Satellite TV Soccer Moms Will Hate Consumer The problem with boffo product demos is that people might take you seriously. And they might do it long before you’re sure it’s a product people need or want. As a case in point, consider Sirius Satellite Radio’s Backseat TV, introduced this past fall. Sirius, based in New [...]

April 17, 2010, we predicted the impending catastrophe to be unleashed after the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajokull erupted and predicted that the Katla range would follow suit, as it has done every time in the recorded history of volcanic activity in Iceland over the last thousand years. A reminder: “Eyjafjallajo”kull. While some say it is “unpronounceable”, [...]

Christmas came early to Denmark as the World Santa Claus Congress opened in the capital Copenhagen, for the 54th year in a row. The gathering will discuss important matters such as standardizing the width of chimneys to enable Santas to slide easily down them as they deliver presents, and debate weight regulations for the red-suited, [...]

Extreme weather conditions are predicted on a global scale as experts come to terms with the latest details emerging from the La Nin~a event, climate-changing ocean temperature alterations which follow El Nin~o and affect vast swathes of our planet on an intercontinental scale. The World Meteorological Organization, the UN’s weather agency, warned yesterday that the [...]

A US researcher found an explanation to the renowned sighting of an unidentified flying object in the USSR, which took place 25 years ago. It was an outstanding event for the Soviet Union. One of the nation’s central state-run newspapers published an article under the headline “At 4:10 Sharp.” The article described the events, which [...]