Socks are not the most usual Christmas present. If one does not know the intention behind the gift this could even get an embarrassing character. It could be the intention that a person wanted to give a hint that the holes in one's socks are not as stylish as one thought of oneself. In this case one single pair of socks would not be of much use. The problem would still consist in the fact that there remain five other pair of socks in the shelf that are not to wear. That's why there is a solution as Christmas present that is of much use: One does not just buy socks and give them as a gift on a single day. Blacksocks' service is not just for a single pair of socks but also for many different socks.
Socks up to Your Knees
The great service offered by Blacksocks is a nice tool for people who do not like to think about their daily socks. One does not always have to remind oneself of buying new socks because the old ones are worn too many times and are getting holes. The service of Blacksocks is impressive: One can choose from a palette of different socks (e.g. knee socks) and gets them delivered home to different times. One does not get all the socks at a single time but in some reasonable intervals. Every time a new box of socks arrives one can be sure that the recipient thinks about the great Christmas Eve.
Internet Sock Shop
And most of all he will surely think also about his old socks: He will probably also think about the option of throwing away some older socks. In this case he won't find himself in the painful situation of people asking him about his holes in his socks. As we are talking about the cliché of men disliking to care about their socks one should also note that there are not only men's socks available in the Blacksocks sock shop. Of course there are some men who like to care about their socks. But even those people will be thrilled of by Blacksocks' offerings: the quality of the socks is really great.
The socks are manufactured in Northern Italy in a family based company. There knowledge of manufacturing socks is appreciated in the sphere of high-quality socks. They take great materials and have optimised them to be optimally wearable. They can provide high comfort on feet but and have a high lifespan.
Black Sox and Underwear
The new concept of buying socks in form of a subscription is not only very innovative, it is also highly appreciated by customers: They like the idea of not having to think about the condition of the socks for a while. This new concept of changing articles of everyday life into an innovative service makes life much easier. That's just why Blacksocks did not want to stop with black sox. As they have changed markets of socks dramatically with their new concept, they are starting now with selling men underwear. They wanted to make life easier also in the sense of underwear.
Boxers and Sporty Models
One can choose, of course, from several models of underpants. Most young men will probably choose the comfortable boxers that are also available in high quality only. For those who like the more sporty variation of underpants would probably choose the slip. They are available for subscription via Internet.
2009/05/26
Iran blocks access to Facebook
Ahead of the presidential election next month Iran has
blocked the access to the popular social network Facebook.
The site was banned because supporters of Mir Hossein
Mousavi were using Facebook to better disseminate the
candidate’s position. Facebook expressed disappointment
about the blocked site. So far there has been no
comment from the Theran authorities.
2009/05/13
YouTube assists at a birth
The engineer Marc Stephens watched an instructional
video on YouTube to help deliver his wife’s baby son.
Before the ambulance could arrive at their home, Marc’s
wife Jo started to feel some discomfort. Marc then
googled how to deliver a baby and started giving
birth with the help of the video instruction.
2009/04/22
YouTube new with Movies and TV Shows
Google has signed deals with various film companies such
as Sony, MGM and Lionsgate to showcase thousands of
movies and TV shows on the most popular video-sharing
website YouTube. The offer will be financed by advertising
and is planned to be available outside the USA in the near future.
2009/04/07
The search engine Wikia Search has been ditched
In January 2008 Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales
launched another search engine called Wikia Search.
With personal ratings the users could influence the
search results. Due to the difficult economic situation
and the unsatisfactory number of users the open-source
search engine has now been stopped again.
2009/03/09
Facebook makes Twitter competition
The currently largest social network platform
Facebook is responding to the increasing popularity
of the micro-blogging service Twitter by forcing the
dissemination of texts, photos and videos in real time.
The goal is a faster information flow for companies
and larger organizations on Facebook, which is one
of the main arguments of Twitter.
2009/02/20
Web 2.0 without any boundaries
Social networking and micro blogging are present in
almost all areas of life and work. Even surgeons are
now twittering information about their surgeries by
using the social networking site Twitter. According
to a report from CNN the chief resident from the
Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit (USA) was using his
laptop to inform about the removal of a cancerous
from a man’s kidney in real time.
2009/02/05
YouTube is negotiating with Sony and Panasonic
The popular video-sharing website YouTube is planning
to present its contents also on television. According to the
head of the company, Chad Hurley, YouTube is currently in
negotiations with the leading equipment manufacturers Sony
and Panasonic. With the new project the users should get the
opportunity to watch the videos on their computer, the
mobile phone as well as on television.
2009/01/15
The beta version of Windows 7 has
been released
Since 9 January members of the public got the
chance to download the successor to Windows for themselves.
The newest version of the Windows operating system will make
it easier for customers to do more with the different Microsoft
gadgets and services they use. Some of the Windows 7's features
help it work with other devices.
2008/12/22
Yahoo limits retention of search data
2008/12/10
The Computer Mouse celebrates its
40th anniversary
The primary input device for computers,
next to the keyboard, hits the 40-year milestone.
The father of the mouse is Douglas C. Engelbart,
who researched together with William English
experimental devices pointer at the Stanford Research
Institute. The first mouse was presented to the public
in December 1968 on the American Federation
of Information Processing Societies.

2008/11/04
Online network for solar research
The Harvard University and IBM started a
joint project to discover new solar and energy
storage materials. The Clean Energy Project
uses for this purpose distributed computing to
number-crunch molecular equations and a grid
server assigning tasks. The project is part of
IBM's World Community Grid, which assists
research projects that benefit humanity.

2008/07/03
Flash Indexing
Adobe has given Google and Yahoo the possibility
to index their proprietary flash format. Google has
already started with integrating the new technical
solution in their index. This could boost the importance
of flash content because it gets more accessible with
search engines.

2008/06/05
Tobacco Exports From Switzerland
Almost nobody knows that Swiss farmers are exporting
tobacco. The temperatures in Switzerland are high
enough to grow tobacco plants in Switzerland.
The biggest part of this tobacco is worked into cigarettes,
and as the Swiss are smoking less and less, the tobacco
can be exported more and more.

2008/05/20
Support for Swiss Filmers
Most movies that are produced in Switzerland have a
big problem: the cannot be shown in cinemas. They are
not technically compatible to the equipment of cinemas.
The Federal Office for Culture has started a new pilot
project: Filmers who want to bring their movies into
cinema can get support from the Confederation if
the film is convenient to the criteria.

2008/04/28
Security at Euro 2008
Security is one of the main phrases that can be heard in
combination with Euro 2008. Switzerland and Austria
have incubated security plans for every situation that
could take place at Euro 2008. It is important that sport
fans can find together without any severe dangers be it
hooligans or other security dangers. The championship
should become a party for everyone, who wants to take
part in.

2008/04/23
Panini Stickers Fever
The fever of Panini stickers has started again! For the
European Championship, Panini produces the officially
licensed stickers collection. These stickers can be stuck
into an album that holds the whole collection. This year
it is even possible to produce one’s own sticker from
a
picture. Many children from Switzerland are collecting
Panini stickers — an understandable fact, as Switzerland
is the place, where the championship takes place.
2008/04/02
Adolf Wölfli Exhibition in Bern
These days an exhibition has its doors open:
the Adolf Wölfli exhibition in the Museum of Fine Arts in
Bern.
The exhibition shows some parts of his monumental works
that include 25,000 pages of illustrated narratives.
The artist became as productive when he was in the
psychiatric hospital of Waldau.
2008/04/02
UBS: No re-election of Marcel Ospel
Marcel Ospel announced that he is not willing to be re-elected
into the Board of Directors of UBS, the United Banks of
Switzerland. This after a long and difficult period in the history
of the Swiss Bank. The prospects for the first quarter of the
year will be a loss of 12 billions in Swiss Francs.The Board
of Directors proposes to elect Peter Kurer for the job of
Marcel Ospel. The events on finance markets since the
summer
of 2007 have led the bank to big problems.
2008/02/01
More and More Students at Swiss Universities
The new statistics show the trend: at Swiss universities,
more and more students are enrolled.
These statistics also
show a big loss in primary schools: The years with many
born children are out of school now. The times, when in
Switzerland had to be more and more new schools could
be over by now.
2008/01/07
Climate Conference in Bali
The talks in Bali for another time just stay talks.
Even if there is big interests in reducing climate change,
the big – and therefore – important nations, such as China
or the United States don’t participate in the programs
of reducing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
In Greenland, ice keeps melting and politicians need to talk
one more time to find a solution.