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Motorola gets knocked out of first
Apple’s iPhone has finally done what Apple had hoped it would do, it became the top selling handset in the United States. The research and numbers were compiled for the third quarter of 2008 by NPD Group.
Motorola’s Razr has held the coveted stop for 3 years, or 12 consecutive quarters. The Razr fell to second place and was followed by Research in Motion’s BlackBerry Curve at third and LG Electronic’s Rumor and Env2 next. Continue Reading »
Dried mushrooms could slow global warming
When trees decompose they release carbon dioxide in what is known to as the carbon cycle. When dry fungi assists significantly less carbon dioxide is released than in wetter soil.
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Australia to implement national web censorship
Australia is joining China with nations implementing national web censorship in a plan put forward by the government.
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Polish bus driver follows GPS navigation device into lake
In a stunning bit of technological irony a Polish bus driver followed his satelite GPS navigation system into a lake and nearly drown everyone in his bus.
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Woman jailed for murdering online character
A 43-year-old Japanese woman has been arrested on charges of hacking after killing her virtual husband’s online character in Japan. Continue Reading »
Scotch tape emits x-rays
After playing with post-in notes and sniffing glue, Scotch tape is considered one of the more entertaining office supply materials. Of course you could shoot rubber bands at co-workers (it’s done at the official Retard Empire headquarters), but never discount the ability to make x-rays while in a vacuum.
Just two weeks after a Nobel Prize highlighted theoretical work on subatomic particles, physicists are announcing a startling discovery about a much more familiar form of matter: Scotch tape. Continue Reading »
Study shows drinking red win reducs lung cancer risk
Red Wine may reduce the odds of getting lung cancer, however white wine apparently does not reduce the risk.
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Report warns milk and meat must be rationed to save planet
Humans must ration themselves to four small portions of meat and one liter of milk per week to save the planet from global warming according to a major new report. Currently people are consuming on average twice that amount of milk.
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Vegetarians have smaller brains according to multiple studies
Vegetarians are six times more likely to suffer brain shrinkage than their carnivorous meat eating contemporaries.
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World to end in 2013, 48 years sooner than earlier calculated
David Flynn the author of a new book “Temple at the Center of Time: Newton’s Bible Codex Deciphered and the Year 2012″ claims that Isaac Newton actually calculated the end of the world in 2013 instead of earlier reports which calculated the end in 2060.
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