2012 — Global Blackout or Another Y2K?
When the year 2012 is mentioned, one usually assumes the worst. Dave Reneke, an Australian astronomy lecturer and columnist, may have just given...
Science & Technology
In Philly, Blogging Brings Big Business License Bill
Philadelphia: The City of Brotherly Love. The home of Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution were drafted. The...
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Don’t Say We Didn’t Warn You: RFID-embedded Bins in Cleveland
What was once a laughable plot of a late night science fiction movie, this nightmare of secret government implantation of microchips and the...
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Black Hole Eruption Compared to Volcano in Iceland
A giant black hole is putting on a spectacular show and scientists at NASA's Chandra X-ray observatory have captured the action. The black...
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iPad on Academic Probation
Pedagogy is defined as the art or science of teaching. In the age in which we live, there is as much of one...
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India Unveils $35 Tablet Computer
The nation of India has introduced a prototype computer it is hoping a company somewhere in the world will produce for the retail...
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Wal-Mart to Embed RFID Tags in Clothing Beginning August 1
Beginning August 1, men’s blue jeans and underwear sold at Walmart will carry electronic radio identification tags. The company, the world’s largest retailer,...
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Scientists Find Abnormally Large Star
A scientist working at the University of Sheffield in the UK has discovered the largest star ever found. ...
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Microsoft Plugged Into Russian Espionage
In what now reads like an ongoing Cold War spy novel, a new chapter unfolded last week when on July 13, U.S. officials...
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Big Brother: NSA’s “Perfect Citizen” Program
The National Security Agency (NSA) initiated another cyber-snooping program it dubbed “Perfect Citizen” with a $100 million contract for the Raytheon Corporation, according...
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Billions for Broadband, But Not One Sense of Liberty
This Independence Day weekend Americans have been reminded once again of the immortal words of the Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths...
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Senate Panel Passes Potential Threat to Internet
Senator Joe Lieberman, alongside other lawmakers, has drafted a bill that, critics say, gives the President of the United States the power to...
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FCC Moves to Regulate the Internet
The Federal Communications Commission is set to begin a move to regulate the Internet. ...
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Cap-and-trade Con
Last month, Senators John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) unveiled their “American Power Act,” custom-tailored to President Obama’s plans to set up...
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South Korean Rocket Fails Again
After a day's delay in liftoff due to a malfunctioning fire extinguishing system on the launchpad, on June 10 at 5:01 p.m. South...
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