"Viva La Bam" Star Arrested for Sexual Assault on a Child

Police arrested Vincent "Don Vito" Margera, co-star of MTV reality show "Viva La Bam," on charges of sexual assault on a child. Prosecutors held Margera without bond in a Lakewood, CO jail.

The New Office 2007 File Formats

Microsoft Office 2007 will introduce file extensions with more than three characters, all in all 17 file formats.

Morrissey will not tour Canada due to their of baby seals

"We will not include any Canadian dates on our world tour to promote our new album. This is in protest against the barbaric slaughter of over 325,000 baby seals which is now underway.

Microsoft Confirms IE Under Attack

The most recent unpatched flaw in Internet Explorer has been confirmed by Microsoft. It is already being used by hackers who are using hijacked Web servers and compromised Web sites to launch a wave of attacks against Microsoft browser users.

Goths do well in school, and land (relatively) good jobs

It's every parent's nightmare.

Futurama Returns - but still only as four straight-to-DVD-movies

Sadly, Billy West misinformed about this. Only the four DVD-movies will be released, as previously planned. More info here:

Microsoft Windows Vista launches in November

Windows Vista will launch in November - yes, November 2006.

Lists of Bests - now live

Lists Of Bests, purchased by The Robot Co-op, is now live. Using the lists, you can create a list of your favorite products, places, people, goals, food, etc, mark off your progress on an existing list and compare your progress on a list with someone else

Using Google Analytics can mean downtime

Once a Google Analytics code-snippet is inserted in a site, and that webmaster hasn't included cunning, the site might be very slow or unreachable when somebody tries to reach it, and Google Analytics is down.

Antarctica is shrinking

The first-ever gravity survey of the entire Antarctic ice sheet, conducted using data from the NASA/German Aerospace Center Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (Grace), concludes the ice sheet's mass has decreased significantly from 2002 to 2005.

JAMA -- Abstract: Coffee, CYP1A2 Genotype, and Risk of Myocardial Infarction, March 8, 2006, Cornelis et al. 295 (10): 1135

In a population-based case-control study, Cornelis and colleagues assessed whether CYP1A2 genotype—which reflects rapid or slow metabolism of caffeine—modifies the association between coffee consumption and risk of nonfatal myocardial infarction (MI).

Timorese genocide report released - 10% of population killed during 24 years

East Timorese President Xanana Gusmao has presented UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan with a long-awaited report documenting atrocities committed in his country under Indonesia's 24-year occupation.

NY mayor Bloomberg on Mouth-to-foreskin ritual

Mayor Bloomberg intervened yesterday in a holy war between the city Health Department and Hasidic leaders who are battling over a controversial mouth-to-penis circumcision practice that health officials claim infected five infants with herpes -- one fatally.

UN Commander in Haiti commits suicide

The commander of the United Nations peacekeeping force in Haiti has been found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Straw: Iraq withdrawal within months

According to Jack Straw, the British foreign secretary, all British troops will withdraw from Iraq "within months".

PopMatters Picks: The Best Film, TV and DVDs of 2005

Entertainment site PopMatters lists what they consider to be the best film, TV and DVD's of 2005.

From lion to moggie: how cats climbed their family tree

Brief information on the first family tree charting the evolutionary relationships between cat species, interesting though.

Morrissey receives questions from everybody and answers

From the fan-site True To You, run by Morrissey's friend Julia, here's a slew of "questions submitted by Questions And Answers participants, and answers from Morrissey".

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