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News in Odd Things on 06/05/2013
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New posts Apple claims shot in arm for Cupertino from new Fruit Loop HQ 0 TheRegister Odds and Sods RSS | Source 9 06/05/2013 at 16:04:38

Doughnut? Spaceship? We beg to differ

Apple has claimed its massive new ring-shaped Cupertino headquarters will create 7,400 new jobs and sustain thousands more in the local area.…

New posts Reg readers: So, who will be Who? It's over to you... 0 TheRegister Odds and Sods RSS | Source 20 06/05/2013 at 09:18:07

Nominations invited for next Time Lord

The news that Matt Smith will walk away from the Tardis at the end of this year has provoked a veritable Gallifrey of speculation as to just who will become the 12th Doctor.…

New posts Germans purge selves of indigestible 63-letter word 0 TheRegister Odds and Sods RSS | Source 7 06/05/2013 at 05:03:39

'Bulp. Blorp. RkReUAUG! RkReUAUG! Phew, that feels better'

A change in EU law has allowed the Germans to bin their longest word: the 63-letter monster Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz.…

New posts EU boffins in plan for 'more nutritious' horsemeat ice cream 0 TheRegister Odds and Sods RSS | Source 20 05/22/2013 at 08:25:03

'Disused' animal products ideal for sick, elderly

Brussels-funded boffins say they have hit upon a brilliant method of creating "enriched" ice-cream, fortified with "disused" animal products which are normally thrown away by the meat industry as being unfit for human consumption.…

New posts WW II U-boat attacks prompt new US response 0 TheRegister Odds and Sods RSS | Source 21 05/22/2013 at 05:56:08

Rusting wrecks poised to pollute

May 1943 is held by many to have been the turning point in the Battle of the Atlantic.…

New posts Colombian plods cuff jailbreaker despite on-the-run gender bend 0 TheRegister Odds and Sods RSS | Source 19 05/08/2013 at 09:57:09

Hefty Bulgarian airbags fail to distract Barranquilla fuzz

A fugitive Colombian criminal is back behind bars a year after escaping from custody. Local cops are happy that they've got the man they were after, though in fact she is now a bounteously endowed lady.…

New posts Want a coffee with Tim Cook? Better start saving now 0 TheRegister Odds and Sods RSS | Source 9 04/24/2013 at 23:48:17

Apple boss chin-wag will cost $100,000+

Anyone with a suitably large checkbook will be able to sit down and have a coffee (or the beverage of their choice) with Tim Cook or meet Elon Musk for a personal tour of the SpaceX headquarters later this year.…

New posts COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO: NASA rovers scrawl giant willy on Mars 0 TheRegister Odds and Sods RSS | Source 10 04/24/2013 at 16:47:09

Jet (Propulsion) Set Willy

Pic Space cadets tittering at the mention of Uranus have a new celestial object to giggle at: A giant penis drawn on the surface of Mars by NASA robots.…

New posts Indian IT consultant becomes idol to legions of football fans 0 TheRegister Odds and Sods RSS | Source 3 04/24/2013 at 15:14:03

Hat-trick hiccup bloke declines offer to join Premier League

Jubilant Manchester United fans have celebrated Robin van Persie's astonishing hat trick by bombarding an Indian IT consultant with congratulatory tweets.…

New posts Bill Gates offends Koreans after sticking hand down trousers 0 TheRegister Odds and Sods RSS | Source 19 04/24/2013 at 05:02:29

'American style' session with madam president

Bill Gates has managed to offend the whole of South Korea after brazenly breaking the country's strict but unwritten handshake rules.…

New posts Attack of the CYBER NORKS! Pyongyang in frontal assault online 0 TheRegister Odds and Sods RSS | Source 3 04/10/2013 at 15:59:05

Jong-un's a WRONG 'UN, claim southerners

As the Korean peninsula flirts with supposed nuclear war, North Korea has been accused of launching cyber-attacks on banks and TV broadcasters in the south.…