March 8, 2010 -- It might be time to add weight control to the growing list of potential benefits for light to moderate drinking.

Is online dating capable of doing great things for the Black community? Consider: Gallup reports that half of all Black Americans believe it's "very important" for couples to marry when they have a child -- yet according to research from Packaged Facts, more than six out of ten Black Americans are unmarried, thereby making that group the most ...

Facebook will roll out a new location-based service in April, which will allow users to update their locations automatically. Click to read more.

Google has announced a Google App Marketplace. While there's already a marketplace for Android applications, this is about 3rd-party applications that integrate and work with Google's Apps, such as Docs, etc.

A pioneering deep-sea robot made by Massachusetts researchers has been lost off the coast of Chile.

I'm going to stay with the theme of last week's column - how the Internet has changed our lives during the last decade - because I had one of the more interesting beer-centric discussions of recent memory last week, and it never could have happened without the Web.

Kansas authorities said an injured man pulled over during a traffic stop told officers he was beaten for using Monopoly money to purchase drugs.

A museum that claims to be the world's first-ever visitor attraction dedicated to Irelanda s mythological mischief maker opened Wednesday in Dublin.

Travel agencies are a dime a dozen, but the latest one to open in the Czech Republic has a slightly different selling point.

Forget about JFK, Princess Diana and the Apollo moon landings. Forget about 9/11, the Illuminati, and the New World Order.

A 101-year-old woman has grown a horn on her head - and now fears she's growing another one.

The 160-square-meter kite will harness trade winds for South America that will help cut the ship's fuel consumption by up to a third.

A man who pleaded guilty to his 11th drive unlicensed charge believes his troubles began when he was stabbed in the back while having sex.

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology expert Dr Allan Baker, from the University of Toronto, said the Antarctic penguin was black because it had lost control of its pigmentation patterns. .

Microsoft has advised users to immediately download the latest patches which were issued on Tuesday.

By SANDRA DICK FOR many, cyberspace is where boy meets girl, dates are organised and, for some, real romance can blossom.

St. Patrick's Day, the annual celebration of the patron saint of Ireland, is just around the corner.

It sounds fishy but a New York City pet shop owner says it's true. Buttkiss, the black pacu he owns, is 43 and weighs 20 pounds.

A Bitstream refers to binary bits of information (1's and 0's) transferred from one device to another.

However, in Home Theater applications, Bitstream refers to a digitally-encoded Dolby Digital or DTS-related compressed audio signal from a source component (such as a DVD, Blu-ray, or HD-DVD player, HD-Cable, or HD-Satellite Box) to a Preamp/Processor (either standalone or built into a Home Theater Receiver) for decoding and distribution to the amplifier stage for final sound reproduction, in analog form, by the loudspeakers. The Bitstream can be sent via Digital Optical, Digital Coaxial, or HDMI interface.

Home Theater Term of the Week - Bitstream originally appeared on About.com Home Theater on Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 at 10:00:47.

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