Shop buys bad stock
It looks as if the term quality control went out of the window at supermarket chain Morrison’s when they ordered ABC building blocks intended to educate, stimulate and make learning fun, unfortunately some of the words appeared to have been lost in translation.
It is a classic mistake to make for example on brick with the [...]
After sixteen years, Sci-Fi changes name
Not wanting to be limited to providing just sci-fi the most famous genre based channel in the world is about to change its name.
The Sci-Fi Channel has been responsible for providing some the most popular TV sci-fi shows around for as long as satellite TV has been around, but programming has changed over the years [...]
Letting Twitter do the work
There was a time when Twitter was considered a stupid idea, after all who wants to know want people are doing in their lives? Well it would seem quite a lot of people do and that is why the numbers of people who Twitter is growing.
However, it is not just individuals that have the Twitterbug [...]
NASA’s failure to launch
A new satellite whose purpose was to track the major culprits of global warming has crashed into the ocean just off Antarctica minutes after being launched from California on Tuesday.
The satellite was going to be part of NASA’s already struggling network of environment monitoring satellites. It cost around $280 million and was specifically designed to [...]
Madonna top in the music biz
When the music industry complains about the bit file sharing costing them money and jobs, you can occasionally feel a little bit for sorry them, but when the industry publishes their top twenty money makers, it all takes on a very different look.
1. Madonna: $242,176,466
2. Bon Jovi: $157,177,766
3. Bruce Springsteen: $156,327,964
4. The Police: $109,976,894
5. Celine [...]
Steve Jobs still want to be on Disney’s board
Despite the concerns over Steve Jobs health, it looks as if he cannot be too worried about it, even though he has taken a six month leave of absence from the day to day running of Apple. He is still interested in being re-elected to the board of Disney in March.
He has been a member [...]
Google falls out of the privacy top ten
In the US they run a top twenty list of the companies that people are most likely to trust and surprisingly Google has for the first time falling out of the top twenty, last year they were ranked as tenth.
Some people feel that it is because of the size of the firm that puts people [...]
Hillary Clinton to become Sec of State
Could Hillary Clinton become the most powerful woman in the world, it would seem so because the word is that she is about to accept the role of the Secretary of State in a move by president elect Barrack Obama to consolidate his government with former rivals for the presidency.
This job would her well because [...]
Al Gore wants people to try renewable energy
With a new government pending in the US, some of the old warhorses are coming out of the woodwork. In this case, it is the world most famous environmentalist and ex-vice president Al Gore who is speaking out.
He feels that with a new government, this could be the time when the USA makes some serious [...]
Fuel prices now lower than a year ago
A headline like this would normally be the cause for some celebration, not only from motorists but also from householders because of the costs of energy. However, despite the price of a barrel of oil dropping to a price that is lower than it was last year.
Nevertheless, as with many things, the price has remained [...]
UK produces more wind power
With the opening of the latest wind farm developments just off the coast at Skegness, the UK has overtaken Denmark as being the world’s leading producer of offshore power produced from the wind.
Offshore wind farms now produce around 590 megawatts (MW) this is enough to provide power for around three hundred thousand homes, although this [...]
Is it the end for eBay as we know it?
Anyone who uses or has used eBay would notice some significant changes to the online auction site from that of a few years ago; one thing is the amount of items up for sale. In the financial climate that we are currently experiencing you would have thought that there would be pages of items for [...]
October 1, 2008The biggest robbery in history?
Most people who know of Michael Moore will also know that he is one of the more outspoken people around, sometimes he has a point and sometimes he may get it wrong. However, this time he is targeting the current financial crisis.
To him this is not a financial crisis, rather it is a plain and [...]
Private rocket in orbit
Space history has been made when Space X blasted into orbit, nothing great about! Well it is something special as Falcon 1, which has become the first privately owned rocket to reach orbit. This launch was the fourth attempt by the organisation, the first three failing to launch.
The rocket, which blasted off from their base [...]
Bank details found on eBay
Anyone looking on eBay will know that there are hundreds of computers for sale and that when buying second-hand computer you never really know what you are going to get.
In this case a laptop sold for a mere £35 actually contained the personal details of over a million bank customers, this is included name, address, [...]
Roads could be a source of power
Anyone will know that when they were children and played outside, the roads during the summer got really hot. This has finally been realised by the science community who believe that this could be a brilliant source of power.
The idea is to lay conductive copper piping before a new asphalt (Black Top) is laid. They [...]
Bee deaths threaten food supplies
This is not the first time that the subject of the declining population of the UK’S bee’s has once again become news, this time because of the results from a survey that has been conducted by the British Beekeepers Association (BBKA) which show that the nations bee population has fallen again.
This may seem like a [...]
Business can learn from sport
There is some things that business people can learn from sports people, as they both have similar goals and need the same qualities but that is where the similarities end. Therefore, there are some things that sports and business people have in common.
However, are there any tips that the business world could learn from the [...]
China set to lead manufacturing
Next year will be the year that China overtakes the USA as the biggest manufacturer of goods, this was always going to happen, but the experts had initially predicted that this would actually be taking place in four years time.
The main reason for this jump is being put down to the economy in the US [...]
Dollar still struggles against the Peso
As oil prices begin to slow down, in fact, there has been a slight decrease in the price of a barrel of crude, however the US Dollar is still struggling against most international currencies but what is truly painful for the American is that the Mexican Peso is continuing to get stronger against the Dollar.
At [...]