Durex is seeking candidates in Canada to test condoms. The company says this is one job that workers will like to take take home with them specifically straight to the bedroom. On the company's website www. durexcondomtester. ca/ officials are calling for a few good men. "Durex(R) wants condom users to not only have safe sex, but to also have fun," says Stephen Mare, Brand Manager, Durex Consumer Products. "What better way to make sure that our condoms are meeting the needs of Canadians than to ask Canadians first-hand? We know Canucks are up for it!"

Have you ever imagined the phone would ring - and it does? A number of BlackBerry and cell phone owners are reporting something similar - they imagine their device is vibrating as if there's a call, but there's no phone. In interviews, the AP talked with a number of owners of the popular mobile e-mail gadget about phantom technology. In once case, a public relations manager felt his BlackBerry vibrating against his leg, automatically reached for it, and found no device.

In an attempt to give their baby boy a unique name, an unidentified Chinese couple is planning to name him "@", the symbol used in email addresses. The couple insists that when translated in Manadarin the commonly used Internet 'at' symbol sounds like 'love him. '

The obesity epidemic has spread to once slim and trim Japanese men who are using cutting edge technology to battle the bulge. Japanese men have turned to cell phone cameras to help them lose weight by keeping track of how many calories they eat. The scheme is simple. Instead of using a paper and pencil to record what they eat in a day, then look up the calories of that food and add them all up the men just pull out their cell phones and snap a photo of what they are about to stuff in their mouths.

In July 2006, the U. S. Postal Service first proposed the Forever Stamp and the details of the stamp are exactly what its name portrays-forever. That means that no matter when the Stamp is used for first ounce, First Class mail, it will be valid and not ever require additional postage when the rate increases. The purpose of the Forever stamp is to make the transition to higher-rate stamps a little easier for the consumer. The Postal Service's first class rate increase to 42 cents and the proposed Forever Stamp should be ruled on by the independent Postal Regulatory Commission on Monday. If approved, the board of governors of the Postal Service will take the matter back up and schedule its rate increases.