Monthly Archives: January 2010

Future comic book heroes may be referred to as Men of Spongy Steel if one researcher’s experimental metal makes it out of the lab and into real-world applications. There’s no fancy name attached to this stuff yet, so we’ll just … Continue reading →

This could very well be the world’s first Swiss Army Knife. Bearing a striking resemblance to modern multi-tools, it has at least six distinct functions and originates from the Roman Empire circa 200 A.D. More

The Central Intelligence Agency, PayPal, and hundreds of other organizations are under an unexplained assault that’s bombarding their websites with millions of compute-intensive requests. The “massive” flood of requests is made over the websites’ SSL, or secure-sockets layer, port, causing … Continue reading →

While there are some robots like ASIMO still keeping it real with their classic robot looks, it seems that humanoid bots these days are increasingly falling into one of two categories: creepy and more creepy. Making no attempt to alter … Continue reading →

Small-scale farmers who lease land from the Brazilian government are very much responsible for deforestation in the Brazilian state of Rondonia in the Amazon area. In most areas with agrarian projects, more than fifty percent of the land has been … Continue reading →

Books published by Macmillan mysteriously poofed from Amazon yesterday. The reason, according to the NYT, is that Amazon is punishing the publisher for arguing that the price of Kindle books should go up to $15. This won’t end well. More

Competing tablet makers are reevaluating their pricing strategy in the wake of Apple’s iPad announcement, according to a rumor in the Digitimes. The article cites the usual unnamed sources in claiming that companies like ASUS and MSI had expected Apple’s … Continue reading →

British and Italian experts Friday revealed the chance discovery of the source of a 1,900-year-old Roman aqueduct complete with nymphaeum near the Italian capital. “The existence of the aqueduct was known, but we thought it was from the medieval era,” … Continue reading →

Despite the apparent bias of many climate researchers, they do have one thing right; carbon levels have risen notably over the twentieth century from about 300 ppm to 375 ppm. While still far from the estimated levels of around 3,000 … Continue reading →

If robots are allowed to evolve through natural selection, they will develop adaptive abilities to hunt prey, cooperate, and even help one another, according to Swiss researchers. In a series of experiments described in the journal PLoS Biology, Dario Floreano … Continue reading →

A new study suggests that laws banning talking on or sending text messages with cell phones while driving may not significantly decrease the risk of traffic accidents. Instead, experts suggest dealing with the problem of distracted drivers in general. The … Continue reading →

17-year-old Ashley Sullivan had been driving with her boyfriend in Tonawanda when she crashed into a brick pillar at 56 mph in a golf course. Her boyfriend did not survive the accident, and in November of 2009, Sullivan pleaded guilty … Continue reading →

Well it looks like the second most exciting thing to happen this week in the world of technology is that Padma Lakshmi has revealed that Adam Dell – Michael Dell’s younger brother, is the father of her baby. More

Much like Peyton Manning does, retailing giant Walmart has waited for the competition to show its strategy before reacting with its own plan for Super Bowl Sunday. Its special pricing on HDTVs for the big game won’t be available until … Continue reading →

From The Inquirer: INSECURITY OUTFIT McAfee has named the US as the most likely source of cyber attacks, beating out the widely perceived favourites China and Russia. McAfee conducted a study that questioned 600 IT and security executives from various … Continue reading →