A recent study from the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication indicated that the average online gamer defies the traditional stereotype of an overweight male adolescent. Read more

The US Army recently awarded a five-year $4 million contract to researchers from the three universities to study the concept of the "thought helmet." According to PhysOrg.com, the device "would harness a person´s brain waves and transmit them as radio waves, where they would be translated into words in the headphones of other soldiers." Can Read more

From the big celebration yesterday? What's that? You have no idea what I'm talking about? Well, then somehow you missed that September 19 is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. What's that? No, I'm not kidding. Read up at the official site for all the details. And seriously, swab the deck. It's disgusting. Read more

The iPhone 2.1 update is now available, offering the following juicy features:

• Decrease in call set-up failures and dropped calls
• Significantly better battery life for most users
• Dramatically reduced time to backup to iTunes
• Improved email reliability, notably fetching email from POP and Exchange accounts
• Faster installation of 3rd party applications
  

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According to the Associated Press, a California man broke into the home of two farmworkers, "rubbing spices into the face of one man and smacking another with an 8-inch sausage." The local sheriff's department found the suspect "hiding in a field wearing only a T-shirt, boxers and socks." Insert joke here. Read more