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Austrian law student Max Schrems may be just one of about 800 million Facebook users, but that hasn't stopped him tackling the US giant behind the social networking website over its privacy policy. The 24-year-old wasn't sure what to expect when he requested Facebook provide him with a...

David Sturdivant has lost his liberty, a kidney, his home, his business and all his belongings. He has nothing left other than the $21 a friend put on his account at the Fulton County Jail, where he has been since April 8. The 64-year-old Marine Purple Heart recipient could have left...

10. Cable Shorteners 9. A Space-Saving Wallet 8. A Thumb Drive for Your Key Chain 7. Touch Screen-Friendly Gloves 6. Mini USB Cables 5. Lenses That Power Up Your Phone's Camera 4. An Emergency Battery Charger 3. a 3G or 4G Hotspot 2. A Power Splitter to Charge Everything at Once...

One of Doctor Evil's plans no doubt. WASHINGTON: The sun’s abundant energy, if harvested in space, could provide a cost-effective way to meet global power needs in as little as 30 years with seed money from governments, according to a study by an international scientific group. Orbiting...

Former Parti Québécois cabinet minister François Legault officially launched his centre-right political party Monday in Quebec City. At a news conference, Legault dubbed his new party Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ), and focused on the need for change. Legault is promising Quebecers to work...

Some real upstanding individuals at work here. Toronto police say one suspect has been charged and another remains at large after the seizure of weapons that included 100 stun guns disguised as cellphones. Police say investigators also seized a TEC-9 submachine gun and Cobra 9mm...

From LiveLeak: a short silent film of London taken from the back of a vehicle showing some of the best recorded ordinary-street scenes ever. What are now termed Classic Cars abound in this as yet undated film. It has the early 1950's aura to it. It wouldn't have been during the 40's and it...

Gotta love the driver. :lol: RC Live Steam Trike - YouTube

You damn kids and your infernal gadets. Grow a pair, break-up face to face and feel the guilt, revel in the sting of humiliation. Feel a woman's slap across your face, a drink poured in your lap. One-third have broken up by Facebook, text or e-mail--survey Do you need more proof of this...

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is the subject of a report on the stock investments of members of Congress that is to air Sunday on CBS' "60 Minutes." The San Francisco Democrat and House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, were questioned separately at their weekly news conferences Nov. 3 by...

Smart as hell and unapologetic. Watch him school the smirking CBS news jockey/moderator on war and terrorists. For the record, Scotty attended journalism school at Texas Tech. Newt on the other hand, has a B.A. in history from Emory University, a Masters and Ph.D. in modern European history...

...and all that jazz. Likely some of you have seen this graphic and the related images with maybe some text. If not, have a gander at the large imageshack then the rest. http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/6498/univerrrrsehg9jy8.jpg Now, unfortunately, this gif comes with the makers' own...

The world economy may still be in the doldrums, but global wealth continues to grow, hitting an all-time high this year of $231 trillion, according to a new global wealth report from Credit Suisse. And more than ever, that figure is concentrated at the top of the pile. A mere 0.5% of the world's...

...a top donor. A company controlled by a longtime political donor gets a no-bid contract to supply an experimental remedy for a threat that may not exist. Reporting from Washington—...

TORONTO - Two people arrested during the Remembrance Day service in front of the Old City Hall cenotaph won’t be facing criminal charges. Both incidents happened around Mayor Rob Ford’s Remembrance Day speech just after 11 a.m. on Friday. “They were in the audience and they were acting up,”...

Three cars were burnt and property vandalized with anti-Semitic slurs overnight in Brooklyn and authorities have now classified the attack as a hate crime. The incident occurred along a tree-lined stretch of Ocean Parkway in the Midwood section flanked by synagogues and yeshivas that...

Yes...I know, but here it is anyway. Urine-based biomass touted as way of reducing harmful impact of animal wee. We each produce 2.5 litres of the stuff a day and a total of 6.4 trillion litres globally, but until now it has been widely regarded as a rather unpleasant waste product...

Not sure who really watches this so-called 'news' outlet anymore. Layoff notices are being handed out across CNN/U.S. today. Photographers, editors and other staffers in Atlanta, New York, Washington, DC, Los Angeles and Miami are being let go. In all, at least 50 positions are being...

Somethings up. Very low levels of radiation, which are higher than normal but don't seem to pose a health hazard, are being registered in the Czech Republic and elsewhere in Europe, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Friday. The agency said the cause was not known but was not...

just about anything else out there. It's all about the tubes man, the tubes. Nasa creates material that absorbs almost all light Read more: Nasa goes to the dark side by inventing material that absorbs almost all light | Mail Online