WANT TO turn those brown eyes blue — permanently? A California inventor says he has developed a new 20-second laser procedure that will turn brown eyes blue, without damaging vision, for around $5,000. [Read More...]
A plane operated by the Polish airline LOT traveling from Newark has crash landed in Warsaw, Sky News and other news organizations are reporting. The Boeing 767 airliner carrying 230 people circled the airport in Warsaw for an hour and, after its landing gear failed to open, crash landed and skidded down the runway, theBelfast Telegraph and other news [...]
Like it or not, the countdown to the holidays has begun. No sooner were the Halloween cobwebs hung across our front hedges than the warnings started coming that our shopping days until Christmas were numbered. Whether you’re eager to get in line (or online) early, or wondering which companies are positioned to claim the most [...]
AMARILLO, Texas (AP) — The last of the nation’s most powerful nuclear bombs — a weapon hundreds of times stronger than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima — is being disassembled nearly half a century after it was put into service at the height of the Cold War. [Read More...]
A single seat on the first commercial flight of Boeing’s new 787 Dreamliner has been bought for more than $34,000 in a charity sale organised by Japan’s ANA, the company said Tuesday. The airline auctioned six business class seats on the plane’s inaugural flight, which leaves Tokyo’s Narita airport bound for Hong Kong on Wednesday. [Read More...]
(FN)Security researchers have detected a new Trojan, scarily similar to the infamous Stuxnet worm, which could disrupt computers controlling power plants, oil refineries and other critical infrastructure networks. The Trojan, dubbed “Duqu” by the security firm Symantec, appears, based on its code, to have been written by the same authors as the Stuxnet worm, which [...]
When Apple released its new iOS 5 operating system to go with itsiPhone 4S, it touted a new app called “Find My Friends” as a great way to track and meet up with friends. If they agree, you can see their locations on a map on your screen. But the app’s enterprising customers are apparently already finding other uses. [...]
With an eye on the delicate economy, American car buyers are lining up to test drive fuel-efficient four-doors. Pent-up demand for automobiles, coupled with a comeback in production for Japanese carmakers, means the auto industry is heating up. Car sales in September sold at a seasonally-adjusted rate of 13 million units, well above last year [...]
