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Google is adding a small but useful new feature to Google Maps, the ability to save your home and work locations for quick access, especially when getting directions. Users can already save locations they use often and places they check into are saved automatically.
Now, the My Places tab also houses quick links to ... |
16 May 2012
07:31 GMT |
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If one architect has his way, Mumbai is about to get a whole lot cooler – in every sense of the word. The Aquaria Grande project aims to build skyscrapers that have pools instead of regular balconies. The Daily Mail has photos of the intended project and, one must admit, it does look more awesome than anything... |
5 April 2012
14:11 GMT |
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Here's something to put even “Hoarders” to shame: a 69-year-old man has been detained by police after it was discovered he had stolen no less than 25 tons of goods while working as caretaker for the Stuttgart administration.
Police officers are still busy trying to catalog the goods the unnamed man... |
3 April 2012
16:11 GMT |
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Nothing is better than a piece of furniture that literally screams originality, geeky art and an environmentally friendly attitude. If you think the same way, here's something that might be perfect for your living room.
It's called the Zen Table and was created by Simon Hallam on an idea he came up with i... |
13 March 2012
10:21 GMT |
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KISS might no longer be one of the biggest bands in the world, as they were during the ‘80’s, but it seems that they still hold quite a bit of commercial cachet and video game lovers might soon see their logo appearing in some surprising places. Speaking to IndustryGamers, Gene Simmons, the bass player f... |
3 February 2012
17:31 GMT |
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Video game publisher and hardware developer Sony has announced that a planned maintenance session which was supposed to only hit the European countries today has now been extended to also affect users who log in from the Arab Emirates, Australia, New Zeeland and the United States.
It is not clear whether users in Ca... |
2 February 2012
04:31 GMT |
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Video game hardware developer and video game publisher Sony has announced that the PlayStation Network service will be taken down for scheduled maintenance during Thursday, the second day of February. The announcement about the downtime was made on the European forums of Sony, which might mean that it will only affe... |
31 January 2012
07:30 GMT |
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Some people lack discipline when it comes to losing weight and, just in case they're sick and tired of delegating responsibility for their weight loss plans to someone else, LG has the perfect solution for all their troubles: the ThinQ Smart refrigerator. Unveiled at CES 2012, the fridge is more than just a home... |
13 January 2012
13:51 GMT |
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Nowadays no revolutionary concept is considered good enough unless it involves renewable power. Therefore, it makes perfect sense that the winner of the annual Architects for Animals design competition is an innovative kind of cat home equipped with jaw-dropping features.
First of all, it is solar-powered. Second, ... |
3 January 2012
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Just in time for the winter holidays, Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen let us know how to keep our homes germ-free through a few easy-to-follow steps. Even though some might think their apartment is spotless, evil germs often hide in kitchens and bathrooms.
Every tool used in kitchens shelters dangerous bacteria and cutting b... |
22 December 2011
07:09 GMT |
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Those who hear stories of owners mourning for their pets for months on end will probably not understand how the latest report came to be: a childless widow died and left her entire fortune to her cat, making him the richest kitty in the world. Some time ago, Tommaso was no different from the millions of stray cats po... |
12 December 2011
17:01 GMT |
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A new project that will be completed in Seoul by 2015 seems to have drawn for inspiration on one of the most unfortunate tragedies in modern history: the collapse of the World Trade Center Twin Towers in NYC on September 11, 2001. Called “The Cloud” and designed by architecture firm MVRDV as part of the l... |
12 December 2011
13:31 GMT |
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The innovative Plant Pod launched by Alastair Crompton makes all the right decisions, saving you a lot of time and effort. The company has developed a smart pot that actually hydrates itself, without needing your help.
Tending to a garden is always a time-consuming activity. Taking care of plants usually requires b... |
2 December 2011
09:59 GMT |
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Sony Computer Entertainment Japan has launched a new social network, called Play Community, which is aimed specifically at those who play titles created for the PlayStation family of devices, either in home console or handheld form.Users in Japan are able to use their PlayStation Network ID in order to sign in and th... |
17 November 2011
22:11 GMT |
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A smart mixture of passive and active solar energy, correlated with the usage of wood stoves and geothermal power, appears to be the winning combination for those who want to make their homes energy-efficient. As winter approaches, household owners might consider improving their heating systems, while going green an... |
17 November 2011
05:25 GMT |
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If you had times when you wished your dog could join you on the couch with a beer for the game, Bowser Beer has just the thing for you. It's beer for dogs and, most importantly, it's good for their health. Selling beer for dogs might not seem like such a smart idea, but that's before you find out from ... |
15 November 2011
16:01 GMT |
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A few days ago, Anthony Ciccone, Madonna's older brother, grabbed headlines after speaking to a Michigan newspaper about his current situation: he is homeless, living under a bridge and fearing he might not make it through the winter because of the blistering cold. The Sun also caught up with him and got him to... |
28 October 2011
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And they said it wouldn't last: coming to shut down talk of breaking up, Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez have moved on to the next stage in their relationship – by adopting a pet together. The twosome were recently spotted being very affectionate towards each other during a recent game and now, People magaz... |
26 October 2011
16:11 GMT |
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For all those developers who are looking for an opening to get into the video game industry Sony says that its PlayStation Home service might just be the best answer.Jack Buser, who is the director of PlayStation Home, has told ShackNews that, “Home tends to be one of the easiest points of entry for content cre... |
12 October 2011
15:01 GMT |
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Nadya Suleman has certainly had more than a fair share of money problems, but those expecting her to have learned her lesson are about to be disappointed. After failing to pay the mortgage for the past 3 months, Octomom wants to sell the La Habra house she and her 14 kids have been living in. However, she wants to se... |
23 September 2011
06:21 GMT |
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Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has announced that the indie rock band Kasabian will establish a presence in the PlayStation Home virtual space, via a partnership with the Music Unlimited service.The band is launching its newest album, called Velociraptor!, using the Sony service and to celebrate this it is also g... |
21 September 2011
15:01 GMT |
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Kate Winslet, her two children, her boyfriend, and many other guests were on Sir Richard Branson’s luxury property the Great House on Necker Island when a fire broke out in the early hours of Monday. Everybody managed to get out unharmed, but there’s almost nothing standing of the once Great House. Branso... |
23 August 2011
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Ask any other woman which are the items around the house she couldn’t live without and she’d probably name a gadget, an appliance or an object of sentimental value. For Gwyneth Paltrow, it’s all about art – and luxury. The actress, who has already made a name for herself with her GOOP project,... |
12 August 2011
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If the “manllow” (half man, half pillow) with Edward Cullen is not enough for your inner Twi-hard-ness, there’s one more thing you could buy to satisfy that: the bed in which Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart first kissed. When the two actors first auditioned for the parts that made them int... |
13 June 2011
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Reborn baby dolls are not a new concept: they represent the art of doll-making taken to the next step, where hours and hours are invested into a handmade doll that looks just like an infant in most respects. Psychologists warn grieving mothers that these dolls are not the solution to their problem.These dolls have re... |
30 May 2011
17:01 GMT |
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We’ve become accustomed to referring to our pooches and cats and whatever other animal we keep around the house as “pets,” while we identify ourselves as their “owners.” These are the very words a new “animal language” aims to make obsolete. The problem with these terms is th... |
28 April 2011
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Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon are about to become parents to twins: though she wouldn’t confirm it, it’s believed she’s due on May 15. The couple have already built two nurseries in their two homes – and are now sharing them with the world.
Some may call it over-sharing, but Mariah has been... |
21 April 2011
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If you thought paying a small fortune on micro piglets, or teacup pigs, as they’re called, you should know there are far weirder choices for a pet possible. One trend that is picking up these days, in the UK at least, is that of skunks as pets.Many owners claim that skunks, while more exotic than cats and dogs ... |
11 April 2011
16:51 GMT |
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There’s loving your pet, and then there’s Louise Harris’ affection for her pooch Lola. Harris coughed up an estimated £20,000 on a lavish wedding ceremony for Lola and Mugly, who also happens to hold the title of Britain’s ugliest dog.Harris has never made a secret of her love for L... |
7 April 2011
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Sony has apparently decided to shelf the PlayStation Rewards program that was supposed to launch this year, saying that public testing suggests that it is not yet ready for mass participation. An official e-mail message from Sony reads: “Based on what we learned, we have decided the program is not ready to rol... |
31 March 2011
10:29 GMT |
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If you’re from the countryside and have recently moved to the city, surely you must have days when you feel homesick. If so, fret no more: a woman has canned cow farts and is selling them for $8 a pop, just so you can feel closer to home. For the time being, this new “scent” is only available in Ger... |
11 March 2011
13:41 GMT |
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At the Game Developers Conference, Sony has announced that its PlayStation Home social space for the PlayStation 3 has been downloaded more than 19 million times by those who use the gaming platform and that it will be delivering a new version of it this spring.
The new version of Home, which is labeled 1.5, will ... |
2 March 2011
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It pays to be Justin Bieber, aka the most popular, therefore richest, teen in the world. For his upcoming birthday, when The Biebs turns 17, his mother and grandmother have the perfect gift: a brand new apartment.TMZ reports that the two have been scouting LA for the perfect condo to buy the singer and they have alre... |
11 February 2011
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If you’re a fan of Kool-Aid, you should probably know that you can also use it in another, less conventional way. For instance, you can use it – particularly the orange flavor – to make your toilet bowl spotless.
Of course, there are countless chemical products out there that can help you with s... |
29 January 2011
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Should you be a fan of doing housework, particularly mopping floors, then cleaning company Vileda has excellent news for you: a new study comes to show that mopping floors for one hour burns more calories than one hour at the gym.Practical considerations aside, the study could represent a drastic difference for women... |
21 January 2011
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Before we were grown-ups (in every sense of the word), we still believed in Santa Claus and some of us even sent him letters to the North Pole. Kids in Norway, it seems, still do that every year. The Daily Mail says the Norwegian postal office receives an estimated 30,000 letters a year destined to the jolly old fell... |
24 December 2010
14:31 GMT |
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If you’re thinking about getting a pet and you don’t know which to choose between a dog and a cat, you may as well go for a border collie. Chaser, a border collie, has just been named the dog with the largest vocabulary in the world. Researchers at the Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina, have ... |
23 December 2010
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We all know that owners can tattoo house pets (dogs or cats) for identification purposes, but getting ink on the pooch or the cat for “art purposes” is not uncommon either. Despite cries of animal cruelty, the debate on whether the act is unspeakable cruelty or not is still raging on online. Take, for ins... |
15 December 2010
13:21 GMT |
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Singer Lisa Marie Presley has made the final step towards settling in Britain for good, by selling her Hollywood mansion. The 8-bedroom compound sold for $5 million, it has emerged. Lisa, her husband and their beautiful twins have been living in England for quite some time now, with the singer once saying she’d... |
6 December 2010
15:41 GMT |
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If you ever had the “pleasure” of stepping into dog poop on your way to work or when out for a jog / walk, you should be happy to know you will soon be able to admonish the owner who didn’t scoop it, thanks to a new program called PooPrints.
PooPrints is developed by Bio Pet Vet Lab on the premis... |
4 December 2010
09:31 GMT |
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Sony, the company behind the PlayStation family of hardware and the video games associated with it, has announced that the Japanese version of its PlayStation Home social space will have a Christmas themed area that will offer a special experience for two weeks starting with December 9.
The list of companies which... |
3 December 2010
04:44 GMT |
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While some would give an arm and a leg to be allowed to have a pet dog, and others adopt one but would like to be able to have more, one Chinese woman is apparently single-handedly trying to rescue all stray animals. As a report on Orange.UK informs, a Chinese woman has adopted no less than 1,500 dogs in one shelter ... |
1 December 2010
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Animal activists are fuming – and so are animal lovers – because of a new “product” made available on The Cheeky. For $4,000, the website offers the ultimate piggy bank: one made from a real piglet. The Cheeky is a website that professes to “challenge pointlessness” by ridiculing a... |
18 November 2010
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Sony has announced that PlayStation Home, the social space that is available for free to all those who have an Internet connected PlayStation 3 home console, will be getting a big update, labeled 1.4, on November 11, making it easy for users to connect with others and introducing more control over the way they use it... |
9 November 2010
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Sony has officially announced a new free loyalty program for its fans, called PlayStation Rewards, which will debut with an invitation only beta stage and has an official launch date for the wider public at some point during spring 2011.Apparently rewards will be delivered to those who use the PlayStation Network for... |
28 October 2010
18:11 GMT |
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Health experts can’t stress enough how important a good night’s sleep actually is, especially since we know for a fact that sleep debts are not that easily compensated for later on. To avoid a rocky night and losing sleep because of a partner, more and more couples choose to sleep in separate beds in sepa... |
22 October 2010
16:41 GMT |
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Latino stunner Eva Longoria of “Desperate Housewives” is in the November 2010 issue of Latina Magazine, talking about her home, holidays and, of course, Thanksgiving dinner. Celebrities rarely talk about their life at home, when the cameras are not rolling and there’s no red carpet to pose for pictu... |
14 October 2010
14:31 GMT |
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Late last week, word got out that the Queen and her royal aides had filed a petition asking for governmental funds to help pay heat and gas bills for Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle. Now, details of the outrageous expenses she makes are out.According to documents just released and cited by the Daily Mail, the ro... |
27 September 2010
13:21 GMT |
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David and Victoria Beckham purchased a 7-bedroom mansion in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, dubbed the Beckinham Palace, in 1999 – but they’re now having it appraised in the hope of selling it. The celebrity couple is looking at unloading the property in the hope of looking for a brand new home in what has... |
6 September 2010
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Mary Bale from Coventry has been identified as the woman seen on CCTV footage petting a cat and then taking it by the back of the neck and throwing it in a wheelie bin, where it remained for 15 hours. Faced with severe backlash online and an RSPCA investigation, Bale defends herself. People are seriously exaggerating... |
25 August 2010
06:37 GMT |
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