You really haven't experienced boredom until you're suddenly cut off from the internet. At least, that's the main consensus among people who have had their internet service interrupted due to the outages caused by hurricane Irene.
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‘Catherine’ Forces Society to Deal With Mature Game Content
If you've been on the internet in the past few months, you've no doubt heard about the latest controversial game by Atlus, called 'Catherine'. What does "mature content" really mean in a game?
Read More »Saving Money on Home Technology
It's no secret that many techies are struggling to budget for new gadgets. However, even in today's economy, you can get your gadget fix without breaking the bank.
Read More »Google Kills Slide, Founder Leaves Company
Even though Google only bought Slide about a year ago, the company has announced that it will be focusing on other projects. The founder of Slide has left Google to pursue other opportunities.
Read More »Earthquake Hits East Coast, Twitter Explodes
When yesterday's earthquake hit the eastern US, the first instinct for many people wasn't to find shelter -- it was to tweet about it. 'Earthquakepocalypse', indeed.
Read More »Humans Invented Cooked Food Over 2 Million Years Ago
According to researchers, humans may have learned how to cook food as early as 2 million years ago.
Read More »Canadian Library Loans out People as “Living Books”
At the end of this month, a 'library' in British Columbia will open its doors. Except this library allows you to "check out" people just like a library book.
Read More »Psychologists — Reading the Spoilers Can be a GOOD Thing
Do you get upset when someone spoils a major plot point in a book or movie? Well, according to California psychologists, spoilers might actually be a good thing.
Read More »Six Hours of TV Could Shorten Your Life by 5 Years
Research published in the "British Journal of Sports Medicine" has provided evidence that six hours of television daily could cut five years off of your life.
Read More »Months Before Launch, .xxx Domain Registration Skyrockets (But Not for Porn)
The .xxx domain isn't scheduled to go live for another few months -- but preregistration is already exploding. Interestingly enough, most of the registrations are for non-adult sites.
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