PC users are being spoiled rotten this year: another piece of malware purporting to be a message from Santa is delivering surprise gifts over the internet disguised in an electronic greetings card.

The Trojan horse "MerryX.A" is delivered in an email which encourages the recipient to open an attached "animation". While the animation of Santa Claus delivering presents plays, a piece of mal...

— Men are from Mars, women are from Venus — at least that's what the pop-psych experts say.

So is it any surprise, then, that they don't look for all the same features in their cars and trucks?

Volvo's 2004 YCC concept car, which was designed for and by women, certainly shows that. It has a hood that only opens for service staffers, washable seat covers and ...

'Hey, Nick, I'm just the opposite of Jessica. I'm tall and flat-chested and brunette. How about it?!"

So said the slightly intoxicated young lady to the suddenly single Nick Lachey.

It became quite obvious quickly though that either Nick doesn't care for the "opposite of Jessica" or doesn't care to complicate his cash-laden divorce proceeds as he politely declined and left the...

Movie-theater owners are considering cell phone jammers and filters to keep patrons from gabbing on cell phones. (Getty)

Dec. 27, 2005 - One of the great things about cell phones is their ability to allow us to be in constant contact with friends, colleagues and loved ones. But it's also one of their drawbacks — especially in movie theaters.

Cell phone gabbers who don...

17:57 27-12-2005 OTHER R. Akmatbaev's case: Witnesses refuse their evidence given earlier

On December 27, 2005, there was held session of Pervomay district court of Bishkek, where 9 people, including Rysbek Akmatbaev, are accused in 3 murders.

Talgat Iskenderov, brother of defendant Nurlan Konoev's wife, gave evidence on murder of Nurlan Berdikeev.

According to the accusatio...

There will still be football on Monday night. And Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, weekend and holiday nights, whatever night Guy Fawkes Day falls on and, for that matter, just about any night of the regular season the NFL pleases. None of them will seem quite as special anymore, especially when the games are clunkers like Patriots 31, Jets 21.

But that's how much clout the league has. It h...

SPRING LAKE — Teacher Christy Thomas starts the school day with her children gathered ’round.

Thomas asks her fifth-grade students to remind her of the rules they agreed to respect. The children know them by heart: listen attentively; don’t put other people down; remember that you have the right not to share your opinion when asked; and show respect for others. That g...

Multimedia Feature - South Asia Tsunami: One Year Later

Nations hit by tide mark anniversary, mourn lost friends

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- Parents prayed at mass graves for children swept away by last year's tsunami, and Western tourists returned to palm-fringed beaches to lay wreaths for lost friends. There was a minute of silence in Indonesia today to mark the moment the first tsu...

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The third matchup between Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant was identical to the first two. Bryant got the points. O'Neal got the victory.

Bryant scored 37 points, albeit on 12-for-30 shooting. And his final shot - a potentially game-tying 3-pointer over Gary Payton - cam...

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In 2005, Popular Science magazine published a story called "How Cannibalistic Spider Sex Can Make You a Genius" and Bible Review magazine published a story called "Song of Songs: Not Just a Dirty Book," and Baby Talk magazine published a story called "Is it love... or gas? Decode your baby's emotions."<...