Category: Offbeat News

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The world’s fastest home internet connection

Sigbritt Löthberg, 75, Karlstad Sweden has a 40 gigabits per second connection ,which is the first time ever that a home user had such bandwidth to play with. With a 40gbps line, about 1,500 high definition...

Second Life Gets its first Lawsuit 1

Second Life Gets its first Lawsuit

“Second Life” is a wildly popular virtual world, where members can create animated proxies of themselves called ‘avatars’, and build homes, run businesses, and deal in virtual products and properties, all in exchange for real money...

dontclick.it – Can you survive without mouse clicks ? 1

dontclick.it – Can you survive without mouse clicks ?

How long can you go without clicking the mouse button ? That is what Institute for Interactive research wants to find out. http://dontclick.it is a website using an interface offering a type of navigation, where you...

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A google vanity ring ?

It shows the number of Google hits you get, when you search for the name of the person who wears it. VanityRing : A project by Markus Kison.

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Cant get enough

Senior citizens at the Sunrise Home in Birmingham, UK, have found a new way to kill time. Residents as old as 103 have ditched knitting and bridge after getting hooked onto the Nintendo Wii console. Barrie...

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Price of the Nike swoosh logo

The Swoosh logo was designed by Carolyn Davidson in 1971 – a graphic design student that Phill Knight met while teaching an accounting class at Portland State University to supplement his then-fledgling business. He paid a...

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Virginity for sale – Just £10,000

18 year old briton offers her virginity for £10,000 to help her pay for university tuitions. The ad reads: “Virginity For Sale £10,000,” she adds: “Hey, I think the title says it all. I’m an 18-year-old...

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Six-toed Oprah ?

The New York Nerd has found out a little secret. Looks like Oprah Winfrey has six toes on her left foot ! Enlarge