Topic: NEWS english - on February 18, 2007 at 1:20:00 PM CET
Man fined for playing with his toy car
A MAN has hit out after being fined £150 for playing with his toy car in Epping Forest.
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Topic: NEWS english - on February 18, 2007 at 1:15:00 PM CET
Mexican Businessmen Break Kebab Record
A group of businessmen in the northern Mexican City of Chihuahua broke a tasty record Friday, making a hunk of meat on a skewer big enough to serve 24,000 tacos.
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Topic: NEWS english - on February 18, 2007 at 12:14:00 PM CET
The danger of Daylight Saving Time
If the fuss currently being made about Dubbya's attempt to save energy by making the US go to Daylight Saving Time a fortnight early reminds me of anything, it's the hype we had to endure eight years ago about the Millennium Bug.
At the time, we were told that computers hard-coded to accept only 19xx dates would be crashing here, there and everywhere - quite literally, in the case of those aboard airliners. A slew of companies touted everything from expensive consultancy to PC patches. Much FUD was spread, and a fair bit of money was made.
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Topic: NEWS english - on February 16, 2007 at 1:40:00 PM CET
Clock powered by mud
No need for batteries, this LCD clock is powered by the earth itself! Just fill the pots with damp mud, insert the metal rods and the clock will start.
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Topic: NEWS english - on February 16, 2007 at 11:53:00 AM CET
Workplace smoke ban a 'gift' for hackers
Workplace smoking bans may be good for workers' health, but could open the back door to hackers.
In a recent social engineering test undertaken by UK-based security consultancy NTA Monitor, a tester was able to easily gain access to a corporate building through a back door that was left open for smokers. Once inside, the penetration tester was able to easily bluff his way into a meeting room, claiming the IT department had sent him. Even without a pass, he gained access unchallenged and was then able to connect his laptop to the firm's VoIP network via a telephone connection point.
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Topic: NEWS english - on February 15, 2007 at 12:38:00 PM CET
Castro signing cigar humidors for big Habanos fest
Cigar aficionados should not expect to see ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro strut out to greet them at the annual Habanos festival, but they will be able to bid for humidors signed by him.
The maker of Cuba's famous hand-rolled cigars said on Tuesday that five elaborate humidors to be signed by Castro will be auctioned for charity at the closing gala dinner on March 2.
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Topic: NEWS english - on February 15, 2007 at 12:37:00 PM CET
Alligator Attacks Golf Course Worker
A man retrieving balls from a golf course lake was attacked by a 7-foot alligator Wednesday morning, suffering minor injuries to his foot, authorities said.
Vernon Messier, who was wearing a diver's wet suit, was standing in waist-deep water on the No. 5 hole of the Timber Greens Golf Course at about 10 a.m. when the alligator bit his left foot, Pasco County sheriff's spokesman Doug Tobin said.
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Topic: NEWS english - on February 15, 2007 at 12:36:00 PM CET
Maltese Falcon stolen from restaurant
Where's Sam Spade when you need him?
Thieves have stolen a copy of the bird statue at the heart of "The Maltese Falcon" from the San Francisco restaurant used as a setting for the 1941 film classic starring Humphrey Bogart as the rough-and-tumble private detective.
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Topic: NEWS english - on February 14, 2007 at 1:16:00 PM CET
Woman Mistakenly Drives Car Off Fourth Floor Of Parking Garage
A woman crashed her car off the fourth floor of a parking structure at County-USC Medical Center in Los Angeles on Monday. She was injured when the vehicle landed upside down on top of an adjacent carport.
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Topic: NEWS english - on February 14, 2007 at 1:10:00 PM CET
Bathe in chocolate this Valentine's Day
A Japanese spa is offering the perfect aphrodisiac for Valentine's Day chocolate baths.
Those who just can't get enough of the sweet stuff can immerse themselves in water mixed with cacao and fragrant bath powders. Twice a day, staff pour creamy chocolate over the bathers, who smear it over the bodies or lick it off.
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Topic: NEWS english - on February 14, 2007 at 11:11:00 AM CET
Britain’s children are unhappiest in the Western world
Britain’s children are the unhappiest in the West, according to a Unicef study of 21 industrialised countries.
Not only do they drink the most, smoke more and have more sex than their peers, they rate their health as the poorest, dislike school more and are among the least satisfied with life. Their relative poverty, the lack of time spent eating meals with their parents and mistrust of classmates mean that Britain languishes at the bottom of the wellbeing league table. As a result, says Jonathan Bradshaw, one of the authors of Report Card 7: an Overview of Child Wellbeing in Rich Countries, Britain is a “picture of neglect”.
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Topic: NEWS english - on February 14, 2007 at 10:29:00 AM CET
The SpaceShip Man.
Building an UFO with his own two hands. Alfie Carrington is a construction worker in Michigan and he’s building a flying saucer. He’s actually spent the past 30 years and a lot of money building it.
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