HP Sued by Investor
Claims company executives misled on bad acquisitions that lost billions
Science & Technology
Four Convicted in $154 Million Medical Insurance Scam
Recruited healthy people to undergo unnecessary surgeries
Facebook Shares Jump 8 Percent
A former critic of the stock's performance is now more optimistic
Court Blocks Suspension of Student over Tracking Chip Refusal
Didn't want to wear tag informing school of her whereabouts
Why Cities Like Cleveland Die: They Refuse to Emulate Success While Persisting in Failure
Earlier this month, Cleveland's West Side Market celebrated its 100th anniversary with a fundraising party designed to raise dollars to help maintain the facility.
New Research Institute Focuses on Marijuana Issues
I call dibs on the vending machine contract
HP Denies Forbidden Sales to Syria, Iran
Yes, they need government permission to sell overseas. Sad.
Despite Court Decision, Feds Plant GPS Devices Without Warrants
They argue that monitoring them is different than installing them
New York State Police Seek Friends on Facebook
Of course, liking them gives the cops access to your page
Forensic Science Falls Far Short of Its Public Image
Abilities and procedures don't live up to the hype
On the Run, John McAfee Adds Tweeting to Social Media Portfolio
The slow-speed chase will be retweeted?
Cyber-Monday Crackdown Targets Sites Peddling Counterfeit Goods
Some of those deals really are too good to believe
U.S. "Terrorism" Law Criminalizes Some Online Speech
Simply providing an account to some people and groups can land social-media companies in hot water
You Can't Copyright Your Facebook Posts
Seems like that should've been a non-brainer
Google Not Buying Wi-Fi Hotspot Provider ICOA
The news went out this morning and ICOA's CEO has said it's been reported to authorities.
U.S., Russia Announce Astronaut Team Headed for One-Year Stay at Space Station
A NASA space commander and Russian cosmonaut will head there in 2013
Samsung Denies Suppliers in China Use Child Labor
Introducing more stringent labor rules anyway
SpaceX Founder Envisions Mars Colony
Estimated population 80,000, says Elon Musk
Human Brain, Internet and Universe Similar in Structure
"It's a great big universe and we're all really puny"
The Five-Step Regulatory Guide to Converting a World-Class Beach Town into a Pile of Shit
Step 1: Be a lovely California seaside town with gorgeous bluffs and rocks that everybody (this author included) loves walking and sitting on.
FBI Looking At Social Media For Tips on Insider Trading Investigations
Part of "Operation Perfect Hedge"
Is Alcohol the New Soda?
New government research appears likely to help activists impose more restrictions on alcohol.
3 Reasons to Kill the Dept. of Homeland Security
It's unnecessary, ineffective, and expensive. And that's just for starters.
Blue Science and Red Science
Examining the Democratic and Republican platforms on stem cells, space, and more
U.S. Denies Cyberattack on Then-French President Sarkozy
Americans may have been prepping for France's change of administration
Leahy Drops Surveillance Proposal
The senator took heavy fire from civil liberties groups
Governments Remain Greatest Threat to Internet Freedom
Control-freakery with laws and guns
Louisiana Coal Plant to Pay $14 Million in Pollution Suit
Largest Clean Air Act settlement in state's history
California Raises $233 Million to Not Cut Pollution
Cap and trade auction serves goal of giving state more money, not any environmental purpose
Woman Put on Leave for Posting Photo Some Find Offensive
One does not simply offend the military state
Megaupload Helped US Prosecute Smaller Uploading Service
Company was piggybacking off Megaupload's file-sharing infrastructure
FDA Took Nearly Two Years to Warn Meningitis-Related Pharmacy about Problems
And yet the FDA is trying to use the outbreak to increase its regulatory power
Google Attacks UN Conference on the Internet
Fears of governmental censorship of online speech
Another Government Agency Ditches Blackberry
National Safety Transportation Board looks at iPhones
Engineers Design Space Junk Killer
Would attach to satellites and burn them when they're obsolete
Planck Telescope Observes Ten Million Light Year Long Gas Bridge
Natural phenomenon, as far as scientists know
Doctors Back Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill Sales
Regulations, protectionism in the way
