There have been several Pirate Party election candidates to date, but Jeff Coleman is notable for two reasons. The Canadian appears to be the first to stand for a national election outside of Europe: he’s contesting the Winnipeg North seat in a by-election next Tuesday.* (A by-election, like a special election in the United States, […]
When the iPad went on sale, a few people complained about the idea of paying several hundred dollars and then having to stump up some extra cash for a case. They should count themselves lucky. An Italian man has just paid more than $200,000 for an Apple computer without a case. And this time we’re […]
The United States Department of Defense has put money into airborne snake research. But sadly it doesn’t involve hiring Samuel L. Jackson to help train the Air Force against unexpected passengers. Instead the funding, which comes from the DoDs Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (which is known for backing some pretty unusual research), went to […]
News Corporation, Rupert Murdoch’s international media giant, is reportedly working on an iPad-only newspaper that won’t exist in printed form. Murdoch’s main involvement in online technology to date has been putting some of his leading titles behind a subscription-only “paywall”, making the newspapers available to paying users only. So far that project has attracted customers […]
A Congressional report claims a state-run communications firm in China “hijacked” internet traffic for 18 minutes in April. China Telecom has denied the charge. The claims come in the annual report of the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, which appears to be based on the policy that “If you can’t beat them, join them… […]
Yet another study has been produced showing that video gaming has potential medical benefits. The new research, carried out at the University of Rochester, looked into gaming’s effect on the processing of visual information. In particular, it examined the ability to pick up on a specific image within all the visual detail that falls into […]
HP’s Slate tablet, one of the first high-profile rivals to the iPad, has sold out due to “extraordinary demand.” That sounds like a stunning success until you discover the company has only made 5,000 of the device. According to Engadget, the extraordinary demand actually took the form of a total of 9,000 orders. HP is […]
Did you hear the one about the computer virus that was part of an Opus Dei plot? It’s no joke for a New York couple who appear to have been scammed out of $6 million after falling for the ultimate tall tale, which all began in 2004 when they took a computer to a repair […]
Yes, you read that right. Transformers are in our future– at least our proposed future. Looks like Carnegie Mellon University have secured a whopping grant to the tune of $1 Million to further develop the flying Lockheed Martin Transformer vehicle concept for DARPA, by adding autonomous capabilities. The point of this military vehicle isn’t just […]
Laptop cooling pads may do little to help prevent raised testicular temperature — a potential cause of fertility problems — according to a new study. Instead the best policy may be for men to keep their legs apart. The study, published in the Fertility and Sterility magazine, looked into ways of mitigating the effects of […]