More office based employees checking out porn
It has been estimated that around twenty five per cent of all employees are visiting porn sites during the working day and by using their employer’s computer and internet connections.
To a lot of people, particularly the younger employees porn is no longer a big deal, this is because of the availability on the net of [...]
Solar panel theft on the increase
In the US, there is a growing crime wave, which could begin to take hold over here, thieves would normally want to steal something that is easy to steal and that they know is a growing market for so that they can get a good price for.
In this case, the target product is solar panels, [...]
Thin models an advertising nightmare
Finally, researchers have come up with the answers that virtually everyone already knew and that is that consumers do not like to see very models in TV and other advertising.
The research found that where images of extremely thin models that are being used to encourage women to buy certain products actually has a reverse effect [...]
UK could go back to watermills
One of the most endearing things about the English countryside is the old watermills, although these are found in other countries but not to the extents as they are found here and it seems that this source power could be returning to the UK.
It seems that after years of neglect and in many cases redevelopment [...]
Amazon cutting back on plastic
For anyone who has bought a memory card, USB flash drive or something similar they could not have failed to notice that the packaging that these small items come in are virtually impregnable and if the buyer had no access to a very strong pair of scissors, then it would be unavailable for a while.
Fortunately [...]
Burial at sea is eco friendly
Could burials at sea be the new eco friendly way of laying our loved ones to rest? Well it would seem so in the US as one business, which arranges this type of burial, use the cremated remains to produce artificial reefs of the east coast of the USA.
Therefore, the burial still uses cremation, which [...]
Ancient forests in the UK lost
Sometimes we get side tracked when we watch the news stories where places like the Amazon rainforests being destroyed to make way for other crops and building works, we see this as a serious threat to the world’s eco system, but this is happening in the UK too.
It seems that even here in the UK [...]
Sofa gives man heart failure
There was a time when buying a brand new sofa was a major point in some people’s lives, but these days buying major household items is not so difficult, which is why there has been a massive growth in the amount of stores selling leather sofas.
Buying his brand new leather sofa should have been a [...]
Baldness gene found
With a third of all men suffering from male pattern baldness by the time that they reach the age of forty five, there are many people who would be thinking that it is about time that something should be done about it, and so there has by Researchers at McGill University, King’s College London and [...]
October 6, 2008Yachts with added security
How things have changed since the early days of the sailing dingy where the well-heeled people would take to the water in their wooden yachts and have a fun days messing about on the water.
However the influx of the super rich appear to be escaping the horrors of the credit crunch and are able to [...]