There's always a risk asking a wet shaver to try out electric razors. For one, he's already probably tried electric razors and thought they were crap. Secondly, maybe he likes standing at the sink in the morning shaving the old fashioned way, maybe it makes him feel old skool. Thirdly, how's he...

If you are gonna crash - for heaven's sake, do it in style. These guys did it with eight ferraris, three Mercedes-Benzes, two Toyotas and a Lamborghini thrown in, just to mix it up a bit.The $4 million pile up in Japan started when the lead Ferrari driver crashed into the guardrail. A chain...

A giant asteroid will pass closer to the earth than the moon on Tuesday night (8th November). Asteroid 2005 YU 55 will pass c. 200,000 miles from earth which in terms of the size of the universe can be seen as a hair's breath of a miss. The asteroid is about a quarter of a mile wide and were it...

The Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, has lost a case in the High Court in London against his extradition to Sweden to face allegations of rape. Arrested last December on foot of a warrant from Sweden, Assange has since been on bail with strict conditions - including house arrest at Ellingham...

Any idiot can speed around a track. Think about it - nice smooth tarmac, gravel run-off areas, protective crash barriers to soften the blow, safety buckets, crumple zones and safety cars. Formula 1 has become a bit of a snooze fest compared to the dangers of old. Off Road is where the real...

Something great is happening. But ssssh, mainstream media is ignoring it in case it gains momentum - which it just has. Ordinary citizens have descended on Wall Street in protest at the billions of dollars handed over to bankers to bail them out. Three hundred protesters gathered the first night...

Brad Pitt was quick out of damage control central today when he clarified remarks he made in an interview with Parade magazine about ex-wife Jennifer Aniston. Going where no man should ever go, Pitt decided to compare life with Angelina Jolie to his marriage with Aniston. Like a lamb to the...

If once is a mistake then twice is habit forming. Just ask Serena Williams after her latest tirade of abuse against the umpire at the final of the 2011 Women's US Open. Williams unleashed the rant after shouting out 'Come On' before her opponent, Sam Stosur, had hit the ball - a 'hindrance call'...

Turkey expelled Israel's ambassador after a leaked UN report into last year's Israeli raid on a Gaza bound Turkish ship concluded that the Israeli's had used "excessive and unreasonable" force. The document, which has since been published in full by the UN, found that the blockade of Gaza by...

The Kardashian sisters have stripped off to shamelessly model their own brand of lingerie that retails at Sears. The three dashians posed with their famous assets for renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz. Presumably the two smaller sisters,  Kim and Kourtney, got to stand on boxes to match the...

Apple has kicked the Financial Times of London from its iTunes App Store following the newspaper's refusal to sign up for new app rules. The dispute centres around Apple's insistence that publishers do not include links to external sites offering 'buy now' options. Apple instead wants publishers...

I never thought I'd find myself defending the music of Lady Gaga, the Backstreet Boys and Kate Perry. China has banned songs by all three. Not on the basis of bad music, which might have found some support. Instead, the Chinese have gone all drama queenish and banned songs deemed a threat to...

You get the feeling she's been lurking in the background somewhere. Hidden behind the band Girls Aloud, she's been one of those stars concealed behind manufactured pop for the masses.

The slow pace at which man progresses could be food for thought after scientists revealed evidence man first cooked hot meals 1.9 million years ago. After that much time, you'd think the pinnacle of our ingenuity would be something more than microwavable meals for two.

Google is to shell out $12.5 billion to acquire Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc - a company older than Google itself and one which has been deeply involved in the development of mobile technology. The acquisition has been heralded as brave, dumb, maverick and aggressive by commentators...

The increasing ability of the state to control people was evident on Monday evening when San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) shut down its mobile service to its underground in an attempt to disrupt protesters.

Kanye West has engaged mouth before mind again. And once again it's on-stage. At least this time, Taylor Swift was nowhere to be seen. Playing at the Big Chill Festival in England, Kanye decided to compare himself to Adolf Hitler.

The award for dumbest brain fart of the day goes to an Irish Senator, Fidelma Healy Eames, who has called for a time limit to be installed on all consoles to prevent gamers from gaming for too long. Eames, who cites the case of a 20 year old UK citizen who died from Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) as...

In something that could have come straight from a movie script, a Sydney teenager has survived a ten hour ordeal with a bomb strapped to her neck. A masked man broke into the home of a wealthy millionaire and forced 18 year old daughter Madeleine Pulver to strap a 'bomb' to her neck. A note...

A new study by psychometric consulting company, AptiQuant, has found that internet explorer users have a lower IQ than users of other browsers. At this point, you're either thinking a) people still use internet explorer? or b) WTF is psychometric consulting? Allow us to horrify you with the...