Today’s Earth Hour campaign implores us to shut off our power for one hour. It may sound altruistic on the surface, but Earth Hour is a joke, another eco-friendly gimmick that pretends to offer a quick solution to the complex problem of climate change.

Internet service provider Bell Canada has admitted to throttling traffic and slowing data transfers for its third-party ISPs, DigitalJournal.com has learned. Some customers are facing Net speed slowed down from 500 to 30 kilobytes per second.

A scientist has discovered clumps of previously-unreported callus hairs growing in the flesh of mature apples of Fuji and closely-related varieties, which may have storage implications for commercial growers.

Products labelled “natural” or “organic” should give consumers some peace of mind. But a new study revealed that nearly half of the 100 tested green products contained a carcinogen. Your shampoos and soaps may not be as safe as you think.

If you’ve never had bulimia, but have always wanted to try, this is the news you’ve been waiting for. Dead peasants insurance is an $8 billion a year industry in America, and comprises 20% of insurance sold per year. It’s a real cottage industry.

Iceland’s leading garden gnome, all five foot of her, has taken on the issue of Tibet… in Shanghai. The Chinese aren’t pleased. Her song “Declare Independence” at one of her concerts instantly produced a strong, very negative, reaction.

Credit where it’s due, pun intended. One major leaguer isn’t peddling recession euphemisms. Bloomberg have put together a real picture of the credit crunch. The Easter Bunny isn’t doing the editing, unlike the rest of the chicken waste recycling.

According to a new poll, more than two-thirds of the U.S. believe traditional journalism is out of touch with what Americans want from their news. The survey also showed more people are turning to the Web to get their daily news fix.

The claim that the economy is headed towards a recession is born out by the fact that even the normally oblivious George Bush has awaken to the realization that the economy needs a stimulus package. Unfortunately for America, this one misses the target.

Recently, a reporter was ejected from a basketball game because he was live-blogging the event for his newspaper's site. The International Cricket Council is also considering banning sites that live-blog cricket matches without paying for rights.

Emerson wrote "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." The ability to admit error is what allows us to grow intellectually. So with the new year upon us now would be a good time to form some New Year's Irresolutions.

The biggest users of libraries are young adults aged 18 to 30 according to a Pew Internet & American Life Project survey. The high-tech loving group not only loves gadgets but also libraries to gather more information.

A new Web video series wants to be a never-ending Internet show where participants can direct the next person in the video chain to do whatever they want. First in Action, debuting New Year's Day, could be a trailblazer in a new genre of online video.

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is targeting an Arizona man for ripping music onto his PC from CDs he bought legally. The RIAA says it's illegal for someone to copy music to their PC, even if the CDs were legally bought.

Microsoft is marketing its products, Windows Vista and Windows Live, via its rival Google’s YouTube. It has a created a special video channel at YouTube to showcase the benefits of using Vista.

Using software created by an Alberta company, you can get a second computer in your house this holiday season free. In fact, the software is capable of splitting your PC into 10, saving you money and saving the environment at the same time.

Workers at the head table at the Quality Pork Processing plant in Austin, MN are turning up ill at an alarming rate. Head table employees spend their days using air compressors to eject the brains. Inhalation of the brain matter may causing the illnesses.

There has been a lot of talk about a new term seen recently online. The term BDS - Bush Derangement Syndrome, is being used by the nonconservative spinsters as a whip to herd the Sheeple down a foggy path of self-destruction.

Journalists are required to have a distinct online presence these days. But, in the absence of any media professionals´ social networks, where do freelance reporters turn? Poynter, the prestigious US journalism institute, says Facebook is an option.

A New York store manager found himself red faced early this week. It was revealed that a handmade sign "Delicious for Hanukkah" was advertising hams for Hanukkah at Balducci's.