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True happiness

Path to true happiness 'revealed'. Experts believe they have found the essential ingredients to make a person's life happier. In an unusual three-month experiment, six specialists from a variety of disciplines worked to improve the happiness levels of a typical UK town. The experts tried and

Sony removal

Microsoft to remove Sony CD code. The software giant said the XCP copy protection system counted as malicious software under the rules it uses to define what Windows should be protected against. It is planning to include detection and removal tools for XCP in its weekly update to its anti-spyware

More bad news from Sony

Viruses use Sony anti-piracy CDs. Virus writers are exploiting Sony's controversial anti-piracy software to hide their malicious creations. In late October Sony was found to be using stealth techniques to hide software that stopped some of its CDs being illegally copied. Now three virus variants have been found

Caveat Emptor (let the buyer beware)

The BBC published an article on Thursday 3 November, Sony slated over anti-piracy CD, detailing Sony's use of "rootkit" software to install a copy-protection program deep in the Windows OS. An article in Information Week urges employers to protect themselves from this Sony software, claiming the

Vampire attacks

Rabid vampire bats kill in Brazil. Health authorities in northern Brazil are trying to cope with a wave of attacks on humans by vampire bats infected with the deadly rabies virus. Rabies caused by bat bites has killed 23 people in the last two months. It is not the first

Born abroad

I'm always interested when immigration is in the news. The BBC have a story (and map) of immigration to the UK in the last decade, many of them land in the Southeast. I am a first-generation immigrant to America. Maybe that's why the Ellis Island Museum

Bog snorkelling

New champion for bog snorkellers. A firefighter from Bristol has won one of the UK's strangest sporting events in mid Wales. Ian Hawkes, originally from Llandrindod Wells, triumphed in the world bog snorkelling championships in Llanwrtyd Wells in Powys on Monday. He took over from reigning champion Philip

K9 returns!

Sidekick K9 returns to Doctor Who. Robot dog K9 will be reunited with Doctor Who in the new series after 24 years apart, say the show's producers. K9, who helped Tom Baker's Time Lord between 1977 and 1981, will join new Doctor David Tennant for one

Best and Worst of the UK

Hull 'worst place to live in UK'. According to Channel 4, these are the top ten best and worst places to live in the UK. The best are: 1. Epsom and Ewell (Surrey) 2. City of Westminster (London) 3. Harrogate (North Yorkshire) 4. Ashford (Kent) 5. Stratford Upon

Doctor, is that you?

Doctor Who, fashion icon. My first look at the new Doctor He's been a dandy, an Edwardian cricketer and most famously wore a long scarf. Doctor Who's togs change as he regenerates. So what are the fashion tips from everyone's favourite Time Lord? Flamboyant.

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