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New Buttonless Elevators Creeping People Out

December 2nd, 2006 at 7:12 am » Comments (0)

Whenever Richy Glassberg gets into an elevator to go to his midtown Manhattan office, he reflexively reaches to press the button for his floor. But there are no buttons.



Top 10 Hot Items for Christmas

December 2nd, 2006 at 6:59 am » Comments (0)

What are people buying this year? We’ll break it down between what girls want and what boys want, and give you a couple different perspectives.



China’s Youngest Tycoon Sent to Jail for Life

December 2nd, 2006 at 6:53 am » Comments (0)

Zhou Yiming, the youngest tycoon on Forbes magazine’s list of China’s 400 richest people last year, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Friday in Suining in Southwest China’s Sichuan Province.



Efforts to Fight Poverty in China Paying Off

December 2nd, 2006 at 6:27 am » Comments (0)

The percentage of poverty-stricken people in China’s total population has been declining steadily, a World Bank study has found, as the proportion of people living on below US$1 a day dropped from 16 per cent to 10 per cent between 2001 and 2004.



Social Networking and Broadband Drive Internet Growth in Europe

December 2nd, 2006 at 6:22 am » Comments (0)

Rising broadband penetration and an interest in using the Internet for personal connections are driving growth in Internet usage across Western Europe, according to a survey by the European Interactive Advertising Association (EIAA) and Synovate.



Trace Any IP Address and Map It

December 2nd, 2006 at 6:16 am » Comments (0)

Here is a very an interesting video tutorial on how to trace any IP address and “then see a satellite picture of the location.”



And This Little Piggy just got Bored

December 2nd, 2006 at 5:56 am » Comments (0)

It is a legal requirement for British farmers to provide an outlet for pigs to stop them from becoming aggressive. The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) is reminding producers that "it is important to provide environmental enrichment for their animals".