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Dating websites get inventive with games, apps

May. 26, 2012 - 02:00AM JST ( 2 )

Nearly two decades since the start of online dating, the match-making sites that launched millions of relationships are spicing things up with online games and going high tech and offline to produce more happy ever afters. Games, apps and offline events are beginning to replace the… Read

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Lame applicant pool plagues Don Quijote

Lifestyle May. 27, 2012 - 06:45AM JST ( 1 Comment )

Part of the fun of visiting Don Quijote discount superstores is the vastly diverse clientele swarming the narrow aisles. People from all walks of life sort through the unique, chintzy merchandise and add a distinct… Read

How Internet detectives, and others, find out where you live

Lifestyle May. 24, 2012 - 07:26AM JST ( 7 Comments )

An explosion of people checking into social networks is being exploited by mobile application makers and private detectives, who say they can use people's online chatter and photos to track them and find out where… Read

Canine cloud-based health monitoring system refuses to let your sleeping dog lie

Lifestyle May. 22, 2012 - 07:17AM JST ( 2 Comments )

Have you ever seen an overweight dog? Many of us probably aren’t sure as, unlike with people, we don’t quite know what the ideal dog should look like. It’s especially difficult to see if our… Read

Cloak and dagger world of spies exposed in New York exhibition

Lifestyle May. 20, 2012 - 05:55AM JST ( 3 Comments )

The mysterious cloak and dagger world of international espionage and its real-life heros and villains are exposed in a new exhibition, the first to be sanctioned by U.S. intelligence agencies. "Spy, the Secret World of… Read

More Americans cut cable as Internet TV grows

Lifestyle May. 19, 2012 - 06:20AM JST ( 5 Comments )

Nearly three million Americans cut their cable television subscriptions last year as an increasing number turned to the Internet, a survey shows. The Nielsen survey released last week found that some of those cutting cable… Read

Asia helps drive Facebook's 1-billion goal

Lifestyle May. 17, 2012 - 06:42AM JST ( 5 Comments )

As Facebook nears saturation levels in some Western countries, Asian users are helping drive the social-networking leader's march on the 1-billion-user milestone and beyond. The Facebook-led social-networking phenomenon has profoundly impacted the region -- challenging… Read

Small step in high heels; a giant leap for prosthetics?

Lifestyle May. 17, 2012 - 06:29AM JST ( 4 Comments )

Women in stilettos and ostriches have unwittingly contributed to scientific advancement by showing researchers how to design a prosthetic leg better adapted for walking, says a study. The best prosthesis for above-knee amputees, and for… Read

Facebook is as pleasurable as food or sex: study

Lifestyle May. 15, 2012 - 06:26AM JST ( 19 Comments )

Posting views on Facebook and other social media sites delivers a powerful reward to the brain similar to the pleasure from food and sex, a Harvard study concludes. The study led by two neuroscientists and… Read

Japanese beer heads cause Westerners to froth at the mouth

Lifestyle May. 14, 2012 - 06:30AM JST ( 110 Comments )

Recently we ran a report on how Japanese netizens expressed their outrage over the way a Korean pop star chooses to eat her instant noodles. Now it seems that the international outrage shoe is on… Read

You’ll want to visit Shibuya Hikarie just to use ladies’ room

Lifestyle May. 12, 2012 - 11:34PM JST ( 8 Comments )

So, everyone has been talking about the Shibuya Hikarie, the new shopping and entertainment complex that opened in Shibuya on April 26. The large building includes not only shopping facilities but offices, 2 floors of… Read

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