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Deodorants plus shaving linked to breast cancer Frequent underarm shaving combined with deodorant use might increase women’s chances of getting breast cancer, claims a study based on a survey of over 400 women with breast cancer in the US. It is the first evidence of such a link to appear in a peer-reviewed journal, but […]
San Antonio area personal income tops $46.5 billion The four-county San Antonio metropolitan area accounted for nearly $47 billion, or 7.6 percent, of the personal income in Texas in 2001, according to a new study.
Mystery Deaths on London Flights A 19-year-old British woman died Monday on board a Virgin Atlantic flight from Miami to London’s Heathrow Airport, the airline said. A day earlier, two passengers on a British Airways flight from Miami to Heathrow died, including one from suspected viral meningitis.
‘Just Sleep On It’ Solves Tricky Problems? An anonymous reader writes “CBC news reports that the effectiveness of ‘sleeping on it’ when faced with a difficult task may have more than just anecdotal roots. 66 students were trained to perform a calculation on an eight digit number using two simple rules which would take seven […]
Organizational Behavior: The Enemy Next Door Can too much in-house rivalry among coworkers be a good thing? Not if your management style demands teamwork, yet pits one employee against another or makes one a star. Here’s how to avoid the pitfalls and promote greater collaboration.
How HP invented the market for iPod resellers Apple’s iPod is the killer device of online music, and HP very well should have owned it.
While I was driving down the road the other day (going a little faster than I should have been) I passed over a bridge only to see a cop on the other side with a radar gun laying in wait. The cop pulled me over, walked up to the car, and with that classic patronizing […]
I’m a bit fan of the F11 trick on Max OS X called Expose. So its reasonable for me to want to have it on my WinXP laptop… and I found WinExpose which claimed to do the same thing on Windows. Don’t buy it. It sucks. I found a copy of it flying around the […]
TV’s ‘Queer’ Guy Opts for the Musical Life Jai Rodriguez, the culture maven of Bravo/NBC hit reality series “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,” is in the studio recording his debut album. (Thanks Carlie)
Rackspace earns Frost & Sullivan’s telecom Product of the Year award Rackspace Managed Hosting has been awarded the 2004 Frost & Sullivan Product of the Year Award in the telecommunications services market for its Intensive Hosting division.
Rickshaw-reminiscent pedicabs cycle past novelty status Pedicabs have grown in the past decade from being a tourist ride on boardwalks and beaches to a way to transport people at airports and even the Super Bowl.
What are motion cards and how do they work? Motion cards are appearing everywhere these days. They have been around for some time, but have increased dramatically in the number of images on a card in recent years. Early versions only had two or three images, but new ones can hold enough images to simulate […]
If you’ve EVER used Canon’s ZoomBrowser you’ll probably want to read this… It appears that ZooomBrowser has a bug and will save photos with a “temporary” attribute assigned to them. When this happens, certain applications will refuse to load those photos. This is a known bug in Zoombrowser and the patch can be downloaded here. […]
Yahoo tests RSS for MyYahoo Yahoo plans to test RSS technology for its personalization tools, giving people the ability to automatically receive news and information feeds from third parties onto MyYahoo pages.
Amazon CEO strikes a pose Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos has been known to strike a “yeeaaah baby” Austin Powers-esque pose. And on Monday, he’s doing just that in an old photo posted to a page in the company’s online mall. The key to finding the photo? Type the words “old fart” into Amazon’s search box.
Cosmetic chemicals found in breast tumours Preservative chemicals found in samples of breast tumours probably came from underarm deodorants, UK scientists have claimed.
Fake fog could defend nuclear plants Clouds of artificial fog could be used to defend nuclear power stations against airborne terrorist attacks under proposals currently being considered in Germany.
Rackspace hires Gary Kofnovec as company’s new CFO San Antonio-based Rackspace Managed Hosting on Monday announced that it has hired Gary Kofnovec to join Rackspace’s management as the company’s new chief financial officer.
Major New TiVo Service Offerings “At the Consumer Electronics Show today, Mike Ramsay of TiVo announced three major new product offerings to come in the next year. First off there’s the DVD Recorders, HD DVR, and Home Networked Enabled Products. TiVo/DVD Recorder boxes have been out for a bit now but looks like the offerings […]
Woman gets ‘tits out’ online for charity A Somerset woman is getting her “tits out” to raise money for a multiple sclerosis (MS) charity.
Herbal medicine boom threatens plants Natural remedies have become so popular that many wild plants are now being harvested to the point of extinction, say botanists
Webloggers upload digital doodles using smart pens Smart pens have become the latest way to post messages to online diaries, or weblogs, while on the move.
My friend, Susan, sent me this: While sitting at your desk, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles. Now, while doing this, draw the number “6” in the air with your right hand. Your foot will change direction and there’s nothing you can do about it!
Bart sent me these funny dog food ads from Britain… check’em out.
Caffeine vs Type II Diabetes “New research out of the Harvard School of Public Health indicates that coffee may lower your risk of Type II Diabetes. Men who drank 6 cups of coffee a day lowered their risk by 50%, while womens risk dropped 30%. The release also includes audio discussions about the suprising findings.”
Microsoft Notebook: Microsoft has plans to take on … Apple? The hand-held devices, called Portable Media Centers, will store and play back video, music and photos. Microsoft unveiled a prototype at last year’s Consumer Electronics Show, under the code name Media2Go. The company had originally hoped to see at least one of the devices on […]
While on the air, David challenged me to produce a 5.25″ floppy disk and put it on the my webcam… so I did… SO THERE! 🙂
Carbs counted out: How they came to be the enemy Ron Perry, 57, a mortgage banker in Lawrence, Kan., never counted calories, fat grams, points or anything else when it came to his diet. Until now.
Since I hadn’t been keeping up with the lander stuff, I had to get a crash coarse to maintain my “geek” image… here are some videos that distill everything down so you can get everything you need to know in a few minutes… 🙂 http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/video/challenges.html
Britney Spears reportedly marries in Las Vegas Pop star Britney Spears married a childhood friend from Louisiana in an early-morning ceremony, but quickly arranged to have it annulled, a source close to the singer told The Associated Press on Sunday.
Can’t lose with bargain DVD player, but low cost carries price If you want to enjoy eating sausage, you probably shouldn’t watch sausage being made unless you’ve got a strong stomach.
Why do people tap on soda cans before opening them? People tap on soda cans to avoid a soda explosion from a can that has been shaken up. Tapping may, in fact, decrease the likelihood of such an explosion, but a positive outcome is not guaranteed.
For Champagne Bubbles, Smaller Is Better “During this holiday season you don’t need a special occasion to drink champagne. You can do it everyday, providing you use moderation and common sense. But did you know that champagne taste better when it has tiny bubbles? This is the result of a very serious study published by […]
In a nutshell, the Rejection Hotline is a number you can give out to somebody who asks for your phone number if you just don’t want to give out your real number. When they call the number, they hear our humorous Rejection Hotline recording and they are not-so-subtly informed of your non-interest. Seattle: 206-376-9798 Houston: […]
California Bans Front-Seat Computer Use “As of January 1, 2004 the State of California has banned the use of notebook computers used anywhere in the front seat (PDF) of a moving vehicle. Previously, the ban applied just to TV sets. Even if your car-pooling front seat passenger is just doing some programming, you can be […]
Some restaurants choose smoking ban over renovations The ordinance allows smoking only in dining areas and bars within restaurants that have been isolated by four walls or on patios. That’s in addition to outlawing smoking in most private workplaces
Final season arrives for ‘Sex’ Manhattan’s four sexy soulmates kick off their heels as HBO singles show airs the first episode of its last season on Sunday.
Run a Mailing List? Better Check the CAN-SPAM Law Tonight I was just reading through some aspects of the CAN-SPAM law which goes into effect January 1, 2004, and realized that it is broadly applicable to normal email lists that have no ostensible commercial purpose.
First UPS buys Mailboxes, Etc… now this… FedEx looks to e-deliveries with Kinko’s buyout FedEx announced Tuesday that it would acquire Net-savvy business-services company Kinko’s in a $2.4 billion cash deal.
iPod Jr. Rumors Become More Substantial “Rumors of a new, smaller, “iPodJr” have been floating around the Rumor Sites for a few weeks (as well a here at Slashdot). But now, the rumors have gained credibility and become more substantial. London’s Evening Standard reports today (30 Dec 03) that “Apple has announced a cut-price mini […]