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Bored to death

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Ever used the expression "bored to death"? Well it turns out, it's not so far from the truth as you might think. A recent study at University College, in London, has found that people who are bored are 37% more likely to die before "their time". The study, which was based on data collected between 1985 and 1988, concentrated ...

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Pedobear temporarily joins the Vancouver Olympic mascots

This is another case of lazy journalism gone wrong. A Polish newspaper running a story about the 2010 Vancouver Olympics has innocently included a picture of the animal mascots, except it appears the Internet renowned Pedobear has mysteriously joined them. Who is Pedobear? Anyone who frequents Digg or 4Chan will know, but for the benefit of ever...

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Well, that didn't last long

Well, that didn't last long A few months ago we brought you the news that Firefox had finally become the most used web browser in the World. Well, I'm sorry to bring you the news that Internet Explorer 8 is back in the lead (although all such figures are only estimates, at best). These kinds of figures are generally obtained from very high traffic websites, such as those b...

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Facebook yanks a users vanity URL, and then sell it behind his back

It turns out the powers that be at Facebook don't think they have enough bad PR to deal with, so they've decided to add a new sneaky underhanded deal to their repertoire. User Harman Bajwa got an unexpected surprise from Facebook administration stating that his vanity URL Facebook.com/Harman violated the terms and conditions, being that you're n...

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Software Review Announcement

About once per month or so I get a request from a random company asking me to do a review of their software or service. I rarely accept these offers because it always comes with the 'implication' that they are expecting a favourable review in exchange for me getting a free license for the software. This time around however no such demand was imp...

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Toyota in the middle of a massive recall

How's this for a royal pain in the backside - if you're Toyota anyway. The car manufacturer has voluntarily recalled 2.3 million vehicles out of fear that a sticky accelerator pedal issue might, you know, cause some serious harm. But that's not all. If this wasn't bad enough, Toyota are currently in the middle of an existing 4.2 million Lexus re...

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Who wants to see Bill Murray in 3D?

I'm a big Bill Murray fan so I'm cool with that. But even if you already knew that Ghostbusters 3 is in the pipeline, what you may not have known is that Director Ivan Reitman is alegadly planning to shoot the entire movie in stereoscopic 3D. Call me a cynic, but it seems that in a post Avatar world every director and his dog thinks shooting in ...

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More amazing 3D renders

As an amateur 3D modeller (and I seriously do mean amateur), seeing works like these can be both depressing and inspiring at the same time. I don't hold any unrealistic illusions about my own skill level though. The artists who made these images are at the top of their game and some do it for a living. Here are for your viewing pleasure, 3D rend...

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China steps up monitoring of citizens

China steps up monitoring of citizens Instead of Google's threatened pull out of China having any positive effect, China has stepped up their oppressive behaviour towards their own citizens by announcing they are now monitoring SMS text messages from mobiles phones - and not just looking for information that the state could be threatened by: they're also hunting people sending risqu&ea...

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World's Apart

World's Apart In an amazing example of what defines the Human Being, the World's tallest man and shortest man have met, for the first time. Sultan Kosen, from Turkey, standing at 246cm tall and aged 27, has met Chinese Pingping, a 21 year old who stands at only 74cm tall. The pair were brought together by the Guiness Book of Records, for the opening of their ...