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Futurist Thomas Frey Addresses IndiaTimes Strategy Summit

August 19th, 2007 at 3:57 pm » Comments (0)

On August 7, 9, & 10, 2007, Thomas Frey served as the featured speaker at the IndiaTimes Strategy Summit, produced by a division of the Times of India Group - one of the World’s largest media powerhouse. The Times of India Group owns leading brands such as ‘The Times of India’ and ‘The Economic Times’ in its portfolio. [...]



This Week’s Top 10 Animal Photos

August 19th, 2007 at 3:51 pm » Comments (0)

Our good friends in the animal kingdom continue to surprise us.  Here are some amazing new ways to view the creatures around us.



The Great Water Image Gallery

August 19th, 2007 at 2:21 pm » Comments (0)

Water is the one thing that people cannot live without.  But at the same time, water is a thing of beauty when it’s captured by the right photographer.



Teens Start College Searches Online

August 19th, 2007 at 1:53 pm » Comments (0)

Nearly three-quarters of all US high school sophomores have started their college searches on the Internet, according to Stamats’ TeensTALK study.



Top 10 Photos of the Week

August 19th, 2007 at 1:14 pm » Comments (0)

Amazing imagery plus amazing photography make of this weeks top 10 list.  Guaranteed to insult your intelligence as well as boggle your mind.



Hitler’s Champagne Fetches £1,400

August 19th, 2007 at 11:10 am » Comments (0)

The bottle of 1937 Moet and Chandon went under the hammer at Charterhouse auctioneers in Sherborne and was bought by a Swedish television company.



Children Use Cashcards to Buy Porn

August 19th, 2007 at 11:04 am » Comments (0)

Children are using new pre-paid ‘credit cards’ to buy alcohol and pornography and gamble online, The Observer has learnt. Children’s charities and politicians claim that the cash cards are being used by under-18s to buy age-restricted goods and services over the web.



A Step in the Right Direction

August 19th, 2007 at 11:01 am » Comments (0)

Medicare will stop paying the costs of treating infections, falls, objects left in surgical patients and other things that happen in hospitals that could have been prevented.



Body Heat Used to Power Electronics

August 19th, 2007 at 10:58 am » Comments (0)

It used to be that human-generated electricity meant riding a stationary bicycle, or some such thing, to power a generator. But couch potatoes take note: simply sitting around could one day generate enough electricity to power electronic devices



Shakespeare Dumbed Down in Comic Strips for Bored Pupils

August 19th, 2007 at 9:39 am » Comments (0)

Shakespeare’s plays are being rewritten as comic strips for pupils who find his poetry boring.



Latest Risk From China: Poison in Kid’s Clothes

August 19th, 2007 at 9:23 am » Comments (0)

TV3’s Target programme will this week detail how scientists found formaldehyde in woollen and cotton clothes at levels 500 times higher than is safe.