Science & Technology
BitTorrent Traffic up 40 Percent
Online piracy battles going about as well as drug war
LA Council Approves ID Cards for Illegal Immigrants
Will help them open bank accounts, use libraries, and will have debit card features
Woolly Mammoth Skeleton Found Outside Paris
Only three have been found in France in the last 150 years
Scientists Find Planet in Habitable Zone of Nearby Star
Sixth rock from their sun
Microsoft Wants to Use Cameras to Spy on Customers
Filed a patent that would use cameras to detect whether user paid for content being viewed, be it on a TV or a smartphone
Popular Ubuntu Operating System Eases Full-Disk Encryption
You need not be a nerd to put your data beyond the reach of snoops
Bradley Manning May Accept Responsibility For Sending Information to Wikileaks
Part of potential plea deal
Pre-Emptive Strike Shuts Down Kim Dotcom's New Domain
Nation of Gabon doesn't want to be associated with him
Science Wins in California - Proposition 37 Fails
The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting this morning that Proposition 37 that - on specious "right-to-know" grounds - would have required labeling foods containing ingredients from biotech enhanced crops has failed.
Forecast of Up to 12 Inches of Snow for Storm-Battered NY Area
Not "massive," says an expert, but "not what we want"
Star Formation Down 97 Percent in Universe
Half of stars in the universe formed between 9 and 11 billion years ago
Supreme Court Takes on Drug-Sniffing Dogs
A cop with an accommodating canine can search whatever he wants.
Food Labeling Bill Failing in California
Proposition would mandate special labeling on foods that contained certain genetically modified ingredients
Lawmakers Issue Subpoenas in Connection with Meningitis Outbreak
Director of pharmacy targeted
19 Subsidized Green Energy Firms Have Gone Under
Combined, they've received $2.6 billion in government assistance
PayPal Emerged Unhacked, Despite Early Claims
Anonymous actually hit ZPanel, instead
Congressional Report Tags China as Cyberspace Threat
More in volume of attacks than in finesse
Researchers to Study Storm from Ocean Data
An underwater glider collected information before, during and after the storm
Is DARE Really Dropping Marijuana From Its Curriculum?
According to a local news station in Washington state, DARE America, the anti-drug group that uses school resource officers to teach elementary and middle school children about the dangers of drugs, is dropping marijuana from its curriculum.
Libertarian Legal Theorist Randy Barnett on "The Mistake That is The Libertarian Party"
Libertarian intellectual and Georgetown professor of law Randy Barnett - one of the architects of the legal challenges to Obamacare - writes in today's Wall Street Journal that if you care about liberty, you should vote for the Republicans.
Future Storms Like Superstorm Sandy Could Bankrupt States
Some state governments are so far into the insurance business that they could be bankrupted by storm claims
Feds Upset That Telecoms Resist Surveillance Efforts
You have to wonder if John Galt his own self has taken the helm at the Telecommunications Industry Association.
New Technologies Will Make it Easier for the Next President to Kill You
Good luck avoiding these
Natural Gas Industry Cozies Up to Washington
Investor dollars, not government subsidies, should guide the energy industry.
In Sandy's Aftermath, New Yorkers Innovate To Make a Buck
Keep the regulators out of the way and human spirit triumphs
Thiel Fellow Creates Building Blocks of Civilization
Explores what it would take to create a community from scratch
