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Pet Translation Cellphone Service

June 3rd, 2006 at 11:57 pm » Comments (0)

SK Telecom has ignored the ideas of giving cellphones the ability to better understand humans and jumped directly to animals.



Why Dream Teams Fail

June 3rd, 2006 at 11:47 pm » Comments (0)

It may be tempting to recruit all-stars and let ‘em rip. Don’t do it. Dream teams often become nightmares of dysfunction.



Video Game Designers Contemplating Romantic Themes

June 3rd, 2006 at 7:35 pm » Comments (0)

As a woman working in an industry known for being guy-centric, video game designer Brenda Brathwaite wishes that more Xbox or PlayStation titles would incorporate romance as part of the story. It would bring in more new gamers, she argues — namely females, who make up a small but growing segment of the gamer population.



China’s Plans for Controlling the Weather

June 3rd, 2006 at 7:25 pm » Comments (0)

The rainy season has come to northern China, and it’s a brave new world out there. Actually the natural rainy season doesn’t start until July. But the season of man-made rain is upon us, and Chinese rainmakers have been busy.



Amazing Photos - Boa Eating a Kangaroo

June 3rd, 2006 at 4:51 pm » Comments (0)

The brutality of nature never seems to amaze us.  This series of pictures is no exception.  Warning - Not for the faint of heart.



The Ultimate Tax Shelter: Owning Your Own Business

June 3rd, 2006 at 11:02 am » Comments (0)

The surest way to reduce your taxes is to convert personal expenditures into allowable deductions. Turn even a hobby into a business and you’ll cut your tax bill.



Stupid Bank Robber

June 3rd, 2006 at 10:51 am » Comments (0)

A would-be Japanese bank robber asked staff how he should carry out the crime before meekly obeying a request to leave and then accidentally stabbing himself in the leg with a knife he was carrying.



Mobile Gambling: A Good Bet

June 3rd, 2006 at 10:44 am » Comments (0)

The "Gambling on Mobile III" report, from Juniper Research, predicts that the worldwide mobile gambling market, in terms of the total value of bets placed, will rise from slightly under $2 billion in 2006 to over $23 billion in 2011.



Podcasting: Latest Trend in Education

June 3rd, 2006 at 10:40 am » Comments (0)

A United Kingdom university is introducing the use of education-based MP3 audio files into its program to help modernize education.



China to Build Nuclear Fusion Reactor

June 3rd, 2006 at 10:34 am » Comments (0)

Chinese scientists will soon begin work a fusion reactor in France, in a search for a new source of energy.



Farm Children More Likely to Die of Injury

June 3rd, 2006 at 10:28 am » Comments (0)

A new study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal shows that young farm children are twice as likely as other Canadian children to die from injury.



Introducing the Shredding Scissors

June 3rd, 2006 at 12:55 am » Comments (0)

Combining the power of five scissors with one blue handle, these make short work of old credit cards and Christmas cards.



A Nation of Web Content Creators

June 3rd, 2006 at 12:01 am » Comments (0)

According to new data in the "Home Broadband Adoption: 2006" report from Pew Research, 35% of US Internet users have created and posted content online. That implies a total of 48 million American adults.