For many years, the Internet was the “final frontier,” operating largely unregulated — in part because of the jurisdictional nightmare involved in trying to enforce laws. That was then; this is now. Legislation that affects the use of Internet-connected computers is springing up everywhere at the local, state and federal levels.
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Part Twitter, part Google Maps, IJustMadeLove.com is the brainchild of Cyprian Cieÿkiewicz, a 26-year-old programmer in Poland who got the idea for the site in May. While driving home one night, he started wondering what it would take to create a Web site with flashing notifications representing where people have exchanged bodily fluids.
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Both the Mustang and the Camaro can be loaded up with more features than your average mid-1980s luxury sedan. The Camaro even offers rear parking assist to help overcome its lack of visibility. The 2011 Mustang's full specs haven't been revealed yet, but the 2010 model's options are sure to carry over for the most part..
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Microsoft on its part is not in talks. People feel the software giant has run away from this space and is a big time failure. But wait a min. If you think, MS has actually left the space you are wrong.
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The Vatican is currently embroiled in a gay sex scandal, but the best part of this story is the photo used.
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While the world witnessed a futile climate convention at Copenhagen last year, the McDonald’s franchises in Europe are playing their part in environmental awareness through their new logo design. The world famous yellow-colored “M” logo design is going on a hunter green background.
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Male pregnancy is a rare but real phenomenon in the animal kingdom. In some instances, male pregnancy is the result of man-made chemicals having strange effects on male frogs and bass, prompting weird intersex developments. In other situations, male pregnancy is a natural part of how seahorses, pipefish and leafy sea dragons reproduce.
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In September of 2007, the world’s fourth-largest metropolis was scrubbed of almost every type of outdoor advertising – even pamphlets. It’s all part of mayor Gilberto Kassab’s quest to eliminate visual clutter, making the city itself the focal point rather than colorful, increasingly desperate marketing campaigns.
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Ike Whitaker will be taking part in VT's Pro Day workout next month. That seems like an insignificant development on its face, but only if you don't know anything about the last year of Whitaker's life.
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In 1959 Joe Kittinger rode an open balloon to 102,800 ft, took a breath, and stepped off. This was part of a larger test program designed to kick communism’s ass and prove that America contained the only men that mattered.
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"These days the guys who like Weezer are pretty much a part of ourtarget audience," says Bubbles, who runs StripperTweets. "And by thatI mean guys who were GIANT DORKS about 15 years ago and now havemoney."
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Video game weapons are a huge part of why we love gaming so much. We can harness intense firepower, manipulate mind-blowing physics, and smash heads in a way not legally possible in the real world. And for many games, the weapons are as noteworthy as the characters that wield them.
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A Louisiana sheriff plans to arm volunteers with shotguns, riot shields, batons, and a 50-caliber machine gun mounted on a "war wagon," as part of "Operation Exodus," a plan to provide security in the event of a terrorist attack or civic unrest. "It's a calling," he says.
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Microsoft told Windows XP users not to press the F1 key when prompted by a Web site, as part of its reaction to an unpatched vulnerability that hackers could exploit to hijack PCs running Internet Explorer.
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