The UK House of Commons’ Culture Media and Sport Committee has made the insane recommendation that web service companies, including Google, Facebook and others, should SCREEN ALL USER VIDEOS before they go online. Google says the proposal wouldn’t work, as 10 hours of video are posted on Google’s Yo…

In a lawsuit filed by a Pennsylvania couple against Google by their house appearing on Google’s Street View feature on Google Maps and Google Earth, Google’s lawyers filed a brief that restricted the following stark truth: “Today’s satellite image technology means that even in today’s desert, co…

Kimberly Young, clinical director of the Center for World Wide Web Addiction Recovery and author of the book “Caught in the Net,” says that within 5 AND 10 PERCENT OF AMERICANS ARE ADDICTED TO THE INTERNET. Up to 30 percent of all Chinese, Korean and Taiwanese may be addicted. Most of these addictio…

Apple has now opened a retail store in China, and is reportedly close to a deal with China Mobile to sell iPhones through the carrier. But can the company “break through China’s GREAT WALL OF COUNTERFEITS?”

Apple has now opened a retail store in China, and is reportedly close to a deal with China Mobile to sell iPhones through the carrier. But can the company “break through China’s GREAT WALL OF COUNTERFEITS?”

Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology researchers have invented a SHOE THAT KNOWS whether YOU’RE ABOUT TO FALL OVER. The shoe’s sole has sensors that monitor balance, and the input are passed wirelessly to a nearby computer, which could report balance problems to a doctor. It’s perfect for astr…

The Japanese Recruit Company is examining a machine developed by NTT Communications Corp. that “broadcasts” the SMELL OF FOODS advertised on its 42-inch screen. The machine, called the Commercializer, advertises restaurants in the mall, and plus dispenses coupons. (props to Fareastgizmos.com)