Push-up bra voted the 'greatest fashion invention ever'

The push-up bra, which has added curves and confidence to women everywhere has been hailed as the 'greatest fashion invention ever'. I can understand that." The cleavage-enhancing underwear, which has become a...

Get Madonna's new album - on your cell phone

The Queen of Pop, who refused to allow her music to be sold on iTunes, will become the first artist to allow her latest album Hard Candy to be made available for download on your cell phone, a week before it is...

The return of the Shamrock Shake - McDonalds brings back a cult classic

Remeber the days of the McRib? Or McDonalds pizzas? Or what about the McCafe that was a short-lived marketing enterprise that was supposed to encorage a Starbucks crowd to the restaurant, but only managed to drive...

Wind in Ala. downs trees, blacks out 40,000 customers; one dead

High winds in the Birmingham area knocked out power to about 40,000 homes and businesses. One person was killed when a tree fell on a mobile home.The Associated Press is working with NowPublic to help get coverage...

Honest / insane retailer swaps old HD DVD for new Blu-ray gear

"Edion, the owner of several chains of electronics shops there has taken the unusual step of extending the hand of sympathy to anyone who bought an HD DVD player or recorder from it and is offering to exchange the useless machines for new Blu-ray devices [Japanese,...

Health Advisor Proposes Supermarket Booze Ban

A plan is afoot to ban alcohol sales from UK supermarkets in an effort to curb binge drinking."Professor Julian le Grand, the chairman of Health England, said customers should be made to make a conscious decision...

Reminder: Backup before installing new Leopard 10.5.2 update

"Today Apple released its Mac OS X 10.5.2 update, which addresses many annoying bugs as well as tackling a number of interface issues that bugged longtime users. According to the technote on the release, users should backup before installing the update (this is really...

EU warns operators over mobile roaming fees

"The EU has told European mobile phone companies to slash their roaming charges for text messages and internet use before 1 July or face new regulations. The announcement was made by EU communications commissioner Viviane Reding at the Mobile World Congress trade show in...

'Greedy' banks push up mortgage rates

With housing repossessions at an all time high, you would expect mortgage lenders to pass on any Bank of England interest rate reductions to their customers. In many cases only a small % is passed on if at all and new mortgages are costing more than a year ago... "Banks and...

Racy Abercrombie & Fitch Pics Pulled

American clothing label Abercrombie & Fitch -- infamously known for "promoting whites over minorities and cultivating a virtually all-white image" -- is now in hot water for failing to remove racy photos that...

Severed cables disrupt internet

Some years ago a train crashed in a tunnel in Pennsylvania. A fire burned in the tunnel, which was used by virtually every major North American network service provider, and seriously damaged all the fibre optic...

Tourism at the End of the World

"Tourism at the End of the World By Stephen Leahy* So-called “climate tourism” is a mix of legitimate interest in protecting nature, the desire to see rare wildlife on the verge of extinction, and, of course, the search for profit. TORONTO, Jan 14 (Tierramérica).- -...

Don't Bank on Technology to Protect you.

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorIn the 1950's Techno Experts in vacuum tube technology theorized that advances in transistors would now make Computer Technology faster , smaller and affordable for...

ABCs of Generating Business from Press Printing Through Newsletters

Printing press is the place to go when you want high quality newsprints at fast turn around times.

Office 2008 for Mac hits store shelves

"After four years of waiting, Mac users are finally able to get their hands on a new version of Microsoft's productivity suite for the platform. The suite is a major step forward for those who prefer to use the Redmond company's applications for the Mac platform. Since its...

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