Power Outlets That Don't Shock To Be Released in Canada

Cautious parents used to rely on plastic covers for home power outlets to prevent their children from getting electrocuted through inserting metal objects into power receptacles. But such measures will no longer...

Fourth Baby Dies As Milk Crisis Widens in China

A fourth baby is reported to have died in China's continuing and widening milk scandal. Tests found the chemical melamine in liquid milk produced by three of the country's leading dairy companies. Thousands of children have gotten ill from drinking the tainted milk. "A fourth...

Alfalfa Sprouts Contaminated with Salmonella Typhimiriumis

More cases of Salmonella outbreaks, this time in Oregon and Washington states. The culprit this time around: Alfalfa Sprouts. It is believed that the infected sprouts were contaminated by farm animals grazing the...

New Algeria suicide attack kills 11

Following yesterday's attack that killed 43 people, Algeria was hit by two new suicide bombings today. This signals further trouble ahead, as it indicated a sustained campaign of violence by the country's Islamist groups."Algeria was rocked by two further suicide bombings...

Reporters booted from conference for hacking

"With thousands of hackers milling around the Black Hat convention here, and widespread snooping on the public WiFi network, one place was supposed to be off limits: the press room.But in a case of reporters spying on other reporters, three journalists working for the French...

Where are the Conservative Journalists?

Where are the Conservative Journalists? Over at the Politico, Jonathan Martin writes, "GOP losing the new-media war." The article is generating some thoughtful discussion from conservative tech folks inside...

Japan police probe stab 'warning'

Japanese Police have started investigating Tomohiro Kato, a factory employee from Shizuoka prefecture, stabbing spree. Sleuths are also looking into the allegation that several messages sent by mobile phone to a website that appeared to foretell the...

Angelina Jolie now mother of 6!!

"Angelina Jolie now mother of 6!!Various 'reputable' news/gossip outlets are reporting that Angelina Jolie has delivered her twins. French media claim that she gave birth FIVE days ago -- on Sunday in a Catholic...

Cyclone victims face 'long-term' food shortages

" The cyclone, which battered the country last weekend with winds of 240 km/hr(150 mph) and 3.5 meter (11.48 feet) storm water surges, killed more than 22,000. Another 41,000 people are still missing, according to state-run media outlets in Myanmar, and the U.N. estimates one...

Ozzie Guillen Profanity Tirade

"Perhaps it's appropriate that Ozzie Guillen would unleash one of his patented expletive-filled tirades on Chicago fans, the Cubs, and media outlets just a few short days removed from the 25th anniversary of Lee...

Who is 'The Throttler'?

I just got an invitation via facebook to join an interesting group.  Check it out:"As recently reported by various news outlets, Bell Canada plans to have its ‘third-party ISP traffic shaping’ policy implemented across its entire network by April 7. This policy is...

Hillary, Queen of All Media

"After Hillary Clinton lost the January 3 Iowa caucuses, she made “improving likeability” a central campaign strategy, as U.S. News & World Report revealed on January 11.* All of the questions listed in this parody are the exact queries subsequently asked of Clinton...

Music Labels Say There's no Deal With Qtrax

To anyone saying the announcement by startup Qtrax was too good to be true - free, ad-driven online music downloading - they were right.Four of the world's biggest labels have come out and denied they have any agreement to allow their songs to be downloaded from the...

Trivial Pursuit: from Tabletop to TV

Yes, another game show. Do we care that Trivial Pursuit is the Big Kahuna of trivia, or are we just bored of new game shows? I don't even know anymore..."Five-a-week half-hour "Trivial Pursuit: America Plays" will kick off in the fall. Counting the Fox O&Os, distributor...

Fast Food Outlets Are Serving Us Mountains of Salt

Thank God for this piece of information. We need to know what kind of crap we are putting in our mouths. Fast food firms seem to be interested in killing us slowly in the name of bucks."Fast-food chains are lacing...

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