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Microsoft is not content to depend on its partners to serve up an iPhone alternative for users.  Instead, Microsoft has decided to announce one directly.  Rather than try to be all things to all people, the Microsoft Kin smartphone is aimed squarely at the kids and teens who, at the moment, depends on things like […]

There’s a new animal attraction that’s got people up in arms.  Despite the controversy, it’s a huge hit at Bangkok, Thailand’s Safari World animal park.  It seems park employees have managed to train orangutans to put on kickboxing displays.  That’s right, they’ve trained monkeys in the art of hand-to-hand combat, because it always works out […]

Conan O’Brien got bumped by a returning late night host.  Surely Conan wouldn’t bump another last night host, would he?  Actually, he would, but this is a special case.  Conan O’Brien making his return to the late-night talk show game by jumping from network TV to cable, taking over the 11:00 PM slot on the […]

On the surface, these five last of their kind companies couldn’t be more different.  I mean, what could a barber pole company possibly have in common with a company that makes garish jackets for the stock market trading floor?  Nothing, right?  Well, while the companies have survived in many different ways, from diversification to specialization […]

Of all the great works done by various endangered species protection acts and activist groups, the biggest success story is the gray whale.  Hunted to the brink of extinction by commercial whaling ships, the species has rebounded to the point where it has actually been taken off the endangered species list.  However, gray whale sightings […]

In the Cayman Trough, some 3.1 miles below the surface of the ocean, are what’s being called the world’s deepest underwater vents.  Basically, these vents are openings to another world, and out of them pour super-potent mineral-rich water hot enough to melt lead!  These vents, called black smokers due to the high amount of black […]

Every morning, I take a multivitamin and an allergy pill.  I supplement this allergy pill with a dose of nasal spray, two squirts in each nostril.  All this because I live in a valley, one of the worst possible places for someone with allergies to live.  Not only do I get all the pollution from […]

When Kris Lines, a professor of sports law at Staffordshire University, had to take a trans-Atlantic flight from his native UK to Vancouver, he knew he had to stay awake.  After all, he had to make sure he made his connecting flight.  So he drank a lot of Cokes and kept himself awake, made it […]

  He was many things to many different people.  For some he was a cheat, a liar, and “the most evil man in the world” (according to Johnny Rotten).  For others, he’s a trend-setting Svengali who was able to ride the crest of not one, but four different musical genres:  punk rock (with the Sex […]

If there’s one thing that unites humanity, it’s a consistent belief that we are not alone.  In this case, some 20 percent of the world’s population believes that aliens walk among us, disguised as humans.  At least, that’s what a recent Reuters Ipsos poll uncovered.  The poll covered 23,000 people spread out amongst 22 countries, […]

You know, as much flack as the Polish take for lack of intelligence, that’s not always the case.  Look at master thief Stanislaw Muchy!  His plan was genius!  What Stan would do is mail himself to businesses he wanted to rob, break out of his box when everyone had gone home for the day, rob […]

It sounds like the punchline to an old, misogynistic joke, but it’s apparently true.  Researchers have said that the average woman spends nearly three years of her life shopping.  A survey of 3000 women determined just how much time the ladies spend shopping, and from there the numbers were extrapolated along a life-span of about […]

The Frankenfish, or the snakehead fish, is one of the most dangerous fish you could possibly have to deal with.  They’re tough.  They survive anywhere.  They can walk on land, breathe air in limited quantities, and have an appetite for meat and blood.  They’re also coming to Australia, some environmental scientists fear, having invaded the […]

Tiger Woods is back.  Following a self-imposed exile and a trip to rehab for undisclosed reasons, Tiger Woods is making his long-awaited comeback to golf at The Masters Tournament, the premier event on the PGA schedule, at the beautiful Augusta National Golf Course in Georgia.  Also along for the ride, apparently, is Earl Woods, Tiger’s […]