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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Police Report - July 23, 2009
Obama sites Racism as the stupidity of the arresting officer w/out allowing all the facts to be heard first. Is that smart for a public official lest of which a sitting President of the US? Obama even claimed he did not have all the facts & still stated it was Racist in uncertain terms. Why would Obama do that if not to deflect from Health Care?
Genetic Rock Star: Immortal Species Thriving in Oceans
The Hydrozoan, a small, predatory sea creature like a jellyfish but without all their well-known, exciting higher functions, can achieve the dream of millions and become a child again. When adverse environmental conditions threaten death, it can collapse into a rugged blob of cells to survive. When it re-emerges, it does so as a child.
The strangest plants on Earth
They are a-l-i-v-e and look like they come from another planet. Here are seven of Mother Nature's most interesting oddities.
Starcraft 2 BANNED from ChinaJoy 2009, Chinas premiere event
According to a translation from a Chinese news source, China has banned Starcraft 2's participation in this year's ChinaJoy 2009 event, stating that ?Starcraft 2 is much too bloody, which will severely effect the mental as well as physical health of adolescents?. Exhibition matches between legendary players Moon and NaDa, have also been canceled.
Obama's Drug Czar Lies About Medical Marijuana
"Marijuana is dangerous and has no medicinal benefit," Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske said in downtown Fresno while discussing a multiagency effort to eradicate marijuana in eastern Fresno County, even though his boss, President Obama, campaigned on a pledge to stop bullying medical marijuana in California.
Microsoft opened Linux-driver code after 'violating' GPL
Microsoft was in violation of the GPL (General Public License) on the Hyper-V code it released to open source this week. After Redmond covered itself in glory by opening up the code, it now looks like it may have acted simply to head off any potentially embarrassing legal dispute over violation of the GPL. The rest was theater. Read more...
FSF welcomes Amazon apology but asks them to free the Kindle
The FSF welcomed the apology issued today by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, as negative reviews from DefectiveByDesign.org campaign supporters criticizing the Kindle's use of proprietary software and DRM to remotely delete ebooks continued to pour in, but said more needed to be done -- including freeing the Kindle's software and dropping DRM.
Palm webOS 1.1 now available, fixes iTunes 8.2.1 syncing
Time to update your Pre, as Palm has released webOS 1.1.0. Quite a bit of changes here, and most importantly, the patch notes say that it "Resolves an issue preventing media sync from working with latest version of iTunes (8.2.1)."
40 Oil Producing Countries Past Their Production Peak
Only 14 of the 54 oil producing nations in the world are still increasing their oil production. Put another way, peak oil is real in 61% of the oil producing world when weighted by production.
EFF: Don't Let Google Close the Book on Reader Privacy
Google is leaving reader privacy behind. Without strong privacy protections, all of your browsing and reading history may be collected, tracked, and turned over to the government or third parties without your knowledge or consent.
Toucan's Giant Bill Keeps It Cool: Discovery News
The toucan's colorful bill gives new meaning to the phrase cool dude. Indeed, that gigantic schnoz turns out to be a radiator the rain forest dweller uses to lose body heat.
Amazon Cows Safe From Becoming Air Jordans
On the heels of a Greenpeace report calling out a number of big-name companies whose supply chains are connected to deforestation of the Amazon rainforest, Nike has developed a new policy to not source leather from cattle raised in the Amazon rainforest.
Earth and a Terraformed Mars, Side by Side Comparison [PIC]
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Submarines for Everyone!
Seventy-one percent of the Earth's surface is water, and the realms below it offer enormous possibilities for exploration, recreation and education.
Barnes & Noble eReader Review
The new eReader has a lot to offer, including PC, Mac, and iPhone versions, and the biggest library around.
Yahoo Acquires Xoopit
In one of its first acquisitions in a long while, Yahoo buys email startup Xoopit. Xoopit's software makes it easier for users to find and share photos and other media stored in their email inboxes and archives. It works sites like Gmail, YouTube, Facebook, and Flickr.
Halo Legends Anime Project Revealed [pics]
At the San Diego Comic-Con, Microsoft revealed an anime-style Halo miniseries called Halo Legends.
Tron 2 Titled Tron Legacy, First Image!
The first big panel of Comic Con has finished and Tron 2 finally has a title. It?s called Tron: Legacy and Disney has released the first ever title treatment for the film.
The City of Compton: Who should govern?
For decades, African Americans have dominated Compton's power structure and held most of the elected offices. Every member of the City Council is black, as is the mayor, the clerk, the treasurer and the city attorney. The power structure remains African American, but the city is now nearly two-thirds Latino.
Michael Jackson Planned to Direct Film About Foster Kids
The King of Pop had recently "committed to co-direct and fund" a drama about foster children, tentatively called "They Cage the Animals at Night."
The Wonderful World of Prison Inventions
Someone once said that necessity is the mother of all invention. Prison is one of the few places where very few common wants and needs are fulfilled; resources are incredibly limited and ardently regulated. Prisoners, who are not content to only posses what "the man" tells them they can have, are forced to use their critical thinking skills (prison
North Korea in bizarre Hillary Clinton attack
North Korea has hit back at comments by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, describing her in an unusually personal attack as not intelligent and a "funny lady". A government spokesman also described Mrs. Clinton as looking "like a primary schoolgirl and sometimes a pensioner going shopping."
Play 3D Movies On YouTube
A Google employee has a working prototype of what 3D videos would look like on YouTube.
When rape isn't actually rape
A judge in Australia has questioned if a man who had sex with a drunken woman after she passed out should be 'marked for the rest of his days as a rapist', describing it as a 'technical rape'.
Amazon Web Service Secrets Revealed
Amazon exercises tight control over information related to its cloud business, a source of frustration to anyone trying to get a complete picture. John Foley went in search of information from other sources.
Roger Rabbit 2 On The Way?
At the end of Zemeckis' first trip to Comic-Con, where he presented some very impressive 3D footage from A Christmas Carol, the director discussed the possible return of a popular 2D character, Roger Rabbit
Mets' Front Office Farce Worse Than Team's On-Field Mess
Who needs the Bronx Zoo when you have the NY Mets' off-field and on-field meltdowns. The latest: Mets' freak VP of Player Dev -- #2 guy in front office -- strips from waste up & challenges minor league players to fight.
Firm Crunching Numbers for GOP Is Owned by Health Insurer
The political battle over health-care reform is waged largely with numbers, and few number-crunchers have shaped the debate as much as the Lewin Group, a consulting firm whose research has been widely cited by opponents of a public insurance option.
The Woman Who Keeps Growing
She has gained ten inches in just 12 years as a result of a rare growth condition, and is already one of the tallest and heaviest women on the planet.
Five Myths About Sleep and Insomnia
Our culture is obsessed with sleep, and the lack of it, yet many of us don't know some basic facts.
Conservative Activist Forwards Racist Pic Showing Obama As W
Anti-reform conservative AMA doctor sends racist picture of Obama as an African witch doctor.
George Lucas Ruined This Kid's Life
10 years ago, Jake Lloyd played Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars Episode I. He?s now 20 years old. An Australian Sci Fi blog recently caught up with him during a trip down under. The resulting interview is a study in maintaining a cheerful exterior while reliving deeply scarring childhood events.
Did you mean recursion?
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8 Internet Memes That Just Won't Die
Back when the Hamster Dance - a series of animated hamsters dancing to Roger Miller's "Whistle Stop" - hit the Internet in 1998, few people thought it would be the first of a slew of Internet memes that bounce around our collective consciousness with little hope of escape. Here are eight more Internet memes that we can't seem to get rid of today.
Man Gets Fired for Marrying Porn Star
A South Florida town manager who married a porn star last year was fired at an emergency meeting after the mayor and council members learned about it.
Curvey Girls Fused Straight w. Less Invasive Spinal Surgery
Brenda McInnis of Midland, Mich., was diagnosed at a middle-school screening with scoliosis. She became one of fewer than 100 patients at four pioneering centers nationwide to have minimally invasive surgery to correct the curvature of her spine.
Lance Armstrong teams with Radio Shack for the 2010 Tour
Lance Armstrong will be back to the Tour De France in 2010 and moments ago, it was announced that he?ll be back with a new primary sponsor in Radio Shack The deal also interestingly includes the rights to Lance as he competes in events as a runner and triathlete.
Hacker Says iPhone 3GS Encryption Is 'Useless' for Business!
Apple is wowing thousands of businesses and even government agencies who have signed up for the popular iPhone. Too bad its "enterprise-friendly" security features are useless, says a hacker, who does not advise using the iPhone for business.
White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle tosses perfect game
Lefty Mark Buehrle of the White Sox piched a perfect game vs. the Rays Thursday.
Two new Mozart pieces discovered: foundation
The International Mozarteum Foundation in Salzburg announced Thursday that it had discovered two previously unknown compositions written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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