• Jun
  • 24

You don’t still use a screen saver, do you? : Yahoo! Green

In this day and age electronics there's no reason to use a screen saver to prevent burn-in. It's just a waste of electricity and creates additional C02

It warmed my heart to read at Green Daily that Telstra, the biggest phone company in Australia, has removed all the corporate screen savers from the 36,000 computers in its offices. What will happen? The change will cut tons of CO2, which they…

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  • Jun
  • 02

23 TV shows heading to the big screen

A number of your favorite and long-forgotten TV shows are being made into Movies.

23 TV Shows Heading To The Big ScreenMagnumTom Selleck and his moustache are absent from the planned cast list of the big screen Magnum movie right now, with Matthew McConaughey in the running for the lead role. The script is written, and now…

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  • May
  • 22

Most Expensive Spirits in the World

#1- Most Expensive Cognac: 1,000,000 (~ $1,946,617), This cognac comes in a crystal bottle dipped in 24K yellow gold and sterling platinum (four kilograms of precious metal) and decorated with 6,500 certified brilliant-cut diamonds, master-crafted by the well-known jeweler, Jose Davalos.

This cognac comes in a crystal bottle dipped in 24K yellow gold and sterling platinum (four kilograms of precious metal) and decorated with 6,500 certified brilliant-cut diamonds, master-crafted by the well-known jeweler, Jose…

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  • May
  • 15

Seven minutes of terror. A short video on describing how the Phoenix probe will land at the North Pole of Mars on May 25th.

NASA/JPL has a vidoe describing this month's landing of the Phoenix Mars Lander cleverly edited in action movie trailer style, rather than boring press release. Also a 180 MB HD download of it.

High Definition (HD) 187Mb | Screen size: 1280×720): + Download Latest Multimedia

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  • May
  • 06

5 Diseases Flourishing Thanks to Global Warming

Mosquitoes and other insects have long been harbingers of disease, but global warming is allowing them to venture into the newly warmer areas and spread once uncommon ailments to unfamiliar locations.

Malaria As is the case for dengue and chikungunya, rising temperatures have expanded the range of the Anopheles mosquito that carries malaria. Malaria is now found in highland regions in Africa, where it had previously not been detected; a WHO…

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  • Apr
  • 27

Eight of the World’s Most Unusual Plants [PICS]

Weird is relative. What seems weird to me might not seem weird to you. In the plant kingdom, however, there are definitely some species that most people would acknowledge are highly unusual. Some of my findings follow….

You know you've got something to share. Maybe it's something funny, touching, inspirational or informative. Whatever it is, your circle of friends here at DivineCaroline would love to hear from you.

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  • Apr
  • 25

Why Dominant Individuals Climb the Proverbial Ladder

Psychologists from North Dakota State University found a method to understand personality processes through the measurement of metaphoric representations.

The scientists supported this theory using a simple computer program that prompted participants to press the ?p? or ?q? key when it appeared on the screen. The letters were displayed on the right, left, top or bottom part of the screen. Those…

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  • Apr
  • 23

Your Chance To Appear On Screen With Johnny Depp

A charity auction is offering one bidder the chance for a role as a featured extra in a scene including Depp in his latest film ? Public Enemies

Proceeds from the auction will go to the Robert F Kennedy Memorial, an organization dedicated to advancing the human rights movement through providing innovative support to courageous human rights defenders around the world. Some of the…

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  • Apr
  • 06

April 5, 2008 - Charlton Heston Dead at 84

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Charlton Heston, who won the 1959 best actor Oscar as the chariot-racing “Ben-Hur” and portrayed Moses, Michelangelo, El Cid and other heroic figures in movie epics of the ’50s and ’60s, has died. He was 84.

Andrew Jackson (”The President's Lady,” “The Buccaneer”), Moses (”The Ten Commandments”), title role of “El Cid,” John the Baptist (”The Greatest Story Ever Told”),…

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  • Apr
  • 06

Widescreen, Big-Screen HD: The Future of Consumer Computing

As more people buy widescreen HD TV’s that have computer inputs, the quality of content delivered via the internet will undoubtedly go up as people realize the benefits of combining their HD TV with a broadband internet connection.

It will likely take a few years before web developers can reach a formula that works for developing content to take advantage of web users who view content on large high definition screens. The potential is very real for over-spending to…

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