Hey sex offenders, there is an app for you
Offender Locator alerts iPod touch and iPhone owners in the United States to nearby sex offenders.

The world definately needs another 562 hp car
This is it. The Ferrari 458 Italia, the 562 HP replacement for the F430 and the latest prancing pony to make you ache with automotive lust.

Well at least Starbucks will cash in since no one will want to buy books when they can use the Internet to read
Barnes & Noble and AT&T already went ahead and offered free WiFi to iPhone users (and everyone else, albeit inadvertently) last year, and it’s now finally gone and given up on those pesky [...]

Another terminator style weapon is soon coming but no Shawn Conner to save us from its wrath
Leave it to the military to dream big. In its recently released “Unmanned Aircraft Systems Flight Plan 2009-2047″ report, the US Air Force details a drone that could fly over a target and then make the decision whether or [...]

 
Slow Cow
Out to help those looking for a quick relaxation fix, a new drink from Canada offers ‘an acupuncture session’ in every can. An antidote to energy drinks like Red Bull, Slow Cow was developed to help people de-stress.
 

Bill Tomlinson. associate informatics professor, used a computer game to test how U.S. patent law affects innovation
A new study challenges the traditional view that patents foster innovation, suggesting instead that they may hinder technological progress, economic activity and societal wealth. These results could have important policy implications, because many countries count on patent systems to [...]

X-ray image shows a barium enema in a patient with cancer of the bowel
A cancer vaccine with a twist is making headway in clinical trials at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Rather than targeting a cancer-related virus–the way Gardasil targets human papillomavirus to prevent some cervical cancers–the new vaccine triggers the immune system [...]

It is an ingredient more likely to raise suspicions among the parents of sweet-toothed children.  But the colouring in a blue M&M could harbour secret benefits.
 

People who get divorced are more likely to suffer health problems including heart disease and cancer, even if they go on to remarry, a study has shown.