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Woman, 102, Strips For Nude Charity Calendar

November 20th, 2007 at 6:07 pm » Comments (0)

A woman of 102 has stripped off for a nude calendar in aid of her village football club.



New Perfume Goes To The Dogs

November 20th, 2007 at 5:46 pm » Comments (0)

A new designer perfume has been launched – but not for humans – for the discerning designer dog.
Pampered pooches everywhere, including celebrity canines, will be able to smell as good as their owners thanks to London pet shop Mungo and Maud.



Sand Crop Circles

November 20th, 2007 at 5:41 pm » Comments (0)

Andres Amador is a San Francisco-based artist who specializes in movement and light sculptures. Amador is pioneering a new art genre: crop circles in sand. They are quick, temporary, cheap, spectacular, and fun. And anyone can make them. Even the unkown forces that create actual crop circles.



The Most Dangerous Drug In The World

November 20th, 2007 at 5:28 pm » Comments (0)

The drug is used almost primarily by criminals as a way of making victims so docile that they have been known to help thieves rob their own homes and empty their own bank accounts. Additionally, women have been drugged repeatedly and held as sex slaves, or have been convinced to willingly give up their own [...]



Eye-Fi: First Wireless Memory Card for Digital Cameras

November 20th, 2007 at 5:20 pm » Comments (0)

Now here’s a great idea. Take a normal-looking 2GB SD card. Add a wireless chip to it. Stick the whole thing into your camera, and before you know it you’ve got a wireless camera. Now add a dose of software smarts onto the SD card to manage the whole thing and what do you get? [...]



Virus-Killing Fabrics

November 20th, 2007 at 3:08 pm » Comments (0)

A textiles scientist in the US has devised a way to kill flu viruses with the
help of dyes that release highly reactive oxygen atoms.



Music and Gaming Services are the New HBO

November 20th, 2007 at 3:04 pm » Comments (0)

Everything besides plain
vanilla Internet access, such as IP telephony, online gaming and IPTV,
is known as broadband value-added services (BVAS). That acronym has the
full attention of broadband marketers, as they look beyond commoditized
high-speed Internet access to more profitable premium services. Point Topic estimates that BVAS generated revenues totaling $37 billion worldwide in 2006.



The Invention of the Electric Vibrator

November 20th, 2007 at 2:58 pm » Comments (0)

The electric vibrator was invented right after the electric sewing
machine, fan, teakettle and toaster, and before the electric vacuum
cleaner, the electric iron and the electric frypan. Who knew that
everyone cared so deeply about women’s pleasure?



Acupuncture for Dogs

November 20th, 2007 at 2:30 pm » Comments (0)

Captain gets it to ease his arthritis and it helps Mishaka’s bad
back, but with fangs and claws they are not your typical acupuncture patients -
they’re dogs.



Juggling E-Mail and Social Networking

November 20th, 2007 at 2:26 pm » Comments (0)

Nearly nine in 10 Internet users spend a minimum of seven hours a week managing their online communications, according to Fuser.



Dog Owners go Barking Mad for Fancy Dress

November 20th, 2007 at 11:19 am » Comments (0)

Darth Labrador. Dogzilla. Elvis the hound dog. No outfit is too outrageous for man’s best friend.



Human Skin Cells Programmed as Stem Cells

November 20th, 2007 at 11:14 am » Comments (0)

Scientists have made ordinary human skin cells take on the chameleon-like powers of embryonic stem cells, a startling breakthrough that might someday deliver the medical payoffs of embryo cloning without the controversy.



Migraine Brains are Different

November 20th, 2007 at 11:11 am » Comments (0)

Scientists have discovered differences in the sensory areas of the brains of people who develop migraines.



Romulus and Remus Cave May Have Been Found

November 20th, 2007 at 9:45 am » Comments (0)

Italian archaeologists believe they have found the cave where, according to legend, a wolf suckled Romulus and Remus, the twin founders of Rome.



Soft-Shoe Shuffle at Top Prison

November 20th, 2007 at 9:25 am » Comments (0)

Prison officers at a high security jail housing dangerous criminals are wearing slippers as they patrol landings at night to avoid disturbing inmates.