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Cyber sex on offer as adult industry adapts
Porn fans are being enticed with cyber sex and virtual affairs as the adult entertainment industry adapts to survive in the Internet Age. Trends at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo that ends Sunday in Las Vegas included Internet video streamed wirelessly to televisions; remote-controlled intimacy, and augmented reality. Technology themes…
Eating carrots ‘makes you more attractive’: study
Eating strongly coloured vegetables and fruit such as carrots and plums makes people more attractive, according to a new British study. Researchers at St Andrews and Bristol universities studied the relationship between skin colour and attractiveness, and found people with a yellow skin hue were perceived as particularly healthy and…
Hong Kong researchers store data in bacteria
A group of students at Hong Kong’s Chinese University are making strides towards storing such vast amounts of information in an unexpected home: the E.coli bacterium better known as a potential source of serious food poisoning. “This means you will be able to keep large datasets for the long term…
Gates in China to bolster uneasy military ties
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in China on Sunday hoping to bolster uneasy military relations with Beijing, but voiced concern over the Asian power’s latest high-tech weaponry. The trip to China by Gates, his first since 2007, comes just 10 days ahead of a state visit to Washington by…
Calls for US tax law reforms echo from both left and right
Top US senators of both major parties called Thursday for an overhaul of the tax code this year with an eye on spurring job growth in a still-sputtering economy. “The country is ripe for tax reform,” Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told reporters, saying it would be one of the…
Obama foes target health overhaul in test vote
US President Barack Obama’s fired-up Republican foes flexed their newfound political muscle on Friday, targeting his signature health care overhaul with a wholly symbolic repeal test vote. The House of Representatives, in Republican hands for two days, was to take up a measure laying out the rules for debate come…
Alleged jihadist arrested for biting FBI agents
A US man known for posting violent jihadist songs on the Internet was arrested on charges of biting two FBI agents, officials said. According to a criminal complaint, FBI agents approached Emerson Begolly, 21, while he was sitting alone in the passenger seat of a car in the parking lot…
Nader: US airport scanners ‘erode rights’
Former presidential candidate Ralph Nader said the body scans and enhanced security pat-downs at US airports are eating away at Americans’ freedoms and called the agency that conducts them a “basketcase.” “The TSA is a basketcase, collectively,” Nader said at the first US conference on controversial new security measures that…
Toyota, BP among America’s most hated firms
Toyota and BP have joined a familiar cast of airlines, banks and telecoms providers as the most loathed companies in the United States, according to a survey published Thursday. The list of 15 “most hated American companies of 2010,” compiled by website 24/7WallSt is dominated by technology firms, which rank…
Germany closes 4,700 farms in dioxin scare
A food scandal in Germany deepened Friday, as regional authorities shut down more than 4,700 farms after tests showed animal feed had been contaminated by a chemical that can cause cancer. And fears grew that the contamination could have entered the food chain earlier than thought, as tests on animal…
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