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.
Science & Technology
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
Average Presidential Vote Costs Major Candidates $22 in Online Spending
You can send me a check, directly
Megaupload Founder offers Free Internet to All of New Zealand
Offers to fund program that has been suspended due to lack of money
Boeing 787 Has Inaugural Flight
People who get excited by these sorts of things get excited
Previously Unseen Whale Species Washes up on New Zealand Beach
So rare scientists weren't really sure it actually existed
Iran Slows Down Pursuit of Nuclear Materials
Appears to be reducing stockpile for use as nuclear energy
Teens With Lesbian Parents Do Better at School, Claims Study
Another argument for gay marriage
Anonymous Claims to Have Hacked Tens of Thousands of PayPal Passwords
One way to celebrate Guy Fawkes day
Nine People Told to Pay Rape Victim
Admitted to naming the woman raped by soccer player on social media
Twitter Policy Identifies Copyright Take Downs
Twitter previously just deleted tweets that were reported for copyright violations, now it explains that
Apple Sells 3 Million iPads Over Weekend
Won't say how many were iPad Minis and how many were iPad 4s
Microsoft CEO: Windows Phone Will Be Powerful Third Player in Market
Microsoft trying to build share in a market dominated by Apple and Android
Magnitude 2.0 Earthquake Hits NJ/NY Border
At 1:30am, no damage but tremor reported over seven zip codes
The Sorry State of Food-Related Public-Health Research and Journalism
Bad research. Bad reporting on bad research. What's the deal with food-related public-health research and reporting?
Facebook Steps Up Efforts to Teach Privacy Tools
Helping people understand how to not show pictures of their drunken revelries to their bosses
Ambassador Warns of Web Censorship Efforts by China, Iran
Beware non-democratic nations bearing treaties
Judge Rules NASA Employee's Firing Not Due to Intelligent Design Advocacy
He certainly picked an unusual place to promote it
Power Returning to Parts of Manhattan
No word yet on when that weird smell in that one alley will be restored
Google Loses Appeal Over French Tax Raid
The strapped government wants to squeeze the successful company for more than a billion dollars
Judge: Feds Should Be More Open About Internet Surveillance
Just what do the feds plan to force companies to do for them?
Judge Hits Feds for Holding Back Internet Surveillance Information
It's slow progress, but a federal judge agrees with the Electronic Frontier Foundation that federal agencies, including the FBI, are dragging their feet on releasing documents that would reveal the extent to which private companies will be forced to tailor their technology to make it easier for the government to spy on the Internet.
Space Shuttle Atlantis Final Trip Not as Glitzy as Endeavor's
Down industrial roads largely closed off to the public
Hating Breitbart's Powerful Post-Partisan Message
The New Media is the Massage. And Reality Will Never Be the Same Again, Thank God.
Escape the Holiday Crowds by Flying Through the Bullshit Gary/Chicago International Airport!
Via Jack Shafer comes news of a federally funded boondoggle that makes the three-flights-a-day John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County Airport look like a busy transportation hub.
