Some of the best ads skewered the male ego, with help from a tough tyke and Betty White.

Barley & Hops Old World Family Tavern is on the south end of Temecula and features Old World European charm.

The iPhone repair site iResQ has purported received fourth-generation iPhone parts. Not too much information can be gleaned from the parts, assuming they are the real deal, except that the iPhone is now 1/4 in longer.

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google is set to release a new module for Gmail that will allow the popular webmail service to display a stream of status updates from your friends. Sound familiar? Yes, it sounds very similar to Facebook and Twitter, and to a similar feature added to Yahoo! Mail last year.

Former Michigan basketball coach Bill Frieder, center, waves a towel as he's honored during Saturday at Crisler Arena.

Anime fans rejoice: Giant fighting robots have returned to the PSP system. From Software announced today that Armored Core: Silent Line Portable, the latest installment of its popular mecha action game, is now available on the North American PlayStation Network.... [Click through for full story]

A GI waterboarded his 4-year-old daughter in their suburban Tacoma, Wash. , home because she couldn't recite the alphabet, police reported.

Alice in the Country of Hearts Alice in the Country of Hearts is a reimagining of the classic fable "Alice in Wonderland". This time, Wonderland is more akin to an online dating simulation game, filled to the brim with dreamy - albeit partially psychotic - men who have each fallen head over heels in love with Alice.

Feb. 8, 2010 -- Drinking beer may be good for building more than just beer bellies.

The Acer Aspire One 532h-2326 is just as good for basic tasks as Netbooks costing $100 more, making it a solid sub-$300 option.

A Canadian man has been permanently banned from a coffee shop chain for complaining that his brew tasted like "brown, burnt water."

In a research note to clients, Credit Suisse analyst Bill Shope notes that Apple has plans to cut the price of the iPad if sales disappoint. The information was gleaned from a discussion with Apple executives. They were CFO Peter Oppenheimer, VP Eddy Cue, and SVP Ron Johnson.

As expected, Google aired a Super Bowl ad on Sunday. That was one huge expense, but at least they didn't specifically pay for the ad itself to be produced. It had been sitting on YouTube for three months.

An Indian doormat maker claims to have the best way to stop dirt getting in the house in the current bad weather - after inventing the world's longest doormat measuring more than 330 feet.

A Scottish pensioner has become one of only seven living people to hold judo's highest rank.

IBM is beginning a long-awaited upgrade to a range of servers and other hardware to make them more energy-efficient and competitive than rival products by Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems Inc.

DRINKING beer can help prevent weak bones, according to a new study. Beers with malted barley and hops are better as they have more silicon that those made from wheat, University of California scientists found.

Chen Chuanliu is an unlicensed rickshaw driver in the city of Beijing who felt the most secure way to keep his two-year old son Lao Lu from being abducted is to chain him to a lamp post with a thick chain and padlock. A month prior his four-year old sister was abducted, a grim reminder of the prevalence of child abduction in China.

Subscribe to an online dating site and you can easily pay upwards of $40 per month for membership; you'll pay more if you also want personalized coaching and other features to improve your odds of finding that special person.

A good exterior design doesn't quite make up for the 2010 Ford Mustang Convertible's rough feel, especially compared with other Ford cars, but Sync redeems it somewhat.

Communication skills were clearly lacking in a woman who police said tried to rob two Memphis credit unions.

Researchers say a new NASA satellite could help predict powerful solar storms that cause havoc on Earth.

A clash over control has scuttled plans for Japanese beermaker Kirin Holdings Co.

3-D is the new buzzword in home theater, and depending on who talk to it is going to be either the greatest thing since sliced-bread or the biggest consumer electronics folly ever. Obviously, the real truth is somewhere in-between. For some basic answers about how 3-D will impact the consumer, check out my article, 3D Home Theater Basics: Frequently Asked Questions

3-D Home Theater Basics: Frequently Asked Questions originally appeared on About.com Home Theater on Monday, February 8th, 2010 at 08:00:22.

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