5 Ways Supermarkets Trick You into Shopping Their Way
#3 - “Shelf shuffles” - Supermarkets often rearrange the order and location of basic items in a blatant effort to keep customers looking longer and spending more time in the store shopping….
Archive for September, 2007
Americans Can Go Without Sex Longer Than The Internet, Study Finds
A survey of about 1,000 Americans showed that the Internet has become such an essential part of their every-day lives that 28% said they spend less time socializing with friends because of it. And 20% said they spend less time having sex because they’re too busy online, according to a study by advertising agency JWT.
Forget iPhone Bricking: All Third-Party Apps Void Your iPhone Warranty
Apple just confirmed that running any third party app will bust up your warranty. Pretty shitty way to reward the programmers who made the iPhone better than stock.
The XP alternative for Vista PCs
Microsoft is quietly telling PC makers they can offer a Windows XP “downgrade” to customers buying systems preloaded with Vista.
Dubai Buys 20 Percent of Nasdaq Stock Market
The Nasdaq Stock Market is selling a nearly 20 percent stake to Borse Dubai and is taking control of the Nordic exchange operator OMX as part of a sweeping settlement of their battle for control of OMX. In a global stock market shakeup, Borse Dubai and a group from Qatar also moved to become the largest stakeholders in the London Stock Exchange.
U.S. Airport Screeners Are Watching What You Read
International travelers concerned about being labeled a terrorist or drug runner by secret Homeland Security algorithms may want to be careful what books they read on the plane. Newly revealed records show the government is storing such information for years.
Canadian Dollar Reaches 30-year high against US dollar! $1 US = $1 CAN
See story. The Canadian Dollar will probably surpass the US Dollar sometime today.
USB 3.0 coming, will increase transfer speeds tenfold
USB 3.0 improves upon its successors by adding fiber-optic cable inside alongside the copper wiring, greatly increasing the speeds.
The 20 Most Popular Sites for Bargain Hunters
Smart on line shoppers know that there can be a wide divergence in price between the same products from one e-tailer to the next, so in order to obtain the best deal you need to know where the bargains are. To that end, we have provide you with the Top 20 Most Popular Sites for Bargain Hunters ranked by 5 traffic data sources.
Offline GMail client.
A report from India
’s Hindustan Times indicates that Google is prepping an offline version of Gmail.
