By Kay Steiger Thursday, October 25, 2012 16:15 EDT Topics: rate of inflation ♦ the College Board ♦ tuition increase A new report released Wednesday by the College Board finds that four-year college degrees have increased by an average 4.8… Read More ›
Analysts: China Adapting New Fighter for Carrier Operations
Oct. 22, 2012 – 12:15PM | By WENDELL MINNICK | TAIPEI — Just one month after China’s first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, was commissioned, photographs are appearing on the Internet of the Shenyang J-15 Flying Shark fighter jet operating… Read More ›
Twitter and Facebook ‘harming children’s development’
A generation of children risks growing up with obsessive personalities, poor self-control, short attention spans and little empathy because of an addiction to social networking websites such as Twitter, a leading neuroscientist has warned. Children’s brains are failing to develop… Read More ›
Four men, all in their 20s, will face ‘urgent trial’ over allegations they insulted King Hamad on personal Twitter accounts
Bahrain charges four men with insulting king Reuters in Dubi guardian.co.uk, Thursday 18 October 2012 07.45 EDT An anti-government protester steps on a torn poster of King Hamad during protests in Manama in March 2011. Photograph: James Lawler Duggan/AFP/Getty Images Bahraini… Read More ›
France anti-racism groups target Twitter for anti-Semitic content
12:13 PM 10/17/2012 Twitter may be under legal fire for a series of recent tweets which are deemed anti-Semitic by Jewish organizations in France. A top trending French-language hashtag recently has been #unbonjuif, which in English means “a good Jew.”… Read More ›
The Military Is Building Integrated Hybrid Living-Nonliving Robotic Organisms
Geoffrey Ingersoll|Oct. 16, 2012, 12:41 PM|1,624|7 In a request released Sept. 14 of this year, the Office Of Naval Research sought to find proposals for “Synthetic Biology Tools for Sensing and Bioprocessing” — essentially hybrid, organic inorganic “sensing” robots. But… Read More ›
Study: Moon water may come indirectly from the sun
By Agence France-Presse Sunday, October 14, 2012 16:39 EDT Topics: Moon water ♦ solar system ♦ water molecules Scientists on Sunday said they had found water molecules in samples of lunar soil, and their unusual signature points to the Sun… Read More ›
The beautiful ARE the damned: Attractive women more likely to be seen as guilty of murdering their husbands, study shows
Findings contradict generally held opinion that attractive people are treated more leniently by the legal system Spanish researchers also find that women who fit ‘prototype of a battered woman’ more likely to have self defence story accepted By Damien Gayle… Read More ›
Anonymous vows revenge after WikiLeaks launches ‘filthy’ paywall
By Stephen C. Webster Friday, October 12, 2012 10:13 EDT Topics: Anonymous ♦ julian assange ♦ Wikileaks Nameless hackers with the online protest movement “Anonymous” have turned on longtime ally WikiLeaks for deploying a paywall on its website that blocks… Read More ›
Brazilian city council candidate passes out cocaine in exchange for votes
Posted By Annie Z. Yu On 1:54 AM 10/10/2012 @ 1:54 AM A woman running for a city council position in Brazil, the world’s second-largest consumer of cocaine, was arrested on Sunday — election day — after allegedly handing out… Read More ›
Facebook and Twitter more tempting than sex: study
Technology Oct. 07, 2012 – 06:40AM JST( 7 ) SAN FRANCISCO — A study arousing interest online has found that checking Facebook or Twitter is more alluring than sex for those immersed in Internet Age lifestyles. The week-long poll conducted in… Read More ›
Google admits Middle Eastern governments could be spying on its users as it warns of ‘state-sponsored’ hacking attacks
By Hugo Gye PUBLISHED:16:41 EST, 3 October 2012| UPDATED:16:41 EST, 3 October 2012 Google has launched a new effort to warn its users that they could be the victims of cyberattacks from hostile governments. Account-holders working in international relations, development… Read More ›
Mind-controlled Tail Wags Based on Your Mood
Sep 30, 2012 by Michelle Do friends never know how you’re feeling based on facial cues? Ever find yourself enviously eyeing your dog and its expressive posterior appendage? Oh tailless one, you are in luck! From the makers of Necomimi… Read More ›
Facebook denies privacy bug that makes private messages public
Internet awash with rumours of massive privacy bug Facebook claims messages are simply older, public messages users had forgotten about PUBLISHED:13:33 EST, 24 September 2012| UPDATED:13:48 EST, 24 September 2012 Facebook has denied a bug on its site… Read More ›
China rounds up and puts its beggars in CAGES … so they couldn’t spoil the fun at town fair
Temple fair in Nanchang, Jiangxi place beggars in ‘zoo-like’ cages Ceiling of cages so low the ‘inmates’ are forced to sit If the beggars chose to leave they are banished from the city By Sara Malm PUBLISHED:08:05 EST, 19 September… Read More ›
Twitter surrenders Occupy protester’s tweets
By Joseph Ax NEW YORK | Fri Sep 14, 2012 10:41am EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) – Twitter handed over tweets from an Occupy Wall Street protester to a New York criminal judge on Friday after months of fighting a subpoena… Read More ›
‘Anonymous’ retaliates after member arrested by FBI
By Agence France-Presse Thursday, September 13, 2012 23:44 EDT WASHINGTON — The hacker group known as Anonymous on Thursday posted credit card numbers in retaliation for what it claimed was an FBI raid arresting one of its members. The group… Read More ›
California telecom companies push bill to quash oversight on Internet regulation
By American Independent Monday, September 10, 2012 15:00 EDT Topics: CPUC ♦ Verizon By Siddhartha Mahanta California could be the latest state to enact a law that dramatically curbs regulatory oversight of telecommunications services in the state, handing a significant… Read More ›
GoDaddy goes dark: ‘Anonymous’ claims hack on millions of websites
By Stephen C. Webster Monday, September 10, 2012 16:06 EDT Topics: GoDaddy ♦ GoDaddy email ♦ Internet regulations An unknown person claiming affiliation with the amorphous protest movement “Anonymous” took responsibility on Monday for hacking website host GoDaddy.com, the Internet’s… Read More ›
Harvard Students in Cheating Scandal Say Collaboration Was Accepted: A Lesson in Entitled Behavior
By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA published: August 31, 2012 Harvard students suspected in a major cheating scandal said on Friday that many of the accusations are based on innocent — or at least tolerated — collaboration among students, and with help from… Read More ›
Delicious treat or disgusting mess? Chocolate eclair hot dog has foodies divided
Yes Engineered Evil..Some how Fascinating and yet So So Deadly ;-).. Engineering Evil PUBLISHED:14:31 EST, 31 August 2012| UPDATED:15:50 EST, 31 August 2012 Heston Blumenthal eat your heart out. Famed for his wacky culinary concoctions and taste bud fusions the… Read More ›
Site appeals against court request to hand over details of tweets relating to Occupy activist charged with disorderly conduct
By Dominic Rushe, The Guardian Monday, August 27, 2012 16:19 EDT Twitter has lodged an appeal against a New York judge’s decision that it must hand over detailed information related to an Occupy Wall Street protester charged with disorderly conduct…. Read More ›
Privacy alert over ‘scary’ site which publishes home addresses of Twitter users from around the world
Controversial site claims it is alerting users to the security risks of Twitter Privacy experts warn of increasing number of mobile phone apps that reveal your locations By Mark Prigg PUBLISHED:09:54 EST, 23 August 2012| UPDATED:12:25 EST, 23 August 2012… Read More ›
Twitter must tackle trolls say police – (Internet Censorship?)
From the Telegraph – No Reporters Name Social networking site Twitter should take action “as quickly as possible” to deal with any abuse on its website, according to a senior police officer Stuart Hyde, chief constable of Cumbria police who… Read More ›
A pinch of opportunity makes deep inequality more palatable
A pinch of opportunity makes deep inequality more palatable Just a tiny hint of opportunity has a disproportionately powerful effect – making unfairness more acceptable to disadvantaged people, new research has found. A study by Eugenio Proto, an economist from… Read More ›
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