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Satechi Announces the Divoom iBase Dock Station with Stereo Sound for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad

The new Divoom iBase Dock Station for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad from Satechi can charge your Apple iOS device.? It has four full-range neodymium dynamic drivers inside to deliver high quality audio for music playback.? The Divoom is round, with a 6.25″ diameter.? A small vertical support near the 30-pin connector keeps your iOS [...]

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Spirit Airlines Figures Out How To Screw You Even Harder With Bag Fees [Fees]

Spirit Airlines introduced the ludicrous concept of charging you for carry-on luggage two years ago. Apparently that wasn't terrible enough because now the airline says it wants to charge more than twice as much if you haven't paid for your bag when you get to the gate. Jerks. More »


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Sega urinal game 'Toylets' goes on sale to general public, sink companion still missing (video)

Sega Toylets urinal game

In an effort to reduce male patron's messiness (and grab some cash from locales not necessarily associated with gaming) Sega's Toylets can now be found in restrooms across Japan -- and even in a handful of cities overseas. You won't need to make the laborious trek to your nearest bar or arcade to beat the high score any more, however, as Sega's now put the urinal games terminal up for sale to (Japanese) Joe Public. A sensor at the base will detect pressure and, er, volume which acts as the controls. A screen at eye level will show your progress, and you can expect several short-but-sweet games in the style of Rhythm Tengoku or Warioware. It all comes a price though -- you'll need to stump up 140,000 yen (around $1750) for the device itself and 10,000 yen ($125) a piece for games. The porcelain is (unfortunately) not included.

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UK lawmakers: Rupert Murdoch unfit to lead company

(AP) ? News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch is unfit to lead his global media empire, an influential group of British lawmakers said Tuesday.

In a scathing report, the lawmakers said his company misled Parliament about the scale of phone hacking at one of its tabloids.

Parliament's cross-party Culture, Media and Sport committee said News International, the British newspaper division of Murdoch's News Corp., had deliberately ignored evidence of malpractice, covered up evidence and frustrated efforts to expose wrongdoing.

Murdoch has insisted he was unaware that hacking was widespread at his now-shuttered News of the World tabloid, blaming underlings for keeping him in the dark.

The legislators said if that was true, "he turned a blind eye and exhibited willful blindness to what was going on in his companies."

"We conclude, therefore, that Rupert Murdoch is not a fit person to exercise the stewardship of a major international company," the report by the panel of 11 lawmakers said.

Labour Party panel member Tom Watson said the decision had not been unanimous, and Conservative lawmakers Louise Mensch ? who opposed condemning Murdoch ? said the split had been along party lines.

The judgment on Murdoch implies that News Corp., which he heads, is also not a fit to control British Sky Broadcasting, in which News Corp. holds a controlling stake of 39 percent.

The committee agreed unanimously that three key News International executives misled Parliament by offering false accounts of their knowledge of the extent of phone hacking at the News of The World ? a rare and serious censure which usually demands a personal apology to legislators.

Murdoch closed down the 168-year-old Sunday tabloid last July amid public revulsion at the hacking of voice mail messages of celebrities and victims of crime, including murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler.

Throughout the scandal, News International's approach "was to cover up rather than seek out wrongdoing," the legislators wrote.

Associated Press

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16th Annual Webby Award Winners: The Complete List

The 16th annual Webby Awards are upon us, and Mashable has an exclusive list of all the winners.

Considered by many to be the Internet's Academy Awards, the Webbys honors online media in four categories: websites; interactive advertising and media; online film and video; and mobile and apps.

Each category awards two prizes -- the Webby Award, which is chosen by the International Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Webby People's Voice Award, which is chosen by the public in an online voting system. A record 1.5 million people voted online this year.

Some of this year's notable wins include Pinterest, Spotify and Google+ -- all first-time winners -- as well as Facebook, which beat out Twitter, Kiva, YouTube and Change.org in the category of "People's Special Achievement Webby for Social Change."

This year marks the first time the award is being given to honor the Internet as a driving force in advancing and organizing societies around the world.

Another 2012 Webby highlight is Instagram, which is being honored as the "Webby Breakout of the Year" in light of its billion dollar acquisition by Facebook.

Icelandic singer-songwriter Bjork is receiving recognition for her album Biophilia, which incorporated touchscreen technology in a multi-dimensional, digital album.

Juliette Lewis and Graydon Sheppard are both receiving special "Best Actresses" awards for their wildly popular YouTube series "Sh*t Girls Say."

Mashable is humbled to receive the Webby Award in the "Best Blog - Business" category.

Award Name Webby Award Winner People's Voice Winner Activism Counterspill Counterspill' Animation Address is Approximate Chipotle's Back to the Start ' Art PhotoSeed Google Art Project' Associations Downtown Seattle Association Website All Art is Advertising' Augmented Reality The Sound of Football 'Model Pick Up' Automotive The 21stCentury Beetle - Rock 'n' Scroll. The 21stCentury Beetle - Rock 'n' Scroll. Banking/Bill paying Manilla 'Manilla' Banner Campaigns Homeless Banners 'X3 launch' Banner Singles Be Ridiculously Long Lasting Banner 'Be Ridiculously Long Lasting Banner' Beauty and Cosmetics YSL Experience 'Glamour.com's Beauty Channel' Best Copywriting Dear 16-year-old Me 'Prius Goes Plural' Best Editing Plot Device 'Michael Jackson: Behind the Mask' Best Home/Welcome Page Visit Norway 360 'Sesame Street Muppets' Best Individual Performance President Bush Reacts to Osama Bin Laden's Death with Will Ferrell 'Simon Pegg and Nick Frost's Star Wars' Best Integrated Media Plan The Inside Experience 'State Farm "Thanks 9/11 Tribute"' Best Navigation/Structure The 21stCentury Beetle - Rock 'n' Scroll. 'Google Music' Best Practices Dropbox 'Dropbox' Best Use of Animation or Motion Graphics Draw A Stickman 'Draw A Stickman' Best Use of Device Camera Super 8 'Skype' Best Use of GPS or Location Technology Google Cannes Heatmap 'Keeping 15 Million People Connected for Safety' Best Use of Interactive Video Jameson1780.com 'Jameson1780.com' Best Use of Mobile Video TED iPad App 'Hulu Plus app' Best Use of Online Media The Chase HTML5 Experience 'Nike Back for the Future' Best Use of Photography God's Lake Narrows 'Beyond 9/11' Best Use of Social Media The Museum of Me 'Old Spice Mano a Mano en el Bano' Best Use of Video or Moving Image Asos Urban Tour 'TED.com' Best Visual Design - Aesthetic Kinetic Fanzine Vol.1 'Google Music' Best Visual Design - Function The 21stCentury Beetle - Rock 'n' Scroll. 'Pinterest' Best Web Personality/Host 7 Minutes in Heaven with Mike O'Brien 'Sonia's Travels' Best Writing (Editorial) newyorker.com 'The Onion' Best Writing Onion News Network's "How To Get A Guy To Notice You While You're Having Sex With Him" 'Onion News Network' Blog - Business Mashable 'HuffPost Business' Blog - Cultural The 99% 'Know Your Meme' Blog - Political FiveThirtyEight 'It's All Politics' Branded Content The Creators Project 'K-Swiss Branded Entertainment THE MOST AMAZING BEAT BOX VIDEO EVER 'K-Swiss Celebrity/Fan MTV O Music Awards 'Conan O'Brien Presents: Team Coco ' Charitable Organizations/Non-Profit The Pine Ridge Story 'Amnesty USA' Comedy: Individual Short or Episode Siri Argument 'Simon Pegg and Nick Frost's Star Wars' Comedy: Long Form or Series Drunk History Christmas with Ryan Gosling, Jim Carrey and Eva Mendes 'The Key of Awesome' Community I Had Cancer 'Tumblr' Consumer Electronics Urbanears 'HTC Sense' Corporate Communications Google Music 'Google Music' Corporate Social Responsibility Ben & Jerry's Fair Tweets 'Ben & Jerry's Fair Tweets' Corporate Social Responsibility Campaigns Nike Back for the Future 'Nike Back for the Future' Cultural Institutions United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 'United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ' Documentary: Individual Episode I will never be cut': Kenyan girls fight back against genital mutilation ''I will never be cut': Kenyan girls fight back against genital mutilation' Documentary: Series Sundance Channel - Beginnings 'Often Awesome The Series' Drama The Confession 'The Confession ' Education & Reference Khan Academy '50 Greatest Photographs of National Geographic' Education The Human Body App 'TED.com' Email Marketing Forgot Your Password 'Alice: Madness Returns Launch Email' Employment Glassdoor - an inside look at jobs and companies 'Freelancer' Entertainment (Tablets and All Other Devices) Super 8 'Weird Al Yankovic "When I Grow Up"' Entertainment (Handheld Devices) The Numberlys 'The Onion's iPad App' Events & Live Webcasts TribecaFilm.com 'YouTube Symphony Orchestra 2011 Grand Finale' Events EducationNation.com 'Sundance Film Festival' Experimental & Innovation Google Wallet 'SwiftKey' Experimental & Weird The Future of the Book 'Creating the Nebula' Family/Parenting BabyCenter - Best Parenting Website 'BabyCenter' Fashion SHOWstudio 'Vogue.com' Financial Services Mint.com/Intuit 'Mint' Food and Beverage Foodily 'The End' Game or Application SPENT 'Domino's Pizza Hero' Games androp "Bell" music video game 'Disney Games' Games (Handheld Devices) Heineken Star Player 'The Adventures of Timmy: Run Kitty Run' Games (Tablets & All Other Devices) MINI Maps 'MINI Maps' Games-Related Game Trailers 'TwitchTV' Government NASA Web Site 'NASA Web Site' Green Counterspill 'National Geographic Environment' Guides/Ratings/Reviews Yelp Mobile 'Yelp Mobile' Guides/Ratings/Reviews 9/11 Memorial Guide 'Yelp' Health Medify, Inc. 'LIVESTRONG' How-To and DIY Rethink Your Man Reminder 'Lifehacker ' Humor The Onion 'Cracked.com' Insurance Allstate Teen Driver 'State of Chaos' Integrated Campaigns Germany will find you 'Old Spice Mano a Mano en el Bano' Integrated Mobile Experience SHO Social App for iPad 'Sony Xperia Studio' IT Hardware/Software frameratefest 'Dell Do More (B2B Site)' Law CitizenshipWorks 'CitizenshipWorks' Lifestyle Epicurious.com 'Epicurious' Lifestyle (Handheld Devices) Beef Essentials iPhone app 'Epicurious' Lifestyle (Tablets & All Other Devices) Unstuck 'Unstuck' Magazine Wired 'National Geographic Magazine Online' Mobile & Experience Marketing Ariel Fashion Shoot 'I Went To Moma And...' Mobile Advertising Microsoft Windows Azure iPad Ad 'Uncover Your World' Movie and Film Indiewire website 'Walt Disney Studio Motion Pictures' Music Spotify 'Pandora' Music The Creators Project The Creators Project Music Pitchfork 'Pandora' NetArt BLA BLA 'PostSecret' News The Daily Beast 'BBC News website' News (Handheld Devices) Flipboard for iPhone 'NPR' News (Tablet & All Other Devices) Bloomberg Businessweek+ 'The Daily' News & Politics: Individual Episode The VICE Guide To Congo 'The VICE Guide To Congo' News & Politics: Series Revolutionaries: Egypt's Transformers 'Al Jazeera English: The Stream' Online Campaigns Touch the Rainbow 'Old Spice Mano a Mano en el Bano' Online Commercials Google Chrome: Dear Sophie 'Google Chrome: Dear Sophie' Online Guerilla & Innovation Take This Lollipop 'Birds On Twitter' Personal Blog/Website Clouds 365 Project Captur?e Pharmaceuticals Ask A Patient 'GoodRx' Politics FactCheck.org 'FactCheck.org' Professional Services SoundCircus 'The IdeaLists' Public Service and Activism Dear 16-year-old Me 'Undercover at Smithfield Foods' Radio/Podcasts TED.com 'TED' Real Estate PadMapper 'Apartment List' Reality Periodic Table of Videos 'Dog Park' Religion and Spirituality Fervr 'Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly' Restaurant Beast and the Hare Restaurant Website 'Chef Marc Forgione' Retail ASOS 'Fab' Rich Media: B to C Intel - The Escape 'Nike Free Arena' Rich Media: Non-Profit/Educational A New Warrior 'Amnesty - Slide to unlock' Rich Media: Promotional Google Chrome: Dear Sophie 'Google Chrome: Dear Sophie' School/University Chicago Portfolio School 'A Window on a Creative World' Science Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering 'Wired Science' Self-Promotion/Portfolio The Work of Robert Jaso 'School of Visual Arts' Shopping (Handheld Devices) Target iPhone App 'Target iPhone App' Shopping (Tablets & All Other Devices) Fab.com app Fab.com app Social (Handheld Devices) Flipboard for iPhone 'Flipboard for iPhone' Social (Tablets & All Other Devices) Skype 'Skype' Social Media Pinterest 'Google+' Sports Nike Training Club 'WatchESPN' Sports Egypt, football and revolution 'Arctic Hoop Dreams' Sports ESPN.com 'ESPN' Technology Picturing Science: Museum Scientists & Imaging Technologies 'CNET TV' Telecommunications Huawei Mobiles 'Nokia Swipe' Television HBO Connect 'Hulu' Tourism NYC The Official Guide 'Greenland' Travel FlightBoard 'KAYAK' Travel KAYAK.com 'KAYAK' Travel & Adventure From Peru for Peru 'From Per?? for Peru' Utilities & Services (Handheld Devices) Evernote 'Evernote' Utilities & Services (Tablets & All Other Devices) Zillow Real Estate App 'Shutterstock for iPad' Variety Lynn Hirschberg's Screen Tests 'TEDTalks' Video Remixes/Mashups Nike Better World 'Tim Tebow - "All He Does Is Win"' Viral I Hope This Gets To You 'Muppet Show Theme Song by Ok GO' Viral Marketing Cat 'Draw A Stickman' Web Services & Applications Dropbox 'Dropbox' Weird I Found Money Today 'Kim Jong-Il looking at things' Youth Sesame Street Muppets 'It Gets Better Project' ? ? ? People's Special Achievement for Social Change ? 'Facebook'

The 2012 Webby Award winners will be honored at a gala in New York City on May 21. You can see a full list of this year's nominees at WebbyAwards.com.

Are you pleased with this year's winners? Sound off in the comments.

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24 new Caribbean lizard species identified

A suite of lizards called skinks has just crawled into the science books, with researchers discovering 24 new species of the reptiles from the Caribbean islands.

Many of the skink species were identified from museum specimens, and now, the researchers say half of the newbies may be extinct or close to extinction, with the others threatened with extinction, said lead study researcher Blair Hedges, a professor of biology at Penn State University.

The researchers examined the specimens using DNA and the appearances of the animals, including the number and shape of their scales, to identify them. Of the 39 species they identified from the Caribbean, six were already known and nine had been named long ago but not considered valid until now.

New World skinks, like those identified, arrived in the Americas about 18 million years ago from Africa, possibly by floating on mats of vegetation. Their claim to fame comes from their ability to produce a humanlike placenta, the organ that connects growing offspring to essential nutrients from the mama.

"While there are other lizards that give live birth, only a fraction of the lizards known as skinks make a placenta and gestate offspring for up to one year," Hedges said in a statement.

As pregnancy can slow an animal down, this lengthy gestational period may have given skinks' predators a competitive edge; they think the small Indian mongoose (Urva auropunctata) ? an invasive species introduced by farmers in the 19th century to control rats in sugarcane fields ? is responsible for the loss of many skink species. [ Infographic: How Long Are Animals Pregnant? ]

"Our data show that the mongoose, which was introduced from India in 1872 and spread around the islands over the next three decades, has nearly exterminated this entire reptile fauna, which had gone largely unnoticed by scientists and conservationists until now," Hedges said.

In fact, data show a sharp decline in skink populations soon after the introduction of the mongoose.

As for why such a large number of skink species have gone unnoticed for so many years, Hedges offered two explanations. "First, Caribbean skinks already had nearly disappeared by the start of the 20th century, so people since that time rarely have encountered them and therefore have been less likely to study them," he said.

In addition, some key features that distinguish between species had been overlooked, he said. These included various characteristics of body proportion, scalation as well as coloration and patterning.

The research, funded by the National Science Foundation, is detailed in Monday's issue of the journal Zootaxa.

Follow LiveScience for the latest in science news and discoveries on Twitter @livescience? and on Facebook.

? 2012 LiveScience.com. All rights reserved.

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Affiliate Marketing eBook ? The Key to Your Professional Education

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