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Less pesticide means more bugs for food buyers Sure, it’s scary to find poisonous black widow spiders on store-bought grapes. But food safety specialists and growers say it’s less frightening than the alternative: a return to harsher pesticides.
Enable 30-second skip on your Tivo… originally I thought you had to turn on Backdoors first, but evidentlaly that’s changed with the 4.x software. http://www.weaknees.com/30/
EscapeCellHell.org EscapeCellHell.org is a project of Consumers Union. Our goal is to increase the power of consumers and improve service and options in the wireless phone market. States and the federal government have seen a marked increase in wireless complaints in the past few years, yet there are no baseline customer safeguards. By fighting for […]
We call it the Pumar. RvB viewer Edwin A. showed us this picture of a Peugeot concept car. Now I know what you’re thinking — “Peugeot still makes cars?” But take a close look at the design. Look familiar? They even named it “The Hoggar” which I think is French for “M12 Light Reconnaissance Vehicle”. […]
This is too too funny. The iPod’s dirty secret # Frustrated that Apple wants to charge him $255 to replace the dead battery in his 18-month old iPod, one guy has decided to strike back with a guerrilla marketing campaign of his own — he’s been stencilling the words “iPods Unreplaceable Battery Lasts Only 18 […]
College professors ponder the “Matrix” philosophy Long after The Matrix Revolutions morphs itself off the big screen, the eternal battle of reality versus illusion, fate versus free will and good versus evil will rage on in philosophy classrooms everywhere.
2003 worst ever year for HIV, says UN report The highest ever number of new HIV infections and deaths around the world was recorded in 2003, reveals a new UN report.
Why Do We Care About Paris Hilton? Before you answer this article’s titular question with, “but dude, I don’t!”, realize two things. One, you are reading this article, which might just prove that you do, in fact, care. And two, Paris Hilton is pretty hot, which probably explains reason number one.
This cracks me up… L.A. County Bans Use Of “Master/Slave” Term SlashChick writes “In an interesting twist on political correctness, LA County has banned the use of the terms ‘Master/Slave’ (commonly used to denote hard drive arrangements.) According to Snopes.com, ‘someone within the County bureaucracy… had taken offense at “master/slave” references and complained to the […]
New IE may burst pop-up bubble Pop-up advertisements have thrived for years despite numerous efforts to eradicate them, but now online marketers are seriously wondering whether the Web’s most detested ad format is about to meet its match: Microsoft.
Boeing fires CFO over ethics The Boeing Co. said Monday it has fired Mike Sears, the chief financial officer, “as a result of circumstances surrounding the hiring of Darleen Druyun, a former U.S. government official.”
Mackey named Entrepreneur of the Year John Mackey, chairman, president and CEO of Austin-based Whole Foods Market Inc., has been named the overall national Entrepreneur of the Year by professional services firm Ernst & Young LLP.
Elderly cockroaches become doddery with age Cockroaches that survive into old age become decidedly doddery. Their joints seize up, causing them to slow down and the insects have trouble walking up hills.
NoMarriage.com Marriage turns to crap no matter what you do. At best it’s a tedious bore. At worst a living hell with financial ruin thrown in for good measure. (Thanks Chris)
The memory upgrade is complete, and now I’m running with 32mb of RAM in my tivo: Memory Statistics: total: used: free: shared: buffers: cached: Mem: 30826496 30302208 524288 80424960 8728576 6164480 Swap: 67104768 0 67104768 MemTotal: 30104 kB MemFree: 512 kB MemShared: 78540 kB Buffers: 8524 kB Cached: 6020 kB SwapTotal: 65532 kB SwapFree: 65532 […]
House passes antispam bill The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to approve antispam legislation that could end more than six years of failed attempts to create a federal law restricting unsolicited commercial e-mail.
Muting Meddling Microwaves Scientists Create Microwave Oven That’s Wireless-Friendly Have you ever noticed how sometimes your kitchen microwave oven zaps more than last night’s leftovers?
Valley firms ditch desks to cut costs Freeing workers from their cubicles has been touted for at least two decades as a way to cut corporate real estate costs. Now, spurred by the sluggish economy and new technology, some of Silicon Valley’s biggest firms seem to be taking the advice seriously.
You might remember Lemmings about 10 years ago… maybe it was longer than that… I loved that game… now theres a clone written in flash…. Beanies I could play this game for hours.
Hungover CNET wakes up next to MP3.com What a night out that was. It must have seemed like a good idea at the time…
What makes us yawn? Next time you’re in a meeting, try this little experiment: Take a big yawn, cover your mouth out of courtesy, and watch and see how many people yawn. There’s a good chance that you’ll set off a chain reaction of yawns. Before you finish reading this question of the day, it’s […]
Perry issues fitness challenge to city leaders Gov. Rick Perry launched a new health and fitness campaign aimed at improving the health of Texans and changing sedentary lifestyles.
Pregnant stars get creative cover-ups The persistent nausea is gone. So are the headaches. Now, Charmed sorceress Holly Marie Combs can enjoy her first pregnancy.
Walking robot carries a person The first walking robot capable of carrying a human was unveiled on Friday in Tokyo, Japan.
This past March, I had the priviledge of checking out SXSW. Whlie I was there I ran into a booth on the show floor where a company would make a hologram of you. They had this funky camera on rails that would shoot video of you and a few months later they’d send you the […]
‘Family Guy’ may return Family Guy could return with as many as 35 new episodes for January 2005.
Ok, I bit the bullet and signed up for Vonage. Basically Vonage provides telephone service over your internet connection – so you disconnect your local phone service and replace it with Vonage. I’ve been making tons of long distance calls as of late, so I decided that this was the cheapest way to get unlimited […]
Does a stress-free holiday visit really exist? Are you looking forward to having out-of-town family and friends stay at your home for the holidays?
Coors goes health conscious, with low-carb beer Adolph Coors (RKY) said Wednesday it is introducing a low carbohydrate beer as the No. 3 U.S. brewer seeks a foothold in the growing market for health-conscious drinkers.
Hossein Barkhah of Iran dislocates his elbow attempting to lift 157.5 kilograms in the snatch category in group A of the men’s 77 kilogram weight class at the World Weightlifting Championship in Vancouver, British Columbia, November 18, 2003 Picture Here
Face transplants feasible – but not yet An influential report on the ethics and feasibility of face transplants has decided on a “wait and see” approach. The UK panel – the first to address the issue anywhere in the world – decided that the risks of the operation outweigh the potential benefits at present.
Keeping Small Business Off the Street Rackspace, a profitable, San Antonio-based web-hosting company, wanted to raise $50 million in the capital market. But Sarbanes-Oxley simply made it too expensive. So Rackspace’s executives decided to hold off going public for at least two years, when they hope to be so big that absorbing the extra costs […]
Serverbeach #2, Rackspace #4 Top Windows Server 2003 Hosters A table of the top Windows Server 2003 Hosters is provided as an excerpt from our Hosting Provider Server Count.
Fastest growing Hosting Companies over last year Hosting A table of the Hosting Providers who grew the fastest over the year September 2002 to October 2003 is provided as an excerpt from our latest Hosting Provider Server Count. Companies are included in the filter if they started September 2002 with more than 600 servers, and […]
This cell phone jammer looks just like a cell phone and is ideal for use when commuting on the bus and train or when eating in restaurants etc, anywhere where you need effective control at close quarters! SH066P Personal Cell Phone Jammer (Thanks Dirk)
Microsoft’s VSS: Can a Snapshot Ease Backup Woes? Paul Wimmer, Windows manager with the intensive hosting division of Rackspace, reports he has not seen any demand for VSS as a backup tool among his clientele. “VSS is not a substitute for routine backups, it’s more of an add-on to that,” he says. While he does […]
Camera phones rival DVD players as fastest growing Teeny camera cell phones appear to be on pace to replace DVDs as the fastest-growing consumer technology device ever.
I miss Adcritic… its gone pay and I cant’ justify paying since I don’t visit the site much.. but this crossed my desk… Bud Commercial
More hotel guests want to unwire When readers of the New Yorker opened their magazines last September, they got a surprise: a Zagat mini-guide of hotels and restaurants that offer Wi-Fi access. God, I love Wifi.
Brains drained by hidden race bias People with implicit racial prejudices are left mentally exhausted after interacting with someone from a different race, perhaps because they are trying to quell their feelings.