Food supplements contain banned substances
Making and selling food supplements is a huge business not just here in the UK but worldwide, there are many large companies who have based their business on this market, which are being marketed as being healthy and natural.
Yet recent research has shown that this business may not be as healthy or natural as [...]
You can buy anything on eBay
If you are looking for a bargain, then a visit to eBay may be on your agenda but apart from the normal items that would expect to find on the auction site, there are also some very weird items which some people are trying to sell and there are some very attempts at spelling by [...]
July 9, 2008A Milestone for McDonalds
Out of all the products that McDonalds sell, the Big Mac has to be the most famous and possibly even the most popular burger that they sell. Yet the Big Mac was never on the original menu, because as with many burger bars during the late fifties they just sold burgers.
But one franchise owner James [...]
Executive toys are back
Sometimes people like to remember things of the past; maybe they have fond memories or simply were too young to enjoy the gadgets of a different era. However sometimes there are firms who have the foresight to bring back some of the all time greats.
Like original executive toy, known as “Newton’s Cradle” this simple desktop [...]
The real price of oil
Nobody can escape the talk of oil these days, no matter where you are located, oil and the price of oil has an impact on virtually everyone’s lives in one way or another and yet there is talk that the price of a barrel of oil could be as much as sixty per cent of [...]
May 30, 2008Apple to launch new promotion
As in the past few years Apple is about to announce some special deals for teachers and students, this would normally mean that a student or teacher who purchases a new Apple computer will get some significant discounts or even the opportunity to get some Apple products.
This year it has been predicted will be the [...]
Websites that help you save money
It may be a hard concept to grasp but there are some businesses out there that are actually in the business of giving stuff away. These may be directed to certain people or products, but at the end of the day saving money is what it’s all about.
Sites that will save you money, in one [...]
Lipstick clue to economic state
There are many indicators which can be used to determine the state of the economy, one of the most accurate signs is high street shopping. This is because of the spending involved, but even though the spending is down in the amount spent, the actual high streets are still full of people shopping.
This goes to [...]
Free Tibet flagged up
By now it is common knowledge that virtually anything that you need can be made in China for a lot less, yes the quality may be in question, but the price is certainly not. However there are other issues that concern people, such as counterfeited goods and the people who are behind this sort of [...]
April 25, 200880% of bandwidth used by 10% of users
For long time we were told and believed that the majority of the bandwidth was being sucked up by people who selfishly engaged in peer to peer usage, but recent evidence proves that this may not be case.
As with many resources the internet has changed over the years and has now evolved into an entertainment [...]
Cheap food is no more in the UK
Despite all of the warnings, the food crisis still grows. But we have seen this type of problem arise before, but the difference is now that the food crisis could soon be hitting countries closer to home.
We have since the end of the war had the luxury of cheap food, and recently over the past [...]
Engadget told not to use T Mobiles colours
Anyone who checks out new technology will know of the Engadget sites; these have been around for sometime and have built up quite a reputation. Maybe they have built up too much of a reputation for some people as they have been given a letter from the mobile phone company T Mobile.
Deutsche Telekom the German [...]
National shopping habits change
Every year the office of national statistics draws up the UK’s shopping basket, this is the products that we are buying in the stores and every time this happens the products at the top swap around as some become more popular, while others may fall out of favour with the UK shopping public.
WHAT’S IN:
Pure fruit [...]
New business in Brain fitness
With more or less everyone knowing some body that has a child affected by Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) you can imagine the size of the market, yes if you were a business and this was your target market then it would be huge, wouldn’t it?
This marketplace has grown over the years as parents try [...]
Doritos in a mess
The makers of the famous brand of snack Doritos, has found themselves is some serious trouble with the Muslim community. Walkers Crisps, has been criticised by Muslims leaders over the snack because it contains alcohol.
It may only be a trace amount of alcohol but never the less this product has not been listed on the [...]
Oil prices soar again
We could be looking at the prices of crude oil settling at new all time highs of above the $100 per barrel level. We have seen that the price did rise above the $100 mark but it did settle down later at below this figure, but it seems now that the prices are set to [...]
January 31, 2008Copying a CD could cost $1.5 million
Even though there has been a lot work done to protect the interests of the music industry apparently there more provisions to be introduced which promises to protect the music industry even further by laying out exactly how much the penalties are for intentionally copying music from CD’s.
They have come up with an ingenious plan [...]
Over 12,000 wind farms needed
There is no doubt that wind power is an exceptional way of producing electricity, so much so that it would appear the European Commission in Brussels has decided that we need more, in fact around 12,500 more wind farms!
Now this is going to cause problems for the UK as at the moment only five per [...]
Accidental but successful products
Imagine discovering something completely by accident and knowing that it would go on to be one of the biggest things in its industry and stay there for years to come? Wouldn’t that be great?
Here are just ten products that were found by accident:
Potato Chips - Discovered: Saratoga Springs, New York
Viagra - Discovered: Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
LSD [...]
Ford cars are copyrighted
If you are thinking of taking a few photos of your very nice ford machine then you may want to reconsider that for a while.
Take the guys over at the Black Mustang Club (BMC) which is a car forum for anything automotive, they wanted to produce a calendar as many people and organisations do these [...]