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Teenage lesbian or bisexual girls are many times more likely to smoke regularly than straight girls their age. They are the worst hit by tobacco among all groups of young people, according to a new US study. Teenage lesbians have worst rates of smoking
When at the prom, it’s best to stick to your date. Idaho couple ‘sticks together’ at prom
The more television infants and toddlers watch, the more likely they are to have trouble paying attention and concentrating during their early school years, a study reports Monday. Short attention span linked to TV
A long-vacant building has not only attracted a major new tenant, but a new owner as well. Rackspace inks big lease deal
To the surprise of those road warriors who view airports as necessary — and tediously undramatic — evils, the A&E Network reality show Airline is flying high. Recently renewed for a second season, with a related miniseries launching this spring, the show follows the exploits of Southwest Airlines passengers and airport employees at Los Angeles […]
It’s just a little bit of wording on a condom packet – so small that Justin Kleinman hadn’t noticed it until he squinted to read it recently. Condom label changes spark debate
Seeing the popularity for “You’re fired!” on The Apprentice, some marketers are saying “You’re hired!” to Donald Trump, real estate tycoon turned reality TV star and pop icon. Advertisers play the Trump card
The highest suicide rate in the world has been reported among young women in South India by a new study. The research is of major importance, according to the World Health Organization, as it brings to light Asia’s suicide problem. Indian teens have world’s highest suicide rate
A man enacting a rape fantasy game with a “victim” he met in an Internet chatroom broke into the wrong apartment and assaulted an innocent woman, CNN reports. Internet rape fantasy ‘game’ goes horribly wrong
Taking Viagra could reduce men’s fertility, suggest the results of a new study. The anti-impotence drug not only speeds sperm up, researchers found, but it also caused the vital reaction needed to penetrate an egg to occur prematurely. Viagra could reduce men’s fertility
How do you tell a healthy heart from one that could stop without warning? By measuring variations in the length of the heartbeat, according to a team of researchers in Greece. Heartbeats warn of sudden death risk
Paul Froutan, vice president of engineering at Web hosting firm Rackspace, told the E-Commerce Times that he has seen a great deal of growth in demand from companies seeking to boost redundancy in anticipation of holiday traffic spikes. The Sexy Side of Network Redundancy – Part 2
American businesses would have to expense stock options under a controversial proposal announced on Wednesday by a private body that is responsible for creating accounting guidelines. End of the line for stock options?
Most not prepared for attack Most Americans have not followed the government’s advice to prepare for terrorism by stocking food and water, making a plan to contact family members and identifying a “safe room” in their homes, a USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll shows.
Sales pop a wheelie as motorcycles get naked Motorcycles are getting undressed.
Dogs do resemble their owners, finds study The old adage that people resemble their pet dogs may really be true, suggests a new study by US scientists.
‘Drunk and naked’ in Cancun Shane Mahmood woke from a booze-induced fog with a half-inch stainless steel ring pierced through his lower lip.
Late flights on the rise at smaller airports Akron-Canton Airport bills itself as a traveler’s dream in television ads. It’s the place for “shorter lines, less crowds and confusion” — better than “big airports.”
Vonage to offer portable Wi-Fi phones Broadband phone service provider Vonage will make available portable Wi-Fi phones later this year to help defend itself against AT&T’s expansion into its market, a Vonage executive said Monday.
DDoS Attacks for the Common Man Around the peak of the dot-com era there was a series of incidents that introduced most users to the term DDoS, or distributed-denial-of-service attack. These came to be known as the “Mafiaboy” attacks. The attacks were somewhat scary in that they brought down, one by one, the biggest and […]
San Antonio one of the worst cities for late tax filers San Antonio has some of the worst procrastinators in the country when it comes to filing their income taxes, earning them a spot on America’s Top 10 Tax Procrastinating Cities list.
eBay consignment store concept expanding to Texas Pasadena, Calif.-based iSold It LLC on Monday announced that it has signed franchise development agreements for 38 new iSold It stores in San Antonio, Los Angeles, Houston and Austin.
Flash mob to attempt supercomputing feat An attempt to transform a motley collection of laptops into the first ad-hoc supercomputer is about to go ahead, thanks to software written at the University of San Francisco.
Hotel takes aquarium to new heights Something fishy is going on in Berlin.
This is great, but I prefer Paytrust. In addition to what this article talks about, they allow any biller to send them a bill – not just “approved billers”… and they’ll archive the actual paper bill for you by scanning them in so you can see what it looked like as well. The check is […]
Study finds no evidence stretching prevents injuries Stretching does not live up to its reputation as an injury preventer, a study has found.
Diver’s pill could fend off the bends Within a decade, divers will be able to take a pill that allows them to stay under water longer without risking decompression sickness when they get to the surface. That is the prediction of a team that thinks it has stumbled across a totally new way of preventing […]
It’s Time! Fetal lungs tell mom when to deliver baby One of the central unresolved questions in mammalian biology is how a mother knows when to give birth. Scientists studying mice have now found evidence that the maturing lungs of a fetus release a protein that initiates the process.
Quick HIV Test Wins Approval The first oral test for the AIDS virus that gives results in 20 minutes won approval from the Food and Drug Administration Friday, a new option for people leery of blood testing.
Yankee Independently Pits Windows TCO vs. Linux TCO On the heels of several Microsoft-sponsored studies evaluating the total cost of ownership (TCO) of Windows vs. Linux, The Yankee Group has performed its own independent research on the same topic. And the findings are somewhat similar: Linux provides smaller companies with customized vertical applications or who […]
What does “Pan-Asian” actually mean? If anyone knows, please explain it to me.
Spam Monster Eyes Another Target Coming soon to the instant messaging program on your desktop — “spim.” — Spam being rapidly outpaced by ‘spim’ While the torrent of unsolicited spam emails continues to rise, it is being far outpaced by the surge in unwanted messages sent to the users of instant messaging programs, analysts have […]
When pet lovers go out, doggone it, so does Fido Joan Marcus of New York City takes her dog, Bubbles, everywhere. And we mean everywhere. To the sushi place down the street, to work, in and out of the neighborhood shops. Even on the subway, which has a no-dog policy.
Sky watchers could not ‘planet’ any better An after-dinner dessert now awaits sky watchers as five planets make appearances in the early evening sky. — Rare Five-Planet Alignment Visible Five planets are arrayed across the evening sky in a spectacular night show that won’t be back for another three decades.
They’re flipping out over Simon’s finger Maybe it was just a finger malfunction.
Comcast Agrees to Purchase TechTV Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA – News, CMCSK – News) announced today that it has signed an agreement with Vulcan Programming Inc. to acquire TechTV, Inc. Upon closing, Comcast will merge TechTV with G4, the Comcast-owned television network devoted to video games and the gamer lifestyle.
Secretary sacked for cyberlounge abuse A senior secretary sacked over allegations that she posted offensive and racist messages in a cyberlounge says she was the victim of an orchestrated campaign to smear her name.
Life on Mars – but ‘we sent it’ There is life on Mars, a researcher has announced at a conference – unfortunately it is just spaceship-borne contamination.
TiVo looks to tune in to advertisers TiVo plans to unveil a new feature this fall that will bring Web-like, interactive advertisements to TV, highlighting early efforts to reinvent television for the age of the digital video recorder.
Science Cooks Up Deadly Proteins Researchers have figured out how to build their own artificial prions, the deadly, malformed proteins that cause the brain decay of mad-cow disease as well as Creutzfeldt-Jakob, the human form of the disease.