The Ashes

A couple of days ago Nokia unveiled its first netbook called Booklet 3G. Although the company repeatedly said it won’t release a netbook, this was only a lie and just another marketing strategy or whatever. The rumors about other Nokia devices have already surface and according to some sources from Taiwan, the Finnish-based company will release an [...]

This is probably the most racist event lately, and it’s sad that one of the biggest companies in the world is involved. Two pictures of a Microsoft ad campaign in two difference countries were leaked on the Internet. The picture for the US was showcasing an Asian man, a black man, and a white woman [...]

Many of us depend on the use of computers to do our jobs. We’re much more productive than before they were available, don’t you think? But imagine you’re blind and can’t see the screen or have a mobility impairment that precludes your use of a mouse. For many of us the PC, a tool most [...]

We, as a society, are meant to love children. If I was to go and tear the nails off each of my child’s fingers I’d be roundly condemned and imprisoned (and probably best I were for my own safety!). Female circumcision is roundly, and justly, condemned as an abusive practice. But male circumcision?? Oh that’s [...]

Madonna brought her “Sticky and Sweet” tour to Belgrade last night.  According to local press reports (here and here), there were about 30,000 people in attendance The concert venue was in a park beside the Danube River where most concerts like this are held.  For those addicted to Google Earth, the coordinates of the stage [...]

Lindsey Baum was walking home in McCleary, Washington from a friend’s house on Friday, June 26th and never made it home. She was 10 years old at the time, but has since had a birthday while she has been missing. Police are pretty sure she was abducted but have found no proof of this. Please [...]

  File-sharing website The Pirate Bay (TPB) is back online after its former internet service provider (ISP) was forced to take down the site. Stockholm district court made the order on 21 August, saying ISP Black Internet would be fined 500,000 kronor (£43,000) if it did not comply. The court order was the result of [...]

In countries where the population is ever mounting, the lines of clothes strung up over balconies is quite a common site. A problem arises when the water from the clothes keep dripping and people dwelling in the ground floors have to cross by. Why create a nuisance for others when you’re sure that every problem [...]

Herbs and spices play an important role in making any dish yummy and bestow us with the dietary benefits too. One thing y’all have to agree with me on is that half of our time while cooking is wasted in searching for one or the other spices. Jonathan Assaraf for Electrolux designed a cool SpiceHood [...]

All you smart consumers out there are well acquainted with Maytag’s efficient Performance washers and dryers. The washers are efficient for the fact that these keep water usage to a minimum and using a sensor (in the dryers) these cut down cycles, which usually are overestimated by the user. Adding feather to the cap, the [...]