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When delegates poured into Santa Monica for the DOMAINfest Global Conference on Internet business, they were expecting to see the sights, do a little partying, and network.  What they weren’t expecting was to end up in the hospital. Over 170 people at the DOMAINfest Global Conference have taken sick with a mystery ailment. Interestingly, one […]

One of the most guarded secrets in the industrial world is the formula that makes Coca-Cola.  The only known official copy of the recipe is in Coke’s vaults in Atlanta, Georgia.  However, thanks tosome detective work, Coke’s secret is out.  Merchandise 7X, the secret syrup that gives Coca-Cola its flavor, has been discovered and published […]

Well, after the first round, it’s abundantly clear that neither the human contestants or the supercomputer contestant have a serious advantage.  In fact, during the first round of Jeopardy!, nobody really seems to have found solid footing.  The IBM supercomputer Watson is tied with Brad Rutter with $5000 after the opening round of man versus […]

The sun is prone to belching.  Called sunspots or solar flares, these eruptions of hot gas and plasma are generally harmless, like the bubbling of a pot of soup, but every so often there’s a bit of splash back and Earth gets a little hot galactic grease on its planetary sleeve.  Thanks to an increase […]

The plan was a good one, in theory.  Jerrie Perkins, a 30-year-old woman from Pontiac who weighs in the neighborhood of 400 pounds, was going to head to a nearby Meijer store in Rochester Hills, Michigan, and make off with a selection of electronics.  There’s just one problem with her plan:  fitting through the door. […]

An exabyte is a billion gigabytes. Experts from the University of Southern California have estimated that humans have accumulated 256 exabytes of knowledge.  That means that the sum of all human knowledge is 1.2 billion average-sized computer hard drives.  That’s an average of 15 libraries per person on the planet Earth.  That’s a whole lot […]

According to a resent study conducted by the International Facility Management Association, the average size of the worker cubicle is shrinking.  In 1994, each worker had about 90 square feet to work in; that number has shrunk down to 75 feet in 2010, and is expected to shrink even smaller.  Experts are predicting the death […]

The cassette deck in the car is a thing of the past, sadly.  However, just because a record format is gone does not mean it is forgotten.  There are always stalwarts like Bucks Burnett who strive to keep the past alive.  Bucks Burnett is the man behind the Eight Track Museum, a music museum dedicated […]

As usual, Eminem lead the way in Grammy nominations, racking up a staggering 10 nods from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.  Again as usual, Eminem was not the big winner at the Grammys, snagging only two of the ten awards he was up for.  The big winners last night were newer acts […]

Diet soda is a unique animal.  Sold for the calorie-conscious and those that have diabetes as a healthier alternative to the sugar-filled sodas we really want, it seems as though diet soda is too good to be true.  According to a recent study conducted by Dr. Steven Greenberg, a neurologist from Harvard Medical School, it […]

Since the first book of the Vampire Diaries, author LJ Smith has been involved in every aspect of the creation of the world, but that involvement is coming to an end.  Author LJ Smith has been fired from the Vampire Diaries series that she started 20 years ago.  It’s strange to see an author fired […]

The cassette had a good run as a form of media, but now it’s just another piece of scrap on the scrap heap of history.  In October, Sony killed the cassette Walkman after a 25-year run.  The writing was on the wall.  According to Mental Floss, 2011 will be the first year where no car has […]

Robots can do a lot of awesome things, including frighten me and enter the job market, but one of the things that humans can do that robots cannot, it’s share information.  Humans are social animals; our primary mode of learning is to communicate with one another.  However, robots are generally independent units that don’t share […]