The last man left on Earth in “I Am Legend” took first place at the weekend box office in North America. Will Smith crushed the competition with a $76.5 million opening for his sci-fi thriller, distributor Warner Bros. said on Sunday.
Archive for December, 2007
Worldwide Average Age of Virginity Loss
Durex published figures that identify the age on which people worldwide have sex for the first time. Globally, the average ‘virginity loss age’ is 17.3 years. The least adventurous are the people in India, who wait until they’re 19.8 years old before they have sex.
Google Profiles
Google Profiles will be integrated in most Google services so you have a coherent identity and a simple way to manage your contacts.
OPENhulu: Watch most of Hulu.com content, no registration
OPENhulu, a ripoff site that looks a lot like Hulu, features much of the same video content, and doesn’t require an invitation. The concept is pretty simple. Since Hulu lets registered users embed videos on their own web sites, why not grab all the embeddable content from Hulu and post it on an open site?
What Happened to Demonoid, Will it Ever Return?
Ever since Demonoid decided to pull the plug following pressure from the CRIA, thousands of members are wondering what happened. Perhaps even more importantly, they are asking themselves this: Is Demonoid ever going to come back?
Google Knol might choke Wikipedia, Squidoo
News broke late yesterday that Google was preparing to launch a new site call Knol that will combine parts of Wikipedia and Squidoo to create a new user generated authoritative online knowledgebase of everything.
Study: 95% of all e-mail sent in 2007 was Spam
There was a time - 2004 to be precise - when spam “only” consumed 70 percent of all e-mail. Those were the good old days. Today, as Barracuda Networks’ annual spam report shows, upwards of 95 percent of all e-mail is spam.
The Best Films of 2007
The year is recapped through a top twenty list that includes Superbad, The Simpsons Movie, Hot Fuzz, The Host, The Orphanage, Once, Knocked Up, Zodiac, Gone Baby Gone, Lars and the Real Girl, Black Book, Atonement, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Juno, Michael Clayton, Ratatouille, and more.
Top 10 New and Improved Apps of 2007
From significant upgrades to apps we already know and love, to major operating system releases, to a few new tools that help us get things done (or at least point towards the future), ‘07 was a good year in software and productivity
The Rug Alarm +17 other genius alarm clocks to wake you up.
18 of the most inventive ways to get you out of bed on those days you would give almost anything to sleep in.
