Americans spent $15 Billion on bottled water
The largest bottled-water factory in North America is located on the outskirts of Hollis, Maine. In the back of the plant stretches the staging area …
500,000 iPhones Sold Last Weekend
The iPhone was one of the most anticipated product launches of 2007. So how did it do? According to Blackfriars, an analyst firm that has been …
News, NBC tap Kilar to head venture
Three months after announcing a plan to form an online video venture, NBC and News Corp. have hired a CEO, tapping Amazon.com exec Jason Kilar to run …
Current TV Wants To Make It Easy For Marketers To Create User-Generated Ads
Cable network Current TV is hoping to cash in on the current popularity of user-generated content by making it easy for marketers to create …
New Cancer Worries For Diet Soda Drinkers
A new study on the effects of low daily doses of the artificial sweetener aspartame shows a statistically significant increase in leukemia, lymphoma …
RIP Mr. Wizard – Beloved TV Personality And Science Expert Passes Away At 89
TV personality and science expert, Don Herbert, better know as Mr. Wizard, has passed away.
‘Me’ time for Molly Shannon
Fresh off her critically acclaimed turn in the indie feature “Year of the Dog,” Molly Shannon has signed on to star in a quirky new …
Shark pregnancy baffles aquarium
Veterinarian Bob George sliced open the dead shark and saw the outline of a fish. No surprise there, since sharks digest their food slowly. Then …
iPhone Rate Plans Revealed
Today Apple posted a page detailing the cost of the iPhone rate plans (US). And they aren't as bad as most people had thought. All plans have …
Bloggers get Sci Fi access
Sci Fi Channel is using the viral power of blogging to promote its fall lineup of programming. The network is hosting a digital press event in …
Man Kills Bear with a Log
When a black bear threatened former Marine, Chris Everhart’s family, he grabbed the closest weapon he could find… a log. Everhart and his …
American Hair Metal: Relive The Orgy Of Flamboyance And Androgyny That Was The ’80s With This New Book
American Hair Metal is 180 pages full of rare photographs of the biggest bands and quotes about the sex, drugs, and Rock & Roll style of '80s American …
What’s At Stake With iPhone
Professional contrarian John Heilemann has a cover story about Steve Jobs in the latest issue of New York Magazine, and tackles the “reality …
The smallest PCs in the world
With a name like Space Cube, this gadget had me expecting something a little more Borgified, but by claiming to be the world’s smallest PC, it …
Perez Hilton blog having problems
In what may be the first hit against bloggerazzi star Perez Hilton’s empire, his main webhost has dropped Perezhilton.com.After numerous …
Video games coming from Dunder Mifflin
Publisher MumboJumbo has entered into a multiyear relationship with the Universal Pictures Digital Platforms Group to develop mass-market games based …
