An attack Monday against the Olympic torch relay in Paris has got the Chinese people very riled, and a boycott call is going out across the country through online forums and chatting and cell phone messaging,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 15 Apr 2008 | 2:04 pm
NoMoreCoal writes "Salon has up a story by Joe Romm, former undersecretary of energy during the Clinton administration, discussing a lesser-known alternative energy solution. It's a technology that (he claims) is ready to provide zero-carbon electric power big, fast, cheap and (most importantly) right now: solar thermal power. 'Improvements in manufacturing and design, along with the possibility of higher temperature operation, could easily bring the price down to 6 to 8 cents per kilowatt hour. CSP makes use of the most abundant and free fuel there is, sunlight, and key countries have a vast resource. Solar thermal plants covering the equivalent of a 92-by-92-mile square grid in the Southwest could generate electricity for the entire United States. Mexico has an equally enormous solar resource. China, India, southern Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and Australia also have huge resources.'" Interesting stuff, even if he does mention the Archimedes Death Ray.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Indian government will hold its next meeting with BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion next week, a government official said on Tuesday, as the two sides look for a Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 15 Apr 2008 | 1:17 pm
“What, you think you’re better than me?” We’ve all uttered this phrase at one point or another in our lifetime. Well maybe we’ve just thought about saying it, but we’re... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 15 Apr 2008 | 1:06 pm
The students at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands created a 2.5 metric ton bike bus that has 32 seats. Each rider can pedal. From S. Fridqvist. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 15 Apr 2008 | 1:00 pm
KrispyChips writes "In what could be a first Microsoft is working to create a special build of Windows, just because Windows doesn't run very well on a certain computer. ASUS' runaway success Eee PC is now 'officially' available with Windows XP, but (according to APC magazine) is not exactly a great experience. There are none of the nice pre-loaded apps that come with the Linux version, for example. And XP has some real problems coping with the screen size and limited system specs of the unit. As a result, ASUS says it is going back to Microsoft and working on a special XP build that will be lightweight and more suited to UMPCs."
After turning down a $100 million buyout offer, Federated Media Publishing has opted instead to raise $50 million in a C round led by Oak Investment Partners. As was reported two weeks ago, the rumored... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 15 Apr 2008 | 12:25 pm
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "By now, we've all heard of the 'coming exaflood' that will drown the ISPs in data and smite the wicked P2P users. Fortunately, the 'exaflood' is unlikely to be a disaster. Internet traffic growth is falling year-over-year, and there's plenty of core bandwidth — now handling about an exabyte a month in fact — but the last mile is still slow. So there's a reason that Comcast & co. are worried about losing to P2P, but the Internet itself isn't likely to suffer a meltdown any time soon. And there's plenty of data to counter anyone who says otherwise."
CBS Radio re-launched their legendary NY rock radio station WNEW recently. It's a group blog about music, it's a last.fm group (built by the combined scrobbling history of all of the group members), it's... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 15 Apr 2008 | 12:06 pm
By Luke Anderson I've seen and used a variety of different laptop cases in the past, however, this has to be the most simplistic style that I've ever seen. The LapStrap is exactly what it sounds... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 15 Apr 2008 | 12:01 pm
For those idle moments when you just want to take a short break and enjoy a bit of fun while on the go with your Treo or Centro there is no better remedy than choosing one or more of the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 15 Apr 2008 | 12:00 pm
Dave and his wife spent last weekend in Varanasi, the holy Hindu city, and discovered that it was chock-a-block with Invaders, the tile-based Space Invader graffiti/street art icons: "These were all... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 15 Apr 2008 | 12:00 pm
Dave and his wife spent last weekend in Varanasi, the holy Hindu city, and discovered that it was chock-a-block with Invaders, the tile-based Space Invader graffiti/street art icons: "These were all over Varanasi: paintings on the ghats, mosaics in the passageways. With twisting alleys, crumbling stone structures, and wandering Sadhus coming at us from every direction, Varanasi feels like it hasn’t changed in two hundred years. Which made these paintings and mosaics all the more incongruous."
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By Luke Anderson I don't know if you've ever tried to house train a dog, but it can be a difficult task. However, this strange little brick is supposed to make it about as easy as it gets. There isn't... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 15 Apr 2008 | 11:58 am
Consumers have been urged to be vigilant following a 200% jump in email scams that try to get people to disclose financial information. Industry body Apacs said the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 15 Apr 2008 | 11:45 am
Indian software company Infosys Technologies Ltd. said Tuesday its January-March net profit rose 9.2 percent from a year ago. It was the slowest growth rate ever for Infosys, which has... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 15 Apr 2008 | 11:29 am
A long-negotiated patent overhaul bill sought by technology companies and opposed by pharmaceutical makers is in deep trouble in the U.S. Senate, Democratic and Republican aides said. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 15 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MIPS Technologies, Inc., , a leading provider of industry-standard architectures, processors and analog IP for digital consumer, home networking, wireless, communications and business applications, will hold its third quarter 2008 earnings conference call on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at 1:45 p.m. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 15 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
By Neil Harvey neil.harvey@roanoke.com 981-3349 Fire crews spent several hours Friday fighting a brush fire on Poor Mountain in Roanoke County. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 15 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
By The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Apr. 15--Pierce County motorists who drive clogged and teeth-rattling streets every day don't doubt the need to invest more in road work. If only there was as much consensus on where to get the money. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 15 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
By Aaron Sadler By AARON SADLER STEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU WASHINGTON - In a move to repair a troubled housing market, the Senate last week approved an array of tax breaks and mortgage incentives. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 15 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
By Henry Brean By HENRY BREAN REVIEW-JOURNAL The story has everything, from the lights of Las Vegas to the end of the world. No wonder it's drawing so much attention from media worldwide. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 15 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
The Franklin County Humane Society will hold its first Tuxes and Tails Gala at Water's Edge Country Club at Smith Mountain Lake on Saturday, April 26. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 15 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
By Courtney Cutright courtney.cutright@roanoke.com 981-3345 Somewhere along the way, the plan for a system of navigational aids at Smith Mountain Lake strayed off course. And what transpired is years of silence, followed by a resurfacing of the debate between the U.S. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 15 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
By Andy Reid, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Apr. 15--Homes, farmland and a key link in a hiking, biking and horseback-riding trail are among the first properties that could stand in the way of work to strengthen Lake Okeechobee's 70-year-old dike. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 15 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
By Joe Marusak, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Apr. 15--Duke Energy has finished work at McGuire Nuclear Station that will allow the plant to operate when Lake Norman is at a lower level during an extreme, prolonged drought. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 15 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
By Rob Tucker, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Apr. 15--American Lake Park's popular boat launch will remain closed until late June -- or perhaps longer -- as major improvement work continues. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 15 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c88774) has announced the addition of "Technology Vendor Financials Quarterly Analysis Q3 2007" to their offering. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 15 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
INX Inc., (NASDAQ:INXI) announced today that it has been awarded a services subcontract for the US Army Corps of Engineers. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 15 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
By The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Apr. 15--For the second year in a row, Amar Gupta, Thomas R. Brown Chair in Management and Technology at The University of Arizona's Eller College of Management, is the recipient of the IBM Faculty Award. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 15 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
By Dwight Silverman, Houston Chronicle Apr. 15--In theory, when a computer maker releases a new model, it's supposed to be better than the one it replaces. In practice, that's not always the case. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 15 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
By Vicki Lee Parker, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Apr. 15--Voters who want to cast their ballots early could find long lines awaiting them when early voting sites open later this week. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 15 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
By The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va. Apr. 15--In Sunday's Viewpoints, the article "Will the election change Our Town for bad or good?" misquoted Debby Girvan's reference to the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation. Girvan noted that she "helped bring the Cal Ripken Sr. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 15 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
NEW YORK, April 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Tremor Media (http://www.tremormedia.com/), the leading online video advertising network, today announced that it has launched the beta version of Acudeo, their next generation Video Monetization Platform. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 15 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
Solace Systems, the leading supplier of high-speed, low-latency content networking systems, today launched the Solace 3260 Content Router, the next-generation platform in its 3200 Series Content Networking System product family. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 15 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In a nod to the ascendancy of video games, rock 'n' roll bad boys Motley Crue will become the first group to release a new single through Rock Band, said the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 15 Apr 2008 | 10:49 am
By Evan Ackerman Flashlights are generally considered a bludgeoning weapon, so if you're in a situation where you need to get a little bit stabby, traditional flashlights won't make it easy. The K2 Porcupine... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 15 Apr 2008 | 10:40 am
crazyeyes writes "Those crazy counterfeiters have done it again. First they made counterfeit Intel boxed processors, now they are counterfeiting DFI motherboards! Quoting: 'The detail to the packaging, documentation and the motherboard printing really makes you wonder if the people responsible for this have only limited their activities to DFI motherboards. It's quite possible that there are fake ASUS or Gigabyte motherboards in the market as well.'" Update: 04/15 12:59 GMT by Z : As noted in the comments, the articles offer no speculation as to the origins of the counterfeits. Updated to clarify that.
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia , the world's top cellphone maker, said on Tuesday it would start selling a new handset, the 6212 Classic, with integrated Near Field Communication (NFC). Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 15 Apr 2008 | 9:47 am
BOSTON, April 15 /PRNewswire/ -- eCredit, a foremost provider of U.S. business information services, unveiled its new name today -- Cortera(TM). The name Cortera reflects Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 15 Apr 2008 | 9:22 am
COLUMBIA, S.C., April 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Palmetto GBA, a leading provider of technical and administrative services for the federal government, has been honored by the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 15 Apr 2008 | 9:22 am
BURLINGTON, Mass., April 15 /PRNewswire/ -- 123Together.com, the leading provider of hosted enterprise-class messaging and collaboration solutions such as hosted... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 15 Apr 2008 | 9:19 am
PALO ALTO, Calif., April 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Brian Gardner, vice president of IP products at Denali Software, Inc., will speak on a panel titled, "Silicon Subsystems: Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 15 Apr 2008 | 9:18 am
Pickens writes "Metallurgists studying the hulk of the Titanic argue that the liner went down fast after hitting an iceberg because the ship's builder used substandard rivets that popped their heads and let tons of icy seawater rush in. They say that better rivets would have probably kept the Titanic afloat long enough for rescuers to have arrived, saving hundreds of lives. The team collected clues from 48 Titanic rivets and found many riddled with high concentrations of slag, a glassy residue of smelting that can make iron brittle. To test whether this extra slag weakened the rivets, scientists commissioned a blacksmith to make rivets to the same specifications as those used to join steel plates in the hull of the Titanic. When the plates were bent in the laboratory, the rivet heads popped off at loads of about 4,000 kg. With the right slag content they should have held up to about 9,000 kg. Even a few failures because of flawed metal would have been sufficient to unzip entire seams, because as faulty rivets popped, more stress would have been placed on the good ones, causing them to break in turn. The shipbuilder, which is still in existence, denies it all."
Japanese stocks rebounded modestly Tuesday following big losses the day before and helped by the dollar's stability against the yen. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 15 Apr 2008 | 7:40 am
Japanese stocks rebounded modestly Tuesday following big losses the day before, helped by the dollar's stability against the yen. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 15 Apr 2008 | 7:40 am
Fault-laced Southern California has a greater chance of a huge quake by 2038 than the North, researchers say. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 15 Apr 2008 | 7:00 am
Fault-laced Southern California has a greater chance of a huge quake by 2038 than the North, researchers say. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 15 Apr 2008 | 7:00 am
Barriers to widespread adoption fall as more high-tech handsets enter the market. It might not be long before... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 15 Apr 2008 | 7:00 am
John A. Wheeler, the fertile-minded physicist who popularized mind-stretching ideas about black holes, wormholes and quantum foam and also confounded admirers by helping to conceive some of the most potent... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 15 Apr 2008 | 7:00 am
Back in 1970, Life magazine profiled the pioneering Rodman family, who installed a teletype terminal connected to a mainframe in their home, to explore the whacky far-future possibilities of "home computing." We got our teletype in 1977 and by that point, we had Eliza and a few other nice bits of ready-made software, but the main attraction was still doing silly things in BASIC.
When he got the computer for his home, Dr. Rodman had no idea his family would become so involved with it. His original project, which he is still working on, was to write a program for diagnosing lung ailments through test readings. Because a successful program will mean instant written diagnoses and also teach interns, Temple University agreed to pay for it.
Because he was a novice at programming, Dr. Rodman required uninterrupted access to a computer. The service he purchases hooks his terminal, a standard Teletype, through his telephone to a large computer 90 miles away in Teaneck, N.J. When the central unit is dialed, it responds with an audio pitch. An electronic device connected to the Teletype translates the computer’s messages to print.
The computer costs $110 a month terminal rental, plus $7.50 to $11 an hour. Once a program is stored, the cost is negligible. “Eat,” for example, costs the Rodmans about 10c for a weekly run-through. The computer, of course, does the bookkeeping for the bill.
Matthew sez, "A while ago iIruined a batch of cupcakes by adding too much baking soda. Rather than throwing them out, I made them dance (a waltz to be specific). Over the course of a weekend, I made a stop motion film of the awful tasting baked goods moving across my table."
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Peacay sez, "Professor Erik Ringmar (Taiwan) explains his modus operandi for making public documents that have been usurped by private document delivery services free for all:"
What I do is hack into restricted websites, download the documents I'm interested in, and then use my favourite open-source paint program to remove the copyright statements from each page. Next I assemble the pages into one single pdf file and upload it to the Internet Archive, where it will become universally available to both researchers and citizens.
Yesterday my two daughters and I were cleaning out our storage shed and I came across a box of Sharpie pens. We took the lid off one of the pens and gave it a sniff, because we like the way Sharpies smell.
Today, my wife showed me an article about an 8-year-old Colorado boy who is unlucky enough to attend a school run by morons. When he took a sniff of a Sharpie in class, the principal suspended him.
A teacher sent him to the principal when she noticed him smelling the marker and his clothing.
Eathan shyly shook his head "no" when a reporter asked if he knew about "huffing."
[Principal Chris] Benisch stands by his decision to suspend Harris, saying it sends a clear message about substance abuse.
"This is really, really, seriously dangerous," Benisch said.
In his letter suspending the child, Benisch wrote that smelling the marker fumes could cause the boy to "become intoxicated."
A toxicologist with the Rocky Mountain Poison Control Center says that claim is nearly impossible.
I agree the the principal sent a "clear message." The message is that this poor decision and his refusal to acknowledge it makes him unfit to be principal of a school.
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Watchismo's got some exclusive photos of the DeWitt Concept No. 1, a €400,000 watch that's like a cross between an AT-AT walker and a steampunk war-zeppelin control-center.
Selling for 400,000 Euros at the OnlyWatch auction before it had been shown to anyone, the DeWitt Concept No.1 was a beast to behold last week at Baselworld. Devoloped with French architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte, this gothic pirate spaceship of a watch is taking the steampunk oeuvre to new heights with its expanding riveted case, flying tourbillon, five barrels and a 21 day power reserve.
Over on Boing Boing Gadgets, our Joel's blogged about Wired Threat Level blog pranking the CIA by exploiting a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Agency's website:
Threat Level utilized a relatively benign vulnerability in the CIA.gov web site to insert one of their stories into the URL, giving the appearance that the content is hosted by the agency's site. Their choice of story to inject into the CIA.gov web site is priceless, too: "U.S. Has Launched a Cyber Security 'Manhattan Project,' Homeland Security Chief Claims"
An anonymous reader writes "In a recent interview on Comic Book Resources about his new continuation of the Marvel comic-book series 'Invincible Iron Man,' Matt Faction provides information about the the new series (debut will be May 7). The villain is Ezekiel Stane, son of Obadiah Stane (the villain of the new Iron Man movie opening on May 2). Whereas Obadiah was a ruthless billionaire who fought as the Iron Monger, Zeke 'rejects the strategies of his father as being the crude tactics of Attila the Hun.' Instead, he will be 'a post-national business man and kind of an open source ideological terrorist.' As the author puts it, 'Windows wants to be on every computer desktop in the world, but Linux and Stane want to destroy the desktop.' The concept has gone over well on the CBR forums."
IO9's located an 1893 advertisement for a laptop (typewriter)!
Measuring 12 inches long by 6-1/2 inches wide by 2 inches deep, and weighing a mere 3 pounds, the World typewriter was roughly the same size as many of today's laptop computers. Instead of a keyboard, however, the World used a dial; users chose a character with the right hand, then used the left to operate a lever that pressed it into the paper. Yet another lever was used to make spaces between words. Even so, the World typewriter was said to be
Public.Resource.Org sent in a FOIA request to GAO on this topic seeking access to the scanned data. Today's letter answering our FOIA request spells out the bad news. Turns out the GAO doesn't even get the data, they simply are given an account on Thomson's service. The rest of the government doesn't get access to this data, and the public is invited to stop by the GAO headquarters and pay 20 cents per page to copy paper.
This is one of those deals where the public domain got sold off ... GAO gets a bit of convenience by having their stuff scanned for them, but they gave up way more than they got in the deal, and the public (including government workers and public interest groups who need to consult this data) lost big-time.
Banks have been disappointing customers many ways lately -- tightening mortgage lending standards, paring back home-equity and credit-card lines and lowering savings interest rates -- but they're receiving... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 15 Apr 2008 | 4:04 am
Banks have been disappointing customers many ways lately -- tightening mortgage lending standards, paring back home-equity and credit-card lines and lowering savings interest rates -- but they're receiving... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 15 Apr 2008 | 4:04 am
capnkr sends us to Wired for the story of the long-delayed Rocket Racing League, which we discussed when it launched in 2005. It seems the league is finally ready to get off the ground. At a press conference at the Yale Club in New York, RRL CEO Granger Whitelaw said rocket-powered planes will fly their first exhibition race in August at the EAA AirVenture air show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, with at least three more races to follow in 2008. "The Rocket Racing League on Monday detailed plans to move from a sci-fi fantasy to a full-fledged commercial enterprise — including 'vertical drag races' using rockets."
Solar power, the holy grail of renewable energy, has always faced the problem of how to store the energy captured from the suns rays so that demand for electricity can be met at night or whenever the sun... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 15 Apr 2008 | 3:35 am
The region has more known faults and has experienced fewer major temblors over the last century. The state is also virtually certain to experience at least one big quake by 2028. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 15 Apr 2008 | 2:47 am
alphadogg writes "Starting in May, many will have the opportunity to see computing done the old-fashioned way: with lots of gears, a big crank, and some muscle. The Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA, will unveil a new construction, the first in the US, of the 19th-century British mathematician Charles Babbage's Difference Engine No. 2, an improved version of his earlier design for a mechanical digital calculator. It weighs in at two tons more than the Difference Engine built in 1991 at London's Science Museum. Microsoft millionaire Nathan Myhrvold commissioned and paid for the US model."
But an iceberg could. The Titanic, the 20th century's ultimate metaphor for man's overweening pride, sinks like a stone after hitting one on its maiden voyage.
esocid writes "A team of European scientists has deliberately triggered electrical activity in thunderclouds for the first time by aiming high-power pulses of laser light into a thunderstorm. At the top of South Baldy Peak in New Mexico during two passing thunderstorms, the researchers used laser pulses to create plasma filaments that could conduct electricity. No air-to-ground lightning was triggered because the filaments were too short-lived, but the laser pulses generated discharges in the thunderclouds themselves up to several meters long. Triggering lightning strikes is an important tool for basic and applied research because it enables researchers to study the mechanisms underlying lightning strikes. Moreover, triggered lightning strikes will allow engineers to evaluate and test the lightning-sensitivity of airplanes and critical infrastructure such as power lines. Research into laser-triggered lightning has been going on for some years. Until now, no experiment was able to produce a long enough plasma channel to affect the electrical activity inside clouds."
As testimony concludes in the nearly six-month-long murder trial, Hans Reiser protests his treatment, bringing a stern rebuke from the judge. "You are rude. You are arrogant. There are not enough words in the English language to describe the way you are."
If you live in Japan, have a nicotine fix and want to purchase ciggies from a vending machine, be able to prove you're 20 by producing your age-verification card. These integrated circuit-embedded cards must be scanned at said machines prior to the dispensing of your choice cancer sticks.
jamie found a post laying to rest one potential criticism of Google's App Engine, that of the danger of lock-in to the platform. Waxy.org points out a hack called AppDrop, written by Chris Anderson, that provides a container for Google App SDK applications, running entirely on Amazon's EC2 infrastructure. Here's Anderson's AppDrop page and his blog post announcing it.
Devoted collector of electrical paraphernalia of yore, George Johnson's latest book, The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments, discusses some of the most important scientific experiments in history.
Scientists have deduced the exact ratio in the curvature of the cochlea that is responsible for mammals' ability to hear the low-frequency sounds we call bass.
A computer forensic specialist admits there was nothing on Hans Reiser's hard drive linking him to the 2006 disappearance of his estranged wife, as the murder trial enters its final act.
In search of the perfect pattern for lacing up your kickass kicks? Wired.com talks to Ian "Professor Shoelace" Fieggen for some lacing tips they don't teach you in kindergarten.
Deutsche Bank says Project Better Place's plan to sell electric vehicles like cellphones could bring a "paradigm shift" to transportation and "massive disruption" for the auto industry. Oh, and it could cost consumers as little as 7 cents a mile to power their cars.
RCA unveiled the 53 Lb backpack TV transmitter in 1951 -- man, they sure knew how to make a box look sexy and futuristic back then!
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