“Inti talaq”, which means “You are divorced”. Yes, according to Islamic rules, is that simple for a man to divorce his wife. Forget about Western years-lasting struggles with courts, lawyers etc. Just say the magical words three times, and the marriage will end. Hmm. The problem is that these rules were created in the 6th century. What about 21st century new ways of communicating? In fact, a singular problem has arisen in the last years in countries like Egypt, Malaysia, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, Qatar: is the rule still valid if “Inti Talaq” is written in a text message on a mobile? Country by country, the results are various and different depending on the specific cases.

A matter of law quibbles? For sure. But with concrete effects on people's lives, as shown by the story of a Cairo woman, whose getting-divorced situation ended up to be paradoxical. Pissed off from his wife, not answering to the phone after a quarrel, an Egyptian army officer away from duty texted her the cruel sentence. Followed by “that will teach you not to answer my calls...” The vengeful guy.

Wanna catch the spider or the daddy-longleg walking in your kitchen but you're worried about harming your multi-legged friend? Surf the web, there's plenty of green gadgets that fit with your environmentally friendly mood. The spider catcher is a brilliant idea. But what about - instead of the “common” solar rechargers for mobile phones and other devices – the solar bag? Basically, this US$250 stilish bag recharges all the devices carried inside of it. Wanna recharge your iPod? Place it on your back and go having a walk in a sunny day! Isn't the inventor a little genius?

I’ve always been longing for a world where I can fill my glass of beer directly from my couch, using a next-next generation wi-fi connection that still has to come. In meanwhile, wi-fi devices and mobiles have always been enough for my gadget-man spirit. But I have to admit, more than one time I moved from my couch to the desk, started searching: in my wi-fi internet and speakers and headphones flat – together with bluetooth and mobiles signals all around my head – should I worry about waking up one day with a third sparkling arm, or a new red square eye on my forehead?

The results of my searching made me very, very, very sceptical: too much universities and research teams claiming there’s NO risk from wi-fi devices, NOT AT ALL. I’d rather read “yes, it harms you, but just a few, don’t worry” than “hey man, what the fuck are you worried about? Come on, are you in paranoia?!?”. Can’t avoid considering trillion of dollars in technology business a reason enough, THE reason, to drive a lot of people saying many lies.

Ten years ago the “Monica Lewinsky Gate” went off. The Republican prosecutor Kenneth Starr was trying to hang President Clinton on a wall and deprive him of his office, in such a violent way that even some fellows of his own party were baffled. Ten years later, Hillary is trying to get in the same oval room where Bill and Monica were painting the town red. And she is not alone: Obama, Mc Cain, Huckabee, Giuliani, the fight is hard. Ten years after the Sex Gate, what will be the next Gate about?

The US National Counterterrorism Center has PROUDLY issued the new 2008 Counterterrorism Calendar. And, as they declare on their site, they are “pleased” of this interactive version (you can find it here but it weights 24,5 MB, watch out! You can get the basics here) that “contains many features across the full range of terrorism-related issues: terrorist groups, wanted terrorists, and technical pages on various threat-related issues”. Haven’t they learnt any lesson from the cheesy ‘Iraq War Enemies Cards Deck?’ Hmm. Any conflict is still a cow-boy-attitude game for US establishment. Thank God – together with the reward list of the world enemies of democracy, from Bin Laden (worth US$27 million) to the new comers of the $1-million-on-their-head club – the Calendar also takes its time to explain how this evil and enemies-inhabited world REALLY works. My favourite? “MYTH: US foreign policy is the primary cause of radicalization. REALITY: Radicalization frequently is driven by personal concerns at the local level in addition to frustration with international events”. Or with FOOLISH calendars, I suppose.