Toys R Us to Introduce Mobile Tablets to Children
Tabeo geared toward kids as young as 5
Science & Technology
Study: Overweight Teens Actually Consume Fewer Calories
Physical activity may be more important than diet during teen years
Harry Reid Pushes for Power Agreement for Solar Company His Son Represents
Chinese company lured to Nevada; now Reid wants to make sure the state signs agreement
Southern California Stinks
Literally. Some nasty smell has descended on 10,000 square miles of land
Mass. Governor Sees "Lack of Oversight" at Closed State Crime Lab
"There are going to be consequences. There are going to consequences on the civil side, on the criminal side."
Australia Plans Social Media Restrictions
It's all to save us from trolls and harassment, of course
Al-Jazeera Texting Hijacked by Pro-Syrian Government Hackers
When your authoritarian regime is falling, nothing shores it up like bogus tweets
GoDaddy Sites Crashed by Hacker
A self-proclaimed member of Anonymous takes credit for it as an individual exploit
Microsoft Gives In to EU Antitrust Demands
European regulators want assurances on browser choice
Pirate Party Founder Wants Possession of Child Porn Legalized
Says current laws help predators
Wife of Former German President Suing Google Over Autofill Feature
Doesn't like being linked to prostitution and red light districts
Cambodia Deports Pirate Bay Co-Founder
Gottfrid Svartholm Warg is wanted in Sweden for copyright violations
Third Camper Killed by Hantavirus in Yosemite
Up to 10,000 could have been exposed
Obama Administration Preparing to Use Executive Order to Enact Cybersecurity Legislation
Move to bypass Congress
BP to Sell Some Deep Water Assets in Gulf of Mexico
The expected $5.5 billion sale comes as BP tries to cover the cost of the 2010 spill
New Theory: Mars Was Too Hot For Life
Those signs of flowing water in the past? Might've actually been lava
California Parents of Children in Private Schools More Likely to Forego Vaccines
AP finds private school parents are twice as likely to opt-out than parents of public school children as the legislature considers a law to make it more difficult
The Cloud Over Football
Because modern players are bigger and faster, they may be inflicting even worse brain damage on each other.
Obama "Befuddled" by iPhone
Had trouble using it to call campaign volunteers from a phone bank
Panic near Mexico City over False Tweets Reporting Violence
Rumors of a violent caravan traveling the city spread through social networks
Is Organic Food a Waste of Money?
A new study challenges the conventional wisdom on organic food.
Popular Web Server To Ignore IE's Privacy Setting
Because Microsoft sets Do Not Track as the default, Apache turns its nose up
To Frustrate Snoops, Wikipedia Asked To Encrypt Immediately
Don't wait, says the Electronic Frontier Foundation
Pirate Bay Founder Busted for Hacking
Turns out, they think he broke into Swedish tax records
U. of Texas Drops Investigation into Gay Parenting Study
No sign the writer of heavily criticized report on the happiness of children of gay families engaged in misconduct
FCC Begins Auction of Broadcast Spectrum for Wireless Networks
It will be years before consumers see the impact
Arizona Hacker Sentenced to 30 Months
Was selling access to infected computers to add malware
Apple Considers Pandora-Like Streaming Service
What sort of patent lawsuits will that lead to?
Wikipedia Plans Encryption To Thwart Government Monitoring
"That kind of response for us to do is not difficult," says Jimmy Wales
ISPs Slam UK Plan To Track Internet Use
Somebody seems to think "1984" was a how-to book
E-Book Settlement Approved by Court
That puts Apple in the Justice Department's crosshairs in the ongoing saga over "price-fixing"
FBI Hacking Scandal Lingers
Sure, the FBI denies being hacked, but the data is legit and came from somewhere
