Mike has fallen for Sue. He shows up at her workplace, having travelled 2,000 miles to get there. He leaves endless messages on her voicemail, sends her poems and insists on introducing her to his mum. When Sue gets back together with her ex, Mike ...
"Isn't this swine flu a bit overhyped?" asks one Cif poster – even as the pandemic reaches Downing Street. "Maybe we should re-name it media-flu," says another. Then there's the suggestion that anyone who comes down with it should "take some ...
A Supaloop systemin use at a Marks & Spencer shop Shops and other everyday services must make "reasonable adjustments" to accommodate disabled customers. So says the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA), but for the UK's 2 million users of hearing aids, ...
You've got an email from your bank. Or at least, it says it's from your bank. But what if it's a fake? Chances are it is: up to 150m phishing emails are sent every day, according to the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG). Sophos estimates that 58% of ...
The Filter wants to be the aggregator's aggregator, tapping into your brain to suggest music and videos on the basis of your tastes. So far, so Last.fm, and music-sharing is certainly the site's most developed element - film and video features are in ...
Volunteering needs a facelift as young people see it as 'geeky', but what can be done to improve its image? ...
Anne Wollenberg Millions in the UK have conditions that affect their sleeping – and waking – lives. Why is it so hard for them to get diagnosed? ...
It's the near future and the planet is in crisis. Unheeded warnings of an impending oil shortage have become reality. This was the premise of World Without Oil, an alternate reality game (ARG), which asked players to react to a plausible vision of the ...
Opinion polls have shown that a quarter to a third of Britons believe a rape victim is responsible for being attacked if she is drunk or is wearing provocative clothing. As many as one in two young men believe there are some circumstances in which it's ...
What's your favourite piece of technology? My 1953 Crosley Mahogany F-17 Tosh TV. I bought it from a flea market when I was 23, about a week before I got married. My cousin is a TV engineer and he reconditioned it for me and keeps it all spanking new, ...
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