It's a sad day, Microsoft, when Sony goes on record that their PS3 browser is faster than IE7. Firmware 2.5 is not only bringing the PlayStation 3 internet browser Flash 9, but its Javascript update promises to speed up the browser by an impressive 2.8X. picked by punthe 1 year ago

Future generations could be travelling across the universe faster than the speed of light, without breaking any astronomical road rules, by manipulating extra dimensions of space and time, according to two US physicists. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Indirectly admitting it's been a slow week in science, researchers at Manchester University have revealed their theory that a Tyrannosaurus Rex could run faster than a footballer. No direct comparison drawn between an triceratops and a cricketer though. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

...no, really, this pigeon walked into a bar. picked by suebe 3 years ago

Doesn't get ride in the air conditioned car after all - headed for a different home instead.

Follow up to A pigeon walks into a bar... picked by suebe 3 years ago

Access internet with Open DNS, is safer, faster and smarter. Domain Name Service (DNS) is use to store domain name and translate domain name (computer host name) to IP address. Most of the Internet Service Provider (ISP) have their own DNS and to serve within their user when access to internet.... picked by xfuture2 3 years ago

Nuclear Facility in South Africa attacked. Four armed men broke into the control room of the Pelindaba Nuclear Research Center, shooting "a senior emergency officer" in the process. The government nuclear agency Necsa insisted the paper not run this story. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

South Africa has rejected "with contempt" claims by jailed British mercenary Simon Mann that it backed his plot to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea.

Background here picked by thenegativeone 2 years ago

Life can be cruel sometimes - as this pigeon would undoubtedly agree.

One minute it could not believe its luck when it came across a whole bagel discarded in Brixton, South London.

The next, it had delivered a mighty peck which threw the tasty morsel up in the air - only to land around the bird's neck and agonisingly out of reach of its beak. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

Meet the Pigeon Lady, an East Village pigeon fancier who's been stealing pigeons from prized coops for nearly a decade. From drug dealers using pigeons to carry illicit messages to bird wars and the sociopaths who fight them, the Pigeon Lady breaks down the New York City pigeon scene and explains where exactly to find it. Includes video in article. picked by suebe 2 months ago

A teenager has changed his name to Captain Fantastic Faster Than Superman Spiderman Batman Wolverine Hulk And The Flash Combined. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

The 1950s was the decade of the test pilot and the experimental aircraft, as aviation technology turned to the jet engine and pushed its limits in both speed and endurance. With the world divided in Cold War, the stakes were high. Jet aircraft dominated both U.S. and Soviet arsenals and the data returned by subsonic and supersonic test flights had implications for the coming space race as well. picked by deEPCHIll 1 year ago

US talk show queen Oprah Winfrey has opened a $US40 million school for disadvantaged South African girls picked by LatueOfStiberty 3 years ago

Animal rehabilitation officials are trying to find a home for a king penguin that turned up in Cape St. Francis, South Africa. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Over 1,000 pregnant women in South Africa set a new world record on Saturday for the largest gathering of women due to give birth -- and there were no early arrivals. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

They said it could not be done but have accomplished it. It opens up a whole new section to discover new possibilities... picked by trushafty38 5 months ago

It was supposed to be the one speed limit you cannot break. But scientists claim to have demonstrated there is the possibility of travel faster than the speed of light. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Two words that do not belong together. Their very juxtaposition in the headline should give you shudders. In South Africa the "cure" for lesbians is rape.

Further information here picked by pocksucket 3 months ago

A furious rate of star formation discovered in a distant galaxy shows that galaxies in the early universe developed either much faster or in a different way from what astronomers have thought. The galaxy is forming the equivalent of 4,000 Suns a year. This is a thousand times more violent than our own Milky Way galaxy. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Six cloned Labrador retrievers are now using their olfactory prowess to help officials find drugs and explosives at airports and harbors across South Korea. The dogs—which all share the name “Toppy,” a combination of “tomorrow” and “puppy”—became the world’s first working cloned sniffer dogs when they reported for duty last Thursday, according ... read full post picked by Bornbad 4 months ago