Superheroes in Real Life

Should a villain attack, the Emerald Enforcer carries a small arsenal to defend himself: smoke grenades, pepper spray, a slingshot, and a pair of six-inch fighting sticks tucked into sturdy leather boots.

MPAA Fears Economic Downturn Will Boost Piracy

Following the banks and the car companies, the movie industry might be the next to be hit by the economic downturn.

The 2008 market will be one for the history books

Investors lost trillions of dollars and U.S. stocks prices plunged to 11-year lows. Overseas markets suffered even worse declines. Yet, to say that the 2008 market will go down in the history books might almost sound like whistling past the graveyard. As the U.S.

Pocket Wizard Contest Winners

David over at Strobist rounded up videos of the winners of the contests held by Pocket Wizard over the last few months. Each winner won a set of PWs, and they had some *very* creative ideas on how to achieve various effects. Definitely worth a look.

Apple Recalls iPhone 3G USB Power Adapter

Today Apple announced the Apple Ultracompact USB Power Adapter Exchange program.

Sergey Brin: Lack of Mac version 'embarrassing'

As IGM already predicted, a Mac-native version of Chrome is months away, though Brin said he was merely hopeful that would be case.

'Dead' man's son spots him on television after 8 years

A man who cremated a body believing it was that of his father has been reunited with him eight years later after seeing him alive on television. John Renehan spotted his father, John Delaney, by chance on a programme about missing people.

iPhone Case Review: CapsuleRebel

I wasn't totally opposed to the idea of a case, and when I saw SwitchEasy's CapsuleRebel, I finally found a case that I thought looked fairly cool and that I could live with.

Purported UFO video to be shown Friday

A video that purportedly shows a living, breathing space alien will be shown to the news media Friday in Denver.

Filterbrella Concept Umbrella: A Mobile Water Filter For The Wet Day

The Filterbrella has a canopy which is made of compostable polylactic acid plastic blends. This gives the Filterbrella its environment charm. The Filterbrella has a very innovative activated carbon filter in its hollow rod.

Giant 'telescope' links London, New York

In all its optical brilliance and brass and wood, there stood the Telectroscope: an 11.2-meter-(37 feet) long by 3.3-meter-(11 feet) tall dream of a device allowing people on one side of the Atlantic to look into its person-size lens and, in real time, see those on the other side …

Indiana Jones: 10 behind-the-scenes facts you may not have known

10 snippets of information about the Indiana Jones movies you might find fascinating

Lost parrot tells veterinarian his address

When Yosuke the parrot flew out of his cage and got lost, he did exactly what he had been taught — recite his name and address to a stranger willing to help.

Voiceless Phone Calls Now Possible

Audeo has just demonstrated their subvocal speech input device in a new context; a neckband that translates thought into speech by interpreting signals sent from the brain to the vocal chords.

Adobe begins work on Flash player for iPhone

Adobe has started development of a Flash player suitable for use on Apple Inc.'s iPhone, company chief executive Shantanu Narayen said Tuesday.

Chantal Sebire's euthanasia plea rejected

A FRENCH court has rejected a request from a 52-year-old severely disfigured former schoolteacher for the right to die, in a case that has stirred much emotion in France.

Firefox 3 goes on a diet, eats less memory than IE and Opera

During intensive browsing with approximately 50 tabs, I have found that Firefox 3 generally consumes less than half of the memory used by Firefox 2.0.0.12.

Study: Video game slows weight gain, boosts confidence

Ryan's transformation occurred over the 24 weeks he participated in a West Virginia University study that hoped to determine if the exergame could be used to combat the nation's child obesity problem.

Getting Stuff Done on Linux - Part 1

This is just a quick overview of some of the programs out there, and it's the first of two parts.This first posting focuses on applications for creating content. The next one will be more internet-based. I'll go more in-depth into some of them at a later time.

Russian rocket fails to take US satellite into planned orbit

A Russian rocket launched a communications satellite produced by US defence company Lockheed Martin into space on Saturday but failed to take it into the planned orbit, Russian space officials said.

Every day 300 million gallons of sewage is dumped into the Atlantic

Every day, six plants in Miami-Dade, Broward and south Palm Beach counties pump about 300 million gallons of sewage into the Atlantic Ocean. The brew is screened of its foulest components but remains nutrient-rich, not even clean enough to sprinkle on a lawn.

Identical twins not as identical as believed

Contrary to our previous beliefs, identical twins are not genetically identical. This surprising finding is presented by American, Swedish, and Dutch scientists in a study being published today in the prestigious journal American Journal of Human Genetics.

Catch-and-eat fishing by phone

For mobile gamers in western Japan, a hearty seafood dinner awaits just a few key clicks away, thanks to a unique new cellphone fishing game that rewards successful players with home deliveries of fresh, real-world fish.

World's Most Romantic Restaurants

Contrary to what your eighth-grade girlfriend may have told you, romance isn't all about flowers and heart-shaped candies.

Retrain Your Brain: Give Your Brain a Boost

Can't remember where you put your glasses? Blanked on your new colleague's name? "Forgetting these types of things is a sign of how busy we are," says Zaldy S. Tan, MD, director of the Memory Disorders Clinic at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.

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