Apple yanks $1,000-iPhone application

How much would you pay for a red icon on your iPhone that does nothing except remind people you're rich, shallow and daft? Eight people paid a cool grand immediately after the release of a third party application...

Windows XP Tiny Edition

For some of you, this may be a kind of new thing to play with, or maybe you have tried it before. Windows XP Tiny is built by carefully and unofficially removing useless components that come installed together...

Honest / insane retailer swaps old HD DVD for new Blu-ray gear

"Edion, the owner of several chains of electronics shops there has taken the unusual step of extending the hand of sympathy to anyone who bought an HD DVD player or recorder from it and is offering to exchange the useless machines for new Blu-ray devices [Japanese,...

Canada/USA: Demand up for Cell phone jammers

Boy ,would I love to have one of these toys under my Christmas tree.  Drivers on cell phones holding up traffic make me nuts."Only cops can use them legally. But there's a growing demand among residents south...

10 Things to Teach Your Kids About YOUR Money -

"ure, all of this will sounds harsh to your average American parent, intent and spoiling and coddling their kids into morbidly obese, slothful, useless adults. This pussified parenting is largely why illegal aliens are swarming over US borders to take jobs that are “too...

Sunken freighter off Ibiza leaking oil

"Ibiza, Spain - More than six weeks after a freighter went down off the coast of the Spanish tourist island of Ibiza, the wreck is again leaking oil, reports said Sunday. A 300-metre-long oil slick washed ashore...

Duality of Wikipedia

On one hand, it's indispensable; on the other, it's the ultimate resource on things that don't matter -"There was once an Englishman named John Locke, who had some interesting thoughts about political theory....

Torpark is Firefox

You may have heard about those heavily advertised second-rate software packages like Anonymizer, SafeSharing, InvisibleIP, SecretSurfer, etc. Well, not only do they charge you money and/or a subscription fee, but they are bloated and full of useless components. They also...

Blair Accused over Tanzania Air Trafffic Control Deal

"The UK sold a "useless" air traffic control system to Tanzania in 2001 in a "scandalous" and "squalid" deal, the House of Commons has been told. Ex-International Development Secretary Clare Short joined the Tories in accusing Tony Blair of pushing through the £28m sale by...

Human Oil from Roasted Corpse Good For Love Portion

"A defrocked Buddhist novice who roasted a baby to create a powerful ghost has been arrested for allegedly tricking women into giving him cash and sex during useless animist rituals, according to police and anti-corruption officials. Police, Justice Ministry officials, and...

War is Not a Solution for Terrorism

"There is something important to be learned from the recent experience of the United States and Israel in the Middle East: that massive military attacks, inevitably indiscriminate, are not only morally reprehensible, but useless in achieving the stated aims of those who carry...

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