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America is truly mad. The House of Representatives has called for an investigation after finding out about a hidden sex scene in a game with a “Mature” rating (17 and over) in the game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Now, allow me to find a few flaws in their sudden uproar and indignation. Before I [...]

Woohoo, we have the internet at home finally! And it’s a day early! Muahahaha and the best part is that I get to enjoy it alllll to myself for a few hours until Andrew comes home from going on a rough’n’tough forest bike trek with a friend! Ok, I’ve got a whole lot to tell [...]

This Big Brother-esque project by Nottingham University brings to life something I’ve always wanted to do; fill a house to the brim with technology and automation to find out what is REALLY useful, what is fun gadget, and what actually becomes annoying after a while. The Parnell family, of Sheffield, will spend six months in [...]

How can the horror that is the Crazy Frog ringtone have evolved into a number one hit? It was the mid-to-late-90′s. I remember the original soundbite, which was played while you looked at a static image of a racing kart in a sharp bend. It said “If this makes you laugh, you’re crazy” or something [...]

Since the late 90′s, when I started accumulating more and more personal files, having my own computer, I wondered what would happen to what was on that precious harddrive if I were to die. More precisely, what would happen to my passworded information? A bit morbid for a 17 y/o to think about, but a [...]

I only got around to watching the Golden Years mini-series’ episode about old age around the world Thursday night even though it dates back from April 13th, as I’d SkyPlus’ed it for watching later. Japan used to rely on families to take care of the older generations, as traditionally, the eldest son would stay at [...]

Best Dilbert of all times.

How could the masses be educated about scams such as the ones described by the BBC today? One in 20 UK internet users say they have lost money through online scams, research into spam emails suggests. Almost half say they have received so-called phishing emails aimed at tricking them into revealing details like online banking [...]

The Register reports the recently announced merger of Adobe and Macromedia, leaders in each their own field. This new monster could either produce the best all-in-one software we’ve ever seen, or could create the biggest bloater in history. How the companies choose to brand the product could cause them to either suffer with the Microsoft [...]