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Facebook censorship rulebook leaked

A disgruntled agency worker has revealed Facebook's rules for blocking offensive content - and while 'crushed heads' are fine, female nipples aren't.

Are Android users easy?

Well, this is worth knowing: Android users are more likely to have sex on a first date, according to a Canadian survey.

How conspiracy theorists believe the impossible

For some people, the need to believe in conspiracy theories is so great that they're prepared to believe two completely contradictory ideas at the same time.

Sweden recognizes file sharing as official religion

They're tolerant folk in Sweden - and if you want proof, here comes the news that file sharing is now an official religion there.

How NOT to handle customer relations

If it's true that there's no such thing as bad publicity, PR man Paul Christoforo from Ocean Marketing is doing a jolly good job. His company is all over the internet this week, following an extraordinary exchange of emails with a customer.

Boffins propose new calendar

When Pope Gregory altered the calendar in 1582 to get it in synch with the seasons, protesters marched in the streets demanding the return of their 11 days.

LHC ATLAS experiment recreated in LEGO

Irritated, perhaps, by CERN's tardiness in producing a Higgs boson for our delectation, a Danish scientist has produced a detailed model of the Large Hadron Collider's ATLAS experiment - made from LEGO.

Transformers attack Asus

Personally, I wouldn't piss off a fifty-foot tall robot equipped with laser weapons, but then I'm not in charge at Asus.

Apple founding papers sold for $1.6 million

The contract that saw the inauguration of Apple as a company has sold for just under $1.6 million - over ten times the pre-sale estimate.

Red Cross wants to apply Geneva Convention to games

You'd think the Red Cross would have enough to be worrying about - Afghanistan, famine in east Africa, that sort of thing.

The pepper spray of Black Friday

A Los Angeles woman shot fellow Walmart shoppers with pepper spray as she fought to keep them from buying video games she apparently coveted.

Chief Rabbi blames Apple for selfish society

Britain's Chief Rabbi, Lord Sacks, has hit out at Steve Jobs for creating an 'I' generation.

Pakistani officials compile dictionary of obscene words

From today, anybody using the words 'fondle' or 'deposit' in a text in Pakistan will find themselves on the wrong side of the law.

Man gets high on meth, kills and eats bobcat

Drugs are bad. For example: if you do meth you might end up shooting, skinning and eating a bobcat - all without a permit, of course.

Only in Detroit: 9 year old girl drives drunken dad around

The craziest things seem to happen in Detroit. A recent example of this would be the drunken dad who bragged to a gas station employee that he was making his 9-year-old daughter act as his designated driver.