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Mysterious Blue Balls Fall From The Sky [Video]

Mysterious Blue Balls Fall From The Sky [Video]

Mysterious blue balls have fallen from the sky.  Steve Hornsby, a 61 year old from the UK said that the sky went yellow and a storm broke out over his home.  The strange blue jelly balls started ... continue
O2 Accidentally Revealed Customer Phone Numbers Online

O2 Accidentally Revealed Customer Phone Numbers Online

O2, a leading provider of mobiles phones and broadband in the UK, accidentally revealed mobile phone numbers on websites that their customers accessed. This was a rather big flaw and definitely not good for all the customers ... continue
Autism May Be Helped by ‘Talking Things Through’ in Thoughts

Autism May Be Helped by ‘Talking Things Through’ in Thoughts

Last week, news that changes to the diagnostic criteria for autism could cut the number of diagnoses was met with a mixed reaction, and many were concerned that those affected by the changes might go without much ... continue
UK Bashfully Admits To “Fake Rock” Spying Device Discovered In Russia

UK Bashfully Admits To “Fake Rock” Spying Device Discovered In Russia

In a 2006 documentary produced out of Moscow, Russia a spying device believed to be from the United Kingdom was shown to the delight and laughter of audiences. The device was funny because spy officials in the ... continue
Netflix Launches Video Service in UK and Ireland

Netflix Launches Video Service in UK and Ireland

Netflix has launched its streaming Internet video service in the United Kingdom and Ireland, in a move that could result in the company's first quarterly loss in almost a decade. Monthly subscriptions will cost £5.99 and €6.99 (both ... continue
Brazil Economy Surpasses UK For First Time

Brazil Economy Surpasses UK For First Time

The South American country of Brazil has officially surpassed the United Kingdom as the world's sixth largest economy according to a recent report. The report was revealed by the BBC and shows traditional superpowers losing some of their grip on ... continue
Samsung Rolls Out YouTube 3D Support For Smart TV Line

Samsung Rolls Out YouTube 3D Support For Smart TV Line

Earlier this year at IFA Samsung announced that their Smart TVs  would soon receive support for YouTube videos in 3D and now that exclusive access (for the short term) has finally become a reality with the company ... continue
London Hotel Launches Upscale ‘Women Only’ Hotel Rooms

London Hotel Launches Upscale ‘Women Only’ Hotel Rooms

Here's something the women of Sex and the City would be proud of, the upscale and discreet Dukes Hotel in London have launched a special set of "Duchess Rooms" which specifically cater to single female travelers. Assigned only ... continue
Meryl Streep Fails to Impress Thatcher Colleagues in ‘The Iron Lady’

Meryl Streep Fails to Impress Thatcher Colleagues in ‘The Iron Lady’

Meryl Streep's performance as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady has seen critics run short of superlatives, but there's one person it hasn't impressed: Norman Tebbit, one of Thatcher's staunchest supporters and a man who was a ... continue
Britney Spears Concert Tickets Slow To Sell During UK Tour

Britney Spears Concert Tickets Slow To Sell During UK Tour

Britney Spears doesn't have the same pull she once had over fans during her world tours, at least that appears to be the case in the UK where her Birmingham concert slated for October 30 has failed ... continue
Christina Aguilera Runs Up Huge Bar Tab After Michael Jackson Tribute Concert

Christina Aguilera Runs Up Huge Bar Tab After Michael Jackson Tribute Concert

Christina Aguilera headed out to a bar in Cardiff, Wales after performing at the Michael Jackson tribute concert where she reportedly ran up an $8,000 bar tab. The singer/actress went with her entourage to the St. David's Hotel ... continue
Google’s E-Books Store Finally Launches in UK, Australia and Canada

Google’s E-Books Store Finally Launches in UK, Australia and Canada

Brits, Aussies, Canadians: prepare to gorge on cheap (or even free) e-books. Though it's taken a while, Google's E-book Store has finally made it to the UK, Australia, and Canada, after a period of US exclusivity. That means ... continue
IT Skills Considered Most Important for Tomorrow’s Workforce According to Business Leaders

IT Skills Considered Most Important for Tomorrow’s Workforce According to Business Leaders

Increased technological capabilities such as IT, mobile computing and social media are considered to be the most important skills by far for tomorrow's global workforce. This was the result of a survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and ... continue
Stella McCartney Throws Carnival Party To Celebrate In-House Children’s Collection

Stella McCartney Throws Carnival Party To Celebrate In-House Children’s Collection

Stella McCartney threw a carnival party at town hall in north London on Wednesday to celebrate her third in-house collection of children's wear, a project she began working on after several seasons designing children's clothing for retail ... continue
Heather Locklear Causes Stir, Breast Enlargement Rumor Circulates

Heather Locklear Causes Stir, Breast Enlargement Rumor Circulates

Photos of actress Heather Locklear are causing quite the stir on the internet this weekend after several pictures of the former Melrose Place star began to circulate and show off what some gossips are calling breast augmentation ... continue
Does your “pirate” site have a US domain registrar? You too could be extradited.

Does your “pirate” site have a US domain registrar? You too could be extradited.

Many of the so-called pirate site owners believe that as long as their site isn't hosted on US based servers that they are pretty safe from retribution by the entertainment industry and their trade groups, the problem is that ... continue
A UK City Council Orders Twitter To Hand Over Politician’s Accounts

A UK City Council Orders Twitter To Hand Over Politician’s Accounts

South Tyneside Council in the UK has subpoenaed Twitter to hand over the two accounts, one public and one private, for fellow councillor Ahmed Khan. The council claims that Khan is the anonymous blogger known as Mr. ... continue
Free wi-fi network coming to all of UK

Free wi-fi network coming to all of UK

Those lucky Brits, they get to have all the fun, or at least they will after 2013 when UK mobile provider O2 doubles the size of its existing network and in the process turning on free wi-fi ... continue
Nintendo’s Wii more popular than cats in the UK

Nintendo’s Wii more popular than cats in the UK

I know the Wii is popular, but this is ridiculous: according to the number crunchers at GfK Chart-Track, Nintendo's Wii console is now in one-third of British homes. That means there are more Wiis than cats (or ... continue
UK politician demands Medal of Honor ban for “un-British” game

UK politician demands Medal of Honor ban for “un-British” game

UK Defence Secretary Liam Fox has stated that stores should refuse to stock the forthcoming Medal of Honor (PC, PS3, Xbox 360) because the game allows players to kill British troops as the Taliban. The first-person shooter is ... continue
Oh, surprise! Activision gouging StarCraft II fans over game prices

Oh, surprise! Activision gouging StarCraft II fans over game prices

I know Activision is a fashionable target and the new Big, Bad, Evil Villain of the Gaming Industry™ since everybody stopped hating EA quite as much. But Jesus, sometimes they really do dig these holes themselves. Case in ... continue
Evil Spirit Sightings In Britain Highest In 25 Years

Evil Spirit Sightings In Britain Highest In 25 Years

In the last 25 years there has been nearly 1000 (968 to be exact) reported ghost, ghoul or other demonic sightings in Britain alone. Yorkshire county is especially active (hint hint Winchester boys) with 74 reports. Most ... continue