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Space X Capsule Splashes Down Successfully

The first fully private space mission to the Space Station ended successfully this morning. The Space X capsule landed in the Pacific Ocean about 900 km off Baja California after its successful resupply mission to the international station. This is...

Google and Chinese Censorship

Google has hit on an interesting way of dealing with the censorship of its search results inside China. Essentially, tell everyone that their results are in fact being censored: even if they don't quite put it that way...

The Jenny McCarthy Body Count Site

This might well sound a little unfair as there is now a website out there called the Jenny McCarthy Body Count site. From the name you might think that it's the count of the people who have been...

The Munich Nymphomaniac Strikes Again!

It's usually thought of as one of those urban myths, that there is such a thing as nymphomania. Either that or a bad hangover from rather Victorian ideas about female sexuality. Sure, most women enjoy sex just as...

Advertisers Are Fleeing Rush Limbaugh Over Sandra Fluke

Or at least one advertiser has announced that it is to stop advertising on the Rush Limbaugh Show over his remarks about Sandra Fluke."Over the past day, we've heard from many great Citrix customers about our...

Fair Trade Pornography

There's an interesting call for fair trade pornography in the Boston Globe. It's interesting not for the call itself but because the writer seems entirely unaware that US produced porn is indeed fair trade by any...

Could China Ban Apple's iPad Exports?

This is a slightly alarming story: China might be about to ban all exports of Apple's iPads. It's not certain that they will as yet, indeed it's still unlikely, but it is a possibility...

Google Isn't Really a Technology Company

There's an important manner in which we're all misunderstanding Google as a company. It's not really a technology company, it's an advertising company.It's possible to take this argument too...

Socrates Dies in Brazil

Socrates, the Brazilian football star of the 80s, has died in Brazil. He was 57.Socrates was a muscular midfielder and a star of both the Corinthians and the Brazilian national team. He also trained as a doctor while playing...

iPhone Battery Problems: iOS Upgrade Can Make Them Worse

Apple's been having problems with some users complaining about battery life on the iPhone 4S. There have also been complaints from those who added iOS5 to older hardware.That's not a problem, these things happen. The...

Space X Capsule Splashes Down Successfully

Google and Chinese Censorship

The Jenny McCarthy Body Count Site

The Munich Nymphomaniac Strikes Again!

Advertisers Are Fleeing Rush Limbaugh Over Sandra Fluke

Fair Trade Pornography

Could China Ban Apple's iPad Exports?

Google Isn't Really a Technology Company

Socrates Dies in Brazil

iPhone Battery Problems: iOS Upgrade Can Make Them Worse

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