City birds can afford to sleep in their nests a little longer than their country cousins according to a new report from the British Trust for Ornithology. The micro-climate created by urban human activity sees the...
Tim Berners-Lee continues to champion a free internet. His latest appeal should concern all who wish to see the internet protected from enclosure and abuse by for profit vested interests. The fact that...
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"(LifeWire) -- Stacy Pearson keeps buying food she knows she'll never eat -- from tomato soup to green beans to ramen noodles -- merely because it's on sale. Why? Blame her mother. ...
Hallmark is rolling out same-sex wedding cards."The nation's largest greeting card company is rolling out same-sex wedding cards — featuring two tuxedos, overlapping hearts or intertwined flowers, with best...
created by poolparty | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 368 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
The AP, an unlikely fashion authority, ran an article yesterday that suggests men are spending more on clothes than women. The writer says it's due to a quick and dramatic shift in men's styles toward tighter and...
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"The former Google engineers roll out Cuil, which they say will index a larger portion of the Web than Google, and more quickly and at less cost.MENLO PARK, California (Reuters) - A start-up led by former star...
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Christian devotees from all over world have gathered to welcome the visit of Pope in Sydney. The festival will start on Tuesday and more than 200,000 pilgrims are expected to attend this event. "Thousands of...
created by Sanjay Jha | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 237 views | 5 recommendations | 1 comment
A common-sense study with the expected common-sense results: "King and his colleagues evaluated almost 16,000 men and women who were between the ages of 45 and 64 when the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities...
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"Google must divulge the viewing habits of every user who has ever watched any video on YouTube, a US court has ruled. The ruling comes as part of Google's legal battle with Viacom over allegations of copyright infringement. Digital rights group the Electronic Frontier...
This is somewhat disturbing: Google has been ordered by a federal court to hand over all of YouTube's viewer records to Viacom, as the media giant continues its crusade against copyright infringement. This...
created by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 318 views | 2 recommendations | 3 comments
The internet is full of guidance for parents who are concerned their kids are internet-addicted, and a Swedish organization -- Children's Rights in Society -- is turning the tables, allowing children to report...
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"Posted by Andrew Vanacore June 05, 2008 11:02PMA Jefferson Parish SWAT team has been called in to defend the 17th Street Canal.The threat? Nutria, the orange-toothed rodents that eat through marshlands and...
" The world's rarest rhino does not like the limelight. A Javan Rhino was captured on video attacking a camera set up in an Indonesian jungle to study the habits of the animal, apparently because she sensed the...
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Canada has been ranked second to last, only beating the US in a new study of consumer habits and how they affect the environment.Out of 14 countries, Canada scored a very low rating from the National Geographic...
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"Alexa has announced a new ranking system for the web. That after several months now the new Alexa Rankings System is available.Developing the aspects of gathering data and information about websites, was the...
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