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That wasn't actually a joke. You get a zedonk. Half zebra, half ass, 100% honky-tonk-zedonk-a-donk. I hate to see you go, but I love to watch you leave! Woo-wee, shut my mouth, slap yo' gradma! A zedonk, an unusual cross between a donkey and a zebra, is attracting attention at the Chestatee Wildlife Preserve in Dahlonega after being born there about a week ago. The animal, which has a zebra father and donkey mother, has black stripes prominently displayed on her legs and face. C.W. Wathen, the preserve's founder and general manager, said the foal has a zebra's instincts. Wathen said she sits up instead of lying on her side, as if she's staying alert for predators. Donkeys and zebras don't usually mate, but zedonks turn up occasionally. You know what else usually don't mate? Humans and horses. Then how do you explain the centaurs? Somebody really wanted a pony growing up (and has daddy issues). Zedonk hybrid born at Ga. wildlife preserve [yahoonews] Thanks to Morgan, who's trying to mate badgers and donkeys to breed bad-asses.

Spirit, in electronic hibernation to endure a harsh Martian winter, has not phoned home since March 22, but engineers are hoping for a miracle from Mars.

Mozilla has given tabs some long-overdue love in the second Firefox 4 beta with App Tabs, a feature that annihilates your scramble to search for that one elusive open tab. Watch what it does in this How To video.

Incoming BP CEO Bob Dudley sought to reassure jittery Gulf of Mexico residents Friday that the massive British corporation will not abandon them once the ruptured well responsible for the oil disaster has been permanently sealed.

Just follow one of these simple steps. Me? I'm going to find Mjolnir AND learn magic. You think that'll make me a super-superhero? Because I'm not against some government testing to get the job done. Am I, govt. boner pills? I'm still stiff! And I took them in '07. How To Become Super [geeksaresexy] Thanks to April, who may or may not date Casey Jones. OMG pleaaaase introduce me to Michelangelo.

Soladigm, which adds thin films to glass to block light and heat, plans a manufacturing plant in Mississippi to make its green building gear.

Academics Jeff Jarvis and Danah Boyd, on stage at Supernova, can't pinpoint a solution to online privacy controversies, but agree misguided attempts to define privacy are part of the problem.

The deaths of six U.S. troops in the past two days has made July the deadliest month for American forces in Afghanistan since the war began almost nine years ago.

The company applied for a patent on mobile applications for booking flights and hotels, as well as mobile shopping services.

Panasonic decided to jazz up their packaging a little and is selling their new RP-HJE 130 earbuds in this cleverly designed box. As you can see, the earbuds are placed in the package in such a way that they look like a, uh, half-wheelchair with jet engine armrests? Yeah I don't actually get it either. Panasonic Gets A Gold Star For Earphone Packaging Design [ohgizmo] Thanks to Carsten, whose voice is like music to my ears. Provided music makes me want to cover my ears with my hands and scream "LALALA -- I CAN'T HEAR YOOOOU!"

Google Ventures and CIA's investment arm fund Recorded Future, a start-up that monitors Web and connects dots between people, places, events, Wired says.

Copyright office says bypass is legal, while Wikileaks publishes classified documents on the war in Afghanistan. Also: New Apple desktops.

A French woman who admitted to giving birth to and smothering eight babies over a 17-year period was secretive but always supportive of her family, two of her daughters said in a local newspaper report published Friday.

The leaders of Syria and Saudi Arabia arrived in Lebanon on Friday, a visit intended to ease a heatening political crisis in the religiously diverse and combustible nation.

Camelflage panties are women's underwear with a piece of plastic (or something) sewn into the crotch that prevents the panties from forming a highly undesirable camel-toe (similar to the Cuchini). Wait -- those aren't cool anymore?! *untapes wiener from between buttcheeks* Per customer testimonial: I am OBSESSED with my panties and will be ordering more next week. Two pairs just won't cut it with my workout schedule....I love my Camelflage!!! Thanks to you, the guys at the gym were staring at the games on TV and not at my crotch!!!! Also, it protects the lady parts on the bike seat. Whoa whoa whoa -- BIKE SEATS HAVE LADY PARTS?! I may never drive again! Product Site Thanks to BanAna, who doesn't need Camelflage because she invented an invisibility cloak. Well damn, smarty pants!

Uniloc USA is also suing Activision, Quark, others as follow-up to a similar suit filed against Microsoft over software activation tech.

At least 25 people in Russia have died in wildfires amid soaring summer temperatures. President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday order the military to help tackle the fires.

Want to grab a quick panoramic picture with your iPhone? The makers of the popular RedLaser app have a new photo tool out that can create one using your iPhone's video camera.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Friday he was disappointed by criticism from Secretary of Defense Robert Gates over the release of about 75,000 pages of U.S. documents related to the war in Afghanistan.