As is tradition, England’s richest ladies go on parade in the most expensive of haute-couture gowns, shoes, and — most importantly — hats. Oh, the hats.

Revetec, a little known company from the Gold Coast region of Australia, may be on to something huge: they’ve created an engine that is 50% smaller, 50% lighter, has 50% lower emissions and is cheaper to manufacture than a conventional internal combustion engine of the same horsepower.

Great stories from the Hollywood back lots

Probably one of the most heart-warming things I've ever seen. I MAY or may not have teared up a little at the end........... Oh and excuse that annoying ass ad at the bottom.

$4 gas prices change behavior and buying patterns

Demand for used, fuel-efficient cars is on the rise, driving the prices of these cars up significantly in the past six months

Brothel operated from a $250,000 bus and offered riders who paid a $40 cover charge lap dances and assorted sex acts.The bus and its six inhabitants were sidelined early Sunday morning after three undercover cops boarded the mobile brothel and observed women brazenly offering sex and lap dances (oral sex, cops said, cost patrons $100).

A social network for older people to stay in touch with distant families, a X-factor style version site of Myspace, and a social network for avatars, presents how social media goes niche

Creating an organization bent on world domination takes more than just a maniacal leader with a high, cackling voice. It takes underlings. Henchmen, if you will. But these are no Bond villains. Bill Gates rewarded his geniuses with stock, just as they rewarded him with their hard work and ingenuity—and they wound up very rich

There is tremendous opportunity in the solar cell market since most manufacturers use batch processing, and growth in solar panel demand is driving the implementation in-line manufacturing processes to lower the cost per watt.

Persistent childhood poverty costs our country about $500 billion a year by way of lost productivity, school drop-outs, crime, and growing numbers enrolled in nutrition and public assistance programs.

As fuel prices soar, Alaskan officials announced the exploration of the state's volcanoes, saying they could be exploited to provide energy for thousands of homes.

If you’re reading this, you must be literate, thus proving you’re smart enough to avoid the next Seltzer/Friedberg (Epic Movie, Date Movie, Meet the Spartans) production. Congratulations, you done right.

Haifa (Israel) – This one did not take long: We already knew that Nvidia is working on a CUDA version for x86 CPUs, but said it would leave a modification for ATI GPUs to others. Eran Badit of NGOHQ.com told us that he has done it already and was able to get the Nvidia PhysX layer to run on ATI Radeon cards.

Morris went to 'The Angels' bar, which is a topless bar on US 92, and began ordering shots of vodka. He drank 23 shots in 45 minutes before passing out.

From the rude dog walker to kids using your front lawn as a flag-football end zone, your lawn can take an unfair beating…but with a few bucks, patience, and old-fashioned vengeful spirit, you can stop these intrusions with the help of a remote control sprinkler system. There’s no better – or wetter – way to get your point across.

Scott McClellan stated that Bush hoped that by invading Iraq he would then have an 'opportunity to create a legacy of greatness'. McCain and Bush both want to prove themselves - whether through a manufactured war per Bush's way, or through a terrorist attack that has yet to happen on U.S.soil, as Charles Black suggested per McCain's way.

It seems incredible that a secure source of a product that rising rapidly in price amid dire predictions of an imminent global shortage, suddenly seems vulnerable to a boycott from a nation depending on it for almost 10% of its consumption...AB argues it's better for America to deal with the emissions devil it knows instead of some unpredictable...

Steve Jobs let the animators at his other little company do what they do best with WALL*E: use breakthrough technology to bring a great idea to life, but don’t let it out of the lab until it’s perfect. Sound familiar? Inside the world’s top animation studio, Pixar’s chief says his CGI wizards work the Apple way.

Its cofounder is retiring, its latest big product has been vilified, and potential partners are spurning its advances. So what does Microsoft do to remain relevant? Here are 15 ideas.eas.