Google expands its empire beyond stellar search, the goliath keeps piling onto its heap of free tools that enable you to communicate, manage multimedia, jam-pack your calendar, map trips, and even create virtual worlds.

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LSU to hire Mainieri as head coach

"Notre Dame baseball coach Paul Mainieri, a rare northern success story in what has become a Sun Belt game, is due in Baton Rouge tonight to interview for the vacant LSU post, but it may be a formality."

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Kraftwerk's vocoder on eBay

"A prototype vocoder built for Kraftwerk and pictured on the album Ralf & Florian is up for auction on eBay. Starting bid is $3,800."

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FIFA Blocks Angry E-mails from South Korea

"FIFA blocked incoming e-mail from South Korea to its Web site because of a flood of angry messages from fans after the 2002 semifinalists went out in the first round of the World Cup."

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New Orleans' Levees Now Damaged By Lack of Water

"Officials with the East Jefferson Levee District said the cracks," which are being monitored, "are the result of the drought conditions that are baking the region and everything in it."

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600 lbs. Woman Survives Getting Thrown Through Sunroof

"A woman is in stable condition after being ejected through the sunroof of her SUV during an accident."

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Microsoft to pull a PS3, place motion sensors in Xbox 360 pad?

Microsoft "could possibly be working on a simplified controller--to be sold in parallel with the main Xbox 360 pad--designed specifically for Xbox Live Arcade games."

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Sirius would like to buy XM

"Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. Chief Executive Mel Karmazin said on Monday that he would like to buy arch-rival XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc., but price and regulatory hurdles would be an issue."

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Street Fighter II on XBLA dated for July 30?

"The much delayed and anticipated Xbox Live Arcade title Street Fighter II' Hyper Fighting has gotten a release date -- at least down under."

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Woman swallows 320 heroin-filled condoms

"Customs officers in Sydney have intercepted an Australian woman who swallowed 320 condoms full of heroin in an attempt to smuggle the drug into the country."

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Sony Expects to Sell 100 Million PS3s

"Sony's massively successful PlayStation and PlayStation 2 consoles both sold upwards of 100 million units worldwide. But despite the PlayStation 3's steep price point, Sony's sales expectations haven't flagged at all."

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Xbox Live Arcade Titles Coming to Retail

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Students Selling Screen Credits to Fund First Movie

"Andrew Cargill, 19, and Tony Lane, 27, are offering to add all contributors' names to the film's credits if they donate £3 or more to the project."

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Uwe Boll Not Being Considered For The Upcoming Metal Gear Solid Movie

Hideo Kojima, through the Kojima Productions Report, denied that Uwe Boll was being considered to direct the upcoming Metal Gear Solid movie.

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Scary Movie 4 Trailer Released

A Scary Movie 4 trailer has finally been released on Yahoo! Movies.

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Dog Owners in China Opt to Have Canines' Vocal Cords Cut to Keep Them Quiet

"In order to stop their pets from barking, many unlicensed owners in one Chinese city are opting to have their dogs' vocal cords cut."

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Commences Production for Warner Bros. Pictures

Principal photography begins February 6th for the fifth Harry Potter film.

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The Mysterious Smell of Moondust

Moondust smells like gunpowder and tastes "not half bad."

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