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 -> Man fired after being stranded on mountain top
A German man who survived five days in the Alps in freezing temperatures by eating snow has been fired because he missed work.
49,786 views | 05 Nov 2003 |
 -> XBox may switch to Apple base
Microsoft's next-generation Xbox will ditch its Intel chip in favor of the same kind of chip used in Apple's Macs -- an IBM PowerPC processor.
494 views | 05 Nov 2003 |
 -> Man drops cell phone in train toilet, jams arm
We've all had bad hair days with mobile phones, but only one guy had his literally go down the toilet.
439 views | 05 Nov 2003 |
 -> Online sale of Scottish castle closes with two million hits
The online sale of a Scottish castle, Lee Castle, has closed after its website attracted more than two million hits, worldwide interest and nearly 40 formal offers.
199,004 views | 03 Nov 2003 |
 -> Gay bishop consecrated
With the ceremonial laying on of hands by a cluster of bishops, the Rev. V. Gene Robinson was consecrated the next bishop of New Hampshire and the first openly gay prelate in the Episcopal Church U.S.A. on Sunday.
451 views | 03 Nov 2003 |
 -> Worst Halloween costumes of all time
When I was growing up, most of the kids in my neighborhood were fairly uncreative. Instead of thinking long and hard about what you wanted to be for Halloween, they'd run to the store at the last minute, and grab a prepackaged costume..
676 views | 31 Oct 2003 |
 -> Spiders 'remember first date'
Female wolf spiders - schizocosa uetzi - prefer to mate with males which look similar to those they encountered before they were sexually mature.
491 views | 29 Oct 2003 |
 -> Don't say this loud: Air Action
VIDEO file: An interesting ad.
561 views | 28 Oct 2003 |
 -> The California Fire
A Satellite picture of the LA fires
4,284 views | 28 Oct 2003 |
 -> Talk about "stiff" school regulations
Six British schoolboys were rushed to the hospital after taking the erection-enhancing drug Viagra at lunchtime.
485 views | 27 Oct 2003 |
 -> Magic number tells when to change sex
From tiny shrimps to massive fish, many species change sex once they reach a certain size, and British researchers have now discovered an amazing universal rule: that they all tend to do this at the same relative size.
544 views | 27 Oct 2003 |
 -> VersaLaser: Translate computer drawings into real objects?
VersaLasertm can transform drawings on your computer screen into real items made out of an amazing variety of materials (wood, plastic, fabric, paper, glass, leather, stone, ceramic, rubber) and it's as easy to use as your printer!
573 views | 27 Oct 2003 |
 -> A Cool Flash Game
Samorost is a surreal Myst-like puzzle game with great music and beautiful backgrounds where you help the little guy in white save his driftwood planet from a collision with another driftwood planet.
560 views | 27 Oct 2003 |
 -> Bubblar Theory
Which has more bubbles, a bar of soap or a bottle of champagne?
543 views | 26 Oct 2003 |
 -> Embarrassed GM to rename car with risque overtones
General Motors will rename its Buick LaCrosse in Canada because "Lacrosse", it turns out, is slang for "masturbation" among teenagers in French-speaking Quebec.
478 views | 24 Oct 2003 |
 -> Full length DVDs over the Internet in 7 seconds!
CERN (the research center Switzerland, to which the origin of Internet is attributed) have set a new world speed record for sending data across the Internet.
514 views | 24 Oct 2003 |
 -> Being a Jew in Malaysia
Malaysian Prime Minister Mohamad Mahathir said condemnation in Europe and the United States of his claims that Jews ruled the world proved he was correct and that his detractors were anti-Muslim.
510 views | 24 Oct 2003 |
 -> Microsoft's Really Hidden Files
Did you know that MS Internet Explorer may not be clearing your browsing history despite your instructions, and Outlook Express may not be deleting your e-mail after you've erased them from your Deleted Items?
389 views | 24 Oct 2003 |
 -> Images of space get a second look
It's another blow to our delusions that we are the yardstick by which the universe is to be measured.
584 views | 23 Oct 2003 |
 -> Amazon surprises again: "Search Inside The Book"
Starting today, you can find books on Amazon.com based on ANY WORD inside them, not just the title or the author!
236 views | 23 Oct 2003 |
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