LUKE, I AM YOUR DOGFATHER…
Does your pet have a bit of the dark side in him?
Thie fun and officially licensed STAR WARS™ pet costume includes a Darth Vader- character headpiece/helmet and a jumpsuit with attached arms, cape with belt. Make sure to get your tricks in early, before doggie Darth deposits some of his very [...]

Ian Pearson works as a Futurologist for BT, where he tracks technological and societal developments to make predictions for the future. Specialising in the long term, Pearson uses his background in science and engineering, together with analytical tools, business skills and good old fashioned common sense to develop his predictions.

A proposal to ban most artery-clogging trans fats from New York’s restaurants could save thousands of lives at little cost to restaurateurs, supporters of the initiative said on Wednesday. But a leading industry group called for dialogue with city authorities to modify their "Orwellian regulation," which comes as many fast-food restaurants are already trying to [...]

Workaholics are a breed of people who are hated, and often feared, by those who can’t keep up.  Here are five reasons why the slow-motion crowd thumbs their nose at the workaholics.

Viral marketing can be defined as a marketing technique that exploits a pre-existing social network to produce exponential brand awareness through a viral process similar to an epidemic. While that is something of a mouthful, a classic success story in viral marketing is Hotmail, which grew rapidly once e-mails from its users automatically generated an [...]

The popular social networking site MySpace is the top distributor of online video among U.S. internet users, beating out Yahoo and YouTube, according to a new study released Wednesday.

When someone is "easy on the eye," it could also be because they are easy on the brain, according to a new international study. Scientists from universities in the United States and New Zealand analyzed previous studies and conducted new research to find that attractiveness could be linked to ease of mental processing.

Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks is the most trusted celebrity in America according to a new survey published by business magazine Forbes.

China has slipped six places to 54th in the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) global competitiveness rankings, a report said yesterday.

Forget hybrids and hydrogen-powered vehicles. EEStor, a stealth company in Cedar Park, Texas, is working on an "energy storage" device that could finally give the internal combustion engine a run for its money — and begin saving us from our oil addiction.

How many of us haven’t fingerprinted or written words on the back of a friends dusty jalopy? Imagine lifting your finger to find you’ve created a Mona Lisa on the rear glass. Scott Wade of San Marcos, TX is perhaps the only person who could say he’s done this.

Too much testosterone can kill brain cells, researchers said on Tuesday in a finding that may help explain why steroid abuse can cause behavior changes like aggressiveness and suicidal tendencies.

A new report projects that US online ad spending will grow by 26.8% in 2006, reaching a total of just under $16 billion.

Less than half of the nation’s communities have begun preparing to deal with the needs of the elderly, whose ranks will swell dramatically with the aging of the baby boomers, according to a study to be released Wednesday.

The launch of the free Google Earth service in mid-2005 spawned a cottage industry of spotters who now trawl the satellite images looking for oddities.

China will stop the circulation of the 1, 2, 5-cent paper money of the second version of the Renminbi from next April 1, the People’s Bank of China announced on Monday.

On Monday MySpace announced an Internet safety program, aimed at protecting teens from online predators and helping parents and schools learn how to keep kids safe on the Web site.

Mona Lisa, the mysterious woman immortalized in Leonardo da Vinci’s 16th century masterpiece, had just given birth to her second son when she sat for the painting, a French art expert said on Tuesday.

Housing prices, social security and employment are the top three concerns of Chinese living in big and medium-sized cities, according to an online survey on urban life quality.

SIRIUS has officially announced the Stiletto 100. It is a player designed for satellite listening, Wi-Fi, up to 100 hours of recording on the 2GB hard drive, scheduled recording, etc. The Stiletto 100 will also include Yahoo! Music software, which allows users to buy music and save it directly onto the Stiletto.

We’ve shown you tiny phones before, but this is getting ridiculous: the Xun Chi 138 is scarcely larger than an AA battery and it weighs just two ounces. Too small to even dial, it requires you to use a stylus on a touchscreen and plug in a headset to talk and listen.

A senior Chinese trade union official said in Beijing on Monday that China plans to build a labor college for Africa in order to enhance understanding and exchanges between grassroots members of Chinese and African trade unions.

According to the latest figures from the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), US online advertising revenues for the first six months of 2006 were approximately $7.9 billion, a 37% increase over the first half of 2005.

A graffiti artist is recreating the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in a rundown building in Iowa. Paco Rosic and his family have spent their life savings, and his parents have taken out a second mortgage, to pay for the project.

China appears to be gripped by gold fever, building palaces, coating floors and decorating other historical sites with the world’s most precious metal. And along with their love of gold comes a dramatic increase in gold demand internationally.