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Music and Faith
In Manchester, Christians found a way to breathe new life into their religion -- through rock 'n' roll.
During last week's Easter proceedings, the Crucifixion was retold with the help of the city's incredible…
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India: Massive Market for High-tech Products
Technology companies from the western world should stop thinking of India as a place to dump low-cost, low-tech versions of their products, says one of the country's senior technologists. Ajay Gupta, who…
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Presidential Fashion: Comfy Sweaters
Bolivia's casually dressed new president has inspired a fashion craze in his country: casual sweaters.
Evo Morales became famous during the recent election campaign for wearing a comfortable red, white…
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Google will Organize Your Life
A search engine, email and now a calendar. Google has found another way to attach itself to your life.
Google's new web-based calendar lets people store appointments, receive reminders and share schedules…
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Sweden Invades China (with an Ikea in Beijing)
Did Sweden invade China? Well, not really. But Ikea did.
The Swedish furniture giant opened its biggest Asian store in Beijing on Wednesday to capitlize on China's home improvement trend. The new Beijing…
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Tracking your Teenager (with a GPS phone)
Disney is lauching a new service in the US to allow parents to monitor how their kids use mobile phones. Parents will be able to keep track of voice, text, video and picture messages and set limits on…
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Mr Switzerland to Comfort World Cup Widows
Switzerland is using male sex appeal to attract female tourists while their boyfriends and husbands take in the beer-swilling football hooliganism of the World Cup soccer finals in neighboring Germany…
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Virtual Golf at Home
The new Real World Golf game for PlayStation 2 lets you play a round of golf in the comfort of your own living room. With a foot-long plastic club attached to a motion capture unit, your swing will be…
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Smell-o-vision in Japanese Cinemas
Movies will now be a treat for the eyes, ears... and nose.
A Japanese cinema screening Colin Farrell's latest film, The New World, will enhance the film by filling the theatre with a variety of fragrances.…
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Canine Couture
Dogs Get Madeover for International Runway Shows
My dog’s too sexy for Milan, New York and Japan. And he does his little turn on the catwalk.
Pet fashions have become big business. A year or two ago pets were fashion accessories (a la Paris Hilton),…
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Reality TV, Spielberg Style
Even Steven Spielberg ("Schindler's List", "Saving Private Ryan") is getting into reality TV. The Oscar-winning director has joined forces with reality TV impresario Mark Burnett ("Survivor", "The Apprentice")…
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Supersized Eva Longoria
It might seem like a mirage, but it's not. It's a publicity stunt for Maxim magazine.
In celebration of its 100th issue, Maxim placed a massive reproduction of one of its magazine covers in the Nevada…
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Saudi Sex Changes
If you don't like it, change it.
That's what five women in Saudi Arabia have done.
The conservative Islamic laws of Saudi Arabia place significant restrictions on women's freedoms. Women are not even…
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Hollywood Films Available Online (Legally!)
Hollywood is embracing digital film distribution like never before. Half a dozen major studios have launched a download website, Movielink. Major movies will be available for download through the site.…
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I'm Lovin' It, and I Want the World to Know
"Yoo-hoo! I can make you famous!"
McDonald's has found a new way to get its customers involved in the ubiquitous "I'm Lovin' It" marketing campaign. The world's largest fast food company announced an…
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Ear Hygiene Innovations
On-the-Go Ear Cleaning Stations in Tokyo
Get ready for a beauty salon with a twist: cleaning your ear canal, with full-color coverage on TV.
A small salon called Mimi Kurin (which means Ear Clean) recently opened near one of Tokyo's biggest…
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Plastic Surgery Vacations
Combining Trips to Colombia with Body Alterations
So much for coming back with a tan. How about coming back with a new nose and larger breasts? Book a vacation in Colombia and you can pick up some souvenirs you won’t soon forget.
Travel agents and plastic…
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Pay-Per-View Seances
Psychics Publicly Contacting Deceased Celebs Creates Controversy
Does this even qualify as reality TV?
TV producers have developed a new concept: conducting seances with deceased celebrities, and broadcasting the results on pay-per-view.
In 2003, psychics attempted…
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UK's First Bioethanol Fuel Pump
UK supermarket chain Morrisons has opened the country's first E85 fuel pump, supplying a mixture of 85% bioethanol and 15% petrol. The fuel can be used by cars manufactured by Ford and Saab.
Bioethanol…
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Portable TVs
Nokia Introduces Idea of TV-Embedded Mobiles
Television viewing on mobile phones should be commonplace by 2008, at least in Europe and the US. This opinion was recently expressed by Nokia, the world's largest cell phone maker. Trials conducted in…
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