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Spain, Chile join final 16 teams in World Cup knockout phase

This, as they say, is where s**t gets real. Spain and Chile today became the final two teams to make it through the group phase of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, despite Chile losing to ... continue

Those wacky Brits now with movie-style Web rating

I can't count the number of time over the years that I have been on the Web where some bright politician or bureaucrat has this great suggestion about applying some sort of ratings system for websites on the ... continue

Video: Truck speeds happily along with a car stuck under its grill

This is why you should fear left turns. Video emerged on the internet recently showing a tiny Clio helplessly embedded under the bumper of a speeding giant truck on a motorway in Yorkshire, England. The driver of the ... continue

London Olympics in 2012 to give stupid powers to the police

Now that the Winter Olympics in Canada are over the world's attention is turning to the upcoming 2012 Olympics to be held in London England. While organizers are telling anyone who will listen - and believe them - ... continue

Breakfast with an Alien

This is absolutely funny as hell. An Alien (ala the movie) with a British accent sitting down to a bowl of Raisin Bran Crunch and explaining how his life has changed since he chilled out over the whole ... continue

Trust in Advertisers? When hell freezes over maybe.

There's a story floating around the web today about how Google is backing a United Kingdom effort by its association of advertisers to rebuild the public's trust in advertisers. The initiative with a working title of Front Foot ... continue

The usual suspects are threatening to dismantle our Internet

We are coming up to a watershed moment in the existence of the Internet and very few people seem to care. Right now there are two separate events happening that will have a direct impact on both ... continue

Twitter hell breaks loose in England

At the end of October I wrote a post here telling how Stephen Fry, England's best know Twitterer was thinking about calling quits his love affair with the service. It all centered around a message on Twitter ... continue

Man helps find rapist, donates reward to victim

Lloyd Gardner, 22, contacted police in 2006 to help solve a rape case. The victim was brutally raped and left for dead, naked under a truck with a fractured skull. The woman is still confined to a wheelchair. Gardner, ... continue

Tattoos in all their glory

I’m not big on tattoos but I know a lot of people are and recently in London, England, the fifth London Tattoo Convention was held. Over 200 body artists from different countries took part ... continue

11 Million Britons will need to register before being allowed near kids

Using the argument that if this new vetting and barring scheme being handled by the Independent Safeguarding Authority of the Home Office even saves one child from the hands of a pedophile it is ... continue

UK park cracks down on body odor

A UK theme park as declared war on a serious problem in sunny and hot England.....body odor. Starting last week, Thorpe Park in Surrey is banning visitors from their rides if they lift their arms, sharing their favorite ... continue

British ex-cop owns a database of 40 million stolen identities

Stolen identities are traded on the web all the time. The information can be as simple as credit card information and email address or in some case complete records. It is this type of ... continue

J.K. Rowling a Potential Pedophile? UK Laws strike again

The British Government has introduced a law that forces all children's book authors who visit schools to register in a national database intended to protect children from pedophiles. The Vetting and Barring Scheme begins October 12, 2009 and ... continue

Airplane delay averted by passenger

Usually when an airplane crew is in need of help the call goes out to see if there is a doctor on board. For the passengers and crew of a Thomas Cook flight from ... continue

Michael Owen to Manchester United?

Michael Owen looks set to join English Premier League powerhouse Manchester United on a free transfer pending a medical test on his chronic knee and ankle injuries. Contract talks between United powerbrokers and the former Liverpool and Real ... continue