A device attached to surf boards to repel sharks and protect surfers from getting attacked by the sea predator failed during an actual test off South Africa on Friday when a great white shark ate it. The failure of the Shark Shield's emitted electric field to deter sharks from approaching the board caused the sale of the device manufactured by Australian firm Shark Shield Pty. Ltd. to be suspended.

An artificial beach complete with palm trees, boardwalks and rentable fire-pits and barbecues along with the world's first outdoor artificial surfing machine will soon be rising on the Thames as Tower Hamlets sets to lure surfers. Beginning 2011, instead of driving to Devon and Cornwall, surfers will be treated to six-foot swells to a disused dock in east London.

The American NGO, which distributed free laptops to the Nigerian school children under One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) surely did not expect that their donation would be used for the surfing of pornographic sites. State run media in Nigeria reports that the children in various schools, who have such laptops and Internet, are using these free laptops to browse porn sites over the Internet.

Australian's may be practically naked during summer but that doesn't mean the countryman's sex lives are hot, hot, hot. According to a worldwide survey conducted by condom makers Durex, Australian's aren't having as much sex as their neighbors and rivals New Zealand, but are having more bedtime lovin' than the Japanese.