Tag: ENGLAND

There's no doubt that murder is one of mankind's most belligerent acts. But have you ever wondered how many homicides take place in a city? Or whether there's any pattern to their locations? The team behind Murder Map had those exact thoughts. To answer these questions and more, they took it upon themselves to map every single murder and manslaughter that has ever been recorded in the ...

For most people, "Google" has become synonymous with "search". Heck, Cambridge dictionary lists it as a verb. But as we all know, Google can do lots more than just search. You've got Gmail, and YouTube, and Maps, and the calculator, and a whole bunch of other Web properties. While Gmail is enormously popular, not all Google projects fare so well (cough Wave cough). Even most of the search ...

digg_url = 'http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2010/04/08/digital-economy-bill-set-to-pass-into-uk-law-watch-out-hapless/'; In what can only be described as a bunch of witless, whipped cronies dabbling in shit they really have no clue about, the dying United Kingdom parliament is about to pass the Digital Economy Bill into law. Ostensibly, the new law is about protecting intellectual property ...

You might recall awhile back we posted some ads from Japan featuring Apple's "I'm a Mac" guy and his PC foil just like the U.S. ads but, er, Japanese. Today we have some more foreign "I'm a Mac" ads, but this time you won't need subtitles. Apple has brought its popular ad campaign across the Atlantic this time, to the U.K. Here's the first, called "Office at Home" and you can find the other five ...