World's Biggest Online Zoo Opens

BBC is opening the world's largest online zoo, the Wildlife Finder, which features pictures and videos of hundreds of animals. The BBC Wildlife Finder zoo promises never to disappoint, as the animals will always...

Sex Sting Involving Mom and Baby: Anthony Taylor Arrested

New York man, Anthony Taylor, was arrested in a sting that involved a women and baby, allegedly arranging to have sex with the Pennsylvania woman. District Attorny Michael Green announced in a conference Wednesday...

Obama, education and health care; a pragmatic analysis

Fact: Obama has proposed spending $95 billion in loans and grants to help 10.9 million students pay for collegeSource: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/rewrite/budget/fy2009/education.html Dear President...

Welcome to the social media revolution

The social media revolution is absolutely all-encompassing and expansive in its reach. "Social Media isn't a fad, it's a fundamental shift in the way we communicate." - www.socialnomics.com As social media...

Daily Horoscope According to Blogs and Twitter

Sunday is the happiest day of the week and Wednesday is the worst day of the week, according to a recent study analyzing 2.4 million blogs, tweets, and internet messages by counting the number of positive and negative words used. The research was conducted by two applied...

Civil Suit Against Facebook For Data Use

Five facebook users from California have filed a civil suit against the social networking site for its use of personal information. The users are claiming that facebook breaks state privacy laws by diseminating personal information to third parties.The lawsuit was filed on...

Netflix Prize Winner, Sequel To Be Announced In September

The online DVD rental company Netflix has not yet announced the winner of the first Netflix Prize-contest, but has already promised there will be a sequel. The first contenst was designed to help the company improve the prediction feature of its movie recommendation system....

Petition To Nominate Michael Jackson For 2010 Nobel Peace Prize

With new developments arising every day, the fury of disturbing rumours surrounding Michael Jackson's unexpected passing will not die down any time soon. But despite all the negative publicity, the fans of Michael Jackson are organizing an online petition to nominate the late...

Tron Legacy Trailer Now Online After Comic Con Release

There is much hype around the new Tron Legacy film (Tron 2), including the release of the trailer, and after the Comic Con 2009 panel, there is even more anticipation of what the film will be like when it is...

Manmohan changed millions of lives: Time

"Manmohan changed millions of lives: Time" " Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's speeches may not be winning him followers but his work does and his actions have "changed tens of millions of lives for the better",...

The “Debt Clock” Goes Online

 So it's now time to have a window open on your computer screen so you can be continually Anxious over the National Debt.  As it stands today, July 11th 2009 each Americans portion of the debt is $37,...

TED.com Open Translation Project - subtitles in 40 languages

I have many favorite TED.com lecturers, but I'd say my #1 favourite would have to be Harvard neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor's stroke of insight. EXCERPT from the latest TED.com Press Release: “We’re excited to...

American teenager pleads guilty to Scientology web attack

A 19-year-old American man has admitted knocking the Church of Scientology's websites offline in a series of electronic attacks in 2008. Dmitri Guzner of Verona, New Jersey pleaded guilty to charges of cybercrime against the religious organisation and related websites, which...

This Aint no Bull!

A young bull that recently got loose in a Mayo, Ireland SuperValu store has become a YouTube hit. "The bull jumped out of the ring at the cattle mart and trotted off up the main street - headed into the store, had...

Web founder makes online privacy plea

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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