NASA’s space probe, LCROSS, intentionally crashed into the south pole of the moon around 7:30 am EDT this morning in hopes to retrieve data from the dust and particles that were kicked up from the event.

We’re following a promising new service from Polar Rose that combines the best of its facial recognition software with the images you upload to Facebook, Flickr, and 23HQ, allowing you to conveniently share images between friends across multiple sites.

Google is reaching out to its users to help them create a favicon (the little icon you see next to the URL in your browser) for its site, admitting that “creating a favicon is really difficult.”

Blorge has finally got its first sneak peak at the upcoming Polar Rose facial recognition plug-in for Firefox and Internet Explorer, and we must say it is certainly impressive.

Chemical substance abuse among bloggers has recently become a growing concern in the blogosphere; we’ve all seen their intoxicated-posts, using late 90’s buzzwords while prefixing every other word with a noun-like adjective. A small Australian company, SoBlog , has come to the rescue with a new device expected to hit the market in Spring of next year.

While Google tries its best to anticipate what its users want, when searching the Internet, it doesn’t always return desirable links. In fact, sometimes it’s just plain “quirky,” and requires a little extra work on our part to return those sought-after links.

The iPhone sure has seen a year of imperfections and  hacks, causing Apple to release numerous updates to stay ahead of the game; but security analysts say it’s not over, predicting serious attacks on the iPhone will be imminent in 2008.

Samsung’s ultra-thin, anorexic LCD display will be turning heads at one of the world’s largest trade shows dedicated to flat panel displays. The 40 inch diagonal display has a thickness nearly the size of a DVD case.

Holding true to its development timeline, Ubuntu is planning the release of its Linux distribution, codename Gutsy Gibbon, version 7.10, scheduled for release in only 2 short days.

The folks over at teslacoil.net have successfully combined the mysterious world of Nikola Tesla with the addicting habits of video games. The result? A modified Guitar Hero guitar that throws extremely loud 4 to 5-foot bolts of lightning.

Got an old webcam lying around? Why not modify it and turn it into an infrared (IR) camera that can see and record video in the dark. It’s a fairly easy process, requiring only a screwdriver and an old photography negative; we’ll show you how it’s done.

Gibson, an extremely well known manufacturer of acoustic and electric guitars, has a new line of guitars that incorporates a bit of 21st century technology for those who can’t get “in tune” with their instrument, according to Technology Review.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me? AT&T says not so much; in fact, throw a few hurtful words towards AT&T and you may have your Internet service terminated. And you thought Comcast was bad.

Stickam, a social networking site that places emphasis on chatting with friends by means of a webcam, states in its Terms of Service (TOS) that it retains the right to “monitor the content of any messaging that occurs on or through the instant message service;” however, it may come as a shock to learn that they regularly do monitor the webcam chats, including private, friend-to-friend chats. Neil Hotkiewicz learned the hard way.

A new project outlined as “one of the most advanced city-wide intelligent security systems ever conceived” is underway in the windy city, Chicago, IL. The Operation is known as “Virtual Shield” which will be one of the world’s largest video security deployments upon completion. Think you know Big Brother? Just wait.

Whatever IT is, you can find IT on eBay… including other members’ credit card numbers (with three digit CVV2 number), usernames, and contact information. Has eBay been hacked? Or, is this just a hoax schemed by tricksters?

Starting October 2nd, over 7,000 Starbucks locations will be giving away 50 million free digital songs in an effort to jump-start its new deal with Apple’s iTunes.