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Lindsay Lohan is featured in the March 2006 issue of Allure magazine — she’s back and looking … well … wow!

[gallery: Lindsay Lohan in Allure Magazine]

Two doctors in the US have called for the legalization of organ sales to help meet rising demands.

They said bids to increase the donor pool were failing, and a black market in organ sales was booming.

Writing in Kidney International the pair said, while it remained a taboo, legalisation should be considered.

But experts in the UK - where selling organs is illegal - said such a move was unnecessary and would exploit the poorest sections of society.

Trying to legalize marijuana is one thing, but organ sales — are you kidding?!

[via The BBC]

So what type of technology is required to ensure a smooth operation at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino? Check out these numbers:

One of the largest players, Atos Origin, employs more than 2,000 people during the games solely to manage the IT infrastructure at the various venues for the different events throughout the region.

This infrastructure includes 385 servers, 5,000 computers, 700 printers, 22,000 miles of cable, and 950 commentator information terminals. Over 100,000 man hours of testing went into preparing one of the most secure and redundant computer networks on Earth. Not surprisingly, the IT staff is working 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for the full two-week duration of the Olympic events to keep things that way.

Impressive, very impressive.

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[via ShortFlip]

Remember that cool new d3o compound that instantly hardens upon impact? Well, the latest line of protective wear to implement the compound is a new body armor for skiers; and who gets to use it — the US and Canadian ski teams in the 2006 Winter Olympics.

The lightweight bendable material, known as d3o, can be worn under normal ski clothing. It will provide protection for US and Canadian skiers taking part in slalom and giant slalom races in Turin, Italy. Skiers normally have to wear bulky arm and leg guards to protect themselves from poles placed along the slalom run.

Skiwear company Spyder, based in Colorado, US, developed racing suits incorporating d3o along the shins and forearms and offered members of the US and Canadian Olympic alpine ski teams the chance to try them out several months ago. “Now they love it and won’t ski without it,” claims Richard Palmer, CEO of UK-based d3o Labs, which developed the material.

I still really want one of the Ribcaps…

[via New Scientist]

And while we’re on the topic of PETA … again … Kristin Cavallari has become the latest spokesperson for PETA. Wait, who the hell is Kristin Cavallari???

Fans of MTV’s hit reality show Laguna Beach may have gotten the wrong idea about Kristin Cavallari. Sure, she likes to party and have fun—who doesn’t? And yes, she’s sometimes surrounded by more drama than an angsty teen creates on MySpace.com, but who among us isn’t?

I just had to ask … but for those non-loyal fans of Laguna Beach, here’s a visual representation of the quickly rising sex bomb.

Paris Hilton kicked off fashion week in London with a bang by getting herself pelted with powder by PETA activists.

The US socialite opened Julien Macdonald’s show on the first night wearing diamonds valued at 2m [pounds].

But animal rights campaigners from Peta showered flour over Hilton and the designer, who uses fur, as they went to an after-show party in Mayfair.

So is it just me, or does Julien Macdonald look a lot like the King of Pop, Michael Jackson? Maybe it’s all that white flour and the red jacket … and leave it to Paris to let it all hang out in the back. Classy Paris, classy.

So in case you didn’t bother reading the text on the cover of the recently released Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue (and honestly, who does?!), here a news flash — Maria Sharapova has a spread inside. OMG!

It’s here, the 2006 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.

More: 296 images (27MB zip archive on rapidshare.de)

Spalding Never Flat basketballs — if they’re good enough for Pam, they’re good enough for you (click image to enlarge).