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Fossilised crustacean boasts oldest penis The well-endowed fossilised creature has organs (circled) strikingly similar to modern ostracods (Image: Science) A newly discovered 425 million-year-old fossil boasts a lurid claim to fame – it has the oldest penis on record.
Vonage is amazing… I dialed up with my USR Courier v.Everything modem and connected to the local Earthlink POP and saw the following: CONNECT 49333/ARQ/V90/LAPM/V42BIS Thats just nuts. I’m so impressed with Vonage. I’m definitely getting rid of my SBC phoneline.
Take a look at this picture… So, what did you see? Research has shown that young children cannot identify the intimate couple because they do not have prior memory associated with such scenario. What they will see are the nine dolphins.
I’m formally requesting a favor from my readers! I was hoping you could take a few minutes to help support Rackspace on an award for which we’ve been nominated. We’re trying to win a spot as one of Fast Company Magazine’s Fast 50 companies. We’ve submitted an entry and need help from some of our […]
Testing the Three-Click Rule In a recent client meeting, a high-ranking executive told us that every piece of content should take no more than three clicks to access. We knew exactly what he was talking about: we’ve heard the Three-Click Rule many times before. This unquestioned rule of web design has been around nearly as […]
Public Rates Nursing as Most Honest and Ethical Profession Nurses top Gallup’s annual survey on the honesty and ethics of various professions, followed by other medical professionals like doctors, veterinarians, pharmacists, and dentists. Car salesmen, HMO managers, insurance salesmen, and advertising practitioners are rated as the least honest and ethical. Overall, there has been little […]
Xbox deflects real bullets Irate Marylander shoots his roommates’ console, but the 9mm round fails to penetrate its casing.
Breaking the Gigapixel Barrier Introduction. This page contains what I believe to be one of the highest resolution, most detailed stitched digital images ever created. It is the view from Bryce Point in Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah. It consists of 196 separate photographs taken with a 6 megapixel digital camera, and then stitched […]
Largest prime number ever is found A 26-year-old graduate student in the US has made mathematical history by discovering the largest known prime number.
Review: ColorWare Custom paint jobs are now available for your iBook and iPod.
Woohoo! I can run Linux on my Toshiibia e740 PocketPC… fun, fun,fun! http://www.mnementh.co.uk/e7xx/
Enron to auction headquarters building Enron Corp. will begin auctioning off its 50-story headquarters in downtown Houston on Tuesday.
Ok… I got my vonage box… I literally plugged it in, and it started working… the calls are crystal-clear with no lag at all… I’m stunned at the quality… this thing is bad-ass. The only thing that doesn’t work is CallerID – need to drop them a line. UPDATE: CallerID works, turns out my old […]
Linux tablet PC breaks $1,000 barrier A small PC maker and a Linux distributor have teamed up to offer a tablet-style PC for $999, hundreds of dollars less than similar devices running Microsoft’s Windows XP Tablet PC Edition software.
Patching: Process matters The list of all-too-familiar names – Nachi, Klez, Lovsan, SoBig, BugBear, Swen, Blaster and Yaha – represents only a sampling of the most prevalent worms and viruses that slithered into corporate networks this fall. But they all have one thing in common: Patches were readily available before most damage had been done. […]
Elderly falls linked to vitamin deficiency An unexpected risk factor for the potentially fatal falls suffered by many elderly people has been discovered – vitamin D deficiency.
CEOS of the future get formal training to take giant leap Six corporate chief executives of the future sip brandy by a fire at the Inn at Montchanin on a rainy October night. They’ve paid $27,500 each, more than a year’s tuition at most colleges, to attend a five-day program called Top Talent put on […]
Getting Real About the DVR Threat Television broadcasters, who increasingly find themselves adrift in a multichannel media world, have only themselves to blame and may have only a few years to salvage or leverage their grass-roots franchises.
Label could put stop to fruit squeezing A label that changes colour as fruit ripens is allowing shoppers to see whether pears are ready to eat without have to squeeze them.
Ice cream maker promises two scoops (plus) to your taste Brandy espresso, pie crust, chocolate cashews — or dulce de leche, ginger candy, spumoni? Mike Mandell of the Reinhold Ice Cream Co. says no matter what your flavor is, he’ll make it and ship it.
Ok, this a great idea… about 10 years ago I had GTE-Mobile service in Houston which did the same thing – Forward your mobile phone to your home number while you were at home. I loved it, I did’t have to dash for my phone when I left it in another room when it rang… […]
Alaska Ice Hotel Controversy Heats Up The state fire marshal has put a freeze on construction of an ice hotel near Fairbanks, but the man behind the subarctic architecture is still chipping away.
FCC to Look at Phone Firms’ Use of Internet to Carry Calls The telecommunications industry, eager to find a route around a 100-year-old regulatory regime, has turned to a new path: the Internet.
Apartment Glut Forces Owners to Cut Rents in Much of U.S. Renting an apartment in much of the country these days can feel a little like waking up on your birthday.
Woman Knocked Unconscious While Shopping A mob of shoppers rushing for a sale on DVD players trampled the first woman in line and knocked her unconscious as they scrambled for the shelves at a Wal-Mart Supercenter.
Post to MovableType or Typepad from FeedDemon In the FeedDemon newsgroup Jakub Kazecki shared how to post to MovableType directly from FeedDemon RSS Reader, as shown below. See also Glenn Slaven’s post for posting to Typepad from FeedDemon. FeedDemon 1.0 RC2 is also now available. See today’s post for links and details.
Essential Spanish Phrases – According to Posh (Reuters) Reuters – England captain David Beckham’s pop star wife Victoria says she is settling down in Spain and learning the local language after is transfer to Spanish champions Real Madrid.
Tattoo Removal Becoming More Common (AP) At 23, Alexandra Baker figures it’s time to get rid of the spider on her ankle. The tattoo was inked on in college — one of seven on her body. But Baker’s outlook has changed somewhat. The spider is something to hide rather than exhibit. So it’s coming off, […]
Scholars of Twang Track All the ‘Y’Alls’ in Texas (The New York Times) A National Geographic Society survey of Texas speech is helping to throw a scientific light on the mythologized (and sometimes ridiculed) Texas twang.
New DVD Format Approved Toshiba Corp. and NEC Corp. said Friday that the DVD Forum, an international association of electronics makers and movie studios, has approved the two Japanese companies’ standard for next-generation DVDs.
Many Women at Risk of Being Murdered Don’t Know It Nearly one half of women who are about to experience an attempt on their lives at the hands of a boyfriend or husband may not realize they are in danger, new research reports
Comdex: Best of the Worst Comdex sucked. There, we said it. It’s not like this is news, either. What is news, however, is why it sucked: the show was even emptier than last year. Gone are the days when you could crane your neck down the aisles and see banners advertising the crème de la […]
North American flu epidemic spreading The flu epidemic is continuing to spread across North America, with the first child to die in Canada this season being reported in Ontario on Friday.
Turkeys May Not Be Stupid After All (AP) An Oregon State University poultry scientist thinks turkeys are getting a bum rap. While they may not be the sharpest arrows in the quiver, Tom Savage, a professor of Animal Science, said the big birds aren’t really dumb.
Spray-on female contraceptive to start trial The world’s first trial of a female contraceptive spray will begin in Australia early in 2004. The approach involves a new technique for transferring hormones across the skin and a novel low-dose contraceptive hormone.
Stephen King hospitalized with pneumonia Stephen King was expected to remain in a Maine hospital on Thanksgiving as he recovers from pneumonia, a spokesman said.
Orgasmatron inventor seeks female volunteers Women who cannot have orgasms can now have a device implanted in their spines that will trigger the sensation for them. Clinical trials of the “orgasmatron” have begun in the US, with the approval of the Food and Drug Administration.
Wild Turkeys Turning Up in New York City Alex Calota saw it strutting near his hot dog cart about five months ago. It was a wild turkey — in Manhattan.
The World’s No.1 Science & Technology News Service A small company in London, UK, claims to have developed a technique that overturns scientific dogma and could revolutionise medicine. It says it can turn ordinary blood into cells capable of regenerating damaged or diseased tissues. This could transform the treatment of everything from heart disease to […]