UK Broadband Users Might Pay 'Download Tax'

People living in the UK already pay a tax based on the number of televisions they have in the household, so a new proposal to tax downloaders of pirated software really comes as no surprise.In the proposal, which is garnering lots of heat from angry citizens online, the...

The Worst Building in the History of Mankind

Who ever designed this North Korean building should be shot.  In fact, he probably was."The one-hundred-and-five-story Ryugyong Hotel is hideous, dominating the Pyongyang skyline like some twisted North Korean version of Cinderella's castle. Not that you would be able to...

World Cyber Cold War Heats Up

"By Peter Griffiths LONDON (Reuters) - A "cyber cold war" waged over the world's computers threatens to become one of the biggest threats to security in the next decade, according to a report published on Thursday. About 120 countries are developing ways to use the Internet...

Woman Refused Sight-Saving Drug

"A woman with a degenerative eye disease has been told she cannot have potentially sight-saving treatment on the NHS because it costs too much. Notts County Primary Care Trust says Margaret Maslowska, 82, from Eastwood, Notts, cannot have the drug Lucentis. Mrs Maslowska...

Tax Cheats Using Your Money to Fund Republicans

"He and brother Charles used some of the tax-evading profits for loans, homes and ranches (two ranches worth $54 million near Aspen, Colo.; condominiums worth $13 million in downtown Aspen; a 95-acre ranch worth $12 million near Dallas; and an oceanfront property worth $8...

Google Search Becomes More Anonymous

"GOOGLE will begin routinely purging its data banks of information that identifies search engine users in order to better shield their anonymity, the company said overnight. Google will delete information from "cookies," bits of software put on computers to track website...

Scotland on Sunday

"THE ingredients most likely to spark confrontation between the United States and Iran could scarcely be simpler or more combustible: a tin filled with an explosive charge and a lump of copper is all that is needed to manufacture what the US military calls an Explosively...