Saudi diplomat-turned cleric says Mickey Mouse must die

If  a Saudi cleric has his way then Mickey Mouse should be on his way out. He consider it as one of Satan's soldiers who turns everything around it impure. Cleric also denonunced  Beijing Olympics...

Disney's Rights to Young Mickey Mouse may be Wrong

Well, I guess it does pay to read the fine print. The wording of the copyright at the end of Mickey Mouse's first cartoon with sound on screen was Steamboat Willie, created in 1928. While most lawyers agree that...

Eek- A-Mouse Arrested For Rape In U.S

The reggae singer known as Eek-A-Mouse was charged Sunday with rape and kidnapping after a 23-year-old woman reported she was held against her will at an Outer Banks motel, police say.The musician, whose real name is...

Growing Plants the Disney Way

Daniel Terdiman over at CNET has a pretty cool job. He went behind the scenes at Epcot Center to check out the factory-like vegetable gardens that contribute to the theme park's various eating venues. WHo knew a...

'Winnie the pooh' attacks onlookers

This has got to be one of the funniest stories I have read in a while. First of all, the images of the innocent and cuddly Winnie-the-Pooh turning violent and attacking someone is bizarre enough. The reason for the...

Work at Home? Your Employer May Be Watching

"The clipboard toting, clock-watching, quota-setting productivity expert, peering nosily over your shoulder at work, has been out of fashion in business schools for decades.Now he's back, in electronic form -- in the home office.In a budding trend some employment experts say...

Inventive Computer Mice

"Looking to break away from the optical mouse pack? For people into creative technologies, SOAP, based on hardware found in a mouse, works in mid-air -- consisting of an optical sensor device moving freely inside a...

Eek-a-Mouse Accuses Major Record Labels Of Racial Bias

A representative of Chris Music concepts opened a can of worms on Monday when he addressed the panel during the Q&A section at the launch of the Carifest C.A.R.E.S Aids Benefit Concert.“What does Carifest mean...

Jumping Season Opens With Fatality

" For thrill-seekers, it's a 65-foot free-fall rite of passage. For law enforcement, it's the root of an endless cat-and-mouse game that too often ends in a 911 call. "

Microsoft demos 'touch Windows'

"Microsoft's next operating system (OS) will come with multi-touch features as an alternative to the mouse.It is hoped the successor will have a better reception than the much-maligned Vista OS, released last year. ...

Tasmanian tiger gene brought back to life

I'm not sure I understand the significance of bringing a gene back to life, but it sounds impressive. If the gene was once dead, is it technically a zombie then?"SYDNEY (AFP) - Scientists said Tuesday they had achieved a world first by bringing back to life a gene from the...

72 Hour Blackout Caused by Cat-Mouse Chase

Cat-mouse chased turns into major blackout. Who knew that animals can cause such chaos. Last time a blackout was caused by an iguana in Florida."TIRANA (Reuters) - A cat chasing a mouse in Tirana's main power station...

PoV: Salling Clicker v3.5 and Nokia E61

“Salling Clicker is ouraward-winning remote control software. It lets you control popularapplications from a mobile phone or handheld computer through a userinterface similar to a portable media player”- quoted from Salling Clicker website I would say that it’s a pretty...

Computer without keyboard or mouse with pics

"Meet Wizkid: part computer, part robot, a Swiss kid who's changing our concept of how people interact with machines.Wizkid, on display at Museum of Modern Art in New York, looks like a computer with a neck. But...

Image makeover needed for the rat

" Some rat facts include: * Their lifespan is between 1-3 years;* They have no gallbladder;* Rats have a bellybutton;* Rats can't vomit;* They are prolific breeders: A pair of rats can produce 15,000 descendants...

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