Cody Taylor

If it’s ‘shopped, it’s hilarious. If it’s real, that’s amazing. This picture was created by Pete359 (digg user Arothlink) for Cracked’s forums. I hope you win their contest!

During a talk at Heise in Nuremberg, Germany, Mozilla CEO John Lilly helps us understand how to create successful open-source projects, with some significant caveats.

“Three strikes” rules have come to Ireland in a sudden and unexpected way, as the country’s largest ISP settles a court case brought by the music industry and agrees to take action on file-swappers. Repeat offenders will be disconnected from the ‘Net.

“As if the news from Wall Street, Detroit, and Starbucks was not bad enough, DigitalMusicNews.com is reporting that CD sales have now fallen to less than half the number of CDs sold in their peak year, 2000. In 2008, CD sales were down 54.6 percent from 2000, or a giant 514.6 million units less.”

In this article, we’ll take a look at the impact that website color schemes have on the overall branding of a company, and we’ll also look at plenty of examples. We won’t be going into the subjects of color choices for branding or the psychology of colors.

The Wall Street Journal’s excellent columnist Daniel Henninger argues that Timothy Geithner, despite howls from Republicans, deserved to be confirmed as Treasury Secretary. Henninger deplores the witch-hunts that have defined Washington since the Watergate era, a slash and burn effort from both parties to discredit men and women.

The NBA, and basketball in general, is still relatively young. The league evolves with each generation. While it has had its share of legends, these 12 have impacted the sport on and off the court the most.

While some chief executives’ jobs may be in peril, these 10 have stuck it out long enough to partake in what’s left of the global economy. These have made our annual list of the world’s wealthiest CEOs.

NASA wants the public to determine where in the universe it will next aim the powerful Hubble Space Telescope. The space agency is encouraging Internet surfers to log onto the Hubble Web site and vote for one of a six astronomical objects for the renowned telescope to examine for the first time.

Cable TV channels, pay-per-view shows and over-the-air broadcast networks deliver fights to millions of viewers each month. Many of these new viewers are still learning about the sport and the fighters. We’ve created a list of the best fighters to watch regardless of weight class, nationality or promotion.