In a move that raises corporate branding to new levels, a North American tyre maker is offering $16,000 to people willing to alter their family name and embrace the company’s Dunlop-Tire moniker as their own
Sony is cracking down on PlayStation mod-chip makers, forcing them to halt the distribution of their products or face the wrath of its corporate legal might
Scientists at Britain’s University of West England have developed the SlugBot, a prototype robot capable of hunting down more than 100 slugs an hour
Grand Theft Auto 3 is now officially banned in Australia, following a second analysis by the OFLC’s Classification Review Board. The game will be removed from retail shelves and it is now illegal for it to be offered for sale
An Iranian bridegroom bit off more than he could chew when, according to custom, he licked honey from his bride’s finger during their marriage ceremony and choked to death on one of her false nails
Increased reportage of denial of service attacks on Telstra’s network recently has raised questions about the telco’s security protection, which has been criticised as a ‘reactive’ approach by one industry specialist
Scientists have found a simple solution to the problem of having to wrestle the lids off jam jars — don’t screw lids on so tightly in the first place
Dog owners get less exercise than non-dog owners, according to surprising new Australian research
A unit of Colombia’s ultra-right death squads, blamed for some of the worst massacres in a 37-year war, has sent Xmas cards to its fighters wishing them peace and a prosperous New Year
Melbourne IT has lost its monopoly position as the registry of main Australian Internet domain names
Telstra yesterday launched a new .name domain space to its one million Telstra BigPond Home customers, saying they can now keep the same Web and e-mail address for life
Workers will be able to act as Big Brother by monitoring the corporate activities of their bosses on a new Internet site, Bosswatch — which will probably never be as scary as They Rule!
A clever species of crow is causing scientists to puzzle over how most human beings came to be right-handed
The poison on an arrow that paralyses a wild beast in the jungle and a pill that can relax our tense muscles have something in common — they both come from the curare plant discovered by Brazilian Indians. Now, the indigenous people of Brazil want this type of link between primitive hunting trick and modern pharmaceutical technology to be recognised as a property right that could bring much-needed cash to needy tribes, some of them on the brink of extinction
David Soul won a libel case today against a journalist who called a play Soul was in the worst he had ever seen — without having seen it
A defecating reindeer and an action figure that seeks to infect his daughter and others with a virus are among the most warped toys on the shelf this Christmas
Scottish and Southern Energy is planning to build a 100 megawatt wind farm in southern Scotland which will involve an investment of 60 million pounds
A court in Sweden has ruled that a man who donated sperm for artificial insemination, enabling a lesbian couple to have three children, must pay child support after the two women separated
A man in southern Sweden scared his neighbour’s dog, which then tore off his ear and swallowed it
Policemen in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh played fathers of the bride when an orphan they raised at their police station got married
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