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Bad Hair Day

August 15th, 2007 at 11:40 pm » Comments (0)

When people say they have a bad hair day, they’ve never met these people.  They give a whole new meaning to the word "ugly".



Online Video: Seeing the Whole Picture

August 15th, 2007 at 8:37 pm » Comments (0)

No longer an unknown quantity or merely a sidekick to television, the online video medium is fast becoming a formidable viewing factor.



Monkey Business

August 15th, 2007 at 3:15 pm » Comments (0)

Oliver apparently has learned to pick locks, making his second breakout from behind bars in less than a month.



Immune Molecule That Plays Role in Prostate Cancer

August 15th, 2007 at 3:08 pm » Comments (0)

U.S. medical scientists have identified the first immune molecule that appears to play a role in prostate cancer development and progression.



The Beam that Flips the Switch for Autistism

August 15th, 2007 at 3:01 pm » Comments (0)

It sounds like a science-fiction version of stupid pet tricks: by toggling a light switch, neuroscientists can set fruit flies a-leaping and mice a-twirling and stop worms in their squiggling tracks.



Poor Online Video Quality Is a Turnoff

August 15th, 2007 at 2:59 pm » Comments (0)

Six in 10 US online video viewers who watch at least once a week are less likely to return to a site for video content if the video quality is poor, according to an Akamai Technologies study conducted by JupiterResearch.



Is Yahoo! Better than Google?

August 15th, 2007 at 2:55 pm » Comments (0)

From the audience point of view, as measured by the American Customer Satisfaction Index, US consumers now express more satisfaction with Yahoo! than Google, Ask.com, MSN or AOL. The ACSI report on e-business Web sites is sponsored by ForeSee Results.



ID Cards Free to Elephants

August 15th, 2007 at 2:35 pm » Comments (0)

Asian elephants don’t carry photo identification, so scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society and India’s Nature Conservation Foundation are providing the service free of charge by creating a photographic archive of individual elephants, which can help save them as well.



$12K in coins and $1 bills to the County Treasurer

August 15th, 2007 at 2:30 pm » Comments (0)

A landlord said he wanted people to see the pain of his property tax bill when he hauled $12,656.07 in coins and $1 bills to the county treasurer’s office.



Second Life Bank Failure Leads to Regulations

August 15th, 2007 at 2:20 pm » Comments (0)

The recent collapse of Ginko Financial, a "virtual investment bank" in Second Life, has spurred calls for more oversight, transparency and accountability, especially when it comes to business practices in the metaverse.



Man Keeps Healthy by Zapping Self with Electricity

August 15th, 2007 at 9:15 am » Comments (0)

This Chinese man has a particularly electrifying way of keeping his body fit: he let electric current pass through his body!



Scientists Create Paper-Thin, Flexible, Biodegradable Battery

August 15th, 2007 at 9:04 am » Comments (0)

If you crack the back off of an iPhone or any other modern portable electronic device, you’ll find a big honking battery that takes up a huge amount of space and contributes to a large part of the device’s weight. Fuel cells and solar power have both been floated as promising solutions to the battery [...]